We are all living in the end times foretold in the Bible. We know it in our heart and we can feel it in our bones. I’ve been restless the last six months especially. I have this sense of foreboding that something bad is about to happen to the United States and I can’t seem to shake this feeling of doom. I’m not the only one who feels this way either. I’ve talked to other people who feel the same way. I’ve studied God’s word for almost twenty years and Bible end time prophecy has been a primary focus for me from the beginning. In previous blogs I’ve tried to figure out when the rapture will occur, when the Second Coming will happen, and who the antichrist will be. I’m not going to go through all those machinations again. You can go back in my archives and read it yourself. Instead, I’m going to start with some of those previous conclusions as a baseline premise and build on them with new information and theories about what’s going to happen in this world very soon. I believe we only have ten short years before the rapture occurs in which to do our work for God. I will present Bible verses that support my assertion. In the meantime, God commands all believers to build up treasure in heaven by witnessing for Christ in order to save as many nonbelievers as they can for the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 9:24 – Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Hosea 6:1-2 – Come, and let us return to the Lord; for He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His sight.
Most pastors and Bible scholars will tell you the rapture could happen at any time because they say there are no more Bible prophecies that still need to be fulfilled before Jesus Christ comes in the air and calls all believers, both dead and alive, to himself before taking the saints back to heaven with him. I totally disagree with that assessment. I admit I don’t have their education or their credentials. I’m just a believer who loves to study God’s word and in so doing I’ve come to a different conclusion than they have. Let me explain my reasoning. The key to understanding God’s rapture timeline can be found in the small Old Testament book of Hosea, chapter six, verses one and two. Let’s break these verses down to see what God is telling us about the rapture to come:
Hosea 6:1 – “Come, and let us return to the Lord; for He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.”
The Israelites rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah so God has torn his church from them and given it to the Gentiles. God has punished his chosen people by making them pariahs among the nations of the world. However, God has not forgotten his promise to Abraham that the Israelites will be his covenant people forever. To fulfill his word God will one day restore the Jews to their former place as the apple of God’s eye. We know that will occur at the Second Coming when Jesus will save a Jewish remnant for heaven. Don’t believe all that evolution crap. The humanist world has been pushing evolution down our throat all our lives through our education system to the point where most people believe it. It just goes to show you if you tell a lie long enough most people will believe it.
Evolution is linear and there is no way a single cell organism could crawl out of the ocean and evolve into a human being made up of thirty trillion highly specialized cells comprised of vital organs, a multitude of different body tissues and complex body systems; and topped off with the greatest computer in the universe. You’ve got to be kidding me! God created man in one 24 hour day from the dust of the earth. God created human history to be 7000 years long; 1000 years for each of the seven days of creation. One day is equal to a thousand years and a thousand years is equal to one day. This is confirmed in 2 Peter 3:8. There was roughly 2000 years between creation and Abraham; another 2000 years between Abraham and Jesus; and there will be 2000 years between Jesus and the rapture, which is the church age we’re currently living in. Finally, there will be the last 1000 year period known as the millennial reign of Jesus Christ on the earth from Jerusalem.
Hosea 6:2 – “After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in his sight.”
Since the Jews rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah the Gentiles became the church of God by default, which is why the church age we are currently living in is called the time of the Gentiles. When the church age officially ends God will then turn his attention back to his chosen people Israel; to punish them and to save a Jewish remnant on the last day. God says the church age will last for two days. We’re talking about god-days which are 1000 years long. Scripture says the church age will last for 2000 years and AFTER that length of time God will again engage with Israel for the last week of God’s dealings with Israel. This is the seventieth week foretold by the prophet Daniel. A week in God’s economy lasts for seven years. The scriptures cannot be broken and God cannot lie. That means the rapture will not occur until God’s word is fulfilled. The rapture has to wait until the time of the Gentiles has been fulfilled (2000 years).
