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The enemy hates the truth. Even more though, the enemy hates the truth that is found in the living word of God. The truth that gives you hope and peace in Christ. And that is why he hates the pre-tribulation rapture.
If you have not noticed, the rapture is a hot topic nowadays. One that can often times trigger people and can result in angry and hateful comments. I have been called the most vile names. I have been slandered. I have been called a child of Satan. And a lot of times this negativity is coming from supposed brothers and sisters in Christ and they make sure to tell me that it is because I stand on a pre-tribulation rapture viewpoint. This anger, this hate doesn't come from Christ. It comes from the enemy because it is the truth and he hates it.
The main issue that I see with this topic is that people want the answer in one single verse. They want the verse to read, "The rapture of the church happens before the tribulation." And that's just not the case. To understand this doctrine, you have to study the word of God. You have to use a concordance. You have to study the original language. You also have to understand who God is. You have to understand the relationship that Jesus has with the church, who the church is to Jesus. You have to understand God's full redemptive plan for Israel. You have to study intently the word of God. The problem with this is that people aren't in the word of God anymore. The church isn't in the word anymore. People would much rather just take what man has said or they just cherrypick two or three verses that they like and run with it and base their entire truth on it. And this is why I always provide scripture for every point along the way for what I believe to back me to support me because I base my entire truth on what is written in this book.
We're going to be going deep in this video. This will definitely be a Bible study video. I'm going to give you a full scriptural breakdown of why we as followers of Jesus Christ are not appointed to the tribulation. Why we are removed completely from that period of time. We're going to be looking at where in the Bible the rapture is actually mentioned. We're going to be looking at the tribulation. What is the tribulation? What is the purpose of the tribulation? And we're going to be looking at the scriptural evidence the tribulation from beginning to end is the wrath of God. We're going to be looking at the difference between the tribulation saints and the church. The difference between the first and the second resurrection. We're also going to be looking at the Jewish wedding tradition and the immense significance it has to the rapture, how it actually mirrors the rapture. And we're also going to be looking at the demonic kingdom and what the demonic kingdom has to say about the rapture because they are even preparing for it. Even demons and Satan knows that it is the next event on the prophetic calendar. And I do pray that this video is a comfort to you because that is what we are commanded to do to comfort and encourage one another with these words about being caught up.
Now, let's start by laying a foundation. One of the main things that I hear people say is that the word rapture is not in the Bible. And I'm going to be very honest. If you tell me this or if you comment this, that is telling me that you have not tried to actually sit down and study the living word of God on this topic. You are just paring or regurgitating something that you have been told. The English word rapture that we use is from the Latin rapturo or rapio. Now the Greek translation of this is harpado which means to be caught up. And because the New Testament is written in Greek, that's why we don't see rapturo. That's why we don't see rapture. If you were to open a Latin Bible though, you would. So whether it be the Latin translation or the Greek translation, this event is in the Bible. Now the two main verses where we find this event is 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 and then 1 Corinthians 15:51.
So in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, we read, "For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up, that's that Greek harpado, the Latin rapturo, together with them, with the dead in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, comfort one another with these words." Now, in 1 Corinthians 15:51, he says, "Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, that means die. But we shall be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruption must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."
Now the cool thing is this is also the same word that is used to describe when the spirit caught Peter up near Gaza and placed him near Cesaria in Acts 8:39 and also when Paul was caught up into the third heaven in 2 Corinthians 12:2 and 4. So there is no doubt that we are being told that the church at some point will be removed from earth while we are alive and we will be taken to heaven. Now, there's a lot of people that say that when this event happens, when the rapture happens, our physical bodies will be left and our our spirits are just taken. But that is not the case. The Bible clearly tells us that our flesh will actually be changed into our eternal bodies. And we read about that in 1 Corinthians 15:51. It says, "We shall be changed." And that's referring to our physical mortal bodies. Our physical bodies will be changed into our heavenly bodies, our eternal bodies. That's why our bodies will not remain.
