WILL YOU FALL UP, UP AND AWAY?
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How many of you can honestly say you
have been studying Bible End Time Prophecy for 52 years? How many of you
started learning End Time eschatology as a small child?
Who of you have been watching the
developments of history, technology, science, global economics and world events
for over half a century from the focus of the Bible’s lens? I have.
Maybe it’s not just the eyes of a
child reading End Time scriptures that enable a person to see End Time doctrine
in a different light. Children have a way of looking at things and situations
that tend to “cut through the bull”. They are sometimes more truth-thinking and
more clear-spoken than adults.
Children don’t have the inhibition
adults do. The inhibitions which cause them to bow to peer pressure in the
church. Or to allow themselves to be spoon-fed what is SAID to be “truth”
in the form of man-made opinions.
When I heard in the Baptist church as
a child that the “Anti-Christ” had to be a gay Jew, inwardly I laughed. Even as
a young girl, I knew in my heart that was the fanciful imagination of feverish
male scholars totally misinterpreting scripture.
The fundamental, Baptist church I
attended took that doctrine from the following passage: Daniel 11:20-45 KJV.
Let’s focus for the moment on verse
11:37:
“Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, NOR THE DESIRE OF WOMEN, nor regard any God: for he shall magnify himself above all.”
Some Bible scholars believed this
proved that the Anti-Messiah absolutely had to be Jewish, and could not be
heterosexual.
They believed the “God of his fathers”
had to mean Yahweh, the God of Israel.
In fact, in Hebrew the word “God” in
this passage is translated in Strong’s concordance as “Elohim”, the plural for “rulers,
judges, divine ones, gods – in the ordinary and collective sense.
However, this description could just
as easily apply to a Gentile, so-called Christian, since they too make the God
of Israel their object of worship. Or perhaps if you use “gods” in the
collective sense, it could even apply to a Muslim.
The Muslims are expecting their own
Messiah, the antithesis of the Jewish and Christian Messiah. Theirs is called
the “Mahdi”. They expect him to ride a white horse, and in some cases, have even
identified him as a modern political figure.
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Secondly, the verse goes on to say
that he won’t “regard the desire of women”. In other words, unlike some other
political leaders in history, he won’t be a “womanizer”. He won’t take
advantage of his ruler-ship station to prey upon foolish women for his own
selfish gain. Other things will be more important to him than that.
There are other ways we know that
this passage is supposed to be descriptive of the “Anti-Christ”. See for
example Daniel 11:31 KJV.
“And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifices, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.”
This is a dual prophecy. It applies
to two separate time periods. So many Bible scholars believe this prophecy had
its first fulfillment during the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, who serves as a
prototype or PICTURE of the Antichrist to shortly arrive on the scene.
The original abominable
desolator, Antiochus Epiphanes, gave himself the name, meaning “God Manifest”,
proclaimed himself God, and insisted there was no higher power, as other tyrannical
rulers have done before in history.
This particular Syrian King went into
the Jerusalem Temple and slaughtered Jews, then slaughtered a pig on the altar in the Holy of Holies, desecrating the Holy Place, and made the priests drink the repulsive porcine blood. Ugh!
Although anyone would consider the killing of other human beings a revulsion...
In Hebrew eyes, these unclean acts would have triggered extreme horror, and been
considered, “an abomination of desolation”.
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That particular temple has long since
been destroyed. But there is right now a Third Temple on the verge of being
built in Jerusalem. The Levite priests have been trained. Implements and proper
uniforms have been prepared. Even red heifer bulls have been found and raised in
preparation for this enormous event, the restoration of the daily sacrifices in
the soon-to-be-built Jewish temple.
Therefore, the soon-to-be-recognized Antichrist
is said to going to once again fulfill this prophecy, and desolate the Holy
Temple with an abomination. Exactly how he is going to “pollute” the temple we
don’t yet know.
So just as the first antichrist
prototype prevented the daily sacrifices so shall the second. That I believe.
Daniel 11:32-35 says that the
upcoming AntiMessiah will make war on the saints.
“And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt with flatteries: [LIES] but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet shall they fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by spoil, many days. Now when they fall they shall be helped up with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. 35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, AND TO MAKE THEM WHITE, even to the time of the end, because it is for a time yet appointed.”
