PROPHECY: SAINTS ARE BEING RAPTURED NOW
11-12-17 This message may be
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The brightness of our
revelations depend upon the correctness of our doctrines (our building
blocks)
rapture = Dict: 1. the state of being carried away with joy, love, etc.;
ecstasy. 2. an expression of great joy, pleasure, etc. 3. a carrying away or
being carried away in body or spirit.
(1
Thes 4:14-18) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep [Gk: be dead] in Jesus will God bring with him. For this
we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the
Lord shall not prevent [Gk: to go
before, precede] them which are asleep
[Gk: dead]. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel [Michael], and with the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up
[Gk: harpazo; seized: plucked, taken
by force] together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1. (Prov
2:21,22) For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. But
the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be
rooted out of it.
2. (Prov
10:30) The
righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the
earth.
3. (Psa
37:29) The
righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
4. Commentary: saints are being
“raptured” now, revelation upon revelation upon revelation, i.e., building blocks, we are “rising” but
we are not going anyplace.
THE RISING UP (“RAPTURE”) PROPHECY
(Ezek
37:1-3) The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit
[a trance-like state] of the LORD, and set me down in the midst
of the valley which was full
of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open
valley; and, lo, they were
very dry [i.e, without the water
of the Holy Spirit]. And he said
unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou
knowest.
1. Commentary: “in the spirit” = this refers to a
trance-like state of mind, similar to a hypnotic state, wherein one becomes
wholly (entirely, completely) focused upon and submissive to the will
(movement) of the Holy Spirit. Example:
a. (2 Cor 12:1-4) It is
not expedient [“nothing to be gained”
Amplif. Bible] for me doubtless [without question] to glory [to boast myelf]. [Therefore]
I will come [“go on” Amplif.] to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ [the Apostle Paul speaking of himself] above fourteen years ago, (whether in the
body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
such an one caught up [Gk: harpazo; seized: plucked, taken by
force] [ref: “harpazo” 1 Thes 4:17; Rev 12:5] to the third heaven [of
which the Most Holy Place is a type and shadow]. And I knew such a man, (whether in the
body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up
[Gk: harpazo; seized: plucked, taken by
force] into paradise [“the third heaven”], and heard unspeakable [Gk:
inexpressible] words [Gk: rhema; revelations], which it is not lawful for a man to
utter.
i.
Commentary: “not lawful for a
man to utter” = words (revelations) of such “extreme holiness” (e.g., the Most
Holy Place) that they are clearly not
lawful for an unsaved man to speak, and perhaps also even
unspeakable for a “partially” saved (e.g., the Holy Place) man in active
possession of only “the earnest” 2 Cor 1:22; 5:5; Eph 1:14 of the Holy Spirit (??).
Very interesting. Fact: unsaved men can and do speak the “logos” word, but they
cannot and do not speak the “rhema” word.
(Ezek
37:4-6)
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto
them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD
unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and
ye shall live: And I will lay sinews [Heb: tendons] upon you, and
will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath
in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
(Ezek
37:7,8)
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a
noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his
bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them,
and the skin covered them above: but there
was no breath in them
[i.e., in the Old Testament].
(Ezek
37:9-14)
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind [symbol of the Holy Spirit], prophesy, son of man, and say to the
wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and
breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he
commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood
up upon their feet, an exceeding great army [Joel 2:1-11]. Then he said
unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
THE RISEN ARMY RETURNS
(Joel
2:1-11) Blow
ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh [beginning the thousand year Millennium: 2
Pet 3:8], for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness
[Heb: misery, destruction, death,
ignorance, sorrow, wickedness] and
of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness [for unsaved people], [[AND]] as the morning [Heb: dawn] spread upon the mountains [for
saved people]: a great people and
a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any
more after it, even to the
years of many generations [i.e., even
to the end of the thousand year Millennium]. A fire devoureth before them [“For our God is a consuming fire.” Heb 12:29]; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them,
and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape
them. The appearance of them is
as the appearance of horses
[big and powerful and strong]; and
as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise [Heb: crackling] of chariots
on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise [Heb: crackling] of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble [“wood, hay, stubble” 1 Cor 3:12], as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the [unsaved] people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness [strong negative connotations]. They shall run like mighty men;
they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march
every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks [obedience
to a higher power (God) exemplified]:
Neither shall one thrust another
[harmony and agreement with each other exemplified]; they shall walk every one in his path [according to the mission allotted them by God]: and when they fall
upon the sword, they shall not be wounded [supernatural “bodies”].
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall
climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. The
earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun
and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their
shining [the opening of the sixth
seal: Rev 6:12-17]: And the LORD
shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth [in a judgmental sense] his word: for the day of the LORD is great [for the
saved] and very terrible [for the unsaved]; and who can abide it [“and who can endure it” Amplif., NIV] [i.e.,
which are you]?
Amen