Is the Earth entering its mid-life crisis?

Is the Earth entering its mid-life crisis?

I just read the other day, 7/6/13,“According to leading scientist Jack O’Malley-James, life on Earth will perish in more than a billion years when a warming sun boils oceans and forces out CO2, damning plants and subsequently animals.  Most life will have died by the planet reaches 70s (or 6.5 billion-years-old), he says, with any microorganisms confined to pools of residual water.  “The far-future Earth will be very hostile to life,” Mr O’Malley-James said. “It will be restricted to pockets of liquid water, perhaps at cooler higher altitudes or in caves.”

What do you think scientist base such a belief on?  I’ll tell you, it is faith in their theories that give them the confidence, and who made the theories?  Other scientists that is who, so in effect they are basing their faith on men, well some men anyway.  In this case I reckon that it is on Hubble and Einstein.

Hubble is the one who comes up the Red Shift Theory that explained the reason, in his opinion, that some stars seem redder than others.  Einstein is the one who proclaimed that the speed of light is content never changing in a vacuum.  Now Hubble used the speed of light to calculate the size of the universe giving that it all came into existence at once by being blown apart with the Big bang.  That’s right everything blew apart from nothing, or blew in from nothing, or blew away from nothing, in any case in one instant there was nothing and in the next everything, and everything was running away from everything else giving the expanding universe.  The stare, posited Hubble, with more red in their light were accelerating away from us faster than the stars with less red it the light that is collected by our telescopes.  He based his theory on the belief that light would behave in the same manner as sound on what is called the Doppler effect.

With sound the Doppler effect is easily detected by the ear by the change in pitch as the source of the sound come to you, passes you, and recedes from you.  With light from the stars it is assumed, it cannot be proven by any experiment devisable by man, to do so would require getting a light source, not the light itself, and observe it coming towards you, pass you, and leave you as you observed the change in the frequency of the light emitted by the source.  Well yes we can get particles moving at very near the speed of light in our colliders, but the only thing that can be observed is the result of the collision of these particles into other particles, and in no way prove the existence of a Red Shift in light like one can demonstrate a Doppler effect in sound waves.  So any calculations arrived at by using the Red Shif of light had to be taken on faith.

Now I am not saying that there is no such thing as a 'Red Shift' in light when it is traveling away from an observe's, after all this is how Doppler radar, as it bounces off of an object when it come back to its source, the radar's antenna, the radio frequency of the signal has either increased or decreased depending upon whether or the object it bounced off of was going away or coming closer.  The frequency will increase, or shift towards the blue, if coming, and decrease, shift towards the red, of going away from you.    

"Hubble's law is the name for the theory in physical cosmology (proven by observation) that: all objects observed in deep space (intergalactic space) are found to have a Doppler shift observable relative velocity to Earth, and to each other; and that this Doppler-shift-measured velocity, of various galaxies receding from the Earth, is proportional to their distance from the Earth and all other interstellar bodies. In effect, the space-time volume of the observable universe is expanding and Hubble's law is the direct physical observation of this process. The motion of astronomical objects due solely to this expansion is known as the Hubble flow." Wikipedia

This is where no experiment can be devised to test the theory, there exists other explanations that can explain why we observe a red shift in the lights coming from the stars other than it is a result of them going away from us. If you heard a train whistle from a train moving towards you for the first time in your life, you might think that's how they always sound. So, when astronomers look at stars' spectrums, how do they know if it's really red (or blue) shifted? To To recognize such a shift, wouldn't one have to know what the baseline spectrum looks like? But, how could one know that?  It is assumed that the light started on its journey at a given frequency, and then because the star is moving away its light shifted to the red, i.e., the light wave got longer.  This assumption cannot be tested.

It is this reliance upon Hubble's Law that the scientist have determined the age and size of the universe.  By measurements of the cosmic background radiation (that is what, among other things, all those large radio telescope that look like large satellite antennas do) give the cooling time of the universe since the Big Bang, and measurements of the expansion rate of the universe can be used to calculate its approximate age by extrapolating backwards in time.  Now to come to the age they have concluded, 13.798 ± 0.037 billion years, they have to assume, e.g., take on faith, that the Big Bang actually happened, and there is such a thing as a Doppler effect in light coming from the stars caused by their receding from us.

