For Jesus to try to describe “rooms” or “dwelling places” to us, in which we cannot conceive of what He has in store for us in this time and place on earth, is simply beyond any earthly words.
Irregardless of Jew or Gentile, this scripture is one of my favorites! It speaks to my heart & gives me joy & hope for the future with Christ! Praise Him & wait expectantly! Maranatha our wonderful Blessed Hope! ❤️❤️🙏❤️❤️
Oh great I can't wait to see what the street of gold really means. I love hearing your teaching and thank God for you. I'm certain that to be with our Lord forever is better than any earthly mansion or gold.
Things are falling to pieces all over the world. It is such a blessing to have the rapture so close and those born again of the Spirit will be gone in the twinkling of an eye! I am Canadian, but I actually know quite a bit of American history because I love history. I am fine with listening to more next week. Please pray for our Dominion Day celebrations to go ahead on July 1st as our worse than Obama of a PM plans to cancel them.
Thank you for researching and exposing the erroneous theory that we will live in mansions!! Makes so much more sense. Thanks for keeping true to God’s word.
Thank you so much, Dr. Andy. I get such blessings from all your teachings. And a couple of nights ago I got a good blessing regarding the Bible editions, and later today my new NASB1995 with concordance and cross references in comfort print. I will be able to see that as: c o m f o r t p r I n t . The last one I treated myself to uses some old school spy craft; microdot printing in between the verses and the ‘just tiny’ print of the extra notes text. It’s also a huge Bible. A soft leather-like cover, not a HC, but still it’s a huge book to go with my old Bible(s) and other study books, and without a large table to spread out on it’s difficult to manage flipping through books and notebooks. But I’m so excited to get the NASB1995! I’m older, and I’m loving going through a second childhood. I shall wear purple - with a bright red hat, and I’ll have a wonderful time highlighting and marking in my new Bible. There’s nothing of this world to be a part of, so I’ll spend time to be apart from it, and use time in God’s Word and His plan for me. Thank you, Robin, a wonderful lady I met in the comments who had just ordered her copy of a NASB. Dr. Andy inspired me, and Robin spurred me on to get myself one - in comfort print, this time. Lessons learned. God bless, everyone! If anyone needs special prayer, extra prayer, do let me know and I’ll put you in my prayer list. The Lord knows the particulars, so I just will be a vessel for extra prayer where it’s needed. We all need one another, and some of us need an extra large helping from time to time. Jesus tells us to love one another and hold each other up in prayer. God’s timepiece is ticking, friends. Praise Him, praise Him! And look up, for our salvation draws near ~~~~~
This looks/sounds GREAT!...I've been publishing a series of shorter teaching videos on the Rapture (only 5-10mins each) but I love this more in-depth resource - thank you!
We are hated on account of Jesus, Satan stirs up hatred against believers so unbelievers wont care when we are gone.. but some WILL and turn to the word of God Jesus Christ unto salvation
That’s a really good point that unbelievers won’t care. I had not thought about that. Also gives reason why the unbelievers will easily be deceived and manipulated
@@j-rad2613 Andy Woods doesn't need to debate with those people. When the rapture happens before tribulation, like Scripture plainly says it will, all the mockers and scoffers will see the truth . Andy doesn't need to debate with anyone -- the Word of God is absolute truth and stands on its own, but people still foolishly reject it. In Christ's love...
@@madisongreene8853 show me where scriptures say this. Its very clearly written its after the tribulation over and over and over again. This 1 verse destroys pre trib. 2nd thessalonians 2 2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things What part of the comig of christ and our gathering to him wont happen until the falling away and the man of sin revealed dont you understand??? Its pretty clear. Please dont get me started On Andy woods he is a ravenous wolf in sheeps clothing. Go ahead and prove me wrong with scripture, i encourage it!! Good luck because there isnt even 1 verse that teaches pre trib. God bless you!
@@j-rad2613 Go watch JD Farag or any other preacher who knows the truth and they will give you hundreds of Scripture to prove YOU'RE the one who's wrong and misinterpreting Scripture, but you refuse to accept the truth. Why don't you troll elsewhere or just agree to wait and see who is right? Are you afraid of being wrong? You'd better be... In Christ's love.
I believe that Genesis18-17 to Genesis19-22 is possibly the first mention of the concept of the rapture of the saints, a pre-tribulational rapture at that; Note: Gen 18 vs 17 the Lord with the 2 angels is on a mission to destroy Sodom and Gomorah and he says, "Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I will do", so the Lord said that "the cry 0f Sodom and Gomorah is great and because their sin is grievous"(vs20); in vs 23 Abraham asks the question that puts the rapture of the righteous in the frame, he says "Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked"? in vs 25 Abraham then says, "That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" then there is dialogue between Abraham and the Lord as to if there a reducing number of righteous (from 50 vs24 to vs 32 where the Lord says he would not destroy it for ten's sake). Here Abraham tells the Lord that if he were to destroy Sodom and Gomorah with the righteous in it, that he considered it something he would not expect the Judge of all the earth to do, as it would not be right. We then see in Gen 19 that the angels took Lot out of Sodom and said the following in vs 22, "Haste thee, escape thither, for I CANNOT DO ANYTHING till thou be come thither (arrive there at Zoar). Clearly we can see here that the righteous were taken out of Sodom and Gomorah BEFORE the judgement fell. Jesus said in Matt 24 and Luke 17 it would be like the "days of Noah" and the days of Lot" this seems to jump out to me and say Pre-Tribulation Rapture, as Abraham said to the Lord it would not be right to destroy the righteous with the wicked, and the Lord agreed, and Lot was removed before the judgement fell. I think most of us understand that the tribulation is Daniels 70th week, and is God once again dealing with Israel because the church is gone from this period. Given the excellent presentation on this subject by Dr Woods these scriptures seem to me to shout out that we will be gone before the Judgement of the wicked. God Bless to all from Australia
Brother Raymond, these is beautifully explained. Clear, concise and complete. Thank you for sharing this. My family has much love for Australia. My father was in the first Marine’s and was there during the little free time before Guadalcanal and Pelilieu. We were blessed to get to go and visit with the family that he stayed with during the war. Grace and peace to you🙏🏻😊
I went into all the videos I had watched during my search about the rapture. All the ones quickly giving reasons why its bit biblical.. I directed them to Andy Woods in the comment section
I like this definition of the Latin 'mansio', since we are Christ's ambassadors: *In the Roman Empire, a mansio (from the Latin word mansus, the perfect passive participle of manere "to remain" or "to stay") was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, maintained by the central government for the use of officials and those on official business whilst travelling.* Thanks for another helpful talk!
