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End Times Bible Study Gordon Borneman

Rev 120528

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Post$Trib Ra"ture is

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orre't) 2595 days after beginning of tribulation

o 1 or 15%51$52 - Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment) in t!e t*in+ling of an eye) at t!e last trum": for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. We see here that there is no one left unchanged or changed previously. All are changed in a single moment. When is that moment? o 1 T!es #%15$1, - or this we say unto you by the word of the !ord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming "#ree$: %arousia &'() * to be near, physically, coming, physical presence+ of the !ord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. or t!e -ord !imself ",ote: -his phrase .the !ord /imself0 is only used once in the ,ew -estament. Why using the emphatic here? Because this is a distinction to ma$e sure that people $now that this is 1esus bodily coming to the earth as opposed to /is indwelling of /is spirit in the first fruits man-child people at the start of the tribulation period+ shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of #od: and the dead in 2hrist shall rise first3 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up "#ree$: /arpa4o 5)6 * to ta$e by force, sei4e, catch up, catch away, pluc$, pull+ in the clouds, to meet the !ord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the !ord. We see from this set of verses that the 7apture occurs at same time of first resurrection at the time of 1esus bodily coming to the earth. -he $ey signs here are the trumpet sounding and the shout. -he allegory of 1ericho has 5 trumpets blow and at the last trump sounded A -87 going around the city 5 times, then they let out a shout. o 1 or 15%22$2. - or as in Adam all die, so also in 2hrist shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: 2hrist the first-fruits "9st - 1esus resurrection+ t!en t!ey t!at are !rist/s "resurrection of 9 -hess ::96-95, 7ev );:(+, at !is 'oming "#ree$: %arousia &'() * to be near, physically, coming, physical presence, bodily coming+. -hen cometh the end "so this is after the 5 year tribulation+, when he shall deliver up the $ingdom to #od "7ev 99:9(+, even the ather3 when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power. or he must reign "in heaven at the right hand of the father - <$ 9):&6, !$ );::):&, Acts ):&(, /eb 9:9&, 9;:9&+, till he hath put all his enemies under his feet. <any verses confirm that /e does not leave bodily that position of seated at the right hand of the ather until all things have been put in submission under /is feet "the saints+ "%s 99;:9, <t )):::, )6:6:, <$ 9):&6, 9::6), !$ );::)-:&, Acts ):&:-&(, 8ph 9:);, /eb 9:9&+. -he simplest discussion is that, as in Isaiah 66:9 says, /eaven is /is throne and the earth is /is footstool. What part of the corporate body of 2hrist is still on the earth? /is feet * we are the feet. -he last enemy t!at s!all be abolis!ed is deat!0 /ow is death defeated e=cept by the resurrection of the dead? We see here that 1esus does not leave /eaven bodily to come to the earth until after all enemies are defeated, including death at the resurrection of the dead. -here are only two resurrections described in 9 2or 9(: ))-)6.

Page 2 of 19 9. 1esus the first fruits ). -he righteous dead at 1esus %arousia, bodily coming at the end of the tribulation. -he resurrection of the righteous dead must be resurrected after the tribulation or the righteous saints who die during the tribulation could never be resurrected since there is no other resurrection of the righteous. >avid himself said in the /oly ?pirit, -he !ord said unto my !ord, ?it thou on my right hand, -ill I ma$e thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. "<$ 9):&6+
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or >avid himself saith in the boo$ of %salms, -he !ord said unto my !ord, ?it thou on my right hand,#1 -ill I ma$e thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. "!$ );::)-:&+ or >avid ascended not into the heavens: but he saith himself, -he !ord said unto my !ord, ?it thou on my right hand, 15 -ill I ma$e thine enemies the footstool of thy feet. "Acts ):&:-&(+ But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, ?it thou on my right hand, -ill I ma$e thine enemies the footstool of thy feet? "/eb 9:9&+
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but he "1esus+, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of #od3 11 henceforth e=pecting "#ree$: e$dechomai 9((9 * awaiting, e=pecting, loo$ing for, waiting for+ till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet. "/eb 9;:9&+ !oo$ at how many times this @uote is repeated throughout the ,ew -estament. -here is an important message about the timing of the !ordAs bodily return here. o Rev0 20%#$5 - ?ouls of those beheaded - first resurrection
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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and Budgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of 1esus, and for the word of #od, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mar$ upon their forehead and upon their hand3 and they lived, and reigned with 2hrist a thousand years. 5 -he rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. -his is the first 2#ree$: %rotos ::9& * foremost "in time, place, order, or importance+, before, beginning, best, chief, first "of all+, former+ resurre'tion 7esurrection "#ree$: Anastasis &C6 * resurrection, rise from the dead, etc.+ "7ev );::-(+ After great martyrdom in second half of tribulation. -his is the resurrection after the tribulation and the foremost resurrection * of a great and vast multitude of saints at once. o 3att!e* 2# * in verse &, the disciples as$ what is the sign of the end of the world "#ree$: Aion 96( * more correctly, age+ "not 5 years before the end+ and of his coming "#ree$: %arousia &'() * to be near, physically, coming, physical presence, bodily coming+. -his is the @uestion that 1esus sets about answering for the remainder of this chapter. -he summary is: 4s 5 * apostasy first, "?ee also <$ 9&:6+ 4s . * war - )nd seal, "?ee also <$ 9&:5+ 4s , * famine - &rd seal. "?ee also <$ 9&:C+

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4s 8 -he says these are the beginning "9st half of tribulation period+ of travail "#ree$: Ddin (6;: * pain, sorrow, throes especially as of childbirth+. "?ee also <$ 9&:C+ 4s 9 * deliver us up to martyrdom and persecution * (th seal. "?ee also <$ 9&:'+ 4s 10 * a great falling away occurs "as in ) -hess )+ * these are those 2hristians reprobated for ta$ing the mar$ of the Beast "described and demonstrated in this document+. 4s 1#- describes the saints preaching the gospel to all nations ") nd half of tribulation as two witness groups are spread out all over the world+. "?ee also <$ 9&:9;+ 4s 15$20 * describe the setting up of the abomination that ma$es desolate "2hristians ta$ing the mar$ of the beast and being reprobated by #od+ "see also <$ 9&:9:-9C+ 4s 21 * great tribulation starts for )nd half of tribulation period. "?ee also <$ 9&:'-9&+ 4s 22 * days shortened for 8lectAs sa$e * they were not raptured out beforehand. ?ee also >an 99:&9-&: where the people who $now their #od in this time do great e=ploits. Who are the elect during the great tribulation
&9 And forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and shall ta$e away the continual burnt-offering, and they shall set up the abomination that ma$eth desolate. "<ar$ of Beast beginning great tribulation+