Now, pray tell me – How can the Antichrist
make war on the saints if:
1)
All the saints have been whisked away
in the clouds (at a hidden appearance of Christ)?
You can’t justify your
argument by saying that the saints remaining are the 144,000 Jews spoken of in Revelation
7:4 and 14:1. The saints dressed in white around the throne of God, who have
overcome by the Blood of the Lamb, and loved not their lives unto death, are
numberless, and made up of many cultures and tribes. So that just doesn’t apply
or answer the question.
2)
If the Holy Spirit has been removed
from the Earth? (As many say the “He who will let, will let” verse 2 Thess. 2:6 is to
read.) The Holy Spirit lives in the Saints.
To the question of item
#2:
II Thessalonians 2:4-6 (NKJV)
also speak of the Antichrist:
“Now brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter, as if from us, as though the DAY of CHRIST had come. 3 Let no many deceive you by any means for that day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition. 4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped. So that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God…6 And now you know what is restraining, that he will be revealed in his own time.”
In the KJV it reads, “what
withholdeth”. The Greek word “katecho” means “hold, keep, possess, stay, TO
HOLD BACK, RETAIN”.
This is the same concept we see in
Daniel 10:13 when he has fasted for 21 days until the archangel finally is able
to reach him, after something has been detaining or restraining. Daniel’s
messenger angel spoke of war in the heavenlies, and that he had been
restrained/detained by another archangel, and warring spirit armies.
“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia WITHSTOOD me one and twenty days: but lo, Michael, one of the chief princes came to help me; and I remained there with the Kings of Persia.”
In Hebrew the word AMAD describes
what happened. It means “stood, stand, set, stay, still, appointed, standing,
endure, remain, withstand, waited, establish”.
In other words, Daniel’s messenger
angel was only able to break the grip of the angels warring against him, with
the help of the Archangel Michael. Daniel’s fasting and prayer helped, too, I
am sure, as fasting empowers and accelerates.
So perhaps instead, the reference to
something “holding back” the revealing of the Antichrist is actually an
archangel or archangelic forces as described in both passages…one in Hebrew,
the other Greek.
If the Holy Spirit had
been removed from Earth, because the Holy Spirit is the one who would persuade
men’s hearts to receive Christ/Yeshua as Messiah, then no one would be saved.
God’s Spirit would no longer be present on Earth to convince people of their
sins, change their hearts, lead, comfort and protect them through the
Tribulation.
And, how can Jesus possibly get anywhere near Earth’s atmosphere without anyone knowing about it,
when major signs in the sky are now predicting His Second and Only Appearing
as the Judge of All Mankind?
I don’t believe that either the Holy
Spirit or the saints will be removed until the VERY LAST TRUMPET SOUNDS. That’s
what the Bible says.
I believe it is not the Holy Spirit that
will be removed or taken out of the way, but rather an Archangel like Michael
which is holding back the forces of darkness and lawlessness. But for how long?
II Thessalonians 2:8 goes on to say,
“And THEN shall that
wicked be revealed whom the Lord SHALL CONSUME with the Spirit of His mouth,
AND SHALL DESTROY, with THE BRIGHTNESS OF HIS COMING.”
When our Lord comes back He is
actually going to destroy the Antichrist with the BRIGHTNESS of His Coming.
So if Jesus came back to rapture the
Church before the Tribulation even starts, and He destroys the Antichrist as
the scripture says Jesus will do, then the Tribulation couldn’t start at all. For
the whole thing would have to occur without the Antichrist and his forces of
darkness, because they would have already been consumed by Christ’s coming.
MY GOD DOESN’T DO THINGS HALF WAY!
MY GOD DOESN’T DO THINGS HALF WAY!
II Thess. 2:9 says,
“Even
him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power, and signs and lying
wonders. 10 With all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved.”
2:11 “And
for this cause God shall send them A STRONG DELUSION, that they shall believe a
lie.”
WHY? BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T LOVE THE
TRUTH. DIDN’T WANT ANY PART OF THE TRUTH. WHO IS TRUTH? JESUS. IF YOU LOVE
JESUS, YOU WILL LOVE TRUTH.