Always listen to your Pastors Point of View, teachings and sermons. Wondering if you are sick or what happened to you and your brother in Christ. Love learning from you folks and hoping this is not a RUclips censor because I couldn't find your teaching for last Friday in July and following Sunday sermons. Nannyj
Sorry but Paul was not drawing on what the disciples may have shared with him about the upper room discourse when he wrote of the catching away in 1st Thessalonians or the translation in a twinkling of an eye Mystery in 1st Corinthians 15:51. Paul was caught up to the third heaven 14 years early and personally received revelation from Jesus regarding the Rapture catching away and how it will all unfold and the mystery of our bodies being translated and was then able to say to the Thessaloniki believers “say unto you by the word of the Lord”. It was not revealed to any disciple prior to Paul’s writings. Only He was granted to hear this brand new revelation from Jesus, no one else. That is why it was a Mystery.
@Re L Moreover, all Scripture is God breathed, hence has the same author, One who never errs, never misspeaks, nor ever contradicts himself. Otherwise, how else could it ever be profitable for doctrine, correction or reproof? (2Tim 3:16)
The mystery aspect of it was only that it had been hidden and was ‘now being revealed.’ That the thing Jesus taught in the upper room, namely that He would come back to retrieve the church and bring us to heaven, involved the instantaneous translation of a whole generation of living believers into their glorified bodies was the mystery. And that it would include all believers who had died as well. Jesus did not elaborate on any of that, He only taught that He would come specifically to bring the church with Him to heaven. So whether Paul understood and connected these dots by way of personal revelation or because he understood the oral teaching that eventually became John 14 as a preliminary description of the rapture, doesn’t matter nor can we know.
In reference to the word soon in the first chapter in Revelation. Is it a warning to the first century churches regarding the persecution to which they were shortly subjected to? It does not seem to relate to anything other than the churches of that time period. Which would have nothing to do with end times.
I just woult add that our final destination after Rev 22 is in the Celestial or Heavenly Jerusalem in the New HEAVEN and the New Earth, Philippians 3.20 reminds us that: But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
A study by Zola Levitt called A Christian Love Story, also explains the Jewish wedding tradition to the rapture, but also adds that only the father knows the day and time. Dr. Woods do you have any further insight into that. Thank you, absolutely love this series!
Okay... so if I die tonight and the rapture happens on November 4th, where does my soul reside prior to my rapture? I thought I heard Andy mention a number of times that some of these great sources that he's quoted had already died and were 'with the Lord'? Don't they have to be raptured first? I know I'm missing something here??
There’s one thing that I’m a little confused about. In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 it says every one who believes in Christ will meet the Lord in the air and will be with the Lord forever. But when he said In the Fathers House there are many temporary dwelling rooms does that mean when the rapture happens we would only be in Heaven temporarily? I always believed when the rapture occurs we will be in Heaven forever.
Two Raptures coming soon... In the first he ( YAHSHUA ) comes to gather his saint's, in the second he ( YAHSHUA ) comes with them. John 14:1-3. First 1 Corinthians 15:51-52. First Philippians 3:20-21. First 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. First Matthew 24:30-31. Second Mark 13:24-27. Second Luke 21:25-28. Second 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Second YAH BLESS !
John 14:2. Jesus defines “my Father’s house as the Temple in 2:16. Looks to me in 14:2 He is telling the apostles of their dwelling place and reign in the Millennial Temple.
There is a scripture that makes me wonder if the New Jerusalem that comes down out of Heaven might not touch down on the earth, but be in orbit around it. Psalm 89:36-37 speaks of the throne of God, (is it in New Jerusalem?) that it will be “established as the moon and, the witness in the sky is faithful.” Perhaps our “dwelling places” are there and we can visit when we want. Hmm?
Pastor Andy Woods say, John 14:1-3 equals 1Thess 4:16-18, to which I agree. May I add to that that, Matt 13: 40-42, 49-50, Matt 24:29-31 and Mark 13:26-27 = Rev 19:11-21. All of which give no hint of the "catching away."
Well, maybe you got a lot of "Christianity" over there but what always made me refrain from even visiting your country let alone wanting to live there personally was the great bigotry and dominating hypocrisy in your churches and in your lifestyle (in general, there's always exceptions) which is plainly visible for ANYONE from abroad. Greetings from Germany, I hope Jesus comes soon now to make an end to this, Maranatha! 🙏💗
What if those people who deny the Rapture were allowed to stay and go through the tribulation,,, because that's what the choose to believe,,,,,,but we who are eagerly waiting for Jesus to rescue us went ahead of them,,,,,,just saying,,,,,,watch what you believe
I believe the first disclosure of the rapture was not John 14 (though it is a good one) but prior to this at the resurrection of Lazarus John 6:25-26 "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? " Read it with fresh eyes and compare it with what Paul wrote in 1 Thess. 4:16-17 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
I have a question? I know that if we die as a believer our soul goes to be with the Lord. Absent from the body present with the Lord. So where are we while waiting for the rapture where we will then be in our dwelling place?
Our spirit is escorted to heaven by an angel a s soon as we die. They get a new body at the rapture (those who have already died) I think his point was that Jesus doesn't come to get each one individually when they die.
Well in Ephesians it says we are sealed by God the Holy Spirit until the day of our redemption. So likely God Himself brings the believer to heaven. Sane as for the rapture, God Himself does all the transport work here in new testament times. As for the dead in Christ until then, not clear but the example I see is such as those coming up from the alter during the 5th seal and are given white robes. My guess is that this refrence to white robes, then and now, is as a temporary human body as they wait for the resurrection. Likely not a full replacement body otherwise that would be a form of reincarnation, but more like a very basic covering of which the senses would function and can be discarded later.
@@fearthelamb8084 The dead in Christ our our bodies that are buried in the ground..We who are in Heaven with just a Spirit/Soul will be reunited with a Glorified body..When we die, flesh and blood cannot enter into Heaven..only the Spirit/Soul..
@@trishazechel8402 that's inherit (kjv) not enter. If it were enter, Jesus would be banned from heaven according what He said and showed doubting Thomas. It's through our spirits that inherit (born from above), not our flesh. The flesh does not become outcast though but remains a part of the saint and of Jesus.
Sooo heaven is sorta like a homeless shelter? ..but we still have citizenship, right? imo the church dwells in the new Jerusalem, we commute to work, then later it comes to earth after being in heaven temporarily. Seems clear to me anyway. The church plays among the stars. Usually rapture teachings don't depress me...
@Sam Samurai Well I plan to have many houses, cabins and various parks, maybe even moons and planets. I just view the house in heaven, built by Jesus inside the New Jerusalem, to be the home He is talking about. Yes, temporary, because when we have the new heavens and new earth, the New Jerusalem comes down to the earth (which is prolly about the size of the planet Jupiter for physics sake), it's only in heaven temporarily... which that will even dissolve. I believe the New Jerusalem is there right now, hidden away behind one of the locks that we open with the keys to the kingdom. It's too much to see for earth during the millennial kingdom, and untainted by the eyes of fallen angels. We even ride down inside of it when the new heavens and new earth appear. Our home, likely one of many ...but the best.
