What Demons Know about the Future!

I'm not saying any of this is true, but I do believe that demons inhabit AI machines, and it seems rather coincidental that these dates sort of make sense in light of current eschatology!  Just saying....

 And Happy 77th Birthday, Israel!

From the fig tree learn this lesson: as soon as its young shoots become soft and tender and it puts out its leaves, you know of a surety that summer is near.  So also when you see these signs, [m]all taken together, coming to pass, you may know of a surety that He is near, at the very doors. Matthew 24:32-33

If you aren't sure Israel is the Fig Tree here in this parable, do a study on figs in the Old Testament

We are that final Generation!  And Israel is now 77!

Rapture Connections to Pentecost!

If you follow my blog, you know I have a keen interest in the Jewish Appointment days that are described in Leviticus 23. These feasts and festivals are special appointments with God called holy convocations. Feasts: In Hebrew the word is pronounced “moedim.” It is Strong’s Dictionary #4150 and it means: an appointment (a fixed time or season), an appointed time, an assembly (of a congregation), a place of meeting, a signal (as appointed beforehand).

Convocations: In Hebrew the word is pronounced “mikra.” It is Strong’s Dictionary #4744 and it means something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons or the place); also a rehearsal - an assembly, calling, convocation, reading.

God never told Israel to stop celebrating these feasts. Yes, they should not be offering sacrifices anymore for sins because Jesus has already paid that sacrifice for ALL sin. However, the church has not replaced Israel, rather we are graciously grafted into the vine that is Israel. Hence, it is my personal conviction that these feast days are equally important to us because each one has huge prophetic implications.

In Colossians 2:16-17 Paul tells us that these feasts days are "shadows of things to come"

I don't intend to go into each feast day here because I want to focus on Pentecost. However, by way of review, there are 7 holy feast days. 

Pentecost (or Shavout) is the 4th Spring Feast and the middle of the Menorah

 

 
Jesus fulfilled the first 3 Spring Feasts on the EXACT day with His Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection. The Holy Spirit was given to believers on Pentecost, signifying the beginning of the Church. But does it mean that Pentecost was fulfilled already? Perhaps in part. As you'll see below Pentecost (even for the Jews) is all about a marriage.

Since the first four "appointments" were fulfilled in their exact time, it is reasonable to believe that the last 4 Feasts will be fulfilled by major events in the future.

Let's look at the next feast to be fulfilled. Pentecost

Aside from Jesus's resurrection and His 2nd coming after the Tribulation, the rapture of the Church is the most incredible and magnificent event that will soon occur. Though it certainly doesn't have to happen on one of these feast days, I believe that it is important enough on God's calendar that it is highly likely. If so, which one? 

Here are some reasons for the timing of a rapture around Pentecost

The Festival without a date
Since the Second Century A.D., the commemoration of Pentecost has been given two days, accommodating the natural fluidity of the calendar which, when counted from the lunar cycle, has no fixed date. In fact, Jews refer to its commemoration as “the festival without a date,” giving it an aura of deep mystery. 

Pentecost is the only one of the 7 feasts that has a direct relationship to the church
The Church began or "was born" on Pentecost.

Pentecost has a direct connection to a wedding
 Today’s Jews celebrate it annually, in a ceremony called, “decorating the bride" in which they stay up all night and read the Torah. (to the Jews, this feast day is called Shavuot) It represents the ceremony of the marriage between God and Israel. Passover (which precedes Pentecost by seven weeks) becomes the period of God’s courtship of His wife Israel.

God's marriage covenant was preformed at Mount Sinai (50 days after the Jews left Egypt after Passover) when Israel agreed to follow God and His laws. Never heard that God married Israel? Well, He also divorced her. (And no, that does NOT mean He is done with her!)

Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also Jeremiah 3:8

Lifting of the Bread and FirstFruits
Pentecost is represented by two loaves of leavened bread, held aloft by the High Priest as the firstfruits of the wheat harvest. I've always thought that these two loaves might represent Gentile believers and Jewish believers. Also, remember this is a harvest, which I've spoken about in prior posts where I've connected harvests to raptures!

In the Feast of Firstfruits, the Priests waved a sheaf of grain which was the first of the harvest. Jesus rose from the dead on the Feast of Firstfruits and went to Heaven to present Himself as the First Fruits from the dead to His Father.  

In 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, Jesus is described as the Firstfruits, and each of us in our own turn after Him.  Hence the loafs of bread being lifted up could represent the followers of Jesus going up in the rapture, made with grain that was harvested, ground, and baked representing our struggle here on earth!

 The Trumpet Blast
Jews celebrate Pentecost as the day Moses received the Law on Mt Sinai 50 days after the Exodus. God sounded a trumpet blast, and they heard the actual voice of God.  We are told that in the rapture, we will hear a trumpet and a voice calling us home. Mount Sinai is the only place where we find a heavenly trumpet recorded in the Old Testament.

Ruth and Boaz Rapture Connection
In synagogues, the Book of Ruth is read on Pentecost. The story of Ruth has been called “The Romance of Redemption.”  With Naomi in the role of Israel, destitute and alone, Ruth as the Church, the gentile bride, Boaz as the Messiah, and the story itself as a prediction of the relationship that would involve all three of them.  In the process of redeeming Israel, the Messiah takes a gentile bride. In doing so, He saves both from their destitute condition and restores Israel’s Land.  The story of Ruth takes place during the harvest at Pentecost

Enoch
Tradition states that Enoch, who was taken live (raptured) into Heaven before the Great Flood, was both born and raptured on the day later to be known as Pentecost. This is written in the book of Enoch. What's fascinating about it is Enoch was taken to heaven BEFORE God's judgement in the form of the flood. AND he was both born (like the church) and raptured on Pentecost!

