he unto his disciples, it is impossible, but that offenses will come, but woe unto him through
whom they come.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the
sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Take heed to yourselves, thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him, and if ye repent,
forgive him.
And if ye trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day, turn again
to thee, saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him."
And the apostle said unto the Lord, increase our faith.
And the Lord said, if ye had faith as a grain of a mustard seed,
ye might say unto the sycamine tree,
be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea,
and it should obey you.
But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle,
will say unto him, buy and buy, when he has come from the field,
go and sit down to meet?
will not rather say unto him make ready wherewith I may sup and gird thyself and serve me so I've eaten and drunken and
afterward thou shalt eat and drink
Does he think that servant because he did the things that were commanded him I try not
So likewise ye when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you say we are unprofitable
Servants and we have done that which was our duty to do and it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem
That he passed through the midst of Samaria in Galilee and as he entered into a certain village there met him ten men
That were lepers which stood afar off
lifted up their voices and said Jesus master have mercy on us and when he saw them he said unto them
go show yourselves unto the priests and it came to pass that as they went they were cleansed
and one of them when he saw that he was healed turned back with a loud voice glorified God
and fell down on his face and at his feet giving him thanks and he was a Samaritan
and Jesus answering said we're not 10 cleansed whether they're not 10 cleansed but where are the nine
There are not found that return to give glory to God saved this stranger, and he said unto
him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole.
And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered
them and said, the kingdom of God cometh not with observation.
Neither shall they say lo here or lo there for behold the kingdom of God is within you and he said unto his disciples
The days will come we shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man
And he shall not see it and they shall say to you see here or see there go not after them nor follow them
For as the lightning that lightning light lightning it that of the one part under heaven
Shineth unto the other part under heaven. So shall also the Son of man be in his day
but first must he suffer many things to be rejected of this generation.
And as it was in the days of Noe,
so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man.
They did eat, they drank, they married wives,
they were given in marriage until the days that Noe entered into the ark,
and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Likewise also, as it was in the days of Lot, they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded,
but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. In that day,
He which shall be upon the housetop and his stuff in the house, let him not calm down to take it away,
and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife.
whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life shall
preserve it. I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed, one that one shall be taken,
and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together, the one shall be taken, and
the other left. Two men shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left.
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is,
Let's pray. Dear Lagod just thank you for this time we have here to be gathered together and to hear the preaching of your word
Lord, just please feel pastoral here with your Holy Spirit Lord as he preaches us to us your word and just please
Please be with us in the congregation and please help us to be edified by the preaching Lord to pray this all in Jesus name. Amen
How are we doing now all right people have been made aware of the fact that Zionism plays a major role in end times prophecy as far as
Propagating a false
narrative of end times in the second coming of Christ
And so it's important for us to emphasize what the biblical teaching is of the rapture because we don't want to get caught up in all
that nonsense right and
The thing is that it is unfortunate though, because we see that people, because they're
being made aware of Zionism, they're being made aware of the pre-tribulation rapture,
now they're swinging to the complete opposite extreme where now people are getting into
preterism, now they're getting into the denial of the rapture.
And this happens a lot.
You know, you think of, for example, Gen Z, right?
and all of the culture with fornication and drinking
and the rejection of the family unit.
And so now the pendulum is swinging
in the opposite direction
or now they're embracing Catholicism.
Why? Because they want the traditional family.
And so unfortunately,
if you don't allow the pendulum to swing to Christianity
to the Bible,
then you get involved in other errors, okay?
And so we see that with End Times Bible Prophecy
where people are moving their eschatology
to preterism and literally the denial of a visible rapture of all believers, okay?
And make no mistake about it, preterism is a false doctrine.
This is not a preterist church.
We reject all forms of preterism.
And we're not rejecting the fact that some of these events that we see in the Bible
have taken place, but here's the thing though, is that there's also a dual fulfillment of
those prophecies as well.
that N-Times Prophecy has already been fulfilled in 70 AD.
with the destruction of the temple and they also deny the rapture and believe that the resurrection is understood spiritually and
That believers essentially change the spiritual bodies back in 70 AD. I mean, it's crazy
Nonsensical teachings, okay, and so they'll say all this stuff has already happened
You know the preaching for the book of Revelation is not needed anymore
We don't need preaching for Matthew 24 mark 13 or mark 13 Luke 21
Because of the fact that these things have already taken place
they've already essentially been fulfilled.
But you know what?
This is why it's important to obey the command in the Bible
that says to study, to show thyself, approve them to God,
a workman that needed not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth,
but shun profane and vain babblings.
Why?
For they will increase unto more ungodliness.
So, preterists are just like, we hate dispensationalism,
we hate the pre-trip rapture, we hate Zionism,
but now they're embracing profane,
and vain babblings now they've increased unto more ungodliness now they're still in error
because they didn't seek out the truth found within the word of god now i have three points this
evening regarding the rapture and that is the meaning of the rapture the manner of the rapture
and lastly the moment of the rapture so let's look at the meaning of the term rapture first and foremost
i don't know if you know this but the word rapture is not found in the bible
And this is often what Preta was pointing to, like,
oh, you know, you teach the rapture,
but that's not even found in the Bible.
Now, define irony of that statement, though, right?
Like, oh, rapture's not even found in the Bible,
and often what I tell them is like,
oh, it's not found where?
In the Bible, well, guess what?
The word Bible is not found in the Bible.
There's plenty of terms that we use to describe biblical doctrines and there's actually absolutely nothing wrong with it
Right now the only problem there would arise if we're using terms
That we claim are in the Bible if it is if the concept is not even found. Let me give an example
Catholicism
It's not found in the Bible, right?
Whereas concepts such as the Trinity, the Bible, rapture, these are based off of biblical doctrines that are clearly laid out within scripture.
So just because a word isn't found in the Bible doesn't mean it's not biblical.
Rapture in its biblical theology type of definition refers to being caught up by Jesus Christ at his second coming.
And the word literally means to be seized, okay?
That's what rapture means.
It means to be seized, it means to be caught up,
and it actually finds itself in a root word in Latin
that is also used for the word raptor, okay?
Now, for you Jurassic Park fans out there,
you've heard that term used before,
but a raptor is simply referring to a bird of prey, okay?
And it's very...
you know, becoming to what a bird of prey does
because it comes and it seizes upon its prey, right?
It comes and it snatches it away.
It comes and it grabs it,
which is exactly what the rapture is all about.
So it actually fits the description
that we see in the Bible perfectly.
He's like, how do we know that for sure?
Well, look at Luke 17 and verse 34.
It says, I tell you, in that night,
there shall be two men in one bed,
the one shall be taken and the other left.
What's that referring to?
The rapture.
