Welcome to Regenerated Radio. We're a podcast made up of Reformed Baptist pastors from across the country, united by our love for Christ's Church and His Word. We're made up of:
--Gregg Kite, Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Wamego, KS --Lawson Harlow, Pastor of Mercy Hill Church, Olive Branch, MS --Wesley Russell, Pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Pikeville, KY
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Which gods of Genesis 1? Genesis 1 is ELOHIM (Lucifer and the fallen angels). They made this realm. They made man in their image. (tares) Man is an idol, a trap to hunt angels. Genesis 2:7 the Lord God forms His representative in their system. (wheat) One Gospel: Gospel (GOOD ANGEL) of Reconciliation. Jesus Christ came into THEIR kingdom to reconcile fallen angels unto Himself. We are the fallen angels (ELOHIM) kept in DNA chains of darkness. If you do not confess being a fallen angel in Lucifer's kingdom, then you are an unbeliever. Unbeliever = those that claim to be made in the image of ELOHIM(gods). REPENT FALLEN ANGELS.
PRETERISTS, HISTORISTS are taking away from the worst horror the world will see (Matthew 24:21), when the earth shakes to and fro like a drunkard (Isaiah 24:20), as the pit is opened (Revelation 9:2) and the locusts are released (Joel 2:25). John received the book of Revelation. Yet, he was told that he would be coming back at the end. Revelation 10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy AGAIN before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. That revelation (given within the past 2 decades):
Children can understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ as it is His indwelling- Dispensationalism is a figment of man's imagination stealing and twisting His words as did Satan in Matthew 4. End of argument.
Thomas Aquinas is a Roman Catholic philosopher who did not believe in the finished work of Christ nor are we saved by faith alone. His teachings are an opened road to Rome and a former Roman Catholic I have spoken with is very concerned regarding the openness of many Protestants to Aquinas. The Great Tradition is another tool that is used by Rome and will lead anyone there whether now or later.
Dennis E Johnson and Vern Poythress have Revelation commentaries that do the same thing as Hendrickson. Their Apocalypse treatments examine the age of the church from different perspectives three times. This was a great boon to the understanding of redemptive history and harmony of the entire NT with the OT Prophetic books.
I attend a Converge Baptist Church. We are conservative. Our Conventions go smoothly. We dont have Continual Fights at Convention. I think the SBC has Bigger issues Re Financial Transparency, the Sex Abuse scandal issue. The membership has Dropped from a High of 16 million to under 13 million. Plus tying the Denomination to Trump. Dont know how the IVF Vote will go over with Infertile Couples and Women. Very interesting show.
Amillenialists do not believe in "Replacement Theology". Amillenialists believe in Expansion Theology. The Israel of God is expanded to include redeemed Gentiles as well as redeemed Jews. Jesus said the flesh profits nothing. Dispensationalism says the flesh profits a great deal if you are an ethnic Jew after the flesh. Jesus + Paul taught there are 2 ages: this present evil age and the age to come. Dispensationalism teaches there are 3 ages: the present age, the millennium, and the eternal age.
Amen! Israel has always been the name of God's people. Ethnic Israel was expanded by the Gentile engrafting. Sadly, most ethnic Jews were cut off. Ethnic Jews are added back into to the "Israel of God" every day. IMO, Schofield bible, Hal Lindsay, LeftBehindism is part of God's plan for the widespread apostasy of the end times.
Thank you very much for this discussion. I have a PhD in Old Testament and was trained in the historical critical method even when I did my MDiv prior to that. It seemed to me like the historical critics tore the Bible up into little pieces and left it lying on the floor. it was very discouraging. There seem to be a greater concern for method than for the text itself. I had originally gone into Old Testament after I took Hebrew. Reading the Bible in Hebrew opened up the Bible for me and made it very exciting. But I really struggled with all of the methodologies, even more so when the concern shifted to postmodern methods. I have used to some extent historical critical method in my teaching, but I am beginning to repent of that.
I don't fit in any church. Our family attends one but I keep my mouth shut. My Church believes in the False Unbibical Premillennial Dispentualism Rapture View. Makes me so frustrated. I guess I am Partial Pretorist View. I dont know.
