Hi:
> > A huge error made by those that
hold to a Mid-Tribulation and Pre-Wrath Rapture is that of assuming the Gospel
of Matthew, and, concluding that Jesus' words in the New Testament is meant for
the Church. It is erroneous to conclude Matthew's words are for the
Church. Jesus was addressing the Jewish folks of His day, not the
future Church, which Jesus only alluded to first in Matthew 16:18.
This is one of those examples where only a Dispensational interpretation of
Scripture offers a cohesive and comprehensive message that makes sense.
However, 2Ti_3:16 says, “All scripture is
given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness”. We can’t get around
that.
Jesus/God, was speaking mainly to the
apostles while he was on Earth. Jesus was of Israel. The apostles were of
Israel, but GOD was talking to mankind. He did not just die for Israel. He died
that the whole world might be saved. He just told the story to Israel
first.
“FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF
CHRIST”
Eph 4:4-13 says, “THERE IS ONE
BODY, and ONE SPIRIT, even as ye are called in ONE HOPE OF YOUR
CALLING; 5 One Lord, ONE FAITH, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of
all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto
every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of
Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led
captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what
is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all
heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some,
APOSTLES; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the SAINTS, for the work of the
ministry, FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST: 13 Till we all
come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of
Christ”.
THERE WILL BE A PRE-WRATH RAPTURE
“AT THE LAST TRUMP” OF GOD
That’s Scripture, and, as you know, it
doesn’t mean the 7th trumpet of judgment.
Those judgment trumpets are sounded by
angels. They take place AFTER the wrath of God hits Earth. The 144,000
Israelites and a great multitude, too many to count, are raptured in Rev. 7:9-14
just BEFORE Satan’s asteroid Wormwood hits Earth and obliterates
Babylon.
Like the meteorite that was taken out of
Lake Chebarkul in Chelyabinsk region,
Russia, the asteroid Wormwood will set fires as it comes in over
Russia.
Ten districts of Chelyabinsk region
experienced devastation from the blast wave caused by the meteorite. That
explosion damaged buildings in Chelyabinsk, Emanzhelinsk, Etkul, Kopeisk,
Korkino, Chebarkul, Yuzhnouralsk, Zlatoust, Troitsk, Uvelsky and Krasnoarmeisky
areas, and the village of Rose.
TWO METEORITES HAVE HIT CHEBARKUL LAKE AT
DIFFERENT TIMES, ESTABLISHING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE INCOMING ASTEROID THAT WILL
DESTROY BABYLON
This is the second time a meteor has fallen
in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia that I know about. In June 1949 a meteor
called ‘Kunashak’ landed in the area. 20 pieces, with the total weight of 200
kg, were found. One of the segments of the meteor was said by locals to have
fallen in Chebarkul lake, the same body of water hit by a piece of Friday's
fireball.
These are probably pieces of Satan’s planet
Rahab, sister pieces of Satan’s asteroid Wormwood, flying in nearly the same
trajectory, flight path, as Wormwood, which will destroy literal Babylon on the
Day of God’s Wrath, which is also the Day of Jacob’s
Trouble.
Jer_30:7 says, “Alas! for that DAY
(yom, sunset to sunset) is great, so that NONE is like
it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he
shall be saved out of it.”
Rev 8:6-13 says, “And the seven angels which had the
seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 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.
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning
with fire was cast into the sea (i.e., the Mediterranean): and the third part of
the sea became blood; 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.
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; 11 And the name of the star
is called Wormwood (meaning bitter): and the third part of the waters became
wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was
smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as
the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of
it, and the night likewise. 13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying
through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the
inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the
three angels, which are yet to sound!”
Isa 22:16-19 says, “What hast thou here (Babylon)? and
whom hast thou here (the Satan-possessed False Prophet), that thou hast hewed
thee out a sepulchre here, as he (Satan) that heweth him out a sepulchre on
high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? (i.e.,
Wormwood)17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity,
and will surely cover thee. 18 HE WILL SURELY VIOLENTLY TURN AND
TOSS THEE LIKE A BALL into a large country: there shalt thou die, and
there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. 19
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee
down.”