One is seized and one is left now people this has nothing to do with the sermon
But I just want to explain this because people they twist scripture so much. What are two men doing in the bed?
Well, what people don't realize is that back in the day and even today in different different countries everyone just slept in one bed
Okay, like families who just sleep in one giant bed.
For example, we have the parable in the Gospel of Luke
where the man is coming to his friend to ask for bread.
And what does the dad say?
He says, my children are with me in bed.
I cannot rise.
Basically showing that families
is essentially doled in one bed.
So for two men to be in one bed,
don't make a big deal about that.
It's probably referring to a father and a son,
their relatives, there might be brothers, whatever.
This isn't referring to sodomites, okay?
I know no one believes that here, but you know just in case some idiot on the internet tries to hit you up with that
You can you can shut it down verse 35 says two women shall be grinding together meaning they're laboring together
The one shall be taken the other left two men shall be in the field
The one shall be taken the other left and they answered and said unto him where Lord and he said unto them
Where sort of the body is thither will the eagles be gathered together?
So the idea here is that the Lord Jesus Christ as a bird of prey
is essentially coming in a moment and seizing upon the believers.
He's taking one and he's leaving the other.
The one that he's taking is a believer.
The one that he's leaving is an unbeliever.
And, of course, we know that they will be gathered together unto the Lord,
which is why it says in verse 37,
where, Lord, he said,
wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
So think about a bird who snatches, you know, some meal for its
It's offspring and it puts the meat in the nest
and all the birds gather there, right?
Or you think of vultures when they gather together
at a particular body.
The imagery that we're getting here
is that when the rapture takes place,
Jesus Christ is that body where the eagles,
referring to believers, are gathered together
as we see in 2 Thessalonians.
Chapter 2 and we'll go there in just a bit go to 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 if you would 1st Thessalonians chapter number 4
We're talking about the meaning of the word rapture
It simply means to be seized to be caught up and these are all biblical concepts that we see we see it in Luke chapter
17
1st Thessalonians chapter 4 is the rapture passage that most people use
And it's a very powerful passage and we're going to come back to 1 Thessalonians 4 later on but look at verse 17
It says then we which are alive and remain listen to this shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
So again being seized being caught up right together with them referring to the believers who were dead in Christ first
And it says, with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
And of course it says, wherefore come for one another with these words.
Go to chapter five and verse number one.
Chapter five and verse number one, the Bible says, but of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I ride into you.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Now,
You need to understand that when the Bible breaks up passages into chapters is not God doing that
Okay, that was later that was added later on by the translators in order to
Help us to find passages of scripture with ease to essentially, you know
Just memorize scripture code scripture. We can find the particular chapter. We can find the particular verse
The point that I'm making here is that chapter 5 is a continuation of chapter 4
So the subject of the rapture did not end at the end of chapter 4. It continues on into chapter 5.
So when he says of the times and seasons, he's referring to the day of the Lord and the day of the Lord is synonymous with
being caught up synonymous with the second coming synonymous with the rapture, okay?
Now why is that important? Well, because people will often say that the day of the Lord is not referring to the rapture.
They'll say that the day of the Lord is actually referring to the Battle of Armageddon, okay?
Now, can we look at the Battle of Armageddon and look at all the elements that take place and say
there are some similar, you know, elements with Revelation 19, the Battle of Armageddon and the Day of the Lord?
Of course.
But the primary day of the Lord that the Bible seems to exalt when talking about end times is the rapture.
And we see it here, right?
Because he just got finished talking about
being caught up together with him in the clouds.
And then he says, what?
That yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord
referring to that rapture that being caught up
so cometh as a thief in the night.
So he relates Jesus Christ as being a thief in the night.
Why?
Because of the way he comes and he seizes upon believers.
He takes them and of course,
You know there they shall be ever with the Lord go to 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 if you would 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2
2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 and look at verse number 1 we're talking about the meaning of the word rapture
This is to refute those who claim that rapture is not a biblical word
It's not a biblical concept
We see it throughout the New Testament. It says in verse number 1 now
We beseech your brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and by our gathering together unto him.
So what?
Rapture is the seizing, it's the gathering,
it's being caught up.
And he says, verse number two,
that you be not soon shaken in mind
or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word,
nor by letter as from us.
Listen to this, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
The day of Christ, the day of the Lord
are synonymous one with another.
It's referring to the rapture.
Now what's another way
to describe the rapture.
How about this, the second coming of Christ, right?
You say, well, why do you call it
the second coming of Christ?
Well, because I could do math.
Right?
We call it the second coming
because it's the second time that he comes.
Now, when was the first time that he came?
First century AD.
Bethlehem's manger.
So that means the next time he shows up,
number two.
Second, you say you're being silly, why are you saying that we all know how to add, we
all know the two comes after one, we know the two before two is one, we know after one
is two, why are you making such a big deal about this?
Because of the fact that those who advocate for a pre-tribulation rapture would place
the second coming of Christ as happening in Revelation 19 with the battle of Armageddon.
But those same people would also say that the rapture takes place in Revelation chapter 4,
what's commonly referred to as the secret rapture.
Now here's the problem though.
If he comes according to their theology, their eschatology,
if he comes in Revelation 4, but then he comes back in Revelation 19,
the Revelation 19 coming is the third coming.
1st century AD 2 revelation 4 and by the way, I don't hold to that position and
3 the battle of arm again, and that's 3 but they said no no no revelation 19 is the second coming of Christ
That's what the Bible teaches, but no it doesn't teach that the second coming is when he comes back again
And we often have said well, it's the it's the coming, you know 1.5 coming or whatever, you know
It's his second coming in a half or something
But the reality is this, that is his second coming.
It's when he comes and he raptures believers to be with him forever.
Rapture is the seizing of the believers, gathering together believers unto Jesus Christ.
Go to Acts chapter one, if you would, Acts chapter number one.
You say, aside from debunking the false doctrines of preterism and the pre-tribulation rapture,
why is this important to know? Well, because you're going to be a part of it.
Okay, and throughout the New Testament we see that the rapture is often talked
about often emphasized in order to give us hope.
Because you know this life is hard we go through hardships and difficulties some more than others
And so God wants us to look forward to the second coming of Christ
And in fact he calls it that blessed hope the fact that we have something to look forward to and I'll cover that more
extensively in just a bit so that is
The meaning of the word rapture. Let's talk about the manner of the rapture. How is it done?
Well, it's not done in secret
So throw away your left behind, you know, if you have DVDs, you know, throw away your left behind books and
You know, throw away your pre-trib charts or whatever because of the fact that every single one of those
Claims that Jesus Christ comes invisibly
In other words, when he comes to rapture all believers, you don't see him
He's 100% invisible, like we're all here
and then our clothes fall to the ground
and we go up naked to heaven or something like that.
