Discerning God’s Prophetic Word

I don’t know why any Christian would willingly want to stick around for the Great Tribulation? Unless it is because of guilt and feeling unworthy. And if we have truly accepted Yeshua as our Savior and exchanged our sin and shame for His righteousness then there is no reason to be guilty or feel unworthy. The Bible clearly teaches a pre-trib rapture. Covid opened my eyes. I left my physical church I had been attending as they NEVER even spoke of the Rapture in all my time there. How can a Pastor lead anyone anywhere without the Rapture in these evil days? As always, thank you for your sound teaching and powerful exhortations.

After reading and listening to an audio version of the Book of Revelation hundreds of times, I find Chapters 12-14 extremely interesting regarding the harvesting (snatching away) of those who truly love the Lord. In Chapter 12, Satan and his army are removed from the heavenlies by Archangel Michael and the Heavenly army and are cast down to the earth. The heavenlies are cheering that they have finally been removed, but warns those on the earth of Satan’s wrath (most likely there is no restrain on him anymore) for he goes after the woman (Israel) by spewing water out of his mouth to drown her but the ground opens up to swallow the water to save her. He then goes after her offspring (those Jews who believe in Jesus, 144,000 with the Hebrew letter tav or mark/sign/seal on their foreheads), but he cannot touch them. Then he, Antichrist now with his spirit, goes after those great tribulation saints who refuse to worship the image of the beast nor takes his mark on their foreheads or hands. Who are these great tribulation saints? Well, the entire Book of Revelation is a warning Jesus gives to the churches. He highlights seven to encompass His Body of Believers during the Tribulation period. Five out of the seven He instructs to be overcomers otherwise He will remove their lampstand or blot their names out of the Lambs Book of Life. Two (Philadelphia & Smyrna) of the seven churches, He instructs to hold on for He knows their long sufferings and weariness. At the end of Revelation Chapter 14, Jesus comes down seated on a white cloud at the Mount of Olives wearing a single crown and holding a sickle in His hand. He is told to reap the entire earth (who would He be snatching away this last hour but the Philadelphia Church and overcomers?). Within these three Chapters (Rev. 12-14), those on the earth are told that all who choose to follow Jesus from that point onward (a new demarcation) and who are martyred will remain sleeping/resting until the last tribulation saint is counted. They are given white robes to rest in. This is the Smyrna Church. The Smyrna Church is told they will be in the First Resurrection of the church and whoever is still alive will be taken up after them (possibly the 144,000 Jewish believers). That would mean when the last martyr is counted at the end of the Great Tribulation period then the First Resurrection occurs. There is so much information given in these three Chapters to meditate on and pray about. The entire Book of Revelation warns the Body of Jesus to be ready for His coming, to be about His business which is to proclaim to the world that there is a Savior Named Jesus (Yeshua)!

Personally, I want to be ready for His return at any moment. I don’t know when I will take my last breath, so I want to be doing His work as part of His Body until it’s my time to go home. Scripture says that we only know in part now, but later we will know in full. So true!