It'Z your choice. Hebrews 12:2 Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our FAITH; Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was ONCE offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to take away sin but to bring SALVATION to those who eagerly await Him. Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my SALVATION. 1Corinthians 15:23 but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Christ; 2Timothy 2:19 Nevetheless, GOD'S solid foundation stands, bearing this inscription,"The LORD knows those who are His";... Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a Savior, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1Corinthians 15:24-25 then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to His GOD and FATHER, when He has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For He must REIGN... Zechariah 14:4,9 That day His feet shall rest upon the Mount of Olives, ... The LORD shall become KING over the whole earth; on that day the LORD shall be the ONLY ONE, and His Name the ONLY ONE. John 17:3 Now this is eternal life, that they should know YOU, the ONLY TRUE GOD, and the ONE whom YOU sent, Jesus Christ. 1John 1:3 ...for our fellowship is with the FATHER and with His Son, Jesus Christ. 1Timothy 2:5 For there is ONE GOD. There is also ONE mediator between GOD and the human race, Christ Jesus, Himself human, who gave Himself as ransom for ALL. 1Peter 4:7 The end of all things is at hand(near). Therefore, be SERIOUS and sober for PRAYERS. Luke 21:36 Be vigilant at all times and PRAY that you have strength to ESCAPE the tribulations that are imminent(about to happen) and to stand before Son of Man. Hebrews 12:2 Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our FAITH; ...
Amen & Paul later said in 1st Corinthians 15:51-57 King James Version (KJV) 51 Behold, I shew you a MYSTERY ; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. ~~~~ So we conclude that Paul and the other disciples must have fully expected to be raptured /taken up in His own living lifetime ! and compared to 1 Thessalonians 4 ( they appear to align perfectly with Paul's understanding and it was a blessed hope Amen !) 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Hi, 1st your teaching are great, but i just want to mention about Paul hearing from others apostles, for me, are not consistent with Gal1.11_17: 11But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. 13For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. 15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: 17Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. All His teachings were direct revelation from JesusChrist our Lord Himself. And which it's more relevent to the fact that John and Revelation were direct revelation from our Lord Himself. Grace and Peace from our Heavenly Father.
RAPTURE OF FAITHFUL CHURCH Revelations 1-3 only faithful church/Bride ( believers in Christ Yeshua who is Holy Spirit filled and live according to Yahuwah word( Bible) will be rapture before seven years tribulation to keep from hours of trials that will come upon the earth. See Revelations 3:10 (escape trials), Luke 21:34-36 (escape trials) , Titus 2: 13 (blessed hope), 2 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (rapture), 1Corinthians 15: 51-53 (rapture), Revelations 19:1-9 (marriage supper in heaven), John 14: 1-3 (mansions in heaven). The rest six churches/believers( loveless, persecuted, corrupt, compromise, dead and lukewarm) need to repent , fill by Holy Spirit and live according to His word (Bible) else will be left to go through seven years tribulation for repentance and refining to be tribulation saints who will be resurrected at end of tribulation - see Rev 20:4. Christ Yeshua loves His church - see Ephesians 5 : 22-33. One third of Israel call to Yeshua ( Messiah) will survive to the end of seven years tribulation when Christ Yeshua will come to earth to deliver Israel from their enemies and establish His millennium reign on earth. See Zechariah 12 -14, Daniel 9:24-27, Jeremiah 30:6-7 and Revelations 12.
I am Post-trib and I differ from many Post-trbbers, that do not believe that the raptured Saints go to Heaven. I believe Rev 7:9+14 are the raptured Saints, the Wedding, the Bema Seat are in Heaven and the Saints come back with Christ in Rev 19:14. Therefore I agree with John 14:1-3 as relating to the Rapture and going to Heaven. The Greek word erchomai means to come or to go and stands for the Rapture. Interesting for me was, that the coming again was onel event, and has the Rapture and the return to the former place in it. There is only one Resurrection, one Rapture and one coming of the Lord, His 2. coming taught by Jesus in Mat 24:29-31. That this riddle makes no sense and cannot be understand by the human mind is the whole problem. But I wonder about one thing, Jesus spoke to His disciples in the Upper Room Discourse and you say, this belongs to the Church, when He speaks to the same disciples in the Olivet Discourse it belongs to Israel alone. This has the smell of replacement, who makes Abraham a guest of the Wedding. He is the root of the tree the Gentiles are grafted in, take Paul's warning seriously, you can be cut off. If you do not belong to spiritual Israel, because Pre-trib needs to separate from Israel, who are you, don't you know you are a co-heir with Israel? You can believe what you want, but you get what is written. Israel comes to faith and are saved in the GT (Dan 12:1) and that is the resurrection from the dead (Rom 11:15), not 7 years before.
The MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB happens IN heaven, NOT when we come back with him. Read Rev. 19:7-10 which PRECEDES vs. 14 where we are dressed in fine linen and come back with him !!!
@@suzannetyrrell7907 It's NOT my way, it's God's word....I just see that the Marriage Supper is BEFORE we come back to earth with the Lord. Read Rev. 19
@@fawnfargo8875 I know it is God's word. I'm just speaking in human simplicity. I am in the book of Revelation right now. I am born again and I know I am going to heaven. I am just trying to keep things on friendly terms. Simple as that. Thanks!
Chuck Missler explains it well. He has a short vid on jewish weddings. The wedding comes first. 7 days later after they come out of the wedding chamber is when the feast happens. People get confused thinking Western weddings. But was no Las Vegas back then. The 7 sealed scroll IMO is the wedding. Study also Boaz and Ruth. Seven years later is the wedding feast, after the 70th week (7 days/ 7 years) of Daniel. So in Rev 19 the wedding had already taken place (back in Rev 6). There in ch. 19 they are preparing for the wedding feast. That doesn't happen until after the sheep and goat judgement, after ancient Israel is resurrected to attend with modern Israel.
I can disprove your understanding of the length of time of the tribulation period. If Jesus gave his gospel after death to those in the prison and they were saved they are then part of the body... they are part of the group who are still waiting for glorified bodies...
The following verses determine how long the tribulation is gonna take. Revelation 11:3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. 7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them. That's 1260 days equals 3 1/2 years based on a 30-day Jewish calendar. After the first 3 1/2 years the woman which is Israel will be intensely persecuted for the following 3 1/2 years. That will total 7 years. Revelation 12:6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. 14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a "time, times and half a time," out of the serpent's reach.