And such as do wic$edly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries3 but t!e "eo"le t!at +no* t!eir God s!all be strong) and do e5"loits0 And t!ey t!at are *ise among t!e "eo"le s!all instru't many6 yet t!ey s!all fall by t!e s*ord and by flame) by 'a"tivity and by s"oil) many days . ,ow *!en t!ey s!all fall) t!ey s!all be !el"ed *it! a little !el" 3 but many shall Boin themselves unto them with flatteries. * >an 99:&9-&: 9. 3att!e* 2#%2# or there shall arise false 2hrists, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders3 so as to lead astray, if possible, even t!e ele't. <atthew )::)&-)( "in 2onte=t+ <atthew ): "Whole 2hapter+
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3ar+ 11%22 for there shall arise false 2hrists and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, t!e ele't. <ar$ 9&:)9-)& "in 2onte=t+ <ar$ 9& "Whole 2hapter+

1. Matthew 24:22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Matthew 24:21-23 !n "ontext# Matthew 24 $hole "hapter# Mark 13:20 And except the %ord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved& but for

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the elect's sake, who' he chose, he shortened the days. Mark 13:1(-21 !n "ontext# Mark 13 $hole "hapter#
4s 21$2, - describe that 1esus has not come bodily yet at this time "but we see in 9 2or 9(:))-)&, 9 -hess ::96 that the rapture and resurrection occur at the same time at /is bodily arrival * so the resurrection has not yet occurred at this time+. /e is in no one place to go see /im. /e shines forth from /is saints ") -hess 9:9; - glorified I, /is saints+ everywhere. -he lightning from the 8ast to the West is a great description of the 8piphany. 7emember the role of the 8ast in %rov ::9C * -he %ath of the 7ighteous is li$e the rising of the ?un "in your heart+ until the perfect day "when there is no shadow+. 4s 29 * at end of tribulation, which is start of >ay of the !ord, 6 th ?eal 7ev 6:9) - ?un and <oon are dar$ened. -his is a maBor signpost of the end of the tribulation and the start of the ne=t phase. <any verses tal$ about the dar$ening of sun and moon at the start of the >ay of the !ord. Isa 9& describes the >ay of the !ord in, in particular, vs 9; describes the dar$ening of the ?un and <oon. Isa ): is another description of the >ay of the !ord and, in particular, vs )& tal$s about shaming of the sun and the confounding of the moon. 84e$iel &) is yet another description of the >ay of the !ord and, in particular, vs 5 tal$s about the dar$ening of covering of the ?un and the <oon. <ar$ 9&:):, Acts: ):);, and 7ev 6:9) tal$ about the sun and <oon dar$ening after the tribulation and before the >ay of the !ord. -his tells you there is an C th year after the 5 years. -hat Cth year is the >ay of the !ord and is /is wrath upon the unrighteous. 4s 10 * see ?on of <an coming "#ree$: 8rchomeltho );6: * to come or go+ on the clouds of heaven. -his is 1esus bodily return "as in #ree$: %arousia &'() * to be near, physically, coming, physical presence+. "?ee also <$ 9&:)6+ -his is the time described in 9 -hess ::96-95 where the dead in 2hrist rise first and then we are raptured out of here. 4s 11 * gather the elect, literally in the #ree$, .from t!e ends of !eaven to t!e ends of !eaven0. -he same reference in <ar$ 9&:)5 says: /e shall gather together "#ree$: 8pisunago 9''6 * collect in the same place, gather, gather together+ /is elect from the four winds, from t!e uttermost "art of t!e eart! to t!e uttermost "art of !eaven . -his is the moment of the rapture right here in vs &9. When you overlay these two references, it becomes clear that the saints enter /eaven "the place where #od rules+ here on earth or they donAt go there to some far off heaven. -he most important point is that the gathering, ingathering, rapture happens A -87 the tribulation of those days. -here is also an important implication that 8arth and /eaven are not completely separate geography. If you donAt enter /eaven here, you donAt go to /eaven there at the end. o 7os!ua . - 1ericho story - flesh falls after 5 times around on 5th day. E-imesE used as unit of measure for ruling duration of beast. ">an 5:)(, 9):5, 7ev 9):9:+ 8ach .time0 is 9 year. And he shall spea$ words against the <ost /igh, and shall wear out the saints of the <ost /igh3 and he shall thin$ to change the times and the law3 and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time. ">an 5:)(+ And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it s!all be for a time) times) and a !alf3 and when they have made an end of brea$ing in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. ">an 9):5+

