20/08/2023
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π΄There are so many people out there who have not heard about the rapture of the Church. Some have been Christians for a very long time but haven't been adequately and accurately taught on the rapture of the Church.
π΄Some don't know what to believe.
π΄WELL, THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH IS REAL!
π΄Actually, you don't find the word "rapture", in the generic rendering in the scriptures.
βThat it is not there generically doesn't mean it's not in the scriptures!
π΄There are deep truths and realities in the word of God that only the Holy Spirit can lead you into. For example, the disciples of Jesus at his day had no knowledge about the gentiles coming into Christ. Also, there are alot of things that Jesus didn't talk about. He said, "when the spirit of truth is come, he will lead you into all truth. Jesus also said, there are things I cannot tell you now because you cannot bear them". Jesus said, "I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail" and they taught it was going to be a Jewish Church.
At one other time, Peter was led up by the Holy Spirit to the house of a Roman centurion and the other Jewish apostles were mad at Peter. He had to explain to them how that the Holy spirit bid him to go.
π΄WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH?
1 CORINTHIANS 15: 52
[52]in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
π΄A day is coming we will be changed. It will happen so fast. That's why you must live your life preparing for that day.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:16 - 17
[16]For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
[17] Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
π΄βCaught up.β It is synonymous with βsn**ching awayβ. THAT'S THE WORD USED FOR RAPTURE.
βSo, no matter where you are, the power of God will sn**ch you away. Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!
π΄When is this going to take place?.........
Anytime!. Anytime soon. It's closer than it had ever been.
π΄The evidence from the scripture is evidently clear.
π΄When we are caught up from this world, who will be taken away???
π΄Those who will be raptured are all those who are in Christ Jesus, who are alive and remain.
JOHN 15:1 - 8
[1]βI am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
[2]Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
[3]You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
[4]Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
[5]βI am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
[6]If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
[7]If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
[8]By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
π΄The rapture of the church is only for every branch that remains in the vine because every branch that beareth no fruits the father cuttest away.
βYou must abide in Christ.
WHAT IS THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB?
WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE?
π΄As you study the book of Revelations, the discussion of the church is in chapters 2 and 3.
βThat's because, everything that happens from Chapter 4 towards the end of Revelations, the church is in Heaven.
π΄The book of Revelations talks about the church in chapters 2 and 3.
The Chapters that follow are not about the Church because at this time the Church is in heaven.
βThe church has been raptured. The Church is not here.
π΄Chapter 5 talks about the preparation of the son of perdition. HOW THAT HE SIGNS A TREATY WITH THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH BUT ALONG THE LINE, HE BREAKS HIS WORD AND REVEALS HIS TRUE SELF AND COMMANDS THE NATIONS TO WORSHIP HIM.
π΄Chapter 6 talks about what happens in the world. Remember, the Church has already been taken away.
π΄There will be a great tribulation that will happen and the church will not be part of it. Because we are in Heaven already.
LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING IN REVELATIONS 19
REVEALATIONS 19:1 - 10
[1]After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, βAlleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
[2]For true and righteous are His judgements, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.β
π΄Mystery Babylon is the mother of harlots.(I'll talk about that another day)
[3] Again they said, βAlleluia! Her smoke rises up forever and ever!β
π΄As the church worship God in heaven, her smoke from the earth. People are still in the earth.
[4] And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sat on the throne, saying, βAmen! Alleluia!β
π΄The 24 elders probably could refer to the 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 apostles of Christ.
[5]Then a voice came from the throne, saying, βPraise our God, all you His servants and those who fear Him, both small and great!β
[6]And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, βAlleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
[7]Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.β
[8]And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
π΄The fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
[9]Then he said to me, βWrite: βBlessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!β β And he said to me, βThese are the true sayings of God.β
[10]And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, βSee that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.β
MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB?
WHO IS THE BRIDE?
π΄To know the bride of the lamb(who is Christ Jesus), go to Revelations 21.
REVELATIONS 21:9 - 10
[9]Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, βCome, I will show you the bride, the Lambβs wife.β
[10]And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
π΄So, the Church is not the bride of Christ. The Church is the body of Christ.
π΄The bride of Christ is a city!!!
WHO ARE THOSE IN THE CITY?
Revelation 21:27
[27]But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lambβs Book of Life.
π΄It says only those whose names are in the Lamb's book of life.
π΄All the old testament saints are there in Heaven. They are there. Remember, when they died, they went to Abraham's bosom. THE ONLY OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS WHO NEVER WENT THERE ARE ENOCH, ELIJAH, AND MOSES( Moses died but didn't go to hell. Because he came to Jesus at the mountain of transfiguration together with Elijah).
