Posted on 09/02/2023 4:56:22 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
I constantly receive e-mails from readers who want me to give them my opinion on how close we are to the Rapture.
Some keep rephrasing the question and asking again and again.
Some say, “I know you don’t know the day or the hour, but will it be in the next few weeks, before the end of this year, what do you think, etc.?”
Many readers have been expecting the Rapture to happen for several years, but it has not happened, and they want to know, “How much longer will we have to wait?”
One reader recently wrote this:
I thought for sure the Rapture was going to happen during the Obama administration, then I thought for sure it was happening during Covid. I see things like AI, cashless society coming, LGBTQ and Trans. I see people who just don’t care anything about God or morals. I mean, we have to be on the cusp of this happening sometime soon, right? I’m not asking for a date; my question is, always, is there any chance we’re just wrong? Or seeing what we want to see?
This reader has gone from expecting the Rapture to happen anytime to wondering if it might still be a long time or if we could be misunderstanding the Bible.
I totally understand.
I have been expecting the Rapture to happen anytime for a long time myself.
Having said this, I want to speculate for just a minute, and hopefully, it will be helpful to some who are wondering about how long it will be.
I believe:
The Rapture will happen before the Tribulation Period begins (often called the Pre-Trib Rapture).
The Mark of the Beast (a global ID, cashless society, forcing everyone to take the name, number, or Mark of the Antichrist) will begin at the middle of the Tribulation Period.
The Tribulation Period will last for seven years (2,520 days) on the Jewish calendar.
If I am correct about these three beliefs, it means the Rapture will take place a minimum of three and one-half years before the Mark of the Beast (global ID, cashless society, forcing people to take the Mark, etc.) and perhaps more than that (because there could be a gap between the Rapture and the Tribulation Period).
The globalists’ goal is to establish a world government by 2030 or sooner.
If their world government begins in 2030, the Rapture would be between now and 2030.
If they intend to have a global ID, a cashless society, force everyone to take the Mark, etc., by 2030, the Rapture would be in 2026 or sooner (and if there is a gap between the Rapture and the Tribulation Period, the Rapture could be very soon).
If the Battle of Gog and Magog were to take place soon, it would accelerate the development of world government (and, therefore, accelerate the Rapture).
It may not happen, but a breakthrough in the peace negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia might speed up the seven-year covenant with many (and, therefore, accelerate the Rapture).
Anyway, as I said, I am speculating.
Obviously, I could be wrong, but I do not think so, and I hope that my speculation helps those who are getting concerned because the Rapture has not happened.
God is in control; the Rapture will happen when He wants it to happen, and it will come upon the earth like a snare (catch multitudes by surprise), so be ready and stay ready.
Here are some signs that seem to indicate that we are getting close:
One, concerning pestilence and persecution: on Aug. 23, 2023, it was reported that the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Anthony Fauci, expressed his support for another global lockdown and the punishment of those who refuse to be vaccinated.
(More: I have seen several reports that say White House staffers have leaked reports that Biden is planning to declare another pandemic and order a few people (airline employees, passengers, etc.) to start wearing face masks as soon as Sept. or Oct. Then, starting in Dec., he hopes to order a full-scale lockdown, try to force vaccinations on everyone again, and require everyone to wear face masks. Some reports say there is no pandemic, but the Biden administration is already signing contracts, buying equipment, and hiring people to push pandemic protocols on the American public for the next several years.)
(More: On Aug. 24, 2023, it was reported that a new type of Covid-19 booster shots could be available by mid-Sept.)
(More: On Aug. 25, 2023, Pres. Biden told a group of reporters, “People should plan to receive another Covid-19 booster shot in response to a new rising variant.” It was also reported that Biden said, “I signed off this morning on a proposal to present to the Congress requests for additional funding for a new vaccine.”)
(More: On Aug. 26, 2023, it was reported that Riverton, Utah Mayor Trent Staggs said he will not enforce a repeat of the Covid protocols. He believes citizens should be allowed to make their own decisions about getting jabbed, locking down, wearing a mask, etc.)
(More: I have also seen one report by a Fact Check group that said most of the things reported above are false. It is an established fact that Biden lies, Biden gets confused, deceit is rampant, and it is hard to know what to believe. I find it more difficult by the day to believe everything he says and even what some Fact Check groups say. Biden said he “tentatively” plans to recommend another round of jabs, and that may be where the problem is. “Tentatively” could mean likely but not definitely. Nevertheless, there is a problem: Why has he already signed contracts if he is unsure about what he intends to do?)