Page 5 of 19 And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time) and times) and !alf a time) from the face of the serpent. "7ev 9):9:+ It becomes so clear from the above e=amples that a .time0 is a year when verses are compared. After this, try searching on the words .seven times0 in biblegateway.com to see many other allegories of the process of the !ordAs completion of the saints. o 7udges .%1 8 -he !ord delivered the children of Israel into the hands of the <idianites too$ the /arvest of Israel for 5 years, in the Cth year #ideon "as 1esus in the allegory+ stri$es bac$ avenging them "as in Isa &::C - a year of vengeance for the cause of Fion+. -he whole reason for delivering the Israelites into enemy hands is recorded in the cycle of disobedience, Budgment, and finally deliverance in 1udges ):9;-9'. -his is also a type of the end times where the many of the saints are ta$en into captivity andGor $illed. But in the C th year, the >ay of the !ord "Isa &::C+ #od avenges the blood of the saints. We see this same pattern again in %rov )::96. o %rov )::96 - 96 or a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again3 But the wic$ed are overthrown by calamity. In other words, the people of #od will die for 5 years, and then comes the resurrection and rapture, and then the wic$ed are destroyed in the 9-year >ay of the !ord. o E5odus 12%29)11 - east of Hnleavened Bread last 5 days before leaving 8gypt. In 7ev 99:C, the great city is worldwide Babylon is also called ?odom I 8gypt. ,ow the !ord is delivering the saints out of the world system. o 7ob 1#%12 - sleep and do not rise until /eavens rolled away, not 5 years before. ?o man lieth down and riseth not: Till t!e !eavens be no more, they shall not awa$e, ,or be roused out of their sleep. "1ob 9::9)+
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And I saw when he opened the si5t! seal, and there was a great earth@ua$e3 and t!e sun be'ame bla'+ as sa'+'lot! of !air) and t!e *!ole moon be'ame as blood6 11 and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is sha$en of a great wind "those churchgoers who do not bear the fruit of 1esus are not raptured, nor ever go to heaven, but go into the >ay of the !ord of #odAs wrath+. 1# And t!e !eaven *as removed as a s'roll *!en it is rolled up3 and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. "7ev 6:9)-9:+ But the day of the !ord "after the tribulation, the Cth year+ will come as a thief3 in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the wor$s that are therein shall be burned up. ") %et &:9;+ o 3att 28%1) -u+e 2#%1 * 1esus is raised early on the first day of the wee$ "after the previous 5 day wee$. Alludes to Cth year after the end of the 5-year tribulation period. o Prov 2%21$22) 10%10
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or the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wic$ed shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it. "%rov ):)9-))+ -he righteous shall never be removed3 But the wic$ed shall not dwell in the land. "%rov 9;:&;+

Page . of 19 #odAs way is to remove the Wic$ed, not the 7ighteous -his is also consistent with <att 9&:&;: !et both "wheat and tares+ grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, #ather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them3 but gather the wheat into my barn. "<t 9&:&;+ ,otice that the tares are first gathered to be burned "at the start of the >ay of the !ord+ and then the wheat is gathered into the barn ":; days later+. armers will be the first to tell you how to tell the wheat from the tares. When the harvest is ready, wheat bows over with the weight of the grain "submission to the ather+. -he tares do not bow over since they have no fruitGgrain on them. -his would be similar to the type the Word refers to when #od commands that no one appear before /im empty "8= )&:9(, 8= &::);, >eut 96:96+, but must bear fruit. o 9sa 12 - #od also shows the reaction of the people when they learn that they will go through this time "Isa &):9;+ - tremble and fear. -he vintage failed "the wine which is the blood of 1esus, the !ife of /is flesh is not manifested in /is people ) 2or ::99, !ev 95:99. In #enesis 99:: at the -ower of Babel, the sin of the people was .to ma$e a name0 "nature, character, authority+ and raise it up to the level of #od with a tower that will ascend to heaven. #od has declared already that our human nature is fallen and cursed. We are to ta$e on /is nature, /is name "onoma in the #ree$+. -he %re-trib rapture error has its roots in the tower of Babel * that #od will ta$e us as bro$en and forgiven sinners. At the end of time, Isaiah ::9 tal$s about how the 5 women "churchesGdenominations+ want to eat their own food "word of their #ods+ and wear their own clothes instead of being clothed by #od in white "7ev 9':C * righteous acts of the saints+, but want to be called by 1esus name ",ature, 2haracter, Authority+. ,ot possible.

:b;e'tions to Post$Trib Ra"ture

o <ost of the analyses I have read ma$e arguments about how some events must ta$e place without considering the order of all events in the end times: 9. -he epiphany "#ree$: 8piphaneia );9( * a conspicuous manifestation, appearing, brightness, %haneroo (&9' * appear, manifestly declare, ma$e manifest, shew "self++ in which 1esus clothes himself in human flesh again at the start of the tribulation period. <aBor signpost around the world is the covenant being made. ). After the tribulation, the rapture at the early part of the >ay of the !ord which is the second coming "#ree$: %arousia &'() * to be near, physically, coming, physical presence+. <aBor signpost of the end of the tribulation is the ?un and <oon dar$ening. We are up in /eaven for about 9 year. &. -he return of the !ord with the saints to set up the millennium at the end of the >ay of the !ord, about 9 year later. -hey especially miss the 8piphany at the start of the tribulation which leads to wrong interpretations of the rest of the events. o But *e are not destined for *rat! 21 T!ess 5%9< 9. -he assumption is that the only way for #od to separate us from the wrath is to remove us from the earth, but %s '9: 5-C says that we see the fall of the wic$ed with our own eyes.
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A thousand shall fall at thy side "i.e. youAre still there+, And ten thousand at thy right hand3 But it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Dnly with thine eyes shalt thou behold, And see the reward of the wic$ed. "%s '9:5-C+