So how can Jack O’Malley-James claims that the earth has reached middle age?  Well he says that the Earth is 4.54 billion-years-old, well that too is assumed as there are no dating techniques in existence that can date the earth with any precision.  What they do is look around the universe, remember in their world when you look into space you look back in time as well, if the light took a million light years to get here, determined by the Red Shift of its light, then they are looking a million years into the past.  It takes the light from the sun about 8 minuted to get to earth, so whenever you look at the sun you are looking 8 minuted into the past.  

Well they look out and see stares in different conditions, and gave them names like Red Giants, white dwarf, neutron star,  Brown Dwarf, and Nova.  Now another assumption is made and again based upon the Red Shift theory, and that these are different stages that a star goes through from birth to death. 


It is with this assumption that Mr O’Malley-James, et al., predicts the death of earth by projecting onto the sun the concept of a star that must follow the same pattern as they have stitched together by observing stars in different parts of the universe, assigning age to the stars using the Red Shift.

I also believe that the universe sprang into existence in an instance when God said, "let there be light".  But unlike O’Malley-James I believe that the earth is much nearer its end,  and it will be done away with and replace with a New Earth and a New Jerluslaham.  Both of our convictions are based upon faith his no less than mine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_radar

Fall Upon Us, And Hide Us From The Face Of Him

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? – Revelation 6:15-17.

Jesse Ventura - Secret Underground 2012 Base at Denver Airport

What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway… 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. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. – Romans 11:7-11, 25-27.

The Woman and Dragon

Revelation Chapter 12: The Woman and Dragon

1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

The following link gives a better prestation of all the sounds, rumblings, earthquakes, sunk holes, and cars, people and houses being swallowed alive. Something is happening. What is going on. The sink holes are everywhere. And raises the question, are sink holes swallowing the world? Sinkholes and loud booms are being documented everywhere. Nobody really knows why the sink holes and earthquakes are happening.

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I do not know why I could not find this video to download,

but please click the link.

TRUTH ABOUT THE THIRD TEMPLE

NO PLANS FOR A MILLENNIAL TEMPLE

Since my article stating that Ezekiel’s Temple was not intended to be a Temple for the Millennium but a Temple the Jews should have built when they returned from Babylon, many have asked about the temple the Antichrist will desolate in the Tribulation. The Tribulation Temple will probably be modeled after Solomon’s Temple, not Ezekiel’s Temple.

GOD GAVE NO COMMANDS FOR A THIRD TEMPLE

God gave commands for the first two temples but there is no command for a third temple. Any plans for a third temple will be the result of fallen man in rebellion against God. We are plainly told in the Book of Hebrews that animal sacrifices and temple worship have been permanently abolished because Christ’s sacrifice had accomplished what they could not.  It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.  Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased.  Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’   …He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10: 4-9 NIV

According to the Book of Hebrews, anyone returning to the temple sacrifices would be crucifying Christ all over again, trampling his shed blood under foot, and insulting the Holy Spirit.

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, (returned to the Temple sacrifices) to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. 6: 4-6 ESV

He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 10: 28-29 KJV

RETURNING TO ANIMAL SACRIFICES IS APOSTASY

It is despising the blood of Christ and sinning against the Holy Spirit.

Model of Herod’s Temple at the Israel Museum

THE MOVEMENT TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE IS ANTI-CHRISTIAN

The scheme for building another temple is anti-Christian and has been spawned by Satan. Satan wants it as a place of worship for the his ultimate weapon against God’s people – The Antichrist.

　

THE MAN BEHIND THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE BELIEVES CHRISTIANS ARE IDOLATERS AND WILL GIVE HIS LIFE TO STAND AGAINST THEM

The unbelieving Jews want to build this Temple to show the world that they do not accept Jesus and his sacrifice.