And then planes are crashing and everything
and no one knows what's going on and all this nonsense.
But folks, let me just tell you,
the manner of the rapture is that it's a public event.
Meaning that every eye shall see him
as we will see in just a bit.
Look at Acts chapter one and verse number nine.
Cause keep in mind, the preacher of rapture teaches,
He's gonna be 100% invisible.
People are gonna think that aliens got us.
Have you heard that?
Oh yeah, people are gonna say that aliens took us
because no one's gonna see Jesus Christ.
No, when he comes according to the Bible,
it's gonna be a very public event.
Everyone's gonna see it.
Everyone's gonna fear.
Look at Acts chapter one, verse number nine.
It says that when he had spoken these things, referring to Jesus,
while they beheld, he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Now, very important to know, this is after he has given his disciples the commission
to go and preach the gospel, and of course we see that in Acts chapter 1 and verse number 8 as well,
after he's done instructing them and commissioning them to go and preach the gospel,
the Bible says that he ascends, this is the ascension of Christ.
He doesn't ascend invisibly.
He ascends in bodily form right and it specifically says that when he is taken up a cloud receives him out of their sight
So in other words, he leaves or ascends with the cloud
I know that sounds like really profound, but it's important to know okay, and it says that they all see this
Look what it goes on to say in verse 10 and while they look steadfastly toward heaven as he went up
Behold two men stood by them in white apparel
Which also said he meant of Galilee why standing gazing up into heaven so as they're just like
You know watching the Lord ascend
Angels appear and they ask this question. Why what what do you stare at?
Why are you just standing there just looking and gazing?
This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
So what is the angel saying? The way you saw him leave, that's the same exact way that he's going to come back.
Now notice that he leave invisibly.
Did he leave without anybody seeing?
No, there was a host of witnesses there
that saw him ascend into heaven.
And the angel is saying that next time he comes back,
he's gonna come back the same way that he left.
Now, how did he leave?
He left with everyone watching him,
but too he left in a what?
Cloud.
Now go to Revelation chapter one,
if you would, Revelation chapter one.
Now, the book of Revelation is filled with a lot of imagery,
a lot of symbolism,
and there's a lot to dissect in the book of Revelation.
It's a great book, obviously,
when understanding in times prophecy,
but one of the main things you have to get
in in times prophecy if you're going to understand the book is
when Jesus Christ returns,
which is why, right off the bat,
in the book of Revelation, in chapter 1,
he tells us how he will return.
Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him."
Now, that should come as no surprise if you've read Acts 1.9.
Revelation 1.7 should not come as a surprise to you that it's
referring to the Second Coming of Christ, since the angel said,
the next time he comes, the second time he comes, well,
he didn't say the second time.
Yeah, but he says the next time he comes.
And we could all count.
The next time he comes, he's gonna come with clouds.
Why would he come with clouds?
Because that's the manner in which he left.
Which is the manner in which he will return.
So he says, behold, he comes with clouds
and every eye shall see him.
It doesn't sound invisible to me.
It's saying here everyone is going to behold him when he returns and they also which pierced him and all the kindreds of the earth
Shall well because of him even so amen the Bible says so just as there was a host of witnesses
Viewing his ascension in like manner there will be a grand host of witnesses to see his
Descension when he comes back the second time okay go to Luke chapter 21 Luke chapter 21
So we see, first and foremost, when it comes to the manner of the rapture,
we see that it's a public event.
Every eye shall see him.
Not only that, but they'll see him in wail because of him.
What does it mean to wail?
Ah!
They're just afraid.
You say, why would they yell and be afraid in wail?
Well, have you ever seen anybody descend from the sky the way the Bible depicts Jesus Christ?
No, you haven't.
And that's why you haven't yelled like that.
Not only that, but if and when it does happen in our lifetime, we're not going to be wailing.
For us, it's like lift up your heads for your redemption, draw out nigh.
But those who hate the Lord, though, those who mock the Lord, those who blaspheme the
Lord, they're going to be wailing.
It's a public event.
Every eye is going to see him.
Now, people often say, well, how is it that every eye is going to see him, though?
This must mean that it's a flat earth.
This stupid nonsensical doctrine that people try to impose upon the Bible.
Oh, the only way you can see Jesus Christ is if you're on a flat earth.
Well, first of all, the Bible doesn't teach a flat earth.
It teaches a round globe, first and foremost.
But secondly, you know, even if, let's just pretend, let's just be retarded
and just pretend for a minute that the Bible teaches it's a flat earth, right?
How is it that everyone can see from all corners of the earth at that point?
The reason the Bible depicts everyone being able to see Jesus even on a globe first and foremost is because everything's dark first and foremost
But secondly, how do you see everything from around the world now?
Called it's called social media
Folks world star, you know fights break out in Inglewood and people are filming it
You don't think the second coming of crisis
is not gonna go viral on social media?
People will more readily let someone die
because they're filming them than to help an individual.
They would let someone just get run over and die
and suffer because they wanna go viral
and they're gonna film that thing on their phones.
So this is why every eye shall see him.
in the end times.
Now obviously there can be a supernatural element to this
where God allows himself to be seen of everyone
around the world regardless of where he specifically lands.
Okay?
And that's definitely a factor.
But if we were to just say from a practical perspective,
the reason every eye shall see him,
we were to say how practically can that happen?
Well, how about just social media?
We're living in the age of the internet
where everyone can see everything.
TMZ is going to be covering it.
Every social media platform, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
it's going to be all over the place.
Every eye will see him.
And we'll get into the details of how everything looks
in just a bit, but the point is, is that the Bible tells us
that it's a public event, but it's also a cosmic event.
So it's not like he just ascends and there's some guy
just floating in the air in the sky.
This is a very intricate cosmic event.
Look at Luke 21 and verse 25.
It says, and there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, and upon
the earth distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring.
So according to the Bible, when Jesus comes, the second time, first of all, as we see in
Revelation 6, the sun and the moon are darkened, stars begin to fall from the sky, and it says
that the people in the nations are perplexed.
What does that mean?
because they've never seen anything like this.
They're confused, they're perplexed,
the seas and the waves are roaring,
people who are in ships in the oceans,
they're seeing this, the waves are crashing.
I mean, this is a very cosmic event.
Look what it says in verse 26,
men's hearts failing them for fear.
So as they're standing here,
watching the stars from the sky fall,
they're viewing the rapture, what's happening to them?
Heart attacks.
Now, this is very easy to see nowadays
because everyone's unhealthy, you know what I mean?
So people just, you know, men's hearts fail them for fear.
Men's hearts fail them for any other reason nowadays too.
How much more when they see the second coming of Christ?
So in other words, when he comes,
there's gonna be people who are just gonna
just fall over and die.
