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Tit 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all

men.

Tit 2:12 It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions,

and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

Tit 2:13 while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of

our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet

appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we

shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

1Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,

even as he is pure.

The coming of the Lord is called the Blessed Hope. It is vitally

important that we not lose this hope because the Bible says those that

have this hope will live pure lives.

There are many who have lost this hope by listening to scoffers.

2Pe 3:3 (AMP) To begin with, you must know and understand this, that

scoffers (mockers) will come in the last days with scoffing, [people

who] walk after their own fleshly desires

2Pe 3:4 And say, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the

forefathers fell asleep, all things have continued exactly as they did

from the beginning of creation.








2Pe 3:5 For they willfully overlook and forget this [fact], that the

heavens [came into] existence long ago by the word of God, and the

earth also which was formed out of water and by means of water,

2Pe 3:6 Through which the world that then [existed] was deluged with

water and perished. [Gen. 1:6-8; 7:11.]

2Pe 3:7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have

been stored up (reserved) for fire, being kept until the day of judgment

and destruction of the ungodly people.
















2Pe 3:8 Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape you, beloved,

that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years

as one day. [Ps. 90:4.]

2Pe 3:9 The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what

He promises, according to some people's conception of slowness, but

He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring

that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.

2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the

heavens will vanish (pass away) with a thunderous crash, and the

[material] elements [of the universe] will be dissolved with fire, and the

earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up.
















2Pe 3:8 Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape you, beloved,

that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years

as one day. [Ps. 90:4.]

2Pe 3:9 The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what

He promises, according to some people's conception of slowness, but

He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring

that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.

2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the

heavens will vanish (pass away) with a thunderous crash, and the

[material] elements [of the universe] will be dissolved with fire, and the

earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up.

2Pe 3:11 Since all these things are thus in the process of being

dissolved, what kind of person ought [each of] you to be [in the

meanwhile] in consecrated and holy behavior and devout and godly

qualities,

2Pe 3:12 While you wait and earnestly long for (expect and hasten) the

coming of the day of God by reason of which the flaming heavens will

be dissolved, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will flare

and melt with fire? [Isa. 34:4.]

We should not listen to naysayers and scoffers who mock the Word of

God. The Bible promises a crown to every believer that loves and

awaits Jesus' return.

2Ti 4:8 (AMP) [As to what remains] henceforth there is laid up for me

the [victor's] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and

doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me and

recompense me on that [great] day--and not to me only, but also to all

those who have loved and yearned for and welcomed His appearing

(His return).

Rev 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that

no man take thy crown.

Luk 2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, (Vision of Peace)

whose name was Simeon; (that hears or obeys that is heard) and the

same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation (comfort)

of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

Luk 2:26 And it was revealed (divinely intimate) unto him by the Holy

Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's

Christ.

Concerning the coming of the Lord the Holy Ghost illuminated this

scripture to me in the late 80s and said this is for you and this

generation.

There has been much confusion in the Body of Christ

concerning the “Rapture of the Church. One reason is many

tried to understand what was yet sealed in their time.

Dan 12:4 (AMP) But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the Book

until the time of the end. [Then] many shall run to and fro and search

anxiously [through the Book], and knowledge [of God's purposes as

revealed by His prophets] shall be increased and become great. [Amos

8:12.]

Dan 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord,

what shall be the end of these things?

Dan 12:9 And he [the angel] said, Go your way, Daniel, for the words

are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.

Another reason there has been much confusion is many that have tried

to do what God has plainly said in his word they cannot do.

Mar 13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the

angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

Mar 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the

time is.

There also has been much disagreement in the Body of Christ

concerning the timing of the “Rapture of the Church & whether the

Church will experience any of the “tribulation.” Three schools of

thought have developed.

With so many failed predictions & differing Ideas about the rapture is

there any way to absolutely know we have entered the time zone of the

Coming of Christ & does the Bible teach us the sequence of event s of

the Rapture of the church? Yes! And Yes! The prophet Isaiah

prophesied Israel would be a nation again!