Satan loosed is deceptions. We see this now. But, its a very long dog leash. Powers at be are increasing their powers against the Church right now. 2020 was a huge example. It cannot last much longer. Jesus Christ still reigns over this!!! I think an out of control dog on a long dog leash is a great example. We got dog leashes that you.can change the length. Or, if you ever seen an out of control dog at a dog park is like Satan Loosed. Sooner or later, someone gets the dog under control. Satan's bark is worse than his bite. Jesus Christ can get control of Satan completely at any time. Satan is an out of control dog. One day, Satan is put down. We all know rhe ending.
I think the two witness are the saints through history and the Scripture with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Empire killed both Bible believers and hid the Scriptures from the people. As the Reformers came more on the scene, we see the Scriptures getting back in the hands of the people. The Invention of the Printing Press was huge. We have both the Bible Believers and the Scriptures still today with the Holy Spirit. Its possible the Restrainer is the Bill of Rights/ US Constitution of America. If the Bill of Rights and US Constitution gets destroyed, America falls completely into full on tyranny. But, you do not hear many pastors talk about that. Why do you think the US Constitution and Bill of Rights are heavily attacked all the time? It is the Restrainer!!! Freedom of Speech came from Bible Believers influence on the Founding Fathers. Notice how US History in education is being either corrupted or just removed out of the Classroom? Without History, people lose their identity. It is the oldest trick of dictators in past global history. The Holy Spirit never gets removed from this Old Earth until Jesus Christ returns to End Everything.
Book of Job is Book of Revelation Revelation 12 All things of the Persecuted Church! Jesus Christ came, saw, and Conquers. Ecclesiastes is Cycles. Leviticus to the Gospels to Revelation shows 3 Harvests!!! A Pregnancy has 3 Terms. The Church Age on Old Earth is probably in Term 3!!! Labor Pains finality soon. The Two Ages Jewish Age Old Testament to the Stoning of Stephen. Gentiles Age Acts 1 - now. Revelation 21 is the hope for all who accept the Cross of Calvary and follow Jesus Christ. Death is fully done , thrown in Lake of Fire at the end. The Last Enemy. So easy!!! You have two Wraths or sources of tribulation. You have Satan's Wrath and rhen God's Wrath. The worst Wrath of all is being thrown into the Lake of Fire for eternity. Maybe this is "The Greatest Tribulation". John 3:16-28 keeps you out of this final Wrath of God.
The 70 Weeks of Daniel are completely fulfilled in everything Jesus Christ did. The killing of Stephen ended the Jewish Grace Time. AD 66-70 was rhe First big Wrath of God! The Gentile Time began as the Church!!! Easy!
The Media feeds all the coming Tribulation. Its crazy! 2020 was a practice run and most people were fooled. Yikes! Stop believing fear mongering media. Trust in Jesus Christ Alone.
The evil empire we are under now will try to build a Third temple in Modern Jerusalem and they will manufacture a fake Jesus and a fake Tribulation. They will try to bring in their New Age Utopia. This is why it is so important to get Bible Prophecy correct. The last card is "the alien card." They got all the Hollywood stunts and tricks to pull it off. We could face Persecution again. Its very possible. I think the real Jesus Christ will intervene physically at the last moment. He is ahead of all these goons. Really, Satan is very stupid. He keeps trying the same tricks over and over. Jesus Christ said "Even the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against Her.". Christians today do not know their history or their Bible. Its very frustrating. Please see the truth people.