This is how cosmic, this is how supernatural,
this is how intense this event is.
He says,
�Ment hearts fail in them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming
on the earth, for the powers of heaven shall be shaken, and then shall they see the Son
of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory, and when these things begin to come
to pass, then look up and lift up your heads for your redemption, draweth nigh.�
So it says here that he comes with power and great glory.
Now this is why I don't like the pre-tribulation rapture.
One of the reasons I don't like it.
Because it makes it seem as though Jesus is just this really modest just like he doesn't really want anybody to see this
He doesn't want anybody to know
He's just kind of like invisible. No, no, no when he came the first time in Bethlehem's manger
He came as a humble servant
The second time he comes he's coming with a vengeance
You think he's gonna waste the second coming on some secret rapture
He wants everyone to see him power in great glory the Bible says
And in fact, as we're gonna look at in Revelation 6,
all lights go off.
You know, when the main star,
when you go to your Taylor Swift concert or something,
everything's off and then it's just like
the spotlight comes on the star.
As the focal point of that, whatever, that concert.
Well, this is basically that times a million.
Where everything just goes dark, everything is red,
everything is just gloomy,
and then Jesus Christ appears with power and great glory.
Oh, I think it's just Project Beam, whatever.
Yeah, I'm sure people will say that then.
Look what it says in, we're in Luke 21,
go to Revelation chapter six, Revelation chapter six.
Now I get this question asked a lot,
do you think it's gonna happen in our lifetime?
I would hope that it would, but you know, I don't know.
We just never know, right?
We're gonna see that there's certain events
that have to take place prior to the second coming of Christ.
But at the end of the day, we don't know, and if it does happen in our day, we just have to look up for our redemption and draw us an eye.
Look at Revelation 6 and verse 12, he says,
Now, this is important because we're talking about the cosmic events that surround the Second Coming of Christ.
And here it says that after the four horsemen of the apocalypse takes place,
after Christians are being martyred and killed for their faith,
we see that the six seals open and these are followed by cosmic events that lead to the Second Coming of Christ through the rapture.
And it says here that the sun is darkened, the moon becomes as blood, the moon becomes as blood.
Have you guys seen a blood moon as of recently?
Okay, don't freak out.
You know, don't believe everything that you see. It's like, oh man, there's a blood moon. This means the Bible prophecies being fulfilled
Right before our eyes and the next week nothing happens
There's a word, you know, what's going on? Oh, man, there's a black. There's a black moon
There's a blood moon coming that there's the heavenly bodies are changing the Bible talked about this something's gonna happen
Nothing happens
I mean, this is the Bible,
be not dismayed at the signs of heaven
for the heathen are dismayed at them.
And it's crazy how much people are willing
to just believe everything that they watch
and hear on the internet.
Without actually going to the Bible itself
and confirming, is this what the Bible
is literally talking about?
Don't don't scroll any faster. Let me just tell you about this the blood moon is coming
You better be right with God repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand the world about the end Jesus is coming soon. Amen
millions of views and
The next day nothing. Oh
Man, there's gonna be this eclipse. It's gonna cut through the United States of America that is gonna go through three cities called Nineveh
And it's just like can we all just calm down? Can you guys just read the entire chapter?
Revelation 6
For the room you could turn off the AC, please. Can you just can you just read the actual passages in its context?
because according to the Bible the blood moon and
The Sun becoming black as sackloth of hair comes after a ton of other really bad stuff
Called the tribulation, or should we say more biblically accurate, the beginning of sorrows.
And then, by the way, what comes after that is the rapture.
So if you see a blood moon, just appreciate it.
Huh, cool, you know.
Take it with your little pixelated camera, post it, no one's gonna like it cause it looks really bad.
And move on with your life.
Don't think that just because you see some crazy looking moon
or some sign in heaven or something,
that means that it's the end of the world.
People capitalize on the public's ignorance
of the word of God, okay?
Look at verse 13, it says,
and the stars of heaven fell into the earth,
even as a fig tree, it casteth her on timely figs
when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
So get this picture.
You have the sun becoming black the moon becoming as blood and then so everything just turns off and all of a sudden
The stars of heaven begin to fall from the sky
Onto the earth. Okay. Now. This isn't like fireworks. This is falling on people
It's hitting buildings vehicles airplanes people. We're talking about mass chaos
And the Lord is not yet descending at this point
So this is a really grand entrance doesn't sound like a secret
Look what it says in verse 14,
and the heaven departed as a scroll
when it is rolled together
and every mountain and island
were moved out of their places.
So when the Bible says
that the heaven departed as a scroll,
it's referring to the fact
that there's almost like a terror,
there's a terror in heaven
that essentially meets the supernatural,
the eternal with the physical
where we got going on here.
So it's almost like a garment being rent.
to make way for the Lord Jesus Christ.
A portal's being opened.
And this rent or this rolling of the heavens as a scroll
is so powerful, it's so strong
that it causes mountains and islands
to be moved out of their places.
So you think of a tear through the fabric of eternity to come into you know
What we have here on this earth it causes mountains to shift it causes islands to sink everything moves at the presence of God oh
Man why all the you know all the theatrics well because the second you know he hasn't been here in 2,000 years
And you know what if and when it happens in our lifetime we're gonna be like
I have a smile on my face, you know, I'll be like, you guys are all screwed, I told you,
I tried to warn you, I know what this is, but think about the person who's not saved.
Think about the atheists who invest hours upon hours to just mock the Lord Jesus Christ
online.
Think about all the think about the popes all the Catholic priests all the false religions
The Lord shall mock
Because this is a very terrifying sight
So again, Sun and Moon are dark and lights go out all of a sudden the stars of heaven fall from the sky
lighting up the sky
Killing people destroying buildings destroying all types of things, you know, just chaos and then boom the heavens depart as a scroll
The fabric of eternity is torn and to make way
for the coming Christ.
Mountains and islands are moved out of the way.
Look at verse 15.
So we see that it's a public event,
we see that it's a cosmic event,
but now we're gonna see that it's also a wrathful event.
See, to us, the second coming of Christ is redemption.
To us, it's just like, yes!
It's finally here, we're going home, baby!
But for everyone else, it's a time of wrath.
Look what it says in verse 15 in the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men of the chief captains and the mighty men and
Every bond man and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains
So you have all these rich billionaires and you know you have all these
politicians and new some and you know even presidents of the United States
You have all these Prime Ministers and people with money literally going into Dan's and hiding in the rocks of the mountains
because they're afraid and
In fact, their fear is so
Crazy that they have so much fear in their heart listen to this
They have their heart is trembling
Exceedingly to the point that they say in verse 16 and said to the mountains and rocks fall on us
and hide us from the face of Him
that sitteth on the throne from the wrath of the Lamb.
