When Will The Rapture Take Place

When will the Rapture Take Place?

The “Rapture” is a very spoken about the topic, and many people have different views, and many theories are formulated with lots of scripture to “proof” everyone, but I think God is not confused and there is only one truth regarding the rapture. There is no such word as “Rapture” in Scripture and is actually the word “gathering” where YHVH will gather His people unto Him at the end of time. Let's look at the facts and find out what the Scripture has to say about this topic.

1. Will there be a Rapture? Yes, there will be“rapture”, even though there is no word like “rapture” in Scripture, it is called “caught up” and “gather” as we find in the following passages. The term “rapture” will be used in this document because everybody is familiar with this term. 1 Th 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."

Mat 24:31 And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

2. Will there be a Tribulation? Yes, there will be a Great Tribulation, such as the world has not ever seen: Mat 24:15-22 Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand). (16) Then let those in Judea flee into the mountains.

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(17) Let him on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house; (18) nor let him in the field turn back to take his clothes. (19) And woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in those days! (20) But pray that your flight is not in the winter, nor on the sabbath day; (21) for then shall be GREAT TRIBULATION, such as has not been since the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor ever shall be. (22) And unless those days should be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened. The question is whether the Believers will go through it and be raptured after the Tribulation or before these terrible things happen. The aim of this study is to look at just that and to prove the Pre-Trib-Rapture (most Believers believe), or Post-TribRapture which is not a popular choice.

3. How long will the Tribulation last? Some believe that the Great Tribulation is seven years and some believe that it is three and a half years. What does the Scripture say? Rev 12:14 And two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the serpent's face. Dan 7:25-26 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and plot to change times and laws. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one-half time. (26) But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his rulership, to cut off and to destroy until the end. Time (1 year), plus times (2 years), plus half a year = 3,5 years. Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the desolating abomination set up, a thousand two hundred and ninety days shall occur. 1290 days divided by 365.25 = 3.53 years, confirming the previous statement resulting in a three and a half year Great Tribulation period, starting from the Abomination of Desolation event and the seizing of daily sacrifices. There is a seven-year period mentioned in the story of Joseph where the first seven years will be a time of prosperity and the last seven years will be a time of famine or Tribulation. The sevenyear of famine is the period where everything will start to deteriorate, and it will signal the beginning of the bad times which are to come.

The Great Tribulation will begin within this seven-year period, starting off with the first four seals which lead us into the Great Tribulation in the midst if this seven-year period that will last for 3,5 years. This will happen in the “midst of the week” as Daniel prophesied:

Dan 9:27 And he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. And in the midst of the week, he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and on a corner of the altar desolating abominations, even until the end. And that which was decreed shall be poured on the desolator.

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4. Different Views on the Timing of the Rapture. Many people agree with the fact that there will be a “rapture” and that there will be a Tribulation, but there are many different views on when the Rapture will be and if YHVH’s people will experience the Tribulation. Here are the different views:

1. Pre-Tribulation Rapture

Most Believers believe the PreTribulation Rapture where “the Church/Bride will be raptured at the beginning of the Tribulation, and only the “bad” people and the Jews will be “Left Behind” and experience this terrible time. This view is based on a Fiction Novel written, called “Left Behind” that dictated this view. A lot of Christians today quote this Novel as ‘truth’ to prove their view on the PreTribulation Rapture. This is the most widespread view that is taught in most Christian Churches today. “The Church/ Bride will be raptured at “anytime” at the “twinkling of the eye” just before the start of the seven year Tribulation. They will return with Christ when He judges the earth before His 1000-year Reign of Peace. We will, later on, look at verses that are quoted to support this view and whether this view can be confirmed as the truth.

2. Mid-Tribulation Rapture This view supports the fact that Y’shua will come to Gather His Bride in the middle of a seven-year Tribulation period. They will miss out on the 3,5 years of intense tribulation also known as the Great Tribulation. After this, He will return together with His Bride and with the New Jerusalem at the time of Judgment, before the 1000-year reign of peace.

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3. Pre-Wrath Tribulation Rapture

YHVH’s WRATH

This view believes that believers will go through the Great Tribulation and that His Bride will be raptured before the great “day of YHVH” where He will come to judge all people who are left on the earth. The Bride will then spend a thousand years with Him ruling the nations on the earth who will go through a terrible time until Judgment Day, after the 1000-year period. Then the New Jerusalem will come down, and we will live with Him forever.

