Hi
Doves, got busy, wasn’t sure I could find time to get back
& post. Yet, I promised…. Sooo……
First
off, want to agree w/Joe Chappell from last week, as I am not
a homophobic either!! I love these people, weren’t we
all created in God’s image? He loves them! Yet,
God STILL says “no”!! (to that chosen
lifestyle!!) We should all review Romans 1.
I hope the people I know who pursue such perverted pleasures
WILL repent so they do not have to face all eternity in the
Lake of Fire!!
And
you did another homer, Angela Goodrich! (though I’m not
a pre-wrath believer…. Well, wait a minute, yes I am!! I
believe the Lord will rescue us out before the ENTIRE 7 years
of His wrath!!) Greatly appreciated your short piece
about how we cannot keep the level of excitement up all on our
own without the help of the Holy Spirit. Mary Adams,
always good to read what you write. Frank, good to see
you! People! You realize I could go on &
on! I don’t mean to leave others out, yet I can’t keep
this up all day either, as it's not my purpose in writing this
time around.
Anyway,
I could sit here & write 10 pages about why I believe the
rapture is super close, but if you’ve been watching for any
length of time, you’re already aware of what the signs are!
Here’s
a partial list, so that I don’t have to write it all out
myself: http://christinprophecy.org/articles/jesus-is-coming-soon/
And
it would seem this whole world is falling apart! People
have gone stark raving mad. Have you noticed that
anywhere you go (whether online or in person) that no matter what you say – people jump
ALL OVER YOU???!!!!!! I’m
taking it as though THIS is “the last straw” (gratis satan)
before the rapture – b/c everybody is so polarized
right now – regarding EVERYTHING!!!!!
My
DH’s own family went berserk the other night – he has 5 grown
siblings and sadly their mother is very “toxic”, well the bro.
who lives with her finally had enough… (he deserves a medal
for waiting 2 years!!) ~ and then a sister jumped down his
throat for not being more respectful …. Yada, yada…..
And: immediately everyone took sides!!
Very unusual for the normal “Brady bunch”-like family where,
at least the siblings NORMALLY get along…. The sister
lives very close to us – yet I (personally) disagree with her
more than I do the brother!! She had absolutely NO RIGHT
to “lecture” the brother!! GUARANTEE YOU she
wouldn’t have if she would have known the things her mother
was saying about her & her own daughter in
our last phone conversation!! (the very reason
I’ve decided I can’t take any more of my MIL’s calls – all she
wants to do is “trash” someone in the family TO MAKE HER
“sweet” SELF APPEAR SO INNOCENT!!!! (… sadly
there’s just NO repentance there whatsoever!!!)
“sighs!!”
My
DH: Goodness, he tries to be peacemaker on both sides &
claims there’s problems on both sides. Then we sit back &
keep our distance hahha…. And let everyone else sling the mud
pies….
Anyway,
EVERYONE everywhere is polarized!!! This particular U.S.
election year has really brought that out in people,
too. We see or hear that on the news every single day.
Back
to subject at hand of soon rapture….
Read
this:
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Amos
8
Amplified
Bible (AMP)
Basket
of Fruit and Israel’s Captivity
Thus
the Lord God
showed me [a vision], and behold, there was
a basket of [overripe] summer fruit. 2 And He said, “Amos,
what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer
fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come for My
people Israel. I will spare them no longer [for the
nation is ripe for judgment]. 3 In that day, the
songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the
Lord God. “There will be many dead bodies; in
[sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.”
4 Hear
this, you who trample down the needy, and do away
with the poor of the land, 5 saying,
“When
will the New Moon [festival] be over
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we
may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller
and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a
higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the
scales,
6
So that we may buy the poor [as
slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support
themselves]
And the [a]needy for a
pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the leftovers
of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”
7
The Lord has sworn [an oath] by the pride of
Jacob,
“Surely I shall never forget [nor
leave unpunished] any of their [rebellious] acts.
8
“Because of this [coming judgment]
will the land not quake
And everyone mourn who dwells in
it?
Indeed, all of it shall rise up
like the Nile,
And it will be tossed around [from
the impact of judgment]
And [afterward] subside again like
the Nile of Egypt.
9
“It shall come about in that day,”
says the Lord God,
“That I shall cause the sun to go
down at noon,
And I shall darken the earth in
broad daylight.
10
“And I shall turn your festivals and
feasts into mourning
And all your songs into dirges
(funeral poems to be sung);
And I shall cause sackcloth to be
put on everyone’s [b]loins
And baldness on every head [shaved
for mourning].
And I shall make that time like a
time of mourning for an only son [who has
died],
And the end of it shall be like a
bitter day.
11
“Behold, the days are coming,” says
the Lord God,
“When I will send hunger over the
land,
Not hunger for bread or a thirst
for water,
But rather [a hunger] for hearing
the words of the Lord.