Revelation is complicated. The very end is our hope. Satan's Wrath against the Church was all things Classical Roman Empire. God's Wrath against the Evil was AD66-70. Satan's Wrath was everything since during Jesus Christ reigning from Heaven. The Church Age begins with Satan's Wrath and ends with Satan's Wrath. Revelation 12. Ephesians 6 and more Scriptures. We are in the time of Evil gone wild as Jesus Christ reigns from Heaven. Soon, He ends it all. Simple! The Church goes through refining fire to prepare us for eternity. We have a ton of corruption in the Church now. We are in an Apostate Church System. The Gospel of John, 1, 2, 3 John and the Book of Revelation are all concerned about false gospels and Gnosticism infiltrating the Church. The Book of Revelation is the Fifth Gospel to bring hope to the Persecuted Church then and through History until Jesus Christ ends all Evil, Sin, and Death. Puts all enemies under His Feet. He gave us the Holy Spirit for our comfort and guide and power to endure and persevere. There is No Physical Millennial Reign. Jesus Christ said "My Kingdom is not of this world." Jesus Christ is Forever!!!! He is with us right now. The Book of Revelation is not a looking glass to be used to tell future except and only the final ending Jesus Christ will do for all eternity. Any other view is heresy against Jesus Christ. We are under the Nrw Covenant of the Cross of Calvary. There is No 7 year Tribulation in the future. It is tribulations against the Church until Jesus Christ ends it. The Great Tribulation was AD 66-70. The Final Wrath of God for all people is the end of Revelation 20 "The Final Judgement.". This Confusion of End Times was created by Satan infiltrating the Church.
My Bible Prophecy View is Revelation 21 is our hope. Done. It was read on the Titanic and many people got saved before they died. The media hides it. The Clergy on the Titanic knew the truth. God takes evil and tragedy and turns it into His good. He returns soon to end all Evil. The Haleluah Chorus. Jesus Christ reigns in rhe past, now and forever Amazing Geave- we are with him 10,000 years! This is forever, eternity! After Death is conquered, Jesus Christ turns everything to His Father. The End. Notice in Star Wars- the Death Stsr is destroyed. More Hollywood movies. They have to tell you. It is their religion. I am Revelation 21 Bible Prophecy View as Jesus Christ is the Same Yesterday, Today and Forever. I guess I am Historicism AMilliinnial View. Not sure or Partial Pretorist View. Study ad 66-70 Jewish Roman War. That most likely might have been the Great Tribulation - as many Jews were killed or sold into slavery. The Second temple destroyed and Old Jerusalem destroyed. Modern State of Israel was created by man but God allowed it. America was set up by man but God allows it. God is in charge. I think we are in Satan's Little Season right now. The Saints are surrounded.
My take on the narrative, or "story" on the Book of Revelation, is this: The Revelation was given to John by Christ to deliver His message to seven churches in Asia, written in signs for events that would soon take place beginning in the first century. The book concerns itself with the defeat of the enemies of Christ and His church, who were empowered by Satan, and ultimately he (Satan) was also defeated. The Jews were the first to persecute the Christians, documented in the Book of Acts, beginning with the stoning of Stephen, and continuing through to one of the last stonings of the Jews, recorded by Josephus (62 AD), the death of James, the brother of Jesus. Israel, with its capital city, Jerusalem, the adulterous harlot, or Babylon, rode the beast (Roman Empire - "We have no king but Caesar, crucify Him! Let this man's blood be on us and on our children"). The harlot acknowledged her adultery, "I am not a widow," meaning that she still has a husband, and he is not dead. The beast hated her, however, and eventually destroyed her (70 AD), and with the punishment reserved for the daughters of priests who became harlots, she was burned up by fire. God had been "married" to Israel, who never was faithful to Him, and because of her spiritual adultery, she was "executed" as Jewish law permits by the Romans. This allowed the Bride of Christ (church), the New Jerusalem, to take her rightful position at the marriage supper of the Lamb. She replaced the executed adulterous Old Jerusalem as this bride. Next, the beast, with the forced worship of its Emperor as God by all of its citizens, was dealt with. The beast continued to persecute the church and eventually was defeated by the rider of the white horse (Christ), whose weapon was the sword of the Spirit coming from His mouth (the gospel, the Word). By the 4th century, the Roman Empire declared Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire and, in complete reversal, the church had triumphed. Eventually, Paganism was made illegal, conquering the beast. For a lengthy period of time (millennium), Satan was prohibited (bound) from empowering nations to continue to persecute Christians on a worldwide basis like the Roman Empire days, and simultaneously the martyred souls who were slaughtered came to life and reigned with an already reigning Christ. This allowed Christianity to flourish and progress throughout this period, uninhibited and spread to every corner of the world. Then, after this lengthy time period (millennium), an event yet still in the future, Satan will be released briefly to attempt to empower all of the nations for worldwide persecution of the church once again, hoping to finally destroy them (he surrounds the great city, the New Jerusalem). Just before this occurs, however, Christ intervenes and destroys Satan and then institutes the final judgment of all humanity. Then eternity begins with the righteous receiving their reward and the damned sentenced to eternal punishment. As far as the millennium goes, I consider myself amill. Things are definitely not getting better. IMO, if we are not currently living in the days of Revelation 20:7-10, then we definitely are not far from it. When the French Revolution happened, with its Cult or Age of Reason, the influence on Christianity in Europe was forever changed. Because of this, by the mid 19th century, you had the writings of Karl Marx and Charles Darwin, both who greatly influenced the 20th century. Here we are in the early 21st century, and Christianity in the West is in retreat. The religious "nones" are the fastest growing group in America. Churches in Europe are being turned into museums. Muslims are growing fast in the East. This is not progress.
