What You Might Not Know About the Rapture: According to Jesus

 

In Matthew 24 the disciples asked Jesus about the end of the world and Jesus gave them an overview of what would happen and in what order the events would occur. And he specifically told them what events would precede His return at the rapture. Let’s listen to the Word of God and see what it reveals. 

1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 

Tribulation; Seal 1 to 4 

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

 

Great Tribulation; Seal 5

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

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. 

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:) 

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 

25 Behold, I have told you before. 

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

 

Seal 6 

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

 

The Rapture 

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

 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 

37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 

43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 

Jesus made it clear that the rapture occurs after the Sixth Seal is opened. Why do so few believe it? Maybe it is because they have been taught the wrong thing for so long that they are unwilling to listen to what Jesus actually said.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here. 

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Forget 'Planet Nine'—This Jupiter-Sized Rogue Is the Real Threat

 

I was awakened out of a dead sleep as I was thrown down onto the floor. I struggled to get to my knees and crawled down the hall as the house shook violently. My only thought was to get outside so that I would not be crushed by the house collapsing on me. Things were falling on top of me and all around me. I made it to the stairs and violently tumbled down to the lower level. 

In severe pain I made it to the door and rolled out into the yard as the house swayed back and forth and groaned as if in pain. I looked up and saw that the moon was an eerie blood color not like any eclipse I had seen—it was really weird looking. 

People were screaming everywhere and then I heard a huge explosion and saw a large fireball down the street--I could feel the heat on my face. I guess it was caused by a gas main explosion. 

In a stupor of shock with blood streaming down my face the next thing I saw was a meteorite shower that looked like stars falling down to earth. One of the meteors hit not too far away from me, it felt like a bomb going off. 

I then looked to the coastal town below my house and saw a huge tsunami wave hundreds if not a thousand feet high that reflected the blood color of the moon. Would it reach me, I wondered in panic, and then all went black. 

I think I passed out, because I woke up the next day on my front lawn, I think it was day, but the sun looked really weird it was dark like a black cloth had been draped over it. 

Then I heard that sound, a loud deafening trumpet sound louder and clearer than any sound I had ever heard in my life! As I raced to the window in sheer panic and fear, I saw the sky split open, it almost looked like a scroll being opened, and then I saw Him! I saw Jesus in the sky. 

What is going on, I thought, this must be the end of the world! 

Does that sound like fiction to you? That is what I envision happening after the opening of the Sixth Seal. Here is how the Bible describes it. 

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Rev 6

 And the same is echoed in another passage.

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

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

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other… 

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Mt 24

Now let’s consider what might be the cause of those great earth changes that the Bible says will happen at the sixth seal. And we know they will happen because the Bible is God's Word. From my research I believe that a Planet X or Nibiru passage could be the agent that God uses to bring about these great cataclysms. 

In fact, several researchers including myself believe that a Planet X passage occurred when Jesus was on the cross causing a pole shift that had the sun set at around noon in Jerusalem and then rise three hours later, which also caused earthquakes all over the world. 

So, if it is a Planet X passage that will bring about the events of the Sixth Seal, we should be on the lookout for a large celestial body entering our solar system, which would let us know that the Day of the Lord is near. 

Hmm…look what they just announced that they found—a Jupiter sized rogue planet that they admit can affect other planets. 

Jupiter-Sized Rogue Planet Detected Entering Our Solar System 

Could a vagabond giant from the outermost regions of interstellar space be poised on the cusp of sweeping by our cosmic doorstep? Astronomers say yes and they have the data to support it. Using the Pan-STARRS survey telescope on Hawaii and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, researchers have found a giant rogue planet, possibly as massive as Jupiter, speeding toward the solar system. It is a transient discovery made possible by the combination of wide-sky monitoring and the capability of high-resolution spectroscopy.

 

Jupiter-Sized Rogue Planet Detected Entering Our Solar System - Search 

Astronomers have detected a Jupiter-sized rogue planet entering our solar system, utilizing advanced techniques like gravitational microlensing to identify this elusive object. 

Discovery of the Rogue Planet

Recent observations using the Hubble Space Telescope have led to the discovery of a new rogue planet, which is a free-floating planet that does not orbit a star. These planets are often difficult to detect due to their lack of illumination and can only be identified through their gravitational effects on nearby objects. The detection of this Jupiter-sized rogue planet was made possible through a technique known as gravitational microlensing, which exploits the warping of space-time predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity. Space.com 

Characteristics of Rogue Planets

Rogue planets, like the one detected, are typically dark, cold, and non-reflective, making them nearly invisible to traditional optical telescopes. They can be detected only through subtle gravitational effects on distant objects or by their interactions with other celestial bodies. The newly discovered rogue planet is believed to have originated from deep space, possibly from the Kuiper Belt or beyond, and is now entering our solar system. redskystory.com 