Eze_39:6 says, “And I will send a fire on
Magog (i.e., Russia), and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and
they shall know that I am the LORD.”
Rev 18:21 says, “And a mighty angel took up
a stone (Wormwood) like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying,
Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be
found no more at all.”
HERE IS THE SEQUENCE GIVEN IN REVELATION
6:17, 7:9-17, 8:1,2 AND HAB_2:20
1. Rev 6:17 says, “For the great day
of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?”
2. Rev 7:9-17 says, “After this I beheld, and,
lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds,
and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a
loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the
throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on
their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and
wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for
ever and ever. Amen. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me,
What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and
whence came they? (i.e., they came from Earth) 14 And I said unto
him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out
of GREAT TRIBULATION (i.e., the last half of the Tribulation), and have washed
their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore
are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his
temple (i.e., in Heaven): and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among
them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall
the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst
of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of
waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
THERE IS SILENCE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH WHILE THE JUDGE,
JESUS, IS BEING SEATED AS JUDGE AT THE BEMA SEAT ON THE DAY OF GOD’S
WRATH
Joh_5:22 says, “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath
committed all judgment unto the Son”.
Rev 8:1,2 says, “And when he had opened the seventh
seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an
hour. 2 And I saw the seven ANGELS which stood before God; and to them
were given seven trumpets.”
Hab_2:20 says, “But the LORD is in his holy temple:
let all the earth keep silence before him.”
SINCE I COR 15:51-54 IS THE LAST-TRUMP
RAPTURE, THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE IS IN 1 THESS 4:13-18
It says, “But I would not have you to be ignorant,
brethren (i.e., believers), concerning them which are asleep, that ye
sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring
with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we
which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent
(phthano, precede) them which are asleep. 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: 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.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
THE LAST “TRUMP OF GOD” RAPTURE IS A
MYSTERY
I Cor 15:51-55 (KJV) says, “Behold, I shew
you a mystery; We (i.e., including Paul) shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed (allasso, made different), 52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP (eschatos
salpigx, final trumpet): FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE DEAD
SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE (i.e., those caught up in both Raptures)
SHALL BE CHANGED. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall
have put on incorruption (i.e., at either Rapture), and this mortal shall have
put on immortality (only after the last Rapture), then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 O death,
where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”
OTHER SCRIPTURES AGREE IF YOU LOOK
CAREFULLY
Rom 5:9 says, “Much more then, being now justified by
his blood, WE (i.e., including Paul) SHALL BE SAVED
FROM WRATH through him.”
Joh_6:39 says, “And this is the Father's will which
hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but
should RAISE IT UP AGAIN AT THE LAST DAY.”
Joh_6:40 And this is the will of him that sent
me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have
everlasting life: and I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.”
Joh 6:44 says, “No man can come to me, except the
Father which hath sent me draw him: and I WILL
RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.”
Joh_6:54 says, “Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my
blood, hath eternal life; and I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.”
Joh_11:24 says, “Martha saith unto him, I know that he
shall rise again in THE RESURRECTION AT THE LAST DAY.”
Joh_12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not
my words, hath one that judgeth him: THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN, THE SAME SHALL
JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY” (i.e., on the Day of God’s Wrath, the great and
terrible Day of the Lord, THE ONLY DAY OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF
CHRIST).
THE LAST TRUMP TAKES PLACE ON THE DAY OF GOD’S WRATH,
THE ONLY DAY OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
The Judgment seat of Christ only takes place on one
literal day, the great and terrible DAY OF GOD’S WRATH, BUT BEFORE THE WRATH
HITS EARTH.
