God's upward call - the Rapture of the Church

Philippians 3: 11...If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection (out) of the dead.

Being taken out of this world is the picture. The word "out" is added in the Greek text.

Philippians 3: 13-14...Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

The necessary preparation for the "out resurrection" is a clean heart...holy in the eyes of God. Members of the body of Christ are made holy by God's Grace with a yearning from within to be with Christ. The Rapture of the Church is the prize of God's high calling. All members of Christ's body alive or in the grave will make the Rapture. Christ will "take out His Church" from among the dead. This upward call is the Christian's escape from the Great Tribulation.

God’s preparation for the Rapture of the Church...The inner work of the Holy Spirit in the heart of a believer

• The Holy Spirit reproves the hearts of sinful men and leads them to repentance. John 16:8-9...And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me;

• After repentance the Holy Spirit baptizes the believer into the body of Christ.1 Cor 12:13... For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

• A believer is thus sealed with the Holy Spirit...Eph 1:13...In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

• A member of the body of Christ is regenerated by the Spirit of God through the new birth. Titus 3:5...Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

• The Holy Spirit testifies and reveals Christ to the hearts of members of the body of Christ...John 15:26...But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

• The Holy Spirit shows members of the body of Christ how to get rid of the Adamic nature that still tries to rule their lives...Rom 6:6...that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

• In the baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire…The Holy Spirit purifies the heart of the believer from the Adamic life and nature that still tries to rule...Acts 15:8-9...And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

• After the sanctifying power of the Baptism with the Holy Ghost is experienced, members of the body of Christ are…renewed by the Spirit. Rom 12:1-2...that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

• All believers patiently await the Rapture of the Church. 1 Thess 4:13-17...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. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep 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 them which are asleep. 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: 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.

• The Church (universal) in the Rapture is a Church that is holy, and without spot or blemish...Eph 5:27...That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

God’s preparation for the Rapture of the Church...The outer work of the Holy Spirit “hindering” the reign of the Antichrist

The work of the Holy Spirit is not limited to Salvation and Sanctification of the soul only. The Holy Spirit is what keeps the Antichrist from full reign today! The omnipresence of the Holy Spirit is what keeps the mercy of God present in this Church Age! What happens after the Church is taken out? The Rapture allows the seven year Tribulation on Earth to begin. The Tribulation is the ministering of God’s Wrath upon the Earth. God’s mercy departs with the Church in the Rapture. After the Rapture the Antichrist or Man of Sin steps in, under the dominion of Satan!

At present the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit “holds back” the Wrath of God taught in the book of Revelation. At present the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit “holds back” powers of Satan who will set up his kingdom for seven years when the Church is taken out. At present the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit in the Church “holds back” the Man of sin/Antichrist promised to be revealed at the beginning of the seven year Tribulation.

The Holy Spirit is the “hinderer” of God’s Divine Wrath and the Antichrist. The Rapture is the Churches final judgment that “escapes the Wrath of God” during the seven year Tribulation. At present…God’s mercy in the Holy Spirit is the only thing that hinders the Wrath of God from coming upon the Church! The Antichrist cannot come until the Church is taken out first. Satan’s dominion will come after the Rapture. The Antichrist will move in at that time under Satan’s dominion. Satan’s kingdom and the Antichrist are both hindered in this present Church Age until the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit steps aside, at the Rapture of the Church.

Many people understand the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit in the human soul. Fewer understand the hindering work of the Holy Spirit that saves the Church world from the Wrath of God. Why? The Divine Wrath and Judgment of an angry God are subjects seldom taught on today. When the Holy Spirit is viewed as more than a reprover and sanctifier "He" will be seen as a hinderer of God’s Wrath. The Holy Spirit hinders the Wrath of God… withholds the Wrath of God… and steps aside from the Divine Wrath of God at the Rapture of the Church. The hindering work of the Holy Spirit is the only thing keeps the Antichrist from stepping into our present Church Age! Here’s the best verse in the Bible that describes the hindering work of the Holy Spirit that is holding back the reign of the Antichrist in this present Church Age.

· 2 Thess 2:4-8… 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 Antichrist). Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth (the Holy Spirit) that he (the Antichrist) might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let (the Holy Spirit), until he be taken out of the way (the Holy Spirit steps aside). And then shall that Wicked be revealed (the Antichrist), whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming ;

This writer knows only few that teach and expound on this doctrine. Hubert Lindsey was one of those. I publish his writings and teachings on this Blog.

Another is William E. Blackstone author of… Jesus is Coming. Here's a quote from Jesus is Coming that coincides with this Blog…This mystery of Lawlessness already worked in the days of the apostle, but there has been a hindering power, which, we believe, is the Holy Spirit, in His present manifestation, or office, viz.: as the reprover of the world and gatherer of the Church. When He, the restraining one, is taken out of the way (or out of the midst), at the rapture of the Church, then shall the mystery be unveiled, and the Lawless one be revealed (2 Thess. 2:7-8).

Here's a link to an excellent website that has the entire book published by W.E.Blackstone titled, Jesus is Coming". Jesus is coming - Blackstone

After the Church is taken out (Raptured) there are...three pictures of the saints of God

• The first picture shows...the saints of God reigning with Christ for 1000 years.
• The next picture is at the end of the 1000 year reign where the saints of God fled away (escaped the Judgement at the Great White Throne)
• The last picture is when saints return from Heaven and descend back down to the earth and place "Heaven upon the Earth". Rev 21:22... And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. The Bible terms Christ as the Bridegroom, the husband, and the Lamb. Rev 19:7...Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. The Bible calls the Church, the Bride and the Lamb's wife.  Rev 21:9...Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.

1. When the Church is caught up (Raptured in Latin) the dead in Christ and those who are alive in Christ meet with Christ in Heaven. These saints escape the Great Tribulation that takes place for seven years. This is the Churches final Judgement. The Bible terms the relationship between the Church and Christ as a marriage between the Bride, the Church and the Bridegroom, Christ. The marriage supper of the Lamb, with all the saints in Heaven begins and continues for seven years.

Rev 19:7-9...Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.


2. After the seven year Tribulation (a Jewish Tribulation) the Raptured saints return with Christ at the beginning of the 1000 year reign. Christ returns in flaming fire and renovates the earth to set up His geographical Throne in Jerusalem. Those saints who return with Christ will reign as kings and priests in His Kingdom while spreading the succession of this earthly Kingdom over the complete earth. Agricultural life, plant life, animal life will succeed as the Kingdom within Jerusalem spreads throughout the whole earth. During the 1000 year reign some men will still die. Two types of saint exist : Glorified and mortal.

Isa 65:19-20...And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

The wealth of the Heathen will come back to Jerusalem. The Law that flows from Zion will minister to the Heathen world. The truth about the Messiahship of Christ will flow throughout the earth. This will allow Christ's earthly Kingdom to become a "universal Kingdom" rather than just a geographical Kingdom in Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1000 year reign.

Rev 20:4... And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them:

Brother Lindsey termed the 1000 year reign of Christ with the saints of God as a "1000 year honeymoon" for the Lamb and His Bride the Church. Glory!


3.The last picture of the saint is viewed at the end of the 1000 year reign of Christ. This picture is a presentation from Christ given to the Father for His bride (the Church) to escape the fierce Judgment of the Great White Throne.

Rev 20:9-11...And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, "from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away"; and there was found no place for them.