He said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me.” John 14:6 KJV
IF YOU DON’T TRULY LOVE JESUS WITH
ALL YOUR HEART, THEN YOU WON’T LOVE THE TRUTH. YOU WON’T RECOGNIZE TRUTH IF IT
HITS YOU OVER THE HEAD!
The Church, the Body of Christ, the
Bride, isn’t going anywhere, until the LAST trumpet sounds!
What does the Bible say His Bride
must do before He, Jesus, arrives?
SHE
MUST MAKE HERSELF READY!
Revelation 19:7
“Let us be glad and rejoice and give honor to
Him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife HAS MADE HERSELF
READY.”
Ephesians 5:27
“That He might present
it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing,
but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
DOES A BRIDE WEAR
WHITE? YES!
Revelation 6:11
“And WHITE robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said
unto them, that they should rest for a little season, until their fellow
servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be
fulfilled.”
Revelation 7:9
“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…”
Revelation 7:13
“And one of the elders
answered, saying unto me, what are these which are arrayed in WHITE robes? And
whence came they?
Revelation 7:14
“And I said unto him, ‘Sir, thou knowest’. And he said to me, ‘These
are they which came out of the GREAT TRIBULATION, and have WASHED THEIR ROBES,
and MADE THEM WHITE, in the Blood of the Lamb.”
WHEN DOES THE LAST TRUMP BLOW?
Then we also have to compare the
succession of trumpets. We won’t include them all, but just to give you an idea
of the sequence you see that in:
Revelation 8:13 it describes angels
sounding trumpets, and even implies that the “trumpets” are the sounds of the
VOICES of THE ANGELS.
“And I beheld, and
heard and angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, ‘Woe,
woe, woe to the inhabiters of Earth by reason of the OTHER VOICES OF THE TRUMPET
OF THE THREE ANGELS, which are yet to sound.”
The “LAST” trump has to be after
this. Because it’s the LAST TRUMP.
Revelation 9:14:
“Saying to the 6th angel which had THE TRUMPET, ‘Loose
the four angels which are bound in the great River Euphrates”.
WELL THE L-A-S-T T-R-U-M-P-E-T STILL HAS NOT SOUNDED!
I Thessalonians 4:16 reads:
“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.”
If Jesus was trying to be secretive
and not let anyone know He is coming, despite the fact that the Bible says, “Every
eye shall see Him”, DO YOU THINK HE WOULD SHOUT? WOULDN’T THAT ATTRACT
ATTENTION???
Matthew 24:31 says,
“And He shall send his angels
WITH THE SOUND OF A GREAT TRUMPET, and they shall gather His Elect from
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” NO SECRETIVE HALF WAY COMING HERE!
Bu there ARE strange unexplainable
trumpet sounds occurring all around the globe. Scientists haven’t been able to
PROVE any possible explanations for them. Could they perhaps be a sign or WARNING of the TRUMPETS OF
REVELATION?
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I Corinthians 15:52 reads:
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE L-A-S-T
TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall all be changed.”
THE LAST TRUMP IS AT THE VERY END!
THE LAST!
DON’T YOU KNOW THAT THE DAY OF CHRIST AND THE DAY OF THE LORD ARE THE
SAME THING? JESUS IS THE LORD!
Corrie Ten Boom, a magnificent saint who went through the Nazi camps
because her Dutch family hid Jews in their house; NEVER FOR ONE MINUTE THOUGHT
SHE WAS GOING TO BE ‘RAPTURED’ OUT OF THERE.
IN FACT SHE WARNED ABOUT SUCH ESCAPIST THINKING.
CORRIE TEN BOOM WARNS THE CHURCH
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FAMOUS DOROTHY FROM WIZARD OFOZ
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Dorothy, sorry to burst your bubble, your BALLOON, or whatever the case may be. But you won't get back to "HOME" until the very end. BEFORE THE LORD'S WHIRLWIND PICKS YOU UP - YOU MUST PUT ON YOUR CLEAN, WHITE WEDDING GOWN - WITHOUT SPOT OR WRINKLE!
AND LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF THE VERY LAST TRUMPET!
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