Isaiah 28:18,22
says, “Your covenant with death will be annulled, And your agreement with Sheol
will not stand; When the overflowing scourge passes through, Then you will be
trampled down by it.... Now therefore, do not be mockers, Lest your bonds be
made strong; For I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts, A destruction
determined even upon the whole
earth.”
FIRST, THE ONES CAUGHT UP IN THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE
ARE GATHERED TO THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST ON THE DAY OF THE LORD
Mat 24:31 says, “And he shall send his angels with a
great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from one end of HEAVEN to the other.”
THEN, THE ONES CAUGHT UP IN THE LAST-TRUMP RAPTURE ARE
GATHERED TO THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
Mar 13:27 says, “And then (tote, at that time) shall he
send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, FROM
THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH TO THE UTTERMOST PART OF HEAVEN.”
Rev 6:12-17 says, “And I beheld when he had opened the
sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of
heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when
she is shaken of a mighty wind. 14 And the heaven departed as a scroll
when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of
their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the
rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and
every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the
face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17
For THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH IS COME; and who shall be able to stand?” (i.e.,
only those that stand before the throne of Jesus on the DAY OF GOD’S
WRATH).
ALL SAINTS ARE GATHERED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN
HEAVEN ON THE DAY OF GOD’S WRATH, WHICH IS ALSO THE DAY OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF
CHRIST
Heb 12:22-27 says, “But ye (i.e., those caught up in
the LAST-TRUMP RAPTURE) are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN (i.e., those
already caught up in the FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE), which are written in heaven, and
to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling,
that speaketh better things than that of Abel (meaning vanity). 25 See
that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him
that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape (i.e., be Raptured), if we
turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 26 Whose voice then shook
the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth
only, but also heaven. 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the
removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those
things which cannot be shaken may remain.”
Satan and his fallen angels are cast out of Heaven
Mid-Trib.
Rev 11:1-19 says, “And they heard a great voice from
heaven saying unto them, COME UP HITHER. And they ascended up
to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 13 And the same hour
was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the
earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted,
and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14 The second woe is past; and,
behold, the third woe cometh quickly. 15 And the seventh angel sounded;
and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are
become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever
and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their
seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee
thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come (i.e., the
Second Advent will take place on the first day of the Jubilee Year, probably
Nisan 1, 5776, Sat., April 9, 2016, following the Sabbatical Year 5775); because
thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 18 And the
nations were angry, and THY WRATH IS COME, AND THE TIME OF THE DEAD, THAT THEY
SHOULD BE JUDGED, AND THAT THOU SHOULDEST GIVE REWARD UNTO THY SERVANTS THE
PROPHETS, AND THE TO SAINTS, AND THEM THAT FEAR THY NAME, SMALL AND GREAT; AND
SHOULDEST DESTROY THEM WHICH DESTROY THE EARTH. 19 And the temple of God
was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament:
and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and
great hail.”
EVEN THE ANGELS WILL BE JUDGED ON THE GREAT DAY OF
GOD’S WRATH
Jud_1:6 And the angels which kept not their first
estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.”
Rev_6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come;
and who shall be able to stand?”
THE LAST-DAY RAPTURE IS ON THE DAY OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT
OF CHRIST, THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD
There is a first-day Rapture and a last-day Rapture,
and the Last-Day Rapture of I Cor 15:51-54 is also the Day of the Judgment Seat
of Christ, the Day of the Lord, the Day of God’s Wrath. Like Solomon, as soon as
Jesus receives his millennial kingdom, he will purge it of evil
men.
PROOF THAT THE LAST-TRUMP RAPTURE WILL BE ON THE DAY OF
GOD’S WRATH
Psalm 27:5 says,
“For IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE (i.e., the Day of God’s Wrath) HE SHALL HIDE
ME IN HIS PAVILION (sok, tabernacle); In the secret of His tabernacle
(ohel, dwelling place; i.e., that the location of HIS PAVILION is the “third
heaven”, as in 2Cor 12:2-4) he shall hide me; he shall set me up upon a ROCK.”