In fact, the rapture is the event that signals the end of the church age and the end of 1000 year god-day number six. The third day referred to in Hosea is the millennium, the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ, who will rule the earth from the holy city of Jerusalem. We are currently living at the very end of the church age and the rapture is only ten years away. As believers this is a lucky time to be alive because many of us will not taste the sting of death because we will be translated while alive to meet Jesus in the air at the rapture where we’ll receive our glorified bodies. At the end of the millennium God will resurrect from hell within the earth all the nonbelievers bodily; in their condemned, putrid, and maggot-riddled bodies, to be judged by Jesus Christ at the Great White Throne judgment . They’ll be sentenced to the lake of fire for all eternity (see Mark 9:44,46,48). Now would you rather be in eternal pain and agony in a body like the one I’ve just described or would you prefer to have a glorified body kind of like the body of “superman”, and live forever in heaven? It’s a stark choice you must make and you would be wise to choose God over Satan. In fact, you’re a fool if you choose Satan over God. You don’t have to take my word for it. In the Bible that’s God’s definition of a “fool”.
2 Peter 3:8 – But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Titus 2:13 – Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 – For the Lord Himself will descend with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.
We know from the scriptures that the current church age began fifty days after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in 33 AD, which we know is the day of Pentecost. That is the day God sent his Holy Spirit to earth to indwell all believers as their helper from that day forward forever and to seal all believers as God’s possession. Even in heaven believers will always be indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God. If we fast-forward the two thousand years alluded to in Hosea we know the church age will end at Pentecost in the year 2033, which falls on June 5th. God said the rapture will happen and God cannot lie. We know the church age will officially end when all believers are taken out of the world by Jesus at his appearing. All of God’s children are priceless in his eyes and therefore our goal must always be to witness the gospel of Christ in order to save at least one more for Jesus while there is still time.
If the rapture were to occur prior to June 5th in 2033 then the Bible would be wrong about the length of the church age and God would be proven to be a liar, which cannot happen. Take a deep breath and relax a bit. I love the rapture as much as you do but the rapture won’t happen for another ten years so we have plenty of time to make our plans and do the work God has given us to do. As believers we all want to be raptured to Jesus in the air some day, given our glorified bodies, and then return to heaven with the Lord. However, that day can wait because God’s work takes priority. God needs us here on earth right now so we can witness for Christ to help save nonbelievers to the kingdom of God. We’re conflicted, as the Apostle Paul was, but we know that we must be obedient to our God because millions of nonbelievers are dying every day and going straight to hell for the lack of a witness for Christ. If we don’t do it who will? We owe it to them to try and save them.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52 – Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Corinthians 15:53 – For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Hebrews 12:2 – Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God.
In the book of Hosea God says he will raise us up on the third day. The third god-day will of course start soon after the second god-day, which officially ends with the rapture. The verse in Hosea has a dual meaning. The dead in Christ raised up at the rapture will return back to heaven with Jesus so that they can live in the sight of God forever. God will also save a Jewish remnant seven years later at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to the earth to fulfill his covenant promise to Abraham. The saved Jews will also be raised up at that time and live in God’s sight forever. Both Jew and Gentile are equally loved children of God and both will live in heaven forever as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus . The rapture has to wait until Pentecost of 2033, at the earliest, but it could happen at a later date and still fulfill the scriptures. Let’s try to figure out the window of opportunity in which the rapture could occur. God loves the number forty for some reason which I’m unaware of, which makes me believe the Second Coming of Jesus Christ will be in 2040. We know Pentecost of 2033 falls on June 5th. That means we have almost seven months left in the calendar year in which the rapture could occur; if we think the Second Coming will happen some time in 2040. God’s timeline for prophetic events is closely associated with the Jewish people and their festivals to worship God.
Ephesians 1:11 – In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will.
Revelations 21:7 – He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
Colossians 1:13 – He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Sons of His love.