Let's also look at the dead in Christ aspect in first Thessalonians because I think a lot of people get confused on what that is. So when we die, our soul goes to heaven, right? Our physical body stays in the earth. Well, at this event, at the rapture, those who have died in the past, their souls who are in heaven will be reunited with their physical body, except their physical body will have been changed into their eternal, glorified, heavenly, sinless body. And no, it does not matter what happened to your body. It does not matter if you were cremated or not. The Lord knows how to put it back together. And so for us who are alive and remain who are already in our mortal bodies, our mortal bodies in the blink of an eye will be transformed into our glorified bodies. So for anybody who says that the rapture is not in the Bible, it very clearly is in multiple verses. This event about being caught up is in the Bible. It's just the timing of this event that is debated.
Now, I want to go back to 1 Corinthians 15:51 as well because I can hear a lot of you right now. You're saying, "Hold on, Ashley. See, you missed it. It's right there. It's right in front of you. In black and white. It says, 'At the last trumpet.' That proves that at the last trumpet, we go home." But you're only thinking of the trumpet judgment that is sounded by the angel in the tribulation. There's another trumpet. And it is the trumpet call of God. And this trumpet that the church hears at the rapture directly relates to Revelation 4. When John is raptured into heaven, he hears the trumpet call of God. That is God's voice. It says, "After these things, I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, here it is, was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, 'Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.'" At the rapture, at the resurrection of our bodies into heaven, we will hear the trumpet call of God. This is not the trumpet judgment during the tribulation by the angel.
So now let's discuss the tribulation. Let's look at what the tribulation actually is. Let's look at the purpose of the tribulation because in all honesty, I think this is actually more misunderstood or just people don't know because nobody is reading the book of Revelation. Pastors even avoid the book of Revelation like it's the plague. Even though the book of Revelation is a book that gives a specific blessing to those who read it, who understand it, and who apply it, the book of Revelation is literally an outline of the future. Everybody in this world wants a glimpse into the future. They want to know the future. God lays it out for us. He gives us a literal outline of what the future is going to look like. And yet, everybody avoids it.
Now, most believers know that we as children of God, as followers of Jesus Christ, we are not appointed to the wrath of God. Why? Because Jesus drank from that bowl himself. He took on the wrath of God for us when he went to the cross. And there are multiple Bible verses that lay this out very clearly. Romans 8:1, "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." We have 1 Thessalonians 5:9, "For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Thessalonians 1:10, "And to wait for his son from heaven whom he raised from the dead even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come." Nahm 1:2 says, "He reserves wrath for his enemies." So we see clearly that the church, believers in Jesus Christ, are not subject to the wrath of God. So the question is, is the tribulation the wrath of God?
Now like I said earlier this is an in-depth video. So I'm not just going to be giving you three Bible verses and calling it a day. We're going to dive deep here. So, if we're going to be looking at the purpose of the tribulation, we have to be looking at everything as a whole. That means understanding the relationship that God has with Israel. That means going back to the book of Daniel because Daniel is the key to Revelation. You should not, you really can't understand the book of Revelation until you have thoroughly read the book of Daniel. It is from the book of Daniel that we get that seven-year time frame that is the tribulation because it is the last seven years of his 70-week prophecy. It is also of course from the book of Daniel that we read about the purpose of the tribulation. So we read in Daniel 9:24, it says, "70 sevens" that is his 70-week prophecy, "70 periods of seven years are decreed for your people" that's the Jewish people "and your holy city" that's Jerusalem "to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up the vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place." Daniel's 70th week aka the 7-year tribulation is God returning his focus to Israel to bring them to surrender so he can fulfill his promises.
In Matthew 23:39 it says, "For I say to you, you shall see me no more until you say," talking to the Jewish people, "'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" He will not return until Israel repents and recognizes that he is the Messiah. Israel rejected their Messiah. That is why the church, that is why Gentiles are grafted into the olive tree. We became the spiritual seed of Abraham by faith. By faith, we became heirs to the promises. We are in the current church age where God's focus is on the church. But that does not mean that he is done with Israel. Soon or the tribulation, for the seven-year period of time, he will then return his focus to Israel and deal with them. They have temporarily lost privileges, if you will. But God's purpose, his promise is not complete until they are grafted back into being children of God. So how does he do that? He pours out his wrath. His anger and judgment is response to the wickedness of this earth. He will be dealing with those living in sin, living in rebellion. And it will be the worst period of time in the history of mankind because God doesn't tolerate sin. He deals with it.