4. Post-Tribulation Rapture This view is similar to the PreWrath-Rapture except for the returning of Y’shua with His Bride. They believe that He will come back with His Bride to rule over the earth before the thousand-year period of peace. This implies that the New Jerusalem will descend before the 1000-year period.

We will examine Scripture to confirm which one of these views is accurate and what we need to know to prepare for Messiah’s Second Coming.

5. The Rapture according to Scripture Scripture should always be used within context to get an accurate interpretation as well as confirmation in other places in the Word to act as the “second witness”, confirming the Truth. The same rules should apply when studying end time prophecies to ensure accuracy confirming the sequence of events that will precede and continue throughout the Tribulation period, to see when the Rapture and the Second Coming of Messiah will take place. Before we begin we should be aware of the warning Y’shua gave us regarding the end times and the time of His Coming:

Mat 24:11-12 “And many false prophets shall rise and lead many

astray. 12 “And because of the increase in LAWLESSNESS (Torahlessness), the love of many shall become cold.

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During the time of the end, before the Great Tribulation and the Coming of Messiah, there will be a tendency for people to lean towards lawlessness and a lack of interest to search the truth and a relationship with YHVH. Not only that, but there will also be a lot of false teachings taught by false teachers/prophets that will make teach things and make predictions that are not Scriptural or true. This will cause the people not to take any warning seriously because there have been so many false predictions before. The danger with this is that the people’s “love will grow cold” causing them not to adhere to the times and the signs of the end. They always quote “…but people said it would happen on ….and it never did, nobody will know the day or the hour…” Matt 25:13, 36. 1Th_5:1-6 But of the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you. (2) For you yourselves KNOW ACCURATELY that the DAY OF YHVH comes like a thief in the night. (3) For when they shall say, Peace and safety! Then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape. (4) But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief. (5) You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness. (6) Therefore let us NOT SLEEP as the rest do, but let us WATCH and be calm. What about 1Th 5:1-6, is it contradicting Matt 25:13,36? No, Y’shua spoke of the DAY and the HOUR that no one would know, but He did mention that we will know the SEASON mentioned in Matt 24:32, in the parable of the fig tree. The season is the Hebrew word “mo-ed” that means “Appointed Time” and is also translated as Festival. YHVH gave us His 7 Festivals to give us His Restoration Plan that involves the End Time events and fulfilment of all 7 Festivals. Yes, we will not know the hour or the day, but observing the “Mo-edim” or Festivals, you will know the season. We will be able to discern the Times as pre-warned and outlined in Matt 24 so that we can be ready and urge others to repent and prepare for His Coming. The difference is that YHVH sealed up the knowledge of the end times for those living in the end and will only be revealed as the time draw near. 1Th_5:1-6 But of the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you. (2) For you yourselves KNOW ACCURATELY that the DAY OF YHVH comes like a thief in the night. (3) For when they shall say, Peace and safety! Then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape. (4) But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief. (5) You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness. (6) Therefore let us NOT SLEEP as the rest do, but let us WATCH and be calm. Rev_1:3 Blessed is the one who reads and hears the Words of this prophecy, and the ones keeping the things written in it, for the time is near. YHVH wants His people to know so that they can warn others and be true watchman, bringing in many souls into the Kingdom. Eze 33:7 And you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore you shall hear the Word from My mouth, and warn them from Me. If you read Matthew 25 Y’shua taught us to be ready and be prepared and be watching which makes me believe that the “love that will grow cold” are those referred to as the “five foolish virgins” (believers) who did not watch and did not prepare for His Coming. Matt24:11-12 is written in the context of the End Times and the Second Coming, outlaying of the events that will take place. The false prophets/teachers will be the spiritual leaders that will confuse the people so that they will not watch and will not prepare as Y’shua warned with the Ten Virgins in Matt 25.

