After much prayer and study, I feel it is time for me to make a bold stand against modern Bible Prophecy interpretations, especially those that are highly popular among Evangelical Christians. To make this intense and highly important study easier to navigate and process in increments, this new POEM Ministry teaching has been divided into six main sections with the following subheadings:
Please prayerfully and carefully read through each section to see the complete picture of what the Holy Spirit has revealed to me over several years, beginning in 2010. I saw these discrepancies and faulty interpretations while doing my own private and intensive study of many End Time Bible Prophecies that do not appear to have been interpreted correctly. In fact, it was my disastrous application of these faulty interpretations to the proposed End Time Prophecy Timelines in my otherwise fascinating and deep 800-page book “
But afterward, over time, Yahshua rekindled my desire to seek His will as I read and deciphered every End Time prophecy on my own. And now, finally, I believe I truly understand the BIG Picture of what is about to transpire. Although I make no claims of infallibility, I believe that what I am about to share here has great merit, or I would not be going through all this trouble to share it. So here it goes....
The Pre-Tribulation Rapture view has the Rapture at the beginning of a seven year period of intense Christian persecution and worldwide cataclysms that Yahshua or Jesus called the time of “Great Tribulation” in
. This is the mainstream, most widely accepted view of when the Rapture occurs, and how long the subsequent Great Tribulation will be. However, not all Christians believe this doctrine. Some have reservations about how it is defined and applied to future prophetic events, and I am among them. However, I do believe there will be a Rapture or Catching Away of the born again Saints to Heaven before Yahweh's Wrath is poured out, and the Wrath of God begins being poured out when the Sixth Seal opens at the end of Revelation, Chapter 6, per God's own prophetic Word:
This Scripture tells us who the Wrath of God is directed toward in verse 15, and that is all the unsaved among the rich and powerful, as well as every ordinary person that is left behind. These people will fearfully be trying to hide themselves as they see their carefully crafted plans go awry as God pours out His terrifying Wrath on the wicked. I believe that we have witnessed the opening of the first five Seals of Revelation with the cataclysmic events of the past decade, and we are now very close to the Rapture. As I showed in the information packed, illustrated articles linked to below, ten years have passed since the epic Solar Eclipse over Easter Island on July 11th, 2010, and the even more epic Blood Moon over Orion's Sword on December 21st, 2010, which was the Winter Solstice.
Furthermore, as shown in the article linked to directly above this paragraph, the Solar Eclipse on June 21st, 2020 may be heralding the coming of the Antichrist. I do not know if we will see who the Antichrist of antichrists is, but I can assure you all that there are very, very few high profile people in politics or religion that are not involved in the creation and implementation of the New World Order or Totalitarian kingdom of the Antichrist in some fashion, and none of these figureheads can be trusted. Please read both articles linked to above to understand how dire this situation really is.
Now, I want to focus a bit on the most popular Rapture teachings. I was originally taught the Pre-Tribulation view by leaders in the Evangelical Protestant Churches that were on Television and also on the Internet. In fact, all of the biggest mainstream Pastors and Prophecy teachers teach that the Rapture will occur immediately before a seven-year Great Tribulation. Some also believe that this terrible time of testing will be followed by the Millennial Kingdom of Yahshua, although the Millennial Rule of our Messiah is rejected by some denominations. Instead, they think the New Heaven and New Earth will immediately follow the Great Tribulation. The Book of Revelation supports the idea of Christ's thousand-year reign, however.
In reality, however, belief in a Rapture that will rescue born again believers from the Wrath of God is not very widespread outside of North America. Very few Christians worldwide believe in any kind of Rapture before the Second Coming of Christ to fight the Battle of Armageddon at the end of the Great Tribulation. Some Christians don't even believe Yahshua will ever return, but will send a very righteous and godly man to represent Him instead. In my opinion, the Christians being taught to accept a godly man as their Messiah instead of a glorified, supernatural Messiah who descends from Heaven are being set up to accept the Antichrist.
Most of the world's Catholic Churches, Orthodox Churches and old school Protestant Churches do not subscribe to any kind of Rapture or catching away or rescue teaching. Instead they believe that the resurrection of all the dead and living saints is Post Tribulation. In essence, those that accept the Post Tribulation view believe that there is no Rapture or Catching Away of believers to Heaven before the Second Coming of Christ described in
. They also think that believers will have to live through the Great Tribulation. Furthermore, some Churches don't believe that Yahshua is ever going to return to the Earth to rule, but that He will remain in, and rule from His Throne in Heaven.
So though I originally believed that the Pre-Tribulation view was correct based on what I had been taught, my private studies led me to question these teachings, and dig further to see if they were correct or not, especially because so many Christians do not believe in a Rapture at all. So I spent many years reading the Bible alongside countless scholarly studies, and listening to countless sermons on the Pre-Tribulation, Pre-Wrath and Post-Tribulation views of the Rapture. As I did, I kept praying for discernment and wisdom, and I asked many questions. The Holy Spirit within me then prompted me to diligently look for the best answers to these questions.
The result of my research has led me to believe that there is going to be a Rapture or catching away of the saints before the end of the Great Tribulation. However, I also came to the ominous conclusion that the Bible's New Testament Scriptures teach that Christians are guaranteed to suffer intense persecution if they are earnestly contending for their Faith in Yahshua and attempting to lead others to follow Him.