Some don’t think the third heaven is a rock, but the
Creator knows that it is.
Isa 26:20,21 says, “Come, my people (i.e., this is the
Last-Trump Rapture), enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about
thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation
(zaam, strictly froth at the mouth fury, i.e., God’s Wrath) be overpast.
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place (i.e., Heaven) to punish
the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall
disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.”
This is not the Second Advent, which will come on the
first day of the Jubilee Year, the following Nisan 1.
Rev 7:9-17 says, “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great
multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people,
and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying,
Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the
four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 13
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed
in white robes? and whence came they? 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou
knowest. And he said to me, THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME OUT OF (i.e., were
Raptured out of) GREAT TRIBULATION (i.e., the last half of the 7-yr.
Tribulation), and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him
day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among
them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall
the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst
of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of
waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE WILL BE ABOUT 1260 DAYS
BEFORE THE LAST-TRUMP RAPTURE, i.e., MID-TRIB
Rev 11:1-3 says, “And there was given me a reed like
unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, RISE, and measure the
temple of God (i.e., we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit), and the altar, and
them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple
leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy
city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3 And I will give
power unto my two witnesses (i.e., Moses and Elijah), and they shall
prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days (i.e., during the
Great Tribulation), clothed in sackcloth.”
THIS “RISE” IS THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE OF REV.
4:1
Rev 4:1-4 says, “behold, a door was opened in heaven:
and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a TRUMPET talking with me;
which said, COME UP HITHER, and I will shew thee things which
must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was (lit., BECAME) in the spirit:
and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one (i.e., Jesus Christ, the first
and the last) sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a
jasper (last stone in the breastplate) and a sardine stone (first stone in the
breastplate): and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto
an emerald (Judah’s stone in the breastplate, i.e., Jesus is the Lion of the
Tribe of Judah). 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats:
and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white
raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.”
In Rev. 10:8, John was told to prophesy “AGAIN”.
Therefore, the “RISE” of Rev 11:1 is the same as the “COME UP HITHER” of Rev.
4:1.
BOTH RAPTURES ARE IN REV. 11, THE “RISE” IN VERSE 1 AND
THE “COME UP HITHER” IN VERSE 12, AND THEY ARE SPACED BY 1260 DAYS, WHICH SHOWS
THAT THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE CANNOT BE ANY EARLIER THAN
MID-TRIB
Rev 11:1,2 says, “And there was given me a reed like
unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, RISE, and measure the temple of God,
and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is
without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the
Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two
months.”
> > A huge error made by those that hold to a
Mid-Tribulation and Pre-Wrath Rapture is that of assuming the Gospel of Matthew,
and, concluding that Jesus' words in the New Testament is meant for the
Church.
2TI 3:16 says, “All scripture is given
by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness”.
ON THE DAY OF THE SECOND RAPTURE, PEOPLE
WILL LOOK UP AND SEE THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IN THE
SKY
In Mat_24:30,31, Jesus said, “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: 30 And then (tote, at that time) shall appear THE SIGN OF
THE SON OF MAN in heaven: and then (tote, at that time) shall all the tribes of
the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from one end of HEAVEN to the other.”
These gathered in HEAVEN include those
caught up in the First-Trump Rapture of I Thess. 4:13-18.
It says, “But I would not have you to be
ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even
as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are
alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (phthano,
precede) them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the TRUMP OF GOD
(i.e., the FIRST TRUMP, NOT THE LAST TRUMP): and the dead in Christ shall rise
first: 17 Then (epeita, thereafter) we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up (harpazo, taken up, i.e., raptured) together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.”
Mar 13:26,27 says, “And then (tote, at that time) shall
they see the Son of man coming in the clouds (i.e., they see the Sign of the Son
of Man in the sky) with great power and glory. 27 And then (tote, at that
time) shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth (i.e., the LAST-TRUMP RAPTURE)
to the uttermost part of heaven” (i.e., those previously caught up in the
FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE).