The International Department of the Temple Institute is headed by Rabbi Chaim Richman. The Temple Institute’s soul purpose is to build a temple and reinstate the ritual of blood sacrifice. The Temple Institute is preparing objects for ritual worship in the temple. The Temple Institute have already produced over ninety items to be used in the temple. One of these items is the “Mizrak” which holds the blood from sacrificed animals.

ACCORDING TO RABBI RICHMAN CHRISTIANS ARE IDOLATERS WHO MUST BE RESISTED TO THE DEATH

“Many Christians pose the question, “why don’t you accept Jesus as the messiah?” But to us it is not a simple question of ‘accepting’ or not. Now first of all, before we even get off the ground in our discussion, we must realize that the concept ‘messiah’ seems to mean different things to us. Jews do not believe that the Messiah is part of G-d, or divine in any way, more than any other person. No indication of this can be found in the Old Testament, since this is not a Jewish concept. We look only to G-d for our salvation, and when the time comes for Him to bring the anointed king, then shall it happen…“We do not accept the notion that scripture “foretells” that G-d would robe Himself in flesh. We believe that this idea is the very embodiment of idolatry, and we must give our very lives to make a stand against it… as indeed we Jews have always done through the ages.” Rabbi Chain Richman

　Carved into a foundation stone in England

　

REBUILDING SOLOMON’S TEMPLE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ANTI-CHRISTIAN MASONIC RELIGION

Quotes from Masonic writers:

“”Of all the objects which constitute the Masonic science of symbolism, the most important, the most cherished, by the Mason, and by far the most significant, is the Temple of Jerusalem…. Take from Freemasonry its dependence on the Temple; leave out of its ritual all references to that sacred edifice, and to the legends and traditions connected with it, and the system itself would at once decay and die … Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry” Albert Mackey

“The traditions and romance of King Solomon’s Temple are of great interest to everyone who reads the Bible. They are of transcendent importance to Masons. The Temple is the outstanding symbol in Masonry, and the legendary story of the building of the Temple is the fundamental basis of the Masonic rule and guide for conduct in life … The cream of Masonic historical and philosophical writing has been drawn upon for his description of the Temple and its relation to Masonic ritual.” The Bible and King Solomon’s Temple in Masonry”, by John Wesley Kelchner.

“… in the High Grades [of Masonry] we hear of a secret intention to build yet another temple at Jerusalem.” Edward Waite

… There is a time, however, to come, when the Holy One shall remember His people, Israel, and the Lord shall build the House. Edward Waite quoting the Zohar in A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry

MASONS ARE AWAITING THE ANTICHRIST “A MAN” WHO WILL REBUILD THE TEMPLE

“It is known to every reader of the Bible and student of Solomon’s days, that an amazingly detailed description of the Temple and its associated structures has been carried down from the mists of antiquity by the Scriptures. Lineal measurements, materials employed, and ornamental detail are so graphically presented that restoration of the Temple, at any time within a score of centuries past, awaited only the coming of a man with the vision to recognize its historic value, and the imagination to undertake the task.” The Bible and King Solomon’s Temple in Masonry John Wesley Kelchner

THE KABBALISTIC ROTHSCHILD FAMILY ALSO BEHIND A NEW TEMPLE

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The financing and design of any future Temple will probably be accomplished through the vast resources of the Kabbalistic Rothschilds. The Rothschilds funded, designed, and built the Israel Supreme Court with its occult Masonic images.

Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Kalisher wrote a letter to Baron Asher Anshil Rothschild asking him to use his wealth and influence to rebuild the Temple You can read the letter on the Temple Institutes’

web site.

http://www.templeinstitute.org/build.htm

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It is estimated that the Rothschilds own and control 80% of Israel.

