Dearly Beloved,

 

Christmas 2006. Here we are another year has passed and I hope you are all still on board and still believing in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is the creator God and our Melchizedek Priest who will grant us eternal life in His presence forever.

 

I'm writing early since I'm all packed to drive up to Denver Colorado to begin the transition from Florida. Yes, I'm moving back after ten years of daily sunshine. I know I'm going to miss it.

 

I want to wish you all a special Christmas commemorating the Birth of Christ Jesus. You have most likely decorated your homes to welcome friends and family for the Holidays. My prayers are with you that all will travel in safety without delays at the airports and that your tables will be covered with all the goodies that usually come with special occasions like this. A very merry Christmas and New Year 2007 with fun and happiness.

 

This is my fifteenth year sharing the Gospel and exposing the cults. It is the first year that I cannot afford the usual newsletter. I had to take up a mortgage on my home to move back home to Denver to get expenses down to fit my pocketbook. The payment is over a thousand dollars a month and my retirement doesn't reach anymore. The catastrophe in New Orleans had an effect on Floridians. Insurance has gone up five times what it used to be. My income increases 3.5 percent which is not even close to what needs to happen.

 

I know all of you are having a time of it as well. We just have to learn to do things different to survive. Last year the postage was $350 which is not an option today. Even though the ministry gets two and a half million hits a month, there are only two people who are helping, one a widow like myself and the other a Bible teacher like myself who is fighting for his life a year and a half already with lymphoma. God has been merciful allowing him more time because he was supposed to be home with the Lord a year and a half ago. Praise God, miracles are still part of our lives if we keep the faith.

 

I had a close call a week ago. I was bitten by a spider full of poison which hit me like a flash from head to toe. In minutes I was off my feet and had no clue what had hit me. A rash came on my legs, stomach, arms and face in seconds. Like fire, hot it moved through my body like lightening. My mouth swelled up and I got worried. God brought to my memory a lady who died from an insect bite. That made me call 911 and they came instantly. They treated me with oxygen and IV in the ambulance and in the emergency room. I didn't know I had been bitten. My insides shook and rattled for several hours, I thought I was going to fly apart. The attendant found the hole on my thumb perfectly round, "yep," he said, "that's it. You got bit alright." There was no swelling around the hole. Then I remembered the big dark brown body what looked like the size or bigger than a bumble bee but different color. It fell into the hole on its back dead as I pulled up a dried up plant. The attendant said that the shaking was from withdrawal from the poison.

 

Since I just happen to be in the middle of a physical I told my doctor about it. She prescribed two doses of medicine. She said if it happens again to shoot one into my legs immediately and save the other dose for next time. She said to always have two to make sure you have it with you at all times. There won't be time to call 911 otherwise. That was my cue to get my move to Colorado going. I was dragging my feet about going.

 

With heart problems for years I asked the doctor for an ultra sound examination. She said you have 20 more years which would put me to 96. My heart has gotten well and all the vitals are well. No cholesterol which is a biggy at my age. Little did she know what was going to happen next. Here I was preparing to die in Denver because George is buried there and two of my children live there. That's what happens if you run ahead of God. According to her, I have a long ways to live yet.

 

The high point of the year was a trip to Israel. I never expected to be going there but when the opportunity came, I couldn't refuse. Nicholas suggested South West Radio Church for a tour of Israel and it was a great pick. Noah Hutchings was heading the tour even though he is around 86 years old and his side-kick Larry Spargimino. He is a permanent fixture with the radio show, an author and an excellent preacher. He was congenial with all and much fun to talk to. Between the two of them we were sermonized for 12 days at every spot that was relevant to the Old and New Testament on the tour bus.

 

Of course the tour buses were plentiful and they were set up for tourists only and we had the same bus, except for Bethlehem and Jordan all week. Bethlehem belongs to the Palestinians. We had to change buses going across the borders into their territories. The walls along the streets were covered with graffiti and dirty. We were glad to get back to Israel. There was no comparison between the two. In Jordan you could not miss the King. His picture, the usual great big smile welcoming tourists, was everywhere.

 

We drove from one end of Israel to the other and saw much. The tour was packed with things to see and explore. Israel is the most peaceful country I have visited and also has fantastic variety in it of plants, mountains, and seas. Nicholas along with a few other brave souls went into the Dead Sea hoping to get some relief for a skin problem. The Dead Sea is 1500 feet below sea level and feels much like the Salt Lake in Utah.

