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For many years I totally believed in a Pre tribulation Rapture, and have written numerous articles in support of that belief. I was believing what others were showing and telling me by their studies, and I was completely sold on the idea. Yet, after much private study of the Holy Word of God, and the prompting of the Holy Spirit to find out the truth, I have come to the conclusion that there will be no secret rapture, and what we are all waiting for is the Lord's Return at His Second Coming. That being said, I feel it is necessary to write about what has been revealed to me, not to change anyone's mind about what they believe, but to encourage each one to truly study the Bible for themselves, to make sure what they are believing is the Truth, not just accepting the word of others.


I now believe that all Christians, that are truly born again, and have enough faith, will be sealed, to preach the Gospel to the ends of the earth before the end comes, before the Lord's SECOND COMING. Those who are still alive at His coming, will be the most blessed, as they had the faith to overcome until the end. 144,000 is a symbolic number,the number of completion, whether they be gentile, Jew, or Muslim, before being born again, they become ONE in Christ and are all considered to be the Lord's chosen ones, Israel.

The following are some excerpts from an excellent articles about this subject. I know many here are wanted a secret rapture to true, but we need to see what the Holy Bible is really telling us!!
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The Secret Rapture?

The catching away of the saints is no secret. It will be witnessed by all the world!

Matthew 24:26: Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27: For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28: For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Revelation 19:11: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12: His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13: And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14: And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16: And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17: And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18: That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19: And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

The Catching Away of the Saints will not be silent.

It will be accompanied by the voice of the arch-angel and the Trumpet of God. These will be heard by all the world. At this time there will also be a resurrection of millions of bygone believers. These saints, the angelic host and the Lord himself will all be visible to every eye. There is nothing silent, secret or hidden about these amazing events.

Matthew 24:31: And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 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 ...

1 Corinthians 15:51: 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.

John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

Revelation 11:15: And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
16: And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17: Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18: And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

The Saviour returns at the End of this Age, not seven years before the end.

Jesus Christ returns to earth at the end of this age, after the disasters and trials mentioned in Revelation; not seven years before the end. He returns at the last of the seven trumpets. It is called the Last Trump! This means he returns after the tribulation, after a third of earth's population is slain and after the seven last plagues. Note the apostles' question concerning the timing of the Master's return. They knew that his return would coincide with the end of the world! That is, at the end of this age - not seven years before the end.

Matthew 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

What Does This Mean?

It means that blissfully expecting to be caught away to heaven before the events detailed in Revelation occur is courting disaster. Why is it courting disaster? The answer is: because the Revelation was given to the church to warn and prepare the true believer of terrifying end-time events called the The Time of Trouble in Daniel's prophecy. The Revelation was not given for only the Jews; who hardly ever read the book. It was given to the Christian churches - all of them. Note its opening admonition about reading and taking to heart the warnings therein:

Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

If Christians fail to study and heed the warnings of Revelation, they will find themselves totally unprepared for the critical decisions and trials ahead. They will lose their faith in God. They will walk blindfolded into sin and risk losing eternal life! Yes, that is how serious this matter is. Satan desperately wants the church to be unprepared for the final events that are scheduled to occur prior to the Savior's return. He doesn't want them to identify the Beast and the deadly Mark of the Beast. So he has put out this dangerous theory about a secret rapture: a theory which is lulling Christians into a tragic state of ignorance and a false sense of security. As a result millions of genuine believers are patiently waiting to be secretly raptured away to heaven before the terrible Time of Trouble begins. That is why they do not study the book of Revelation.

'Why bother,' is their comment, 'if we are not going to be here when those awful events happen.' 'The prophecy of the Revelation doesn't concern us,' they say, 'We'll not be here, we'll be in heaven!'

Oh what a tragic mistake these millions are making! How devastating will be their surprise to find themselves still here - and unprepared - when the tribulation starts. When it begins, many will incorrectly conclude that Bible prophecy cannot be trusted. That it is pure fable and unworthy of further attention. They will then give up their faith in God and return to the world. And that is exactly what Satan wants. He wants the church to be totally unprepared for the Time of Trouble and to lose its faith in the Almighty and His word. The 'secret rapture' theory is but one of his many attempts to cause believers to ignore Yahweh's Word. Beware!

The Coming Exodus

Is there any protection for the church of the Almighty in the days ahead, when the troubles described in the book of Revelation overtake mankind? I am happy to report that there is. Yahweh the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel is a Being of matchless love and mercy. He has an emergency plan already set to rescue His people. A plan every bit as stunning and miraculous as when He rescued Israel from the hand of Pharaoh in the days of Moses. That plan is scheduled to take place during the 6th Trumpet (the 2nd Woe) when a third of the human race is perishing all around. Let me quote one prophecy concerning His plan.

Revelation 12:1: And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3: And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4: And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5: And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6: And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8: And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10: And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12: Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13: And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14: And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

In this prophecy the woman is Yahweh's church - Israel! The man child is Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ). The dragon is Satan the Devil and the wilderness is on earth - not in heaven. During the 6th Trumpet ... the 2nd Woe, when the Devil realizes that his time is short, the woman will be taken into her place in the 'wilderness' for a period of 1260 days, which is 3.5 years. There she will be miraculously fed and protected out of the reach of the Devil and his angels.

Summary
Satan's aim when formulating error is to cause the human race to lose faith in God and to turn to sin.

•Millions of Christians are patiently waiting for the 'secret rapture:'a mysterious, silent and invisible 'catching away' to heaven some seven years before the fast approaching Time of Trouble described in the books of Daniel and Revelation.

•The Bible teaches no such thing. Instead the Bible teaches that the 'catching away - to heaven' of the saints will occur at the second coming of Jesus Christ at the seventh and Last Trump! This event will be universally seen and heard. Every angel in heaven and every soul on earth will witness the second coming of Jesus Christ. At that time the resurrection of millions of bygone believers will take place. Together with the living (glorified saints) they will be 'caught up' and escorted by the angelic host into the very presence of the Messiah. It will be the most spectacular event in human history. There will be nothing secret or silent about it.

•The Last Trumpet sounds at the end of great tribulation when a third of earth's population will have perished and after the seven last plagues. This means that the church will be on earth right up to the seventh and Last Trumpet.

•There will, however, be an 'exodus' of believers from human society several years before the return of Yeshua the Messiah. But it will not be to heaven. Instead it will be an exodus to the 'wilderness of the people' to some place or places on earth! There, like ancient Israel in the days of Moses, the church of the Almighty will be miraculously fed and protected for a period of 3.5 years out of Satan's reach.

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If we really look at our lives, right now, I bet we can all see the Hand of God at work, protecting us and prompting us to find out the Truth, and moving toward His place for us in the wilderness. I know I can!

It is amazing how far out in the wilderness He has taken me....I am actually in a place near THE RIVER OF NO RETURN WILDERNESS. I am among other believers, who are participating in ministries that are ranch based, that are trying to feed the homeless and poor in this area. My coming here was by faith, as I had nowhere else to go, so got in my car and trusted the Lord, and He brought me here and the people He brought me to were happy to receive me in Christian love, and needed me, as much as I needed them! Amazing Grace! So, it is happening, so have faith and follow His commands, and don't look back!!

Agape!!

Patti C.