HOW WE KNOW:

---Even the scoffers very words prove the Rapture is at the door:

"knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation" (2Peter 3:3-4)

---The nation of Israel is God's Prophetic Timepiece. What's happening right now in Israel; the return of Jews to their land, the wars and battles already begun, all point to the time of the Lord’s Return for His Church. Moreover, the Red heifers are ready for sacrifice in the Temple which they are getting ready to build; the Temple that the Antichrist will overtake and declare himself as God.

"who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called or that is worshipped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." (2Thessalonians 2:4)

THEN, there is the verse that depicts Israel, in a time of war apparently under the hope of national confidence that will not necessarily be their reality:

"For when they say "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape." (1Thessalonians 5:3) 

Furthermore, this verse parallels the passage where Paul tells his church that the Lord's coming will catch the wicked off guard, but  those who are looking for His Return will not be surprised by it, but taken in it. See 1Thessalonians 5:1-11. (Note: verse 11 parallels 1Thessalonians 4:18)

Hence, only the wise will understand how these things fit together.....

------As recorded in Revelation 6-19, the world is referenced, but the church is not mentioned, because the Rapture as already happened in chapter 4; a sign that points to the pre-tribulation Rapture.

"After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” (Revelation 4:1)

---The Prophetic Scripture says there will be an increase in the intensity and frequency of natural disasters, wars, famine and pestilences. We are seeing flooding, earthquakes, sinkholes, mudslides, tornadoes, and volcanoes erupting like never before; at the same time and in diverse places:

"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places." (Matthew 24:7)

Matthew 24 outlines the perilous times in which we are now living; providing yet another sign that we are in the season of the Rapture. Also in this chapter, Jesus listed lawlessness, false Christ, deception and Christian persecution, all of which are at all-time highs and continue to climb!

---Israel became a nation again on May 14th, 1948. This began the countdown to the second coming when Jesus touches down on the Mt. of Olives to set up His Kingdom.

---2500 years prior, the Prophet Isaiah prophesied Israel would become a nation again Isaiah 66:8, "shall a nation be born at once..."

---Hosea 9:10, God compares Israel to the fig tree and refers to the Israels as the "first figs" on that tree

---Matthew 24:32-34, "Parable of the fig tree" Jesus said: “The generation that witnesses the reestablishment of the nation of Israel will not pass away until all these things be fulfilled;” which reflects what He just outlined earlier in this chapter in Matthew.

---The length of a generation is another clue, as described in Psalm 90:10, which says "our years are 3 score and 10" or 70-80 years," then we fly away!" 

SEE 1Thessalonians 4:13-18 & 1Corinthians 15:51-54 for further details!!!

WooooHooooo!!!!

NKJV

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