Thankfully, however, it's now becoming really clear to many believers in the relatively peaceful and wealthy Western nations who once thought they would never experience persecution or tribulation that they were wrong. Hopefully they are also learning to question the views of the timing of the Rapture and length of the Tribulation that is accepted by the mainstream Prophecy teachers today also. They need to realize that the Pre-Tribulation Rapture concept was formulated many years ago - when the thought that Christians in the West could be openly persecuted, hated and reviled in the Americas, the United Kingdom and Europe was relatively unheard of.
Frankly, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for a belief in a seven year Great Tribulation, but only in one that lasts half that long. In fact, the
make it clear that the final Tribulation period - when God's Wrath is to be poured out and the Antichrist and the Beast will be in control - is only going to continue for exactly three and a half prophetic years. This three and a half years is also described as 42 months or 1260 days in the Book of Revelation.
The reason that the Great Tribulation is only half a week of years long is partly because Daniel's 70th week was already mostly fulfilled by Christ at his First Advent, and no further fulfillment is called for. Technically, though, Christ did not stay on the Earth for the last half of the Seventieth Week. He ascended to Heaven and promised to return to fulfill that half. So three and a half years are left to see the complete fulfillment of the New Covenant promises of Christ when the Millennial Kingdom is established.
Two prophetic books contain verses that proclaim a three and a half year tribulation period at least seven times. All of them indicate a 3.5 year span of time in different ways. 42 months is 3.5 years because there are 12 months in a year, so 3 times 12 months equals 36, and one half year is 6 months. So 36 + 6 = 42. Likewise, 1,260 days is 3.5 prophetic years of 360 days each.
The Pre-Wrath view of the Rapture is similar to the Pre-Tribulation view in that Pre-Wrath believers think the Rapture will be before God's Wrath is poured out. This outpouring of God's Wrath will not happen until the Great Tribulation - when the divinely sent Sudden Destruction of God's Wrath will come upon the world and the Antichrist or Man of Sin will seize control. This will happen after the Sixth Seal is opened and the Wrath of God begins to be poured out.
The most common Pre-Wrath view holds that the Rapture will occur after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have begun their rides. It is understood that the Rapture will happen after the opening of the first Four Seal Judgments, and also after the Fifth Seal is opened and the heavy persecution and beheading of the saints begins. I believe that the Fifth Seal has been opened, and this became evident in 2010. But the Rapture should occur before the Sixth Seal is opened, which will bring the Sudden Destruction of the Wrath of God upon the whole world.
It's important to see that the opening of the Sixth Seal is when the Wrath of God is first poured out on the Earth, and the Scriptures clearly say that believers are not appointed to suffer God's Wrath (
See Romans 5:8-10;
1 Thess. 1:8-10,
1 Thess. 5:8-10). Only those who persecute and revile God's born again children and did nothing to stop or protest their unfair treatment at the hands of the wicked will experience God's Wrath. So the Rapture happens after the birth pangs of the Tribulation have begun. However, lest believers get caught unawares, we need to accept that the Rapture may not even happen before the hard labor of the Great Tribulation sets in.
But if there is going to be a total rescue from experiencing God's Wrath, the Rapture has to happen before the Great Tribulation is born in full and the Antichrist is in totalitarian control of the world.
No one can deny that we are experiencing many, many birth pangs right now all over the world that are extremely close together and hard labor has begun. Great disasters from God's judgment are literally being poured out via catastrophic storms that bring damage and death from strong winds, hail and floods that have been hitting all over the world for the past few years.
Watch the "Two Preachers" and "Jason A" video channels on YouTube to see constant catastrophic evidence for this that is documented in many of their videos.
Now, before I go on. I want you to know that it's alright with me if you don't agree with the Pre-Wrath Rapture view. I am not trying to convert anyone, and it's not a salvation issue, so it's alright for us to disagree on doctrinal matters as long as it has nothing to do with our salvation in Yahshua alone. But my understanding of
Matthew Chapter 24 is what convinced me to accept the Pre-Wrath view. If the description of the tribulation in
Matthew 24 is carefully compared to the tribulation plagues described in the
Book of Revelation, it will become apparent that Yahshua's description of "the tribulation of those days" is before the Rapture of the Church, and only a little time is actually spent discussing the Great Tribulation in that Chapter.
This can be clearly seen in the fact that the Great Tribulation plagues described in
Revelation Chapters 8 and 16 are far more severe than anything revealed in
Matthew 24. This is the most telling indication that the Pastors who declare that Christ's Second Coming to fight the Battle of Armageddon is discussed in Matthew 24 are incorrect. I did an extensive Bible study that led me to this conclusion. Here is a
LINK TO AN EXPLANATORY ARTICLE that partly discusses the severity of the Great Tribulation. It also can be found listed at the end of this article.
Also, I'm not alone in this view. Many people hold to the Pre-Wrath view because it appears to make more sense based on Yahshua's and the Apostle Paul's teachings. In fact, Yahshua promised that all of His truly born again disciples would experience tribulation. Believers need to realize that those who are truly born again have dedicated their lives to Christ, and they always seek to love and follow His commandments. All believers around the world also need to wake up and realize that they're living in Tribulation right now.
