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More Thoughts on Rapture Timing
It never seems to fail that every time I think the ever-darkening shadows of the End Times cannot possibly get any longer something leaps out and surprises me.
For example, yesterday I read about Israel experiencing 4 earthquakes in less than a month. These earthquakes were not strong enough to cause any significant damage. Rather, it seemed like God was gently nudging Israel to wake up and get ready for something that is really big and about to happen. Jesus told us that earthquakes will be one of the signs of the “Beginning of Sorrows” (the 7-year Tribulation):
And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Matthew 24:7-8.
(NKJV).
And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven Luke 21:11 (NKJV).
Earthquakes in the Holy Land are certainly not unheard of. However, they are relatively rare and they do seem to mark significant Biblical events. Anything out of the ordinary that happens in Israel certainly warrants careful scrutiny from those who study eschatology.
Pestilence is mentioned in both of the above verses. This is a broad term that includes various diseases, such as COVID in all of its forms. Personally, I believe the COVID virus and the vaccine, which I believe is evolving into the Mark of the Beast, is part of Satan’s elaborate plan to dominate the world. But that is purely speculation on my part. Moreover, I am highly suspect of the arrival of this pandemic on the world stage at this particular moment in time. The entire COVID scenario screams at me that we are at the very precipice of the Rapture of the Church.
Both of the above verses from the Bible also mention famine as being a sign of the imminent arrival of our Lord in the Rapture. Famine will play a major role in the 7-year Tribulation, and especially in the second half, which is the 3 1/2-year
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Great Tribulation. For many months now, I have been alarmed by the ever- increasing number of attacks on the world’s food supply. Crops are being decimated by every imaginable type of freak weather. Yesterday I read how fertilizer has tripled in price causing prices of food to skyrocket. Cattle and livestock are under a similar attack by freakish weather and from diseases. All of these attacks on our food supply seem to be coming together in the proverbial perfect storm to cause unimaginable suffering and death across the planet in the very near future. The 7-year Tribulation is very near and I am convinced through scripture that the Rapture will happen before the Tribulation begins.
Speaking of animals and signs of an imminent Rapture in recent world events, have you noticed the huge increase in the frequency and magnitude of flocks of birds falling from the sky in diverse places around the world and the huge increase in the mass die-offs of fish? Hosea and Zephaniah both spoke of this:
Hear the word of the LORD, You children of Israel, For the LORD brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “There is no truth or mercy or knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing and lying, killing and stealing and committing adultery, they break all restraint.
With bloodshed upon bloodshed. 3 Therefore the land will mourn;
And everyone who dwells there will waste away: with the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air. Even the fish of the sea will be taken away. Hosea 4:1-3 NKJV.
I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea. I will make the wicked stumble, And I will destroy mankind from the face of the earth declares Hashem.
Zephaniah 1:3.
When I read the above quote from Zephaniah, I was struck by the part about how God will cause the wicked to stumble in the Last Days. Is it just a
coincidence that the Durham Report has just been released implicating Hillary Clinton in what is obviously a major felony by infiltrating White House computers and spying on a sitting President? This is political dynamite of a magnitude that even our biased liberal media cannot conceal. More than anything else, it is the timing of this political revelation that leads me to suspect it is just one of a multitude of clues that the end of this dispensation is near.
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Jesus told us that wars and rumors of war will be a major sign of the
imminence of His return in the Last Days of the End Times. At this very moment, Europe is on the brink of war with Russia.
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for] all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation; and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famine, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Matthew 24:6-8. NKJV.
Then He said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. Luke 21:10-11. NKJV.
The above verse from Luke also mentions “fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” God also told us in Genesis 1:14 that He put the sun, moon, and stars in the sky to be for, among other things, signs to us. What a marvelous means of communication. These signs are above us for the entire world to see and the message they send by their paths through the heavens can be understood by all, regardless of whatever language they may speak.
Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years. Genesis 1:14. NKJV.