While we may not have a precise rapture date pinned down we do know that the date of the Second Coming will be very precise, to the day, exactly seven years after Israel signs a peace agreement. So during that seven month window when the rapture could occur (June 6th to December 31st, 2033) Israel will be at war with someone, otherwise there wouldn’t be any need to sign a peace agreement. You don’t need to sign a peace agreement if you’re already at peace. That’s just common sense. My guess is Israel will be at war with Iran or Syria, or both, and they’ll likely end hostilities with a peace agreement brokered by a third party such as NATO. Israel likes to have official signings occur on festival dates that are important to them; like Yom Kippur for instance.
Rosh Hashanah is the feast of Trumpets, which falls on September 23rd in 2033. We know that scripture says the trump of God will announce the Second Coming of Christ so there is a possible connection there. Rosh Hashanah is also the Jewish new year and the day on which God created Adam and Eve. Yom Kippur, the day of Atonement, falls on October 2nd in 2033. Israel says they are at war right now with Hamas but I’m referring to a war with another sovereign nation some time in the future. My guess is any peace signing will occur on or near Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, in 2033 because on this most sacred day of the year the Jewish high priest makes atonement for the nation’s sins. Jesus Christ is Jewish and the eternal high priest of both Jews and Christians. On the last Day who better than Jesus Christ to forgive the Jewish remnant of their sins against God on their most sacred day? That means if I’m correct the Second Coming of Jesus Christ our Lord will be on September 16, 2040 and Israel could sign a peace agreement on September 16, 2033.
Hebrews 4:4 – Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
2 Timothy 4:8 – Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Philippians 2:9-10 – Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth.
Many Bible scholars think the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to the earth will be in 2033 and the rapture in 2026 but they’re all wrong. It’s just too soon. They’re not taking into account that the church age must run its full 2000 years; two god-days. The seven year tribulation period is not a part of the church age which they assume to be the case. The rapture and the Second Coming are not one event but two separate events separated by seven years. According to the book of Daniel God will deal with Israel for 490 years. When the Jews rejected Jesus Christ as their Messiah God then suspended his dealings with Israel at 483 years and gave his church to the Gentiles for the next 2000 years, at which time God will resume the seventieth week with Israel in order to fulfill the last seven years of the time God has allotted to Israel (490 years) as foretold in the book of Daniel. In the Bible the last seven years of human history is called the tribulation and the Jews refer to it as the “time of Jacob’s trouble.”
This seven year tribulation period is the time for God to pour out his wrath on Israel and the godless nations of the earth for their sins against God. The tribulation couldn’t be a part of the church age because God promises in scripture to remove the saints from the earth BEFORE he pours out his wrath on the world. God will not punish the saints whose sins he has already forgiven. Believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God forever and the scriptures confirm the Holy Spirit will also be removed from the earth before God’s wrath is poured out. The Holy Spirit can’t be removed from the earth without also removing the believers who have the Holy Spirit inside them. Once a believer has been is indwelt by the Holy Spirit he is sealed by God and the two can never be separated; not on this earth or later in heaven, forever. It’s just common sense and the scriptures confirm it over and over.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 – For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 4:30 – And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Ephesians 1:13 – In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
We know the antichrist will come from a political organization in Europe. I have always assumed the antichrist would be the head of the European Union but I’ve since changed my mind. I see what’s happening with Russia attacking Ukraine, which is scaring the heck out of everyone. All nations are banding together and looking to protect themselves from Russia and her imperialistic ambitions. Finland and Sweden could see the handwriting on the wall so they applied to be members of NATO as quickly as they could. Every nation in Europe fully understands that Putin wants to regain all of eastern Europe to resurrect the great Russian empire and Putin won’t stop until someone stops him. The Baltic countries especially are aware of this. Ukraine is the first domino that must fall for Russia which is why everyone is arming Ukraine. Everyone knows they could be next on Putin’s agenda.