DAVID SAW WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!!
Psalms 24:7-10
[7]Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.
[8]Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.
[9]Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.
[10]Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory.
π΄So, David saw a glimpse.
When Jesus died he went to hell and in hell he defeated Satan.
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THE BIBLE ASKS A QUESTION, WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY?..... Why does it ask.....Because Jesus rose up a new creation!!!!. The Lord, mighty in battle ( because he just came out of one where he defeated Satan).
So, the old testament saints entered in with Jesus. Glory to Godππ»ππ»ππ»!
π΄Let us also look at Hebrews.(who is in the city?).
Hebrews 12:22-23
[22]But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
[23]to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
GO TO Hebrews 11:13-16
[13]These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
[14]For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.
[15]And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.
[16]But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
π΄So, the old testament saints are a part of the city, with us the new testament saints. Hallelujah!!!!!!
π΄So, in REVELATIONS 6 TO REVELATIONS 18, We are already in heaven.
Terrible things are happening in the earth. So much judgement in the earth. We are watching from heaven!
π΄Remember that I told you about the treaty of the Antichrist with the nations of the earth.
SO WHEN DOES THE ANTICHRIST BEGIN KILLING THE PEOPLE???
π΄The Antichrist begins killing the people who don't worship him from the second half of the 7 years of his reign.
FIRST OF ALL, GO TO REVELATIONS 7
Revelation 7:9-14
[9]After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
[10]and crying out with a loud voice, saying, βSalvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!β
[11]All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
[12]saying: βAmen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen.β
[13]Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, βWho are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?β
[14]And I said to him, βSir, you know.β So he said to me, βThese are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
π΄At this time, Jesus has not returned, SO HOW DID THEY GET TO HEAVEN?????
GO TO REVELATIONS 20
Revelation 20:4
[4].....Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
π΄The old testament saints, the new testament saints, and those who don't get raptured but are killed for not worshipping the Antichrist are all those who will be at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb!
WATCH!!!!
SOMETHING HAPPENS NOW!!!
Revelation 19:11-16
[11]Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
[12]His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.
[13]He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
[14]And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.
[15]Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
[16]And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND Lord OF LORDS.
π΄JESUS SUDDENLY CHANGES FROM THE BRIDEGROOM INTO A MAN OF WAR.
π΄His cloth is dipped in blood.
WHOSE BLOOD??
π΄His blood. A testimony that He purchased the souls of every one.
GO TO THE BOOK OF JUDE
Jude 1:14
[14]Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, βBehold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
π΄Jesus will come with us to judge this world. Hallelujah!
GO TO THE BOOK OF MATTHEW
Matthew 24:29-30
[29]βImmediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
[30]Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
GO TO THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH
Zechariah 14:1-5
[1]Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
[2]For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
[3]Then the Lord will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle.
[4]And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.
[5]Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the Lord my God will come, And all the saints with You.
HALLELUJAH, JESUS COMES AGAIN!!! EVERYDAY IS A STEP CLOSER!!!!!!
π΄The ungodly words that are spoken of Jesus will be accounted for(Jude 1:15 says "to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him").
π΄The rapture of the church will take place soon!!!!
π΄IF THE SECOND COMING IS CLOSE, HOW CLOSE IS THE RAPTURE?...... It's closer than you realize.
π΄It is time to put away sin from your heart and serve the Lord.
PASTOR BENNY SHARES:
π΄There's no doubt in my mind, soon, we are going to see a great falling away and at the same time a great move of God in the church.
π΄The rapture of God must take place before the great wrath.
π΄It's time we become very focus and connected on heavenly things.
π΄Be disconnected from this earth and what it represents.
π΄Start seeing the heavenly. SEE YOURSELF AS A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD.
π΄Every believer will abide forever!
βͺPersecution is coming but the true church abides forever. We are not of this world.
π΄Abraham was not mindful of his past, his present, but looked for a city (his future!!!).
WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD WE BE?
1. HOLY. (live holy lives.)
2. BE FORWARD LOOKING. (look forward to the rapture. preach and declare his name).
3. BE BUSY. (declare the word of God like never before. be involved in ministry).
π΄This is not the time to be distracted or get into things that don't help. Your thinking must be dominated by the word of God. Live the heavenly life in this earth.
YOU SHOULD GET EXCITED ABOUT JESUS. THE DAY IS COMING, JESUS WILL BE ADMIRED (2 Thessalonians 1:10 says "when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe...").
π΄You become what you watch. You take the character of what you watch.
SO BE CAREFUL THESE DAYS!!!!!
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