The Song of Solomon
(The Song of Solomon is a prophetic book about the bride of Christ and the rapture)

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song of Solomon 2:10-13
Notice how this depicts the rapture happening in the Spring!

The Early Summer Harvest
Throughout Scripture, Jesus compared the saints to wheat and the taking away of the saints to harvest time. Biblically, the harvest of early summer is often seen to typify the “harvest” or catching-away of the church, the season when grain and fruit crops come to maturity. Fruit is judged and stored. Wheat is now safe in the graineries of the land.

Judgement of the Fruit Trees

Traditional Jewish belief holds that Pentecost is the day when the fruit of trees is judged in heaven. Christians throughout the Church Age have believed that the fruit of one’s life will be judged following the rapture. The judgment Seat of Christ. (II Corinthians 5:10).

Micah
“ Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit. The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net” (Mic. 7:1, 2).

The Hebrew word for "gathered",  asaph, means “to remove, or take away", literally “to be gathered to one’s fathers at death.” “Perish” comes from the Hebrew verb avad, meaning, “to cause to vanish!” Describing the conditions that will prevail when righteous saints of this age are instantly transported from the earth at the rapture

Jubilee
Pentecost means 50 in Greek. The counting of fifty days (here seen as 49 + 1) from Firstfruits to Pentecost is typical of redemption in general. 50 is the year of Jubilee and always signifies deliverance and rest. It's possible that the Church age will end on the day it began, both beginning and closing the Age of Grace.

Pentecost this year in 2025 occurs on or around the first week of June. I say around because in all honesty, the calendars are so messed up, it's hard to know which one to follow. 

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that there is another rapture theory floating around brought to my attention by my friend Judi. This has to do with the Feast of New Wine which some believe could have been the actual time of the Holy Spirit outpouring we find in Acts 2 and the true date of Pentecost, requiring an additional 50 days after Passover. Here are a list of articles and books and websites with more information on that if you're interested. I've browsed through it and I definitely see some merit here. If this theory is correct, we wouldn't have much longer to wait...for the Feast of New Wine occurs in late July. 

 Here's a recent blog post of mine about the rapture-harvests Three Harvests, Three Raptures

And here's a great article on a Pentecost Rapture
Pentecost: The Feast that Ties Everything Together for the Church - UNSEALED - World News | Christian News | Prophecy Updates

As you can see, there are some great reasons for hope as we approach Pentecost. Whether or not the rapture occurs at this time, I have no idea, but I surely hope so!!  Time will tell.  I do still believe this is the year. 

In light of this, what should you do? Get closer to Jesus than you've ever been. Spend time with Him, in prayer, in worship, and in His Word. And pray and fast for the lost. Tell whomever the Lord leads you to tell about His great salvation and His soon return.  And rest in Him. No matter what you see around you, you are not appointed to wrath!  

Has This Happened to You?

 

I can honestly say that this has been my experience with both family and friends. I've also heard that unbelievers are often kinder than so-called Christians. How this must make the Lord grieve. 

If you are being ostracized, insulted, and excluded because you preach God's word, you are not alone. You are blessed and all of Heaven is cheering you on! The road is narrow and very FEW find it.

A Brother's Journey To Expose Deception in the Church

 

Dear Saints, This is quite a long post, but an important one. This comes from a dear Brother in Christ whom God sent on a journey of discovery and faith when he began to question certain doctrines in his church. I think you'll enjoy his story and toward the bottom, he exposes several false doctrines and their leaders. What's vitally important here is that these "false doctrines" are not blatant, in your face lies. These "pastors" use Scriptures to prove their points and this makes people who don't really know the Bible in DEPTH very susceptible to being deceived. Why is this important? Because if you are led too far off the path, you will most likely be left behind at the rapture.  Or worse. So, I encourage you to take the time to read through this at your leisure. 

Thank you, Joe, for taking the time to put this together for us!

 As a boy I attended the neighborhood Catholic Church, and school. The Nuns taught us about the love of Jesus, and I learned at a very young age to hold God's name as Holy. At 6 years old I fell in love with Jesus, and not fully understanding, yet knowing He was may Savior. The Sisters had great love and honor for Jesus. And they spread their untethered love on us kids as well. I didn't know much doctrine back then, but I did know their love was a pure love. Sweet Ladies, everyone.

 I left the church in my teens thru early 30's. But a great turn of miraculous events, at 33, I returned to the Lord. Found a Pentecostal church, Baptized into Jesus, amen, amen. I was there many years. I became fast friends with the Pastor and adopted him as my mentor. He was a rugged old character, and so in love with Jesus, it was contagious. I never saw a people so in love with Christ, in sincerity and devotionally. Jesus was their center of honor and true worship. I studied under the Old Pastor for years. Spent his last days on this old earth together. I had great love for him. A true man of God. When he retired, I left that church. It was just not the same without him.

After visiting a few churches, and disappointed with their easy preaching, I eventually I found a non-denominational church. Their mission statement seemed agreeable, so I went. Their worship was heavenly. And people were friendly. The preaching was somewhat different but sounded Biblical.

 After a few months I was struggling to grasp all of the preaching. I questioned it a bit, and was encouraged to stay, to learn more. I wondered if maybe I had been missing some of what seemed like a higher understanding, so I stayed. I was on almost every board: started a men's fellowship, prayer team, alter prayer, and prophetic team. Again these things were a little different from what I had been taught as a Pentecostal.