The very symbol for the nation comes from the Rothschild name. In 17th century Frankfort, Germany, Mayer Amschel Bauer hung a red hexagram on his door to identify his address. He later changed his name to Roth Schield, meaning Red Shield. This same hexagram is now the symbol for the nation of Israel. In Hebrew it is called the Magan David which means the Shield of David. This hexagram was never used by David. We get the word hex from hexagram. Hex means to put a hex on, an evil spell; a curse. It is an occult symbol that was used by Egypt and other nations. It has the same meaning as the Masonic Square and Compass or the Yin-Yang. It is the male and female principles tangled together in a mystical sexual union. It is called the Star of Remphan in Acts 7:43, and Kaiwan the star god in Amos 5:26. (Chiun in KJV) According to Thayer, Rempham and Kaiwan are both names for Saturn. In the Kabbalah and Semetic culture Saturn is another name for Satan. It is the Star of Satan. It has 666 all through it.

So, this symbol stands for Satan, has 666 all over it, brings down evil spirits or a hex, and represents a male and a female engaging in a magical sex act; and yet I see Christians with it on their cars, in their homes, and wearing it as jewelry.

　

Deut. 7:26 And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

　

　

In Stanley Kubrick’s film “Eyes Wide Shut” the occult ritual and orgy scene was filmed in the Rothschild’s country estate. Was he trying to tell us something?

The Grand Hall at Mentmore. Aged just six months, Hannah de Rothschild laid the foundation stone for the great mansion on 31 December 1851

　

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT SPIRIT IS BEHIND BUILDING A NEW TEMPLE

It is astonishing for me to hear of Christians getting all excited about this coming temple and even making contributions in support of it. We should be doing all we can to get the Jewish people to accept the sacrifice of Christ, not encouraging them to a reject His sacrifice.

You shall take up Sakkuth your king, and Kaiwan (Satan) your star-god, your images, which you made for yourselves; Amos 5:26

I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. John 5:43

IT IS SATAN AND HIS MINIONS WHO WANT ANOTHER TEMPLE NOT GOD

 Mike Clinton Hiawassee, Ga. Oct. 17,2013

SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES:

The Temple in Rev. 11 cannot be referring to any Tribulation Temple because at the very same time the Antichrist is placing his image in the Tribulation Temple resulting in its desolation we have this true Temple with no defiled Holy Place, true worshipers, and a true alter. They cannot be one and the same Temple. Rev. 11 refers to the true heavenly Temple, with its true worshippers and true alter (Jesus) that cannot be defiled.

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The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo is filled with occult imagery.

I found this very interseting:

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This painting titled The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo is filled with occult imagery.

Notice that “God” is surrounded by a brain. This anatomically accurate image of the human brain was poinetd out in 1990 by Frank Lynn Meshberger, M.D. ; something that had been overlooked for centuries.You can see that the edges correlate with sulci in the inner and outer surface of the brain, the brain stem, the basilar artery, the pituitary gland and the optic chiasm are all seen. God’s hand does not touch Adam, yet Adam is already alive as if the spark of life is being transmitted across a synaptic cleft.

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Adam is “awakened to life” by a finger coming out of the pituitary glad, through the third eye, and awakening Adam through this synaptic spark.. “God” has his arm around his wife and he has a son. His wife is called by the occult Kabbalists “the Shekinah “. To the Kabbalist, honoring the Feminine is of the utmost importance. In the Kabbalah, the name of this Divine Feminine is the Shekinah. The term is not found in the Bible. It is remarkable that so many Bible teachers use this term that comes straight out of the occult. They are just repeating it because they have heard some other Bible teacher use it.

Creation (the son) is the result of the entanglement of the male and female principles. The Yin-Yang and the Masonic square represent this. Or as they say ” as above, so below”. Again it amazes me when I actually see the Masonic symbol on the very cornerstone of a church. I have seen Masons taking up the offering while wearing the “two ball cane” and you can just imagine what that stands for.

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The pastors today are no different, for the most part. It is just a job to them; the way they make a living. I think the Bible calls them hirelings. A pastor is supposed to watch for wolves and feed the sheep. Unfortunately many are just as blind as the rest of the world and instead of feeding the sheep, they are more interested in feeding themselves.

Milton called them “blind mouths”:

Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold

A sheephook, or have learn’d ought else the least

That to the faithful herdman’s art belongs!

What recks it them? What need they? They are sped.

And when they list their lean and flashy songs

Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw,

The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed,

See my article about the so called Star of David that many Christians have in their homes and on jewelry:

Ezekiel 8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.