The saints from heaven that reigned on earth "fled away". The Church ascends back to Heaven to escape Divine Judgment! This is what allows the saints to come back down from Heaven, yet another time, to establish the "Universal Kingdom of Heaven on Earth".

Rev 21:2...And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.


This God-given study was prompted yesterday by a dear Brother in the Lord by the name of Jim Denton from Pontiac Michigan. A glimpse of this study was given by Brother Lindsey through a Church service recorded at the Church at Birmingham November 1, 1989. Through fervent study and heavenly wisdom given from the Spirit of God this writer is allowed of God to publish this writing for the edification of others in Christ...on this Blog! This Blog dedicated to the timeless teachings of Brother Lindsey is a God sent! Hubert would be honored! God is honored! The truth of the Bible is revealed and publicized! This writer is honored! How beautiful are the feet of them that bring good news!

God bless you all! May the Lord bless you all richly with His Grace! May He open the scriptures to your understanding! Glory to the name of Christ forever! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

The Bride of Christ

(A distinction between the Rapture of the Church and the Return of the Lord with His all His saints)

The Rapture (a Latin word) is a New Testament mystery not prophesied in the Old Testament; or taught in the four Gospels. The Rapture pertains to Christ’s descension to meet with His Church (the Bride) in the air… at the end of this Church Age. Unlike the return of our Lord in the Kingdom Age, Christ never sets one single foot on the Earth during the Rapture of the Church. The Rapture implies the Bridegroom's calling out of His Bride (the Church) from the unsaved world’s worst condition in history. The Rapture of the Church is a testimony to Israel about the truth of the return of the Messiah with all the saints to set up the promised Kingdom in Jerusalem. The Rapture a calling out of the saints is the deliverance of the Body of Christ from future judgment prophesied to come upon Israel during the Great Tribulation. The Rapture takes place before the Great Tribulation. This tribulation is God’s last effort to offer final redemption to His elect...Israel. When the Church is caught up to meet with Christ in the air, consummation is made in Heaven between the Bride and Bridegroom. Mercy is found by the Bride of Christ as they escape tribulation, wrath, and the Great White Throne Judgment. When Divine mercy from God is withheld after the Church is taken out, Israel thus faces a prophetic and catastrophic period of time taught in the Old Testament as a time of “Jacobs Trouble”.

Since the death of Christ the present Church, the Bride of Christ is unification through the Holy Spirit between both Jew and Gentile. This unification offered through the mercy of God that radiates from the cross, is given for the Bride to escape the seven year Tribulation prophesied to come upon Israel. The Great Tribulation is an event foretold in the seventieth week of Daniel. This Great Tribulation is when the hinderer of God’s Mercy, the Holy Spirit steps aside and allows the Anti-Christ to confirm his covenant under the reign of Satan for seven years of wrath and Judgment upon the earth. The ministration of the Holy Ghost is not limited to sanctification and the new birth only. The mercy of God that is presently extended to the human family from Christ at Calvary is ministered through Holy Spirits withholding presence of Divine Wrath. “After the Rapture of the Church” when the Holy Spirit steps aside the Anti-Christ under the reign of Satan will confirm the Holy Spirit's departure of mercy from the earth. Christ thus returns to the Mount of Olives at the end of the seven-year tribulation to consume and destroy the man of sin or Anti-Christ.

2 Thess 2:3-8…that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 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. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 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.

The Church birthed and purchased by the blood of Christ is simply God’s common ground of unification for Jewish people that believe in Old Testament promises about Christ; and Gentile believers in Christ who are aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and never given a promise from God. The New Testament teaches the body of Christ is the common thread of the Holy Ghost that sews the new birth and sanctification through the Spirit to the hearts of both Jewish and Gentile people who accept the truth about Christ. Remember… the Church was never prophesied and the Gentiles were never given Promises, Prophets, or Priesthood in the Old Testament! Only Israel who was given the oracles of God would understand a future tribulation, judgment, and wrath that will come upon the earth and then usher in the return of our Lord. The Old Testament teaches that when the Messiah returns He has his all saints with Him! These married saints are the Lamb's Bride and Christ is the Bridegroom!

The prepared heart of a Child of God understands a present readiness to meet with the Bridegroom at the Rapture of the Church. Even Gentiles who were never given a single promise in the Old Testament understand this mystery. Why? It is revealed to the heart and soul of any believer in Christ…through the Divine presence of the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost reveals the truth about Heaven to hearts of men and women through a consciousness to the presence of Christ by faith. The Holy Ghost simply prepares the Bride to meet with the Bridegroom at the Rapture of the Church.

Even more beautifully at the end of Daniel’s prophetic seventieth week (or seven years known by any learned Jew) the Bride returns with the Bridegroom to set up the Kingdom on Earth prepared from the foundation of the world. This return and future Kingdom Age is when Christ physically sets foot on the Earth. Unlike the Rapture of the Church, at this return Christ does not call out the saints to meet with Him in the air, but Christ has the saints with him as confirmed in many Old Testament prophecies. The Rapture of the Church offers mercy to the children of God: the promised return of Christ with His Bride minister’s wrath and judgment upon the Devil, the Beast; the Anti-Christ; and the Jewish people that reject Christ at that time. At the end of the seven year Tribulation… in the beginning of the 1000 year reign of our Lord, the saints or the Bride of Christ will accompany Christ in this Millennial Kingdom to execute Judgment and renovate the Earth. God’s seven year tribulation upon Israel only continues to offer mercy to His elect Israel because of His foreknowledge and Israel’s genealogical background of the Holy Scripture.

Here’s a prediction of the fierceness and wrath of Christ when the Bridegroom returns with His Bride as written by John in the Revelation of Christ.

Rev 19:7-13…Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, these are the true sayings of God. And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and true, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth 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 and wrath of Almighty God.

The Bride and the Bridegroom (a summary)

The Bride...which is the Church (universal) consists of the spiritual body of Christ where all Christians are members of God's universal body of believers. The Bridegroom is an enthroned Christ in Heaven that awaits the Rapture (or the calling out of the Church to escape Great Tribulation) that is promised to come upon the unsaved world in the latter days. The Rapture's calling out of the Church is God's final Judgment for all members of the Church Universal. These members of Christ's body will escape Tribulation and Wrath promised to come upon the Earth (predicted in the book of Revelation). The event of the Rapture will take place seven years before Christ's (the Bridegroom's) return in Divine Judgment to set up His promised Kingdom in Israel Matt. 25:1.

During the Rapture of the Church, (the Bride which consists of all the called out members of Christ's body) meet the Bridegroom (Christ) in the air to escape God's prophetic Judgment that will come upon the Earth. Together, a union is made between "Christ and all believers" who have either passed to the grave; or are presently alive in Christ. In the Rapture of the Church, a resurrection of the dead; and a glorification of those who are alive in Christ will take place! This complete group of called out believers will ascend to Heaven; unite with Christ; and remain with an enthroned Christ, for the period of seven years. Together in Heaven, a Marriage takes place between... the Bride (the Church) and Bridegroom (Christ).