As time went on the teaching became more difficult to agree with. The non-denominational title turned out to be a goulash of Word of Faith, Super Charismatic, Evangelical, and uh oh, Prosperity Gospel!!! The prosperity thing really set off all my spiritual and emotional alarms. At this point it all started to make sense to me. The Holy Spirit was  opening my eyes and confirming my uneasiness.

Feeling "uneasy" when you hear something a preacher is saying, should not be taken lightly. If you feel this way in a church, you need to bring it to God in prayer. After His counsel, take legitimate questions to your Pastor. A true Pastore should welcome all questions. A good shepherd will be glad his pupils are paying attention to what is being said in the church.

 I attended our regular weekly study one night, where the pastor made a rare appearance to teach. Now I had been invited to attend Elders meeting, which I only did for a short while. I learned a lot about that pastor in these meetings. He was politely overbearing, often forceful to the point of talking over someone's voice, very authoritative. And that's why I stopped going to those meetings. Anyway, these Wednesday night studies, which I also taught at, were usually a relaxed, open to question and discussion friendly atmosphere. But at the end of the pastor's study, he asked "anyone have a question"? I had a few, as I started to raise my hand he slammed his Bible shut and said, good because you'd be wrong. ! wow, that's arrogant. But it was becoming increasingly clear, you were not to cross anything he said.

If you hear or see this attitude in your church, you should question it. And don't wait too long so it gets played down.

A short while later, in another study, I heard a "brother", who I had become friends with, teaching. Suddenly he said, "and we are gods".  That was literally like a shot gun blast going off. And I questioned him. I think everyone in the room was a little embarrassed. I was shocked. He got this from John 10:34 where Jesus is rebuking the Pharisee's at their outrage after He said: I and the Father are one. Jesus was being sarcastic by quoting this scripture from Psalm 82:6 where God is actually rebuking the judges for being unfair in their judgments. We had this conversation and I though he understood it. A few weeks later, I heard someone else in a study use this same little god's term misquoted. This time the assistant pastor was sitting next to me. I asked him; do you agree with this. And he did!

 That made 3 people who had all attended the pastoral school the pastor was teaching, all agree with the statement "we are gods"! When I confronted the pastor, his first reaction was "you never heard me say that". Later he said he had dealt with the situation. Yet after I left the church, I heard people there still saying it.

I knew I was going to have to leave. It was not that I had been missing all these "new" teachings, as I had thought in the beginning. The fact is that I was correct in seeing these things as off, wrong.

 We have to learn to trust the Holy Spirit, when He gives us that cringe. And take it to God, our Authority, in prayer. If we've studied scripture, then we know the word of truth. You don't have to be some great scholar. You don't have to know every line and verse by heart. This is exactly why God gives us the Holy Spirit. He will quicken your heart with a cringe, and He will lead you to the Scriptures to find your answers. No, we won't know everything. But will know more and more as we walk with God. Don't let what seems to you to be ungodly things said in your church be unaccounted for!

A few weeks later a confrontation came. I was at the church doing maintenance. The pastor was on the stage packing up his music equipment to visit another church. He had about 6 or 8 churches at this time. A week earlier the pastor had sent out a video to all on the prophetic team with instruction on how to prophecy. We were supposed to read this and acknowledge it.  The assistant pastor come up to me and asked why I didn't acknowledge the instruction which consisted of, only speaking good and edifying words. Holding hands out and looking up angelically, I told him I didn't agree with it. He said, I didn't agree with it the first time, so I read it five times, now I agree. Just read it again. I told him I didn't agree with it the first time, why would I read it again.

In other words, I wasn't going to be brained washed into believing something I knew was wrong. Then I told him to take me off the prophetic team. Now the pastor heard all this and grabbed up hos equipment and scurried out the door.

 A couple of weeks later the pastor tried to force me into a confrontation forcefully, so I gave him back the keys to the church and left.

Listen, prophecy doesn't come from man, but from God. If it's not from above, it is only a practice of this soothsaying, easy going gospel being taught in the churches today. Yes it is Scriptural to edify the body of Christ. But edification isn't always sugar and honey. It can often come in the for of rebuke or correction.

Hebrews 12:6 My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, for the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes everyone He accepts as a son!

You wont hear this scripture preached much in the prosperity circles. It doesn't market well. People won't buy books so they can be chastised. But God thought it important enough to make the cut in His book of life ;)

You probably guessed by now, I left that church and brushed the dust from my feet. It was a relief and a sorrow, because my family remained there.

You may get the idea, I'm writing this from a place of hurt. You'd be right to think that way. I am hurt I left so many God loving friends behind. And I'm devastated that my family remained. But what breaks my heart most is that the church has forsaken the God they claim to love. They have left their first love in their quest for a higher ground. They believe they can literally become like God.

I heard many other things that X-pastor said that made me cringe ; At the beginning of service he would call us all to hold up our Bibles and repeat after him, this is my Bible, God is who He says He is, I Am who He says I Am, I can do what He says I can do, I can do all things, I Am powerful, and he goes on with more I Am affirmation.

Other things he says

I don't know if I believe in the rapture

God doesn't want you sick

God doesn't want you poor

God want to prosper you

By the way, that pastor is writing books now and sending his false teachings all over the world.

It took me a couple of months to sort all these things out. Was I right or wrong? Was I lacking in knowledge of God's word? Was I the one misinterpreting Scripture, or was it those supper saints who seemed so godly and Spiritual?