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The False Hope of the Rapture

I think this man has it about right.  Tell me where he went wrong.

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Monday, February 4, 2013

The False Hope of the Rapture

By: Brandon T. Ward

The rapture is a commonly taught doctrine by the churches of today. Some rapturists will argue there will be a Pre, Mid or Post tribulation escape of the church. The question is, can we document any sort of rapture or escape in God’s Word? Let’s start by opening our Bibles to I Thessalonians 4. Typically, verse 17 is pointed to as proof of a rapture. However, we need to identify the subject at hand. In order to accomplish that let’s start with verse 13. Before we start, let’s ask our Father for wisdom and understanding of his Word, in Jesus Name Amen.

I Thessalonians 4:13
13 "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope."

14 "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."

The topic at hand is concerning where the dead are. If we believe Christ is risen, so then are the ones who have passed on before us. They are risen with Him(II Corinthians 5:8).

I Thessalonians 4:15
"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 them which are asleep."

We can’t prevent them because they have already passed on and are with Christ. Risen as He has.

I Thessalonians 4:16
"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:"

The Trump of God is the last trump, the seventh(Revelation 10:7, "But in the days of the voice of theseventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets”). Jesus will not return to earth or the Mount of Olives until that time. At the sixth trump, Satan will be kicked out of heaven and onto this earth playing his roll as Jesus Christ. This is why we must study to show ourselves approved.

I Thessalonians 4:17
"Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Now we have a clear picture. We that are alive at Christ’s return, at the seventh trump will meet with Him and those who have passed on before us. The word“air” (Strong’s Word: 109) here means to “breathe”. This is the breath, the breath of life, just as God breathed it into Adam (Genesis 2:7). At the last trump, the seventh which is Christ’s return we will be changed into our spiritual bodies, in the twinkling of an eye, just as Paul foretold us in I Corinthians 15:51-56. (If you are not in a spiritual body, then Jesus hasn’t returned!)

Now let's take a look at the word "cloud" used here.

Hebrews 12:1
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”

Paul used the word “cloud” here as well. Why? It’s a figure of speech, there were so many witnesses gathered together that it was like a cloud. Just like Paul would describe in I Thessalonians 4:17, when Jesus returns with those who have passed on before us. It’s simply describing a multitude of people.

We are not flying away somewhere. Remember, Jesus is returning to the Mount of Olives. He will set his feet down there upon his return (Zechariah 1:1-4,Acts 1:11-12). If you continue reading the next chapter(I Thessalonians. 5:1-6) Paul tells us to stay awake, be sober and watch. Had a rapture been a part of God's plan we wouldn't be reminded of this.

Now let’s take a look at Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians.

II Thessalonians 2:1
"Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,"

The topic here is the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we gather back together with Him.

II Thessalonians 2:2
"That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand."

Paul wrote this second letter to the Thessalonians as the first caused some confusion concerning our gathering back to the Lord.

II Thessalonians 2:3
"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;"

What day shall not come? The Day of the Lord, our gathering back unto Him. What “falling away?” The“falling away” from God’s Word. “Falling away” is Strong’s word 646 which means “defection from truth”. We see that becoming more prevalent day by day. Who is the man of sin, the son of perdition? It’s none other than Satan himself. He is the only one that has been condemned to death by name (Revelation 20:10,Ezekiel 28:18-19).

This is saying very clearly that the Day of the Lord, His return, will NOT happen until Satan who plays the role of the false messiah, who pretends to be Jesus Christ has been revealed. This makes it utterly impossible for there to be a rapture.

II Thessalonians 2:4
"Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God."

The "son of perdition", Satan, is going to put on the best acting job you ever witnessed. He will claim to be our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is why Christ would tell us, 'if they say I am here or there believe it not', this is why he warned us of false Christs.

II Thessalonians 2:5
5 "Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?"

6 "And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time."

Who will be revealed? Satan, who will set himself up as, and claim to be Jesus Christ.

II Thessalonians 2:7
"For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way."