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To avoid being misled and lied to you must take up the Word and study the end time prophecies and know what to look out for because there is going to be deception with serious consequences i.e. people following the wrong Messiah (Antimessiah). It is always important to have more than one scripture confirming the statement when you try to prove a statement, and you need to make sure that you read each passage in context so that you will get the real meaning or interpretation. The Scripture must be seen as a whole, and one part cannot contradict another part, and the whole Scripture must form a unity, nothing may contradict anything else in Scripture. Lastly, use a proper translation to study from, many newer translations have people’s doctrines “written into” the verses or added in the commentaries underneath. The best Scripture / Bible to use is the King James Version together with the Strongs Hebrew & Greek concordance. You may consider using Bible Software, and I can highly recommend the free version of e-Sword where you can download and install the Bible versions you prefer. http://www.e-sword.net/

4.1 Pre-Trib-Rapture - Scriptures: Let’s look at the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine first and the two most important scriptures that are used to confirm this theory: 1Th 4:15-17 For we say this to you by the Word of YHVH, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Master shall not go before those who are asleep. (16) For the Master Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of YHVH. And the dead in Messiah shall rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Master in the air. And so we shall ever be with YHVH. 1Co 15:51-53 See, I speak a secret to you: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (53) For this corruptible has to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality. In the first scripture three events will take place in sequence: • • •

The Trumpet will sound first Then the Dead will be raised Then the Saints who are still alive will be caught up (gathered) in the clouds with the Master Y’shua (Jesus) after the resurrection of the dead.

The scripture confirming this in 1Col 15 states: • • •

The last trumpet will sound The Dead will be raised The saints will be changed and receive incorruptible, immortal bodies

We all agree that both scriptures describe the Rapture where the Believers in Y’shua will meet Him in the clouds (sky) receiving new bodies (immortality). Both verses confirm the three things that will happen at His Coming; trumpet sound, dead raised and Saints gathered. We all agree on the Rapture/Gathering, but the question is; when exactly will this event take place? Let’s look a bit deeper and get a “second witness” to help us to see where this even slot into the Tribulation timeline.

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4.2 The Timing of the Rapture Most Pastors teach that the Rapture will be “imminent”, meaning that it can happen at any moment before the Great Tribulation. Can the coming of Messiah be “imminent” happening at any time? If you study the Messiah’s First Coming you will note that He came at a particular time to fulfil the first 4 Feasts (“moe-ed” or Seasons) of YHVH described in Lev 23. If He did not fulfil them on these exact times, the people would not have known that He was the real Messiah. In the same way, He will come at a particular time in sync with the Feasts described in Lev 23. The last three Festivals that are not yet fulfilled are; Trumpets, Day of Atonement and Tabernacles. These last three Festivals or seasons depict the Second Coming of the Messiah, and He will come to fulfil them exactly to confirm to His followers that He is the Real Messiah. Take note that Y’shua warned us that there would be false Messiahs coming prior His coming; we know one of them to be the Antimessiah or Antichrist. Many will be deceived! Mat 24:4-5 And Y’shua answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5) For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Messiah, and will deceive many. With this we know that Y’shua will not come at any time, He will definitely come on one of His Appointed Times. Which one? We do not know but we keep on watching year after year to see if the prophecies confirm a possible season when He might come. We will look for evidence to confirm the timing of the Rapture and will get key information regarding the “timing” of the rapture about the events described in 1Th 4:15-17 & 1Cor 15:51-53; the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised. These two events will take place when the last trumpet sound and when the dead will be raised (righteous people that died), also know as the “First Resurrection”. Let's link these events to other places in Scripture to see if there is any information about the timing of the Rapture. In Revelation 8 & 20, John talks about “trumpets” and the “rising of the dead”. We can link these two passages because they are all in context of the end time events regrinding the Second Coming of Y’shua (Jesus). Rev 8:1-2 And when He opened the seventh seal, there came to be silence in the heaven for about half an hour. (2) And I saw the seven messengers who stand before Elohim, and to them were given seven trumpets. Rev 20:4-5 And I saw thrones – and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them – and the lives of those who had been beheaded because of the witness they bore to Y’shua and because of the Word of Elohim, and who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and did not receive his mark upon their foreheads or upon their hands. And they lived and reigned with Messiah for a thousand years (5) this is the FIRST RESSURECTION. We see in Rev 8 that the trumpets will be blown AFTER the seals will be opened. This means that the Tribulation has already started. There are seven trumpets of which the seventh trumpet is the last trumpet. This gives strong evidence that the tribulation will be in progress or close to its end when the last trumpet sounds.