Dan 12:1 And at that time (i.e., at the
Last-Trump Rapture on the Day of God’s Wrath) shall Michael stand up, the great
prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time
of trouble (i.e., the Day of God’s Wrath), such as never was since there was a
nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people (i.e., the 144,000
Israelites) shall be delivered (malat, escape, leap out), every one that shall
be found written in the book.”
THE 144,000 ISRAELITES JUST MAKE IT OUT OF HERE BEFORE
THE ASTEROID WORMWOOD IMPACTS EARTH
Jer_30:6-9 says, “Ask ye now, and see whether a man
doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his
loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 Alas!
for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's
trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. 8 For it shall come to pass in
that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck,
and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I
will raise up unto them.”
Mat_10:22 says, “And ye shall be hated of all men for
my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”
Mat_24:13 says, “But he that shall endure unto the end,
the same shall be saved.”
Mar_13:13 says, “And ye shall be hated of all men for
my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved.”
Act 2:19-21 says, “And I will shew wonders in heaven
above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before
that great and notable day of the Lord come: 21 And it shall come to pass,
that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Rev 6:12,13 says, “And I beheld when he had opened the
sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of
heaven fell unto the earth”.
Rom_10:13 says, “For whosoever shall call upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved.”
Rom_11:26 says, “And so all Israel shall be saved: as
it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob”.
> > The trumpet of Matthew 24:31 cannot be the
last Trump of 1st Corinthians 15:51-53 either because it's the Lord's signal to
His angels to round up the elect in Heaven. At the Rapture the trumpet
call of God is to alert believers on Earth. Also He's sending angles,
(plural), to do this. In 1st Thessalonians 4:16-17 only the archangel is
mentioned in connection with the trumpet call of God. And finally, in
Matthew 24:31 the elect He was speaking of are already in Heaven.
>
> While Mark 13:26-27 tells us the angels will gather His elect from both
Heaven and Earth, In Mark's account no mention is made of a trumpet. This
means while the trumpet will not be heard on Earth, there will be members of His
elect still on Earth. These are people who will have survived the Great
Tribulation and became believers in the process. But it does not imply or
mean they are part of the Church.
Put these verses together. Those that were caught up to
Heaven in the First-Trump Rapture are gathered together, and those on Earth are
gathered up in the Last-Trump Rapture. At this time, the entire Body of Christ
is complete. They can be made immortal as in 1 Cor 15:51-54.
It says, “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not
all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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. 53 For this corruptible
must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So
when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have
put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Zec 9:14-16 says, “And
the LORD shall be seen over them (i.e., they will see the
Sign of the Son of Man in the sky), and his arrow (chets, piercer, i.e., the asteroid
Wormwood) shall go forth as the lightning (baraq, concretely a flashing sword):
and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds
of the south. 15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall
devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as
through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the
altar. 16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his
people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon
his land.”
Psa_146:9 says, “The LORD preserveth the strangers; he
relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside
down.”
Mat 24:30,31 says, “And then (tote, at that time) shall appear the sign of
the Son of man in heaven: and then (tote, at that time) shall all the tribes of
the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a
great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
Mar 13:27 And then (tote, at that time) shall he send his angels, and
shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of
the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.”
Earth got a warning last Sunday. There was a newly
discovered asteroid flyby 3,000 miles out. Three thousand miles away is a near
miss. To me, it is a warning of things to come. The next may not be just a
flyby. It may split in two at the Roche Limit and hit Earth. The mountain-sized
piece will hit the NE Mediterranean Sea. Wormwood, a larger piece, will hit
Babylon. Earth will be knocked upside down.