At the end of the seven year Tribulation a celebration takes place in Heaven called the Marriage Supper, Rev. 19:9. Christ (the Bridegroom) and all the saints in Heaven (the Bride) prepare to return to Earth to set up the Promised Kingdom of Heaven in Jerusalem. Just before return of Christ with all the saints, at the beginning of this 1000 year reign, God will renovate the Earth with fire. Christ will then return in vengeance to bring wrath and Divine Judgment upon the unsaved Earth just before He sets up the initial stage His physical Kingdom on Earth. After God's renovation upon the Earth with fire; and Divine Judgment upon the unsaved, Gods promised Earthly Kingdom will first begin in Jerusalem (according to prophecy). At that time Christ will be seated upon the Throne of His Father David in Jerusalem and the Law of God will flow from Zion. Zion is where King David's earthly throne existed in Israel.

During the 1000 year reign of Christ with all His saints, the physical and earthly Kingdom of Heaven will be established in Jerusalem. In Jerusalem, the Bridegroom and the Bride begin their honeymoon (on physical earth for 1000 years). Zech. 14:5, Rev. 19:11, 1 Thess. 3:13, Jude 14. This promised Kingdom (or honeymoon between the Bride and Bridegroom) will first begin in Jerusalem and later spread throughout the entire Earth during the Millennial Reign of Christ who reigns on Earth with all His glorified saints. Preaching and redemption continues on Earth for 1000 years until the White Throne Judgment. Rev. 14:6. At that time Divine Judgment is made upon the wicked dead according to the Judge of all things.

At the end of the 1000 year reign of Christ (on physical Earth with all the saints) Heaven and Earth fled away (The Bride and the Bridegroom) go back to the Father before the Judgment of the Great White Throne. This Great and terrible Judgment will come upon the wicked dead. The Great White Throne Judgment is a bodily resurrection of the wicked dead, Rev. 20:11. In this Divine Judgment all the wicked dead; Death and Hell; and the Devil himself, are cast into the lake of fire, Rev. 20:14. At this time the first heaven and the first Earth will be passed away.

After Gods Great White Throne Judgment and the second death...the holy city, the heavenly Jerusalem descends back to Earth, prepared as a Bride. This Bride that descends is called the lambs wife, Rev. 21:9. Both the Bride and Bridegroom come back to the perfect earth to live for Eternity. The curse from the fall of Adam is lifted from the earth and from humanity, Rev. 22:3. At this time God pours out His Spirit upon "all flesh" as promised by the Prophet Joel and Ezekiel. Everything on Earth is completely restored as it was in the Garden of Eden before the fall. All humanity is restored! Complete restoration of Earth and humanity! No more redemption! Eternity now takes over where time existed. Everything is eternal! Heaven on Earth! Halleluiah! 1 Cor. 15: 24-28

The Rapture...God's Sanctification of the Church through the Spirit

2 Thessalonians 2:13...But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth

In the above passage Sanctification through the Spirit relates to the Churches "escape" from Divine Judgment as taught in the Thessalonian Letter. Divine Judgment is an event that will take place on Earth after the Rapture of the Church. Verses 1-12 of 2 Thessalonians... define in detail the "future Judgment" the Church will escape in the Rapture. "It is imperative to first read prior verses to understand the full context of this teaching."

Future Judgment is only for those who perish without Christ. God sends a strong delusion upon those who fell away and would not believe the love of the truth in this life. Future Judgment will allow the man of sin, the Anti-Christ, and the rise of Satan's Kingdom upon the Earth where there is no mercy or no Holy Spirit as we have today in this present Grace Age. In Future Judgment the Holy Spirit (the present hinderer of God's Wrath) will step out of the big picture. The Church will be "severed" or "cut away" from the unbelieving world and then the Anti-Christ will step in and take over for seven years as taught in Daniel's Prophecy. For further study review content in link below.

Biblical Facts about Daniel and the Holy Spirit, the Hinderer of God's Wrath

Sanctification through the Spirit in the above passage means to sever, to set aside, and/or to cut away. God severs and cuts away His body of believers in the Rapture of the Church. This cutting away is God's method of providing safety for His Church to escape future Wrath and Judgment. The Church, God's body of believer's consists of those who have obtained a moral holiness and a moral righteousness from belief in the truth about Christ in the present life. The members of this body obey the Gospel which in turn cleanses the heart from sin. This Sanctification through the Spirit takes place when God takes out this body of believers from an unbelieving world. Sanctification through the Spirit will be for those who accepted Christ and were obedient to His Holy presence in this life. Sanctification through the Spirit will be for those who did not fall away. Sanctification through the Spirit will be for those who are constantly, "Rapture ready with a clean heart". To meet with Christ in the Rapture...where the dead and Christ will rise and those who are alive will be caught up to meet with Him in the air.

Distinction between the Rapture of the Church and the return of Christ with all the Saints

Prelude to the Rapture, "Now in this present Age"

As the closing of this present Age draws near, God is saving and preparing the hearts of men and women around the globe. As most of us know Salvation of the human soul only comes from the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no other way to find forgiveness for your sins. The prelude of the Rapture is the sign of the times, "Now in this present Age". People are waxing more cold and more callous to the truth about Christ. Look around! Sexuality is becoming more perverted in our youth. Drugs, Divorce, Alcohol, and gambling are so socially acceptable that there is no turning back for the masses. This type of immorality has become a way of life for multitudes of people around the globe. Religious activity is rampant without the "work of the Holy Spirit" or "forgiveness of sins granted by God through Christ".

Its obvious! According to the Bible the curtain will come down in these "latter days". When the curtain comes down the Church goes "up" in the Rapture. When the curtain comes down the ministry of God's Wrath and Judgment will begin to take place upon the Earth. The Church will be gone. God's Mercy will be gone. The Holy Spirit will be gone. Why? In the Rapture of the Church, The Holy Spirit and the members of Christ's body will "escape" this beginning of Satan's Kingdom on Earth. All of Christ's blessed body goes up to meet with Him in the air, in the twinkling of an eye then the AntiChrist under the dominion of Satan will "step in" and all of Hell will break loose on Earth.

This is why the Church "now" is ready with Redemption, Salvation, and Holiness of heart. Being a member of "the Church now" means the heart is clean and prepared for the "upward calling of the Rapture of the Church". Then God shall sound the "last trump" and the curtain will come down. The members of Christ's body (a holy people) will escape. Make note that all the ungodliness and immorality going on around you are only signs of the Prelude of the Rapture. According to John's Revelation we are in the final and last Age which is a miniature picture of the Church of the Laodicians. A self sufficient Church increased with goods and in need of nothing...accept one thing? The clean heart made clean by Christ Jesus.

Give all attention to a Savior. Be ready for the curtain coming down my Brothers and Sisters. Make sure on a minute by minute basis that every sin in your heart is forgiven and God will take you out of the unbelieving world in the Rapture of the Church. You don't want to miss the Rapture when Satan and the Antichrist step in and reign Earth for seven years! Without the Church! Without the Holy Spirit! Without the mercy of God that sinners have now in this Church age. Without mercy Satan's crowd will run over you. Tribulation and Wrath will come upon the Earth that's beyond human imagination or comprehension.

At present we are in the Prelude of the Rapture. Keep your eyes on Christ and be ready for the "upward call".

I have written numerous Blogs on this subject. I have written since the origin of this Blog. I also write at other Blogs for the edification of God's Children around the globe. Search Rick Roehm or Churches on Trial for further Theological study. I admit Theology will not make the heart clean but the clean heart can have a deeper knowledge and a deeper faith "prepared" for when God takes the Church out in the Rapture. Make sure you are among that number of people that will escape the Judgment of an angry God during the beginning of Satan's dominion.

Be ready! Make sure where you stand minute by minute! To be a child of God is easy. When Christ comes in, sin goes out! That simple. Walk in the Spirit every moment and be blessed with the Christian experience of a clean heart. God Bless all of you! With love! Be ready for the Rapture!

God's preparation for the Rapture and the AntiChrist revealed

Distinction between the Rapture of the Church and the Return of Christ with all the Saints.

1. The Rapture of the Church is when all saints alive and dead are taken to Heaven and removed from Wrath of God’s Divine Judgment predicted to come upon the Earth after the Church is taken out.

· 1 Thess 4:16-17…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: 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.

God’s mercy removes the saints from this predicted covenant of Satan’s Kingdom under the directive of the man of sin. The Rapture provides an escape for the child of God from the Wrath and Judgment of God that will occur during the seven year Tribulation period.

2. The return of Christ with all the saints is distinctly different from the Church being caught up in the Rapture to meet with Christ in the air. Why? When Christ returns with all the Saints, two things take place that are different than in the Rapture. 1. Christ comes back in Divine Wrath to Judge an ungodly world without mercy. 2. After Divine Judgment is executed, Christ brings all the saints from Heaven with him to establish His Kingdom on Earth.

· 1 Thess 3:13…To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

· Jude 14-15…And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints

· 2 Thess 1:7-8…when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

· Rev 19:11-15…And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth 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 and wrath of Almighty God.

In the Rapture, the Body of Christ is removed from Earth before the man of Sin takes over. When the Church is taken out so likewise is the mercy of God from upon the earth. The hinderer of Gods mercy (The Holy Spirit) steps aside after the Rapture of the Church, which in turn allows the man of Sin to step in and confirm the Covenant as prophesied in Daniel 9:27. From the Apostle Paul’s knowledge of the Old Testament he understood the return of our Lord in Divine Wrath. Having converted from Law to Grace by the power of a resurrected Lord, revelation of the Church which was a mystery in other Ages was thus revealed to Paul by the Spirit of God.

· Eph 3:3-5… How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit

The Anti-Christ foreseen by Paul and predicted by Daniel provides a basis for the Tribulation that takes place after the Rapture of the Church.

The next verse is a highly misinterpreted verse however contradiction is taken away when timeframes are established correctly. The Holy Spirit that held back the powers of Satan* through the ages, thus steps aside and the man of sin steps in. The falling away mentioned is present tense activity as the closing of this Age prepares the child of God for the Rapture of the Church. By looking to Christ the child of God has a God given escape from Tribulation that is yet to come. When the Church is caught up to meet with Christ in the air the wickedness of Satan’s Kingdom allows Great Tribulation to take place, as never known before to man. During the Gentile reign of the Anti-Christ the Abomination of Desolation (like placing swine on the alter as a sacrifice) spoken of by Jesus (Matthew 24:15) will take place in the Jewish Temple. The Anti-Christ will thus exalt himself above God.

· 2 Thess 2:3-10…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; 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. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth* that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let,* until he be taken out of the way*. 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: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;

More Biblical evidence on the Rapture of the Church

The Rapture is a believer's "calling upward to meet Christ in the air". This upward call was taught by the Apostles Peter, John, and Paul. This upward call known as the Rapture of the Church is the believer's deliverance and escape from God's Future Judgment and Wrath that takes place on Earth during the Great Tribulation of (7) years. Members of the body of Christ (the Church) "will not" go through Tribulation and Wrath on Earth as taught in the book of John's future Revelation. The Rapture is God's blessing upon believer's in Christ... at the end of this Age. The Rapture is God's final Judgment upon the Church which calls those both, who are dead and alive... to meet with Christ in the air. This union in the air is the child of God's escape from God's future Judgment.

The revelation of the Rapture comes from the Holy Spirit's inward work and testimony of Jesus Christ to the human soul.  The Holy Spirit prepares the heart of a child of God for the Rapture. The Rapture became a New Testament revelation that dealt specifically with the Church (the spiritual body of Christ) that Jesus purchased with His own blood. Acts 20:28. The Rapture is an operation of God's plan for both Jews and Gentiles that flowed from the death of a Savior. The Rapture is an operation of God that tore down the entity of the Law for Israel only; and ushered in Grace and the New Testament to both Jew and Gentile. This miraculous work of God's Plan formed the Church, the spiritual body of believers worldwide. Within God's plan this entity was a creation of the Church which is primarily believers in Christ that are  spiritually united with God through the Spirit and faith in Christ. The believer's union with the Spirit of God is what reveals freedom and deliverance from sin and the future temporal world that will perish according to Old Testament Prophecy.

John's revelation given by the Spirit of God (after the death of a Savior) strongly teaches about the Rapture of the Church and implies being "called out" or "caught up" to meet Christ in the air. The language of the following verse stated by the Apostle John says,"Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter"...

Rev. 4:1-2...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. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

Students must consider that John was exiled to the Island of Patmos as God revealed the writing of the book of Revelation to John's heart and thinking. John was exiled because of his profession as a preacher and confession of Christ as  personal Lord and Savior. John was an Apostle ordained by Christ during the earthly ministry of Christ. John's heart and life was liberated by Christ (after the death and resurrection) when he was baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire on the day of Pentecost. From that point on John boldly preached and stood for the power of a resurrected Christ until he was exiled to Patmos where God revealed to John's heart what would take place "after" the Rapture of Church.

Only the first (4) chapters of John's future Revelation deal with the Church. It must be understood that God takes His spiritual body of believers in Christ out of a world that will suffer and perish during the Great Tribulation. It must also be understood that Israel and Israel's  rejection of the promised Messiah are the primary focus of John's future Revelation. Only the first (4) chapters of John's Revelation deal with the Church. Afterwards (after the Rapture of the Church) Tribulation, Wrath, and Judgment takes place and the Church and all of its members never go through such devastation. wrath, and Judgment. The Church escapes what is taught in the remaining 18 chapters of  John's  Revelation.

John walked with Christ during his Earthly ministry and preached the Kingdom message to Israel. That message was rejected by Israel. John dedicated his life to preaching New Testament Grace to both Jews and Gentiles "after" the death of Christ. That was ushered in after Israel rejected the Kingdom Message and their promised King. After John was exiled to Patmos he was given Divine Revelation of things that were to come upon both the Church and Israel. John wrote as God revealed to his heart...

Rev. 4:2...Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter

Come up hither (related to being caught up to meet with Christ in the Rapture) and being showed things that would take place hereafter. Hereafter what? After the Church is taken out (Raptured) to escape Judgment and Wrath promised to come upon Israel.  God will confirm such revelation and truth to the holy and studious heart. Enjoy your studies.

The Antichrist “revealed” after the Rapture; and “destroyed” by Christ at the end of the seven year Jewish Tribulation

When the hindering work of the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit is recognized, the Rapture of the Church and the Antichrist are both revealed clearly in the Scriptures. When the Antichrist is revealed prophetic truth from the Bible becomes clearer. The mystical Antichrist was predicted by Daniel the Prophet, Saint John the Revelator, and the Apostles Peter and Paul. The Antichrist confirms one week (or seven years) of Daniel’s seventy week prophecy.

Dan 9:27...And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week.

The Antichrist will operate under Satan’s reign until the end of the seven year Tribulation. This Jewish Tribulation is broken into two… 3 ½ year periods.

In the first period of this Jewish Tribulation the Antichrist or the man of Sin will confirm his covenant upon Israel according to Daniel’s prophecy. In the second 3 ½ year period of this Jewish Tribulation the Antichrist will break this covenant with Israel and do what Jesus called the Abomination of Desolation also prophesied by Daniel the Prophet.

Dan 9:27...and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease...

Matt 24:15...When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,

This Abomination of Desolation will shame and reproach the holiness of Gods Law given to Israel (much like Epiphanies did during Israel’s Gentile captivity by defiling the temple of God and offering swine to God from the alter in the Temple). This profane act by a Gentile ruler was an abomination to God and an abomination to the holiness of God's Divine Law given to Israel. In the second 3 ½ year period of the Great Tribulation the Antichrist will rise out of the Beast, a Gentile one world government. (Also called a Little Horn in)

Dan 7:8...among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:

Rev 17:11-14... And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

At the end of the seven year tribulation the whole world will turn against Israel. The world military force gathers together to battle against Israel at Armageddon.

Rev 19:19... And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

At that time Christ purges the Earth through renovation with fire.

2 Peter 3:10-11...But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved...

2 Thess 1:7-9...when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

At the end of the seven year Tribulation the Antichrist will be “destroyed” through the brightness of Christ’s coming.

2 Thess 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:

When Christ returns in Divine Judgment with flaming fire he will have his Church with Him. After the Earth is renovated by fire... Christ will set up His Kingdom of Heaven in Jerusalem as the saints will reign with Him for a thousand years. This is the beginning of the Millennial Reign of Christ.

One of the strongest verses in the Bible concerning the Rapture of the Church

2 Peter 3:9-10...the Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to "us-ward", not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come...

• First...The Day of the Lord will come (Judgment and Wrath upon an unbelieving world)
• Second...God is longsuffering to us-ward now
• Third...Us-ward is "us"...saved members of the body of Christ that will escape Tribulation
• Forth...God does not want members of the body of Christ to perish during the Great Tribulation. The Rapture or the calling up of the Church is God's Provision of escape from Great Tribulation
• Fifth...Those who perish are those who do not repent now and accept Christ as personal Lord and Saviour
• Sixth...That sinners (through the longsuffering of God now) would repent and accept Christ thus escaping the Tribulation by the Rapture of the Church...before God's Wrath and Judgment comes on the great and terrible day of the Lord's return

The Rapture of the Church is a blessing of God's Grace that allows believers (us-ward) to be caught up to meet with Christ in the air. This calling up will include those dead in Christ and those who are alive. These people in the Rapture will be translated like Enoch in the twinkling of an eye. Right now God long-suffers toward us-ward, before the Rapture of the Church. Through preaching now God provides repentance and Salvation for men and women and is willing that none should perish.

This very strong verse from the Bible on the Rapture of the Church was taken from Saint Peter's second Epistle chapter 3 from the ninth and tenth verse.

How can you prove the truth about God?

Two of the greatest evidences that God is real:

1. Israel
2. The Bible

Why? Neither have been destroyed or lost through the pages of history.

The preservation of Israel is proof God is real.
The preservation of the God's written Word proves God is real.

God would never allow either to be destroyed. The Bible cannot be destroyed because God has preserved it for thousands of years. Israel cannot be destroyed because God preserved it to set up His Kingdom there.

Only God could preserve Israel through worst Anti-Semitic conditions known to humanity. Only God could preserve a Bible that is hated, tossed aside, and misunderstood more than any other document in the pages of history.

God is real and has put Christ in control of time and eternity. Be ready for His calling out of the Church - which is just like the days of Noah. Be ready because God is real and Christ is soon going to allow His Church to escape the destruction that's coming.

Proof and evidence. Simple.

Who are the saints after, the Rapture of the Church?

After the Rapture:  The dead in Christ have risen. Those who are alive (in Christ) are caught up to meet with Christ in the air. The Church is raptured. The Church is delivered from Great Tribulation. The Church has escaped devastation, Judgment, and the wrath of an angry God. Revelation chapter 5 tells the story.

New Testament saints have joined with Christ (the bridegroom) and the Church (the bride of Christ) are taken up into Heaven. The earth is now taken over and Satan takes authority on the Earth. The Anti-Christ - the man of sin - the son of perdition steps in. The Holy Spirit, the body of Christ the church, and all of its members have gone up. This sanctification through the Spirit is a cutting away or a severing of the Church from an unbelieving world. No longer does the Holy Spirit's presence hinder or with hold the Anti-Christ from stepping in.

Satan's Kingdom begins. God's Judgment and Wrath begins. The seals are opened. The vials are opened. The woes are loosed. Strong delusion within humanity begins. The actual witness of the bride meeting the bridegroom in Heaven has happened. The Jews (an object of God's plan) rejected their Messiah in the Old Testament. The Jews rejected the Promised Kingdom and their King during the earthly ministry of Christ. Now the Jews have rejected the Raptured Church, the body of Christ visibly. The Church has been taken up. The Church has been sanctified. God's witness to the Jew (as prophesied) becomes Great Tribulation and Judgment upon Earth like in the days of Noah.

Death, Hell, and fire break loose on the earth for seven years. These events and these occurrences actually happen. This is only a prophetic glimpse of what takes place after the Rapture of the Church. The saints of God are with Christ in Heaven. In marriage, the Bride and Bridegroom have united in the Throneroom.

Over the years many have asked the question about Salvation "after the Rapture of the Church". One must understand the first four chapters of Revelation deals with Rapture. Revelation chapter five speaks about the Raptured saints in Heaven. Then John goes on to mention how God's Judgment and wrath are ministered upon the earth after the Church is Raptured. Then Revelation chapter six and seven gives a different picture of the saints of God. These saints are classified as Tribulation Saints. Tribulation Saints are saints of God who have kept faith in Christ to the point of death.

Here is a picture of Tribulation Saints from John's Revelation.

Rev 7:13-17...And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 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. 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. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

These saints are saints of God who turn to Christ during the Great Tribulation...after the Rapture of the Church has already taken place. The Tribulation is primarily recognized as a Jewish Tribulation.

Jesus is coming...William E. Blackstone

William E. Blackstone (1841-1935) would be the first to disclaim credit for any of his achievements. Blackstone wrote one of the most popular books on prophecy, simply entitled: Jesus Is Coming. Over 1 million copies have been printed since the book was first published, and it has been translated into at least 47 languages. Because of his humble nature, Blackstone would only use his initials W.E.B. as the author.

This book was referred to the writer of this Blog by Brother Lindsey in 1989. Contains a wealth of knowledge for the Bible student; and coincides with everything Brother Lindsey teaches.

Must read!

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Jesus is Coming

Chapter  1 - Jesus is Coming Again

Chapter  2 - Literal Interpretation

Chapter  3 - His Coming Does Not Mean Death

Chapter  4 - The Three Appearings

Chapter  5 - The Millennium

Chapter  6 - Post-Millennialism

Chapter  7 - Pre-Millennial Arguments.