So that's gotta be a pretty terrifying sight
that if you choose, if you open,
if you choose A, Jesus destroying you,
or B, a whole mountain falling on you.
They're like, oh, I'll choose B.
That's how terrifying the coming of the Lord is.
Well, they would rather have a mountain fall on top of them
just to hide them.
From the wrath of the Lamb verse 17 says for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand and the answer is
Nobody and you can't hide from Jesus Christ at that point
You know, oh, what were you saying in the comment section again?
What was all those videos that you're making about the Lord Jesus Christ again?
Oh, everyone's gonna be deleting their account at that point right going on private deleting their account
I was not gonna help them
We see that it's a very cause. It's a public event. It's a cosmic event
We see that it's a wrathful event as noted by the fact that everyone is screaming a lot of people are dying there during this time
This shows us that the rapture is no secret go to Matthew 24 if you would Matthew chapter 24
Matthew chapter 24 and look at verse 23 if you would
It says then, if any man shall say unto you, Matthew 24, verse 23,
then if any man shall say unto you, lo, hear is Christ, or there, believe it not.
For there shall arise false Christ and false prophets,
and shall show great signs and wonders, in so much that if it were possible,
they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I told you before.
Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, behold, he is in the desert.
Go not forth. Behold, he is in the secret chambers.
So what do we see here?
We actually see that the Bible teaches that prior to the events that we see in Revelation
6, they're going to be trying to push this narrative that Jesus is in the desert, he's
in the secret chambers.
And it's funny, the preacher rapture is like, oh no, it's a secret rapture.
You're literally going against what the Bible says here.
So anytime someone tells you that it's a secret, believe it or not, now keep in mind that what's
Because I believe that the Antichrist and the New World Order is going to capitalize on the ignorance of Christians
Because they don't know the Bible and so when they tell them like hey low. Here's Christ
You know your your your Zionist temple funding
Christian it's gonna be like hey man brother. We're out of here. They go to that secret chamber. Just like off with his head
Thanks for playing, you know, have you guys seen these I saw this on a reel where like they sent
Like a fake lottery ticket or something like that to like these these people who are like the link when they were like
They had warrants for their arrest or whatever and they told him like hey you want a boat
You won ten thousand dollars
And so they they're like just go to this particular location and go collect your reward
So you have all these people that like
And then a bunch of police are waiting there they're like you're under arrest you have a warrant for arrest like what?
But you know that we laugh at that but there's a lot of Christians are gonna be like that in the end times too like hey
Yahweh
Is in the secret chambers
Yeshua is in the secret chambers. He's he's in the desert. Come on. Let's go. Let's get away from the end and they're just gonna go
off with their heads.
So this is what the Bible's telling us, don't believe it.
And look, there's a lot of things
we should not be believing even now.
Whenever they say, oh, it's the end of the world,
it's, you know, this is it,
you know, this is what's gonna happen, don't believe it.
You say, why are so many people
just propagating a false narrative out on social media?
Are they just misunderstood?
Maybe they're just misinterpreting things?
I'm just gonna tell you right now, they're wicked.
They're doing it for filthy luker's sake or they're doing it just to plainly deceive people because what they're doing is setting up a
Future where people will say where is the promise of his coming?
For since the father's fell asleep all things continues to work from the beginning of the creation all
Used Christians always say that it's the end of the world. They've been saying that for years
Look at all these videos. It says it's the end of the world never happens. So when it actually does happen
They're not gonna be ready for it
It's the Christian who cried wolf
But he's telling us here. Don't go now. Why should we not go if?
They tell us he's in the desert and the secret chambers because that's not his style
Look what it says in verse 27 for as the lightning cometh out of the east and
Shineth even unto the west so shall also the coming of the Son of man be we all have seen lightning before
And you know, all of us have been in a vehicle at night
or at our house and there's lighting, what do we all do?
Every head turns.
Basically it's shown us that Jesus Christ will be a head turner
when he comes because he comes as lighting from the east to the west
which I believe is insinuating that the heavens being rolled together as a scroll
when he comes, everyone's gonna see it.
What is it showing us it shows there's no secret for where we're server the carcass is there were the eagles be gathered together
Now go to first that's a little go back to first Thessalonians for you're talking about the manner of the rapture
We saw the meaning of the rapture
We saw the manner of the rapture. We're gonna continue here in this portion of the man of the manner
What is the manner? We see that it is a public event. That's a cosmic event. It's a wrathful event
upon the unsaved, but this is our redemption.
So what takes place when he actually descends to earth
to rapture all believers?
What is it that happens?
What is the chronology of the rapture?
Well, first and foremost, the dead in Christ
are resurrected first.
And this is why it's important to defend the rapture
because the rapture and the resurrection are synonymous.
You see, we believe in the resurrection.
We're not deniers of the resurrection.
We're not false witnesses, Jehovah's Witnesses that deny the physical bodily resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
We believe in the resurrection.
And in fact, in order for us to be saved, we have to believe that Jesus Christ resurrected
from the grave, amen.
But we also believe that we will resurrect because he's the first fruits of the resurrection.
Then we, which are his, we will be resurrected in the end times.
And so he comes, he's descended, he's there,
the Bible talks about the blowing of the trumpet.
Look at verse 15, if you would.
He says, 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.
So in other words, if you are alive during
this particular time, you're not going up
before those who were dead in Christ first, okay?
So we're referring to, I mean, Adam's going first
is what I'm saying.
Not that Adam, although that's a possibility.
He saved, but we're talking about the first Adam, right?
Adam, David, the Israelites, all believers
from the Old Testament, people who are saved
but they have gone home to be with the Lord,
they're going first.
When it says we shall not prevent them, which are asleep.
A sleep is not referring to what some of you
are doing right now, I'm just kidding, I'm not checking.
A sleep is referring to those who are dead in Christ.
Bible often refers to believers who are dead
as being asleep.
Why?
Because one day they will wake up
So it says here that they shall arise first. This is for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
With a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the Trump of God's not referring to Donald and the dead in Christ
Shall rise first so get this when Jesus Christ descends
after the entire cosmic events after his entrance
The Bible talks about in Matthew 24 that the angels will go to the four corners of the earth.
They will sound a trumpet, and it's this trumpet that will cause those who are in the graves
who were dead in Christ to come out of the graves.
So we're not up yet.
Now, please take some time to think about what a crazy thing that's going to look like.
Because we're talking about graveyards, the oceans.
All around the world people who were never found people who were cremated people who were burned at the stake
Believers who have died they are going to be gathered together
So I mean just think about those who are in the graves. Okay, you're your local cemetery graveyard, whatever. I
Mean coffins are going to be bursting out of the ground
That's why I get buried in a nice suit. Amen
Go up and stop
And group one is more than group two.