The Shabbat is the Shabbat! It’s on the 7th day. The Shabbat is Godish! Don’t let anyone judge you (Jewish Orthodox or Gentile) on how you keep the Shabbat(s). Yeshua lives! There is the 8th day, which speaks of eternity, but even though Yeshua and the early believers understood this they didn’t live as though the physical day of rest changed to the Roman Sunday. The Judean followers of Yeshua called the days of the week by numbers- day 1, day 2, etc. The only day given a name was the 7th day. The 8th day was never expected (prophetically or spiritually) to replace the 7th day on the calendar. Defending the sabbath is never legalism. You’ll accused of it but legalism needs to be defined. The legalism in the first century was making man made rules or even the law God gave to Moses a matter of salvation. That is legalism. Telling someone they can’t be a gay pastor is no more and no less legalism than telling someone they shoukd keep the sabbath. Now there is the issue of elitism? That is often confused with legalism. Yeshua wasn’t legalistic. He most certainly commanded obedience. Yeshua was not elitist! He even went to those who were prideful (who felt they were righteous) because He loved them. I keep Shabbat and I attend with a messianic congregation. We all come from Protestants and Catholic backgrounds. Some come from a Jewish Orthodox background. We have seen both legalism and elitism in our past systems of religion. We’re done with all that. We come to Yeshua and worship and we find it a great opportunity to remember the pattern of the shadow of what it continues to point at in the future. Unfortunately no matter how loving you can be… you’ll be accused of trying to keep the sabbath to earn salvation or because you want to be seen by man. We’ll regard our old friends in these denominations as brothers but you’ll find out how quick you’re rejected if you do anything that looks remotely Jewish. Very sad. No heart for learning. It just shows the lack of spirit of God. As for communion. Have as much of that as you want. What Yeshua and the disciples did happened once a year on Passover. What Protestant and Catholic do is man made- and so all laws regarding it and preventing people from taking it matters not. The Passover was a big event like the Super Bowl, excuse the analogy but, imagine the game and the pregame show. The day before was the one last big festive meal with leavened bread. 🍞 What Yeshua had with the disciples was leavened. It was not unleavened. People had travelled from all around in preparation. Party! Then all the leavened would get removed.
Sorry for the audio/video issues. Still working out using a new setup, including the camera, lighting, etc. I'll mix the sound better next time, and hopefully I can work out the audio only coming through the left channel.
Don't be so sure regarding a Macarthur debate. Macarthur and Sproul debated baptism at a Ligonier conference. (I personally think Macarthur won that one.) They remained friends, and J-Mac was invited back. Nothing like a good "prize fight" to draw a crowd.
Two high Sabbaths (Dan 9 v 27 ) Jesus Christ was cruxified in the middle of the week count backwords from a saturday night to vriday night 6 o clock ( day 1) from vryday night to thursday night ( day 2 ) from thursday night till wensday night day ( 3) and then during the daytime HE died.For the SON OF MAN WILL BE IN THE GRAVE FOR THREE DAYS AND FHREE NIGHTS.GLORY HALLELUJAH TO THE KING OF HEAVENS AND EARTH.AMEN.