After a couple months of grieving, the Lord picked me up and brought me to the Scriptures, which I dug into like never before. I was headed on a quest to find the root of what I call "the little god syndrome".

I asked myself these questions:

• Who is God
• Why is God.
• God is above all Holy, and Holy above all!
• God is one
• How do we fit into God's plan
• The Creator, and the creature
• Who are we

I was compelled to find the answers! This led me down a very dark path that has been at times extremely difficult to travel but necessary for myself and the church to see.

Many of you might be in a small church or home church. Most of these tend to be on the right path. They teach the Word, proclaim the Gospels and tend not to get caught up in what the worldly church and society are doing. My Sister goes to such a church. Nothing fancy. They love the Word of God, and the Pastor doesn't go off on his own tangents. Pure Gospel. If you are in a church like this give thanks for it!

 But what I'm going to talk may shock you. It should. I hope it does. But the vast majority of the church today is accepting these new world teachings I'm going to show you at an alarming rate. These false and dangerous doctrines are growing exponentially as the coming of Jesus is also accelerating.

Ok, the journey.

 The little god's thing was stuck in my craw. So I set out to find its origin. It comes from many different places, but 6 groups stand out, as being the most influential, reaching the biggest audiences, selling the most books, becoming some of the wealthiest people in the world. The big ministries, the TV Evangelists etc. 

• They are Word of Faith (Haggan-Copeland)
• Evangelical, some, not all 
• (Hyper)Charismatic, Benny Hinn, Todd White, again, some not all
• Prosperity gospel
• NAR with Brian Simmons, Bill Johnson, the Super Apostles. 
• New Thought, Richard Rorr.

These churches all cross paths in one way or another.

When I am speaking about any of these 6 I will just call them the Group.

Before we begin let's define God's Name I AM

Ex 3:14   I AM WHO I AM. (NIV)  or I AM THAT I AM (KJV)

 I AM, is a noun or a verb. When Moses asks "who" shall I say sent me, God answers I AM has sent me to you.

 I AM WHO I AM as being one word, YHWH. I believe this is the ultimate and Most Holy name God uses to declare who He is. He is, the all existing one, The one who was and is and is to come. He is Creator, and we are His creation.  God is transcendent, far above and beyond any thing, or anyone that we can imagine.

 In Deut we learn what God is 6:4 Hear O Israel, The LORD our God is one Lord.  I was trying to understand this word some years ago, and if you go to the lexicon you will find a number of words describing the word "one". So I went to the source, a Rabbi. He said the "one" means, alone. That God was revealing to his people that, He ALONE is God, and of course, warning us that we shall have no others god's before Him. When I told the Rabbi the reason for my question, he said you westerners do not have the proper reverence for God.

 If we don't get this right, if we don't believe that there is only one God, Sovereign over all, that He ALONE is God, then our faith is futile. And it will leave us open to all kinds of deception and false teachings.

  Heb 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must first believe that He exists, and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him.

 How does God reward us? Not with silver, not with gold, but with something far more precious. He rewards us by revealing "Who He is", The Divine, Triune God, Father Son and Holy Spirit. God.

 The I AM, is the name of God and He shares it with no other! I once had a wise old Pastor friend who said; three things that God does not share with anyone, His omniscience, omnipresence and His omnipotence! These three belong only to God.  These three attributes describe who the I AM is. They set God apart from all of His creations.

1. The I AM 

 So I started looking up anything related to the little god issue, and it brought me to Copeland Word of Faith.

Copeland tells his audience, we are all little god's. In fact he says; we are not just a little like Jesus we are exactly like Jesus.

Copeland partially quotes Phil 2:6 who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equal to God.

I've listened to Copeland preach this, his take on it is; that God is saying, it is not robbery to take from God. Not robbery to take His name and be equal to Him!

Copeland also says, and I quote, You know that part in the Bible where God tells Moses, I AM, he say's, I just look at Him and say, I AM too !!!

 I have a video, an old one where he proclaims both these blasphemies recently in a 2021 WOF conference in Ethiopia. The video has since been removed. Wonder why? I'll leave that video at the end of the post. It contains many of the false teachings he's said.

When I had argued with my X-church about the little god's thing, their response was, well they don't mean it that way. Hmm, how could they mean it?

 But when you watch the video of Copeland going from the little god's, he then convicts himself with his affirmation that he is "I AM".

 So they don't just say this jokingly, or harmlessly, though that is blasphemous in itself, they then confirm exactly what they mean, they are god's!

Steven Furtic, very wealthy and influential pastor of Elevation Church. A big producer of worship songs, many of which are controversial as to content. Known for his lifting up of man sermons he once got so full of himself in a steroid rage, pounding his chest, screamed out " I am Almighty God"!

 Yup, that's on video too.

You can plainly see they are deadly serious about this being equal to God theology.

1 Timothy 4: But the Holy Spirit explicitly and unmistakenly declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons.

This calling ourselves god, exalting man, envious of God and His uniqueness. It is the very first sin perpetrated against God before man was even created. It was a tool satan used against Adam and Eve in the garden that caused the fall of man. Yet we have not learned a thing. It has become a favorite tool of satan. Why? Because humans are self-centered and love thinking we are something special! 

 The men I mentioned here are an evil brew. Anti Christ's I'd say. They peddle the word of God for prophet. Like Simon the sorcerer. That try to steal that which belongs to God alone. They trample the name of the Holy One. And they lead others to do the same. These men are filthy rich, making a show of good deed for their audiences. They slander the Lord of Glory, and the huge crowds they draw applaud them and open their wallets wide to support their evil folly. Don't the people know that when they agree with them, support them, that they have entered into fellowship with these robbers, and so become one of them.