You understand that, right?
So obviously more believers going up
on the first round than the second round.
So that means the sky's gonna be saturated with bodies.
That's a crazy sight, I don't know,
I'm just imagining it right now.
And by the way, not just adults,
all babies who've been aborted.
And praise God, hallelujah for that.
They're coming out and you know people are like oh man, you know if someone gets cremated. Don't don't don't and I'm not for cremation
By the way, but people are like don't cremate me because what's gonna happen? Well first of all if you're saved you don't have to worry about that
Okay, because of the fact that God can just find it all and just bring it back
I mean, let me just give you a hint right now, you know in Revelation chapter 20 you have the white throne judgment
Which is the resurrection of the dead?
And he's, I mean, the bodies are coming out of the graves
and out of the seas and the oceans too.
And they've been there since like all the way
through the millennial reign.
You know, no one is on this earth who's dead,
just can't be found or something by God.
He knows where everyone's at.
And people will make up such a big deal about cremation.
And again, I'm not for cremation.
I think it's an unbiblical practice.
I think every believer should be buried in the ground
because it signifies a seed being planted into the ground
and it's gonna come out of a resurrected body.
That's the purpose of being buried, okay?
But people make a big deal about the whole cremation thing.
Do you understand that people who have died thousands of years ago,
they're but dust already?
Right?
So God has the capability of resurrecting.
So we have this, the first group of the resurrection
at the second coming of Christ.
These are all the people who have died throughout history.
They're going up.
Let me just explain something. It's the bodies that are going up. Their spirit are not in their bodies
We don't believe in soul sleep
Okay, soul sleep is a false doctrine because the Bible teaches to be absent from the bodies to be present with the Lord
So if you're to die at this moment your carcass remains here, but your spirit goes straight to heaven to be with the Lord
Okay
You say, well, then where are the spirits of those who have died in Christ at this point?
Well, the Bible specifically says in 1 Thessalonians 4 that Jesus Christ shall bring them with him.
And then the bodies come up, they meet,
and then they receive their resurrected body.
Okay, we're talking about the manner of the rapture.
And the manner of the rapture is
the dead in Christ shall rise first.
And when we talk about the dead in Christ,
we're not referring to Methodists, Lutherans,
and people who are just lacking any zeal for the Lord.
We're talking about those who are saved,
who have died in times past,
and they're awaiting the resurrection.
And by the way, this is one of the reasons
why, you know, preterism is false.
Because what does preterism teach?
Well, preterism is actually found in the Bible.
You know, there's people who are teaching preterism in the Bible,
and the Apostle Paul talked about those who talked that the resurrection has passed already,
and they overthrow the faith of some.
Resurrection does not pass, my friends.
Oh, it's a spiritual resurrection.
You think everything is just spiritual.
Jesus Christ resurrected bodily.
So we need to shun profane and vain babblings look at verse 17
He says then, so after the dead in Christ rise,
after they've come out of the graves
and the oceans and different parts of the world
and they meet their spirit in the air
and they are transfigured before our very eyes,
at that point it says then we which are alive and remain,
this is after the tribulation, after the persecution,
after the killing of Christians,
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.
Don't ask me how long the first one takes,
because I don't know.
You know, it's, I will say this though,
it's very noisy.
I guarantee you that the sky shall be saturated
with believers, okay?
And I guarantee you that whoever's persecuting
Christ is at that moment, they're not persecuting nobody,
they're just like, what in the world is going on here?
Now you can see why men's hearts
are failing them for fear.
During this time it'll be the highest percentage of heart attacks in my opinion
Because they're just there and all these bodies are just coming out of the ground
They're just shooting up and they're just flying
Right, and it's not even over yet
So once that happens then it's just like see a sucka's and then it's then it's our turn
This says then we go up we caught up. We are raptured at that point
So those who are alive and raptured
or excuse me, those who are alive and remain
are raptured on sight, okay?
So, and you say, which one should I shoot for?
It doesn't really matter, okay?
Obviously, we would all want to see Christ
with our very own eyes and our body,
but it's a possibility that might not happen.
In either case, we are gonna see Christ.
But obviously, I think it would be really cool though,
to be able to make it to that point.
And you're being persecuted, you're being chased,
you're being, you know, people are trying to kill you
and you're just at that very last moment
and then Christ comes and it's like,
oh man, I made it to the very finish line.
I'm able to see the second coming of Christ
with my very eyes.
And at that point I said, shoot me.
Go ahead.
Go ahead, shoot me.
Like he's already here.
You're toast, dude.
You are so toast.
I'm gone, like I'm going home to be with the Lord.
Go to 1 Corinthians chapter 15 1 Corinthians chapter 15. We're talking about the manner of the rapture
We see that it's a very public event a cosmic event a wrathful event
We see that the dead in Christ are resurrected first then those who are alive and remain are raptured on site thereafter
And we also see that both the bodies of the dead in Christ and those that remain are upgraded
So, this is a very important aspect of the rapture slash resurrection and that is that
we are transfigured, we're given a new body, we are given an upgrade, right?
This is taught extensively in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, look at verse 41 if you would,
verse 41.
It says, there is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, another glory of the stars,
for one star differeth from another star in glory.
He says, so also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
Now notice the phrase sown, right?
When do we use that type of word?
When we are sowing seeds.
You sow a seed and it comes out something completely different.
You know, we don't sow an apple seed
and just a giant seed comes out.
Something completely different comes out of the ground.
And likewise, it is with the resurrection.
It's sown in corruption because we have this corruptible body,
this sinful body that has fleshly appetites,
sinful appetites, but then it's raised
in incorruption, sinless.
He says in verse 43.
It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness. It is raised in power
It is sown a natural body. It is raised a spiritual body
There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body
And so it is written that the first Adam was made a living soul
The last Adam was made a quickening spirit skip down to verse 50
This is now this I say brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God
Neither does corruption inherit in corruption
So, in other words, what this is saying is that the purpose of the rapture and the resurrection
is to make us capable of standing before God.
Because we can't just stand before God in our present form because we're sinful.
We have corruptible flesh.
God is holy, right?
So therefore, we need an upgrade.
To our system that comes through our faith in Jesus Christ in order to be completely sinless now
Why is this important?
I'll tell you why because there's a false gospel out there that tries to teach that once you get saved you should never sit or you never sit
You just will never say and if you sin you're not really saved. Oh
You'll obey all of God's commandments perfectly. You're gonna obey the Lord perfectly. You're just gonna come with batteries included
What are they trying to do? They're trying to get the resurrection without Christ
But, folks, that doesn't happen until the resurrection.
When we get saved, our spirit is perfect, our spirit is sinless, but we still have this
corruptible flesh which is sown into the ground and raised and in corruption.