Everything said here indicates that Christ will come gather His Bride to be with Him. Other verses from Paul also indicate a gathering in the air. All point to A rapture. But NOWHERE in the bible does it say 'pre-trib'. Also the words tribulation and wrath are completely different in the greek. What is mentioned in many places is that we [the church] will not see the time of Gods horrible wrath. It also says that we like Him will see tribulations and troubles for His name sake. So a Pre Wrath rapture makes most sense.
There is no pre Trib rapture in the gospels! The Rapture was a “MYSTERY” first revealed to the apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 15:51). It wasn’t revealed during the earthly ministry of Christ. A “MYSTERY” in scripture is “HIDDEN WISDOM” (1 Corinthians 2:7). The Rapture was something “HIDDEN” until the risen and ascended Christ revealed it to Paul.
Andy Woods I’m not claiming Paul started the mystery Dr Woods. I’m claiming Paul REVEALED the mystery. That’s what Paul claimed in 1 Corinthians 15:51 “behold *I shew* unto you a MYSTERY” that’s exactly what the Rapture is a “MYSTERY” and according to 1 Corinthians 2:7 a “mystery” in scripture is “HIDDEN WISDOM”. This is why we must rightly divide the earthly ministry of Christ which is exclusively to the nation of Israel (Matthew 15:24) which ministry he operates through the 12 (Matthew 10:5-6) and the heavenly ministry of Christ to the body of Christ which he operates through Paul (Ephesians 3:1-9).
@@michaeljames5881 I agree that Paul was the one to reveal the harpazo, but I'd like to totally complicate this discussion and point out John was written about 40 years after 1 Thess was written. So when John wrote this, Paul had already written about it 40 years earlier in depth. Not taking sides here, I'm still undecided on this verse, but historically Paul did speak of the pretrib harpazo first, and imo John did write of it in Rev 3: 10.
@@fearthelamb8084 No, you didn't complicate anything. What John wrote quoting Jesus, was said before Paul wrote anything at all. Besides, the Twelve will be on the thrones (in Jerusalem) judging the 12 tribes of Israel, not the angels, as it was said to the New Man in Christ.
@@KOIFishcat But John knew it which became part of his recollection when writing John. As John said, he didn't write everything, not enough books in the world to contain it. So he chose this for writing down for some purpose, and knowing full well the details of the pretrib harpazo already. Maybe even then they were debating the chicken and the egg enigma, Paul for chicken and John for omelette. And then the chicken was not. One more thing to mention, Paul called it a mystery. A mystery and a secret are two different things. Mysteries have clues, preceeding events, like a 'who done it' mystery. A secret can be 100% concealed, never mentioned in the open until that point. An example in this case would be Enoch, in that we know God does suddenly take people by force. Not a secret there, but applied to the church that would be a mystery. But before Enoch a secret.
John 14: 1-4 Nothing about PRETRIP. Rapture 1 Thess 4:13-18 Nothing about PRETRIP. Rapture. Comforting each other, is not about escaping Tribulation, but whether we will be Rapture when Jesus comes a second time, after the Tribulation. There only ONE second coming. Nowhere in the Bible we find pre-tribulation rapture, no on the contrary.
*Revelation 12:5* is clearly 'harpazo' (rapture) from threat and out of harms way which develops just following. We know that this is the church because the 'rod of iron' is a PROMISE to Thyatira and also a feature of Jesus Christ returning in Rev19 WITH the saints. 🙏
The rapture theory is of man not God, stick to the instructions give to us by Christ, spread the Gospel, the Good News, and leave mans lies behind you!
@@Revelation18-4 Not only do I read the Bible I understand it as well, and the rapture theory is not in my Fathers Word. Jesus did not teach it nor His disciples, it is a 19th century hoax created by Satan to mislead believers! Remember there is coming a great falling away and it is not nonbelievers but rather Christians, be not deceived by any means is not just a suggestion!
I like your teaching a lot, but it seemed like you were invalidating and trying to scoff at systemic racism... it’s real & part of our responsibility as christians is to meet hurting people where they are, understand their experiences are different and learn how we can help each other. Maybe my perception was wrong, but it just seemed like you were being insensitive to something you can’t truly understand as a caucasian man.
Absolutely brilliant brilliant teaching bless you Andy woods
I’m going through this rapture series late, I do love it. I’m so looking forward to the rapture.
I’m going through it now too!
@@jayrodriguez84 I believe so
@@jayrodriguez84 sure let’s go with that
@@jayrodriguez84 I don’t know
@@jayrodriguez84 I count 7. Which of those 7 is the one in Matthew?
For Jesus to try to describe “rooms” or “dwelling places” to us, in which we cannot conceive of what He has in store for us in this time and place on earth, is simply beyond any earthly words.
You do a great job at laying out the verses that support the facts of a pre-tribulation rapture.
I'm grateful for your patriotism, Love for the Lord and His Word. Don't grow weary.
Once again, Andy Woods, I marvel at your brilliance. Blessings from South Africa
Irregardless of Jew or Gentile, this scripture is one of my favorites! It speaks to my heart & gives me joy & hope for the future with Christ! Praise Him & wait expectantly! Maranatha our wonderful Blessed Hope! ❤️❤️🙏❤️❤️
Thank you for uploading. Much appreciated especially as things are getting darker.
And yet Jesus is with you even now. I am with you always even till the end of the age.
Oh great I can't wait to see what the street of gold really means. I love hearing your teaching and thank God for you. I'm certain that to be with our Lord forever is better than any earthly mansion or gold.
.. thank you again brother Andy for this inspiring series .. MARANATHA ..
Things are falling to pieces all over the world. It is such a blessing to have the rapture so close and those born again of the Spirit will be gone in the twinkling of an eye! I am Canadian, but I actually know quite a bit of American history because I love history. I am fine with listening to more next week. Please pray for our Dominion Day celebrations to go ahead on July 1st as our worse than Obama of a PM plans to cancel them.
I will celebrate from Texas. God be with you, neighbor
@@mshope125 Thank-you so! It makes me so sad that our PM has abandoned the best ally we ever had, but many Canadians are with you in spirit.
Thank you for the clarity of dwelling places vs mansions..
Amen. Another excellent message and study on the reality of the blessed hope. Nicely done Pastor!
Yet another excellent teaching as always! Thank you & praise Jesus Christ! Amen 🙏🏻👍🏻
I thoroughly enjoyed this teaching!! Thank you so much Pastor. Blessings.
We'll be careful to give you all the Praise and the Glory... Thank You, Father God, in Jesus name
Thank you for researching and exposing the erroneous theory that we will live in mansions!! Makes so much more sense. Thanks for keeping true to God’s word.
PSALM 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Mike drop. Incredible teaching.