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In Rev 20 we read about the resurrection of the righteous dead that did not receive the mark of the beast and did not worship the beast. The mark of the beast happens during the Great Tribulation, during the 42-month reign of the Antichrist. This gives confirming evidence that the last trumpet, as well as the First Resurrection, will happen during or towards the end of the Great Tribulation. Another place where the First Resurrection and seventh Trumpet is mentioned:

1Th 4:16 For the Master Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of YHVH. And the dead in Messiah shall rise first. Rev 11:14-15,18-19 The second woe passed away. Behold, the third woe comes quickly. (15) And the seventh angel sounded. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our YHVH, and of His Messiah. And He will reign forever and ever. (18) And the nations were full of wrath, and Your wrath came, and the time of the judging of the dead, and to give the reward to Your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to the ones fearing Your name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those destroying the earth. (19) And the temple of YHVH was opened in Heaven, and there was seen in His temple the ark of His covenant, and there occurred lightnings and voices, and thunders and an earthquake, and a great hail. The Seventh Trumpet is part of the Third Woe which is one of the last events of the Great Tribulation. Verse 18 mentions the judging of the dead that links with the resurrection of the dead mentioned in 1 Th 4:16. The First Resurrection of the dead happens AFTER people were confronted by the mark of the Beast which happens well within the Great Tribulation period. The people that will be raised first are the people who had been killed during the Tribulation because of their witness of Y’shua and because of them refusing to take the mark of the beast. We have seen that the Rapture will take place at the time of the First Resurrection and we have just seen that the First Resurrection happens near or at the end of the Great Tribulation. This proves that the Rapture will not happen before the Tribulation as everybody like to believe, but near or at the end of the Great Tribulation.

4.3 The Beginning and the End of the Tribulation To confirm this time sequence further, let’s look at what Y’shua (Jesus) said about the end times in Matthew 24:3-9: Mat 24:3-9 And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will this Matthew and Revelation are written be, and what will be the sign of your coming, and for believers in Y’shua and not for of the consummation of the age?" (4) And traditional Jews, (they had not Y’shua(Jesus) answered and said to them, "See to received the Messiah and they did it that no one misleads you. (5) "For many will not believe the New Testament) come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and and will not be persecuted for His mislead many (false Christs). (6) "And you will Name. Now everybody that was hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that you exited about the “Church” that will are not troubled, it is necessary for these things not go through the Tribulation and to occur, but the end is not yet.(7) "For nation only the Jews – bad news - you are will rise against nation, and kingdom against mentioned here in Matt and Rev. kingdom, and in various places, there will be because you bear witness of His famines and earthquakes. (8) "But all these Name. things are the beginning of birth pains. (9) "Then they will deliver you to tribulation (5th Seal Rev 6:9), and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My Name (Y’shua or Jesus).

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Y’shua described the birth pains and the time of Sorrows before His Coming. These events will be followed by persecution of Believers before the Great Tribulation. This has not happened yet. The next events described in Matthew 24:14-20 are the signs that will signal the beginning of the Great Tribulation; the starting of Sacrifices and the putting up of the Abomination of Desolation: Mat 24:14-22 14 "And this good news of the Kingdom (Gospel) shall be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the END SHALL COME. 15 "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the Holy Place--let the reader understand-- 16 "then let those who are in Judah escape to the mountains; 17 "let him who is on the housetop not go down to take things that are in his house; 18 "and let him who is in the field not turn back to get his garment. 19 "But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse in those days! 20 "But pray that your flight may not be in the winter, neither on a Shabbat; 21 "for then there will be GREAT TRIBULATION, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be. 22 "And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened. Dan 12:10-13 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried. But the wicked shall do wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the DESOLATING ABOMINATION set up, a thousand two hundred and ninety days shall occur (3,5 years). 12 Blessed is he who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days. 13 But you go on to the end, for you shall rest and stand in your lot at the end of the days. Only one thing; there is no mention of the Pre-Trib-Rapture mentioned here? Remember that this passage is directly from Y’shua’s mouth. What are the signs of the starting point of the Great Tribulation and is there any mention of the “elect” being raptured? Y’shua quoted Daniel, and the signs will be seen in Israel regarding the Sacrifices, and the Abomination of Desolation put up in the Holy Place (Temple Mount). These signs are similar to what happened on the 15th day of Kislev 167 BCE where the Greek commander Antiochus Epiphanies’ stopped the daily sacrifices and sacrificed a pig on the altar. This was accompanied by him setting up an image of Zeus in the Temple. Matt 24:21 describes the starting of the Great Tribulation and that the days will be shortened for the elect’s sake. Who are “the elect”? Jews or Believers in Messiah? Remember that Matthew 24:24 is written for believers in Y’shua also known as the elect. Rom 8:33, Col 3:12, Rev 17:14. This implies that the “elect” will go through the Great Tribulation. Dan12:10 starts with; ”many shall be purified and made white and tried (tested)…” Thinking about this gives me the idea that the church (believers) will go through some cleansing process to be tested, tried and purified, don’t’ you think? It is a known fact that the global “church” consisting of thousands of denominations have some of their roots in Catholicism and pagan traditions. These churches need to be cleansed before they can face YHVH. If you read Revelation 2 & 3 you will read about the Seven Churches that depicts the “Church” timeline between the First and Second Coming of Messiah Y’shua. This makes the Laodicea, the Seventh Church the Last Generation Church prior to the Great Tribulation and Coming of Messiah. What has YHVH to say about this Church and are they ready to be “Raptured” prior to His Coming?

