Prophecy Update: The Rapture is so close! April 25, 2019
Have you wondered about the timing of the rapture? I have a friend who is really disappointed that the rapture has not happened yet. Many Christians are longing for the coming of the Lord. We see the conditions in the world matching what God said it would be like when the rapture would take place. Our desire is increased because we love the Lord and want to see Him! Maranatha is our cry!
I have been thinking and studying about the conditions of the end times for over 30 years. I want to share some thoughts with you about why I think the rapture can happen any second now.
My first thought regards Israel. God is in love with Israel! God has shown that love in amazing ways. One-way God shows His love; by keeping Israel alive when the devil and all of his army tried to kill the Jews over the last 2000 years. It is an absolutely amazing historical fact that Israel still lives. She lives because the God of Israel is alive and working in history. A major theme of the Bible is God’s control of history. God promised a time on earth that he calls, the “Times of the Gentiles.” It is a time when Gentiles will rule the nations of the world. It started in 586 BC, when Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon destroyed the temple in Jerusalem. Since that time, Gentiles ruled the land and people of Israel. When Jesus was on the earth, the Roman Empire ruled the land and people of Israel. Here are some verses related to this teaching:
Luke 21:24, “and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”
In Daniel 2 and 7 God describes the Gentile powers who will rule the world as beasts. The last beast, a ferocious beast has ten heads and seven horns and is completely Gentile. God says in Revelation 11:1-2,
“Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months.”
God is very clear in the scriptures when the Gentile rule will end. God will not allow the Gentile nations to rule over Jerusalem forever. Even today, Israel partially rules Jerusalem so she can build her Temple for God. God’s temple will be back on the earth soon. It will be a sign to the world that God is in control of history! It will cause problems as Zechariah 12:2 says,
“Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.” That reeling is already happening! Here is a verse that ties together Israel and the times of the Gentiles:
Romans 11:25, “For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in;”
When the full number of Gentiles has come in, God will meet the Church in the air and take them to heaven. God promised the Church that we will hear a trumpet and the dead in Christ will rise first, and then we who are alive will meet the Lord in the air.
I believe the rapture is imminent because Israel is back in her land and they are persecuted on a daily basis. The world is coming together to fight Israel. Here is a brief description of the anti-Semitism through history:
“The Road to Auschwitz was built by hate but paved with indifference.” Ian Kershaw
The Road to another Holocaust is being rebuilt by hate but paved with political
correctness and apathy. Olivier Melnick
First, God said of Israel:
The apple of God’s eye (Zechariah 2:8) Daughter of Zion (Zephaniah 3:14)
God’s chosen people (1 Kings 3:8) A treasured possession (Deuteronomy 7:6)
A holy people (Deuteronomy 7:6) God’s hidden ones (Psalm 83:3)
A great nation (Genesis 12:2) Beloved (Romans 11:28)
But the world said:
For the first 1500 years the Jews were killed and hunted by many nations and religions. The churches adopted replacement theology (replacement theology is heresy adopted by many churches) which blamed the Jews for everything, including plagues. We had the:
The Spanish Inquisition
• The first Ghetto (Italy)
• Luther and the Reformation
“By the end of the 15th century, the Jew has become an undesirable agent of Satan. The terms “Jewish” and “diabolical” have become synonymous. To Jews of course, the symbol of the cross, so dear to Christians, had become such an offense and became known as “the symbol of disaster”. Medieval anti-Semitism left a mark that the 21st century is still trying to erase.” Oliver Melnick
Then came the holocaust:
The Holocaust (1933-1945)
• A systematic, willful attempt at exterminating all of European Jewry.
• Legislation (1933-1938): The Nuremberg Laws
• Criminalization of Jewishness (1938-1939): Kristallnacht
• Isolation (1939-1941): Ghettos
• Annihilation (1941-1945): Death Camps
This is what they were called: VERMIN (Hitler) SUB-HUMANS (Hitler)
(Today’s enemies), OCCUPIERS, COLONIZERS, APARTHEID PEOPLE, BLOOD SUCKERS
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS, MURDERERS OF PALESTINIANS, and NEW NAZIS OF THE MIDDLE EAST! The Holocaust was the culmination of 2000 years of anti-Semitism. The new holocaust is coming from the nations who have rebelled at Gods plan. It is absolutely amazing to me that so many churches (denominations) are against Israel being in the land. Look at the headlines this past week:
Iran appoints fiery general who vows to destroy Israel as new IRGC head.
Russia’s largest yeshiva attacked with arson and swastikas ahead of Passover
U.S. envoy to Poland criticized for tweet wishing Jews a happy Passover. This is particular disturbing, here is a quote from the article: “Comments to the ambassador’s tweet suggested that the Jews killed Jesus. Others said: “You are not in Israel, but in Poland,”
Did you notice that the churches are also burning. Satan hates what God loves and loves what God hates. So Satan turns his hatred towards the church. The religion of peace has no love for the church and they are trying to drive Christians out of Europe. Communists are trying to drive Christians out of China. Likewise, throughout the world. It is a sign of the end times that the church is under siege. Notre Dame burned and it was pointed out that Muslims had attacked 12 churches in France that week. Just guessing but do you think there is a connection? According to Open Doors USA, an average of 105 churches and/or Christian buildings are burned or attacked every month. That is more than three per day, and almost all of those attacks get ignored by the mainstream media in the western world. In addition, an average of 345 Christians are killed for faith-related reasons every single month. Of course these numbers will soon be out of date, because violence against Christians continues to escalate all over the globe, and the horrifying attacks that we just witnessed in Sri Lanka are a perfect example.
This is going to be an ongoing story. The press prefers Muslims over Christians, Judge Jenine Pirro was suspended to favor Islam over any opinion against Islam. If you suggest that Islam is responsible for the attacks on Christians, you will be shut down. Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama could not call the people killed by Muslims Christians in Sri Lanka. (latest numbers 357 dead in Sri Lanka) Even Fox News now censors Christians and favors Islam. This is a Satanic move to destroy Christianity. Of course Jesus told us this would happen. They would attack those who believe in Jesus thinking they are doing service to God. Mark 13:13 says, “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.”
Did you know that Ilan Omar the Representative from Minnesota, said that Jesus was a Palestinian. This heresy is a strategy to destroy Israel and the churches. Goal of the democrats: move churches that believe Jesus was not Jewish to come home to the Democrats. This is replacement theology.
When these conditions are on earth, the rapture is right around the corner. Things regarding Iran in Syria is blowing up—I will talk about this next week. Hope we are raptured this week!
