Harold Camping's ministry and
followers reportedly spent up to $100 million to warn the world that the
rapture would come on the 21st. Today, it's the 23rd, and Camping
and his followers are still here. I feel bad for them, as I also once
tried to predict the rapture, way back in September 11th, 1999, and I spammed
usenet to preach it! So, I know a bit of
their disappointment. I still believe that the rapture will happen
at the end of the world, at the beginning of the day of the Lord, before the
7 year tribulaion. Here's what the Bible says
about false prophets:
Deut 18:22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of
the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which
the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou
shalt not be afraid of him.
Ezek. 14:9 And if the prophet be
deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet,
and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst
of my people Israel.
It's a good thing that we false prophets can have forgiveness through Jesus!
Some Christians fear that the recent
false prophecy of the rapture ruins the Bible's and God's credibility.
No, it helps it! How? Because false prophets are a actually sign of the end times, and they will probably
increase just like earthquakes, wars, and famines!
Mark 13:21 And then if any man shall say
to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
Mark 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets
shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to
seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Also, I do believe that
someday, prophets will accurately predict the Lord's return.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do
nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his
servants the prophets.
Mark 13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I
have foretold you all things.
Mark 4:22 For there is nothing hid,
which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing
kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
Dan 12:9 And he said, Go thy way,
Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Dan 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked
shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise
shall understand.
But it won't be by gematria.
But rather, truth is established by 2-3 witnesses.
Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not
rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth
of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear
thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three
witnesses every word may be established.
Thus, no prophecy will hang on a vague
interpretation of one verse somewhere, but truth will be established by 2-3
scriptures, and many Christian denominations all embracing the truth that
will be revealed.
We should never say, "we will never
know when the Lord will return", because not knowing is a punishment for
not watching and a punishment for being an evil servant of the Lord.
Revelation 3:3 "Remember therefore
how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore
thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a
thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will
come upon thee."
Luke 12:39 "And this know, that if
the goodman of the house had known what hour the
thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to
be broken through."
Mat 24:48 But and if that evil servant
shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his
coming;
Mat 24:49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants,
and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Mat 24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware
of,
Mat 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
If not knowing the time of the Lord's
return is a specific punishment that applies to those who "shall not
watch", or the "evil servants", then it seems this punishment
could not apply to God's good servants who are watching.
Even the foolish virgins of Matthew
25:1-13 who will not be saved, will know the general time to prepare and get
ready for the Lord's return.
Matthew 25
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them:
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for
our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough
for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that
were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open
to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you
not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of man cometh.
If, therefore, the unsaved foolish
virgins can know the time of the Lord's return, why wouldn't God's wise
prophets know?
Thus, I believe one day, God's prophets
will know the time of the Lord's return.
In fact, there are several things that
have to happen first, in my opinion, before the pre-tribulation rapture.
Specifically, I believe the world will
highly value silver and gold, and that the wealth of the world, in silver and
gold, will be concentrated to Israel, as the Bible specifically says!
How hard is it to believe something written with such specificity, plainness
and redundancy?
Zechariah 14:14 Judah too will fight at
Jerusalem. The wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected
— great quantities of gold and silver and clothing.
Ezekiel 38:13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish
and all her villages[e] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder?
Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take
away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?”’
If silver and gold are considered the
wealth of the nations, then it appears to me that the world will highly value
silver and gold, and be using them as money, at the time of the end.
It appears to me that the invasion of
Israel from the north mentioned in Ezekiel 38 will be exactly the right
pretext for the Antichrist to come on the scene and blame silver and gold for
the world's problems, and usher in his anti-gold solution of the 666 mark of
the beast for tracking all economic transactions.
The antichrist also is described as the
"8th beast" in Revelation 17-18. His world government implies
that there will be another world government that comes before it, the
"7th beast". That, to me, implies a world government will
exist prior to the rapture.
Both a world government, and the use of
gold and silver as money, implies another important thing: World peace,
which is also a feature of Ezekiel 38, specifically, that Israel is living at
peace. Three times, Israel is mentioned as living in peace and safety.
Ezekiel 38:8 After many days you will be
called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered
from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of
Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the
nations, and now all of them live in safety.
Ezekiel 38:10 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On that day
thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil scheme. 11 You
will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled
villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them
living without walls and without gates and bars.
Ezekiel 38:14 “Therefore, son of
man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In
that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, will you not take
notice of it?
Israel has never been at peace since the
modern nation was founded. Military service is mandatory for all people
of young age.
Paul, when writing about the rapture, in
1 Thessalonians chapters 4-5, mentions this peace and safety that is followed
by the sudden destruction, and connects this with the rapture and the return
of the Lord. There is only one time in the entire Hebrew Scriptures
that describes a time when the people are experiencing and saying peace and
safety, which is followed by sudden destruction, and it's Ezekiel 38.
This passage also alludes to the fact that the timing of these events will be
known to the followers of God.
1 Thessalonians 5
1 But of the times and the
seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly
that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace
and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman
with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of
light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as
do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken
in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day,
be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to
wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether
we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves
together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
The time for the rapture was just not ready today.
Today, Israel is not living in peace and
safety, as it will.
Today, the world does not highly value
silver and gold. But it will.
Get ready. Buy silver and gold.
This will also help Christians to prepare
for the Great Commission, to spend the money to take the gospel to the
nations.
Jason Hommel
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