It felt like the whole world was packed into a tiny spot on earth. Israel didn't feel tiny at all because of the variety.

 

The hotels were American with food lay outs to please kings and queens. The flight across the ocean took 12 hours but were as smooth as silk and even with meals. We sang and ate and laughed together like we had all known each other forever. I was very impressed with the routine they have developed. You knew what to do from minute to minute. There were 36 people in the group. We highly recommend those tours with http://swrc.com. The ministry is one of the oldest of radio ministries still functioning. It really felt like a bit of heaven already. They believed what we believed and had turned the world off as well. We are all anxiously awaiting the Rapture which brings me to why I'm bringing this letter to you with a Scripture study about the Rapture.

 

Even though I offer a questionnaire on the ministry website to see where people are spiritually, most participants believe in the pre-tribulation Rapture in spite of the fact that it is the most attacked area that I deal with. What is surprising to me is that big names in discernment ministries like Texe Marrs and Walter Martin moved to post- tribulation or pre-Armageddon.

 

Texe Marrs wrote me a wonderful testimony about his belief three years ago and it was pre- Tribulation that he defended. He recently had a Jew on his program who wrote a book "Exploding the Israel Deception" in 1996. I don't know the date this interview took place because I just got the audio tape in fall of 2006.

 

The reason I had written a letter to Texe last year was to slow down his anti-Semitism. He was condemning all Jews to hell. I was getting complaints as to why I was offering his audio tapes.

 

I have not met a Jew yet who believes in pre-Tribulation because they don't quite get into the Gentile Christian camp which offers unity with Jews and Gentiles and is called Israel as well. They keep going back to the Old Testament and follow those traditions which denies Christ and what He did on the cross. Take for example the Wailing Wall. The Jews pray there and they make every male wear a hat when they wish to pray there. The Bible in the New Testament does not allow men to wear hats when praying and the women are to wear a covering which is against the rules at the wall. If a Gentile participates at the Wailing Wall according to Jewish expectations one is an abomination to God. You see one has to know what is in the Bible to know how not to offend God.

 

You will see looking through these Scriptures that relate to the two events, the "Snatching up" into the clouds to meet Jesus in the air is for the Bride of Christ consisting of Jews and Gentiles and the Second Coming which is for the Jews.

 

God wants to Jews to finally recognize that Jesus was indeed their Messiah. They have to recognize Him for Who He was in Jerusalem in 33 AD. Jesus is God Himself in flesh and He is Whom they rejected. Jews do not believe that Jesus was the true Messiah. They are still waiting for Him. Messianic Jews, I know a few, have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior but still hang unto their old traditions. They take great pride in being the "Chosen" by God, were the Gentile Christians are the "Called".

 

Jews accuse Christians of not wishing to unify with Jews in Christ Jesus, when it is quite the opposite. Jews wish to remain separated from Gentiles because it is a step down to them. Here is an example: we asked our beautiful lady guide who was extremely knowledgeable about the Bible as well as Jesus Christ, if she would get baptized in the Jordan River along with others and her answer was: "I would simply be a wet Jew," in other words it would not change her belief.

 

Following is a Scripture study about the two events that are still in the future. You will see that our understanding of what we read in the Bible has to have the assistance of the Holy Spirit Who really is our teacher. One has to get below the surface and use deductive reasoning to get it. People scream at me, "where is the Trinity" mentioned in the Bible. Same thing, one has to read using deductive reasoning as well. What it means is: "to come to the conclusion by putting the underlying meaning together with what one already knows from other Scriptures. We are to interpret Scripture with Scripture. God is the Word, Jesus' name is the Word and the Holy Spirit is the Word as well you'll find when you study.

 

God didn't make it easy because we would get bored and not take it serious. He wants us to get involved with Biblical principles to help us get the good life. To comprehend the Bible is a gift from God to those who wish to be part of the flock of Christ. You know I never thought about the fact that Jesus was so young when He was crucified and had a choice about it. 33 is just a Babe. How precious..

 

Enjoy the following study, feast on the promises, it is a blessing especially for you. I have no doubt that we will be spared the Tribulation that is in the making. It is obvious today that some politician will pull the trigger soon at some point.

