Sometime during the day of Pentecost, in the year 2024, a great shout is heard from the clouds. A worldwide shout. Suddenly, millions, if not billions of people are gone, vanished. An office worker looks into an adjacent cubicle, to ask his coworker what that was, and finds that the coworker is not there. He was there just a second ago. A guy riding in the backseat of an Uber, driver vanishes, nothing remains on the front seat but the driver's copy of the King James Bible. Luckily, the fare is able to climb in the front seat and steer the car to safety. And so on.
For the rest of the day, panic and mass hysteria set in. People flood the internet trying to find out what happened. Speculation begins. People begin to ask, "was that the rapture?" Other people answer by saying "it can't be the rapture because all the roman catholics are still here." (if you think Trump is several moves ahead in the chess game, wait until you see where satan is at.) The pope makes a special announcement from the vatican and guess what it is; It was aliens and we have made contact with them.
(All the recent news about aliens making sense now?)
Many are not deceived and start speaking out "my bruh was all about Jesus Christ, he never worshipped any idols, only confessed his sins to Christ and now he's gone, without a trace." But people do not hear or believe this witness, the Holy Spirit was taken out of the world with the Body of Christ, and now the antiChrist is no longer restrained (2 Thessalonians 2:7.) Great lying signs and wonders are now in play (2 Thessalonians 2:9.) An alien arrives, from the sky, right on cue, to "save the world." He proclaims that "those people that were taken away were evil and now the world is a much better place" (Daniel 11:21.) "You can abort whatever you want, including your bitchy parents. Does your racist neighbor have more stuff than you? Then we'll kill him and you can have it all." Covenants are made with the antiChrist and all the deceived will worship his image and take the mark of the beast.
Read all about it - https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/
u/Tazzurit - This reply is to your last comments below. GAW is acting strange today, it won't let me reply directly.
Before Christ salvation was obtained by faith and works. The nation of Israel clearly rejected the Messiah, not just at His first Advent but also through the preaching of the Apostles
Acts 7 KJV 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him
God set aside His plan for the nation of Israel and turned His attention to the gentiles
Romans 11:25 KJV For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
This is also mirrored in Matthew 24
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
During this dispensation, the age of Grace, the nation of Israel is in what is called the Diaspora, or dispersion. To answer your question, the seed of Abraham was made a everlasting Covenant and it will be fulfilled, at the end. I have no idea how to identify this seed but God does.
Ezekiel 11:17 KJV Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
This is upon Christs return
Obadiah KJV 17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
This is a separate salvation from that of the church. It is clear that we are of the Body of Christ and are given Heavenly rewards, not earthly rewards.
U/Andy_Man45. Thank you. I really enjoy researching, digging, and having clarity.
I agree with your statement on Ezekiel 11.
I do not agree that God set aside His plans (I know you meant just for a period of time) for Israel and turned his attention to the Gentiles. Well, to clarify, I agree in part.
Jesus said very clearly this: Matt: 15:24 "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel".
Well isn't salvation open to all? Of course. God loves ALL His children. Jesus wanted His Word to be spread through all nations-this happened through His disciples and apostles. His mission was to redeem Israel and through them, the world. Though there are examples of Jesus word and miracles being given to Gentiles.
An example on a different level would be Q to anons, to patriots, to normies (if you will) and even liberals if they will listen1😁.
So the apostle Paul was sent to the Gentiles. Paul was set aside to preach to the Gentiles (nations) and their kings...Acts 9:15
Now we have James chapter 1. James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christian, to the twelve tribes scattered abroad, greetings.
What?! Scattered abroad. Greetings?!
Where did they go? They went North and they went west... (a topic for another day).
Weren't the apostles of the tribes of Israel? Yes they were. What did they then become? Christians. Who are they now? Or most of them? Christians. Many lost tribes followed paganism they learned in captivity and many now are Christians.
Now to the rapture. In condensed format
I Th 4:14 those that died in the flesh, will return with Jesus at the second advent when He comes with ten thousands of saints. The cloud if witnesses(They are those saints)
Second advent of Christ: The righteous of the tribulation gather with those that previously "died" as Christ returns. We can't prevent or precede those that died,, since they have been with Him.
When Jesus returns,, in a twinkling of an eye our flesh bodies change to spiritual bodies. The "dead" already have spiritual bodies. We are "caught up" seized from Satan's grasp. We meet him in the air-Air as spirit or breath of life.
There is more to say but this is already long.
The whole point is Jesus second advent will reunite the the family of God. The saints in heaven will be joined with the saints on earth. Jesus will destroy the reign of antichrist when He returns.
Our position or mission is to be that instrument that speaks God's Word and be a witness of the truth during the deception of antichrist.
The tribulation of antichrist is so great and there has been nothing like it. WHY? because it is a tribulation of deception. This world has seen mass murders, tortures, famine, disease but it has NEVER seen a war like this DECEPTION.
We see that going on now. This is even greater. Satan comes as an angel of ligjt.
this is why we are to put on the whole Armour of God.