Page , of 19 I pray not that thou shouldest ta$e them from the world, but that thou shouldest $eep them from the evil one. "1n 95:9(+ In 1ohn 95, 1esus specifically as$s the ather not that the disciples be ta$en out of the world, but that they be $ept from the evil one "while still in the world+. 9. -he wrath is the Cth year * called the >ay of the !ord. -here are many verses in the word which refer to this >ay of the !ord. =or t!at day is a day of t!e -ord) 7e!ova! of !osts) a day of vengean'e , that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drin$ its fill of their blood3 for the !ord, 1ehovah of hosts, hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river 8uphrates. "1er :6:9;+ And 1ehovah uttereth his voice before his army3 for his camp is very great3 for he is strong that e=ecuteth his word3 for the day of 1ehovah is great and very terrible3 and who can abide it? "1oel ):99+ -he sun shall be turned into dar$ness, And the moon into blood "after the tribulation period+, Before the day of t!e -ord come, -hat great and notable day. "Acts ):);+ -he sun shall be turned into dar$ness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of 1ehovah cometh. "1oel ):&9+ Behold, I will send you 8liBah the prophet before the great and terrible day of 1ehovah come. "<al ::(+
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But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. 2 or yourselves $now perfectly that the day of t!e -ord so 'omet! as a t!ief in t!e nig!t.... # But ye, brethren, are not in dar$ness, that that day should overta$e you as a thief:... 9 or God a""ointed us not into *rat! "that wrath that is in the >ay of the !ord+ , but unto the obtaining of salvation through our !ord 1esus 2hrist, "9 -hess (:9,:,'+ or 1ehovah hath a day of vengean'e, a year of re'om"ense for t!e 'ause of >ion . "Isa &::C+
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Who is this that cometh from 8dom "<al 9:& of 8sau whom #od hated, one who sold his birthright to chase after flesh+, with dyed garments "not white, unrighteous wor$s+ from Bo4rah "means .sheepfold0+? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that spea$ in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments li$e him that treadeth in the winevat? 1 I have trodden the winepress alone3 and of the peoples there was no man with me: yea, I trod them in mine anger, and trampled them in my wrath3 and their lifeblood is sprin$led upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment. # =or t!e day of vengean'e *as in my !eart) and t!e year of my redeemed is 'ome0 5 And I loo$ed, and there was none to help3 and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me3 and my wrath, it upheld me. . And I trod down the peoples in mine anger, and made them drun$ in my *rat!, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth. "Isa 6&:9-6+
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ollow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the !ord: 15 loo$ing carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of #od3 lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled3 1. lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau) *!o for one mess of meat

Page 8 of 19 sold !is o*n birt!rig!t0 1, or ye $now that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was reBected3 for he found no place for a change of mind "repentance+ in his father, though he sought is diligently with tears. "/eb 9):9:-95+ -he !ord is the one who grants repentance: /im did #od e=alt with his right hand to be a %rince and a ?aviour, to give re"entan'e to Israel, and remission of sins. "Acts (:&9+ And when they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified #od, saying, -hen to the #entiles also hath #od granted re"entan'e unto life. "Acts 99:9C+ But, as 8sau found out, there is a time when repentance is no longer granted. 2 Peter 1
9 -his is now, beloved, the second epistle that I write unto you3 and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by putting you in remembrance3 J & $nowing this first, that in the last days moc$ers shall come with moc$ery, wal$ing after their own lusts,

and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from t!e beginning of t!e 'reation. Kthese are those who $now about #odAs creationL or this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by the word of #od3 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 2first *ater) t!en fire< but the heavens that now are, and the eart!) by t!e same *ord !ave been stored u" for fire) being reserved against t!e day of ;udgment and destru'tion of ungodly men .
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-he !ord is not slac$ concerning his promise, as some count slac$ness3 but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of t!e -ord will come as a thief3 in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the wor$s that are therein shall be burned up. ?eeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,
9) loo$ing for and earnestly desiring the 'oming of t!e day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 99 9;

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If we are raptured out of here, why would we be waiting for the coming of the day of #od, the >ay of the !ord? Because we are still here, thatAs why.

Page 9 of 19 1 T!essalonians 5 8 *!y *ait for t!e ?ay of t!e -ord *!en *e are ra"tured , years earlier( But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. ) =or yourselves +no* "erfe'tly t!at t!e day of t!e -ord so 'omet! as a t!ief in t!e nig!t0 & When they are saying, %eace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child3 and they shall in no wise escape.
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But ye, brethren, are not in dar$ness, that that day should overta$e you as a thief: for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of dar$ness3 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. or they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drun$en are drun$en in the night.

But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love3 and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. or #od appointed us not into wrath "connected with >ay of the !ord+, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our !ord 1esus 2hrist "9 -hess (:9-'+. ?o, this passage in 9 -hess (, we see the >ay of the !ord as associated with the wrath of #od and it is a day we should be loo$ing toward. Again, why loo$ toward this day if we are raptured out of here 5 years before this? -he >ay of the !ord is also called the War of the #reat >ay of #od "7ev 96:9:+, and the #reat and -errible >ay of the !ord. -he >ay of the !ord is a year long time of the !ordAs vengeance for the cause of Fion "/eb 9):)), #al ::)(-)6, 7ev )9:) * ?piritual Israel+ a. 1esus read Isa 69:9-)a when /e entered the temple at the start of /is ministry, /e did not read the second part of verse ) which is the day of vengeance which we $now is at /is second coming "%arousia in the #ree$+.
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-he ?pirit of the !ord 1ehovah is upon me3 because 1ehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the mee$3 he hath sent me to bind up the bro$en-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound3 2 to proclaim the year of 1ehovahMs favor, "Isa 69:9-)a+ In 1esus )nd manifestation in the man-child ministry, /e will read Isaiah 69 and the day of vengeance will be included. .and the day of vengeance of our #od3 to comfort all that mourn3 "Isa 69:)b+ b. Dther large sections of verses describing this Cth year * Fech 9:, 84e$iel &C-&', %s 9:', !$ )9:);-)5, 1er (;-(9, 1ude 9:-9( c. 7ev 96:9: is the first battle * 7ev 9':99 is the last battle when 1esus returns with the saints to start <illennium. 7ev 9':99 is also described in 1ude 9:-9(:
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And I saw the heaven opened3 and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called aithful and -rue3 and in righteous he doth Budge and ma$e war. 12 And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems3 and he hath a name written which no one $noweth but he himself. 11 And he is arrayed in a garment sprin$led with blood: and his name is called -he Word of #od. 1# @nd t!e armies

Page 10 of 19 *!i'! are in !eaven follo*ed !im u"on *!ite !orses) 'lot!ed in fine linen) *!ite and "ure0 15 And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of #od, the Almighty. 1. And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, NI,#? D NI,#?, A,> !D7> D !D7>?.
1# And to these also 8noch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, t!e -ord 'ame "note past tense as in Isa :6:9;+ *it! ten t!ousands of !is !oly ones) 15 to e5e'ute ;udgment u"on all) and to 'onvi't all t!e ungodly of all t!eir *or+s of ungodliness *!i'! t!ey !ave ungodly *roug!t) and of all t!e !ard t!ings *!i'! ungodly sinners !ave s"o+en against !im0 "1ude 9:-9(+

