End Time Mysteries Can Only Be Understood From A Mindset in Humility

(This was a past post that since had a link regarding sexual contects attached to it ??? Well, I did not post it – perhaps another example of how the demonic internet trolls attack? I have reposted minus the link a title change and a bit of editing.)

Thousands of books have been written and even more sermons preached from a mindset of pride and arrogance. Men making incredible claims from what they believe was an understanding from God. Read this for more on these people and the main source of this disinformation – false prophecies at: 

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If you can open your heart to true humility and read with no preconcieved ideas the Bible comes alive and becomes clear in ways never experienced before. What you arer about to read, so many are blinded and do not understand, stubborn and pridefull they reject any notion that they just may be wrong about what they have been told for so long. The question you must ask yourself is how far will you go to let go of your pride for the truth? So I plead with you to open your mind and heart to what the Bible is really trying to tell you. 

The Pre-Tribulation Rapture lacks any clarity to ascertain that it may be a reality. Folks, it may well be that we are here until the end. Consider the following and you decide.

If there were to come a silent pre-tribulation rapture – why does Jesus Christ never mention it? What follows here explores that question – take a few moments and test the spirit and these scripture verses and you decide. Let’s start with why no mention of it in Matthew 24:29 where he could had said: ‘before’ the tribulation I will return for my people…but he says no such thing – not even close, in fact what he does say is, his return for his people is ‘after’ the tribulation…

Jesus looked ahead and said: “Immediately after the tribulation of those days…” Matthew 24:29 If what follows in verse 30 is in chronological order – “…then shall appear the sign of the Son of man…the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.”  Clearly, that is not silent or secretive as in verse 31 we know for certain it is not; furthermore He has returned after the tribulation for his elect.

Verse 31 – “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather his elect (Saved Christians!) from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”  This is much more then just the saved Christians as the angels are gathering “…from one end of heaven to the other.”  This implies finality, a gathering of “all” saints.

When Jesus returns, at his coming, it will be the end. Jesus will have delivered (gather his elect) the kingdom of God, and punished with destruction the unsaved and all enemies – and this, we learn, isafter he has been reigning! That may need confirmation for some as it should:

“Then cometh the end when he shall have delivereth up the kingdom to God (the elect) …when he shall put down all rule and authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet…” I Corinthians 15:23-26. The end comes after he reigns.

Revelation 1:9 John tells us he is our brother in the kingdom of God and the tribulation. Likewise, Paul refers to the tribulation and the kingdom of God as present tense as well:

II Thessalonians 1:4, 5 “in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure…that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer…” Paul is writing to them and responding to there “here and now” of that time by noting their enduring the tribulations and they are counted worthy of being in the kingdom of God.

The kingdom of God is a spiritual world where us mortals can not see anymore than we can see God or Jesus Christ.

So the kingdom of God is the spiritual world where the Holy Spirit is within us (Luke 17:21) and since his ascension Jesus has reigned over all power and authority from heaven in this spiritual kingdom of God.

If I tell you, ye will not believe…Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.” Luke 22:67, 69 this, on the day of the crucifixion and after three nights and three days Jesus rose from the dead in victory and forty days later he ascended to the right hand of the power of God.

“Who being the brightness of his glory…upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high…”  Hebrews 1:3

“…when (time of crucifixion) he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty (God).

Hebrews 10:12, 13 “But this man (Jesus), after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand side of God; (v.13) From henceforth expecting til his enemies be made his footstool.”

These verses are saying: Right after Jesus was crucified, plus the forty days, He sat down on the right side of God and there He reigned from that time “…til his enemies be made his footstool.” In other words ‘til his enemies faced “judgment and destruction”.

Jesus Christ, “Who is gone into heaven (past tense), and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.” I Peter 3:22

Peter is saying that as a result of Jesus ‘currently’ reigning, they, in the ‘spiritual world’ were being made subject unto him, which is present tense. They were being made his footstool. This is an on-going process throughout the Christian era until ‘all’ enemies are under his feet. Clearly, Jesus is reigning victoriously now! He has throughout the Christian era in the ‘spiritual world’.

Now consider the repetitive and ‘loud’ signs of Jesus’ only return: The seventh angel sounded a great sound of a trumpet; the last trumpet to sound is the trumpet of God.  When Jesus returns and gathers the saints, there is judgment and the wrath of God befalls Satan and an unsaved world; for the day of the Lord, the great day of God, the last day is upon them all. The righteous, removed from God’s wrath on that day, will for “…ever be with the Lord”.  (Nothing else is prophesised beyond forever, ever-lasting or eternity.)