Thank you so much, Dr. Andy. I get such blessings from all your teachings. And a couple of nights ago I got a good blessing regarding the Bible editions, and later today my new NASB1995 with concordance and cross references in comfort print. I will be able to see that as:
c o m f o r t p r I n t .
The last one I treated myself to uses some old school spy craft; microdot printing in between the verses and the ‘just tiny’ print of the extra notes text. It’s also a huge Bible. A soft leather-like cover, not a HC, but still it’s a huge book to go with my old Bible(s) and other study books, and without a large table to spread out on it’s difficult to manage flipping through books and notebooks. But I’m so excited to get the NASB1995! I’m older, and I’m loving going through a second childhood. I shall wear purple - with a bright red hat, and I’ll have a wonderful time highlighting and marking in my new Bible. There’s nothing of this world to be a part of, so I’ll spend time to be apart from it, and use time in God’s Word and His plan for me. Thank you, Robin, a wonderful lady I met in the comments who had just ordered her copy of a NASB. Dr. Andy inspired me, and Robin spurred me on to get myself one - in comfort print, this time. Lessons learned.
God bless, everyone! If anyone needs special prayer, extra prayer, do let me know and I’ll put you in my prayer list. The Lord knows the particulars, so I just will be a vessel for extra prayer where it’s needed. We all need one another, and some of us need an extra large helping from time to time. Jesus tells us to love one another and hold each other up in prayer. God’s timepiece is ticking, friends. Praise Him, praise Him! And look up, for our salvation draws near ~~~~~
This looks/sounds GREAT!...I've been publishing a series of shorter teaching videos on the Rapture (only 5-10mins each) but I love this more in-depth resource - thank you!
this one was a real eye opener for me
thank you for this wonderful series, I'm always happy to watch!
Wonderful study as always! 🙌
Another awesome lesson to share. Thx!
If loving the lord is wrong I don’t wanna be right
Come lord
We await your presence
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Lively Stone93 why you laughing
@@crystaldaniels16 because of your rendition of the song, you added the Lords name
Im laughing because i like how you put that
We are hated on account of Jesus, Satan stirs up hatred against believers so unbelievers wont care when we are gone.. but some WILL and turn to the word of God Jesus Christ unto salvation
That’s a really good point that unbelievers won’t care. I had not thought about that. Also gives reason why the unbelievers will easily be deceived and manipulated
Acts 1 also shows that Jesus will come back as He went(ascended).
That can pair up with John 14:1-4
I would like to see Pastor Andy debate a post tribber or an arapturist
Id like to see that too, someone needs to silence Andy Woods
@@j-rad2613 Andy Woods doesn't need to debate with those people. When the rapture happens before tribulation, like Scripture plainly says it will, all the mockers and scoffers will see the truth . Andy doesn't need to debate with anyone -- the Word of God is absolute truth and stands on its own, but people still foolishly reject it. In Christ's love...
@@madisongreene8853 show me where scriptures say this.
Its very clearly written its after the tribulation over and over and over again. This 1 verse destroys pre trib.
2nd thessalonians 2
2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things
What part of the comig of christ and our gathering to him wont happen until the falling away and the man of sin revealed dont you understand???
Its pretty clear.
Please dont get me started On Andy woods he is a ravenous wolf in sheeps clothing.
Go ahead and prove me wrong with scripture, i encourage it!! Good luck because there isnt even 1 verse that teaches pre trib.
God bless you!
@@j-rad2613 Believe whatever you want.... goodbye,
@@j-rad2613 Go watch JD Farag or any other preacher who knows the truth and they will give you hundreds of Scripture to prove YOU'RE the one who's wrong and misinterpreting Scripture, but you refuse to accept the truth. Why don't you troll elsewhere or just agree to wait and see who is right? Are you afraid of being wrong? You'd better be... In Christ's love.
I believe that Genesis18-17 to Genesis19-22 is possibly the first mention of the concept of the rapture of the saints, a pre-tribulational rapture at that; Note: Gen 18 vs 17 the Lord with the 2 angels is on a mission to destroy Sodom and Gomorah and he says, "Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I will do", so the Lord said that "the cry 0f Sodom and Gomorah is great and because their sin is grievous"(vs20); in vs 23 Abraham asks the question that puts the rapture of the righteous in the frame, he says "Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked"? in vs 25 Abraham then says, "That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" then there is dialogue between Abraham and the Lord as to if there a reducing number of righteous (from 50 vs24 to vs 32 where the Lord says he would not destroy it for ten's sake). Here Abraham tells the Lord that if he were to destroy Sodom and Gomorah with the righteous in it, that he considered it something he would not expect the Judge of all the earth to do, as it would not be right. We then see in Gen 19 that the angels took Lot out of Sodom and said the following in vs 22, "Haste thee, escape thither, for I CANNOT DO ANYTHING till thou be come thither (arrive there at Zoar).
Clearly we can see here that the righteous were taken out of Sodom and Gomorah BEFORE the judgement fell. Jesus said in Matt 24 and Luke 17 it would be like the "days of Noah" and the days of Lot" this seems to jump out to me and say Pre-Tribulation Rapture, as Abraham said to the Lord it would not be right to destroy the righteous with the wicked, and the Lord agreed, and Lot was removed before the judgement fell. I think most of us understand that the tribulation is Daniels 70th week, and is God once again dealing with Israel because the church is gone from this period.
Given the excellent presentation on this subject by Dr Woods these scriptures seem to me to shout out that we will be gone before the Judgement of the wicked.
God Bless to all from Australia
Brother Raymond, these is beautifully explained. Clear, concise and complete. Thank you for sharing this. My family has much love for Australia. My father was in the first Marine’s and was there during the little free time before Guadalcanal and Pelilieu. We were blessed to get to go and visit with the family that he stayed with during the war. Grace and peace to you🙏🏻😊
Don’t forget about Enoch who was raptured before the flood.
24 likes when i came in lol
Reminds me of the 24 elders
I went into all the videos I had watched during my search about the rapture. All the ones quickly giving reasons why its bit biblical.. I directed them to Andy Woods in the comment section
Great teaching! Thank you!
I like this definition of the Latin 'mansio', since we are Christ's ambassadors:
*In the Roman Empire, a mansio (from the Latin word mansus, the perfect passive participle of manere "to remain" or "to stay") was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, maintained by the central government for the use of officials and those on official business whilst travelling.*
Thanks for another helpful talk!