I can almost hear the crowd screaming, crucify Him, Barrabas! give us Barrabas! 

Isaiah 14: 12-14 How you have fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning star, How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations. For you have said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest side of the North. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.

So the little god's syndrome led me to the bigger picture, the "I AM"

Surely you are convinced that the church at large has gone off the rails. Our great intellect, the rise of self, and soon the machine and transhumanism have led us to say it is we who "create". If you are not yet convinced, then let me lead into this next section of deception. You ain't seen nothing yet!

2. The Divinity 

 Before I get started I want to make you aware of some catch words that these false preachers use to draw you into their deception. It is, in my view, a sense of hypnosis, a psychological method to gain agreement before they've even said anything. Beware of terms like;

 * This is only for the mature

 (those who consider themselves mature will sit up straight and smile at each other. This term also gives the speaker a way out, because if you don't agree with him, then your simply not mature yet! What deception !)

* You must learn to see thru the lens of...

( again, they will tell you that you "must" see it the way they are about to explain it)

* Truth ( they use this word frequently, to give a sense of authority, to prove the untruth they are about to speak)

 Here is a line from a teaching in his book "Personal Vision" by my x pastor. First he quotes just a portion of the scripture from 2 Peter 1:4 the new creation has the nature of God. ( this isn't even a quote, its just what he wants you to see).

Let's look at why he only uses a portion of the script, he adds; to function as a citizen of the kingdom of God we must learn the language of the kingdom and the language of promise. ( 2 Cor 1:20)

 And; God declares Himself as the I AM (Ex 3:14)

 And; We must learn to declare who we are using this same truth.

  See how he uses the word "truth", catch phrase! The scripture is true, yes, but his application is dead wrong, even deadly wrong. This whole little gods, I AM and like statements are based in pagan religions. Hindu and Buddists (although not identical) believe that everything is God. There is no separation between God and what He created.

Something to know about the prosperity gospel's way of thinking is that it always needs to gain something. It always seeks a gift, or something that is benefitting them personally in some way. That is the healthy, wealthy and wise doctrine.

Now let's look at this script in context. 2 Peter 1:3-8 

Seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 v3 seeing "His divine power", does what- grants us everything "pertaining to life and godliness" through the true knowledge. ( I have noticed lately this thread of "knowledge of Him". Paul uses it often when he speaks about a truth, an understanding, or a promise. It is all about the knowing of Him, Christ Jesus our Savior)

v 4 " partakers of the divine nature". They want you to believe that you yourselves are divine! So what does it mean to be partakers ? It simply means to have the knowledge of the characteristics which describe the nature of God. This knowledge shows us how we should live and show godliness. Look at the rest of the verses, add diligence to your faith and moral excellence etc. These are the qualities of the Divine Nature of God. Not that we have become divine. See how this relates to little god's, I AM etc.

What this pastor is trying to teach is this growing theology that we are identical to God in every way. Equal to God. They are possessed with the 'oneness' theology. That we are the same kind, as God. We are not. God is the creator and we are the created. Without God we don't even exist. We are dependent on God for everything, even the air we breathe. God is not dependent on us, or anything we know.

 God does not wake up in the morning and wonder if what He did yesterday was right or wrong. He doesn't look into a mirror to examine Himself. But we do have to examine our actions. We are the created.

Another verse this x-pastor loves to use is John 19:30 it is finished. The group firmly believe that, I'll quote; everything that God was ever going to do, He's already done.  This is how they claim that we have already received the "fulfillment" of every promise. Perfect example of prosperity thinking. Listen, the promises are all ours. We have received some in this present age, but eye cannot see nor the mind imagine what the Lord has waiting for those who love Him. If we think there is nothing more to come we are a sorry lot. The group doesn't believe in the millennial reign of Jesus. Most being post millennialists think this is the age when Christ rules the earth. Thats why they are so fixed on having everything now. They are afraid they will miss out on something.

I'll agree with what I heard another, wiser Pastor say, when Jesus said he was finished on the cross, He meant the work of the cross was finished, and he said, heck, Jesus is just getting started. Jesus was raised, after He made that statement, He ascended, seated at the right hand of the Father, preparing a place for us, coming for us, and gathering His army together and on and on.

Another quote from the x-pastor's book, we need to learn the glorious daily discipline of enjoying our relationship with God. ( I'll agree with this part, but wait here it comes) to do that, we must acknowledge the " reality" that we have arrived, and we have it. We are seated in heavenly places. To be seated carries the idea that there is no more work to be done. Everything is finished and accomplished in Christ Jesus. If we would begin every day that we have "completely arrived", we have nothing left to do, to attain, to add to our Christain relationship. we would realize we have been accepted in the beloved. We are joined in God with Christ and we are engaged in the lifestyle of enjoying our placement in Christ Jesus.

 I'll let you chew on that a while. I think it was RC Sproul ? who said, I don't like the idea by some pastors that when someone says something, is off about a teaching, they respond by saying " chew the meat and spit out the bones". Trouble is they chew the meat and spit out the doctrine!

 3. NAR  Ok last stretch here is to bring to you attention an NAR guy, Brain Simmons. He is the author of The Passion Translation. These guys have exalted themselves above all other Christians claiming to be a new order of Apostles, a revival of apostles if you will., claiming special power and authority over the church. They receive new revelations for the church. 