He says in verse 51,
Behold, I show you a mystery.
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
Listen to this, in a moment and 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.
So it seems to indicate that when the rapture takes place
the resurrection happens, don't blink.
This just happens in an instant.
Now what what is the resurrected body look like? I have no idea. I don't know if you'll have a six pack
I don't know if you'll have a full set of hair. I you know that it doesn't really matter, okay?
It'll be a perfect body that is incapable of dying
It can no longer be enticed by sin it can stand the presence of God and it shall live forever and it's a physical body
It's not a natural body, it's a spiritual body,
not like the spirit, the way we would think of spirit,
where it's just like you can't touch or to feel it.
Jesus Christ, when he resurrected, had a spiritual body.
But yet he even told his disciples,
feel my hands, the wounds in my hand and my side,
for a spirit has not flesh and blood as you see me to have.
Flesh and bone, excuse me, as you see me to have, okay?
Now here it says that flesh and blood shall not inherit the kingdom of God
Meaning that the only thing that can inherit the millennial reign or the new heaven and new earth is what is a body?
That is powered by the spirit not by blood
He says for this corruptible verse 53 must put on incorruption this mortal must put on immortality
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality
Then shall be brought to pass the same that is written death is swallowed up in victory. Oh death. Where is thy sting?
Oh grave. Where is that victory?
And you know at verse 55 is probably what we're gonna say when we're raptured
Once we get our resurrected bodies, we're gonna say oh death. Where's that sting now? Oh grave. Where is that victory?
Death will no longer have power over us because we're gonna live forever
Go to Romans 8 if you would Romans chapter 8 powerful chapter there in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 the resurrection chapter
We see the manner of the rapture is that it's a public event. It's a cosmic event. It's a wrathful event
We see the dead in Christ arise or raised first
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
And we see that our bodies receive an upgraded
Transfigured body that is sinless able to stand before the presence of God and lives forever powered by the Spirit
But we also see look what it says in Romans chapter 8
in verse 21,
because the creature itself also shall be delivered
from the bondage of corruption
into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Now this creature is referring to the animal
and the animal doesn't receive this transfiguration
at the rapture,
but it eventually does in the millennial reign.
Look what it says in verse 22,
for we know that the whole creation growneth
and travaileth in pain together until now.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit,
even we are so ourselves grown within ourselves, waiting for the adoption to win.
Listen to this, the redemption of our body.
So there's a lot to unfold here. Let me explain a couple things.
First and foremost, it says that the creation growneth,
meaning that when you look at the animal kingdom, it's chaotic.
Just look up nature as metal.
All kinds of blood and gore, merciless animals
that kill other animals and sometimes even kill people.
This is what it looks like when the creation grown
that there's death that reigns in the animal kingdom, right?
And it says that they're not the only ones that grown.
We grown also.
Why did we grown?
Well, I'll tell you why because we struggle with sin.
The flesh lesteth against the spirit,
the spirit against the flesh.
These are contrary to one to the other
so that we cannot do the things that we would.
So every day is just like a battle with the flesh.
And there comes a part where it's just like, man,
hate my flesh.
Sinful flesh, wretched man that I am.
That's what it means to groan.
It's like, man, I'm trying to do right
and then I fail the Lord or I don't meet the expectations.
I'm just not there.
And it says that we wait for the adoption, though,
to wit the redemption of our body.
This kind of shows us that there is no redemption
of the body yet.
The spirit has been redeemed.
The body has not yet.
We're waiting to wit the redemption of our body.
And this is why Ephesians 1, 13, and 14 talk about
the earnest of our inheritance of the redemption
of the purchased possession.
Referring to the fact that the Holy Spirit
until he redeems the entire body, okay?
Now you say, why is that important to note
about the animal kingdom?
Well, because that debunks preterism as well.
Because if we read Isaiah, we see that we're waiting
for a time where the lamb and the leper
shall lie down with the kid.
There's gonna be a time when the wolf
and the lamb shall feed together
and the lion shall eat straw like a bullock.
Now, go to Africa!
Go all over the world.
Find me that animal.
It doesn't exist.
Preterist?
What?
What does lion eating grass
like a bullock signify?
There's absolutely no spiritual indication there.
This is telling us that the animal kingdom
will be transfigured one day
because death will be removed out of the picture.
In other words, animals aren't going to be killing each other
in the new heaven and the new earth.
You know the Bible talks about a child being able to reach into the den of an ASP and not be bitten
Yeah, go to trade go and trade forget the kid you go do that Preterist
Go into go grab a mamba
Go grab a cobra go grab the deadliest most venomous snake out there and let you become Bible prophecy
Won't happen because we're not there yet
because the whole creation still groans.
They have not received a redemption yet.
But one day, it will be that way.
And one day, the kids are gonna be able to reach
in the dead of an ass, and just, you know,
they're gonna be legitimate snake handlers.
We have snake handlers today,
and they're dying left and right.
You know, the kids are gonna be able to like,
you know, it's not gonna do anything.
Because that little element of the corruptible earth will be removed, okay?
There's a switch somehow where God just like switch and the lion's like grass looks really good actually
Their current body composition is not capable of doing that right now, okay?
Go back to 1st Thessalonians chapter 3 if you would 1st Thessalonians chapter 3
Here's my last point and that is
Point number one, we looked at the meaning of the rapture, it means to be seized, it means to be caught up, right?
This is what rapture means, it means to be gathered together unto him.
We saw the manner of the rapture and what a manner.
We see that it it's a public event. It's a cosmic event
We see that it's a wrathful event
We see the dead in Christ rise first and we which are alive and remain we receive transfigured bodies
No longer having pain no longer having sorrow being able to live forever being immortal
We see that the earth is also ultimately transfigured and redeemed
But then we also we're going to look at the moment of the rapture
And let me just say this, the Bible teaches a post-trip
pre-wrath rapture.
You know, the pre-trip crowd likes to talk about this
narrative, this false narrative, that Jesus Christ
could come at any moment, because they're weak and scared
and don't like tribulation.
Oh, we're not gonna be here doing tribulation.
Yeah, that's what you think.
If you're here during this time, you will be
suffering tribulation.
And you know what, it's our responsibility as God's people to prepare people for affliction
and tribulation.
Because you know what?
The apostle Paul said, we must, through much tribulation, enter into the Kingdom of God.
Oh, except for the rapture, though.
When it comes to that, he comes first and then tribulation afterwards.