Agape,
Marilyn Agee
prophecycorner.theforeverfamily.com
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Pastor Bob (7 Sep 2014)
""Error of Pre-Wrath
Rapture""
All
Doves:
A huge error made by those that hold to a Mid-Tribulation and
Pre-Wrath Rapture is that of assuming the Gospel of Matthew, and, concluding
that Jesus' words in the New Testament is meant for the Church. It is
erroneous to conclude Matthew's words are for the Church. Jesus was
addressing the Jewish folks of His day, not the future Church, which Jesus
only alluded to first in Matthew 16:18. This is one of those examples
where only a Dispensational interpretation of Scripture offers a cohesive and
comprehensive message that makes sense.
The fact is that Matthew
24 is not for the Church. Nothing in the text of Matthew 24 requires a
Church-centered interpretation and a careful examination shows it to be
specifically addressed to Israel. Most of those holding to a position
other than a Pre-Tribulation position make erroneous conclusions in regards to
the entire Olivet Discourse due to assuming that because the Gospel of Matthew
is within the New Testament corpus text. For years, every Methodist,
Nazarene, Wesleyan, Presbyterian, Christian, Church of Christ pastor that I
knew could never present a formidable argument for the Olivet Discourse
referring to the Church. Because they did not see the distinct
difference between Israel and the Church, they were in a double bind, and I
saw myself in the same camp dilemma.
In the first place, Jesus had
only noted the Church in two passages of Matthew, 16:18 and 18:17. You
will not find the word, anywhere in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke or
John. The first reference to the church is in the book of Acts, chapter
2:47; with a total of 18X additional references in the book of Acts.
There are no recorded words to the effect by Jesus Christ that it would
interrupt Daniel's 70 Week Prophecy, and thus leaving one week of seven years
unfulfilled. As far as the disciples knew, they were 483 weeks into
Daniel's 490 year prophecy and were only 7 years short of the end of the
age. That is precisely why they were so surprised to hear Him say
everything would be torn down without one stone left standing upon
another.
And even as He was explaining how the end of the age would
unfold, He never mentioned the subject of the Church. Had He done so,
they wouldn't have asked Him if He was going to restore the kingdom to Israel
while they were standing on the Mount of of Olives following His resurrection
in Acts 1:6. This has led to some experts to conclude that all of
Matthew 24 deals with Daniel's 70th week from Israel's perspective
alone.
The fact is that it is Israel much more than the future Church
who has been and will be persecuted and put to death, and hated by all nations
-(Matthew 24:9). It's Israel who has to stand firm to the end to be
saved -(Matthew 24:13). Israel is warned to flee into the mountains of
Judea when they see the abomination of desolation -(Matthew 24:15-16).
Israel has to pray their flight will not take place on the Sabbath or in
winter -(Matthew 24:20). Israel has to be wary of false Messiahs
-(Matthew 24:23-24).
Also, there's no mention of the Church ever being
"the elect" in the Gospels. In the only two references to the Church in
Matthew, He did not use any form of the Greek word for "elect". The
first clear reference of the Church as the elect did not happen until Romans
8:33 which Paul wrote twenty years after the resurrection of the Lord Christ
Jesus. On the other hand, Jesus was called God's "elect" in Isaiah
42:1. Israel was called God's "elect" in Isaiah 45:4; 65:9; 65:22, and
angels were called His "elect" in 1st Timothy 5:21.
To think that the
disciples would have understood the Lord to be referring to the Church in
Matthew 24:22, 24, 31 is not justified, nor substantiated anywhere and thus is
an unwarranted assumption.
A plain sense reading of the book of
Revelation tells us that the time of God's Wrath begins with the seal
judgments -(Revelation 6:16-17) and ends with the Bowl judgments in Revelation
15:1. The fact that those believers holding the Mid-Trib and Pre-Wrath
do not accept that means they haven't accepted God's Word as
written.
seventh trumpet of Revelation 11:15 is never called the
last trump in the Bible, as in 1st Corinthians 15:51-53, or the trumpet call
of God, as in 1st Thessalonians 4:16-17. It is simply the final trumpet
in the series of Trumpet judgments. It's not blown on Earth but in
Heaven. Also, there is no connection between the seventh trumpet and the
Second Coming. Revelation 11:15 tells us that in Heaven the seventh
trumpet signals that the Lord has taken command of the kingdoms of the world,
but His return to Earth doesn't begin until Revelation
19:11-16.