A lot of people today will say that the tribulation is not the wrath of God, that it's Satan's wrath, that it's man's wrath. And that is literally blasphemous. And of course, it makes sense though, you know, that Satan would have so many deceived in these last days. But the tribulation is worldwide divine judgment. And the last I checked, that's only in the power of the Lord. So the enemy is not only dividing and confusing the timing of the rapture, he is also dissipating the magnitude, the importance, the truth of what is coming.
So let's of course get into scripture and prove that the tribulation is the wrath of God. First in chapter 5, we see Jesus and Jesus alone being worshiped because no one else can open the scroll. The scroll holds the first seven judgments on earth. It is God dealing with sin. Now, before the seals are even complete, scripture tells us clearly what is happening. In Revelation 6:16-17, it reads, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne." And here it is, "And from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand." Why are people on earth saying this? They are looking at everything that is happening. They are looking at everything that has happened. They are looking at the world, all the devastation, and they are saying the wrath of God has come. Scripture tells you before the seals are even done that it is the wrath of God that is being poured out.
Then in Revelation 15, it says, "Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete." Not the wrath of God begins, it's complete. That is saying that it has already been in process and what is coming will complete the wrath of God. So if I'm writing a letter and I have one page left and I say, "Great, with this last page, my letter will be complete." That's not saying that only that page is the letter. That is saying that the last seven plagues will complete the wrath of God. Meaning it's already been in process. Then when we go to Revelation 16, it says very clearly, "Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, 'Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on this earth.'" So scripture very clearly lays out that the entire tribulation from the beginning to the end is the wrath and judgment of God Almighty. It is not the wrath of Satan. It is not the wrath of man. It is God returning his focus to Israel and an unrepentant, wicked, rebellious world and he is dealing with sin.
In Matthew 24, we read that this period of time will be worse than anything this world has ever seen. It will be the worst period of time in the history of mankind. Matthew 24:21 says, "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now and never to be equaled again." This will be the worst period of time in the history of mankind. And then people will hear this and they will still say, "Well, the disciples, you know, they had to die for their faith." The disciples did not suffer the wrath of God. We are promised tribulations from this world, y'all. We are absolutely promised that. There is no debate about that. We are promised tribulations from man, tribulations of this world. We are not subject to the wrath of God. Period. The disciples did not suffer the wrath of God. They suffered tribulations from man and from this world.
Luke 21:36 says, "Watch therefore and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass." So, is God lying? You know, God is telling us that there is a way to escape what is coming. If anybody says that, "Oh, we all endure, nobody gets to escape," you are literally calling God a liar. God is clearly telling us in that verse that there is a way to escape what is coming. In Revelation 3:10, "Because you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth." Again, we need to always go back to the original language to get the full meaning, the full depth. So, the Greek word ek literally means out of a place or time. He will keep us from that period of time. So again, I want to be very clear here. Scripture is telling us that the seven-year tribulation will be unlike anything that has ever happened before. We cannot compare what is coming to anything that has ever been. Scripture also tells us that this period of time will be filled with the most fear. It will be so fearful that people will be dropping dead. Luke 21:26 says, "Men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectations of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken." We as children of God, as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, are not given a spirit of fear, are we? So, how does our savior subject us then to that period of time which will be more fearful, worse than anything that has ever happened? And I'm not trying to fear-monger here. I am trying to speak the truth that is written in the living word of God. The enemy has dissipated what is coming. He is lessening what is coming. He has people thinking that we can just stock up. We can, you know, buy a bunch of cans of food and hide out in our homes and we'll be fine. The wrath of God Almighty, the beginning and the end, the one who created the universe, the one who gives you breath in your lungs, is going to be dealing with sin. He is going to be pouring out his anger and judgment on this world. Nobody has any idea what is coming. It is going to be so fearful that people are going to be dropping dead in the streets from what they see. We as children of God are not subject to that period of time. He is not dealing with us. He is not dealing with those who already put our faith, our hope, and our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ in what he did for us on that cross. He is dealing with sin. He is dealing with rebellion. He is dealing with wickedness.