No, the Bible teaches that the rapture comes after the tribulation, but prior to the wrath of God, and typically this narrative is
Proposed based upon their belief that wrath and tribulation are synonymous, and they're not
Tribulation is what man does unto us. Wrath is what God does
And when you look at the chronology of the book of Revelation, we see that from chapters 8 and on it's all wrath
Prior to that from in chapter 6 we see that it's what tribulation for horsemen of the apocalypse the persecution and killing of Christians
Which is the fifth seal and then the rapture takes place had that in Revelation chapter 7
Look at 1st, Thessalonians 3 verse 2
It says in cents a moth is our brother and minister of God and
Our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ to establish you and to come for you concerning your faith
That no man should be moved by these afflictions for yourselves know that we are appointed there on to
Hey thinking not strange concerning the fiery trial that shall try you the Bible says why that's your appointment
May I remind you this evening you have an appointment with affliction
We all have an appointment with tribulation
We all have an appointment with hardships and difficulties.
Why?
That's what the Bible tells us.
We are appointed unto affliction.
Well, affliction is not the same as tribulation.
Look at verse 4.
For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation.
Even as it came to pass, and you know.
He says, hey, I told you you were going to suffer.
I told you you were going to have affliction.
I told you you were going to have tribulation.
Why?
Because that's just part of the Christian life.
Look at chapter 5 if you would chapter 5
We see that we're appointed to tribulation as the Bible clearly says but look at chapter 5 verse 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
For God has not appointed us to wrath
But to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. So just a couple chapters after
Our chapters before it says we're appointed to affliction to tribulation and then in chapter 5 says but we're not appointed to wrath
So this is how it works in the end times
The rapture comes after the tribulation because we're appointed to tribulation
But he comes before the wrath of God because we're not appointed unto wrath. It's pretty simple
Now go to Matthew 24 and we're done here Matthew chapter 24
Now anytime you try to show this to like a pre-tribber someone who goes to that ideology
They'll often say this, well, Matthew 24 is for the Jews.
And just understand this, that in order for the
preacher relationship and rapture to exist,
it needs Zionism.
Like it relies heavily, you know how Israel relies heavily
upon the United States of America financially?
Well, that's kind of like how the preacher rapture is.
It relies heavily upon Zionism.
Because in order for it to even make sense in the Bible that it's a pre-trib rapture
They have to hijack Matthew 24 and say that it's only designated for the Jews
The pre-trib rapture doctrine relies on the misinterpretation of Matthew 24 in order to make it fit
Look what it says in Matthew 24 verse 35 heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away
And this is what they'll say, they'll say,
but of that day and hour, knoweth no man,
knoweth not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
And to that I say, amen.
No one knows the day or the hour
of when the rapture happens.
However, we can know, based upon Matthew 24,
the events that take place prior to the rapture.
Now look at verse, skip back to verse 29.
It says here in verse 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, 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.
By the way, what did it say? Coming with what? Clouds. What did it ask when I say that he's going to come back with clouds?
What did Revelation 1.7 say?
Behold, he cometh with clouds.
What does Matthew 24 say?
That he's coming with clouds.
He says in verse 31,
and he shall send his angels
with the great sound of a trumpet
and they shall gather together the Jews.
No, but the Jews is in Acts.
Shall gather together his elect
from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.
So, this is what they'll say, and they'll say, well, it says the elect and the elect are referring to the Israelites, the Jews.
Wrong, buddy. Wrong.
The elect is referring to the Israelites in the Old Testament,
but when the Bible addresses the New Testament, elect is referring to believers.
Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?
Romans 8, referring to believers.
So they rely on verse 31 meaning the Jews when it says elect, whereas the Bible's interpretation, the correct interpretation, is that the elect is referring to all believers, okay?
And so he says, to gather together his elect
from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other.
They designate Matthew 24, 31 to the Jews,
then the pre-tribulation rapture will make sense.
But what's interesting is that they'll say,
well, Matthew 24, 31 is for the Jews,
but hey, when it comes to the rapture,
no man know what the day or the hour,
the verse that's found in Matthew 24.
So I thought you said Matthew 24 is all about the Jews.
Well, it is, except for that one verse, though.
This is called cherry picking.
You say, well, designate this for us, Jews, us, Jews.
No, how about this, all us, and Jews who are believers.
Now, in the New Testament, there's only one instance
where elect is addressing an angel.
This is the elect angels, but in my opinion,
it's probably referring to believers
because angel in the New Testament also means
an evangelist, someone who's a messenger.
Okay, what's the point here?
Let's go to this last portion.
I know that I said that was the last one.
This is the last one.
I promise.
2 Peter chapter 3.
Go to 2 Peter chapter 3.
Look, I'm closing my Bible.
See?
I'm done.
All right?
Closing.
What's the point?
What is the moment of the rapture?
The moment happens after the tribulation.
After the killing and persecution of Christians,
and in fact in Revelation chapter six,
the apostle John sees under the altar
the souls of them who were slain for the word of God
and for the testimony which they held,
saying how long, oh Lord, holy and true,
does thou not judge and avenge our blood on them
which dwell on the earth?
So if the souls under the altar are saying,
why haven't you poured your wrath yet?
That's an indicator that the wrath hasn't been poured yet.
Is that hard, right?
He says, how long the Lord is showing us that he has not yet poured out his wrath?
And in fact in Revelation 7, God commands the angels, hey, don't pour out the wrath yet until it's sealed 144,000 in their heads, four heads,
showing us that the wrath of God has not yet been poured out, until all of God's people are raptured.
Now, how do we apply this sermon?
Well, look at 2nd Peter 3, verse 10.
It says, but the day of the Lord will come as the thief in the night.
We know what the day of the Lord means, and we know what it means when it says it's the
thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with the great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned
up.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, I want you to notice this.
What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness?
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God,
wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.
How do we apply this sermon?
Well, let me ask you, what kind of person should you be
in knowing these things?
Knowing that the rapture will one day happen,
knowing that the resurrection is a real thing,
knowing that Christ will return,
what kind of committed Christian should you be?
Knowing that these things will happen.
And more specifically,
knowing that all your possessions are just going to burn.
Your house is gonna burn, your boats are gonna burn,
your cars are gonna burn,
everything you own is gonna burn.
What manner of person should you be?
I'll tell you the kind of person we should be,
the person who looks for that blessed hope,
who set our affections on things above
and not on the things of the earth.
Let's pray, Father, we thank you so much for your word
and thank you for the rapture.
We're thankful for the promise of the second coming
of Christ and the resurrection.
I pray, Lord, that you help us to think upon it.
times of distress and anguish and tribulation knowing that the things
concerning us have an end and I pray Lord that you'd prepare us for that Lord
as much as I would want you to come sooner than later I know that there's a
work that needs to be accomplished here souls that need to be saved we know
that you're not slack concerning your promises some men count for slackness but
you're long suffering towards the world not willing that any should perish but
that all should come to repentance help us as your people to further the
as we await the physical one and Lord may you be honored and glorified in all that's accomplished.
We love you. We thank you. Pray the things in Jesus' name. Amen.