They have erected a 7 mountain mandate in which the church is supposed to take control It holds that there are seven aspects of society that believers seek to dominate: family, religion, education, media, arts and entertainment, business. This is their theology to replace the millennial reign. They believe it is the church that is supposed to get the earth ready so that Christ can return! Jesus does not need our help. We are commissioned to preach the gospel. And to lead quiet and peaceful lives while we wait for our blessed Lord to return. There was only one place in the Bible where we are instructed to subdue the earth, and we blew it. So now we think we should try it again on our own.

This reminded me of Deut 1, i think it was, where the Israelites were instructed to go and fight the Amorites for the land. But they would not go. Joshua scolds them, then they have a change of heart and decide to go on their own. But God had not told them to go. In fact He told them He would not go with them But they went anyway. And they got their butts kicked. 

I'm just going to quote a few things that Brian Simmons say's in his teaching; Glory to Glory. You can decide for yourselves whether or not he is real or a false teacher. Here is a link to this teaching. Its 40 minutes long.

He starts out quoting the same scripture from above, 2 Peter 1:4 we are partakers of the divine nature. He say's few understand his vision of it. (Thank God for that.)

 He says; we've been brought into the triune glory. we are partakers. we have been invited inside the Trinty. Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and you!

Throughout this video he claims that there are 7 steps to glory. That when we hit step 7, that means we have obtained the glory of God.  I have news for him, Isaiah 42:8 “I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else, nor share my praise with carved idols.

We were made of God. We were made of the earth. The whole earth is filled with His Glory. See how this leads into the Hindu belief that God is in everything. Trees, rocks, rivers, all He created is Him. Oprah Winfrey and her entourage of false preachers teach these things.

 The hope of glory is in you now. You don't have to wait for heaven. The hope of glory is not in heaven, it's in you.

After each of these steps he baptizes the audience into what he just said. Yeah, this is definitely New Thought.

You must get in the glory before you can get to the next step.

Every Spiritual blessing that heaven contains is already deposited into your inner most being, you just need to activate it.

Think of the ways the Holy Spirit gives you access to the fulness into your inheritance now.

Then we'll stop putting off to a make believe millennial all the promises that are going to come someday! Now is the day of salvation, now if you hear His voice, we can access all of the promises right now.

Oh my Lord, that's a trip I didn't want to revisit. I think that some of these evangelists who visit pagan countries are bring back more doctrine than their leaving.

All these people I've talked about have huge followings. The masses line up to hear then like they are rock stars. They idolize them. And many are being deceived.

 Again if you see or hear any of what I've posted ask. If you hear something that quickens you, be suspicious.

2 Timothy 4: I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 

Matt 10:16 Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].

Right After You Die...

Dear Waiting and Watching Holy Remnant of the Most High.

Lots of crazy news this week, as usual. Massive Fires in Israel, Pakistan and India threatening nuclear war. Blackouts across Spain. Robot technology like I've never seen. Bird Flu Pandemic warnings as H5N1 spreads to all 50 states and Trump boasts in an Atlantic interview "I run the country and the world." Boy, does he have a shock coming when Jesus returns!

Below, I list some important information that hopefully will keep you from being deceived. I encourage you to go through it carefully and then do your own research to verify.

I know many of you are weary and discouraged and some are suffering with various issues... loss, heartache, illness, family problems, money problems, etc. These are indeed trying times, but what did we expect here at the end? We recently lost a beloved pet, among other heartaches, so there have been many tears in our home.

I also sense a real darkness and evil in the atmosphere. It's almost like all the love and light is slowly being sucked from the Earth. Honestly, it's hard to keep my spirits up these days. But what I try to do, and I encourage you to do, is keep your thoughts on Heaven, where you will soon be. 

I recently read this passage found in Edras 2, Chapter 7 from the Ethiopian Bible, which they say is the oldest and most complete Bible on Earth. It contains additional books not found in our Bible. 

Edras (Our Ezra) is speaking to an angel sent from God and he asked him what happens immediately after death. Yes, I realize these extra books are not Scripture, but they add so much detail to what we read in the Bible, and I yet to see anything that contradicts. Either way in Chapter 7 a Holy Angel is speaking with Esdras and explains to him that right after death every spirit first sees the glory of God. If they are not saved and do not belong to God, they go on to torments. I thought it was interesting, however, that they must first face God.

Here are the 7 things that kept the lost out of Heaven and things they experience right after death.

1. They despised the law of the Most High

2. They can't now repent. It's too late

3. They will now see the rewards that are given to those who believed and were saved. (Sounds like they will be given a glimpse of what they are missing in Heaven. How horrible)

4. They will consider the torment laid up for themselves 

5. They will see the dwelling places of the others guarded by angels. (That's us!)

6. They will see how some of them will immediately pass into torment (Sounds like some were so evil, they are punished immediately before the final judgement) 

7. They will pine away in confusion and be consumed with shame and withered up by fears as they see the Most High before whom they have sinned and before whom they will be judged in the last days. (The final judgement at the end of the Millennial Reign. The Great White Throne)

Now the good part!

The angel goes on to say "Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they will be separated from their mortal body. In the time that they lived in it, they painfully served the Most High and were in jeopardy every hour, that they might keep the law perfectly." 

Think about those words "painfully served the Most High"  Sort of flies in the face of both the Hyper-grace-I-can-do-whatever-I-want-doctrine along with the Prosperity Gospel. Just saying.

These 7 things they (we) will see and experience right away

1. They labored with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was fashioned together with them that it might not lead them astray from life unto death. (Again, sounds like we have to take up our cross and enter the narrow way)

2. They see the perplexity in which the souls of the ungodly wander and the punishment that awaits them. (Wow. Sounds like we will see what we were saved from!)