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Rev 3:14-22 And to the angel of the church of the Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Head of the creation of YHVH, says these things: (15) I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would say that you were cold or hot. (16) So because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. (17) Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, (18) I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed, and so that the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see. (19) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; therefore be zealous and repent. (20) Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come into him and will dine with him and he with Me. (21) To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and had sat down with My Father on His throne. (22) He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. Looking at the “End Time Church”, it seems like they have a bit of cleansing work to do before they are ready to be “raptured”, don’t you think? They are lukewarm, mixing hot (YHVH’s things / Truth) with cold (paganism / Lies) that will make YHVH want to vomit them out of His mouth. This is not the Bride Y’shua will come to gather. The “Church” needs to be cleansed first so that it can be ready as the Bride for the coming of Messiah and guess what, the Tribulation is just what YHVH will use to shake them up a bit so that they can repent and be ready. What does the “End Time Church” (Laodicea) teach their people today? It is a message of self-esteem, prosperity and having your best life now! This is the wrong message to teach before the coming of Messiah. How will the bride ever be ready hearing teachings like this? What did John the Baptist teach before the revelation of Y’shua at His First Coming? “Repent for the Kingdom of YHVH is at hand”, this is what Pastors ought to preach, not be rich and prosper. YHVH is not impressed with the Last day’s Church, and there will be a lot of “shaking” needed for them to wake up and repent! It is mostly these “like warm” churches who teaches the Pre-Trib-Rapture who do not have to preach repentance because you are “rapture ready”. However, if you look at their fruits, you see a lot of defilement by pagan traditions, a lust for money and worldliness. They would rather hear a message on “good news” than to hear about “sin and repentance”. They appoint for themselves teachers that preach just that: 2Ti 4:3-4 For a time will be when they do not endure sound doctrine, but they will heap up teachers to themselves according to their own lusts, tickling the ear. (4) And they will turn away their ears from the truth and will be turned to myths. What are the myths people cling to instead of the truth? The word myth in Greek is the word “muthos” that means fable, tale or fiction. Does the Easter bunny and Christmas Father ring a bell? Saying this, the “Church” in general does not understand anything about YHVH’s Festivals that are there to guide His people to discern the times and recognise the Messiah. The festivals (moe-ed) are central to understand the End Times and to recognise the Real Messiah and “the Bride” needs to know this in order not to be deceived. Rev 17:3-10 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, which was full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. (4) And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her fornication, (5) and upon her forehead was written a name of mystery: "BABEL THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."

