Christians, Are You Ready To Rumble?

A Note on This Prophesy about Rapture:

    As I write this I am concerned that many believers will find my message repugnant and somehow not "normative" of the Christian faith.  Let it be known that I have no personal reason to proclaim this message that would benefit me as of now, except a conviction that this is my service to Jesus Christ as a man saved by the Grace of God.  When God used Isaiah to speak to Israel he told him:

Isaiah 30:8-15
8Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: 10Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: 13Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. 15For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

God is saying through Isaiah to Israel that those that oppose His messages through His servants that He sees the hidden motives, reasons for their opposition to His word.  As a New Testament "Prophet" I must be submitted to the Spirit of God, and His Servants that minister in the Spirit of God.  If someone has accusations against me or my work, then I would have to reject such if given in the wrong spirit.  Though accusations will come, I would rather give full liberty for thoughtful brethren to correct me; if they see a fault in me or in my writing.  I am not particularly super confident in my suitability to deliver this message, but the message burns within me, so I am confident that God has given me the grace to deliver this message.
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    We must be self examining in the face of prophesy.  I hope that if any fellow Christian has doubts of the authenticity of this prophesy, that you will be willing to bring your disagreements in an humble spirit in a manner consistent with the Lord Jesus.  If there is any other manner in which one might address such disagreements, I suggest a time of self evaluation of your motives.  In the passage above God reveals the actual intention of the unbelieving hearers:  to push God out of their system of political and religious control, "to cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us," to not allow God back into a religious/political system that has become a false activity.  So also this prophesy about the resurrection and rapture will serve to disturb many who have vested interests, both intellectual, political, social and financial. 

    This prophesy will threaten to dissolve academic relationships that rely on doctrinal conformity in order to maintain denominational honor and prestige.  Many in government will not want to have the general Christian population to know that they will resurrect, because governments use the fear of death to control its population, which is why the Devil operates through governments so effectively (Hebrews 2:15).  If the Christian knew that he or she will return in the army of Joel, then how much more steadfast would our resistance to the Devil be? (James 4:7).  Many otherwise reasonable people will not trust a prophesy simply if they have never heard it from a trusted source, such as a pastor or a Christian author of notable reputation: rather than understanding the Bible for themselves.  This is because they receive their faith through "milk," rather than by "strong meat," which is a matter of Christian maturity according to Hebrews 5:12-14:

12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Also, many have written books and made movies that are an attempt to apply semi accurate doctrines on the rapture to a real life scenario.  Many will be challenged by this prophesy, and as any true prophesy it will divide souls either with God or away.  Please read with humility, because this prophesy is going to have an effect upon you for better or for worse, depending on how you respond to it.


Christians, Are You Ready To Rumble?

    What if God gave you full authority and power to serve Him in any way that you were led?  Would you preach on the street corner?  At the front door of the local abortion mill?  In the toughest, darkest Ghetto?  In the halls of congress?  In the houses of prostitution?  How about preaching the gospel in your own church, or someone else's church?  How about the local mosque, or Jewish temple?  How about walking into an abortion clinic in the middle of an abortion with impunity bringing conviction with the message of Jesus Christ?  Or how about in the smoke filled back room meetings of politicians, as in Ezekiel 8:12 where they work out their corrupt deals long before they play their public charade of legislating; would you enter there with the word of the Lord?  This is the kind of power on a world wide scale certain resurrected/ glorified Christians will exercise before the rapture.  Get ready to Rumble!!!

    One of my favorite Biblical exercises is to create time line charts that visualize prophesy.  Placing the appropriate scriptures surrounding the doctrine of rapture in a timeline allows a clear understanding of how Joel's Army marches and who actually becomes a member of this great resurrection army and for how long.  Above you see a chart that represents nearly everything that I discuss in this prophesy regarding the doctrines of the pre-Antichrist resurrection and rapture.