Isa 66:8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such

things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a

moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her

children.

Israel in Scripture is symbolized by a fig tree. In Matthew Chapter 24

Jesus gives us a prophetic clue that all the future events described in

Matthew 24 will happen in the time frame after Israel becomes a

nation.

Mat 24:32 From the fig tree learn this lesson: as soon as its young

shoots become soft and tender and it puts out its leaves, you know of a

surety that summer is near.

Mat 24:33 So also when you see these signs, all taken together,

coming to pass, you may know of a surety that He is near, at the very

doors.

Mat 24:34 Truly I tell you, this generation (the whole multitude of

people living at the same time, in a definite, given period) will not pass

away till all these things taken together take place.

The Bible prophesies in the last days that the antichrist will enter the

rebuilt Jewish temple and desecrate it. You can’t enter a temple if you

don’t have the Land where its supposed to be built.

Dan 9:27 And he shall enter into a strong and firm covenant with the

many for one week [seven years]. And in the midst of the week he shall

cause the sacrifice and offering to cease [for the remaining three and

one-half years]; and upon the wing or pinnacle of abominations [shall

come] one who makes desolate, until the full determined end is poured

out on the desolator.

The word “Rapture” does not occur in the Holy Bible. It is used to

denote the coming of the Lord to suddenly “catch up” the church from

the earth to be united with the Lord “in the air.” The Book of

1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 13 through 18 describes this

Blessed event.

1Th 4:13 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.

1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so

them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.





Blessed event.

1Th 4:15 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.

1Th 4:16 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:





Blessed event.

1Th 4:17 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.

1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

It is commonly taught that we are going to be surprised when Jesus

returns. While this is true for the unbelievers it is not supposed to be

that way for believers.

1Th 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need

that I write unto you.

1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so

cometh as a thief in the night.

1Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden

destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child;

and they shall not escape.

1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should

overtake you as a thief.

It is commonly taught that we are going to be surprised when Jesus

returns. While this is true for the unbelievers it is not supposed to be

that way for believers.

1Th 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need

that I write unto you.

1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so

cometh as a thief in the night.

1Th 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden

destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child;

and they shall not escape.

1Th 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should

overtake you as a thief.

1Th 5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we

are not of the night, nor of darkness.

1Th 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and

be sober.

1Th 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be

drunken are drunken in the night.

1Th 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the

breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

1Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation

by our Lord Jesus Christ,

To truly understand the “Rapture of the Church” we must

understand that the Bible prophesies of 7 final years of God’s

dealings with Israel which will involve the whole earth known

as the week of Jacobs trouble. We must also understand the

difference between Gods wrath & satans wrath.

Jer 30:7 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.

To truly understand the “Rapture of the Church” we must

understand that the Bible prophesies of 7 final years of God’s

dealings with Israel which will involve the whole earth known

as the week of Jacobs trouble. We must also understand the

difference between Gods wrath & satans wrath.

Jer 30:7 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.

Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince

which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time

of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that

same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one

that shall be found written in the book.

Dan 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall

awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting

contempt.

Dan 9:25 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of

the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until [the

coming of] the Anointed One, a Prince, shall be seven weeks [of

years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it shall be built again with

[city] square and moat, but in troublous times.

Dan 9:26 And after the sixty-two weeks [of years] shall the Anointed

One be cut off or killed….

God’s prophetic time clock stopped after Jesus was crucified and

buried on Passover. (Easter)

Dan 9:27 And he shall enter into a strong and firm covenant with the

many for one week [seven years]. And in the midst of the week he shall

cause the sacrifice and offering to cease [for the remaining three and

one-half years]; and upon the wing or pinnacle of abominations [shall

come] one who makes desolate, until the full determined end is poured

out on the desolator.

The Book of Daniel prophesies 1 more week of Gods dealings with

Israel known as Daniels 70th

week.

