The Rapture: Convergence At The End Of The Ages

The Scriptures are clear as to what point in the Eschaton the Rapture occurs. It occurs at the beginning of the End Of The Ages. But there is a confluence and convergence of events that make it possible. In this short but pungent article, we shall examines this convergence of events that occurs at the commencement of the End Of The Ages.

The fact that the Rapture occurs at the beginning of the End Of The Ages does NOT mean we shall know the day and the hour. It does not support date setting, but we can know the general time period through knowledge of the preceding events like cosmic and celestial disturbances, the sixth seal, and the appearance of the sign of His coming which is the Shekinah in the heavens.

“But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.”(Matt.24:36 KJV).

What Jesus says neither He nor the angels of God in Heaven know, but the Father only, no mortal man can attain to by flights of Higher Mathematics as some have attempted to do.

When the Sun is darkened, and the Moon cannot give its light, and the Stars fall from the heavens, Jesus instructs the believer to look up and lift his head, for his redemption, evacuation from the Earth 🌎 , the scene of the antiChrist’s Great Tribulation draweth nigh.

“[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.”(Luk.21:26-28).

We conclude therefore that at the beginning of the End Of The Ages is the exact point in the eschaton at which the saints are evacuated from the Earth 🌎 in the Rapture.

The Rapture will occur way into the second half of the 70th week of Daniel when these three things shall have been accomplished, but before the wrath of God commences at the end of the ages:

(1) Gospel of the kingdom shall have been preached to all nations.

“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.”(Matt.24:14 KJV, emphasis mine);

(2) The saints shall have proven their faithfulness to God by enduring to the end(of the ages)in order to receive the final salvation which is redemption from this present evil age(evacuation from the Earth in the Rapture);

“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”(Matt.24:13‬ ‭KJV, emphasis mine‬‬);

(3) The complement of the saints to be martyred shall have been reached. Their number is a secret known only to God.

“The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”(Deut.29:29 KJV). 

Neither is it revealed to us who shall be martyred or spared.

“And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.”(Rev.6:9-11‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

 When the complement of the saints to be martyred is reached, God terminates the Great Tribulation with the cosmic and celestial disturbances associated with the breaking of the sixth seal which is the sign of the End Of The Ages, the darkening of the Sun, Moon, and Stars. Before God avenges the martyrdom of the saints by pouring out His wrath on the wicked Earth-dwellers, He evacuates the living saints from the Earth. Why? Because the saints are NOT appointed to God’s wrath but to obtain deliverance through our Lord Jesus The Christ.

“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,”(‭‭1 Thess.5‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

“and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.”
‭‭(1 Thess.1‬:‭10‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

The saints shall be delivered from the wrath to come. God gives relief to the living saints by evacuating them from the Earth, the scene of the antiChrist’s Great Persecution, and then recompenses tribulation to those who trouble us.

“seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; and to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.”
‭‭(2 Thess.1‬:‭6‬-‭10‬ ‭KJV, emphasis added)‬‬.

The above three points relate to the faithfulness of the saints to God. The fourth point relates to God’s faithfulness to the saints.

It therefore follows that the breaking of the fifth seal is pivotal, a turning point in the Eschaton. Why? Because when the complement of the saints to be martyred is reached, a SECRET number known only to God, God terminates the Great Tribulation with cosmic and celestial disturbances by breaking the sixth seal which leads to the darkening of the Sun, Moon, and Stars which is The Sign Of The End Of The Ages, signaling Divine Intervention in the affairs of men, to rescue the righteous and to punish the unrighteous wicked for their evils.

(4) Jesus shall have fulfilled His promise to be with the saints till the end of the ages.  

“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”(Matt.28:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

When the saints are apprehended by the authorities and questioned as to why they refuse to bear The Mark Of Allegiance To The Beast, their responses shall NOT be premeditated, but shall be at the spur of the moment, a rhapsody and inspiration given by The Holy Spirit in fulfillment of Jesus’ promise to be with us till The End Of The Ages.