There is a lot going on in the nighttime sky at the moment and a lot is scheduled to happen between now and the end of June. I am, by no means, an expert on interpreting heavenly signs. Nevertheless, I will add my thoughts anyway (for whatever they may be worth).
• March 22. Mars, the representation of the god of war, enters the constellation Capricorn. Some see this as a connection to the Luciferian secret fraternal order of Skull and Bones and the Satanically mystical number 322.
• April 5. Mars and Saturn are in very close conjunction and will only be 0.4 degrees apart. Mars represents the god of war and Saturn represents Satan. Venus, which in this case represents the Bride, is only 7 degrees away. Could this be alluding to the Revelation 12 Sign
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where the dragon waits for the woman to give birth so as to devour the child before it can be snatched away (harpazo) to heaven?
• April 21. The comet C/2021 03 (PanSTARRS) will pass within 26.6 million miles of the sun and will, quite probably, be visible to the naked eye. Comets have always been a harbinger of bad news.
• April 27-30. Venus and Jupiter will be side by side (only 0.5 degrees apart) for a celestial conference. Jupiter is the largest planet and, therefore, represents God. In this celestial summit meeting, Venus represents Jesus. Jesus told us in Revelation 22:16 that He is the bright and morning star (Venus). If that is the case, then this could be a representation of God the Father giving permission to His Son to go and bring His bride home to heaven (in the true Jewish wedding tradition).
• April 30. There is a partial eclipse of the sun. Joel 2:31 tells us that the sun will turn to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord. We should also note that a solar eclipse is a warning of bad things to come to the gentiles.
• May 15. A total blood moon eclipse takes place and it occurs the day after Israel’s birthday. This blood moon eclipse could be the one that pairs with the solar eclipse mentioned above to be the fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy. A blood moon is a warning to the gentiles and a bad omen of a coming disaster. This blood moon will travel over much of the United States, moving from west to east. Perhaps this blood moon eclipse is a warning to the United States that sudden destruction is on the way.
• May 16. There is a full-blood moon eclipse in Scorpio. As I mentioned earlier, I am not an expert when it comes to interpreting these signs, but I would guess that the constellation Scorpio represents something bad.
• May 30-31. A date when one of the most dramatic celestial events for 2022 could possibly take place. The earth will pass through a debris pattern from the comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. This will produce a very unique meteor shower and could yield hundreds of meteors per hour. It will also be a very brief display due to the size of the debris field from the comet. Could this be a representation of the dragon in Revelation 12 sweeping up a third of the stars and flinging them to the earth as it waits for the child to be born from the woman?
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• June 1-2. There is a very strong argument set forth by those who study eschatology that the 7-year Tribulation could start on June 1-2 (See the excellent post from Hemi on 5 Doves on 1/22/22). This is based on the reconciliation of God’s current calendar and God’s
antediluvian calendar. June 1-2 could also very well be the date of the Rapture. Could the timing of the dragon sweeping up a third of the stars and throwing them to the earth just one day before this potential date for the start of the 7-year Tribulation possibly be a coincidence?
What are the odds? Additionally, June 1st is the first day of the third month. It parallels the day that Israel entered the wilderness at Mount Sinai. It could also be the day that the anti-Christ makes a covenant with the many for 1 week. If so, it would parallel the covenant that God made with Moses on Mount Sinai. Likewise, June 2nd is the 153rd day of the year (reference the 153 fish in the net) and it is the 55th anniversary of the 6-Day War. Finally, it is Ascension Day.
Could this be the day that we ascend into the clouds to meet Jesus in the Rapture?
• June 6. Pentecost. Shavuot. Nothing particularly spectacular happens on this date in the heavens, but I am going to list it here anyway. I have always believed that Pentecost is a logical day for the Rapture to occur because it is the day that I consider the Church began.
• Second Half of June. There are 5 planets that can be seen in the nighttime sky with the naked eye. All 5 of these planets played a significant role in the presentation that was portrayed above during the past few months. Throughout the last half of June, all of these planets form a very rare straight-line alignment across the sky and they also appear in their correct order from the sun (even rarer). I find this reminiscent of the way actors will come on stage at the end of a play in order to take a final bow before the lights go down for the last time.