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[there
are a few more verses to this chapter….] I realize
some sincere commentators wrote that Amos 8 “already
happened”, yet I hardly think so! Know of ANY other time
frame in human history where the Lord made the sun go down in
the middle of the day?? The Bible tells us in other
places as well that the Great Tribulation will be a time of
darkness. So I full well believe this chapter in Amos is
talking about “the future” ~ in fact, it is talking about a
time when the Lord’s Spirit will no longer strive with
Israel…. Indeed, “the end” HAS COME upon Israel!! And
it’s now time for her judgment.
Please
note: Rosh Hashanah 2023 (7 years from this
year!) falls on Sept 16-17th. Sept 16,
2023 BTW is a Saturday ~ the “Sabbath” for observing
Jews. They will begin celebrating Rosh Hashanah same as
they do their Sabbath on Friday evening, Sept. 15, 2023.
Why
this bit of trivia? Go back & reread verse 5
again!! See if perhaps this does not sound like that
particular time?
And
the very opening of this chapter is how there is a bowl of
(LATE) summer fruit. Announcing the general timeframe
when the Lord is no longer going to strive with them??
That
same year, 2023, fall solstice begins a week later… on Sept.
23, 2023. So you’ve got Rosh Hashanah, and then one week
later, summer is over.
What
am I getting at? Well, it’s “possible”, though we cannot
know for sure, yet I can’t help wondering if maybe, maybe,
MAYBE the 7 year timeline of Jacob’s trouble (yes, I
full well believe it goes for the entire 7 years!!)
anyway, is it possible that it could END on or NEAR Rosh
Hashanah of 2023?? Or immediately after? Like
possibly even days after? Yet before summer officially
wraps up in 2023?? Questions, questions!!
And
IF SO…. Then the latest date the rapture could happen (if I
calculated right!) is October 23rd of THIS
year.
B-b-but!!!
That does not account for a couple months (just my own
personal speculation) that it will take for the
AntiChrist-to-be to get all things prepped & ready to
go. I could be wrong about that; it may be merely a
couple weeks. Yet the Bible does indicate there’s a
small space of time after the saints meet Jesus in the air
before the Tribulation actually kicks in. I expect
homecomings in heaven will be very noisy & joyful!
Plus, we’ll be checking out our new homes! We’ll be in
SUCH AWE of God Himself that we will continually bow down to
worship Him. Yet, there will come a time, when a hush
will fall all over heaven with the space for about ½ an hour
(per Revelation) as no one BUT THE LAMB HIMSELF will be
found worthy to open the scroll…… and as Jesus opens it,
the Tribulation officially gets underway…. As the AntiChrist
takes his place on center stage to confirm the peace agreement
between Israel & the Palestinians.
Do
we really believe what so many experts tell us: that
some “stranger” is suddenly going to just rise on the
scene? Coming out of Europe? And that he will
speak and all mankind will fall down & worship him?
Possible, I suppose? Yet, wouldn’t it be more like
typical human nature for them to cozy up to a world leader who
is ALREADY on the scene? Who is known the world
over? And place their “trust in his guidance”? As
he leads them through all the mazes & calms the mass
hysteria after the “disappearances”???
BTW, listen
up, as this is very important! PM Netanyahu who, for
years, stood on the platform against a 2 state solution, has
just recently adjusted his sails & is ready to push
forward in signing a pact with the devil….. (well, this part
isn’t in the news… YET….. we just know what will happen b/c
the Bible tells us beforehand!!) But it DID make
the news that he is ready to move forward with a 2 state
solution!! I first saw that a couple weeks back on www.watch.org Prophecy watchers: THIS IS
HUGE!!!!!! I choose not to link to a
certain paper, but here’s one sentence: Netanyahu
claimed that while he is immediately ready to begin talks for
a two-state solution, his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud
Abbas, is not.
"I
am willing to begin negotiations immediately, without
preconditions. Anytime, anywhere," Netanyahu said.
Not
to worry people ~ this will not actually happen until AFTER
the rapture. Yet, the
fact that Bibi is READY, WILLING, AND ABLE speaks
volumes!!!!!
Now,
for a somewhat touchy issue with a lot of people, I will just
out & out admit that I am one of the few who thinks that
America is/will be both Babylon and the daughter of
Babylon. I am not a scholar by any stretch, yet I have
studied this extensively and there’s no talking me out of
it. Ultimately, far into the Tribulation – just
guessing, perhaps 6 years +/- ~ then the demise of the country
is NOT good, I can say!! In fact, at that point, it will
be wiped out entirely. It “may” be as early as the sixth
seal. But most likely anywhere from 3.5 years in up to
approx.. 6 years +/-.
The
reason I don’t agree w/you Mathman (should you by any
wild chance be reading this??!) on the TIMING of it (we
agree on WHERE, I just don’t agree on the timing is all)
in that you think her demise will come right after the
rapture…. Is b/c Jeremiah 50 & 51 is quite clear that
governor will go against governor – that there will be a (2nd)
civil war in this country…. that even little children will be
kidnapped and kept as prisoners (hmm… out the window with the
theory that ALL children get raptured unless they are clean by
having at least one Christian parent?? I know that’s a
big OUCH to read and I used to vehemently debate the other
way, yet I want to be on the side of God’s truth!)