Implications for Our Solar System

The entry of a rogue planet into our solar system could have significant implications for the dynamics of planetary orbits. Research suggests that such an object could influence the orbits of existing planets, particularly gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn. The gravitational interactions could lead to changes in their trajectories, potentially reshaping the layout of our solar system. usasolarcell.com 

Future Observations

As the rogue planet approaches, astronomers will continue to monitor its trajectory and behavior. The detection of such objects is crucial for understanding the population of rogue planets in our galaxy and their potential interactions with solar systems. This discovery opens new avenues for research into the formation and evolution of planetary systems.Space.com 

In summary, the detection of a Jupiter-sized rogue planet entering our solar system highlights the complexities of celestial dynamics and the ongoing efforts of astronomers to understand the universe's many mysteries. 

Why isn't this headline news like 3I/Atlas is? Maybe 3I/Atlas is a distraction. Is this Jupiter sized rogue planet the infamous Planet X? And if so, will it bring about the events of the Sixth Seal? If it is, then look up for our redemption is near! 

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 

28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh... Luke 21

And as already alluded to earlier, what also happens after the sixth Seal is opened? The rapture.

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here. 

To find out more about what is going to happen in the end times and when, read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy. 

A Hidden Mathematical Code Has Amazing End Times Implications

  

Math; yea I get it that some people don’t “get” math. But you know math is very very important and it can be used to prove many things. In fact, did you know that you can prove that God exists using math? That’s right, check out this short video below that shows how math can be used to prove the existence of God. And then I will show you some other “math” that has profound end times implications. 

 

Now let’s look at a little math that Steve Wilkin found that has profound end times implications.

 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here. 

To find out more about what is going to happen in the end times and when, read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy.

The September 2025 Rapture: The Shocking Truth Behind the Prediction

 

There has been a lot of chatter about the rapture occurring on 9/23/2025—Rosh Hashanah. I can tell you without hesitation and with 100% confidence that the rapture will not occur on 9/23/2025. 

The reason that I can say that is because the rapture is not imminent and has never been imminent and will not be imminent until several things occur first, such as the takeover of the world by the antichrist, the abomination of desolation, and the mark of the beast. 

After those things occur, then and only then, will the rapture be imminent. Thus, the rapture will not occur on Rosh Hashanah this year, I can 100% guarantee it because of what God’s Word says. Here is one of the supporting Bible passages. 

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

Our gathering unto Him is the rapture. 

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

The day of Christ/rapture is not at hand, not imminent. 

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 

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

Don’t be deceived these things must happen before the rapture; the antichrist must come to power, and perform the abomination of desolation. 

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 2 Thes 2 

So, what do those verses say? Let’s sum it up; the rapture—coming of our Lord Jesus Christ—will not occur until after the abomination of desolation occurs when he sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 

So, NO RAPTURE ON ROSH HASHANAH IN 2025! 

Now, what I see as the possible next major prophetic event, which may occur this fall and may be around Rosh Hashanah, is the dividing of the land of Israel. 

And if that occurs, my prophetic research has led me to believe that great earthquakes will occur throughout the world, even possibly the dividing of the USA—think New Madrid fault, as you listen to this bit of nostalgia. 

 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here.

To find out more about what is going to happen in the end times and when, read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy.

Three Dreams Confirm the Timing of the Rapture!

 

In this video you will hear three rapture dreams that confirm the timing of the rapture. Take a listen and I will comment below. (HT Karen)

 

What celestial event occurred before the rapture and was common to all three dreams? The celestial event that was common to all three dreams and preceded the rapture was the stars falling. 

Where in the end times does the Bible tell us that the stars fall? 

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Rev 6 

That is pretty clear, the stars fall after the opening of the Sixth Seal. Thus, if these rapture dreams are valid, which I believe they are, they confirm the timing of the rapture—the rapture will occur after the opening of the Sixth Seal. 

And as a further confirmation, the pastor mentioned that the sky seemed to roll up like a scroll. That too is mentioned as an event after the Sixth Seal is opened. 

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Rev 6. 

So, these three rapture dreams confirm that the rapture will not occur until after the opening of the Sixth Seal. 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here. 

To find out more about what is going to happen in the end times and when, read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy. 

In the Fall of 2025; They Arrive!?

 

 

Some interesting pieces of data have come to the forefront

that warrant our attention. I was alerted to the information by The Big the One. The info involves posts on GLP by a person called “Ascended Master.” 

The first involves finances, here are a few snippets, and you can read the rest at the link. 

Ok, I don’t usually post this kinda thing but after talking with a person acquainted with my family (he’s senior in risk division at one of the big Euro banks, can’t say which but you know the names), I feel like ppl need to know what’s coming. Take it w/ a grain of salt if you want, but this guy has been dead-on about stuff before (he warned us privately ahead of SVB + Credit Suisse). 

