I recently heard a group of pastors who were doing a video round-table and one of them, in the process of introducing himself, decided to push the religious envelope by saying, I am 100% going to declare the day. He went on to say that the motivation for his strong belief is based upon the preponderance of evidence, confirmations, and validations of a prophetic word. This pastor is convinced beyond measure that Jesus is coming to retrieve His bride during the Feast of Trumpets. He also holds fast to the prophetic word of Brother Joshua. (Although Brother Joshua does not claim his word to be prophetic. The word Brother Joshua finally made public, fits every description of a prophetic word. The word given tells us that Jesus spoke this word and specifically declared September 23, 2025 was to be the day.) Keep in mind that the Feast of Trumpets is a 48 hour window of opportunity that starts at sundown on Tuesday evening, September 22, around six pm, and lasts until six pm on September 24. If I were to think like a Jew, then I know that September 23 initiates at sundown on the 22nd and ends at sundown on the 23rd. Just something to think about.
The Pastor began going through passages that gave him the faith and freedom to corroborate the day of the Lord's return.
“...not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.”
(Hebrews 10:25 NASB)
Pay attention to these words, “but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.”
Encouraging?
Why that has everything to do with hope. Hope is expectation, anticipation, and the leaning of everything we have upon a promise.
How do we encourage?
If you look up the synonyms for encourage you will get a few options, such as: promote, boost, support, inspire, stimulate, enliven, and even animate. Why It almost sounds like a cheerleader and that may be true, but it is difficult to cheer others on if you have had the inspiration beaten out of you.
While I have to admit that the day, is also a variable, there is the implication that we can know the day. If you wish to struggle with the idea of us knowing when, then consider the 50 prophets that followed Elijah.
“Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
(2 Kings 2:5 BSB)
Chew on that for a while, for the sons of the prophets knew it was to be that day.
Another passage comes Revelation 3:3
“Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.”
(Revelation 3:3 BSB)
Perhaps we can deem this to be an idiom, but never forget that there is NOTHING in scripture that is there by accident. He means for us to understanding that we can pinpoint this moment in time down to the hour.
“Now
about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to
you. For you are fully aware that the
Day of the Lord will come
like a thief in the night. While
people are saying, “Peace and security,”
destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a
pregnant woman, and
they will not escape.
But
you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should
overtake you like a thief. For you are all sons of the light and sons
of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake
and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get
drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be
sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the
helmet of our hope of salvation. For God has not appointed us to
suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
(1
Thessalonians 5:1-9 BSB)
“Now, about the times and seasons ...”
It is clear to me that we are to understand the times and the seasons. As followers of Christ, we are to expect violence coming at us. Jesus warned us that because they hated Me, they will hate you. So what happened to Brother Charlie Kirk, is NOT uncommon, especially in the African nations. Guess what, this level of common violence is coming to America, sooner than you think. The times and the seasons in which Jesus will come back are upon us.
“ While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, ...”
They, being the nations against Israel, have already gathered to voice their opinions about the New York document, a document that will be ratified on September 23, 2025, and then it may only have one dissenting vote, although I am hoping the President Trump votes against it, making it two who are standing against this Peace and Security agreement that is being co-chaired by French President, Emmanuel Macron and Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salmon.
The question is: the destruction that is coming, will it be upon the signers, or, upon Israel.
“... and they will not escape.”
Does it matter to whom Jesus is speaking?
Not really, because as I write this Israel is fighting a war on seven fronts. Any action, no matter who fires first, will be met with overwhelming firepower. I might add that Israel is progressively leveling Gaza as we speak. This action, has motivated Germany, one of the last allies Israel had, to turn their backs on Israel and voice their approval of this two state solution.
Do not think for a second that the Islamic nations care one bit about Israel or this UN agreement, which will be signed on September 23, because those nations want Israel thrown into the sea.
“But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.”
In general, this statement is trying to bolster your faith and understanding, that you can understand and comprehend what God is about to do. He is about to say, Son, go get your bride.
The naysayers loudly and incessantly rave, No man knows the day or the hour! And yet, look at the world around you. Everywhere you turn you can hear the sounds of the toilet being flushed. Nations, such as France, are burning; this is a nation where 1 in 4 women are being raped by Islamic Jihadists. There is hardly a nation where the situation is turning deadly. If you don't believe that, ask Charlie Kirk; oh yeah, you can't because he got assassinated. The hour is upon us.
“putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.”
We are not to turn to rage but to live in the hope of salvation. If you have confessed that Jesus Christ is the Lord of your life then you are a believer, a follower of Christ. You no longer have time to play with the world. Separate yourself from their ways and turn quickly to Jesus.
Why would the Apostle Paul say that salvation brings hope if it was not meant to tell us that our hope is in the rescue of the church from the horrendous things that are about to be unleashed with the signing of this peace and security agreement?
If you are a chronologically oriented person, and know a bit of Daniel 9 and beyond, then you also know that most do not see our rescue until the antichrist adds his approval and support for Peace and Security agreement. Seriously, God is going accomplish what He desires and He desires His bride.
“For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
We have hope because of this statement right here.
Because of scripture, many of us were looking for heavenly signs, well, we got them.
“And
a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the
moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was
pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.”
(Revelation 12:1-2 BSB)
These signs were in the night sky somewhere around 2017. You could NOT see them from where I live as light pollution obliterates all but a couple of the brightest stars. Many people used an app called Stellarium to do their studying. I merely took their word for it; the problem was that so many of the events that we now see, were not happening then.
Oh, I might add that wise men, during the days of Jesus' birth, based upon their knowledge of the stars, came and paid homage to the young child Jesus.
Allow me to burst your bubble.
“When Herod saw that he
had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending
orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity
who were two years old and
under, according to the time he had learned from
the Magi.
(Matthew 2:16 BSB)
Jesus, was now at least two, and was NOT living in a manger by the time the wise men (and their rather large entourage arrived. Joseph and Mary were in at least a rented home, I assume. The Magi brought them great wealth and I would not be surprised if that funded the entirety of their stay in Egypt.
In regards to the escalating level of violence, which we just witnessed.
“They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.” (John 16:2 BSB)
Consider what John 16:4 has to say.
“But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.” (John 16:4 BSB)
We will always be with the Lord.
"For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 BSB)
Since imperfection (sin) cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven, we must shed this earthly body.
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52 BSB)
Since Adam we have all been infested with sin. How to define that is part of the mystery, but it is not that difficult. That piece of fruit that the two of them ingested changed their DNA. There was time when such a concept was fodder for science fiction movies. Well, Bill Gates and others like him, paid the right people and they found a way in an Mrna injection. We will not go into details, but I will tell you that one of my brothers died thanks to this manipulation of science. So we have to shed the carrier of that sin; you got it, the body. In the twinkling of an eye we will shed this damaged body in exchange for a new one. It will look just like you. Consider Jesus, He came back from the grave, sat on the beach one day and cooked and ate fish with the disciples. Sounds rather physical, but not worth the time to try and explain it now. We will be changed and sin free, something that was attached to this old body and linked back to the garden.
I can hardly wait.