This chart will give the reader a visual set of notes pertaining to that which I write in this work.  It's most updated form will be found in the heading of the most recent posting.
    
The True End of the Church Era:

    It is generally agreed that by all scholars in every Christian denomination that the Christian church was born ten days following the ascension (rapture) of Jesus from the Mount of Olives.  Acts Chapter 1 has the disciples and over 100 other believers gathered in Jerusalem in an upper room, according to Jesus' command to wait for the Promise of the Father; which according to Acts 1:4-5 is the "Baptism of the Holy Ghost."  This was the manifestation of the Holy Spirit that infused the believers with the power to speak God's word, converting 3000 souls in one day.  Church history has been under this infusion of grace ever since, however this church era will come to an end. 

    The end of the Church era, or Church Age, is not the re-founding of Israel in May 1948, because it is obvious that the Christian church is Israel's greatest non-governmental supporter in the world today.  Indeed the Christian church is still aggressively evangelizing the world.  The end of the church age will depend upon the change, or "transformation " of the church, such that it's nature has been transformed from corruptible to incorruptible.  This has to do with resurrection That will be followed by the rapture.  Paul the Apostle writes:

1 Corinthians 15:51-54
51Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52In a moment, in 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. 53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

We see by this passage that according to Paul there will come a time that living Christians will become immortal.  This is good basic Gospel, however, few realize that this will happen shortly before rapture, which will then be followed by the revelation of the Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2:5-7).  Few Christians realize that this "victory over death" is not reserved only for Heaven, but it will happen here on earth.  Paul writes, "we shall not all sleep."   This means that some of the Christians will be transformed into glorified saints, never having died!  So if you have not died and you are glorified, how can you say that glorification only happens in the "great by and by?"  No, on the contrary, it must happen here on the earth in the sight of all reasonable conditions of evidence and witness.

    The first great question one must answer for himself is a question that has irked unbelievers the world over in every age of Christian influence: “What gives the Christian the right to influence and control this world?”  the answer is that the Lord Jesus said so:

Mark 16:14-18
14Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

This authority remains in force unto the day of this writing, but it will not continue indefinitely.  The end of the church era can only happen when the "great commission" has run it’s course and expired and/or when the commissioned members of the Church have been  removed.  the Bible says that the "saints" are overcome, never "the Church."  Once the authority of the great commission has been cancelled, then the spiritual authority to push back "the gates of Hell" (Matthew 16:18) will be non-existent on the earth and the Antichrist will be able to "wear out the saints" (Daniel 7:25). And raise up his diabolical rule in the earth.  The Gates of hell will prevail against the Saints for a season (Revelation 13:7).  The Lord promised that the Church that was built on the “rock” of the revelation of the Son of God (first voiced by Peter in Matthew 16:16-19), would never be able to be overcome by the “gates of Hell.”  If then we see Antichrist overcoming the saints, then it stands to reason that those that were carrying the spiritual authority behind the “great commission” are the ones that were either decommissioned, or were removed by rapture, as is promised by the word of God (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

    The “decommissioned” church will by necessity be removed by rapture, however it must be resurrected and glorified before the rapture occurs.  This change is what Jesus probably meant when he said in Luke 21:28, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.“  This redemption is probably that same “Death is swallowed up in victory” that Paul wrote about in the passage above, 1 Corinthians 15:54.  The end of the church era will be signified by the change of the nature of the church.  “The putting on of incorruption,” will change its nature, therefore its purpose for existing on earth.  Indeed its authority will be amplified immeasurably, according to Joel Chapter 2, for period of time.  The Church will never be quit of its authority on earth until the Church is removed from the earth.  As an army  that is encamped on a beachhead or in a locality, its authority is enforced by its presence until it is recalled to its land of origin.  Though there will be many a born again believer “left behind,” the authority to prevail against the “gates of Hell” will be removed on that great day of rapture; however, not until its absolute authority is demonstrated one time for a short season in the form of “Joel’s army.”