The trumpet of Matthew 24:31 cannot be the last
Trump of 1st Corinthians 15:51-53 either because it's the Lord's signal to His
angels to round up the elect in Heaven. At the Rapture the trumpet call
of God is to alert believers on Earth. Also He's sending angles,
(plural), to do this. In 1st Thessalonians 4:16-17 only the archangel is
mentioned in connection with the trumpet call of God. And finally, in
Matthew 24:31 the elect He was speaking of are already in Heaven.
While
Mark 13:26-27 tells us the angels will gather His elect from both Heaven and
Earth, In Mark's account no mention is made of a trumpet. This means
while the trumpet will not be heard on Earth, there will be members of His
elect still on Earth. These are people who will have survived the Great
Tribulation and became believers in the process. But it does not imply
or mean they are part of the Church.
The idea that the separation of
the Rapture/Resurrection from the Second Coming would require a third coming
does not make sense, nor does it stand up under scrutiny for several
reasons. First, at the Rapture the Lord doesn't come to Earth to get us,
we go up in the clouds to meet Him.
Second, if every time He left
Heaven to come to Earth was a "coming" then this Second Coming would have
taken place on the day He was resurrected. In the morning, He told Mary
not to cling to Him because He had not yet ascended to His Father -(John
20:17). Hebrews 9:11-12 tells us He was going to sprinkle His blood on
the altar in the Tabernacle in Heaven. But that afternoon He was back on
Earth where He met two disciples on the road to Emmaus -(Luke 24:13-16).
Who knows how many times He's been back and forth since then?
Third,
the Second Coming is a particular event where He publicly descends to Earth in
power and great glory to take His position as King of the whole Earth.
The number of times He's been here and back in the mean time is really
irrelevant.
"And this is the will of him who sent me, that I
shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last
day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and
believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last
day." -(John 6:39-40).
The phrase "last day" appears
twice in these verses. The Greek word here for "last" "eschate"
from its root "eschatos" means "Last, least, final, farthest,
extreme, latter", in this specific case the "last in time or place". It
often refers to the last one in a series of events. The first
resurrection, the resurrection of believers, is such a series. Jesus
Christ was the first fruits. Then we have the Church -(1st Thessalonians
4:16-17), then the Tribulation martyrs -(Revelation 20:4), and then the Old
Testament believers -(Daniel 12:2). These are all part of the first
resurrection, which is not a single event, but a single "type", those who are
resurrected to eternal life. There is no requirement that they all have
to happen on the day of the Lord's Coming, this is an assumption. In
fact, only the tribulation martyrs are specifically indicated to be
resurrected on that very day. Jesus could very easily have been
referring to Old Testament believers, some of whom were no doubt standing
before Him as He spoke, who will also be resurrected at the time of the Second
Coming. The point of this is that you cannot use John 6:39-40 to prove a
Post-Trib Rapture of the Church.
"If those days had not been cut
short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be
shortened" -(Matthew 24:22). John, who heard the Lord speak these
words first hand on the Mount of Olives, also heard the duration of the Great
Tribulation described by the Lord again as being 42 months long -(Revelation
11:2) 1,260 days long -(Revelation 1:6) and 3-1/2 years long -(Revelation
12:14). Using the 360-day year these are equivalent times. The
detail is further evidence that Christ Jesus wanted to impress that time frame
upon His audience.
There are only two possibilities here. Either
John made a huge mistake or the Lord didn't mean He would shorten the number
of days. The Great Tribulation is one of the most carefully measured
periods of time in the Bible beginning with Daniel 9:27, where it's half of
seven years, Daniel 12:7 where it's time, times, and a half -(3-1/2) and the
three references noted in the paragraph above. They are all the
same.