He said in their internal meetings the last 2 weeks there’s been panic over liquidity mismatches that are now worse than 2008. They’re seeing it across sovereign bond markets (esp. mid-curve US Treasuries and some Eurozone periphery debt) and it’s not behaving like it should. Yields are flashing contradictory signals – the 2Y is spiking while the 10Y keeps dropping. That means the market’s basically screaming: “short term funding is gone, long term growth is dead.”… 

Impact-wise: 

Credit spreads will blow out. Junk bonds will trade like equities in freefall. 

Banks with heavy CRE exposure (esp. US regionals) will implode, and Euro banks holding those CLOs won’t be spared. 

Expect “supply rationing” – he said governments are already drawing up frameworks for diesel and food prioritization if global trade seizes. 

Pension funds? He said they’re the “hidden iceberg.” Most are levered long gov bonds for “safety” and if those marks go against them they’ll be technically insolvent overnight…. 

 And then he dropped this wild thing: some factions are floating the idea of a fake benevolent alien ‘first contact’ event as a cover narrative for emergency rule + restructuring of the system. Not like a movie invasion, more like “aliens are here to help us reset the financial order.” He said the tech to fake this is already deployed (Space Force + certain private aerospace contractors have it ready). He called it “the new Roswell option.”… 

I know half of you will call BS, but when you start seeing the headlines about “repo volatility” and “unexpected pension losses” in the next month or two, remember this post. And if suddenly you hear Trump talking about “space assets” or “protecting Americans from a rigged digital dollar,” that’s the tell the white hats are moving.

And here is the second piece of intel from the same “Ascended Master.” 

Family friend (he’s been in aerospace contracting since the 90s, Lockh*** and related groups, not gonna say more) basically let slip what’s being prepped. You can call it Project Blue Beam 2.0 or whatever, but this is next level. 

Here’s the sequence as explained to me (pieces, not whole picture, but enough): 

WW3 kickoff – apparently the escalation has already been “greenlit” at the highest levels. It’s meant to look organic, Russia/China/US/NATO, the usual. At some point you’ll see missile launches on the news, DEFCON jumps, everyone freaking out. That’s the trigger. 

Nuclear threshold – when it looks like the nukes are about to actually fly (and some “will” appear to), the “event” begins. According to him, most of what people see will be holographic overlays, projection mapping in the upper atmosphere using stratospheric sodium layers + phased-array microwave resonance. (He called it “cymatic light scaffolding”). This creates the illusion of warheads flying, detonations, etc. while the real missiles are either dud-fired or intercepted in classified ways. 

Alien intervention – ships “descend” from low orbit and from the oceans. These are not aliens. They’re bioengineered humans (CRISPR + epigenetic programming, designed in DARPA/DoD black labs since at least 2003). Exo-suits + electrogravitic lift systems make them appear “otherworldly.” They will “shoot down” missiles using directed-energy weapons (coherent microwave / plasma lens arrays). Visuals will be augmented by holography so that people see sky battles, light patterns, etc. 

Telepathic message – this part really creeped me out. He said they already perfected the “voice of god” tech back in the 70s (microwave auditory effect, aka Frey effect). What’s new is that they can now piggyback whole thought-sequences into the limbic system using ELF-modulated microwaves. So people will feel the presence of something divine/alien. You’ll hear it “inside your head” but it’s literally just a transmission system tied into 5G + LEO satellites. 

New system rollout – after the “benevolent” ETs save us from ourselves, they’ll offer humanity a “new economic order.” Supposedly it’s a hybrid of UBI + carbon-credit blockchain. (He didn’t use the term “CBDC” but that’s what it sounded like). There’s also a “new governance architecture” — regional AI-managed councils (think UN 2.0 but actually enforced through tech nobody can resist). 

Resonant harmonics – he kept coming back to this phrase. Apparently, they’re going to use resonant field manipulation to literally entrain human brains en masse. Cymatic frequencies + Schumann resonance harmonics = mass compliance. Basically everyone will feel unity, peace, acceptance… because their neural oscillations are forcibly tuned. 

So yeah. I know how this sounds. But this guy has been at places where you don’t even get in unless your clearance level doesn’t technically “exist.” He said they call it “The Arrival” internally. 

Take it or leave it. Just… when you see the sky light up and the “aliens” descend to stop WW3, remember it’s not what it looks like. 

So, what are we to make of all of this? If I didn’t know what the Bible says is going to happen in the end times, I would say it is pure fiction. But since I do know what the Bible says about the end times as what is going to occur before the rapture, I see those events as definite possibilities. And I also see them as definite possibilities for the fall of 2025 through the spring of 2026. 