Furthermore, the moon pays a visit to each planet as if to
acknowledge their performance in the play. First, it visits Saturn on June 18th, then Jupiter on June 21st, then Mars on June 22nd, then Venus on June 26th, and lastly Mercury on June 27th.
This is only a partial list of what will transpire on the heavenly stage between now and June (2022). My interpretation of their meaning is purely the
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speculation of a lonely watcher on the wall who will be looking up at the nighttime sky.
Jesus told us that one of the major signs to look for in the Last Days of the End Times that would herald His return would be the prosecution of Christians:
Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
Matthew 24:9-10. NKJV.
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake. Luke 21:12. NKJV.
The international humanitarian organization Open Doors published a report by World Watch List-2022 (and re-posted on Israel 365 News – February 19, 2022) that said: “covering from Oct. 1, 2020 – Sept. 30, 2021), over 360 million Christians suffered high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith—a rise of 20 million from last year. The number represents one in seven Christians worldwide. This year records the highest levels of persecution since the first list was published 29 years ago…” The report went on to say, “The year 2021 saw the worst persecution of Christians in history”—with an average of 16 Christians butchered for their faith every single day. Perhaps even more reflective of the hate for Christianity, 5,110 churches and other inanimate Christian buildings (schools, monasteries, etc.), were attacked and profaned.” “
God certainly knows that mankind is not perfect. He has given us free will to make choices and to learn from our mistakes. He is incredibly patient with us and quick to forgive us when we realize right from wrong and ask for forgiveness.
Nevertheless, there are limits to both His patience and his mercy. After all, He is a righteous God. According to the most recent numbers I could access (January 27, 2022), there have been 63,459,781 helpless infants slaughtered in their mother’s womb within the United States alone since the landmark decision of Roe versus Wade was made on January 22, 1973. Each and every one of these was a tiny human being for which God had a plan. I cannot understand why God has waited so long to stop this. I know deep down in my heart and in my soul that He will not wait very much longer.
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A perceptible End Times darkness that is very much alive is spreading among us. Hiding in this deepening darkness is a cabal of obscenely rich, very evil, and very, very powerful men and women who are working behind the scenes to spread their malignant tentacles throughout every living organ of our earthly society in cooperation with an evil supernatural entity in exchange for even more wealth and power. I see this spreading darkness as a leading indicator that we are at the end of the age and that the Rapture is truly imminent. All of the world can sense this to one degree or another, and many are caught in the grip of End Time insanity and delusion. We have grown accustomed to using words like
“apocalyptic”, “catastrophic” and “cataclysmic” on an almost daily basis. There is an epidemic of lawlessness in the world and no amount of poisonous vaccines or silly face coverings will stop it. The lengthening shadows of the End time can no longer be ignored.
All of the signs that I have listed above and all of the signs that I have neglected to mention share one thing in common. They are all converging on a point in time that is in our immediate future. I have suggested one possible date for the 7-year Tribulation to begin and the Rapture to take place (June 1-2, 2022) and I could very well be wrong about that date. I have been wrong many times in the past. Nevertheless, whether my guess is correct or not, the Rapture of the Church is going to happen very soon. Jesus told us that the End Times has a shelf life of one generation (Matthew 24:34). The clock started ticking when the
prophecy was fulfilled by Israel becoming a nation once again and that shelf-life is about to expire.
Supernatural forces of both good and evil, and of a magnitude of which we cannot fathom are in play at this very moment. War is about to break out in heaven and upon the earth:
And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,but they]did not
prevail, nor was a place found for [b]them in heaven any
longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:7-9.
NKJV.
We are a witness to prophecy, and to history, and to the outcome of this war.
There is nothing that we can do to prevent what is about to happen. Personally, all
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of this makes me feel very small and insignificant. At times like this I find comfort in God’s words to the Psalmist:
Be still, and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10. NKJV.
Carl Worline
[email protected] February 25, 2022
https://youtu.be/LQKyENfWiis and also:
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