Tribulation includes persecution, sickness and suffering that are caused by living in an ungodly world surrounded by unregenerate people living in rebellion against God. This type of tribulation is especially evident in the sweeping moral degeneration of the West as it embraces and accepts the deviant sexual behavior of the LGBTQ Movement, sexual immorality outside of marriage, euthanasia, the genetic modification of humanity and foods, abortion and the spiritual and intellectual distortion that the integration of the human mind and body with artificial intelligence and robotic humanoid machines will ultimately bring about.
Believers in the West need to recognize that believers in Asia and Africa and the Middle East readily agree with my Pre-Wrath view because they are experiencing terrible tribulation right now, so they do not see any kind of Rapture or rescue before tribulation. For them, suffering persecution or tribulation is a constant everyday reality! For this reason, it's not biblically accurate to call the Rapture a Pre-Tribulation event. In fact, the following scripture tells believers to rejoice in being counted worthy to suffer as our Messiah did when He preached the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to the people of Israel:
1 Peter 4:12-13 - “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings...”
Yahshua preached the Gospel of the Kingdom mostly in His parables. The Parable of the Ten Virgins, the Parable of the Talents, and the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats are all Kingdom parables, and they are found in
Matthew Chapter 25, which follows
Matthew 24 for that reason. ALL of these parables are about the Rapture, the judgment of the wicked or Sudden Destruction that follows it, the rewards to be given to the saints after the Rapture at the Bema Seat Judgment, and the final harvest of the left behind saints. These parables are indicative that
Matthew 24 is describing the birth pangs of, or prelude to the Great Tribulation that will lead up to the Rapture, but not the terror of the Great Tribulation itself, which is thoroughly and horrifically described with all its gruesome and destructive details in the
Book of Revelation, Chapters 6 through 18.
SECTION 2: THE BOOK OF REVELATION'S SAINTS IN PRE-WRATH RAPTURE CONTEXT
Revelation Chapter 7 describes a huge multitude of Tribulation Saints in Heaven standing before the Throne of God in His heavenly Throne room, which is beautifully described in Revelation Chapter 4. These Tribulation Saints are in their glorified bodies, and they are dressed in white linen and praising God for their deliverance via the Rapture and First Resurrection. This is fittingly located there because the Wrath of Yahweh will begin to be poured out before then, as described in
Revelation Chapter 6 at the opening of the Sixth Seal. This is when the Sudden Destruction of the world, and the punishment of the elite will take place with the beginning of the outpouring of the Wrath of God.
In
Revelation Chapter 8, the prayers of these Saints that are now in Heaven are offered up with incense in a Golden Censer that is above a Golden Altar in Heaven. After that, the Golden Censer filled with the prayer-laden incense of the Tribulation Saints is cast down to the Earth to start another phase of Yah's Wrath upon the wicked inhabitants remaining alive after the cataclysmic destruction of the Earth that started at the opening of the Sixth Seal. Then in
Revelation Chapter 11, the reward of these Saints already in Heaven is mentioned.
In
Revelation 13, we are told what the Tribulation Saints who were not believers when the First Rapture happened or who were lukewarm and left behind will have to experience at the hands of the Beast from the Sea, which is a symbol for the one world government and religious system of the Antichrist (and which I believe is the
United Nations - Here is a
LINK TO AN EXPLANATORY ARTICLE about the United Nations in Bible Prophecy, which also can be found at the end of this article.
Sadly, these tardy saints will have to live through the plagues cast upon the Earth due to the Wrath of God.
Eerily, it is evident to me in many of the government initiatives and policies being pushed to take away our freedoms due to the COVID 19 Pandemic that they are DIRECTLY TIED to and will lead up to the events of Revelation Chapter 13, when the Beast is going to be worshiped and the Mark of the Beast is to be implemented. There is no doubt in my mind that the Beast system of the Antichrist is being set up behind the scenes right now. But we haven't seen the worst of it, and the persecution of the sleeping saints that are left behind is going to become much worse during the Great Tribulation.
As I've explained in previous ministry blog articles, I firmly believe that we are in the prophetic time period of the first Five Seal Judgments that reveal mankind's inhumanity to man, and the hatred of God and mankind among the elite. But this is not the Wrath of God, which is ONLY unleashed on the wicked elite and occult leaders AFTER the Saints who are truly born again are taken away and protected up to Heaven.
The first Five Seals describe what God has allowed wicked people to do to one another on a global scale as a result of the removal of His blessing and protection on the nations. This is a result of the sad fact that there are many people in this world that profess to honor God, but are apostate or lukewarm. Here is a
LINK TO AN EXPLANATORY ARTICLE about the wickedness of mankind today, which can be found listed at the end of this article.
In
Revelation 14, we are told that all the Saints who stay faithful to Yahshua or Jesus and die of natural causes or as martyrs during the Seal Judgment period and after the Rapture during the Great Tribulation are to be greatly blessed. This blessing is given when they enter everlasting rest and joy in the Kingdom of God in Heaven at the time of death or the Rapture. Incidentally, the Book of Revelation contains several promises of the Rapture, or of several Rapture type events during that time period. Here is a
LINK TO AN EXPLANATORY ARTICLE examining these references to the Rapture, which is also listed at the end of this article.