Many scholars have interpreted Matthew 24:22 to mean if the Lord
didn't put a stop to the Great Tribulation at its appointed time but let it
run its course no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect He will
bring it to a close at the appointed time. This is consistent with the
various measurements. Therefore the assumption that the Great
Tribulation will be shortened is not a good one to adopt as your cornerstone
for a Pre-Wrath position.
The question to ask is, does Matthew 24:29
equal Revelation 6:12? "Immediately after the distress of those days
the Sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will
fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken" -(Matthew
24:29). Jesus was quoting Isaiah 13:10 where the context is the after
effects of the day of the Lord. "I watched as he opened the sixth
seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like
sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, and the stars in
the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong
wind -(Revelation 6:12-13). John was quoting Joel 2:31 where the
context is a sign that the day of the Lord is coming.
The two verses
are similar but not the same. Matthew 24:29 shows one of the results of
the day of the Lord, whereas Revelation 6:12-13 describes a warning that
precedes the day of the Lord. Later on in the book of Revelation the Sun
is so hot that it burns people -(Revelation 16:8-9), but when the Sun goes out
in Matthew 24:29 it will never come back -(Revelation 21:23-24). The two
verses do not describe the same thing. Therefore there is no
justification for saying that Revelation 6:12-13 is describing the end of the
Great Tribulation.
The saints of Revelation 7:9-17 are not the
Church! They are from every nation, tribe, people and language so they
are of both Jewish and Gentile origin. They have washed their robes in
the blood of the Lamb, so they are saved believers. They will serve God
day and night in His Temple, but are not called priests, and they have no
other responsibilities so they are not Kings, so they are not the
Church.
In Revelation 7:14 one of the elders tells John they have come
out of the Great Tribulation, but the English translation is misleading.
The Greek word translated "out of" literally means out of both the time and
place of the event being referenced, in this case the Great Tribulation.
This means they will have been martyred during the Seal judgments.
According to the Pre-Wrath view the Seal judgments are the Great
Tribulation. But the Greek language of Revelation 7 says they will be
martyred before the Great Tribulation, which in a chronological reading of the
book of Revelation begins on Earth in Revelation 13. So for these
reasons the martyrs of Revelation 7 cannot be the Raptured Church.
The
Pre-Wrath Rapture uses terms that do not appear in the Bible, such as (Man's
Wrath, Satan's Wrath, etc.). It re-interprets parts of Matthew 24, and
violates the chronological order of the book of Revelation. Of all the
Rapture positions, it's the most difficult to justify from a Biblical
standpoint. From a Dispenstional hermeneutic, it's
impossible!
The Bible is not a book of multiple choices. There's
only one God, one Heaven, one Earth, one Israel, one Church, one Savior, one
way to salvation, and ONE Rapture of the Church. The only Rapture
position that is true to a literal, contextually pure interpretation of
Scripture is the Pre-Tribulation Rapture, and its coming soon. You can
almost hear the footsteps of the Messiah. In fact, one of the best books
that goes into detail on what I have dealt with here is named by that
expression, 'Footsteps of the Messiah' by Dr. Arnold
Fruchtenbaum.
The major error of the Pre-Wrath Rapture position
is in assuming too much from the Gospel of Matthew. No matter how much
you twist and torture Matthew to fit their way of thinking on Daniel's 70th
Week prophecy, there is no way to come to an honest interpretation of
Scripture, other than the Pre-Tribulation Rapture position. Their first
error is based upon an erroneous understanding of ecclesiology, and then they
make an erroneous understanding of eschatology. Even more detrimental is
their effort to view Scripture through an allegorical interpretation of all
Scripture. You can try to jam the puzzle pieces together anyway
you want, but unless all the pieces fit perfectly together, you have merely
deceived yourself and confused others. The Mid-Trib and Pre-Wrath is a
hopeless end in itself.
Keep looking up,
God bless
Pastor
Bob