Now, I really want to address all the rebuttals that I've heard. So, I know some of you are thinking, "Well, you know, Christ tells us we must endure to the end." He is talking to the Jewish people. He is not talking to the church. We must endure. The church must endure until he takes us home. But the Jewish people will have to endure the seven-year tribulation. They will have to face the Antichrist. They will have to die for their faith because that is that period of time. It is a different dispensation. God deals with people in the tribulation differently than how he is dealing with people now.
Now, some of you might also be saying, "Okay, Ashley, I hear you. But when we read Revelation, we see Christians. We see Christians martyred. We see Christians in the trib. We also see a resurrection after the tribulation." And you are correct on all points, but that is not the church. Remember, this is a period of time when God is giving the world one final opportunity to repent and put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ out of his wrath and judgment. He is still merciful. He still has a purpose. He is allowing the world to come under his wrath. He is allowing the world to see the supernatural, to see the physical embodiment of evil in order to save them. So there will be millions that get saved during the tribulation. But there is a difference between the church and the tribulation saints.
When we look at Christians in the trib in the book of Revelation, they have all died. So starting with the fifth seal in Revelation 6:9, it says, "I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and the testimony which they held." Clearly, those are martyred Christians. John goes further and says in verse 11, "Then a white robe was given to each of them, and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who had been killed as they were were completed." So clearly we see that Christians will be killed. This also goes against what a lot of y'all say, "Oh, we're going to be protected. We endure, but we're going to be protected." No. Scripture clearly says multiple times that if you are a Christian, if you are a believer in Jesus Christ during the tribulation, you will be executed.
We also see this in Revelation 7:9. It says, "After these things, I looked and behold, a great multitude which no one could number of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with," here it is again, "white robes." Then in verse 13, it says, "Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, 'Who are these arrayed in white robes?' And where did they come from?" Verse 14, "These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Now, just hang with me. I'm going to tie all this together. So when we go to Revelation 20:4, we see the resurrection of those who had died in the tribulation. It says, "Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years." It says, "But the rest of the dead, unbelievers, did not live again until the thousand years were finished." This is the first resurrection. Again, anytime we see Christians in the tribulation, they have died. They are also given white robes. So why am I making this distinction? Because in 1 Thessalonians, Paul tells us that we who are alive will be caught up. In Revelation 20:4, that resurrection is referring to those who have died in the tribulation. So there are clearly two events. And the event in which we are alive and caught up is the one we are supposed to comfort one another about.
So does the book of Revelation mention the church? Why yes it does. We are mentioned in Revelation 19 at the return of Jesus Christ. And guess what? We are not wearing white robes. We are wearing clean fine linen. Revelation 19:7, "Let us be glad and rejoice and give him glory for the marriage of the lamb has come and his wife has made herself ready. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright. For the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints." Then in verse 11 it clarifies that it is indeed the church that is following him that came out of heaven and followed Christ. It says, "Now I saw heaven open and behold a white horse and he who sat on him was called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and makes war." Verse 14, "And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed him on white horses." The bride of Christ is following Jesus at his return. We are coming out of heaven with him. We went to a wedding and because of that, we are now seen as his wife. And that distinction with fine linen is intentional. When we look at the Greek word used, it is busos. But when John describes the white robes of those who have died, it's stol, which is a completely different garment because there are two groups of believers. We have the church who is caught up while we are alive because we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ right now. We are ready for the Lord. We are filled with the Holy Spirit. We have oil in our lamps. And then we have the tribulation saints. They are unbelievers. Their hearts are hardened right now. They enter the tribulation as unbelievers. But during the tribulation, they come to faith. They repent. They get saved. And because of that, they have to die for their faith. Clean linen versus white robes. Two different groups of believers.