Always listen to your Pastors Point of View, teachings and sermons. Wondering if you are sick or what happened to you and your brother in Christ. Love learning from you folks and hoping this is not a RUclips censor because I couldn't find your teaching for last Friday in July and following Sunday sermons. Nannyj
Sorry but Paul was not drawing on what the disciples may have shared with him about the upper room discourse when he wrote of the catching away in 1st Thessalonians or the translation in a twinkling of an eye Mystery in 1st Corinthians 15:51. Paul was caught up to the third heaven 14 years early and personally received revelation from Jesus regarding the Rapture catching away and how it will all unfold and the mystery of our bodies being translated and was then able to say to the Thessaloniki believers “say unto you by the word of the Lord”. It was not revealed to any disciple prior to Paul’s writings. Only He was granted to hear this brand new revelation from Jesus, no one else. That is why it was a Mystery.
Yes, Paul was still "Saul" when these things happened and he had a long road to go even BEFORE he met with the other apostles...
@Re L Moreover, all Scripture is God breathed, hence has the same author, One who never errs, never misspeaks, nor ever contradicts himself. Otherwise, how else could it ever be profitable for doctrine, correction or reproof? (2Tim 3:16)
The mystery aspect of it was only that it had been hidden and was ‘now being revealed.’
That the thing Jesus taught in the upper room, namely that He would come back to retrieve the church and bring us to heaven, involved the instantaneous translation of a whole generation of living believers into their glorified bodies was the mystery. And that it would include all believers who had died as well. Jesus did not elaborate on any of that, He only taught that He would come specifically to bring the church with Him to heaven.
So whether Paul understood and connected these dots by way of personal revelation or because he understood the oral teaching that eventually became John 14 as a preliminary description of the rapture, doesn’t matter nor can we know.
Excellent 🙏
Yes, I believe it about Reginald Showers teaching. Didn’t know he died.
Pastor Andy, please read David Lowe's book, Earthquake Resurrection. I think he's right, but want your opinion.
Can you make these slides in PDF and available for us to download... ??? Pretty Please?
In reference to the word soon in the first chapter in Revelation. Is it a warning to the first century churches regarding the persecution to which they were shortly subjected to? It does not seem to relate to anything other than the churches of that time period. Which would have nothing to do with end times.
I just woult add that our final destination after Rev 22 is in the Celestial or Heavenly Jerusalem in the New HEAVEN and the New Earth, Philippians 3.20 reminds us that:
But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
A study by Zola Levitt called A Christian Love Story, also explains the Jewish wedding tradition to the rapture, but also adds that only the father knows the day and time. Dr. Woods do you have any further insight into that. Thank you, absolutely love this series!
I've seen one other sermon on this. It was fascinating! I'll see if I can find it and get you a link.
It could be a trailer in a trailer park as long as Jesus is there, I am good!
Where do I find the 7 reasons given for believing in a pretrib rapture? What is the title of that one?
Okay... so if I die tonight and the rapture happens on November 4th, where does my soul reside prior to my rapture? I thought I heard Andy mention a number of times that some of these great sources that he's quoted had already died and were 'with the Lord'? Don't they have to be raptured first? I know I'm missing something here??
Your soul & spirit will be with Him in Heaven. When the rapture occurs, that’s when we’ll get our new, perfect, immortal bodies
There’s one thing that I’m a little confused about. In 1 Thessalonians 4:17 it says every one who believes in Christ will meet the Lord in the air and will be with the Lord forever. But when he said In the Fathers House there are many temporary dwelling rooms does that mean when the rapture happens we would only be in Heaven temporarily? I always believed when the rapture occurs we will be in Heaven forever.
Two Raptures coming soon...
In the first he ( YAHSHUA ) comes to gather his saint's, in the second he ( YAHSHUA ) comes with them.
John 14:1-3. First
1 Corinthians 15:51-52. First
Philippians 3:20-21. First
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. First
Matthew 24:30-31. Second
Mark 13:24-27. Second
Luke 21:25-28. Second
1 Thessalonians 3:13. Second
YAH BLESS !
It's not 2 raptures. 1 rapture and then the 2nd coming.
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Two not one...
YAHWEH BLESS ! יהוה ברכה
John 14:2. Jesus defines “my Father’s house as the Temple in 2:16. Looks to me in 14:2 He is telling the apostles of their dwelling place and reign in the Millennial Temple.
That is REAL GOOD NEWS
Wouldn't it be a Galaleeian Wedding instead of Hebrew!
Curious as to what the difference is in your opinion.
Amen
There is a scripture that makes me wonder if the New Jerusalem that comes down out of Heaven might not touch down on the earth, but be in orbit around it. Psalm 89:36-37 speaks of the throne of God, (is it in New Jerusalem?) that it will be “established as the moon and, the witness in the sky is faithful.” Perhaps our “dwelling places” are there and we can visit when we want. Hmm?
Check out the *Ezekiel temple concept* and its numerous "appartements" for the priests... 🙏💗
Pastor Andy Woods say, John 14:1-3 equals 1Thess 4:16-18, to which I agree.
May I add to that that, Matt 13: 40-42, 49-50, Matt 24:29-31 and Mark 13:26-27 = Rev 19:11-21. All of which give no hint of the "catching away."
Excellent! I was wondering why no one was addressing the “virtues” of the USA! ❤️❤️🙏❤️❤️
Well, maybe you got a lot of "Christianity" over there but what always made me refrain from even visiting your country let alone wanting to live there personally was the great bigotry and dominating hypocrisy in your churches and in your lifestyle (in general, there's always exceptions) which is plainly visible for ANYONE from abroad. Greetings from Germany, I hope Jesus comes soon now to make an end to this, Maranatha! 🙏💗
Amen 🙏🏻
What if those people who deny the Rapture were allowed to stay and go through the tribulation,,, because that's what the choose to believe,,,,,,but we who are eagerly waiting for Jesus to rescue us went ahead of them,,,,,,just saying,,,,,,watch what you believe
I believe the first disclosure of the rapture was not John 14 (though it is a good one) but prior to this at the resurrection of Lazarus John 6:25-26 "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? "
Read it with fresh eyes and compare it with what Paul wrote in 1 Thess. 4:16-17 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
I have a question? I know that if we die as a believer our soul goes to be with the Lord. Absent from the body present with the Lord. So where are we while waiting for the rapture where we will then be in our dwelling place?
Our spirit is escorted to heaven by an angel a s soon as we die. They get a new body at the rapture (those who have already died) I think his point was that Jesus doesn't come to get each one individually when they die.
Well in Ephesians it says we are sealed by God the Holy Spirit until the day of our redemption. So likely God Himself brings the believer to heaven. Sane as for the rapture, God Himself does all the transport work here in new testament times.
As for the dead in Christ until then, not clear but the example I see is such as those coming up from the alter during the 5th seal and are given white robes. My guess is that this refrence to white robes, then and now, is as a temporary human body as they wait for the resurrection. Likely not a full replacement body otherwise that would be a form of reincarnation, but more like a very basic covering of which the senses would function and can be discarded later.
@@fearthelamb8084 The dead in Christ our our bodies that are buried in the ground..We who are in Heaven with just a Spirit/Soul will be reunited with a Glorified body..When we die, flesh and blood cannot enter into Heaven..only the Spirit/Soul..
@@fearthelamb8084 wow, I suggest you check out the 70+ videos that Dr Andy Woods has related to the book of Revelation. God bless
@@trishazechel8402 that's inherit (kjv) not enter. If it were enter, Jesus would be banned from heaven according what He said and showed doubting Thomas. It's through our spirits that inherit (born from above), not our flesh. The flesh does not become outcast though but remains a part of the saint and of Jesus.
I had faith & hope up untill I saw that damn 666 hand sign starting @34:08 😢
I need to pray about this..
God bless in Jesus's precious name.
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Don’t let your heart be troubled. That was nothing more than hand gestures.
Sooo heaven is sorta like a homeless shelter? ..but we still have citizenship, right? imo the church dwells in the new Jerusalem, we commute to work, then later it comes to earth after being in heaven temporarily. Seems clear to me anyway. The church plays among the stars. Usually rapture teachings don't depress me...
@Sam Samurai Well I plan to have many houses, cabins and various parks, maybe even moons and planets. I just view the house in heaven, built by Jesus inside the New Jerusalem, to be the home He is talking about. Yes, temporary, because when we have the new heavens and new earth, the New Jerusalem comes down to the earth (which is prolly about the size of the planet Jupiter for physics sake), it's only in heaven temporarily... which that will even dissolve. I believe the New Jerusalem is there right now, hidden away behind one of the locks that we open with the keys to the kingdom. It's too much to see for earth during the millennial kingdom, and untainted by the eyes of fallen angels. We even ride down inside of it when the new heavens and new earth appear. Our home, likely one of many ...but the best.
Thank you, you have made me even more convinced that the Post Trib Rapture is the correct belief.
It'Z your choice.
Hebrews 12:2
Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our FAITH;
Hebrews 9:28
So Christ was ONCE offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to take away sin but to bring SALVATION to those who eagerly await Him.
Psalm 27:1
The LORD is my light and my SALVATION.
1Corinthians 15:23
but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Christ;
2Timothy 2:19
Nevetheless, GOD'S solid foundation stands, bearing this inscription,"The LORD knows those who are His";...
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a Savior, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
1Corinthians 15:24-25
then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to His GOD and FATHER, when He has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power.
For He must REIGN...
Zechariah 14:4,9
That day His feet shall rest upon the Mount of Olives, ...
The LORD shall become KING over the whole earth; on that day the LORD shall be the ONLY ONE, and His Name the ONLY ONE.
John 17:3
Now this is eternal life, that they should know YOU, the ONLY TRUE GOD, and the ONE whom YOU sent, Jesus Christ.
1John 1:3
...for our fellowship is with the FATHER and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
1Timothy 2:5
For there is ONE GOD.
There is also ONE mediator between GOD and the human race, Christ Jesus, Himself human, who gave Himself as ransom for ALL.
1Peter 4:7
The end of all things is at hand(near). Therefore, be SERIOUS and sober for PRAYERS.
Luke 21:36
Be vigilant at all times and PRAY that you have strength to ESCAPE the tribulations that are imminent(about to happen) and to stand before Son of Man.
Hebrews 12:2
Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our FAITH; ...
Amen & Paul later said in 1st Corinthians 15:51-57 King James Version (KJV)
51 Behold, I shew you a MYSTERY ; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
~~~~ So we conclude that Paul and the other disciples must have fully expected to be raptured /taken up in His own living lifetime ! and compared to 1 Thessalonians 4 ( they appear to align perfectly with Paul's understanding and it was a blessed hope Amen !)
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Hi, 1st your teaching are great, but i just want to mention about Paul hearing from others apostles, for me, are not consistent with Gal1.11_17:
11But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
13For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. 15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, 16To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: 17Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
All His teachings were direct revelation from JesusChrist our Lord Himself. And which it's more relevent to the fact that John and Revelation were direct revelation from our Lord Himself.
Grace and Peace from our Heavenly Father.
I have to go to bed
RAPTURE OF FAITHFUL CHURCH
Revelations 1-3 only faithful church/Bride ( believers in Christ Yeshua who is Holy Spirit filled and live according to Yahuwah word( Bible) will be rapture before seven years tribulation to keep from hours of trials that will come upon the earth. See Revelations 3:10 (escape trials), Luke 21:34-36 (escape trials) , Titus 2: 13 (blessed hope), 2 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (rapture), 1Corinthians 15: 51-53 (rapture), Revelations 19:1-9 (marriage supper in heaven), John 14: 1-3 (mansions in heaven). The rest six churches/believers( loveless, persecuted, corrupt, compromise, dead and lukewarm) need to repent , fill by Holy Spirit and live according to His word (Bible) else will be left to go through seven years tribulation for repentance and refining to be tribulation saints who will be resurrected at end of tribulation - see Rev 20:4. Christ Yeshua loves His church - see Ephesians 5 : 22-33.
One third of Israel call to Yeshua ( Messiah) will survive to the end of seven years tribulation when Christ Yeshua will come to earth to deliver Israel from their enemies and establish His millennium reign on earth. See Zechariah 12 -14, Daniel 9:24-27, Jeremiah 30:6-7 and Revelations 12.
1- The first event before the return of JC is the arrival of Elijah.
2- He is now present with the Old Seers.
I am Post-trib and I differ from many Post-trbbers, that do not believe that the raptured Saints go to Heaven. I believe Rev 7:9+14 are the raptured Saints, the Wedding, the Bema Seat are in Heaven and the Saints come back with Christ in Rev 19:14.
Therefore I agree with John 14:1-3 as relating to the Rapture and going to Heaven. The Greek word erchomai means to come or to go and stands for the Rapture. Interesting for me was, that the coming again was onel event, and has the Rapture and the return to the former place in it. There is only one Resurrection, one Rapture and one coming of the Lord, His 2. coming taught by Jesus in Mat 24:29-31. That this riddle makes no sense and cannot be understand by the human mind is the whole problem.
But I wonder about one thing, Jesus spoke to His disciples in the Upper Room Discourse and you say, this belongs to the Church, when He speaks to the same disciples in the Olivet Discourse it belongs to Israel alone. This has the smell of replacement, who makes Abraham a guest of the Wedding. He is the root of the tree the Gentiles are grafted in, take Paul's warning seriously, you can be cut off. If you do not belong to spiritual Israel, because Pre-trib needs to separate from Israel, who are you, don't you know you are a co-heir with Israel? You can believe what you want, but you get what is written.
Israel comes to faith and are saved in the GT (Dan 12:1) and that is the resurrection from the dead (Rom 11:15), not 7 years before.