In
Revelation 16, 17 and 18, the suffering of the Saints during the Great Tribulation - when Christian persecution and martyrdom are increasing everywhere, and are at an all time high worldwide - is mentioned in relation to why our Father God is so wrathful. The suffering and prayers of the Saints for deliverance are the factors behind God's decision to mete out such harsh punishment on the wicked when He pours out the worst part of His anger with the Bowls of His Wrath at the end of the Great Tribulation.
Then, in
Revelation 19, the Saints are mentioned in relation to the Bride of Christ at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. This is partly a FLASHBACK in reference to the Saints who are resurrected or transformed, and then taken in the Rapture to attend the Wedding of the Lamb as the Great Multitude in Revelation 7, and also possibly in Revelation 11 in relation to the Seventh and Last Trumpet. Earlier in the same chapter, these same Saints are seen clothed in white and riding on white horses - going forth in victory with Yahshua at the Battle of Armageddon.
In
Revelation Chapter 20, there is an account of a First Resurrection and Bema Seat Judgment scene that is similar to the one described in
Revelation Chapter 7. Only this resurrection and rewards ceremony is not the same as the First or Second Rapture events that are hinted at in
Revelation Chapters 3, 6, 7 and 11. Instead, though we see the Throne Room in Heaven that is described in
Revelation Chapter 4 with the 24 Elders on thrones flanking the Judgment Seat of Christ, the multitude of saints that stand in immortal resurrected bodies before the Bema Seat are the souls of those saints who were martyred for their faith in Christ. These are the ones who refused to worship the Beast, and refused to take his Mark. This Mark that is connected to buying and selling and commerce will condemn all those who take it to suffer the second death. All of the other wicked souls on the Earth, including the Beast and the False Prophet, will suffer the second death for eternity:
Revelation 2:11 - “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.”
Revelation 20:6 - “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”
Revelation 20:14 - “Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.”
Revelation 21:8 - “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
This immunity of the saints to the second death is important to note because all of the resurrected saints share this immunity. The first group mentioned in the Book of Revelation that the second death has no power over are described in
Revelation Chapter 7. These are the saints that either never died, or died before the Great Tribulation started. These are also the saints that Paul describes in his account of the Rapture in
1 Corinthians 15:51-53. So, in
Revelation Chapter 20, we see a different group of resurrected saints who suffered terribly for their faith during the Great Tribulation that will be given everlasting rewards for meritorious service during their lifetimes on the Earth. These saints are not caught up in a Rapture event, but are raised to everlasting life on the Earth, and will remain upon the Earth to serve Yahshua during His Millennial Kingdom.
Sadly, not everyone will be saved during the Great Tribulation. In fact, the Book of Revelation says that many of those who are left behind at the time of the Rapture will never repent (See
Revelation 9:20-21;
Revelation 16:9-11). This means that many wicked people will freely choose to continue to rebel against Yahweh, and they will want to follow the dark path of the Devil that they are on. These lost souls will not take part in the Millennial Rule of Christ, and will not be resurrected or judged until the Great White Throne Judgment just before the New Heaven and the New Earth are created, when they all will receive no mercy when they are judged and are cast into the abyss to suffer the second death.
SECTION 3: UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCE, COVENANT, AND WING OF DANIEL 9:25-27
I was just asked how - with my Pre-Wrath view of the Rapture - I would place the signing of the seven year Peace Treaty with “Israel”. This Peace Treaty is supposed to be made, and to be broken by the Antichrist during the seven years of the final “Great” Tribulation period before the Millennial Rule of Christ is inaugurated. Well, to answer that question, I first have to ask you all 3 questions, and give some decisive and seemingly shocking answers:
Question 1: Does
Daniel 9:26-27 say that there is going to be a seven year peace treaty with Israel?
Answer: No, it doesn't! It only speaks about a covenant with “many”.
Question 2: Is the Antichrist the “prince” of Daniel 9:26-27 who is going to make and break this 7-year peace treaty with Israel?
Answer: No, he is NOT! This Prince is the Messiah Yahshua, Who is mentioned in the first line of Daniel 9:26!
Question 3: Is there going to be an idol that will be considered the “Abomination of Desolation” that will be set up inside a Third Temple that will be built in Jerusalem in the middle of the seven year final Tribulation?
Answer: Revelation 13 tells us that the Image of the Beast will be set up and worshiped, but there is no mention of it being housed in a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem.
To help you understand my answers to the above three questions, you will have to look at the excerpt from the New King James Version of the Bible that appears in this section a bit further along. This scripture quote contains my own interpretations that will help you to decipher the true meaning of
Daniel 9:25-27. In it, you will find my teaching commentary in parentheses within the text that will show you why I answered those three questions as I did.
As You read through the carefully deciphered Scripture, you will be shown that the events of the 70th Week of Daniel were already perfectly fulfilled over 2000 year ago! Furthermore, many have been deceived into thinking that the Great Tribulation is seven years long by the improper translation of this prophecy, when both the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation confirm that the Great Tribulation is only three and a half years long.
Yahshua or Jesus is the Messiah who confirmed the New Covenant in the middle of a week, on a Wednesday since He was dead for 3 days and 3 nights to fulfill the
Sign of Jonah. Then Yahshua rose from the dead early on the following Sunday morning, which was when the Firstfruits Barley Offering was meant to be offered up in the Temple. Again, Yahshua, confirmed a covenant in the MIDDLE of the week!