Who is he that letteth? It is Michael the archangel. Until who be taken out of the way? The subject is still Satan. Michael is holding Satan in heaven until it’s time for Michael to cast him and HIS ANGELS out (Revelation 12:7-9), then Satan will be here on earth claiming to be Christ.

II Thessalonians 2:8
"And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:"

What wicked? Satan, who will appear first at the sixth trump, claiming to be Jesus Christ as verse four states.Then our Lord will return at the seventh trump to destroy him. Remember, there are a total of seven trumps and they are all in order. Follow the sequence.

II Thessalonians 2:9
"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,"

Once again, Jesus coming is after the workings of Satan, not before. What power and signs is verse nine referring to? Satan will “doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men” (Revelation 13:13). He does this right in the sight of men! This is very deceptive is it not?

Jesus is returning to the Mount of Olives(Zechariah 1:1-4, Acts 1:11-12) and he is bringing many of those who passed on before us with him. Once again this leaves absolutely no room for a rapture my friends. Quite the contrary, our job is going to be to prophesy against the false messiah, Satan(Luke 21:12-18).

Matthew 24:29
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:"

After the tribulation of those days, which are the days of Anti-Christ. The days when Satan will play his role as Jesus Christ, that is the tribulation. Christ will not return until after the false messiah (Satan) is kicked out of heaven and is upon this earth. As we have learned inII Thessalonians 2:2-4.

Matthew 24:30
"And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the cloudsof heaven with power and great glory."

Notice the word "clouds" again? Just as Hebrews 12:1uses it with reference to people. This event happensAFTER the tribulation of Anti-Christ who is Satan not before.

Next we are going to turn our bibles to the book of Revelation. Many are never taught this book. They are told it’s not important. I beg to differ, more importantly God does. The very word Revelation means, “Be Revealed”, “to take off the cover”. Let’s do that.

Revelation 22:18
18 "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:"

19 "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."

If this book wasn’t important, this warning would not have been given. It’s extremely important, as is all of the Word of God. Another commonly taught scripture that there will be a rapture can be found inRevelation 4:1.

Let’s turn there.

Revelation 4:1
"After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter."

It’s taught that the voice in heaven is speaking to the church and they will be removed from the earth during the tribulation. Was the voice talking to the church? Absolutely not! The voice from heaven was talking to John (Revelation 1:1). John was then shown the future… God is NOT bringing the church to heaven, God is coming here. Wherever God is, heaven is also.

Revelation 7:1
"And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree."

These winds signal the start of the trumps. We know trump one harms the earth and trees. Trump two harms the sea.

Revelation 7:2
2 "And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,"

3 "Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."

The four angels holding the winds back were told by another angel with a loud voice NOT to release the four winds which start the trumps until the servants of God have been sealed (the seven seals of Revelation 6 and8)! It’s so important they be sealed the trumps can’t start until this sealing is completed. Why is there such emphasis of this sealing if a rapture were true? If there was a rapture we wouldn’t need to be sealed with God’s Truth.

Revelation 7:9
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;"

We are at the Lord’s Day here. The tribulation has now passed.

Revelation 7:10
10 "And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb."

11 "And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,"

12 "Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen."

13 "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?"

The Elder says to John who are these in white robes standing around God’s throne?

Revelation 7:14
14 "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."

15 "Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them."

These are the very saints who stood against Satan and came out of the great tribulation. They are rewarded by serving at the very throne of God. For them to have came out of the great tribulation, they had to go through it.

Jesus said himself in John 17:15, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”

We have many examples of that, God protecting his own. The stories of Noah and the ark, Daniel in the lions den, Jonah in the whales belly, the three in the fiery furnace. God always takes care of his own, those who truly love him will be safe, those who stick to His Word and stand against the false messiah.

In conclusion, I would encourage you to read all of the bible verses listed and mentioned in this study. This is an extremely important topic, one your soul may very well hang in the balance of... Why do the people wish for rocks to fall on them when the Lord returns? They have been worshipping Satan who they thought was Jesus Christ! What an awful day that will be for those who truly love Christ, but were neither taught, nor took the time to educate themselves with what His Word actually says…