Looking at the book of Revelation, I always wondered what would scare these European counties enough for them to give up their national sovereignty and give their common defense to one organization; one man. The answer is obviously Russia, and Russia is on the march as I write this blog. Russia is getting their butt kicked right now in Ukraine but that will change. This war will make them stronger and more determined in the long run. The Russians are a warlike people and Russia has unlimited natural resources to work with. They are learning from their mistakes and they are adapting. Russia is going all-in on the war with Ukraine by switching to a war-time economy while we in the west aren’t as committed. That means the most important political organization in Europe going forward will be NATO and not the European Union. That means the most important man in Europe in the future will be the Secretary General of NATO and not the head of the European Union.
2 Thessalonians 2:6-7 – And now you know what is restraining, that He (the Holy Spirit) may be revealed in His own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way (by the rapture).
1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 – Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them (the dead in Christ) in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. therefore comfort one another with these words.
2 Corinthians 5:10 – For we (the saints) must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
The Secretary General of NATO is elected by consensus from the 31 member states and they serve four year terms that can be extended, also by consensus. Jens Stoltenberg is the current Secretary General of NATO and he has been serving in that position for the last eleven years. I’m now convinced that the antichrist will be the man who will be chosen to be the Secretary General of NATO AND serving in that position during 2033, the year when the rapture will occur. If the head of NATO winds up being a woman then I’m wrong. The Secretary General of NATO is the only person who will control the collective military might of 31 countries, mostly in Europe, and the only person who will have the authority to offer Israel national security guarantees in exchange for signing a peace agreement. Israel wouldn’t trust a single country with their security but they’ll trust NATO because it has 31 member countries that are supporting the decision. Israel will feel they are truly safe from future attacks for the first time and they won’t have a clue they’re actually dealing with the antichrist who will one day renege on his promises to protect Israel.
Galatians 3:28-29 – There is neither Jew nor Greek (Gentile), there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
2 Timothy 4:1-2 – I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Mark 9:44, 46, 48 – Their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
In summary, I believe the rapture of the saints will occur in 2033, possibly during Rosh Hashanah but more likely during Yom Kippur. I believe Israel will sign a peace agreement just before or after the rapture of the saints. I believe the Second Coming of Christ will come exactly seven years after the peace agreement signing by Israel, again probably on Yom Kippur, which falls on October 2nd in 2033 and on September 16th in 2040. Lastly, I think that the antichrist will be the Secretary General of NATO, who sponsors the peace agreement Israel will sign. Since this is a political appointment Satan will use his malign influence to make sure his man is selected. Nonbelievers have no defense against the power of Satan. There’s no way for us to know who the antichrist is until he reveals himself by being chosen to head NATO. Believers are powerless to do anything about it but we can warn people when the antichrist rises to power. The false prophet serving the antichrist is easier to predict. There are a number of Bible scholars who focus on end time prophecy who think the false prophet will be the Pope of the Roman Catholic church and so do I.
I think that because I know the Roman Catholic church has been owned by Satan since the papacy of Gregory the Great in 600 AD and probably well before then. Every Catholic church dogma, doctrine, and tradition is 180 degrees from what God commands us to do in his word. That’s not accidental; it’s done on purpose by evil men under the influence of Satan. Catholics are told to go to their priest for the forgiveness of their sins instead of to God. Catholics are told to pray to Mary, a human being, and not God himself. Catholics are told to put the Pope before God. Catholics make Jesus Christ a cookie used only for the eucharist. Does this sound right to you? Are you okay with the fact that everything the Roman Catholic church stands for and does is contrary to the word of God? I’m not. Will you believe evil men or God?
Many of the 1.5 billion Catholics in the world are saved by their faith because they’ve accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; not because of the Catholic church but in spite of the church. The Catholic church wants salvation to run through the church and not through Jesus. There are millions of Catholics who think they’re saved but really aren’t because they’ve put their faith in the Pope, their priests, and following Catholic church dogma, doctrines and traditions to save them and not Jesus himself. These Catholics will be in shock when they’re left behind at the rapture. At that point, they will need to go to God’s word and accept his saving grace through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Unfortunately these left behind Catholics will still have to go through the tribulation but at least they’ll be saved. The Protestant Reformation movement in the early 1500’s was God peeling his church away from a Catholic church that has become corrupted by Satan.