3. They see the testimony which He who fashioned them gives... that while they lived they kept the law which was given them in trust

4. They understand the rest which being gathered in their chambers they now enjoy with great quietness, guarded by angels and the glory that awaits them in the last days. (The Beta Seat judgement and awards handed out)

5. They rejoice that they have now escaped that which is corruptible, and they will inherit that which is to come while they see in addition the difficulty and the pain from which they have been delivered and the spacious liberty which they will receive with joy and immortality! WOW

6. It will be shown to them how their face will shine like the sun and how they will be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on

7. They will rejoice with confidence and because they will be bold without confusion and will be glad without fear, for they hurry to see the face of Him whom in their lifetime they served and from whom they will receive their reward in glory!  (We hurry to see Jesus! And be with Him forever!)

I pray this blesses and encourages you all as we wait for that Trumpet blast.  I pray this also prompts you to tell others about Jesus before it's too late!

In the meantime, here's some news from this week that will surely show you how fast the Tribulation is approaching!

 India to launch E-Passports with embedded chips

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has officially launched his controversial cryptocurrency and digital identity project, Worldcoin, in the United States, aiming to create a global financial and identity network using biometric verification.

Seal of the ‘Grand Lodge of Israel’

The official seal of the Grand Lodge of Israel includes the Jewish Star, a Christian cross, and a Muslim crescent, all superimposed over a Masonic square and compass; encircled by a “Chain of Union”

This lodge/logo was est. in 1953

This is the coming Beast Religious Agenda, The One World Religion. This is New Age Ecumenism, Interfaith, which will be governed by Noahidism. I've talked about Noahide here before. It's a set of rules supposedly given to Noah after the flood that ALL faiths can agree on. The problem is, it calls for beheading of all idolaters (that's Christians)

Noahide will be used to force the acknowledgement of all faiths being “true” against any exclusion of others. The Abrahamic House in Abu Dhabi and Pope Francis’ previous “Interfaith Unity” conference are both examples of ecumenism and the idea that “all religions lead to the same god”

And yes, Israel is and will be a part of this. The religious Jews of today follow the Talmud, the same Babylonian mysticism that the Pharisees in Jesus's day followed. And he called them Vipers! 

Does it look familiar? 

Here is the Great Seal of the United States

ORDER OUT OF CHAOS (written on the back of the USA dollar bill)

For those of you still clinging to the hope that America will become Great and Godly again, it will not. Though we always had a strong Christian remnant here, it was never a Christian Nation.

Freemason Manly P. Hall wrote that America was created by Freemasons to become the "New Atlantis", an occult philosophical empire with the purpose of spreading a universal democracy. It was meant to control the world. The Primary purpose of America is the ushering in of a new Order of the Ages. He wrote in his book "Americas Assignment with Destiny" that the explorers who opened the doors of the new world operated from a master plan of rediscovery, not of discovery. 

Thousands of years before Columbus, the ancient Esoterics and occultists were aware of the existence of the land of America and selected it to be the site of the final philosophic empire (The New Atlantis).  The Columbus story is a front. Even so, Columbus sailed with the Red Cross of the Knights Templar, not the Cross of Christ!  Everything you've been taught is a lie.

Bacon's Book, The New Atlantis was the blueprint for colonizing the USA, advocating that America would become a paradise in which men would follow reasons, become gods, and work for a universal world republic. 

Now to Present Day and Trump

Most believe because of Trumps fascination with Apollo, he must be Apollo (the Antichrist). I don't believe so. but time will tell. I do believe he plays a huge role in the Beast Empire.

Most of you know this as I've been warning about Trump since he got re-elected. His 66th floor apartment is riddled with art of Greek gods, especially that of Apollo

Apollo is also the god of plagues (coronavirus) and he infects people with an arrow (vaccines.) In mythos, Apollo’s lovers name was “Coronis”

July 13th was the “festival of Apollo,” where the Greeks celebrated with various activities, including “theatrical performances.” As we all know, July 13th was the day of the “assassination” attempt on Trump

Apollo is often associated with gold; an association we also see with Trump (the “Golden Age”)

And as we see, Trump is currently destroying the economy so he can bring in digital currency, foisting wars instead of stopping them, and installing the Beast surveillance system with Stargate and AI and the help of Musk 

Yet so many Christians love him!  Deception is rampant. Stay close to Jesus!

I'll finish with this!  This conference is coming up in a month. Could this be the beginning of the 7 year peace treaty that is strengthened per Daniel 9:27?  If not, it is definitely a step closer!  These are exciting times when we see prophecy coming true right before our eyes! 

The Coming "Peace and Security" 2-State solution conference

The UN has scheduled a high-level conference on the two state solution to take place on June 2-4, 2025 in New York. 

The main aim of the conference is to obtain recognition of a Palestinian State from UN member states. This will allow the Palestinians to circumvent the Oslo Accords, the treaty that governs their relationship with Israel currently. The Oslo Accords obligates them to negotiate final status issues with Israel, including borders — a prerequisite for Palestinian statehood. 

The conference will be entitled High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.

It will take place in June 2025 in New York, & will be co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, and is open to participation by ALL UN member states and observers, as well as UN entities. The Secretary-General and UNGA President “are encouraged to give the Highest visibility to this conference.

The conference “Will adopt an action-oriented outcome document" (Hmm. this sounds interesting) The purpose of which is to “urgently chart an irreversible pathway towards the PEACEFUL settlement of the question of Palestine 🇵🇸 and the implementation of the two-state solution 

Keep your eyes on this one. IF we are still here!