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(6) And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Y’shua(Jesus). And when I saw her, I wondered greatly. The Woman described here is the “Church” who did not repent and who will carry on with Her false teachings of worldliness, prosperity, lust for money and worldliness. She is the Mother of Harlots. The Harlots are the Church Denominations all over the world that submit under this false doctrine, and false teachings warned against in Scripture. Did you read anything in Dan 12 that supports the Pre-Trib-Rapture theory? No! It was also not found in Matt 24 where Y’shua explained the events before the Great Tribulation. Where do we find detail about the Rapture or Gathering of Y’shua’s Bride? Mat 24:29-31 And Immediately AFTER THE TRIBULATION of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. (30) AND THEN the SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN shall appear in the heavens. And then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory. (31) And He shall send His angels with a great SOUND OF A TRUMPET, and they shall GATHER (Rapture) His elect (Believers in Y’shua) from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. There is no mention of the rapture where the Son of Man will come on the clouds or where the trumpet sounds or where the dead are raised (as stated in 1Tes 4 and 1 Cor 15). This will only happen 1290 days later, after the tribulation, 3,5 years later. I know, this is not “good news” that tickles the ear and it is not a message that is accepted by all the people. Search the Scripture and see for yourself if it is the truth. Let's read on in Matthew… The Rapture will only happen when there is darkness; stars fall to the earth and earthquakes which are stated at the event of the Seventh Trumpet [Rev 16:18]. There will also be the sound of the “last” Trumpet and then the sign or sight of the Son of Man in the heavens that will be like lighting across the sky. THIS IS WHEN the Rapture will take place, pretty spectacular. But to top this, these events will happen AFTER THE TRIBULATION, as stated in Matt 24. This confirms the timing of the rapture again and that it will happen after the tribulation! This is not good news for most Christians; they rather want to believe the fiction novel “Left Behind” because it is the easy way out and you do not have to prepare for His Coming. They want to believe that Jesus is Love, but they can’t accept the fact that He is also the Judge.

6. Why the Tribulation? Tribulation is YHVH’s “grace” that He gave before the Day of Judgment so that He can “shake” the world so that people can realise that what is written in Scripture, is actually true and that He really exist. It is also a time of “grace” to the Church so that they can be cleansed from their “pagan customs”, religion, false doctrines and false prophets who pervert the truth. The Tribulation is “grace” to the world, and many people will accept Y’shua as their Saviour. Rev 21:9-13 9 And one of the seven messengers who held the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I shall show you the Bride, the Lamb’s wife.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the set-apart Yerushalayim, descending out of the heaven from Elohim, 11 having the esteem of Elohim, and her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal, 12 and having a great and high wall, having TWELVE GATES, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written on them, which are those of the TWELVE TRIBES of the children of Israel Footnote: 1See Eze. 47:22-23, Eze. 48:3134. The church is supposed to be part of Israel being grafted into the Olive tree through the work of the Messiah. Every believer will be part of one of the twelve tribes of Israel and will enter into the Gate that is made for them to enter into. Note that there is no mention of a Catholic gate, Perspiration gate, Methodist gate, Charismatic gate or any other denomination mentioned

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regarding the gates into the City. You can only enter in through one of the Twelve Gates and be grafted into Israel means that you will belong to one of the Twelve Tribes. The Israelites are descendants of Abraham (father of faith), and he was the first Hebrew who’s descendants became the Israelites. We as believers are the “Bride” of the Messiah, and He will come to “collect us”, those who are waiting on Him and who have kept their garments clean and white with His Word.

7. End Times Timeline Whore of Babylon

7 Seals - 7 Trumpets

2nd COMING

Rapture – 1st Resurrection – 7 Plagues start

3rd COMING

CITY of YHVH & His Kingdom

Bride of Messiah

Battle of Armageddon Satan bound – 1000 years start

7 Plagues 1000-YEAR PEACE - REST

1000-YEAR TRIBULATION Word of YHVH Preached BABELON CITY of Satan – World System

New Beginnings Satan released – Battle of Gog & Magog – 2nd Resurrection - Lake of Fire – Final Judgment

1. The Seventh Millennium is the climax of the times, and everything is symmetric on either side. This forms the centre of a Menorah pattern. During this time there will be the 1000-years of peace and the celebration of the Wedding Fest. The “Bride” will rule over the nations that are left on the earth, who will undergo a terrible 1000 years of testing and tribulation, called the Winepress. During this time Satan will be bound, and at the end of the 1000 years, he will be released to deceive those on the earth. They will assemble against Jerusalem and make war with the people in the City. 2. On the left of it we see the First Resurrection, with the righteous living, called the Rapture. On the Right, the Second Resurrection of the Unrighteous dead for judgment. 3. There is a war on the left (with the sword of His mouth) and a war on the right (with His Holy Fire). 4. There is a City on the left (Babylon), which is the World System that will be destroyed, and a City on the Right, the New Jerusalem that will be established. 5. On the Left, we have the Great Tribulation, and on the Right, we have the starting of the New Life and New Beginnings (8th Millennium) with YHVH after cleansing it with Fire.

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