&. Where do we see this Cth year alluded to in scripture? a. C is always the fall of the flesh so that there is a spiritual new beginning. b. 2hildren circumcised on the Cth day "!ev 9):&, 7om ):)C-)'+ * fall of flesh c. !ev ': Dn Cth >ay, <oses and Aaron present sin offerings to !ord and #lory of !ord appears to all people. d. !ev 9::9;, 9C !eper cleansed on Cth day * priest ma$es atonement for him by sacrifices "of the Wic$ed+ %rov 99:C - -he righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wic$ed cometh in his stead. %rov )9:9C - -he wic$ed is a ransom for the righteous3 And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright. Isa :&:& - or I am 1ehovah thy #od, the /oly Dne of Israel, thy ?aviour3 I have given 8gypt "parable for world+ as thy ransom, 8thiopia and ?eba in thy stead. e. 1esus #ematria O CCC f. ,oah and 5 others * ") pet ):(+ ,oah was the C th person saved in the first Budgment. g. >avid was the Cth child * 9 ?am 96:9;-9) * spiritual leader as opposed to ?aulAs fleshly leadership. h. !oo$ at all the references to what happens .after seven days0 #en 5:9; * after 5 days, the waters came upon the earth. i. east of -abernacles "!ev )&::;-:), ,ehemiah C:9(-9C+ * ma$e temporary dwelling for seven days out of natural olive "1ews+, wild olive "gentiles * 7om 99+, and other branches in the 5th month "5th millennium+, then tear it down and go to our permanent home "heaven+. -he tabernacle is our physical body ") 2or (:9,:3 ) %et 9:9&-9:+. 1acob was name for physical 1ews, Israel was name given to 1acob "spiritual Israel+. ,um )::( * /ow goodly are thy tents, D 1acob, thy tabernacles, D IsraelP Isaac was weaned in the Cth verse so Isaac no longer re@uires the mil$ of the mother "churches+, and can now follow the !ord wheresoever /e goes. And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. "#en )9:C+

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Page 11 of 19 ,ote: 2onvocation O rehearsal * for what? If all the generations do is rehearse from generation to generation, when is it no longer a rehearsal * what do these things point to?
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!et no man therefore Budge you in meat, or in drin$, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: 1, which are a shadow of the things to come3 but the body is 2hristMs. "2ol ):96-95+ -he original /ebrew word that is translated as EconvocationE is "pronounced+ mik-raw means a called assembly. Another literal meaning of the original /ebrew word is a rehearsal - rehearsal meaning to Ere-hearE what has been taught, but the modern-day accepted meaning of rehearsal, a practice session for a later event is also very appropriate because all of the so-called EDld -estamentE /oly >ays are prophetic in intent "they are not an end or purpose in themselves+, until they are fulfilled, and are then memorials forever thereafter. -he EspringE /oly >ays "%assover, Hnleavened Bread, %entecost - see below+ have been largely fulfilled once "the ?acrifice of the E!amb of #odE and the founding of the 2hristian 2hurch+ and will be again spiritually, while the EautumnE /oly >ays "-he east of -rumpets, -he >ay of Atonement, -he estival of -abernacles and the 8ighth >ay - see below+ signify events awaiting to happen, beginning with the 8piphany, tribulation, and -he 7eturn Df 1esus 2hrist. B. 1oshua 6 * the walls of 1ericho "flesh+ falls after the Israelites complete the 5 times around the city. $. 8=odus * 5 days feasting on the Hnleavened bread "pure word of #od+ and then the Budgment which $ills the first-born of 8gypt "world+ "9 2or 9(::6 - the natural man is the first-born of the world, the spiritual man is the second born+. -he first-born natural man is $illed during the Budgment after the 5 days east of Hnleavened Bread+. !eaven is the ingredient that ma$es the bread palatable to the flesh * tribulation is a feast on the pure word of #od. Beware the leaven of the %harisees "<att 96:(-9), <ar$ C:9:-)9, !u$e 9):9+ * ma$es it more desirable to the flesh * that flesh that is the enemy of #od. Beware the leaven of /erod "<ar$ C:9(+. /uman #overnment issues. o &e are to be +e"t from t!e !our of testing 2Rev 1%10<
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And to t!e angel of t!e '!ur'! in P!iladel"!ia write: -hese things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the $ey of >avid, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth: 8 I $now thy wor$s "behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut+, that thou hast a little power, and didst $eep my word, and didst not deny my name. 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of ?atan, of them that say they are 1ews, and they are not, but do lie3 behold, I will ma$e them to come and worship before thy feet, and to $now that I have loved thee. 10 Because thou didst $eep the word of my patience, 9 also *ill +ee" t!ee from t!e !our of trial) t!at !our *!i'! is to 'ome u"on t!e *!ole *orld, to try them that d*ell u"on t!e eart!. "7ev &:5-9;+ a. -hat was written only to the church of %hiladelphia, 9 of 5 churches. 8ach of us belongs to one of the seven churches, 6 of 5 go into the hour of testing. What does it mean for the 9 of seven to be $ept from the hour of testing? I submit that it means that they are already sealed "8= 9&:96 vs 7ev 9&:96 * <ar$ of the #od on the orehead "in their minds+ and on their hands "in their wor$s+. It does not mean that they will not die or