IF You are Trying to Make a Kingdom Here on Earth....

 

Think Again.  We belong to a different Kingdom, a Heavenly Kingdom, a Far Better Kingdom! Distance yourself from things of this World, for the World is Fast fading away. 

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2:15

In What Harvest Season Does the Rapture Occur?

Every Rapture mentioned or even alluded to in Scripture is connected to a Harvest. God is a farmer. Here's a list of Jesus's parables that reference farming and/or harvesting

The Seed and Sower  Matthew 13
The Wheat and the Tares  Matthew 13
The Growing Seed Mark 4
The Mustard Seed Matthew 13
The Pearl of Great Price  Matthew 13
The Wicked Tenants  Matthew 21
The Barren Fig Tree Luke 13

The word "FirstFruits" is mentioned 38 times in the Bible 
The word "Harvest" is mentioned 53 Times

Jesus, Himself, said:

 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Matthew 9:37

The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. Matthew 13:39

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. John 4:35

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. Revelation 14:15

Paull also connected the rapture with a harvest in 1 Corinthians 15

And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. verses 37-38

 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; 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.  verses 42-44

So, I think I've pretty much proven that the Bible connects the Rapture with a harvest of the Earth. 

Now we turn to Israel and the Harvest appointments and feasts. What I'm trying to prove to you is that the rapture(s) will occur during these harvest times. 

Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty: Deuteronomy 16:16

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is the 7 day feast following Passover. Jesus rose from the dead on day 3. Along with Him, many dead saints also rose. This is the Barley Harvest.

Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. Matthew 27:51-53

Jesus is the FirstFruit of the Barley Harvest. The firstfruit is barley that ripens first. The other saints who rose at the same time are either also firstfruits or they comprise the bulk of the Barley harvest

 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20

But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. v. 23

The Feast of Weeks is what we call Pentecost or Shavuot. It is the same day in history when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the 10 commandments. If you read the text carefully, a covenant was made between God and the Jewish people that day. A marriage covenant. Which they later broke.

During this time the wheat is harvested. So because Jesus fulfilled the Firstfruit Barley harvest/rapture during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, AND as you'll see below the Fall Fruit harvest occurs at Tabernacles, we can assume that the Rapture of the Church will occur on the only feast/harvest day left of the three special feast days in which God's people were to assemble. And that's Pentecost. 

The Feast of Tabernacles occurs in the Fall. This is the harvest of the fruit. It occurs at the end of the Tribulation during the Feast of Tabernacles and is described in Revelation 14. Most of this harvest will be put in the great winepress of God's wrath, unfortunately. 

 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So He who sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped. v 14-16

These are the THREE Harvests/Raptures. 

Now, let's examine a few more Scriptures that point to a Spring/Summer Wedding. 

RUTH

The Entire Book of Ruth is a story of a Jewish Kingsman Redeemer marrying a Gentile woman (sound familiar?).  it's a beautiful story and I encourage you to read the entire short book. The part that pertains to the timing of the rapture and how it's linked to a spring/summer harvest is found in this Scripture:

So she stayed close by the young women of Boaz, to glean until the end of barley harvest and wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law. Ruth 2:23

Then Ruth and Boaz got married. 

Micah

Woe is me!

For I am like those who gather summer fruits,

Like those who glean vintage grapes;

There is no cluster to eat

Of the first-ripe fruit which my soul desires.

The faithful man has perished from the earth,

And there is no one upright among men.

They all lie in wait for blood;

Every man hunts his brother with a net. Micah 7:1-2

I've used this Scripture often in prior posts. The entire chapter is about those left behind in the Tribulation. It's very sobering and worth a read. The word for "Perished" above can also be translated vanished or escaped. Notice the reference to summer fruits. This gives us a hint on the timing of the Tribulation event. It happens during a time when summer fruit would be gathered and grapes would be sought. Hence, the rapture occurred before this time.

Song of Solomon

The entire book is a love story between a Jewish King and a Gentile woman. (are we seeing a pattern here?)

My beloved spoke, and said to me:
“Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away.
For lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove
heard in our land.
The fig tree puts forth her green figs,
And the vines with the tender grapes
Give a good smell.
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away!  Song of Solomon 2:10-13

Fig Trees put forth green figs in Spring

The rainy season in Israel ends in April

I went down into the garden of nuts,
To see the green plants of the valley,
To see whether the vine budded,
And the pomegranates were in flower.
Before I was aware, my soul set me
Among the chariots of my princely people. Song of Solomon 6:11-12

Pomegranates bloom in late Spring

Grape vines start to bud in Spring

So, I believe I've proven from Scripture

• The Rapture is connected to Harvest time
• There are 3 main Harvests where all of God's people were to assemble in Jerusalem. (Like we will assemble in the Heavenly Jerusalem)
• Jesus fulfilled the first Harvest Meeting time during the Feast of Unleavened Bread
• There are two more Harvest Meeting times: Pentecost and Feast of Tabernacles
• The Feast of Tabernacles is the Final Fruit Harvest which consists mainly of the wicked'
• The Rapture of the Church, according to Scripture, should occur around Pentecost which occurs in the Spring just before Summer
• Scriptures from Ruth, Song of Solomon, and Micah confirm that a marriage/rapture takes place in Spring/Early Summer

If this is the year, and I believe it is, then we are so very close to going home. 

God willing, I hope to write a post next week about the significance of Pentecost. Until then, be encouraged and keep looking up!  If you don't know Jesus, click on How to be Saved. You do not want to be left behind and time is growing very short!