This covenant is the
NEW COVENANT in Christ's Blood that is described in the New Testament portion of the Bible, but was promised by God through the prophet Jeremiah. As you read it below, note that it expressly says that this covenant would NOT be according to the previous one cut with Moses on Mount Sinai. In other words, it is NOT going to renew the Old Covenant as some Messianic Jews erroneously teach, but will be entirely NEW:
Jeremiah 31:31-33 - “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
Frankly, how the Bible scholars that have attempted to decipher the meaning of
Daniel 9:25-27 could misinterpret Daniel's mention of this Covenant is beyond me because Daniel never even mildly inferred that it would be morphed into a written agreement found in any kind of modern peace treaty between the Antichrist and the Jews in the tiny nation of Israel! Instead, Daniel was directly talking about the New Covenant with the one and only Prince of Peace, who is none other than Yahshua Ha Mashiach or Jesus the Christ.
Read what I have written below, and pray for discernment when you do, and you will see the TRUTH!
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DANIEL 9:25-27 - IT'S ALL ABOUT YAHSHUA!🔥✨
25a “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem (in 486 BC)
Until Messiah the Prince (i.e. the Messiah and Prince of Peace),
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;”
(From the issuing of the decree by Artaxerxes of Persia, 69 weeks of years, or 483 years passed until Yahshua was born in Bethlehem, in September of 3 BC! So there were exactly 483 years from the issuing of the proclamation to rebuild Jerusalem until the Prince of Peace was born!)
25b “The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times;”
(It was troublesome because Roman unbelievers controlled Judea and greatly oppressed the people, and the common people were angry, and desired to rise up and drive the Romans out, while the priests fatalistically saw the futility of any revolt against such a superior power).
26a “And AFTER the sixty-two weeks (i.e. in the 70th week)
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;”
(Yahshua the Messiah was the perfect Passover Lamb that died for all sinners, for all time, even though He never sinned)
26b “And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.”
(In 70 AD, the Roman Legions destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple completely, at the behest of their pagan Emperor)
27a “Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;”
(In the 70th Week, Yahshua confirmed the New Covenant with His Blood)
27b “But in the middle of the week, He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.”
(Yahshua died in the middle of the week, on a Wednesday that was Passover Eve. At that time, He became the perfect Sacrifice for sin, ending the need for the priesthood and sacrificial system forever!)
27c “And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”
(A veil edge was called a “wing” in Hebrew! Therefore, the “wing” of abominations was the temple veil or curtain that stood between the Holy Place where the altar of incense signifying prayers was, and the Most Holy Place where the Ark or mercy seat of the Lord was. Only the High Priest could enter the Most Holy Place with the blood of a Lamb, and only once a year, on the Day of Atonement aka Yom Kippur.)
The veil or wing in the Temple to Yahweh in Jerusalem was supernaturally torn in two when Yahshua died as a divinely initiated symbol that mankind no longer needed the sacrifices or the priests to come before the throne of their heavenly Father and petition Him for mercy. But there is no doubt that the satanically inspired high priest of that age of darkness had that torn veil replaced with an abominable one that was not torn, thereby ignoring God's sign that the services of the priesthood were no longer required!
As a spiritual discipline, I did an intense analysis of every word in Daniel 9:27 using the Strong's Hebrew and Aramaic dictionary. After studying all the meanings of the words in context, I believe it should be interpreted very differently than it is. Instead of saying:
“But in the middle of the week, he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate;” this prophecy should most likely say:
“A mighty covenant for many sevens! In half of a seven, a sabbath sacrifice will be offered over a detested wing of desolation that will astonish (or horrify) until the annihilation decided is poured out on the detestable ones.”
It would take an entire article to explain how I decided upon this translation, but for now, I will tell you that the result of this exercise really opened my eyes to how badly translated Daniel 9:27 actually is. Since, by the Spirit, I know that the wing is referring to the heavy temple curtain or veil representing our separation from God, I can infer that it also signifies our utter desolation for our detestable sin or rebellion against God. So this veil is fittingly called a detested wing of desolation.
This sabbath sacrifice that was made over the wing to cancel out its affects and meaning was the driving force behind the supernatural hand of God that tore it in two or cut it in half, and that sacrifice was made by Yahshua on the eve of the High Sabbath of Passover. This astonished and horrified the priests of Israel, and so the complete annihilation of these detestable ones who rejected that door opening blood sacrifice of the Son of God was decided, and it was poured out in 70 AD.
Sadly, the reason this last verse in Daniel's 70 Weeks Prophecy has been so badly misinterpreted, and this has not been corrected thus far is because Prophecy Teachers are ignoring the fact that the Veil in the Temple between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place where the Ark of the Covenant was kept was torn in two when Yahshua died (
See Matthew 27:51). Again, this torn veil indicated that mankind's sin was now completely forgiven and forgotten, and
all Israel now has full access to the throne room of the Most High.
Back then, this torn veil also meant that the Temple Priesthood was no longer needed because people could petition God in prayer without need for animal sacrifices or priests. But the priests didn't want to acknowledge that and lose their positions of power and security in Judea. In affect, these past priests in power are like all the modern politicians and religious leaders calling for “Peace and Safety” so that they can do what they want to kill off the undesired poor population of the Earth - just as they are trying to do with the manufactured and deadly Corona Virus. But they are going to pay a terrible price for their evil intent, and will soon be reaping the fierce judgment and Sudden Destruction of Yahweh's unmitigated Wrath for ignoring the Covenant of the Prince of Peace!
Sadly, the priests of Yahshua's day very likely put up a new veil (or wing) in their temple and carried on as if nothing had happened. This blatant and abominable rejection of Yahshua and the Truth of His Liberation of Israel from having to pay an everlasting price for sin caused the complete destruction of the priests, and the utter desolation of the people of Judea who followed them.
Daniel 9:25-27 has continued to be distorted because the mainstream Prophecy teachers haven't recognized that the Messiah was a Prince and He did cut the NEW COVENANT with many in the middle of the Seventieth Week with His sacrificial death on the Cross. In fact, Yahshua cut and SEALED this New Covenant with His shed Blood, and thereby put an end to the need for all the blood sacrifices attached to the burnt animal offerings in the Temple.
Furthermore, most Prophecy Teachers are ignoring, or are unaware of the fact that the Seventieth “Week” isn't referring to a sequential week or week of years, but to the first and last three and a half years of the Age of Grace. Indeed, Yahshua opened it with his three and a half year ministry that ended with His death, resurrection and Ascension, and the three and a half years of the Great Tribulation will most certainly finish or end it with Yahshua's return to fight the Battle of Armageddon.
Now, you might ask if I think that there could still be a Peace Treaty that will be broken with Israel during the last three and a half years or Great Tribulation, and my reply would be: Yes! I think that all sorts of Peace Treaties with many nations around the world will most certainly be broken when the Antichrist or Man of Sin who will represent the Beast from the Sea seizes control of the world!
SECTION 4: SOME REASONS WHY THERE MAY BE TWO RAPTURES
In my studies, I have discerned that there may be two Raptures, one at the end of the tribulation of those days, and one near to the end of the Great Tribulation period that is not really described in
Matthew 24. I believe the First Rapture will be just before or just after the Sixth Seal is opened. This is because that is when God's Wrath begins to be poured out, and born again saints are not subject to God's Wrath (
See Romans 5:8-10;
1 Thess. 1:8-10,
and 1 Thess. 5:8-10). We were also told by Yahshua that His born-again saints can ESCAPE ALL these things that come to pass when God's Wrath begins (
See Luke 21:36). But right now, all true believers who serve as witnesses for Christ are experiencing terrible persecution and tribulation, and this is happening around the world, especially in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The Great Tribulation is reserved for the lukewarm believers, the wicked and the Jews, and the Two Witnesses are there in Jerusalem to preach to the Jews, while the 144,000 minister to and protect the struggling tribulation saints all over the world, many of whom will still be tortured, raped, and beheaded because of their love for Yahshua. The Second Rapture at the time that the Two Witness are raised up is for the Lukewarm believers and the saved Jews or Foolish Virgins that will become spiritually born again and will fully devote their lives to Christ immediately after the First Rapture.
Some think that the Rapture of the Two Witnesses in
Revelation Chapter 11 is at the Last Trumpet that the Apostle Paul referred to in his account of the Rapture or Catching Away of all the saints that is described in
1 Corinthians 15:51-53. However, at the time of their resurrection, the Two Witnesses are caught up to Heaven when they hear a loud otherworldly voice. This voice is mentioned in
Revelation 11:11, and this is BEFORE the Seventh Trumpet is blown in
Revelation 11:15! When you read all of
Revelation 11:11-15, you will see that there is no mention of a trumpet blast in relation to what happens to the Two Witnesses. So how can the saints alive then hear that trumpet being blown if it will be blown AFTER they're gone? Remember, Paul tells us that the Last Trumpet is sounded as the Rapture is taking place. So his Last Trump or Trumpet is NOT the Seventh Trumpet of Revelation.
However, I believe that there could very well be a Second Rapture event at that time that the Two Witnesses are raised up. If so, it will spare the once Foolish but now sanctified Virgins that are to be left behind from the Bowls of God's fiercest Wrath, which are poured out after the Seventh Trumpet is blown. At the very least, the Two Witnesses and the 144,000 who were chosen and sealed on their foreheads by God at the time of the First Rapture will be caught up to the sanctuary in the Third Heaven prepared by God at that time. So technically, whether the other saints are included or not, it will be a Second Rapture event.
SECTION 5: TRIBULATION IS A FACT OF LIFE FOR NEW TESTAMENT SAINTS
I'd like to begin this section with the statement that there is no difference in the words translated as tribulation that are used to describe the suffering of believers used often in the New Testament letter to the Romans, and the words for tribulation used in Matthew Chapter 24 and the entire Book of Revelation except in the mind of people that want to defend various doctrinal views. The same word for tribulation is most often used throughout the New Testament. This is the Greek word “Thlipsis”, which is Strong's # 2347 in the Greek, and which means persecution, affliction, distress, and tribulation.
After several years of study, I found that the doctrine of the Pre-Tribulation Rapture does not address some important facts that seem to have been entirely overlooked by the Bible Prophecy teachers that ascribe to it. First of all, it does not acknowledge that all believers suffer tribulation in this world, and that intense Christian persecution is usually going on somewhere in the world at any given time in the past and present. In addition, it ignores the fact that we are witnessing intense tribulation for believers, and seeing their severe persecution again today all over the world - even in the once Christian West.
The Pre-Tribulation view was easy for many people living in the West to accept when there was great economic stability, material prosperity, very few poor or underprivileged people, and displays of Christian faith and prayer were still allowed in our schools, and encouraged in public. But this is no longer true today, and many once comfortable Christians in the West are now living near to, at, or below the poverty level. Even before the COVID 19 Pandemic became a harsh reality in today's world, many believers were suffering from intensifying environmental, economic and health woes in the West as decent job opportunities became scarce, inflation rates spiraled out of control, housing and food costs continued to skyrocket, and the weather patterns all over the world continued to drastically fluctuate.
These harsh events are all signs that this world is passing away, and many of this world's inhabitants are perishing, just as the Apostles Paul and John said in their letters to the Churches:
1 Corinthians 1:18 - “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
1 Corinthians 7:31 - “For the form of this world is passing away.”
2 Corinthians 2:15 - “For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved.”
2 Corinthians 4:3 - “But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing...”
2 Corinthians 3:11 - “For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious.”
1 John 2:17 - “And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.”
Indeed, since 2010, this decaying world has suffered increasingly untold misery from fissures, sinkholes, floods, droughts, hail, fires, storms, tidal waves and tornadoes. Because of this, many once sleepy or lukewarm believers are finding their spiritual eyes are being nudged open, even though some remain maddeningly asleep and unaware of how close Yahshua's soon return in the Rapture truly is.
WAKE UP! ALL Believers in Christ in every age ARE the Tribulation Saints! Christ never said that we would be spared tribulation. On the contrary! The Word of God says that all believers that follow Christ in truth WILL suffer persecution and tribulation, for this world hates those who love God and choose to follow Him:
Matthew 5:44 - “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you...”
John 15:18 - “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.”
John 16:33 - “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
2 Timothy 3:12 - “Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
1 Peter 4:12-13 - “Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings...”
Not even this final generation will be spared tribulation. The only mitigating promise that Yahshua and Paul shared is that believers would not be subjected to the Wrath of God, which is meant to punish the wicked for their poor treatment of God's Chosen People and Saints. In the meantime, the New Testament writers warned that every believer would need to learn to patiently endure tribulation until Christ puts a stop to it by coming for His own in the Rapture, which is the second wave of the four-part First Resurrection.
Though it is rarely taught, the first wave of the First Resurrection of the Saints occurred at the time of Yahshua's resurrection, when certain saints that had died hoping in the coming of Yahshua rose up and came out of their graves so that they could be seen all over Jerusalem:
Matthew 27:51-53 - “Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.”
This amazing event was the first wave of the First Resurrection. As my analysis in Section 4 of this article shows, there will definitely be a second and a third wave of the First Resurrection with a First Rapture and a Second Rapture. In addition, there will be a fourth wave when the martyrs are raised to life at the end of the Great Tribulation. At that time, all the redeemed and born again saints will have been resurrected, and all of them will be made ready to serve the world as leaders and judges in the Millennial Kingdom.
SECTION 6: POSSIBLE RAPTURE TIMING BASED ON MY CURRENT FINDINGS
Most of my current findings are revealed in two recent blog posts that I shared earlier in this article describing the meaning of the Heavenly Signs, and how they may be tied to ten years of prophesied tribulation. If my hypothesis is correct, we are coming to the end of a ten year tribulation period. But before I get into my current impressions of when the Rapture could be, I want to post the title and links to two more recent posts below that are tied to my ideas concerning the Rapture. My additional findings will be found after these links are listed:
WHY THE PARABLE OF THE
WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS
IS ABOUT THE RAPTURE!
HOW THE STAR GOSPEL IDENTIFIES
THE END TIME ISRAELITE NATIONS
AND THEIR ROLE IN THE FORMATION
OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER
In the two illustrated articles linked to directly above this paragraph, I showed that the Rapture is revealed in the Parable of the Ten Virgins, and that the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel still exist in today's world disguised as Gentile nations. Furthermore, some of the born again members of these 10 once lost Tribes of Israel will form 10 of the 12 groups of 12,000 Israelite saints forming the 144,000 chosen witnesses of Yahweh, which are discussed in
Revelation Chapter 7.
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Easter Island Solar Eclipse of July 11th, 2010 May
Mark Start of 10 Year Tribulation "Of Those Days"
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However, in the two illustrated articles that I linked to earlier, I showed that the Signs in the Heavens over the past ten years culminating with the three Solar Eclipses marking 2020 as significant may have been meant to call our attention to this period of ten years between the Solar Eclipse of July 11th, 2010 (shown in the above illustration) and the Solar Eclipse of June 21st, 2020 (shown a bit further down in this article) as coinciding with the ten days or years of tribulation that the Church of Smyrna is warned about. I believe that this Smyrna Church in Revelation Chapter 2, where many are to be martyred, corresponds to the modern Churches of the Middle East today, whose saints are continually being imprisoned, tortured, raped, beheaded and dismembered by Radical Muslims.