Two, concerning deceit and pandemics: on Aug. 17, 2023, the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. said (as I understand it):
The U.S. is conducting illegal research on biological agents that can be used to manage artificial pandemics.
The U.S. has established labs all over the world to carry out this illegal research under the guise of “epidemiological monitoring.”
The U.S. is seeking ways to create crises that can be used to advance their interests. According to the article, in March of this year, Russia said the U.S. had built labs and was doing biological research in Ukraine, but the U.S. quickly dismissed it as Russian propaganda.
Since that time, the U.S. has admitted that it was supporting more than 40 labs in Ukraine that were working on worthy causes.
It makes me wonder, if the U.S. government was deceiving us in March, could they be deceiving us now?
Is Russia telling the truth when it accuses the U.S. of working on biological agents that can be used to manage “artificial pandemics?”
Three, concerning the return of Jews to the Promised Land at the end of the age: on Aug. 17, 2023, it was reported that about 75,000 Jews immigrated to Israel in 2022, another 34,530 immigrated during the first six months of 2023, and there are about 60,000 in Russia that want to immigrate, but Russia will only allow 2,500 to leave each month.
Four, Jesus revealed that there will be Jews in Judaea at the middle of the Tribulation Period (Matt. 24:16).
On Aug. 23, 2023, after a year of working on it, a group of architects, engineers, and others presented a plan to Israeli Prime Min. Netanyahu for the construction of cities, industrial parks, a hospital, a railroad, and an airport to boost the Jewish population of Judaea and Samaria to one million people.
Five, the Bible teaches that Jerusalem will be expanded and be a cup of trembling and a burdensome stone for the entire world at the end of the age (Zech. 1:16-17; 12:1-3).
On Aug. 20, 2023, Israel approved a plan to spend the equivalent of $840 million on improvements and expansion in East Jerusalem over the next five years.
The Palestinians claim East Jerusalem; they want it to be the capital of their desired Palestinian state; the Temple Mount is there, and more, but Israel is now going to grow the area, make it more secure, and strengthen her sovereignty over it.
Six, concerning the Antichrist’s confirmation of a worthless seven-year covenant with many for peace in the Middle East: last week, I reported that UN Sec. Gen. Guterres has scheduled a meeting for Sept. 18-19 to push world leaders to commit to “seven years of accelerated, sustained, and transformative action, both nationally and internationally, to deliver on the promise of the SDGs” (Sustainable Development Goals that are in essence the creation of a world government).
I also noted that the Biden administration wants to conclude a deal by March 2024 (or at least in the next 9-12 months) to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel (something that they think will lead to peace and safety in the Middle East).
Now for the latest.
Following three recent visits by U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 23, 2023, an unidentified senior Israeli official said on the condition of anonymity:
Progress has been made in discussions between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, and an agreement could be reached as “early as next year.”
“We’re talking about a peace agreement between Saudi Arabia and Israel next year, likely early next year.”
“We’re navigating this diplomatically, and there’s still ground to cover. We’re in talks with both the Saudis and Israelis.”
Concerning the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, the talks have been mostly about the safety of Saudi Arabia (the U.S. protecting Saudi Arabia from Iran, the U.S. sending weapons to Saudi Arabia, helping the Saudis build a nuclear reactor, etc.).
Concerning the Palestinians and the demands that are being placed on Israel: Ron Dermer, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister, said the talks have been mostly about the U.S. and Saudi Arabia giving economic aid to the Palestinians, not about Jewish settlement construction or halts in Jewish settlement construction.
Understand that a UN agreement to establish a world government in seven years, a likely agreement to establish peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and protection (safety) for the Saudis against Iran in early 2024 are extremely big events in Bible prophecy.
(More: On Aug. 27, 2023, it was reported that the U.S. has advised Israel that it will have to make major concessions to the Palestinians for a deal to succeed.)
Seven, concerning the decline of America and an economic collapse: on Aug. 25, 2025, it was reported that the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) will be joined by Saudi Arabia, Iran, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) effective Jan. 1, 2024.
Officials expected the BRICS nations to control 60% of the world’s oil.
The addition of these other six nations on Jan. 1, 2024, will give the group control of 80% of the world’s oil.
Biden’s decision to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline, suspend new oil and gas drilling permits, sell about 75% of America’s strategic oil reserves, etc., has now left the U.S. in a bad position.
It may take a while, but some officials say the price of oil will drastically increase, and that will drive up the price of everything average U.S. citizens buy.
(FYI: Russia and Iran are riding high right now, but they will be brought down, and BRICS will be weakened when the Battle of Gog and Magog takes place.)
Eight, it has recently been reported that the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are calling for a global digital ID and a global digital currency system that uses trackable Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).
We have even been told that these could soon become a reality.
Leo Hohmann, a very highly respected researcher and writer, put it like this:
Digital ID + CBDC = Total control/tracking of all human activity.
Hohmann added, “Once these two totalitarian tools are in place, there will be no turning back.”
As I understand it, he was saying (and I agree with him) the system that will lead to the Mark of the Beast will be in place, and it will be unstoppable.
Nine, concerning the decline of America: on Aug. 22, 2023, it was reported that the Biben administration has opened 114 gates in Trump’s border wall and welded them open so they cannot be closed by border control agents.
(More: On Aug. 28, 2023, it was reported that the DHS has spent $770 million to facilitate illegal immigration.)
FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6).
Finally, are you Rapture Ready?
If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.
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Homo Sapiens keeps making the same errors over and over again...
Yawn.
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Yep, those who think Trump is going to win in 2024 will absolutely make that error.
The Rapture comes every day, for millions around the world. To many, it happens unexpectedly. For others, illness prepares them for it.
We will all get to the ‘Rapture’, and it won’t be biblical.
You mock God with that post.
Jesus Himself said there would be a Rapture.
John 14:3-4
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Maybe you’re calling Jesus a liar?
I don’t believe in the pre-tribulation rapture. That said, if there is one, I am all aboard. Many say Christians will not suffer God’s wrath, wrath and tribulations are different. Paul, John, Peter, and many, many Christians have suffered tribulations.
The saints that judge with Jesus during the 1000 year reign come out of the tribulation.
Revelation 20:4 NASBS
Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Jesus told us:
Matthew 24:21-22 NASBS
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. [22] Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
Jesus also said:
Matthew 24:9-10 NASBS
“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. [10] At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
I am also aware of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, but many stop and don’t include 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 are the verses that many base their belief in the rapture. Reading 5:1-6 sheds some light on 4:13-18.
Here’s my position. If I expect to go through trials and even though the tribulation and there is a rapture and I don’t have to go through the tribulation, no harm.
On the other hand, if someone believes they will not have to go through the tribulation because they expect the rapture and find themselves in the middle of the tribulation, they may fall away. They may become those Jesus spoke of:
Matthew 24:10 NASBS
At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
I pray that all come to faith in Jesus and stay true to that faith that their names are not erased.
Revelation 3:5 NASBS
He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
We must remember, there are those that will fall by the wayside. The Bible says so. It even says:
Proverbs 16:4 NASBS
The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil.
“… readers who want me to give them my opinion on how close we are to the Rapture…”
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Maybe in 100,000 years…. maybe 100 minutes from now. Anyone who claims to know is full of it.
I hope it’s soon.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 KJV Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.
Just wondering. Your Duck Boy writes a lot of great articles, this is not one of them.
You believe what you want bro.
We gird our loins and prepare for whatever may happen day in and day out. But Jesus and the Holy Spirit do not lie.
I’ve studied this for over 30 years. In Matthew 24, Jesus is not addressing the audience you think He is.
You quote Revelation 3:5, but conveniently leave out Revelation 3:10.
Here it is:
Since 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
We are not the “Earth Dwellers” that Revelation describes over 11 times. That’s a dead giveaway. But again, you can believe what you want.
I post these articles to give Hope to those who Long to Live with the Lord. Thankfully, there are many here on Free Republic who confess just that. I know I will see them all soon at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb.
The End of Times, both universal and personal, will not be a time of our choosing.
What is your definition of “Falling Away”?
You seem angry...
First, what in the world is the NASBS?
You ignore all the scriptural evidence FOR the Rapture of the Church, plus all of the typology found in the scriptures.
HAHA Nice try. It’s the Bible, look it up. I wrote Thessalonians? Keep the sky falling....
Many are currently speculating that the UN meeting to get the nations to confirm a 7 year commitment to an accelerated implementation of the SDGs for 2030, Scheduled for Sept 18-19 this month (also ending the current Jubilee year) IS Actually the “covenant with many” referred to in Daniel 9:27.
The closer we get to that date, the harder it is for me to agree with that speculation.. because a lot would have to happen for the AC to come onto the scene... but it’s still feasible and possible.
We will see in the next week or 2.... But I would expect things to break out into full war between Israel and Iran in the VERY NEAR future, and/or the complete destruction of Damascus overnight
There is already no turning back, short of extra-human intervention.
Oh I see, so you come here with your hit and run tactics and run off.
You’re not worthy of responding to anymore.
Shameful behavior for a supposed “christian”.
NASB=New American Standard Bible.
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