Chapter  8 - Diagram of Events

Chapter  9 - Rapture and Revelation

Chapter 10 - The Church and the Millennial Kingdom

Chapter 11 - The Tribulation

Chapter 12 - The Antichrist

Chapter 13 - The Principal Event

Chapter 14 - Some Objections Considered

Chapter 15 - Israel To Be Restored

Chapter 16 - The Study of Prophecy

Chapter 17 - A Practical Doctrine

Chapter 18 - Outline Of The Order Of Events

Chapter 19 - Anathema or Comfort

Chapter 20 - The Time

Chapter 21 - Signs of Christ's Speedy Coming

The nature of the Beast

God showed up! Victory in Jesus! The following Blog was prompted about an hour ago by my dear Brother Howard who is a trucker that encountered a homeless lady this morning in a truck stop where he had stopped to shower. She was huddled in a corner booth in a video setting with two sacks of belongings awaiting sunrise. Howard had and urge from the Spirit of God. Howard gave her what he had in pocket. She was touched, thanked Howard, and disappeared. After showering, He looked at the TV and a preacher was ministering Christ. He said to himself "way to go Howard you blessed someone". He was suddenly interrupted as God said to him, No Howard..."I blessed you".

The nature of the Beast

In the realm of a pleasure mad world outside of Christ there is a Beast that lurks and lives, and watches over people with a close eye. This Beast is "crazed with moral insanity". The nature of this Beast is witnessed around the globe in the lives of people who are void of Christ, without hope, and helpless to sin and self. This Beast I speak of grows as "we" await the Rapture of the Church. This Beast is gaining strength and power as it feeds on it's prey of those destitute and empty of the person of Christ. Our adversary the Devil nurtures this Beast with adultery, sexual immorality, greed, poverty, jealousy, drugs, alcohol and anything that causes people to remain empty and void of God's Holy Spirit. The nature of this Beast is ruthless and without compassion upon any human soul for any reason. The nature of this Beast will take a human life a child or adult...in the twinkling of and eye with no remorse. This Beast with no emotion will starve out and watch a hungry person do without while eating $5000.00 meals. The nature of this Beast has no feelings for anything, or any person, but I, me, or mine. The Devil, the Anti-Christ, the false prophet and all the powers of darkness from the pits of Hell are joined in fellowship with this great and terrible Beast. This Beast is religious. This Beast is political. This Beast works through economic conditions. This Beast is subtle. This Beast is haughty. This Beast lives within natural law, catastrophic conditions, the weather, or the deformity of a child. This Beast feeds principalities and spiritual wickedness in high places. What is the nature of the Beast? Look around and you will see "the beast" as it forms and develops in these latter days.

Revelation 13:1...and I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a Beast rise up out of the sea

 "Find Christ, today. Don't wait! Turn from the Beast and this present world crazed with wickedness. Take hold of Christ while He is near. Never let go of Him. Let Christ take hold of you. Christ is safety and help. Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. Christ is our hope. Christ is our Peace. Christ is our future. In Christ the wicked one touches you not! Beautiful way of life. Glory! He's alive! Happy Easter!

A revival message that can never die...Hubert T. Lindsey... (6 audios of 10)

The following (6) audios were recorded at a Florida Revival meeting in 1985 and contain a wealth of knowledge (from the book of Revelation)that merits publication. There are (4) additional audios to be added to this (10) audio series. The (6) audios posted below are in chronological order and cover many fascinating subjects in the Bible such as the, "mark of the beast", "God's promises to Israel", "the gathering", "the complete restoration",  and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all flesh".

This audio ministry has been an ongoing ministry for this writer for almost 25 years. When I transpose these audios I study the content in effort to make sure all material is sound doctrine. I have spent many years studying Joel's Prophecy, the restoration of the Earth in the Millennial Kingdom, Jewish Law, The Kingdom Message, God's gathering of Israel, Israel's own gathering, various religions of the world, The Rapture, etc. These audios are fascinating and informative. They will fill gaps in your personal Bible study. They will bless you life and walk with Christ.

Please note the players below are sponsored players that often need to be refreshed to review content, to share, to send, to e-mail, to download or upload. God has blessed this ministry richly. Use it for the glory of Christ. Save these posts. Send them to friends. Help us to scatter this knowledge around the globe for the cause of Christ. This site is authored and maintained by Rick Roehm, pastor at the Upper Room in Williamsburg, Ohio. Our mission is to win souls to Christ. I'd like also to mention my dear Brother James Allen who works hand in hand with this writer to publicize Brother Lindsey's teaching around the globe. We do it for Jesus. Jesus gets the glory! Six audios posted! More coming as God allows.


The final hour of deception
The Rapture
Joel's Prophecy
Babylonian Religion
The second Exodus
Ashes of a Red Heifer

More about what the Bible says about the, "Anti-Christ"

Tribulations that we encounter in the Church now; and the Anti-Christ's in the world now... are not and do not have the magnitude of the "Great Tribulation" taught in the Holy Scriptures. The "Man of sin" or "son of perdition" promised to come upon Israel after the Rapture of the Church the Bible speaks of... is the Anti-Christ. The Rapture of the Church is God's Testimony to the Jew about the Great Tribulation promised to come in Old Testament prophesies. The Rapture of the Church is Christ's deliverance of the body of Christ from this Great Tribulation... from the wrath of God... from the establishment Satan's Kingdom... and from him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders...the Anti Christ. This man of sin was prophesied by the prophet Daniel ...and also called the "Little Horn" in Daniel 7:8.

The Prophet Daniel described the "Little Horn" as the one who would speak great words against the most High (Daniel 7:8, 7:25). According to John's Revelation the Anti-Christ (the Little Horn) is birthed out of the Beast which is a Gentile Kingdom likened unto the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian, and Roman Empires. The Forth beast mentioned in Daniel had ten horns (ten Kings)...and another horn the, “Little Horn” that rose out of that Beast (Daniel 7:1-8). John's Revelation describes this Beast as a One World Gentile Government ruled and controlled by Satan who reigns in direct opposition to Israel during the Great Tribulation. Remember, the Church is gone! God's mercy is gone! The Holy Spirit within the body of Christ is gone! Satan (the deceiver) has his rule on Earth for a short season. During Satan's reign after the Church is taken out... the Anti Christ will turn the Gentile World against the Jew unlike anything man has ever known...

Rev 12:13..And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

Luke 21:24...and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

This Gentile fulfillment will take place when all nations gather together to battle against Israel at Armageddon.

Old Testament prophecy that confirms such truth points to the Prophet Daniel. Daniel had a vision and prophecy of the 70 weeks (posted last week). All 70 weeks were directly determined by God upon Israel "thy people" and not the Church. The Church was never prophesied. Note "thy people" and "thy holy city" Jerusalem, the command to restore the wall, etc. all had prophetic relation to Israel only. This included the (One Week) or seven years that ended Daniels 70 week Prophecy. The 70 week prophecy referred to Judgment and restoration for Israel.

New Testament records point to John's Revelation. John's Revelation confirms many of Daniels prophecies. John's Revelation confirms that the Beast Kingdom is birthed when Christ opens the seals in (Rev 6:1). This work of Christ takes place during the Tribulation after the Rapture where John is taken up hither in (Rev: 4). The seals are the ministering of Christ's wrath and Judgment promised to come upon the nation of Israel in many Old Testament Prophecies of the Gospel. Within the seven year Jewish Tribulation the Anti-Christ (The Little Horn) will come out of the Beast according to Daniel and Johns Revelation.

Rev 13:5...And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

Confirmed in Daniel 7:8, 7:25. This takes place in the first 42 months of the Tribulation (a Jewish Tribulation) as God gathers His elect from the earth (after the Rapture). During the "Great Tribulation" - the second 42 month period (Rev. 11-19) a remnant (the Jew that halted will accept Christ as Messiah). 