Some teach that this 70th

week is 7 years of Gods wrath and the 1

thessolians 5:9 says were are not appointed unto wrath. So we could

not possibly be here for the 7 years.

1Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation

by our Lord Jesus Christ,

The Bible teaches us that most of the 7 years of Jacobs trouble is

satans wrath not Gods. Gods wrath is not poured out until the 7th

and

last trumpet mentioned in the Bible.

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called

the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out

into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.

Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come

down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath

but a short time.

The apostle Paul wrote of the Rapture in the Book of 1 Corinthians

15:51.

1Co 15:51 Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event

decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall

asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed)

1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of

the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ]

will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall

be changed (transformed).

After the Rapture of the Church at the sounding of the 7th

trumpet of

Revelation the Gods wrath is poured out.

Rev 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 forever and

ever.

Rev 11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on

their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God,

After the Rapture of the Church at the sounding of the 7th

trumpet of

Revelation the Gods wrath is poured out.

Rev 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 forever and

ever.

Rev 11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on

their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God,

Rev 11:17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which

art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy

great power, and hast reigned.

Rev 11:18 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 to the saints, and

them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them

which destroy the earth.

To truly understand the “rapture of the Church at the coming of the

Lord” we must understand what both Jesus said & Paul said about this

rebuilt Jewish temple and an event know as “the abomination that

makes desolate.” This is the event that starts the Great tribulation.

Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the

world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,

spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso

readeth, let him understand:)

Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:

Antiochus Epiphanes

In 167 B.C. on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Kislev, (November-

December) Antiochus Epiphanes attacked Jerusalem on the Sabbath

and then executed many Jews. Raging like a wild animal, he set out

from Egypt and took Jerusalem by storm.





He ordered his soldiers to cut down without mercy those whom they

met and to slay those who took refuge in their houses. There was a

massacre of young and old, a killing of women and children, a

slaughter of virgins and infants. In the space of three days, eighty

thousand were lost, forty thousand meeting a violent death, and the

same number being sold into slavery.





He ordered his soldiers to cut down without mercy those whom they

met and to slay those who took refuge in their houses. There was a

massacre of young and old, a killing of women and children, a

slaughter of virgins and infants. In the space of three days, eighty

thousand were lost, forty thousand meeting a violent death, and the

same number being sold into slavery.

Antiochus Epiphanes entered into the Jewish temple and erected a

pagan altar on the Great alter of burnt sacrifices, The altar was

dedicated to the pagan god Zeus of Olympus. On the 25th day of

Kislev, the first sacrifice, a pig, was offered on the altar. The pig is an

unclean animal to the Jews. Both the pagan altar erected in the temple

and the sacrifice of a pig was an abomination that made desolate the

Temple.

What happened to the Jews then is a prophetic picture of what

is about to happen in our day. Jesus said…..




I am

god!

What happened to the Jews then is a prophetic picture of what

is about to happen in our day. Jesus said…..




I am

god!

Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:

Mat 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take

any thing out of his house:

Mat 24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his

clothes.

Mat 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that

give suck in those days!

Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on

the Sabbath day:

Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since

the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord

Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by

spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is

at hand.

Lets take a look at what Paul had to say about the Rapture of the

Church and the abomination of desolation.





at hand.

2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not

come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be

revealed, the son of perdition;







at hand.

2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called

God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of

God, showing himself that he is God.

2Th 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you

these things?



Going back to Matthew 24 lets see what Jesus had to say about

our gathering together to him or the rapture of the Church.

Mat 24:29 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:

Mat 24:30 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.

Mat 24:31 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.



Mat 24:29 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:

Mat 24:30 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.

Mat 24:31 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.

Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet

tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know

that it is near, even at the doors.

Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all

these things be fulfilled.

Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not

pass away.

Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels

of heaven, but my Father only.



Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of

the Son of man be.

Mat 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were

eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that

Noah entered into the ark,

Mat 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away;

so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Mat 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,

and the other left.

Mat 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one

shall be taken, and the other left.

Mat 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your

Lord doth come.

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