“But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.”(Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭19‬-‭20‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

The Church is waiting for the revelation of Christ. The Greek noun is “apokalypsis” which means making fully known, disclosure. The verb form is “apokalypto” which means, “to reveal, disclose, bring to light, and make fully known.” Our brother, Apostle Paul, explicitly exhorted the Corinthians to wait for the coming of our Lord Jesus The Christ. For this purpose, they are to come behind in no gift. In other words, they are furnished with all the gifts.

“I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”(‭‭1 Cor.1‬:‭4‬-‭8‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

Jesus promised to be with the saints till the End Of The Ages. Therefore, He furnishes them with all gifts to enable them to weather through the storms of life, especially during the period of The Great Tribulation.

The purpose the Church is garnished with all gifts is to be strengthened in order to be blameless at the “Parousia” of our Lord Jesus The Christ. The revelation of The Christ occurs at His Coming. For this purpose, the saints are confirmed unto the End(Of The Ages).

                   

I have this burden in my heart for the past two days. We are living in dangerous times though exciting also. One of the things that makes this time very dangerous is that it is the last days. Though we are not yet in the 70th week of Daniel, no doubt, it is fast approaching. It does not take much of spiritual insight to see that. The other thing is that there is a thin line between truth and error. Sometimes it could be so subtle. Therefore we who teach and instruct others must be very wary what we say, especially as concerning the issues of the End Times. If a true believer in the Lord sleeps now in the Lord, he or she goes to Heaven. On the other hand, if he or she lives on and takes a wrong turn, he or she might wind up in Hell. There are those who believe in eternal security as I do who would filibuster that for eternity. If there are no dangers to the true believer, why all the warnings? This is what makes this time a bit dicey. We who instruct others in the things of God as touching the End Times must not suffer our zeal to override our reason. Why? Because we are living in precarious and perilous times. Two, we are in combat with very crafty, subtle, sleek, cranky and greasy enemy. He is also a stager. He has been around for ages before were were born, before Adam was even created. He is a veteran. We must not be ignorant of his devices(2 Cor.2:11). But thanks be to God, we have the Holy Spirit(1 Jon.2:20). [We must not depend solely on our knowledge, wisdom or experience to deal with him. We must be rooted in the word of word and His graces that flow from His word and the guidance of His Spirit from within and without us. For sometimes, He speaks from within us and also from godly saints amongst us, even from nature(Ps.19)]. We must not under-estimate our mortal enemy, the DEVIL, the supreme personality of evil. One of the cardinal rules of warfare is that one must NOT under-estimate one’s enemy. To do so is to court disaster and commit suicide. 

In the body of Christ, there are believers at various stages of spiritual growth. We have the infants who need be carried and are fed on milk. “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”(1 Peter‬ ‭2:2-3‬ ‭KJV‬‬). There are the toddlers who though have begun to eat adult food, still need a lot of milk, and cannot walk on their own for too long, especially in difficult terrains such as those of the END TIMES, they must of necessity be carried on the shoulders of others. They are restless and listless. They have a tendency to wonder off. They are quick to forget due to decreased attention span. They, alongside the older children are wonderful copycats. Sometimes, they are unable to distinguish jokes from truth. Then we have the old cows who have much sense. When they get to the hay, they eat the leaves and leave the sticks. Much of the time, we speak to the older cows who by reason of experience are able to distinguish truth from error.

 “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”(Hebrews‬ ‭5:12-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