Mic 4:6...In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted

Ultimately God's purpose for Tribulation and Wrath after the Rapture of the Church is to gather and sway His chosen people (Israel) to the Messiahship of Christ ...to renovate and restore the Earth, and to pour out His Spirit as promised in...

Ezekiel 37:13-14...And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

The Anti-Christ was spoken of by the Apostle Paul as the man of sin, and the son of perdition...

2 Thess. 2:9...Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

The Anti-Christ deceives those who perish. Who are those who perish? Those who perish are those who disobeyed the Gospel, rejected Christ, an did not make the Rapture of the Church. They did not make the Rapture because they received not the love of the truth. They rejected Christ. Peter describes this crowd as scoffers who were "willingly" ignorant and...

2 Peter 3:9...those who were slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward,( the Church) not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Who is Peter making reference to? The Church. Peter recognized God's mercy and the refuge found in the Church, the body of Christ, was the only thing that would save man from perishing...after the Church is caught up to meet with Christ in the air.

2 Peter 3:10...But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Before the "day of the Lord in Divine Judgment" there is a seven year Jewish Tribulation where the Anti-Christ has reigned for seven years under the dominion of Satan. On the Day of the Lord Christ will destroy the Anti-Christ with the brightness of His coming.

2 Thess 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:

At that time a renovation and restoration takes place, first in Jerusalem where Christ will be physically seated on His Throne in the Kingdom of Heaven. Peter, John, and Paul were knowledgeable men concerning God's Promised Kingdom for Israel. They were enlightened to Old Testament records that included Daniel' s dream, his vision and his prophecy of Tribulation and the Little Horn that rises from the Beast.

Rev 13:1...And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns

The ten horns also referred to the 10 toes of Nebuchadnezzar in the book of Daniel 2:31-42. These pointed to 10 democratic leaders under the Beast Kingdom likened to the Imperial Power of Rome in John's Day. According to both Daniel and John - the Beast has seven heads and 10 horns.

Rev 17:7...And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns...

The seven heads are seven Kings...five fallen Roman leaders that history will confirm. The 6th was Domitian a Roman King who exiled John to the Isle of Patmos - where the Book of Revelation was written. The 7th had not come yet...which is the Beast Kingdom in the books of Daniel and Revelation. The 8th is the Son of Perdition (the Anti-Christ) and is actually the 7th according to Revelation.

Rev 17:10-11...And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when "he" cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. The Anti-Christ (He) that is birthed out of the Beast that also goeth into perdition.

John the Revelator, Peter's Epistles and Paul's Epistles all confirm the Rapture of the Church, the Jewish tribulation, and the Wrath that Christ ministers, after the Church is taken out. The Anti-Christ, He, the Little Horn, The Man of Sin, the son of perdition, is confirmed through many various men of God who were moved by the Holy Ghost. The Anti-Christ was also referred to and spoken of by Jesus in Mark's narrative. Jesus was ministering to Israel.

Mark 13:13-14... And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:...For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

This is because of the Wrath of God is ministered during the Great Tribulation. The Abomination of Desolation takes place within that 7 year time frame. It is an outlawing of Temple Worship directly related to Israel under the aggression of a Gentile One World Government governed by the Anti-Christ. It is a product of the Beast Kingdom (a Gentile, pagan, and heathen) influence over the nation of Israel under the reign of Satan and the Anti-Christ during the entire period of seven years of Tribulation upon Israel. God allows this to happen because the "hinderer' of God's Wrath steps aside. The Anti-Christ, the Little Horn or "He", confirms this covenant with Israel at the first half of the 7 year Tribulation but "He" breaks this covenant in the second half of the Great Tribulation after Gentile aggression outlaws Jewish Temple worship in Jerusalem.

 First 3 ½ year period…Rev 11:2…But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

 Second 3 ½ year period... Rev 11: 3…And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. Rev 13:4-5…And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

Gentile aggression against Israel occurs during the Great Tribulation...Influenced by the Anti-Christ under Satan's dominion.

There is a reference that may confuse some individuals. It’s found in Matthew 24:14 and states the Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world. Matt 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. Jesus is referring to a false proclamation made by the Jewish people during the Tribulation... toward the Gentile world. That context is proven in the next few verses. Verse 15 describes the abomination of desolation*. Matt 24:15...When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

*The Abomination of Desolation was a Gentile aggression against Israel during the great Tribulation which is a type similar to the Babylonian aggression during the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes a Syrian king spoken of in Daniel 9:27. Epiphanes’ hatred toward the Jew outlawed the Sabbath, the Torah, circumcision, temple worship, etc. He also erected a statue in the likeness of himself and sacrificed a pig on the alter.

The Jew will be hated on earth instead of reigning on earth. This false proclamation also applies to the Jew returning to Israel before the Great Tribulation and proclaiming the land of Canaan is theirs. Israel's false proclamation during the Great Tribulation is that that the Kingdom is restored. This false proclamation only brings the armies of the world against Israel, ushering in the battle of Armageddon…during which Christ will come and restore the Kingdom prepared from the foundation of the World.

Rev 19:19-20...And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone

The seven Churches are miniature pictures of seven Church Ages

In today's Blog (before I get into it) I'd like to pour my heart a little bit. For the past 10 days I've been doing a roof project at my residence that has been going up and down so to speak. As I delved into this venture and a very small corner of the business world of sub-contracting God warned and halted this writer with great admonition. I sought God's face and directive as He ministered to this writer's heart. Today as I write these words, I understood God's admonition as "all" my subjection lies in Him. He let me know a few things in the past 24 hours and here's a few examples of what He let me know. Don't gamble...don't get wrapped up in politics...don't get wrapped up in the business world...and thus He showed me why? He let me know these matters and conditions of life...could cost me my Salvation. So after realizing God's Divine influence I understood from Him,"Don't do it son!" A great lesson for this writer and much was learned concerning my hope and future plans in Christ. He called me to do His work...so that I must do! In the midst of all the ups and downs in life this writer in subjection to God concludes with the following verse ...

1 John 2:15-17...Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Now that's off my heart...here's today's blog from the book of Revelation.


The seven Churches are miniature pictures of seven Church Ages.

Ephesus,  left their first love - AD 100.

From the First Century Church to the Third Century you will find deviation from the early Apostle’s doctrine of Grace. Likewise men deviated from a consciousness to the Holy Spirit’s work and presence as taught in the Epistles. Water Baptism in all various modes for many various reasons became rampant for centuries. This plague is still in effect today. The teachings of Sanctification through the Spirit have dwindled. “Dead works” prevailed. Regardless of the doctrines of men the Body of Christ still existed through the Ages.

Smyrna… that Age ranged from 100-312 AD

During these years Roman governments were ruled by Caesars (212 years).  Jewish insurrections and political ties were strongly linked to the Religious world. On the Gentile side philosophies and pagan religious worship crept in. Jewish Law and Gentile Philosophy mixed with Grace. Grace alone in the Body of Christ was gradually becoming tainted. Papal supremacy which began at Constantine ruled for centuries. The Church still existed through this Age.