Is the school free? Oh its a seminary I forgot. I once went to a church which had a Ministerial academy that was part of the Church and free for those who felt called to the office of Pastor. Very biblical. I can not understand why this is not more prevelant in Christianity I struggle with. At any rate the Amillenialist position is clearly what the new testament teaches. No doubt about it. One text in Revelation is not a filter or primary text to build an eschatology upon. Bad heremeneutucs. Remove Revelation 20:1-4 and you have absolutely no reference found anywhere in holy scripture that suggests some golden literal or spiritual state of affairs on this earth. The simplest view is usually the most likely to be accurate. The simplicity of the apostolic faith and doctrine in the primitive church has been obfuscated by the mischievously active unsanctified minds of men. The rule of thumb is we interpret the one by the many not the many by the one. When this is done we do not find any corroboration by any writer of the new testament including the words of our Lord. With respect to Sam Storms beware he is an active charismatic and believes that signs and wonders and revelations are all alive in the church today. Storms does not subscribe to sola scriptura or the absolute sufficiency and finality of scripture. The false faith of the so called charismatic calvinist must be rejected as a deception of Satan. Clounterfeit charismatic manifestation is a mark of Satan. Matthew 24:24; Mark 1322; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-14; Revelation 13:7-16; 16:13; 19:20; 2 Corinthians 11:5-13. After all the elect are saved, Satan will deceive the nations, and the vast majority of prefessed Christianity will be apostate though they know it not. Matthew 7:13 14,21-23. Verses 21-23 typify those who have a false faith but because of their works believe otherwise. So too will there be myriads of such at the second coming. Also note the type of works, prophesying casting out demons etc. Exactly what pentecostal and charismatics do. Truth and a love and uncompromising obedient to it is the mark of a true believer and a true church not the embrace of error and false doctrine however devout one may seem to be. Test all things by the word of God and not by the look of a man. Beware of false prophets. Now that we have the whole and complete revelation of God as Sam also believes then we can know that anyone who makes claim to further revelation whether in prophetic form or tongue we can know that they are not to be received and welcomed into our fellowship. A warning of rebuke and a call to repentance is our sacred duty if we love our Lord and His truth.
70 weeks were fully fulfilled. I think it is pretty easy chronologically. Jesus dies AFTER the 69th week is done (Daniel 9:26a) so when did his ministry start? My reasons to say Jesus’ ministry started at the beginning of the 70th week is for these reasons. 1. He died AFTER the 69th week was over and after means after. If 69 weeks is over it puts his ministry into the 70th week. 2. The word ‘he’ in verse 27 has an antecedent to a previous noun so WHO caused the sacrifices and oblations to cease? Has to be someone already mentioned in the text so we know it isn’t a future antichrist that isn’t even mentioned in the text and added in by dispensationalists. We already know the people of the prince that is to come was Titus historically. He literally became a prince over night in AD 70 when his father left Jerusalem’s siege and went back to Rome to be the new Caesar (king) which makes Titus a prince immediately. 3. The word CEASE in verse 27 is not a forceful word like the dispensational premill people teach, the word is SHABAT where we get Sabbath. It is clear Jesus put to REST (SHABAT; cease; no longer needed) the sacrifices. So if Jesus’ ministry started at the beginning of the 70th week, and He became the 4th passover, that puts his death in the 487th year of the 490 year prophecy. That leaves 3 to 3.5 years left. The prophecy concerned the Jews and Jesus said to preach the gospel to the Jews first. So my last 3 to 3.5 years of the 490 years was the time it took the apostles to preach to all of Judaea and I believe when God sent Peter to Cornelius and the Gentiles and he was the leader, the gospel was finally going to the Gentiles. James took over the head pastor in Jerusalem when Peter began missionary work to the Gentiles. When the apostles were done with an area, others were put into leadership so they could go to the next group of people. To me this makes all the sense in the world. There are no other gaps in any other properties and the church never had a gap until the time of Irving and Darby and others they had conferences with int he early part of the 1800’s. The only view I feel is heretical is the dispensational premillennial view because they teach going back to animal sacrifices with Jesus at the helm for sin atonement thus Jesus denying Himself. I am okay with any other view. A-mill makes the most sense to me. And I noticed someone in the comments said no one was A-mill in the early church. I knwo most of the church over the first 1800 years was A-mill, maybe not in the first three centuries but nobody int he first three centuries taught dispensationalism and nobody taught a pre-trib rapture (some taught pre-wrath) and nobody taught going back to animal sacrifices which would