Did you notice that both pieces of intel mentioned E.T.s. Don’t be deceived E.T.s are nothing more than demons and or their spawn. And they are orchestrating a takeover of the world. Don’t fall into their trap. 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36  

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here.  

Have you had your epiphany? You need to be prepared for the end times! Read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy. 

I know When Jesus Will Appear!

 

Most Biblical theologians will tell us that Jesus will appear two times during the end times. He will appear once at the rapture when He comes the clouds, and once at Armageddon when He comes to the earth. 

The Biblical evidence for His first end times appearance in the clouds at the rapture is recorded in three of the Gospels. 

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

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mt 24 

26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 

27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven… 

32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Mark 13 

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 

28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. Luke 21 

The Son of Man—Jesus—comes to the clouds at an unknown time and He gathers His elect—that is the rapture. This is confirmed in each passage with a “one was taken one was left” scenario as exampled in the Mt 24 passage. 

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Mt 24 

This confirms the fact that when Jesus appears in the clouds and gathers the saints it is the rapture. This fact is also repeated in other places in the New Testament such as 1 Thes 4:17. 

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

So, the first time Jesus appears during the end times is at the rapture when He comes to the clouds. The other time Jesus appears is when He comes back, not to the clouds, but to the earth at Armageddon. This is when Jesus rides down out of heaven on a white horse along with the saints to defeat the antichrist and his armies. After the defeat of the evil forces Jesus will set up His Millennial kingdom and rule and reign on the earth. 

11 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… 

14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean… 

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. 

20 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. Rev 19 

So, those are the two times that Jesus will appear during the end times—once He will come to the clouds and once He will come to the earth. 

Now, consider this question, how about the timing of these events, when in the end times will these events occur? 

The second time Jesus appears during the end times is an easy one to figure out, He appears at Armageddon, which is at the end of the last 7 years and just before the Millennium begins. 

When will the first time Jesus appears in the end times occur? That is, when in the end times will Jesus come to the clouds and the rapture occur? 

Ask yourself this question, besides His appearance at Armageddon, does scripture specifically state any other time in the book of Revelation that Jesus appears and men see Him? Yes, it does! 

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: Rev 6 

Why do the men of the earth say hide us from the face of Jesus? They say that because they just saw Him appear in the sky! That is the first time that Jesus appears in the end times—that is the rapture—and everyone sees Him in the sky. 

And what proceeds this appearance of Jesus in the sky? The opening of the Sixth Seal, a great earthquake, the sun darkened, the moon to blood, stars fall, the heavens departing as a scroll, and every island and mountain being moved. 

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 

13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. 

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: Rev 6 

And God does not only reveal that the first appearance of Jesus and the rapture occurs after the events of the sixth seal, but that timing is also revealed in all the passages in the gospels that have Jesus appearing in the clouds and our gathering to Him at the rapture. 

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

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

24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 

25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 

26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. Mk 13 

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Lk 21 

God makes it abundantly clear that the first appearance of Jesus, which is to the clouds and involves the rapture, occurs after the Sixth Seal is opened. This first appearance of Jesus is the beginning of the time period known as the Day of the Lord. 

And here is another confirmation that the rapture occurs after the sixth seal is opened. Consider the ramifications of this verse. 

20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: Acts 2:20 

God says in that verse that the events of the sixth seal occur before the Day of the Lord, which includes the rapture. Therefore, the Day of the Lord and the rapture occur after the sixth seal is opened. 

So, God has revealed to us the timing of the first appearance of Jesus in the clouds at the rapture in five separate Biblical passages. And all five passages confirm that His appearance and the rapture occur after the events of the sixth seal. 

In other words, God has made it abundantly clear that the rapture occurs after the sixth seal is opened.

 

And we see a further confirmation of this fact in the chapter that immediately follows the Revelation sixth seal passage. 

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

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

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

They are the raptured saints, and they appear in heaven after the opening of the sixth seal. 

Conclusion: Jesus will appear two times during the end times, once to the clouds at the rapture and once to the earth at Armageddon. The first will be after the opening of the sixth seal, the second at the end of the last 7 years. 

Why won’t most Christians believe these facts? Is it because they will be ridiculed, shunned, looked down upon, kicked out of their church? Isn’t it more important to believe what God’s Word says regardless of anything? 

I hope you realize there can be serious consequences to not believing what God reveals in His Word. And God has revealed that the rapture will not occur until after the opening of the sixth seal.  …the truth shall make you free. John 8:32 

And why does it matter what you believe about the rapture? Suppose one day you are faced with not being able to buy or sell if you do not allow yourself to be chipped, and people reason, well the rapture has not occurred yet, so this cannot be the mark. Hmm…the truth shall make you free. John 8:32 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here. 

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