In the most recent revelation that I received from Yahshua while in prayer a few days ago, I was clearly shown that He ascended to heaven ten days prior to Pentecost or Shavuot to mark an important prophetic fact. This is the fact that there would be ten years of intense Christian tribulation before the final harvest and resurrection birth of the Church into their immortal bodies. As such, this ten year persecution and tribulation period appears to be the tribulation that the Church of Smyrna is still suffering due to the Arab Spring and rise of ISIS ten years ago, in 2010. Furthermore, this ten year period has highlighted the role that the Radical Muslims and the Jews that hate the Christians play in their role as the Synagogue of Satan, which is also directly mentioned in relation to the Church of Smyrna:
Revelation 2:8-11 - “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: 9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.”
Years ago, I wrote an article about the Fifth Seal that is tied to the Church of Smyrna and that is appears to have been opened in 2010. Later, I also wrote an important article exposing the identity of the Synagogue of Satan. I have listed both of these articles below this paragraph in case you want to learn more:
THE CONNECTION OF ISIS
WITH THE FIFTH SEAL
CRY OF THE MARTYRS
THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN -
TRUE ENEMIES OF THE CHURCH
Indeed, the Pentecost or Shavuot after Yahshua ascended did not signify the actual birthday of the Church, but the DEATH and burial of the saints with Christ so that they could live in the Spirit with Christ until they could partake in the First Resurrection into everlasting life. So, since it is the Rapture Resurrection of the Saints that will mark the actual birthday of the Church into everlasting life, it is fitting that it would coincide with Pentecost to mark the real fullness, fruition and birthday of the Church.
WHY PENTECOST IS
TIED TO THE RAPTURE
As I wrote in my past blog article linked to above, there are many reasons why the Rapture is thematically tied to Pentecost. One of the most compelling examples of the Rapture connection to Pentecost are the Jewish legends and the information in the Book of the Secrets of Enoch which state that the righteous prophet and patriarch/king named Enoch in the Pre-Flood line of Seth was caught up to Heaven in a whirlwind on Shavuot or Pentecost. Though the Bible does not tell us the day that Enoch was translated into Heaven, it does mention Enoch's disappearance (
See Genesis 5:22-24).
At the time that Enoch was caught up to Heaven in this Rapture-like event, Enoch did not experience death, but was ordained to serve God as His “Scribe of Righteousness” who had mastered understanding the prophetic meaning of the Mazzaroth or Heavenly Tablets, which is what I have been endeavoring to do for the past 25 years. This was also said to be the case for the zealously righteous Prophet Elijah, who was so beloved of God that He was also caught up to Heaven in a whirlwind by Yahweh. Jewish Legends also say this occurred on Pentecost or Shavuot.
Pentecost or Shavuot, as it is known in Hebrew, marks the beginning of the Wheat Harvest in Israel, and it is therefore the Feast that is directly tied to the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, which I fully analyzed in the following articles:
The Spiritual Wisdom Hidden in the
Parable of the Wheat and the Tares
WHY THE SHEEP ARE DIVIDED
FROM THE GOATS, AND
SEEM DESTINED FOR SLAUGHTER
As I explained in these articles, there is a marked difference in the nature or behavior of sheep and goats. While sheep tend to be docile, loving, shy, wise and easily led, goats tend to be willful, mean-spirited, lacking in discernment, and obnoxiously bold. Goats have a well-deserved reputation of being barnyard bullies among farmers who raise them for their meat and rich, tasty milk. Their natures therefore have a direct spiritual application, and you can be sure that God is not interested in populating His heavenly sheep pen with goats, but with the sheep that completely trust, love and follow their Good Shepherd Yahshua or Jesus wherever He wants to lead them and bless them.
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Comet ATLAS At Perihelion in Taurus on Pentecost. May 31st, 2020
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As I wrote in a previous article, and depicted in the illustration above, the prophetic meaning of the Signs in the Heavens on Pentecost 2020 are very compelling, and suggest that the Rapture could be around then, even though the Comet Atlas has fizzled out since then. Also shown in the image below this paragraph, there is a very compelling Solar Eclipse over Orion's Sword on the Summer Solstice that suggests that the Great Tribulation could begin in earnest sometime around then. So though I do not claim to know the day or hour, I am confident that there will be a Rapture for the born again saints before the Wrath of God is poured out, and that it is going to be very soon! So keep looking UP, my beloved brethren! Let's HOPE for a Pentecost Rapture!
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Ring of Fire Eclipse Over Orion's Sword in
Taurus on the Summer Solstice of 2020
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Closing Note: Though the Summer Solstice is said to be on June 20th this year, it is technically not until about two days later on a cosmic level. So I view this Solar Eclipse as being on the Summer Solstice.
With Love From
Your Sister In Yahshua
Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
http://pillar-of-enoch.com
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LIST OF ARTICLE TITLES AND
LINKS THAT WERE EMBEDDED
IN THIS ARTICLE:
Why the Post-Tribulation View of
the Rapture Doesn’t Make Sense
THE UN BEAST FROM THE SEA IS
RISING, SO THE RAPTURE IS IMMINENT!
The Several Rapture Events
Described in the Book of Revelation
As Good Turns To Evil, And Evil
Turns To Good, We KNOW The End
Is Near, And Yahshua Is Coming Soon!
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