Further:
…. That the country will receive threats year after year…. (we
yawn even now, as we’re so acclimated to such!) And at
last when the Jews from here who choose to leave & return
to their own country, then ultimately Iran (actually Persia in
the Bible) yet we know that’s Iran ~ along with
others, but especially Iran has been appointed to “wiping out”
the country. Wasn’t that NICE of our prez. To give Iran
$150. BILLION $’s (while ppl in THIS country have to scrape
by!!) and give them the nuke deal?? (that will
ultimately be used ON this country!!)
Paradox?? Poetic justice??
Okay,
sounds like I just wrote a novel, doesn’t it? No
sir. It’s all in the Bible.
Why
am I even bringing this up? Isaiah 14 says that the
“King” of Babylon will be The AntiChrist. Need I say
more?? I firmly believe the same as www.BibleWatchman.com
(as well as many of you) as to whom is the most likely
candidate! I believe he was raised for such a time
as this. I believe he was supernaturally protected from
the get-go as he came on the scene. I was not surprised
in the least when he won a 2nd time. Others
were. I expected it. Further, it does not specify
that the AC position will be the UN president, which leads me
to think that the rapture will happen before the reigns are
changed … most likely before the fall elections, while the
king of Babylon is still the king of Babylon!! And if
so, then at that point…. You know the drill! Martial
law…. Elections suspended indefinitely!
I
realize this may be too far out there for some of my own
friends. Goodness, even THIS LATE in the game – I know
Christians who sit on the sidelines & YAWN ~ when I dare
mention anything about Bible prophecy!! I will just
never, never, never understand their complacency. I
“get” that we HAVE to keep up with regular life & routine
day to day living!! OF COURSE!! That’s a
given!! Clear up to the end. But what I don’t
understand is their not having any desire whatsoever to hear
or talk about it, no desire to soon depart this world & go
to heaven, in fact they QUICKLY change the subject! Oh
goodie, guess which football team is going to be tops this
season??!! Et al…. sarcasm….
Oh well, there’s a crown in store for you & me and those
of us who LOVE the appearing of Jesus Christ!
(Ref: 2 Tim 4:8)
Well,
anyway: where does Britain (Brexit) fit into all of
prophecy? I can only say I wish I knew! I’m not
totally sure, to be honest. I DO know that Britain
will be extensively HUMILIATED after what happens to her
“daughter”!! (ref: Jer. 50:12) ß
that verse alone should be enough to give the naysayers (who
claim America is NOT in the Bible) a second
pause!! To my knowledge, there is NO OTHER country in
the world that has been birthed by another!
Anyway,
so “there you have it”, the reasons I tend to wonder (hope
& even expect!) that the heavenly horn is finally
about to sound!! Also you know the verse that the Lord
will come at such a time as you “think not”? I still
find it quite interesting that so many prophecy boards have
slowed to a small crawl these days! Did people finally
just get tired of watching?
Redeeming
not only the days ~~ but “the moments” now!!
May
it be so, Lord! May it be so!
Maranatha!
P.S.
~ I realize this is choppy writing for me to not place this in
the body of this essay, yet go back & reread v. 8 of
Amos….. then see if it doesn’t sound eerily similar to
Revelation 11:
12 And
the two witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying to
them, “Come up here.” Then they ascended into heaven in the
cloud, and their enemies watched them.
13 And in that [very]
hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city
fell and was destroyed; seven thousand [e]people were killed
in the earthquake, and the rest [who survived] were
overcome with terror, and [f]they glorified the
God of heaven [as they recognized His awesome power].
Amos
8:8 8
“Because of this [coming judgment] will
the land not quake
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
Indeed, all of it shall rise up like the
Nile,
And it will be tossed around [from the
impact of judgment]
And [afterward] subside again like the Nile
of Egypt.
Hmmm….
Indeed!!
Yes,
I agree with you, Amy Van….. oh goodness!! How do you
SPELL your name?? /smile! The rapture
FORECASTING lady!! You’re a weather forecaster by
career. Anyway, I agree that it’s as you think that
the 2 witnesses will be here for the LAST part of the 7 year
Tribulation – yet they will be on the scene a little before
mid-tribulation….. and be killed (and resurrected) just a
bit before it all wraps up!! IF these 2 are meant to
correlate, then there’s our proof right there.
Folks,
it’s almost a no-brainer!! If the Tribulation is to
wrap up in (very) late summer (let’s speculate
& say in 2023!) …. Then it’d need to start 7 years
before (also in summer??)
I
am personally expecting to hear the 1 Cor 15:52 trumpet of
heaven BEFORE Rosh Hashanah of THIS year!!
Anyone
wanna’ say “Amen”??
BTW,
if you think of it, I’d greatly appreciate a petition
brought to the Throne – because I furiously “get beat up”
(by the devil) any time I post! I’m asking for Psalm
91 protection! Thank you.
Lastly,
I’ll pray this has blessed somebody…. It has taken me
literally HOURS to write all this!! So prayerfully this
will be my last posting at Doves…. Interrupted by the rapture!