Now, in regards to the first resurrection and the second resurrection, the first resurrection is for believers. The second resurrection is for unbelievers. In Revelation 20:4, we read, "And they lived, the tribulation saints, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years." Verse 5, "But the rest of the dead, the wicked did not live again," meaning get their resurrected eternal physical bodies "until the thousand years were finished." So the wicked, the rest of the world, unbelievers will not get their physical eternal bodies until after the millennial reign, which is right before the white throne judgment. Because whether we go to heaven or hell, we have physical eternal bodies for eternity. It says this is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who takes part in the first resurrection. Jesus looks at resurrections by type. We think of it as timing, but we're wrong because we have to be scripturally based. So in John 5:29, he says, "Those who have done what is good will rise to live, aka the first resurrection, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned." The first resurrection essentially has two parts. Those who have oil in their lamps now, the church right now, those who put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we will be given our eternal bodies will be taken to heaven before the wrath is poured out. And then those who have, you know, hardened hearts right now, they during the tribulation, they will repent. They will come to Jesus and he will give them their eternal physical bodies before the millennial reign. Now, they obviously miss the wedding, but they still get to spend eternity with God.
Now, this relates directly to the parable of the 10 virgins in Matthew 25. It says, "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to 10 virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were wise and five of them were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, meaning they are not saved. They are not filled with the Holy Spirit." But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slept. And at midnight a cry was heard, 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming. Go out to meet him.' All the virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise answered, 'No, there shouldn't be enough for for us and for you, but go rather to those who sell and buy for yourselves.' Here it is. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut. Those who have oil in our lamps right now, those who are filled with the Holy Spirit are ready for the Lord. We put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in what he did for us on that cross and we are going to a wedding. We will be taken to heaven for 7 years while this earth will be under the wrath and judgment of our savior.
Now, in order to understand the rapture on an even deeper level, we need to understand the culture during Jesus' time. Because a lot of what Jesus said relates directly to the Jewish wedding tradition of his time and the rapture imagery mirrors the Jewish wedding tradition. So, as the bride of Christ, you know, Jesus is our bridegroom, we need to understand that tradition. In Ephesians 5:31 it says, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery, but I am talking about Christ and the church. We are the bride of Christ and Jesus Christ is our bridegroom."
In Jesus' time, weddings weren't like they are today. In Jesus' time, the groom would make a covenant with the bride. It was an actual contract. And he would drink a glass of wine with her to solidify that contract. And then he would pay the bridal price for her. Now, after the covenant was made, the wine had been drunk, and the price for her had been paid, the groom would then get up and give a speech to his bride, letting her know that he was about to leave her and go back to his father's house and prepare a place for her. This honeymoon suite would have needed to been stocked for the prescribed 7 days for their honeymoon. It had to be done just right for the approval of the groom's father. Now, the bridegroom wasn't able to go and get his bride and take her back until the groom's father said it was time. And if people asked him when was the wedding, he would commonly respond with, "Well, I don't know. Only the father knows." Meanwhile, while the bride was waiting for her bridegroom to come and get her, she was to set herself apart. So, everyone knew she was taken. She was expected to always be ready for him to return for her. Now, when it was time for him to go and get his bride, the groom's party would shout when they got near to the bride's house. And because of that, she knew her groom was coming for her. The groom and his friends would then rush in under the cover of night, and they would grab the bride and take them back to the father's house. It was supposed to almost be like an abduction. Back at the father's house, the bride and the bridegroom would enter the bridal chamber alone for 7 days and consummate the marriage. After that week, they would emerge and everyone would recognize her with her veil off as his wife and the entire party would celebrate at the marriage supper. Our bridegroom is about to return for his bride. He will leave the place that he has been preparing for us. We will be caught up together to meet him in the clouds and we will go and celebrate our wedding for seven years. After that, we will follow Christ to earth on white horses and we will be seen as his wife.
I hope that all of these words are an immense comfort to you. We are set apart as children of God, as the bride of Christ. We do not endure the wrath of God. We do not endure what the world does. This is also why anybody that's just paring or regurgitating the Darby thing that, you know, Darby invented the rapture, that the rapture didn't exist prior to the 1800s, why it's such a joke and they are just clearly telling you that they haven't studied scripture because it is clearly written in the living word of God. Not only that, they are telling you that they have not done a lick of research because a simple Google search will result in multiple sources of dispensationalism and the removal of the church prior to the tribulation. And I will give you just one example. I have done an entire video on this. So, if you want to go take a look at that for other resources, other examples, but to say that the rapture was not discussed prior to the 1800s, one example will disprove that. So, I'm just going to give you one example. My favorite is St. Ephraim from the fourth century. He says, "For all the saints and elect of God are gathered prior to the tribulation that is to come and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins."
Now, I also wanted to show what the demonic kingdom is saying about the rapture, about the pre-tribulation rapture, because even they are preparing for this event. Now, this first clip that I'm going to play is from Pastor Billy Cone. He is based out of Las Vegas. He is one of my favorite human beings to watch. He is, of course, saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, but he used to be in the occult. And so, he talks a lot about the demonic realm, about the spiritual realm, about the supernatural, and about the demonic things that are playing out in our world. And it is a lot of stuff that the church needs to hear that pastors are not talking about. So, I value, you know, a lot of his sermons, a lot of what he speaks about. And in this clip specifically, he is talking about an actual possession that um he is speaking directly to the demon in the possessed man. And the demon is telling him about this period of time about the tribulation that is coming and how they are prepping for the removal of the church. Because whether or not you want to believe it or not, you know, Satan is the god of this world and those who serve Satan, they run our world. And so there is very much an agenda being played out right now and it's behind the curtain, you know, behind the veil. Not a lot of people can see it or are paying attention to it, but there are chess pieces being moved into place and they are prepping for the seven-year tribulation. They are looking forward to this period of time because it is the demonic kingdom's time to shine. It is a period of time when, you know, the church is going to be removed. This restraining force, restraining influence as he says is going to be removed because the church is the restrainer. We who hold the Holy Spirit, we are going to be removed and then evil just floods this earth.
"It has become a replacement religion for Christianity. The bulk of people don't just believe in aliens. They believe that aliens are the one who are going to save humanity. Everybody realizes, especially the last several years, that something's wrong with the planet and we're headed towards a time of chaos and it ain't getting better, but they're being duped and thinking, 'Oh, it's not going to be Jesus Christ that we need to turn to. It's the aliens. They're going to save here and save us and and bring us into a time of utopia.'"
"So, so you believe when the rapture happens, you believe pretty much concurrent with that there's going to be a revelation of aliens?"
"Absolutely. Because this is what they're saying. This I got insider information, Pastor Jimmy. And again, we demonstrate this u part of the new age in the cult. This is what they teach. They literally teach that they can't pull off their utopia until those who are messing up the harmony of the earth, you know what the Bible calls that?"
"Restraining influence, the church, right? And that's their words. And and and then when we disappear, they appear. And then they uh supposedly are going to help mankind usher in utopia. Well, no. The Bible says that's the Antichrist kingdom, the seven-year tribulation, and you don't want to be around for that. But this is from their own camp. In fact, I'll just give you a couple easy quotes. We have a ton of quotes in there from supposed aliens speaking through people's vocal cords, which is demonic possession. Uh this information, and they say, 'Do not be surprised, not only that the earth is headed for a climatic change,' which by the way, of course, they don't say, 'Oh, that's God's wrath coming to the planet.' They say it's mother earth coming to cleanse herself, right? And see, they always have their excuse to get you away from the truth. But they says, uh, but but just before that, and again, it's the preacher position. They're always trying to explain away. Uh, just before that, don't be, and this is a direct quote, don't be surprised when you see perhaps 20 million people leave the planet in one afternoon. Other people go even further. These channel messages from the space aliens, uh, you would literally say that there's a they call it the great evacuation, right? And they even pepper it with biblical terms to fool people. In the blinking of an eye, it's going to happen."
"Wow."
"And and and then they do two things. One, they say, um, the first phase you're going to see people disappear. And then they and that's the first lie. And it was the UFOs, the aliens, we beam them up to our spaceships. The second lie is for those that are left behind. They says, 'Oh, and don't be concerned or alarmed if you're not a participant in this first phase. Your instructions will come later.' or they just flat out say the reason why you've been left behind is because it's like a badge of honor. You're a chosen one. You've proven that you can go along with this great utopia. So, that's what they're doing. But here's what's interesting. If you look at the rapture itself, 1 Thessalonians 4 and uh it talks about how when the rapture happens that we're going to meet the Lord in the clouds in the air. Right now, I'm not saying thus sayith the Lord, but you could see and this is from what they're saying they're going to do. You could see that, Pastor Jimmy, as you and I are raptured up in to meet the Lord in the air in the clouds and then continue on. But imagine this. Now, let's say it could be, you know, there's a couple different versions. Some people say it's going to be an instantaneous rapture. And it could be maybe the instantaneous is referring to our bodies being instantly changed to the resurrected body, right? I think that's pretty easy. But let's say that the rapture isn't like is typically uh displayed that um all of a sudden you see a pile of clothes. No."
"Right?"
"Maybe it's more visual. Maybe instantly we get the resurrected body and and then we see that and then of course you see that example with Jesus Acts chapter one when he ascended it was visible and they were looking the whole time."
"Our pods."
"Right? And that's and also you look at the example of the the two witnesses in the seven-year tribulation the whole everybody's watching. So, so imagine this, not saying that say the Lord, but think about this deception that they're doing. Rapture happens instantaneously. We get a resurrected bodies. And let's say it's a visual going into the clouds, right? These critters are so stinking evil. And this is what they're planning on doing is we go into the clouds and then once we hit the clouds, you can't see us anymore, right? And as soon as we disappear, they appear from the clouds and descend."
"Wow."
"Instant. No delay. Ready to go. They don't know when it's going to happen anymore in you and I, but they're setting it up just waiting for that moment."
So, of course, you see that the pre-tribulation rapture is the only viewpoint that even the demonic kingdom is preparing for. It is not a post-trib rapture. There is a reason why God anoints the 144,000 and the two witnesses because the church is not here.
Now, this next clip is a little gnarly. It is a possessed woman in church. It is the demonic response to the pre-tribulation rapture being spoken of uh in this sermon. It is from JD Frog. Again, one of my favorites because he speaks the truth. He also speaks a lot about what is going on in our world. And that is vital for everyone to know. And it is vital that pastors talk on this. And of course, they're not. Um so listen to this one. It is very interesting to hear the hatred that Satan has for the pre-tribulation rapture.
"And need to be at the ready to give to everyone an answer of that blessed hope that we have that Jesus is coming to rapture US BEFORE THE SEVEN-YEAR TRIBULATION WHICH WE ARE ON THE EVE OF."
"EVERYBODY, DEMON, WHAT'S I COME OUT."
This world is ran by Satan. This world is in the control of the evil one. Those of us out there who put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who put our faith in what he did for us on that cross, we are children of God. We are the bride of Christ, y'all, we are set apart. We do not endure what the world does. The Lord Jesus Christ went to that cross and he took God's wrath upon himself. He drank from that bowl himself for us. We are not appointed to the wrath of God. Period. This entire world is about to be under the wrath and judgment of God Almighty because God is dealing with sin. He is giving this unrepentant, sinful, wicked world a final shaking. And through that, they have one last wakeup call, one last chance to repent. He is not dealing with the church. We are not Israel. And God is also not done with Israel. The seven-year tribulation is for Israel and a rebellious, wicked, sinful world. It is not for the church. He doesn't need to deal with those of us who already put our faith in him. And this is why Paul tells us to comfort one another about these words. Comfort one another about being caught up because we are not appointed to this period of time. We are going to be removed from it completely. You cannot comfort somebody by telling them that they endure the worst period of time in the history of mankind. You cannot comfort somebody by telling them that they are going to have to endure a period of time that is going to be so fearful men and women are going to be dropping dead from fear. You cannot comfort somebody by telling them that they have to run for their life. Be on the run for their life. You cannot comfort anybody with those words. But you can comfort somebody and tell them that they are caught up because they are not appointed to the wrath of God. In Amos, it says, "Woe to those who desire to see the day of the Lord." Revelation 3:10, "Because you have kept my command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to test the inhabitants of the entire world." Luke 21:36, "Pray always that you are counted worthy to escape all, not some, not parts. Escape all that is coming." God tells us that it is possible to escape the period of time that is coming. Our bridegroom is returning for his bride. He will leave the place that he has been preparing for us at his father's house. We will be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. We will hear the trumpet call of God and we will go to heaven to celebrate our wedding for seven years. We will then return at the end of the tribulation. We will follow Christ on white horses and we will be seen as his wife.