have been considered heretical and reason to kick people out of the church. Any attack on the blood of Jesus being eternal is demonic and I am not afraid to say that. Someone may ask, how do we reconcile the extra 37 years? What if there are TWO time indicators in this prophecy because of overlap. The regular 490 years and then the time of testing. WE know historically the Jews went back to animal sacrifices and a Biblical generation is 30-40 years. I call this the Stay of Execution. Jesus gave that generation EXTRA time to repent. The passage never says those extra years were part of the 490 year prophecy. Verse 26b seems to be added in yet not necessarily part of the 490 years. and the people of the prince THAT SHALL COME shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 40 YEARS OF ABOMINATIONS brought many desolations upon those that rejected Jesus as the Messiah. Going back to animal sacrifices was blasphemous at this point. A little known fact is under Emperor Julian he commanded the Jews to go back in build another temple in AD 361. What did God think of that? God sent tornados, fire from beneath and earthquakes every time they got so far in building and some Jews and workers were killed and Julian died in AD 363 and they gave up. if God allows a temperature to be rebuilt again, all I can say is it isn’t going to be pretty for those that do it and those (many many Christians) that donate to it. It is coming against the sacrifice of Jesus in the worst kind of way and will be the greatest apostasy one could possibly do and name the name of Christ.
The whole argument for any of the views is put to rest in Mt.24:29-31; 2Tim.4:1; 2Thes.1:7-10 et al... quite simply, these text tell us plainly, Mt.24:25, there is no such thing as a Millennial reign of Christ on this sin cursed earth because upon the Day of His return it is Judgment Day. What on earth is there for Christ to reign over in Person for a thousand years when this earth and all reprobates are cast into the Lake of Fire on that Day?
Yeah, I guess it DOES become really simple if you grant yourself the exegetical license to twist scripture around to mean whatever you want. It's hard work to harmonize the 25% of the entire bible into one coherent hermeneutic.....while allowing Israel to enjoy her promised earthly kingdom.
I would like to give you my view on where the rapture occurs in the Book of Revelation. We can all agree that 1 Thess 4:16-17 (16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever) clearly speaks of the rapture of the saints. The second passage that deals with the rapture is 1 Cor 15:51-52 ( 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed). The third is Matt 24:30-31 (30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.[d] 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other). I will show you where these passages are fulfilled in the Book of Revelation. We will journey through the Bible first to lay the groundwork for the understanding of the meaning of the key word used in the Book of Revelation. Our journey begins in Genesis 9:13 (13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth). Now, let’s look at Ez 1:26-28 (26 Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. 27 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking). Heb 1:3 (3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven), when combined with Rev 4:3 (3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne) it should be clear that Jesus is represented by the rainbow. The Father is described using precious stones as opposed to glowing metal and fire in Ez 1:27. Now let’s look again at Matthew 24:30-31 (30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.[d] 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.) The sign of the Son of Man is the rainbow, it represents Jesus. Now we can study Chapter 10 of the Book of Revelation. The beginning of Chapter 10 (Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars. 2 He was holding a little scroll, which lay open in his hand. He planted his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, 3 and he gave a loud shout like the roar of a lion. When he shouted, the voices of the seven thunders spoke.) mirrors the beginning of 1 Thess 4:16 (16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel). The rainbow represents Jesus. It is the sign of the Son of Man spoken of in Matt 24. The angel is the archangel, probably Michael. Jesus issues the loud command with the voice of the archangel. The loud shout like the roar of a lion is the announcement of the coming of the Lion of the tribe of Judah mentioned in Chapter 5 of the Book of Revelation. Now let’s discuss the timing of the rapture. Rev 10 and Rev 11:1-13 both finish just before the end of the second woe, which occurs in Rev 11:14. Immediately after this the seventh angel sounds his trumpet in Rev 11:15. This is the last trumpet and the trumpet call of God. Let me reinforce that statement. Look at Rev 10:6-7 (6 And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, “There will be no more delay! 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.”). Now what is the mystery of God? The mystery of God is Jesus Christ - Col 2:2 (2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ,). The mystery of God will be accomplished = Jesus Christ will return. Let me make some further observations that we can discuss in detail at a later time:
