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Rapture (Part 4)
By Joel Joseph
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
Conclusion by Pastor Boyd
Feb. 21 2021


Introduction:

Why the rapture?

The greatest hour is coming soon for the true church and for Israel. Rise and fly above the storms.
Jerusalem - get ready for your great blood-soaked wars! New Jerusalem - get ready for the great, dramatic arrival of blood-washed, miraculously t***sformed, new residents.
It will be an abundance of man’s worst weapons of war, or an abundant entrance bedecked with jewels and crowns into the eternal kingdom! (2 Peter 1:11)
The rapture is the promised “great escape”, the “great comfort,” and the “great victory.” The rapture will bring glorious light and sight, and doom and darkness to the fallen world.
The rapture brings with it tears of joy, great love, eternal peace, great reward, and the final incorruptible, completion of God’s plans and call for all true believers.
You can listen to your friends and peers pierced with the poisoned sword of Satan, or your friends and peers pierced with the nails of the cross of Calvary.
The world’s new tower of Babel is rocking ominously from side to side and big cracks are appearing. Its residents, Barabbas and friends, popes, paupers and some pulpit preachers and their parrot-led and fed fools cry out to Yeshua: “Come down off that cross, you don’t need it!”
It all depends which side of the cross you are on.
The rapture brings home one enormous spectacular t***h and that is – God is a judge. His word is true and real!
If you do not know at least the basics of these things, you are in danger. Error always breeds in the fertile fields of ignorance.
The rapture will not be an isolated event. It will be the most dramatic event the world has seen. It will immediately bring on a dispensation change, the seven year tribulation, the great judgements of God now on hold. It will release Israel from captivity to the world. It will instantly cause great repentance among many and great hatred, amongst many.
A beautiful pre-trib rapture proof:
Revelation 5:9-11 “They sang a new song saying: ‘You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth’. Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands.”
Here we have masses of people “redeemed out of every tribe, tongue and nation”. These are not angels as some critics maintain. Angels are not redeemed out of all the nations! Yes there is an angelic company here also, and there is a company of “heavenly creatures.” We also have the 24 elders here in this company as well.
Its only humans that are “redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.” So, this proves conclusively that these are human believers. This massive congregation in heaven includes living creatures, angels, elders and redeemed believers. Here is the crunch:
This takes place before the opening of the seals and immediately after the messages to the seven churches. These redeemed in heaven are singing to the Lamb and saying that He is worthy to open the seals. The opening of the seals starts the tribulation!

So what are these elders and multitudes doing in heaven just as the tribulation starts?
The only way they could be there is by rapture! This is so clear, yet many can’t see it!
Revelation chapters 1-3 contain 16 references to the church. All of these are in association with the seven messages to the churches. Then suddenly in Revelation 4:1 John hears a voice like a trumpet rapturing him into heaven where he receives the Revelation.
The rest of the book does not contain one reference to the Church, except for some views of the Church in heaven, at the marriage feast and others events in heaven. The only believers seen on earth during the seven years are people that become known as ‘tribulation saints’ or those who are saved during this time.
Jews are seen fulfilling the work of evangelism on earth. There is no Church on earth during this time.
Two very significant statements in the Revelation are worth taking note of. In Revelation 2:22 the Church of Thyatira is promised by God that it will be cast into the great tribulation. The description of this church makes it pretty clear that it is referring to the orthodox churches like the Catholics. But the language implies that if these go into the tribulation others won’t.
In Revelation 3:10 the Church of Philadelphia is promised by God that it will be kept from the tribulation. Again the language implies that if these don’t go into the tribulation, others do. True believers will not go through the tribulation.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-6 “You know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say ‘peace and safety’ then sudden destruction comes upon them as labour pains and they shall not escape. But you brethren are not in darkness, so that this day should overtake you as a thief. You are sons of the light and day. We are not of the darkness. Therefore let us not sleep as others do, but let us watch and be sober.”
►The Greek word “others” is Strong’s G3062 ‘Loipos’. Meanings: “The remaining ones.” “The rest of those who remain.”
What an amazing thing this is!
Let’s read the verse again and insert these meanings:
“When they say ‘peace and safety then sudden destruction comes upon them and they shall not escape...therefore let us not sleep as those who are left behind do.”
This word and its usage does not fit in with a post-tribulation rapture position but fits perfectly with a pre-tribulation rapture.
Revelation 3:10 “Because you have kept My commandment to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.”
► The Greek word “from” is Strong’s G1537, Ek= “clean out away from”.
Some say the verse means that we will be kept from the evil one and be protected through the tribulation, but not removed from it. Firstly that contradicts many verses showing that those who become believers in the tribulation will not be protected. In fact they will be slaughtered en mass.
Secondly, the logic in the meaning of the word implies removal from the tribulation.
►The Greek word “hour” is Strong’s G5610, Hora = “A season defined by natural law, or season of the year.”
It is obvious that the word “hour” is not a literal sixty minute time-frame in this verse, but as we look at the meaning we see that it can include a larger time frame, but still be well defined. We often use the phrase “in this day and hour”. The meaning is obvious.
Bible scholars agree that the “hour” here is a reference to the seven-year tribulation period.
So, it is the tribulation from which we will be kept clean away from!
Post trib anti-Semites:
A common argument presented for the post-tribulation position is this: The early church fathers taught a post- tribulation rapture position.
They claim that Ireneus (130-202 AD), Hippolytes (sounds like a disease you don’t want) and others back then taught the post-tribulation position. That may be so, although others did teach a pre-tribulation position, but the big thing is that these two and the other post-tribbers were vicious anti-Semites. They had a powerful Jew-hating agenda. They and all the other so-called church fathers, up to and including the reformers, were Jew h**ers, except for one or two.
There is only one question you need to ask yourself. Would you trust anything at all coming from these depraved, attackers of t***h?
I won’t waste time tearing their beliefs apart, which is a worthwhile endeavour; I’ll simply leave it at that. Many times just look at the person and his fruits and you will know if he is in t***h or error.
Great rewards:
Rewards are given after the rapture – What are the rewards?
At the bema seat (Judgement or reward seat of Messiah) reward takes place in heaven immediately after the rapture. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14) 2 Timothy 4:8 sees rewards being associated with the rapture.
At the second coming, the saints are seen returning with our Lord already rewarded. (Revelation 19:8, 14.)
In Revelation 4:4, again after John’s rapture and before the outpouring of the tribulation events, we see 24 Elders sitting on thrones in heaven dressed in white and wearing golden crowns of reward.
Revelation 1:20 tells us that “the seven lamp-stands are the seven churches.” So the lamp-stands represent the entire church. Now, we come to Revelation 4:5 and John, after his rapture, sees seven lamp stands on fire before the throne of God in heaven. The conclusion is obvious. This is before the seals of tribulation judgement are opened.
In Messiah there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile. We are one in Him. So, if the tribulation is for the church, why does the Bible frequently refer to the Jews as a distinct, separate people in the tribulation?
Why would a physical rebuilt temple be importantly required during the tribulation, if we are all one in Messiah at that time? Since when does the church need a physical temple in Jerusalem?
►The grand return from the wedding:
Luke 12:36 (Amp) “Be yourselves like men who are waiting for their master to return from the marriage feast, so that when he shall return from the wedding and comes and knocks, that you may open to him immediately.”
This verse speaks of our Lord returning from a wedding feast to receive others in salvation. These would be the tribulation saints, which includes most of the Jews. But what wedding is He returning from? What marriage feast has He just been to? He is not going to a wedding, but returning from it! Obviously this wedding occurs in heaven, during the tribulation period.
If the wedding occurred before this return then the rapture had to have taken place before this return as well.

