John 6:39-40: (Y'shua is speaking) “This is the will of the Father who sent me, that of all He has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. And this is the will of Him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
It is appointed for all of us to die, but when Y'shua returns to the earth at the last day, his followers who have died will be raised from their graves and given eternal life. Those Set Apart believers who are still living at that time will see this and be gathered up with them.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 ... you should not mourn over them who have fallen asleep (died), like other people who have no hope... :14 For if we believe that Y'shua died and rose again, even those who sleep, will Elohim, by Y'shua bring with him. :15 and this we say to you by the word of Messiah, that we who may survive and be alive at the coming of Messiah, will not precede them who have slept. :16 Because our Master Y'shua will himself descend from heaven with a mandate and with the voice of the chief Messenger (angel) and with the trumpet of Elohim; and the dead who are in Messiah will rise first and then we who survive and are alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet our Messiah... And so comfort yourselves one another with these words...
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It's been over fifteen years since I began the study Scriptures. I started with the book of Revelation, prompted by a website about fallen angels, aliens and prophecy which piqued my interest enough to see if 'their' conclusions were 'true'. They referenced the Word of God throughout the website, so I used those Scripture quotes as a place to start my own investigation. Little did I know that what I read in Revelation was a beginning which would lead me to the book of Daniel and eventually through the entire 'Bible', backwards and forward, beginning to end and back again! In the course of these studies I learned about the pagan origins for almost all our traditional holidays one finds printed on calendars. I learned about the various lies we have inherited and how brainwashed we really are. It's not our fault, we were raised that way. But we don't need to remain that way.
One of the most misunderstood topics in regards to the 'end times' is called 'the rapture' and folks like to divide this event into three possible scenarios: Pre-tribulation; Mid-tribulation and Post-tribulation. When I became aware of these divisions I was inspired to study out the truth of the matter.
Most believe that the Tribulation is the final 7 years prior to the return of 'Jesus'. This final time line begins with the signing of a peace treaty - an agreement with many - which apparently brings 'world peace' thanks to that final world leader and his world government system. This will actually be a false sense of security, yet every one will be at ease and life goes on. But, after 3-1/2 years go by, things take a turn for the worse, like nothing that has ever happened before. Life seems good the first 3-1/2 years and the bad times, the Tribulation time line appears to be the final 3-1/2 years. Realizing this, there is no way for a Pre-trib rapture to take place. Also, after further study, there is not a Mid-trib rapture either. Yahshua returns at the Last Day. We can find written in Scriptures the signs and wonders, the events and mindsets that will become very apparent prior to the return of Messiah, the Anointed One. These things must happen first and then the end will come.
Tribulation is defined as:
distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
: a trying experience
(This describes the state of things during the final 3-1/2 years.)
Rapture is defined as:
an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
: a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
: a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things
: the final assumption of Christians into heaven* during the end-time according to Christian theology
The main body of the rapture theory was invented by Ribera, a Catholic Jesuit theologian who published his work shortly after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572. Protestants were pointing to the Vatican as the harlot beast system of Revelation. The blood of that horrific Catholic inspired massacre of French Protestants was still being washed off the streets of Paris when the Jesuits presented their rapture theory, designed to take pressure off the Catholic Church system.... The Jesuits also peddled that 'the saints' would not be on Earth during the time of tribulation.... (quote - Andrew Gabriel Roth)
The word 'rapture' is not found in Scripture. The word "rapture" comes from the Latin rapere used by the Vulgate to translate the Greek word harpaz, which is rendered by the phrase "caught up" in most English translations.
The Apostle Paul clearly teaches that the first resurrection and the 'catching up' will occur at the return of Mashiyach. The sounding of a trumpet signals his return. All eyes will see and understand that the day of wrath has come. Many things will happen before the sounding of that last shofar and the return of Yahshua. We have been told these things so we will know what to expect, that we Set Apart believers will not be taken by surprise as if by a thief in the night. Yahshua returns on the Last Day.
Joel 2
Blow a horn in Zion, sound an alarm on My Set Apart mount! Let all dwellers on earth tremble, for the Day of YHWH has come! It is close - a day of darkness and gloom, a day of densest cloud spread like soot over the hills. A vast, enormous horde - nothing like it has ever happened, and it shall never happen again through the years and ages. (The shofar/horn/trumpet is blown before the darkness and gloom*)
Matthew 24:29
And immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shine its light. And the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of heaven will be shaken. And then will be seen the sign of the Son of man in heaven... :31 And he will send his Messengers (angels) with a large trumpet (shofar/horn) and they will gather his chosen ones from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other. (*His Set Apart believers are rescued before the darkness and gloom)
...the 7th Shofar is sounded. The earth is ready for harvest. Set Apart believers are removed from the earth temporarily for if their time was not shortened they would not be able to witness, understand and survive the heart breaking destruction to come, the final 7 cups of Wrath, which are:
- Malignant and painful sores upon those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
- The remaining 2/3 of the sea and all sea life dies.
- The remaining rivers and fresh water supplies become blood.
- The sun scorches men with great heat but they do not repent
- The existing world kingdom turns to darkness and those who belong to it suffer pain and ulcers
- The Euphrates dries up so that kings from the east may cross. Demons that look like frogs leap from the mouths of the false prophet and the beast of prey and the mouth of the dragon. These spirits of demons go forth to all the kings of all the habitable world to gather them to the battle in a place called Armageddon.
- It Is Done. There are flashes of lightning, and thunders, and voices and a great earthquake like nothing before. The great city becomes three parts, and the city of nations fall; Babylon the great was remembered. Every island fled away and the mountains disappeared. A great hail falls from heaven upon men and the men blaspheme Elohim.
Y'shua haMashiyach does return, as written, as prophesied, as promised. Set Apart believers will be protected during this time, when the cups of wrath are poured out upon the earth, as they have been gathered up into the clouds, changed from corruptible to incorruptible beings, prepared to be placed on their soil, the promised land as per Yah's covenant with Abraham.
Revelation 20:5- This is the first resurrection. Blessed and Set Apart is he that has part in this first resurrection; over them the second death has no dominion, but they will be and are priests of Elohim and of his Anointed One; and they will reign with him the thousand years.
For more details, click here for my study on Signs
So, if you think things are pretty bad now... they will get worse but we are not to worry ourselves to death. Yahshua said these things must happen. In the meantime, stay busy and continue to stand strong in the Faith and trust Him to do what He says he will do.
John 14:6 - Y'shua said, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father except by me. If you would have known me, you would also know my Father."
2 Thessalonians 2:15 - Therefore, my brothers, be established and persevere in the Commandments which you have been taught, whether by word or by our epistle. And by our Master Y'shua the Mashiyach himself, and Elohim our Father who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope through his grace, comfort your hearts and establish in yourselves every good word and in every good work.
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We must be firmly rooted in the Instructions of Yahweh as we have learned from knowing Yahshua so that we do not fall for the coming strong deception. His Spirit teaches us discernment and shows us The Way as he reveals The Truth wherein we receive our reward - the gift of our soul - Life eternal.