Well, IT seems you just want to spew out what you think to know so far but without listening to this series nor studying with scripture at all.
The MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB happens IN heaven, NOT when we come back with him. Read Rev. 19:7-10 which PRECEDES vs. 14 where we are dressed in fine linen and come back with him !!!
If it were your way then the Tribulation saints would not be invited. Christ would not do that!
@Re L I don't wish to dispute. I can accept what you are saying, but some scripture would be nice. I admit this has confused me a bit.
@@suzannetyrrell7907 It's NOT my way, it's God's word....I just see that the Marriage Supper is BEFORE we come back to earth with the Lord. Read Rev. 19
@@fawnfargo8875 I know it is God's word. I'm just speaking in human simplicity. I am in the book of Revelation right now. I am born again and I know I am going to heaven. I am just trying to keep things on friendly terms. Simple as that. Thanks!
Chuck Missler explains it well. He has a short vid on jewish weddings. The wedding comes first. 7 days later after they come out of the wedding chamber is when the feast happens. People get confused thinking Western weddings. But was no Las Vegas back then.
The 7 sealed scroll IMO is the wedding. Study also Boaz and Ruth. Seven years later is the wedding feast, after the 70th week (7 days/ 7 years) of Daniel.
So in Rev 19 the wedding had already taken place (back in Rev 6). There in ch. 19 they are preparing for the wedding feast. That doesn't happen until after the sheep and goat judgement, after ancient Israel is resurrected to attend with modern Israel.
Galaleeian Bridegroom comes at midnight!
I can disprove your understanding of the length of time of the tribulation period. If Jesus gave his gospel after death to those in the prison and they were saved they are then part of the body... they are part of the group who are still waiting for glorified bodies...
The following verses determine how long the tribulation is gonna take.
Revelation 11:3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth. 7 Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.
That's 1260 days equals 3 1/2 years based on a 30-day Jewish calendar.
After the first 3 1/2 years the woman which is Israel will be intensely persecuted for the following 3 1/2 years. That will total 7 years.
Revelation 12:6 The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. 14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a "time, times and half a time," out of the serpent's reach.
I implore viewers to watch ( 7 pretrib problems and the prewrath rapture.) Its mind blowing and the truth.
Everything said here indicates that Christ will come gather His Bride to be with Him.
Other verses from Paul also indicate a gathering in the air. All point to A rapture.
But NOWHERE in the bible does it say 'pre-trib'. Also the words tribulation and wrath
are completely different in the greek. What is mentioned in many places is that we
[the church] will not see the time of Gods horrible wrath. It also says that we like Him
will see tribulations and troubles for His name sake.
So a Pre Wrath rapture makes most sense.
There is no pre Trib rapture in the gospels! The Rapture was a “MYSTERY” first revealed to the apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 15:51). It wasn’t revealed during the earthly ministry of Christ. A “MYSTERY” in scripture is “HIDDEN WISDOM” (1 Corinthians 2:7). The Rapture was something “HIDDEN” until the risen and ascended Christ revealed it to Paul.
Michael James No, Paul explained the mystery. He did not start the mystery.
Andy Woods
I’m not claiming Paul started the mystery Dr Woods. I’m claiming Paul REVEALED the mystery. That’s what Paul claimed in 1 Corinthians 15:51 “behold *I shew* unto you a MYSTERY” that’s exactly what the Rapture is a “MYSTERY” and according to 1 Corinthians 2:7 a “mystery” in scripture is “HIDDEN WISDOM”. This is why we must rightly divide the earthly ministry of Christ which is exclusively to the nation of Israel (Matthew 15:24) which ministry he operates through the 12 (Matthew 10:5-6) and the heavenly ministry of Christ to the body of Christ which he operates through Paul (Ephesians 3:1-9).
@@michaeljames5881 I agree that Paul was the one to reveal the harpazo, but I'd like to totally complicate this discussion and point out John was written about 40 years after 1 Thess was written. So when John wrote this, Paul had already written about it 40 years earlier in depth. Not taking sides here, I'm still undecided on this verse, but historically Paul did speak of the pretrib harpazo first, and imo John did write of it in Rev 3: 10.
@@fearthelamb8084 No, you didn't complicate anything. What John wrote quoting Jesus, was said before Paul wrote anything at all.
Besides, the Twelve will be on the thrones (in Jerusalem) judging the 12 tribes of Israel, not the angels, as it was said to the New Man in Christ.
@@KOIFishcat But John knew it which became part of his recollection when writing John. As John said, he didn't write everything, not enough books in the world to contain it. So he chose this for writing down for some purpose, and knowing full well the details of the pretrib harpazo already. Maybe even then they were debating the chicken and the egg enigma, Paul for chicken and John for omelette. And then the chicken was not.
One more thing to mention, Paul called it a mystery. A mystery and a secret are two different things. Mysteries have clues, preceeding events, like a 'who done it' mystery. A secret can be 100% concealed, never mentioned in the open until that point. An example in this case would be Enoch, in that we know God does suddenly take people by force. Not a secret there, but applied to the church that would be a mystery. But before Enoch a secret.
John 14: 1-4 Nothing about PRETRIP. Rapture 1 Thess 4:13-18 Nothing about PRETRIP. Rapture.
Comforting each other, is not about escaping Tribulation, but whether we will be Rapture when Jesus comes a second time, after the Tribulation. There only ONE second coming. Nowhere in the Bible we find
pre-tribulation rapture, no on the contrary.
*Revelation 12:5* is clearly 'harpazo' (rapture) from threat and out of harms way which develops just following. We know that this is the church because the 'rod of iron' is a PROMISE to Thyatira and also a feature of Jesus Christ returning in Rev19 WITH the saints. 🙏
The rapture theory is of man not God, stick to the instructions give to us by Christ, spread the Gospel, the Good News, and leave mans lies behind you!
The rapture is not a theory. It is a biblical fact. Read your bible!
@@Revelation18-4 Not only do I read the Bible I understand it as well, and the rapture theory is not in my Fathers Word. Jesus did not teach it nor His disciples, it is a 19th century hoax created by Satan to mislead believers! Remember there is coming a great falling away and it is not nonbelievers but rather Christians, be not deceived by any means is not just a suggestion!
@@Revelation18-4 How come everyone wants to "say" its biblical but not willing to provide scripture?
Why couldn't you just teach the Rapture? No, you had to morph into a typical nationalist. Bye.
I like your teaching a lot, but it seemed like you were invalidating and trying to scoff at systemic racism... it’s real & part of our responsibility as christians is to meet hurting people where they are, understand their experiences are different and learn how we can help each other. Maybe my perception was wrong, but it just seemed like you were being insensitive to something you can’t truly understand as a caucasian man.
Where is it? Please educate