I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but Scripture states otherwise regarding the timing of the rapture. For decades, I've kept silent about this issue, being I saw it was not an issue to argue with anyone about, being it was still some time in the future. Now, I'm not so sure that it's in some distant time of the future. Sadly, I can easily see people that claim to be 'Christians', taking the "Mark", and telling themselves it couldn't be the 'mark' being they would have been raptured. FWIW, I grew up in a time, prior to the 'Late Great Planet Earth' being published. Most ministers of Christian churches warned their congregations that we would have to prepare ourselves that we very well might go through the Tribulation. Jesus, himself, warned us. (read all of Matthew chapter 24)
I grew up in a time of listening to Dr. Walter Martin, a famous minister that spoke on this topic. (Dr. Walter Martin was the original Bible Answer Man) There are several videos on youtube of him preaching on this specific topic.
Sadly, I think ministers have muddied the waters on this topic, by declaring "tribulation and God's Wrath" as being synonymous. They are two distinctly different words used in different places in the Bible and referring to two very different things and two different periods of time. (do a Bible search for the word "wrath")
Please give the following Scripture some thought. It's clear that the rapture does take place at the "Last" Trump, which is the seventh trumpet to sound. Read Matthew chapter 24, read and Luke chapter 21.
Please, make a special note of the fact that Jesus does NOT come back until the "Last Trump", which happens when the Seventh angel sounds the trumpet.
1 Corinthians 15:52 "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."
(please note the words: "Immediately AFTER the tribulation")
Matthew 24:29-31 "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 shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then 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."
Also, please make note the words of Jesus in verse in Matthew 24:22
"{22} And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened."
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 "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 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."
Revelation 1:7 "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."
Revelation 11:15 "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."
Revelation 16:17 "And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done."
Bottom line, (and I know it's a hard pill to swallow, for many people), I believe many hold false teachers, teaching a pretrib rapture, theory, above God's Word.
Sad how the Catholics are the ones the FBI targeted. Tells me Evangelicals are not the one's standing up at School Board meetings, etc. We seem to forget dawning armor (the armor of God) is typically for combat. "The gates of Hell shall not prevail." Gates are defensive...meaning God's people are supposed to be on the offensive.
It is particularly depressing to see how many citizens are blind to what is taking place right beneath their noses. Many, in fact, strongly support such disintegration.
The decline has been noticed for two or three decades. But now with so many nonthinkers screevching and howling and using violence to gain their false perception, it is truly remarkable.
Sadly no mention of the captured Christian Zionist, who outnumber Jewish Zionists, 10-1. The apartheid state of Israel, is not a fulfillment of Bible prophecy. The Noahide laws, being laid out in the UN and courts in America , call for the heads of pluralistic god worshippers , the Christian. Bill C9 in Canada is already intact ,,,, Christians wake up.
Globalists such as Austen Carlsten of the BIS proves in 1 minute their plans for total control of buying and selling will be in their hands once this digital prison is fully uploaded:
Please listen to one of Austen Carlsten's bankster buddies over at the IMF tell us in the 38 second video embedded in this link, that to enter the NWO ~ “New World Order” everyone will be required to have a smart phone, bank account, and upload their digital ID:
The Vietnamese banks with their government stooges just stole 86 million bank accounts of those who didn’t upload their digital ID by 9/1/2025 as this 1 minute video proves:
We were already warned by David Webb who showed how tokenization is going to digitize everything, so your digital ID is the only way to claim ownership as this 12 minute video proves:
We must ask ourselves if countries such as China, India, and Vietnam are already restricting their citizens ability to buy and sell unless they upload their digital ID is it possible, we are already in the second half of the timeline in this link?:
Thank you for making this post. I'm saving your entire post, with the links. I've been collecting links like this for years, like a squirrel, collects nuts.
A hearty, Amen to what you wrote in the article! Our life on this earth, is a speck, indeed, in comparison to eternity.
"The first step in putting on the Armor of God is realizing that all of our joys and troubles in this world are ephemeral, that no matter how real it all seems and important it all feels, it’s a speck in the face of eternity."
For maybe, two decades, I've been watching pieces of the puzzle of the 'Last Days' being put into place. In the last ten years, or so, it's become so obvious to me the moves made are leading to our destructive end of not only our freedom, but right down to our ability to survive on the planet.
Revelation 13:17 "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
When I've told friends, 'Christian' friends, my thoughts, I get the feeling it's being completely dismissed as being nothing to be concerned about. I don't really blame them, being we live in a time where people have jobs and families, and so very many don't take the time to read news or current events. So, in essence they're not seeing the pieces of the puzzle come together which would remind them of Scripture.
When JFK, stood up about a year, ago, and stated that within four years, everyone would be wearing trackables on their wrist. (that sent shockwaves through me, but it appears that I'm alone in being shocked by that piece of news.) The excuse is the same, it's for our health!
For me, the puzzle is near completion, and I am not looking forward to the days ahead. I lean on this Scripture.
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. {6} In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
Seriously ? Trump biden one twoed us with trump introducing scamdemic tyranny and biden locking it in
Trump is quietly creating crypto 666 spy system and doing the wars economic collapse that will allow whatever commie dem puppet they put in place (after he has burned maga to the ground) to make it the nwo
Look around you, include the whole world; I believe we are definitely in the last days ! Look Up To See What’s Coming Down. Satan wins the battles but God will win the war.
SO well stated all the way through, JD. So clear and so true. Thank you. ✝️
This is one I'll send to others in my biological family and my church family. And if anyone is ready to be banned from fb or similar platform, post this article on your way out and hope many will see it before it's taken down. It has the Scriptural citations as well, so anyone who might be convicted enough can look into it more.
This is what i long to hear from the pulpit.
(We are the infamous frog sitting in a pot of water that is just begining to get uncomfortably hot!)
Messiah Yahoshua's bride will NEVER be faced with the Antichrist, as the bride will be fully removed from the earth and taken to the wedding chamber on the Feast of Trumpets BEFORE the Antichrist, who will be a physical Jew virgin male (a counterfeit of Messiah Yahoshua), will be revealed to the world.
I tried to get my driver's license renewed. I couldn't believe what is happening there. Closed up, all appointments months and months away, no walk ins anymore or impossible now. I notice a sign about getting violent, disruptive, swearing, etc. and I wondered why such a sign? Then it hit me why as I left, unable to renew and a wasted day.
I recently did a walk-in renewal and it took me 4 hours of waiting. (This was in N.C.). EVERYTIME I have went to this location, it has been an ORDEAL ! I am referring to the way the place is ran and managed. Once you get past all of that, in the back, the examiners are fine and human. I even talked to the manager and asked her if I could give some feedback and she said, “NO” !
Read Revelations and none of this will shock you.
Its coming and so is Jesus.
Good news: Believers will be raptured before the Great Tribulation and rule of the Beast, aka Anti-Christ
I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but Scripture states otherwise regarding the timing of the rapture. For decades, I've kept silent about this issue, being I saw it was not an issue to argue with anyone about, being it was still some time in the future. Now, I'm not so sure that it's in some distant time of the future. Sadly, I can easily see people that claim to be 'Christians', taking the "Mark", and telling themselves it couldn't be the 'mark' being they would have been raptured. FWIW, I grew up in a time, prior to the 'Late Great Planet Earth' being published. Most ministers of Christian churches warned their congregations that we would have to prepare ourselves that we very well might go through the Tribulation. Jesus, himself, warned us. (read all of Matthew chapter 24)
I grew up in a time of listening to Dr. Walter Martin, a famous minister that spoke on this topic. (Dr. Walter Martin was the original Bible Answer Man) There are several videos on youtube of him preaching on this specific topic.
Sadly, I think ministers have muddied the waters on this topic, by declaring "tribulation and God's Wrath" as being synonymous. They are two distinctly different words used in different places in the Bible and referring to two very different things and two different periods of time. (do a Bible search for the word "wrath")
Dr. Walter Martin on pretrib thought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joy9pDTx88E
Please give the following Scripture some thought. It's clear that the rapture does take place at the "Last" Trump, which is the seventh trumpet to sound. Read Matthew chapter 24, read and Luke chapter 21.
Please, make a special note of the fact that Jesus does NOT come back until the "Last Trump", which happens when the Seventh angel sounds the trumpet.
1 Corinthians 15:52 "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."
(please note the words: "Immediately AFTER the tribulation")
Matthew 24:29-31 "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 shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then 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."
Also, please make note the words of Jesus in verse in Matthew 24:22
"{22} And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened."
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 "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 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."
Revelation 1:7 "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."
Revelation 11:15 "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."
Revelation 16:17 "And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done."
Bottom line, (and I know it's a hard pill to swallow, for many people), I believe many hold false teachers, teaching a pretrib rapture, theory, above God's Word.
Sad how the Catholics are the ones the FBI targeted. Tells me Evangelicals are not the one's standing up at School Board meetings, etc. We seem to forget dawning armor (the armor of God) is typically for combat. "The gates of Hell shall not prevail." Gates are defensive...meaning God's people are supposed to be on the offensive.
It is particularly depressing to see how many citizens are blind to what is taking place right beneath their noses. Many, in fact, strongly support such disintegration.
The decline has been noticed for two or three decades. But now with so many nonthinkers screevching and howling and using violence to gain their false perception, it is truly remarkable.
Sadly no mention of the captured Christian Zionist, who outnumber Jewish Zionists, 10-1. The apartheid state of Israel, is not a fulfillment of Bible prophecy. The Noahide laws, being laid out in the UN and courts in America , call for the heads of pluralistic god worshippers , the Christian. Bill C9 in Canada is already intact ,,,, Christians wake up.
Very well written warning brother JD!
Globalists such as Austen Carlsten of the BIS proves in 1 minute their plans for total control of buying and selling will be in their hands once this digital prison is fully uploaded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8G5vz8GJV4
Please listen to one of Austen Carlsten's bankster buddies over at the IMF tell us in the 38 second video embedded in this link, that to enter the NWO ~ “New World Order” everyone will be required to have a smart phone, bank account, and upload their digital ID:
https://sociable.co/government-and-policy/digital-id-bank-account-smartphone-new-world-imf-spring-meetings/
The Vietnamese banks with their government stooges just stole 86 million bank accounts of those who didn’t upload their digital ID by 9/1/2025 as this 1 minute video proves:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sSESYsiw0tU
We were already warned by David Webb who showed how tokenization is going to digitize everything, so your digital ID is the only way to claim ownership as this 12 minute video proves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyQRe6RwcAA
This 4 minute video proves they used the covid lockdown model for Digital ID deployment:
https://rumble.com/v71nn6s-covid-lockdown-model-for-digital-id-deployment.html
Please do NOT upload your digital ID as that is giving the beast system your mark to buy and sell:
https://sumofthyword.com/2022/05/18/the-mark-of-the-beast/
We must ask ourselves if countries such as China, India, and Vietnam are already restricting their citizens ability to buy and sell unless they upload their digital ID is it possible, we are already in the second half of the timeline in this link?:
https://sumofthyword.com/2016/10/04/the-rapture-of-the-church-is-after-the-tribulation/
Thank you for making this post. I'm saving your entire post, with the links. I've been collecting links like this for years, like a squirrel, collects nuts.
Your welcome sis! Reach out to me via email and I will send you some other links you may be interested in!
Excellent article, JD.
Statism (State is God - whether Socialism, Fascism, Communism, Totalitarianism, etc.) is simply atheism dressed up as a political philosophy…
Thank you…
I’m not worried at all. Not going to worry about. I’m not afraid to die. I’m ready when that time comes. Full Armor 💪
U are right. Persecution of Christians.
A hearty, Amen to what you wrote in the article! Our life on this earth, is a speck, indeed, in comparison to eternity.
"The first step in putting on the Armor of God is realizing that all of our joys and troubles in this world are ephemeral, that no matter how real it all seems and important it all feels, it’s a speck in the face of eternity."
For maybe, two decades, I've been watching pieces of the puzzle of the 'Last Days' being put into place. In the last ten years, or so, it's become so obvious to me the moves made are leading to our destructive end of not only our freedom, but right down to our ability to survive on the planet.
Revelation 13:17 "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
When I've told friends, 'Christian' friends, my thoughts, I get the feeling it's being completely dismissed as being nothing to be concerned about. I don't really blame them, being we live in a time where people have jobs and families, and so very many don't take the time to read news or current events. So, in essence they're not seeing the pieces of the puzzle come together which would remind them of Scripture.
When JFK, stood up about a year, ago, and stated that within four years, everyone would be wearing trackables on their wrist. (that sent shockwaves through me, but it appears that I'm alone in being shocked by that piece of news.) The excuse is the same, it's for our health!
https://www.foxnews.com/health/rfk-jr-encourage-americans-use-wearable-tech-track-health
For me, the puzzle is near completion, and I am not looking forward to the days ahead. I lean on this Scripture.
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. {6} In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
Seriously ? Trump biden one twoed us with trump introducing scamdemic tyranny and biden locking it in
Trump is quietly creating crypto 666 spy system and doing the wars economic collapse that will allow whatever commie dem puppet they put in place (after he has burned maga to the ground) to make it the nwo
Look around you, include the whole world; I believe we are definitely in the last days ! Look Up To See What’s Coming Down. Satan wins the battles but God will win the war.
SO well stated all the way through, JD. So clear and so true. Thank you. ✝️
This is one I'll send to others in my biological family and my church family. And if anyone is ready to be banned from fb or similar platform, post this article on your way out and hope many will see it before it's taken down. It has the Scriptural citations as well, so anyone who might be convicted enough can look into it more.
This is what i long to hear from the pulpit.
(We are the infamous frog sitting in a pot of water that is just begining to get uncomfortably hot!)
Messiah Yahoshua's bride will NEVER be faced with the Antichrist, as the bride will be fully removed from the earth and taken to the wedding chamber on the Feast of Trumpets BEFORE the Antichrist, who will be a physical Jew virgin male (a counterfeit of Messiah Yahoshua), will be revealed to the world.
https://wayofthetabernacle.com/rapture.htm
I tried to get my driver's license renewed. I couldn't believe what is happening there. Closed up, all appointments months and months away, no walk ins anymore or impossible now. I notice a sign about getting violent, disruptive, swearing, etc. and I wondered why such a sign? Then it hit me why as I left, unable to renew and a wasted day.
I recently did a walk-in renewal and it took me 4 hours of waiting. (This was in N.C.). EVERYTIME I have went to this location, it has been an ORDEAL ! I am referring to the way the place is ran and managed. Once you get past all of that, in the back, the examiners are fine and human. I even talked to the manager and asked her if I could give some feedback and she said, “NO” !
Very well articulated brother! The beast is upon the world and time is very short. Stand firm because the great tribulation is almost upon us.
Psalm 119:165
John 14:27
Philippians 4:4-7
John 16:22
All come to mind…
And 1 Thess. 5:21 - thanks…