Pergamum means joined in marriage …that Age ranged from 312-590 AD

During these centuries you had the origin of priestly worship called the “Nicolatians”. Plain religion mixed with a Jezebel spirit subtly seduced men into religious worship and politics rather the Grace of God through faith in Christ alone. The Body of Christ still existed through this Age. The Word of God was written and preserved in Latin. Priestly worship, politics, and religion permitted crusades, wars, and dominance throughout Europe and that side of the earth for centuries. This continued through the Dark Ages as the Body of Christ still existed through that Age.

Thyatira allowed Jezebel to seduce …That Age ranged from 590-1517 AD

Then you had Reformation where men began to protest the Roman Church and its religious teachings. There English translations of the Word of God were made. The Protestant reformation existed for years where the King James Version of the Bible in English was introduced. The Body of Christ still existed.

This was the Church Age of Sardis …That Age ranged from 1517-1750 AD

After the Reformation you had an awakening that swept the world for three centuries. During this awakening God used mighty men of God to preach revival throughout Europe and it's continents all the way to the United States where revival likewise swept the U.S. with the power and presence of the Holy Ghost. One prevalent move during those years was the Azuza Street Revival that became a great testimony for Christ in the 1900’s.

Philadelphia in John’s Revelation was the only perfect Church …That Age ranged from 1750-1925 AD

The Seven Churches of John were actual Churches at that time however; those seven Churches also “revealed” the religious and political conditions that existed through the Ages until now.

We are presently in the seventh Age, which is the Church of Laodicia. 1925-to present.

Unfortunately this Church Age is neither hot nor cold it’s “lukewarm”. This lukewarm state is obvious for anyone who knows Christ to see; “Just look around”. This self-sufficient lukewarm religious condition at present  makes God sick enough to vomit.

· Rev 3:16-17…So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

The Revelation of Christ in chapters 1-3 deals with miniature pictures of conditions that took place in the Seven Church Ages. In Chapter Four of Revelation the Spirit of God took John up to Heaven, away from future catastrophic conditions and revealed to John what it will be like, hereafter. Hereafter what? …The closing of this Laodician Age where the entire body of Christ is caught up to meet with Christ in the air. The Hindering work of the Holy Spirit steps aside and the Wrath and Judgment seat from an Almighty God begins. Our present Church age is moving toward this closing where the Rapture of the Church will be a believer’s only escape from Christ’s future Wrath and Judgment where the Anti-Christ steps in. The closing of this Age is described in the following verse when John says, “After this”.

· Rev 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.

First words…after this (present conditions of the lukewarm Laodician Age).

Secondly…come up hither (dead in Christ and those alive being caught up in the Rapture).

Third…I will show you things hereafter (Hereafter what?)…The Rapture. What takes place on Earth after the Church is removed. Mercy is gone. The Omnipresence of the Holy Spirit as we know it in the Church …is gone. Then come’s the seals, vials, trumps, and the woes through the Wrath of the Lamb and the Judgment seat of Christ.

The Revelation of Christ in the Rapture shows how God is going to deliver His Church the Bride from a predicted devastation, Wrath, and Judgment. That deliverance is only a glimpse of God calling out His saints in the Rapture and taking them to refuge in Heaven before the Anti-Christ and works of Satan begin on the earth. Revelation thus describes Tribulation, Wrath, and Judgment on the Earth BUT!!! All this takes place “after” the Rapture of the Church.

1000 year reign of Christ with Saints...never told in the Old Testament... Why?

The word "millennium" is a Latin word that means a 1000 year time period. Old Testament prophecies were never foretold of the 1000 year reign of Christ with the saints...Why? The reason is, "Israel had to accept Christ first". Israel as a nation never accepts Christ until the Great Tribulation and the beginning of the 1000 year reign of our Lord.

Rev 20:4-6... And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

The 1000 year reign of Christ is predicted by John in his revelation of the return of Christ with all the saints. In order to understand the "millennium" or the "1000 year reign of Christ with the saints" you must see the distinction between the Church and Israel. The Church was never prophesied. Israel's destiny to inherit the Kingdom on Earth was! The Church Age was birthed at the death of Christ. The calling out of the Church (the saints of God) to meet Christ in the air was never prophesied in the Old Testament but was predicted by the Apostles Paul and Peter. This calling out (or the Rapture of the saints) is the Churches escape of the Great Tribulation prophesied to come upon Israel. This Jewish Tribulation was prophesied by Daniel the Prophet.

After the Church is caught up (Raptured) for seven years, Christ and the saints of God return to Earth to set up the 1000 year reign of Christ with all His saints upon the Earth. Christ's return to the Mount of Olives will allow Him to reign on the Earthly Throne as did His father David in the days of Old. Renovation with fire takes place at the beginning of the Millennium. God purifies the Earth so the saints (the Bride) can reign with Christ (the Bridegroom) upon physical Earth for 1000 years. Israel accepts Christ on Earth at the beginning of this 1000 year reign. The Promised Kingdom was established in Jerusalem as foretold by the Prophets. For 1000 years the Church (kings and priests) and Christ reign on Earth to minster the Messiahship of Christ to the Heathen nations.

Restoration of the Earth is the picture of the 1000 year reign. Israel's blessing of the promised land being touched by the Divine hand of God will bring the "latter rains". Rain upon the land and agricultural life of Israel will allow the crops upon the Earth to flourish and prosper. It is prophesied in the Old Testament that the entire Earth will be blessed as the Law flows from Zion which is the geographical place where David throne was . Isa. 2 and Micah 4. The Law flowing from Zion is Israel's outreach ministry to the Heathen nations and mixed multitudes. As the Heathen nations accept Christ as Messiah and Redeemer they will receive the "rains" that will allow their crops to flourish and prosper according to the blessings of the Law of Moses in Duet. 28. This initial stage of the promised Kingdom on Earth is "confined" at the beginning 1000 year reign but spreads throughout the renovated Earth as the Law of God flows through Israel and the saints of God. Divine Law according to God, Israel's witness, and Israel's faith in Christ ministers to Tribulation Saints and their offspring that reproduces throughout the 1000 year Reign of Christ on Earth. Both glorified saints (eternal) and mortal saints (temporal) live during the 1000 year reign of our Lord. Of course mortals live, reproduce, and die during the 1000 year reign.

Isa 65:20-25... There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

The land upon "all" Earth is gradually restored as promised by God. The agricultural life, the plant life, the animal life will gradually be restored as well. The earth is purged from all dross as men and women from all nations and different walks of life will be able to accept the Messiahship of Christ who reigns physically in Jerusalem. Many people will accept Christ during the Millennium reign. Many will receive the blessings of the Law with faith in the Messiah as promised in the Old Testament Scriptures.

When the 1000 year of Christ with the saints of God or the Church on Earth expires...the Church will flee (go back to the Father) as the Final Judgment of the Great White Throne is carried out according to the Revelation of John, Rev. 20. The graves of the nations will be resurrected and judged as the wicked dead are raised, punished, and cast into the sea of fire for everlasting damnation. This final Judgment and last war between Russia and Israel will allow death and Hell to be destroyed and cast into the sea of fire. The Church in Heaven will descend to Earth as promised. After this last and final act of God and Christ there will be no more need for Judgment or Redemption. The whole earth will be completely restored like the Garden of Eden.

Israel will be blessed spiritually, physically, and eternally. Then the descension of the Church from Heaven (the Lambs Bride) will allow God to pour out His Spirit upon "all" flesh as promised in Old Testament Prophesies. The new Heaven and New Earth will render the fullness of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in "complete restoration" of the whole earth and everything in it!

Rev 21:1-21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.