Matthew 15:9 – And in vain they worship Me (the Catholic church), teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
People who know about military matters say it’ll take Russia approximately 6-9 years to rebuild their depleted war machine again to the point where they can challenge NATO forces. At that point they’ll attack Europe or Israel, or both, and this timeframe will fit in perfectly with my end of the age predictions. The Bible confirms Russia will attack Israel so I’m not telling you anything that isn’t already known. With any guess of this nature you don’t have to be spot on because there are so many moving parts; you just have to be in the general ballpark and I believe I am. As believers our goal is to watch for the coming of Jesus in the clouds while continuing to do the work God has given us to do; which is to witness for Christ to all nations and all people (the Great Commission). If you’re a nonbeliever at the moment you’re in great danger. You need to accept God’s saving grace as soon as possible and before the rapture occurs or risk being left behind to face the wrath of God. Once the rapture has happened it’s too late for you to escape God’s fury. You can still be saved through faith in Jesus after the rapture but then you’ll have to live through the seven year tribulation period before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to the earth.
Revelation 18:4-5 – Come out of her (the Catholic church), my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive her plagues. For her sins have reached heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
If you do manage to become a believer during the tribulation your prospects for survival aren’t that good. Be prepared for the antichrist and his false prophet to eventually get around to hunting you down for your faith. Most of the people who do become believers during the tribulation period will be killed by one of God’s many plagues. There will also be millions of new believers during the tribulation who will have their heads cut off for not renouncing their faith in God and for not worshipping the beast and taking his mark. Read Relation 2:10 for confirmation. Once you take the mark of the antichrist (666) on your head or your hand you’re going to hell. That’s all there is to it. It’s the Roman Catholic church who will organize and carry out the slaughter of millions of saints during the tribulation period in support of the antichrist. The Roman Catholic church will have blood on their hands before God. I’ll be surprised if more than a handful of the very early popes even make it to heaven. On the last day all believers will be in the audience when Jesus Christ condemns all the evil popes and has them tossed into the lake of fire for all eternity.
Revelation 2:10 – (Jesus speaking) – Do not fear any of these things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
I know saying these things against the Catholic church will piss off a lot of Catholics but as a true believer I must speak the truth of God to those in power; and the Catholic church is very powerful. There’s no room for political correctness when it comes to serving God. It has been Satan’s plan all along to silence the voice of believers through the peer pressure of political correctness and I refuse to go along with it. Simply obey God and don’t worry about what the world may say. To escape the wrath of God to come simply accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior right now. Google “sinner’s prayer” and pray it back to God in faith. If you do that you’ll be saved instantly unto eternal life in heaven and when you die you’ll be in the presence of Jesus forever. God has given his promise that you will be saved and God cannot lie. God makes salvation easy for us because he wants all of us in heaven with him. In the meantime, I’ll continue to monitor the world situation and blog about my findings as long as I’m able. Please help me by sharing your witness for Christ with all nonbelievers and also by sharing information about this blog with everyone you meet.
Matthew 7:22-23 – (Jesus speaking) – Many (members of the Catholic church) will say to Me in that day, “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?” And I will then declare to them, “I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.”
NOTE: In the above verses when Jesus says “many” we know he can only be talking about an established Christian church that worships the Lord our God. We have only two choices; Catholics or Protestants. When you look at the types of activities that Jesus is referring to he can only be addressing the Catholic church because they have done those things in the past and still do, whereas the Protestants do not. If you’re Catholic you’d be wise to heed God’s command in Revelation 18:4-5. In scripture God uses the term “lawlessness” when he is describing the evil of the tribulation period. God uses the same term in the above verses to tell us that “many” Catholics will be participants in this “lawlessness” during the tribulation. When Jesus says, “depart from Me” you know we’re at the Great White Throne judgment and Jesus is condemning “many” Catholics to the lake of fire for all eternity.