Page 12 of 19 go through trouble, but that they are sealed to perform the wor$s and preach the word regardless of what happens to them. -heir destiny is sealed. -here is no hesitation, no fear, no an=iety, no compromise. When you understand the epiphany, you understand that these people are corporately 1esus clothed in human form. b. Who are those that .dwell on upon the earth0? -hey are those who have not set their minds on the things above. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. "2ol &:)+ -hou wilt $eep him in "erfe't "ea'e, whose mind is stayed on thee3 because he trusteth in thee "Isa )6:&+ -hose who do these things do not .dwell on the earth0, but #od .raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places, in 2hrist 1esus:0 "8ph ):6+ c. 1ohn 95:9( * 1esus specifically as$s that the disciples not be ta$en out of the world, but that they be $ept from the evil one "while still in the world+. 2learly, #od thin$s we can be $ept from the hour of testing while still in the world. o But 7esus said Ae *ill 'ome at a time *e donBt t!in+ Ae *ill0 &!at about imminen'e( 1esus did say, E-herefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye thin$ not the ?on of man comethE "<atthew ):::)-::+. And sure enough, he is coming at a time when the disciples did not thin$ he would. Acts 9:6-5 says it is not for you, the disciples, to $now the times and the seasons which the ather hath set within his own authority. ?o, the followers of 1esus could not $now then. And further, 1esus constantly stressed vigilance and diligence. If the disciples $new it would be Q9,'C( years later then that sense of imminence would be lost. <ost of the people who tal$ about the imminence assume that this must be the rapture and not the 8piphany. But the word says in -itus ):9&: loo$ing for the blessed !o"e and appearing of the glory of the great #od and our ?aviour 1esus 2hrist30 is not tal$ing about the rapture. It is tal$ing about the appearance of the glory of the !ord in /is first-fruits man-child ministry. When it tal$s about the appearance, manifestation, or revelation of the glory of the !ord "as different from the !ord /imself+, it is tal$ing about the 8piphany at the start of the tribulation period. Hnderneath most of the arguments that the imminence have, underlying their arguments, the hope of the avoidance of suffering. But that is not what the Word teaches should be our priority: Women received their dead by a resurre'tion: and others were tortured, not a''e"ting t!eir deliveran'e6 t!at t!ey mig!t obtain a better resurre'tion "/eb 99:&(+ that I may $now him, and the power of his resurre'tion, and t!e fello*s!i" of !is sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death3 if by any means I may attain unto the resurre'tion from the dead. "%hil &:9;-99+

Page 11 of 19 =or if *e !ave be'ome united *it! !im in t!e li+eness of !is deat!) *e s!all be also in t!e li+eness of !is resurre'tion3 "7om 6:(+ -he imminence has been in place and, if these are the end times, it must be ta$en in conte=t with the following Amos &:5 which says that, .?urely the !ord 1ehovah will do nothing, e=cept he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets0. ?o, if there is a maBor move of #od in these end times, the people will $now beforehand, perhaps not long beforehand, but prior to the event. >an 9):: tal$s about the Boo$ being sealed until the time of the end * then unsealed? ?o additional $nowledge would come out about these things.

1esus tal$ed about the end times being as in the .>ays of ,oah0 "<t )::&5, !$ 95:)6+. -he !ord told ,oah that 5 days "now years this time+, /e would rain upon the 8arth "the >ay of the !ord this time+. ,oah $new before the flood occurred. ?o it will not ta$e 8R87SD,8 by surprise, but certainly the world will be ta$en by surprise. I believe that we will $now when the covenant with the many is made. I show the timing of the rapture being :; days into the >ay of the !ord later in this document. In 9 -hes (:)-: and in ) %et &:9;-99, it tal$s about the >ay of the !ord coming as a thief in the night "$ind of li$e at a time when we $now not of+. ,otice that it is the >ay of the !ord which is primarily seen as coming as a -hief in the ,ight. ,otice that it is when the 8arth and the heavens "atmosphere+ pass away and the elements burned with fervent heat. -his is in the Cth year after the end of the tribulation period. If the destruction of the earth and heavens happened before the tribulation, there would not be a tribulation. -he timing is pretty clear to the saints, but the world will absolutely be ta$en by surprise. 1ust as the people of the world were sha$en by the inancial -urmoil of ?ept );;C, but some $new ahead of time so as not to be sha$en as I showed with the Rertigo sign.

o But Rev 12%5 tal+s about t!e 3an$'!ild being 'aug!t u" to t!e t!rone0 7ev 9):( tal$s about the man-child being caught up to the throne, thatAs true. -his is the event of being given the authority of the thrown. ,otice that in the ne=t verse .they are nourishing the woman in the wilderness right after that. -hey did not stay in heaven As a typeGfigure of this, the morning that <ary <agdalene sees 1esus by the tomb, he instructs her not to touch him for he has not yet ascended to the ather. !ater that night, he appears to the disciples and as$s them to touch his hands, feet, and side. In the same day, 1esus went to the father and bac$. ,ote also that the first-fruits "the man-child is the first-fruits+ feast is a wave offering. -he sheaves go up in the air and come right bac$ down. 1oshua (:9&-6:( * 1oshua meets pre-incarnate 2hrist before /e ta$es 1ericho and is given authority and instructions on how to defeat 1ericho "the flesh in tribulation+.
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And it came to pass, when 1oshua was by 1ericho, that he lifted up his eyes and loo$ed, and, behold, t!ere stood a man over against !im *it! !is s*ord dra*n in !is !and: and 1oshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 5%1# And he said, ,ay3 but as "rin'e of t!e !ost of 7e!ova! am 9 no* 'ome. And 1oshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him,

Page 1# of 19 What saith my lord unto his servant? 5%15 And t!e "rin'e of 7e!ova!/s !ost said unto 1oshua, %ut off thy shoe from off thy foot3 for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And 1oshua did so. .%1 ,ow 1ericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. .%2 And 7e!ova! said unto 7os!ua, ?ee, I have given into thy hand 1ericho, and the $ing thereof, and the mighty men of valor. .%1 And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. -hus shalt thou do si= days. .%# And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of ramsM horns before the ar$: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. .%5 And it shall be, that, when they ma$e a long blast with the ramMs horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout3 and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him. "1os (:9&-6:(+ Sou see here that 1oshua received from the !ord the instructions on how to defeat 1ericho "the flesh+ as he is before the !ord. -hen 1oshua leads the Israelites according to the instructions given.
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8=odus & * <oses meets the !ord at the burning bush and given the authority and instructions on how to deliver the Israelites "2hristians+ from 8gypt "world+. 8=odus )(:)9-)) * <oses communing with #od at the mercy-seat And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ar$3 and in the ar$ thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ar$ of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. "8= )(:)9-))+ #od instructed <oses that /e will meet and commune with <oses above the mercy-seat which is between the two cherubim upon the ar$ of the covenant and there #od will give <oses commands for the children of Israel. In the ,ew -estament, /ebrews says: -et us t!erefore dra* near with boldness unto t!e t!rone of gra'e) t!at *e may re'eive mer'y) and may find grace to help us in time of need. "/eb ::96+.

1ohn (:9' * 1esus on earth physically but spiritually before the throne. 1esus therefore answered and said unto them, Rerily, verily, I say unto you, -he ?on can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth "present tense while 1esus is bodily on 8arth+ the ather doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the ?on also doeth in li$e manner. "1n (:9'+

Bodily, 1esus was on 8arth, but in the ?pirit /e was before the throne. #od also made us to be seated with 2hrist in the /eavenly places "8ph ):6+.

o But) 2 T!ess 2%1$12 tal+s about t!e restrainer being removed before t!e revealing of t!e la*less one) man of sin) son of "erdition 2anti'!rist<0 let no man beguile you in any wise: for it will not be, e=cept the falling away come first "from people ta$ing the <ar$ of the beast and are reprobated+, and the man of sin be revealed "#ree$: Apo$alupto 6;9 * to ta$e off the cover "as in covered by the blood of the !amb+, disclose, reveal+, the son of perdition "1udas was the original ?on of %erdition+, he that opposeth and e=alteth himself against all that is called #od or that is worshipped3 so that he sitteth in the temple of #od, setting himself forth as #od. 5 7emember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told

Page 15 of 19 you these things? . And now ye $now that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. , or the mystery of lawlessness doth already wor$: only there is one that restraineth "the /oly ?pirit - #al (:95+ now, until he be ta$en out of the way. 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one "a corporate evil one - 9 1ohn (:9'+, whom the !ord 1esus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming3 9 even he, whose coming is according to the wor$ing of ?atan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish3 because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause #od sendeth them a wor$ing of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be Budged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. ") -hess ):&-9)+ -hese verses describe a man who let his old man live, the mind of the flesh that is an enemy of #od. -hat old man rose up and $illed the new spiritual man in the person. -he type of this is when the Israelites too$ the promised land "our soul is the land in /eb 6+, they were ordered to $ill everyone in their path. And, when they disobeyed, they were plagued and attac$ed by the people whom they had allowed to live. %eople assume that the only way for the /oly ?pirit to be removed is through the rapture. -hese are the same fol$s who say .once saved, always saved0. -he restrainer is the /oly ?pirit here and it is #od /imself who removes /is /oly ?pirit from the person. ?o because thou art lu$ewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. "7ev &:96+
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Well3 by their unbelief they were bro$en off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21 for if #od spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee. "7om 99:);-)9+ but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, 9 myself s!ould be re;e'ted. "9 2or ':)5+ And even now the a=e also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. "!$ &:'+ -a$e heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living #od: "/eb &:9)+ And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer dar$ness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. "<t )(:&;+ -hese are they who are hidden roc$s in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves3 clouds without water, carried along by winds3 autumn leaves *it!out fruit, t*i'e dead (spiritually dead, then made alive by turning to Christ, then dying again), "lu'+ed u" by t!e roots3 "1ude 9)+ -ry your own selves, whether ye are in the faith3 prove your own selves. Dr $now ye not as to your own selves, that 1esus 2hrist is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate "#ree$: ado$imos '6 * reBected, unapproved, cast away+. ") 2or 9&:(+ It is the corporate body of the ?on of %erdition who ta$es the mar$ of the beast and reveals the lawless one, son of perdition, man of sin all within that person.

Page 1. of 19 !ittle children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now !ave t!ere arisen many anti'!rists3 whereby we $now that it is the last hour. "9 1n ):9C+ -he ?pirit of #od comes "present tense+ in the flesh * in your flesh * as a believer.
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/ereby $now ye the ?pirit of #od: every spirit that confesseth that 1esus 2hrist is come "present tense in their flesh+ in the flesh is of #od: 1 and every spirit that confesseth not 1esus is not of #od: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh3 and now it is in the world already. "9 1n ::)-&+
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I have been crucified with 2hrist3 and it is no longer I that live, but 2hrist living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the ?on of #od, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. "#al ):);+ But, there are many verses that reveal that there are those who are not of 2hrist who wal$ and worship among the believers for a while. -hese are the 1udasAs, whose names are not in the boo$ of life from the foundation of the world. 1ohn 6:66 "as in 666+ - Hpon this many of !is dis'i"les *ent ba'+) and *al+ed no more *it! !im. -hey went out from us, but they were not of us3 for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest "#ree$: %haneroo (&9' * appear, manifestly declare, ma$e manifest, shew "self++ that they all are not of us. "9 1ohn ):9'+ -he 7estrainer is the /oly ?pirit. or the flesh lusteth against the ?pirit, and the S"irit against t!e fles!6 for t!ese are 'ontrary t!e one to t!e ot!er6 t!at ye may not do t!e t!ings t!at ye *ould "as in restrain you+. "#al (:95+ But, you say, 1ohn 9;:)6-&;, says that no one can snatch the sheep out of the atherAs hand.
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But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep. 2, <y sheep hear my voice, and I $now them, and they follow me: 28 and 9 give unto t!em eternal life6 and t!ey s!all never "eris!) and no one s!all snat'! t!em out of my !and. 29 <y ather, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all3 and no one is able to snatch them out of the atherMs hand. 10 I and the ather are one. But, the ,ew -estament tal$s about we being sealed unto the >ay of 7edemption so how can we get unsealed? And grieve not the /oly ?pirit of #od, in whom ye were sealed "#ree$: sphragi4o :'5) * to stamp for security or preservation+ unto the day of redemption. "8ph ::&;+
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#od, having of old time spo$en unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners, 2 hath at the end of these days spo$en unto us in his ?on, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds3 1 who being the effulgence of his glory, and t!e very image "#ree$: charagma (:C9 * engraving, character, the figure stamped, an e=act copy or

Page 1, of 19 representation, li$e a typewriter $ey+ of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the <aBesty on high3 # having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more e=cellent name "#ree$: onoma * nature, character, authority+ than they. "/eb 9:9-:+ ?o, the seal is the believer ta$ing on the image, nature, character, and authority of 1esus. If the churchgoer does not do that, he is not sealed. #od will /imself spew out those who prove not to be /is sheep "7ev ):96, ))-)&, 7ev &:96 * /e himself will spew the lu$ewarm out of /is mouth+ "there are many verses that refer to being reprobated, being reBected "see section on once saved, always saved. 7epent therefore3 or else I come to thee @uic$ly, and I will ma$e war against them with the sword of my mouth. "7ev ):96+
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And I gave her time that she should repent3 and she willeth not to repent of her fornication. 22 Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, e=cept they repent of her wor$s. 21 And I will $ill her children with death3 and all the churches shall $now that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your wor$s. "7ev ):)9-)&+
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I $now thy wor$s, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 1. ?o because thou art lu$ewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. "7ev &:9(-96+ Who is the original son of perdition. In 1n 95:9) * it was 1udas:
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While I was with them, I $ept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition3 that the scripture might be fulfilled. "1n 95:9)+ 1udas who followed the !ord but turned on the !ord and 1esus describes 1udas as lost. -he son of perdition now is a group of people in the church who thought they wal$ed or did wal$ with 1esus, but ta$e the mar$ of the beast and are lost as #od withdraws /is /oly ?pirit from them. ,otice in the above verse that 1esus says /e only lost 1udas in all /is ministry, even though 1ohn 66:6 tal$s about many disciples who wal$ed with 1esus no longer. -he accounting in 1ohn 95 demonstrates that 1esus never considered those many disciples to be with /im in the first place "since /e did not lose them+. But, you say, it tal$s about a singular man, not multiple people. At the highest level of abstraction, there are only two corporate men in the world in the spiritual realm: o ye all are one man in !rist 7esus

-here can be neither 1ew nor #ree$, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female3 for ye all are one man in 2hrist 1esus. "#al &:)C+ o ,umber of a man, a corporate man * 9 1ohn (:9' * whole world lies in evil one. We $now that we are of #od, and the whole world lieth in the evil one. "9 1n (:9'+

Page 18 of 19 o But t!e '!ur'! is not mentioned during t!e end times Revelation verses at all0 9t mentions t!e saints only0 T!e '!ur'! must be ra"tured before!and0 -his is true and points to one of the causes of the church to go through the purification of the tribulation. ?aint means .sanctified one0 and sanctified means .set apart unto #od0. %art of the problem with the church now is that it is so intertwined with the world and worldly ways. It is not sanctified. We buy and sell, merchandise boo$s and people, and run churches li$e companies with megapastors as 28Ds or megachurches. #od is going to use the Budgments on the world to separate the believers from the world. -he world will need to let go of the church and the church needs to let go of the world. Dnce separated, the Budgments fall on the world, not on the now called saints since they are set apart. ,otice that in 8=odus, when the 9; Budgments fell on both the 8gyptians and the Israelites, the first & Budgments fell on both the Israelites and the 8gyptians, but the last Budgments did not fall on #oshen, but only on the rest of 8gypt. ,ow that the Israelites were separated out unto #od, there was no more Budgment on them "8=odus C:))-)& is the point where #od separates them by telling <oses there will be no flies in #oshen * you would move too, right? And I will set apart in that day the land of #oshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there3 to the end thou mayest $now that I am 1ehovah in the midst of the earth.21 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be. "8= C:))-)&+ -his is the point of sanctification from 8gypt. ?ee Also, 8= '::,)6, ) 2or 6:9:-9C, 7ev 9):6, 7ev 9C::+ -he easy part for #od in the 8=odus was getting the Israelites out of 8gypt. -he hard part was getting 8gypt and its ways out of the Israelites. Dur point of separation is going into the Wilderness on 7ev 9):6 to be nourished by the man-child ministry for 9)6; days. o But) t!ere are t!e 2# elders before t!e t!rone in Rev #%5) 5%1# captive. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men. "8ph ::C+ -hose faithful 1ews who accepted the #ospel when 1esus descended into ?heol, /e too$ to /eaven at that time. In addition, there have been martyrs all through the church age. o T!ere is 'learly a 'oming of !rist for !is bride before t!e se'ond 'oming to eart!0 Rev 19%,$100 Ses, the ancient /ebrew wedding ceremony is the pattern here. -he groom "1esus+ comes to the BrideAs home "at 8piphany+ and spends the wee$ there for the <arriage east "not marriage supper+. -hen after the 5 days "years+, the Bride, #room, Rirgins, friends of the groom all have a parade "rapture+ to the grooms home "/eaven+ and participate in the <arriage ?upper of the !amb "not the <arriage east+. -here is distinction between the wee$ long <arriage east of the !amb on 8arth and the <arriage ?upper of the !amb during the marriage "#ree$: gamos 9;6) * marriage, wedding+ which occurs in /eaven during the 9-year >ay of the !ord. -rue, in 8phesians ::C, it says when 1esus ascended on high, led captivity
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o But) 7esus tal+s about a "eo"le *!o es'a"e all t!ese t!ings in t!e gos"els0

Page 19 of 19 !u$e )9:&6 - But watch ye at every season, ma$ing supplication, that ye may prevail to es'a"e "#ree$: 8$pheugo 96)C * escape, flee out of - derived from pheugo (&:&+ all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the ?on of man. -he #ree$ word 8$pheugo is not about being caught up, but fleeing out of. In the boo$ of Acts, no disciple was caught away from persecution, but was given permission by 1esus in <t 9;:)& "flee * #ree$: %heugo (&:& * run away, vanish, escape, flee+ to flee from one city to the ne=t. -hat #ree$ word %heugo is the same word that 1esus uses in <t )::96, <$ 9&:9:, !$ )9:)9 for fleeing to the mountains when we see the abomination that ma$eth desolate. 1ust as !ot was warned before the destruction of ?odom, and 1oseph and <ary were warned by an Angel to flee into 8gypt, In other words, if the saint does not need a trial by captivity or persecution, #od will warn those saints to flee before it happens. If the trial is needed for the persons holiness and purity, #od will Bust let the person go through it. /e says, in 7ev 9&:9;, that if any man is for captivity, into captivity he goes. #od will do what is needed to bring holiness and purity to each of the saints.