DO NOT give any counsel unless you are sure it is biblically proven. I believe this, I believe that. Can you prove them from the Scriptures? Are your beliefs biblically accurate? I say this to the elders amongst us. DO NOT tell anyone that the current RFID and mRNA are not the real McCoy. Oh! the antiChrist is not yet in manifestation. We are not yet in the 70th week of Daniel. We are not yet at the MIDPOINT of the 70th week of Daniel. The Great Tribulation has not yet begun. We must be raptured before the antiChrist hangs out his shingles. The Mark of the beast CANNOT be implemented until the midpoint of the 70th week, and the Great Tribulation has begun. The current RFID and mRNA VACCINE CODE are not connected to TRADE LICENSE. It is not up to 18 digits. Therefore it is not the real McCoy. How do you know? Is it not what you read somewhere or told by someone else? Are you a software engineer? Do you know all that is inside it, all that it entails? I have heard several ministers, even those I revere, say this with authority, I marvel. Do you know there are those who respect you and your word? They may be emboldened to take it, particularly younger believers who are computer savvy and are after high end jobs in the big corporations. Why is it that Satan wants to reprogramme us all into humanoids by turning us into cyborgs, transhumans and augmented humans? Why do they warn us to become cyborgs lest we lose our jobs to robots? Why do they want us all to become automatons or zombies? Are you cocksure about the eventual and ultimate outcome of the current RFID and mRNA injections? The truth is that it can be upgraded automatically online even without the permission and approval of the wearer. The Scriptures no where tell us the Mark Of The Beast cannot be in use before the beginning of the 70th week of Daniel nor before the Great Tribulation. What the Scriptures do say is that the False Prophet, the enforcer of the antiChrist will make it mandatory beginning from the midpoint of the 70th week of Daniel by linking it up with buying and selling and therefore boycotting those who refuse to wear it on their person.

“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”(Revelation‬ ‭13:11-18‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

Economic boycott is a very powerful tool to coerce the recalcitrant to submission. Food is a potent bargaining chip. Starvation is a powerful weapon of war. It is as good or bad as death sentence. Death by starvation is one of the most painful and agonising. The victim dies by degrees. The body eats up itself until it expires. Anyone who has fasted for forty days and forty nights has died and resurrected. All that while, the body is breaking itself down to provide food for itself.

Is it right to tell believers not to “fear” The Mark Of The Beast? There is legitimate “fear.” We “fear” the fire, we cannot put our hands in it: it is foolish to do so. We “fear” to cross the road when there is an oncoming vehicle. To cross the road when there is an oncoming vehicle is to commit suicide. Believers should “fear” taking The Mark Of The Beast because we are warned of the eternal consequences: the WRATH of God abides on anyone who wears it eternal security not withstanding. we CANNOT say because we are believers in Jesus The Christ and eternally secure, not fear the Mark of the beast and submit our persons to be microchipped. Some have said, you can wear it and repent later. Do the scriptures give us such liberty and frivolity? “Thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God, and Him only shall thou shall serve”(Deut.6:16; Matt.4:7). Jesus, though the Son Of God, didn’t do that. We CANNOT do it either and be innocent and safe.

“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”(Revelation‬ ‭14:9-12‬ ‭KJV‬‬).

Unbelievers do not “fear” The Mark Of The Beast because they are appointed unto wrath(Eph.5:6; Col.3:6). They love the goodies associated with it: the fiat currency credited to their accounts, the UBI(Universal Basic Income), the handouts and food stamps, rent assistance etc. Klaus Schwab, the head of the WEF said, “the Fourth Industrial Revolution will not change what you are doing but will change you. You will own nothing and you will be happy.” Did the WEF wait till the Rapture has taken place or the Great Tribulation has begun for them to make this plan and to try to enforce it through the COVID-19 plandemic and the mRNA injections and vaccine passport? As we instruct the people of God, we must not suffer our zeal to befuddle our minds and becloud our reason and vision. We must beseech ABBA to keep us away from the sin of presumption which the psalmist refers to as the Great Trangression.

“Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.”(Psalms‬ ‭19:12-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬). 

Are we sure those who wear RFID do not go to Hell when they die? Why are the COVID-19 vaxxed visible on Bluetooth even after burial in the cemetery? Some of them are already dead from various causes. Will anyone forgive us who by reason of our counsel ends up in Hell, who otherwise, without our overzealous and unguarded utterances, would have gone to Heaven? Are we going to be rewarded in Heaven for saying things we ought not have said, for giving the wrong counsel? I wonder!

Avraham Shallom.