This parable deals with our Messiah returning to earth after the tribulation, which is when tribulation saints will be awaiting Him, but He is returning from a wedding!
Post tribbers use the argument that the wedding occurs at the Second Coming. We go up, are married, do a U-turn and come right back down. But hang on a minute. Who is it then that are “waiting for the Lord’s return from the wedding”? If there is a post- tribulation rapture, all believers will be gone. Who is waiting? Come now, post -tribber please answer me?
“Return from the wedding” is an incredible statement. In four simple words it shatters the post-trib view!
The relationship between the rapture and Israel:

Exodus 4:22-23 “You shall say to Pharaoh, ‘thus says the Lord: Israel is My son, My firstborn. I say to you, ‘Let My son go, that he may serve Me. If you refuse, I will k**l your firstborn.’’”
Hosea 11:1 “When Israel was a child I loved him and out of Egypt I called My son.”
Hosea 11:10 “They shall walk after the Lord. He will roar like a lion. When He roars then His sons shall come trembling from the west.”
Our Jewish Messiah came out of Israel, but Israel itself is also seen by God as His son! Israel is not Messiah and Messiah is not Israel, but out of one came the other. In a sense God now has two sons. One is His Son and the other is his son!
There is a terrible danger in removing God’s plan for Israel from your doctrine. Because Israel is God’s son, by removing him, you are k*****g God’s son. Those who do so are murderers just like a******nists. How clever do you think it is to k**l God’s son?
Yet all the world’s clever fools do just that!
If you are really of God, you will love what God loves, and God loves His son – Israel. If not, you are of the spirit of antichrist, in this area anyway. In fact you are no different to the popes of the inquisitions and Hitler himself.
The ultimate goal of Satan working through the coming new world order is control, to produce worship of himself and in so doing to remove worship of the true God, and k**l God in you.
I would so love to have been there when Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers. What incredible drama! Image old man Jacob discovering that Joseph was very much alive! Again, what great drama!
My friends, the rapture itself will be the very great, spectacular dramatic, incident that causes God’s son to see and recognise God’s Son.

Rapture – Who cares?
Many sn****r at the thought of the rapture. And some of them have a good but perfectly insane reason to sn****r. They think and say, “O, it won’t be long till we’re back to normal. Then we can carry on sex wih the neighbor’s wife, murdering bucket loads of the unborn, inventing new fun-filled sex games like swinging from the rafters, (SFRs) to add to the list. Then we can give lots of money to Iran to make a nuclear bomb to blow up Israel.
Then we can carry on hating and attacking Jews and defacing Jewish cemeteries and gravestones, because they can’t fight back, because they’re dead!
But world of Jew-h**ers, anti-Semites and Christian replacement theologians, let me remind you of a field of dead dry bones! (Ezekiel 37:4) When those dry bones have completed their sudden metamorphosis they will whip your backside as they turn into God’s “battle-axe.” (Jeremiah 51:21).
You see, the world thinks they can build a world of peace. All they need to do is remove the Prince of Peace and then they can have their scummy, sick, insane world. So who needs a rapture? That’s what you call the world’s biggest Oops!
You know that terrible feeling when you just wish you could turn the clock back and undo something you did or did not do? Tragically most people will get that feeling the moment they step into eternity, but it will be a lot worse that a feeling or just some shed tears!
You see, it is the working of the cross that k**ls us, producing death to self, the world, all forms of p***e, death to deception, victory over the spirit of error, new spiritual eyes that see amazing wonderful things. The cross gives us new eyes that see the things of the world as dung.
Did you know that our eternal future will be of perfection, holiness and glorious righteousness?

Finally
The Lord is seeking out those who can hear Him, hear His trumpets, hear His angels singing in glory already and can see with spiritual eyes things too wonderful to comprehend.
You can live the life or the lie! You can be led by the Holy Spirit or the spirit of Antichrist.
Get ready – put your faith in the Lord and no faith in the world!

Conclusion by Pastor Gary Boyd
What we are seeing now is spiritual warfare in the heavenlies. The deep state demonic overlords are trying to usher in the tribulation now so they can bring in the man of sin who will lead them to perdition, the one they call the man of peace. Maranatha...........

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