 

Again, I pray for wonderful Holidays for you and a special New Year for a change in spite of what is going on in America and the world.

 

God be with you and keep revealing the truth to you and bless your lives.

Love in Christ Jesus, Rita of Cephas Ministry

There is Evidence of Two Events: The Rapture and

The Second Coming of Christ Jesus to the Mount of Olives

Christ's Church/Body/Bride

Jesus implies here that His flock were told that they would not have to be in the wrath and how to avoid it.

John the Baptist speaking:
Matthew 3:7-8 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:

Jesus states here that the wheat (his flock) will be gathered first into a place of safety.

Matthew 3:9-12 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Here Jesus reveals that few will find the life He promises. Many are tossed to and from and so goes their faith.

Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Matthew 7:15-16 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Matthew 7:18-20 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Matthew 8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Jesus calls the living men and women "dead."

Matthew 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Jesus calls His disciples the Bride (a bride chamber means the bride's waiting place while the groom readies a house for the Bride and Groom)

Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Isaiah is speaking of a future event when Jesus offers Himself up for our sins as a spotless Lamb to set us free from our sin to receive the gift of everlasting life in God's presence.

Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

Because Jesus has made a new creature of His Bride (His Church, His Body of Believers) she is considered to be a virgin.

Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

The prophet Isaiah is relating here how excited a bride would be about her garment for the wedding so should Jesus' Bride be mindful of her garment, instead she has forgotten her dress.

Jeremiah 2:32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

Jeremiah prophecies that the Bride of Christ and the Bridegroom will not be present during the tribulation.

Jeremiah 7:32-34 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away. Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

Joel shares that there comes the day when the Bride and Bridegroom leave to get married. Priests and ministers of the Lord weep and ask for mercy on the Jews and God sanctifies

Joel 2:16-32 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

In these verses Jeremiah confirms what he preached previously and what comes to pass after the Bride and Bridegroom is gone

Jeremiah 16:9-21 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:

Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.

Jeremiah speaks of the tribulation that Judah will be saved (Judah is not the Bride of Christ). Jeremiah would have used the word 'Israel' if these verses related to the Church.

Jeremiah 33:11-16 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.

Revelation 4:4-11 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Here is evidence that the Church is in the Presence of God before Jesus opens the First Seal which puts the Tribulation in motion. The Elders have been raised either by Resurrection or Rapture. That is the only way they could have gotten into God's Presence at that time. The Tribulation had not begun.

Revelation 5:5-14 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

The Apostle Peter describes who the Elders are

1 Peter 5:1-10 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Revelation 18:23-24 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Revelation 19:1-4 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

Christ's Second Coming

Revelation 19:9-21 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 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. 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. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 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. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 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; 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. 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. 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. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Zechariah 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

Here the Jews receive a double anointing so they can be saved. Many will be saved

Joel 2: 21- 32 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

The Daughter of Zion will ultimately be victorious

Micah 4:11-13 Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Joel writes to the Children of Judah and Jerusalem about Armageddon and what is to come after that no more strangers will be in Jerusalem anymore and the Jesus Christ our Lord will reign over forever more

Joel 3:1-21 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

 

Micah 4:7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.

Again the Lord is very specific, that it is the remnant of Jacob and Gentiles in this case are heathens

Micah 5:5-15 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

Revelation 18:2-5 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

The Third Temple at Midpoint

 

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Life. Jesus called the men and women dead even though they were alive. Born again Believers have the Holy Spirit and are therefore alive

 

Revelation 11:1-19 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. 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. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 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. 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. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

The Tribulation Saints Will Reign with Christ Jesus a Thousand Years

Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

God, the Holy Spirit, calls us His Bride because He houses in us while we live on earth

1 Peter 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

[God is stating here that we can only offer up sacrifices that have been made by Jesus Christ because He was/is pure, a spotless Lamb. You see what that means? We are not saved by our own works but by grace. There is absolutely nothing we can do to impress God but to love His Son with all our hearts, mind and body, accept what He did for us, ask for forgiveness and allow Him to use us to get His love story to as many as will listen.]

This temple at the end of time, end of the thousand year Millennium, will become the New Jerusalem, the Holy Temple of God made up of precious gems [jewels] perfected by God the Holy Spirit which are God's family, us, forever

Revelation 21:9-14 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Revelation 22:1-21 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.

And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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