I Thessalonians 4:16, 17 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with thevoice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 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.”

Matthew 24:31 “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shallgather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other”.  There is nothing silent or secretive about what Paul or Jesus is telling us and they are telling us of the same event.

Another sign that gives continuity to this ‘day’ is the analogy about the hour, watching and not being caught off guard, this does not imply secretiveness, rather awareness:

Matthew 24:42, 43 “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.” (Watch! Be aware!)

I Thessalonians 5:1, 2 But of the times and of the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourself know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”  (Paul’s vote of confidence that the Thessalonians know and are aware.)

Revelation 3:3 “Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know​ what hour I will come upon thee.” (Again, watch and be aware!)

All three verses give a warning of awareness – and on what day? The day of the Lord!

In II Peter 3:10 Peter repeats Jesus, Paul and John and gives us more ‘loud’ information:

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt fervent heat, the earth also and the works therein shall be burned up.” This day (event) with its great noise is anything but silent!

We have now read that on the day of the Lord there will be a great noise and we know that: “…he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet…” when we are gathered together. Paul tells when: “Then cometh the end when he shall have delivereth up the kingdom to God…” The end “is”the last day – The day of the Lord!

These verses together describe a continuous single event. When Jesus returns it begins the day of the Lord! The “ONLY” thing we are told that happens there after for the righteous is that the righteous(go) into life eternal… and so shall we ever be with the Lord…forever!

Christ Returns and takes Vengeance (Judgment) on the Unsaved

This is the beginning of the day of the Lord, the great day of God, the last day. Here it needs to be clarified that this “day” could be a prophetic day. Some theologians believe it to last any where from 5 months to a year. But let us not forget also that with Almighty God – anything and all things are possible so it may very well be a 24-hour day.

Matthew 25:46 “And these (unsaved) shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” The end of the Olivet Discourse begins life eternal for the righteous.

Only the righteous (go) into life eternal while the unsaved go away into everlasting destruction, the day of the Lord is wrath and judgment and when it is over, it’s forever! Nothing more is prophesied to happen.

Jesus says when he returns; He will judge the sinners and remove all sin from “…the presence of the Lord.”  Think on this, if Jesus has removed “ALL” sin – it will never appear again. So it cannot re-appear in any form ever again (like the end of a future millennium).

II Thessalonians 1:7, 8, 9 “…when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord…”

Jesus Christ returns on the last day and the world sees it and there is judgment and there is wrath from God, and this is, the day of the Lord the same as the great day of God and the last day.

Revelation 16:14-17 “…gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongueArmageddon…and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, it is done.” Done, there is no more time and note the repetitive signs (underlined).

The day of the Lord, is the great day of God, the last day, climaxes into Armageddon!

Revelation 10:5, 6, & 7 “And the (seventh) angel which I saw…And swear by him that liveth for ever and ever…that there should be time no longer…when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished…” Time is no longer as it is finished.

Revelation 11:15 “And the seventh angel sounded: and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”

We represent the kingdoms of this ‘mortal’ world and we become glorified ‘immortals’ in the kingdoms of our Lord, which is the heavenly kingdom. In heaven there is no longer time, as Jesus will forever and ever reign in eternity, which is beyond (outside of) time.

Matthew 24:31 “And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet…” 

I Corinthians 15:51, 52 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet will sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”

We shall all be changed is the same as become the kingdoms of our Lord and it happens when Jesus returns, once again, all these things are happening at the beginning of the day of the Lord, the great day of the Lord and the last day.

I Thessalonians 4:16, 17 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 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.”

Here, forever can mean forever, time ends and certainly the world sees it! Please take to heart that the message of Christ’s return is always loud and repetitive! Over and over again we read that Jesus, Paul, Peter and John mention the following: Loud sound, great noise, and trumpet sounds, all to alert us Jesus is returning! All indicate one event. The warnings to watch, the gathering of saints, the dead will rise, judgment takes place, sin removed, destruction and always ends with us going into everlasting life, life eternal, forever…

Don’t be deceived is a warning we read throughout the New Testament. It once again needs to be given. Today throughout the world of Christianity is a body of believers that sincerely believe that Jesus is going to return and save them from seven years of tribulation. I ask you, please reconsider what you have been told and re-examine the scriptures. Ask yourself why, if so important, why did Jesus never mention it? The Olivet Discourse has Jesus telling us all he will return for “us” and then there is judgment and “we” all are going into everlasting life with Him! Never a mention of a silent or secret rapture, nor a 7-year time period or that Jesus’ reign will be in the future.

There it is with clarity, Jesus returns once and amidst a lot of loud sounds.