The destiny of millions of believers is being decided NOW. The Lord is coming at any moment or in a very short time and so is the antichrist. The End of the world is coming and multitudes of Christians are trying to decipher various prophecies from the Bible to prepare themselves and “save their lives”. We know that prophecies can be very interesting, even fascinating and educational, but they may not have any spiritual usefulness or effect. If prophecies should do a spiritual work in us, we must do a lot more than just study signs and seasons, calculate times and dates, decipher hidden messages in the Word of God or in the sky. Pagan scientists and researchers can do it too. And if Christians are doing it, they may not be better prepared for the Coming of the Lord without a spiritual interpretation and application of such prophecies, signs and events. You see, Christians, in general, do not even know how to prepare themselves since our preparation for the Lord’s coming and, indeed, for our eternal existence, is not material or intellectual in increased knowledge, but SPIRITUAL! What does it mean?
A) It means that all carnal believers in today’s churches, non-Overcomers, foolish virgins, and their leaders will face a closed door (Mt. 25:10-12), and should prepare themselves at least for the Tribulation of seven years. Their current color dreams will be shattered to dust and they will finally face reality, and it will not be what they were told in various church auditoria or in myriads of “religious books”.
At this point, the Lord desires to clear the question of the “raptures” of the Church, their number and timing as there is a considerable confusion among believers concerning these important future events.
THE DOOR in Mt. 25:10-12 signifies very clearly that there will be TWO groups of Christians (virgins), the wise with oil that were ready and taken to the Marriage of the Lamb (the Bride), and the foolish with no oil that were facing a closed door and remained on earth. Hence, there are TWO TRANSLATIONS of believers from the earth, the Bride (with oil) and the rest of the Church, as follows below(for important details, please, see the book “The Tragedy and Glory of Believers[9]”, chapter 8 – As the Days of Noah were, page 219 and on).
a) The FIRST TRANSLATION IS BEFORE THE ANTICHRIST IS REVEALED (2Thes. 2:7,8), which is before the Tribulation period of Daniel’s 70th week! This is the time when the Lord is coming for His Bride only, which is NOT the Church in general (see again point 4) on p.103 for more details). This will take place when the Bride is ready, and only the Father knows the exact time and no man can calculate it.
There are three important details to be considered for this first translation of believers from the earth as follows:
a1 – “As the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be” (Mt. 24:37).
Noah and his house, eight persons in total – the First Remnant – were taken before the Flood, more accurately, seven days before the beginning of the Flood (Gen. 7:1,4,10) and the Lord shut him in (Gen. 7:16)! The Bride – the Last Remnant – shall be similarly taken before the Tribulation, represented by the Flood, more accurately, a short time before the beginning of the Tribulation, and the Lord will again shut the door (Mt. 25:10)! The “short time” may be a minimum of 7 days up till a maximum of 7 years, depending on how the “seven days of Gen. 7:10” are interpreted.
a2 – “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work; only he who now letteth (hindereth) will let (hinder), until he be taken out of the way.” (2Thes. 2:7).
The mystery of iniquity started to work right after the Pentecost. In 70 AD, the Word of the Lord to the Jews saying: “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” (Mt. 23:38) was fulfilled. Jerusalem with all that represented Jewish nationhood, politics, religion and economy was destroyed and Jews were scattered to all the world. When Satan saw it and the new Church with its dangers to his worldly kingdoms, he went to establish a “FALSE CHURCH”. It was “born” through a Roman Caesar and is known as Vatican, the “mystery of iniquity” personified since it was all done under a cloak of Christian religion (see chpt. 9, part B).
He who has been letting-hindering is NOT any worldly power, religious power, governments or an angelic power, not even the Holy Spirit per se. It has been the living Bride of Christ, the Remnant, the Overcomers through Whom the Holy Spirit has been hindering the Wicked one from the very beginning. Today this Bride keeps hindering him to be revealed before the Bridegroom comes (2Thes. 2:8). God requires “men who died for Christ and love Him more than their own lives” – His Bride – to overcome Satan and cast him down from Heaven to the earth. Why? They are the only ones that, in addition to the Blood of the Lamb, have also the necessary word of their testimony (Rev. 12:11). Why is that necessary?
God requires two witnesses (Mt. 18:16// 2Cor. 13:1) so that in their mouth every word may be established! One such Witness is the Lord, the Husband, and the other shall be His Wife, Who has the required testimony, and Satan shall be finally judged and thrown down from Heaven. He has been there apparently for millennia tolerated by God and accusing us before God day and night… even before the days of Job (Job 1:6). God could have destroyed him any time He wanted, BUT HE has been waiting patiently for these two Witnesses – do we understand that? NO!
a3 – “… a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion and with Him a hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s Name written in their foreheads.” (Rev. 14:1).
These are also identified in the church in Philadelphia as Overcomers upon whom the Name of God was written, also the name of New Jerusalem and also the Lord’s Name (Rev. 3:12). The identification of the Bride of Christ cannot be clearer than that. It is also declared that “these are virgins… being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb … and they are without fault before the Throne of God” (Rev. 14:4,5). This is the harvest of the firstfruits (ex. Rom. 16:5// 1Cor. 16:15,16// 1Cor. 15:23 ↔ Gal. 5:24, etc.). Let us also note that here the Lord confirms that the Bride only shall be taken before the Tribulation, which the Lord here calls “the hour of temptation” because She was already tempted and had overcome and kept the Word of His patience (Rev. 3:10).
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b) The SECOND TRANSLATION is for the Church in general at the last 7th trump (1Cor. 15:52// Rev. 11:15), which is also likened to a harvest of the earth, the first one being for the Church (Rev. 14:14-16) and the second one for the damned ones (Rev. 14:17-20). The 7th trump is close to the end of the Tribulation of seven years just before the wrath of God is poured upon the earth in seven vials (Rev. 16:1-17).
There are four important details to be considered for this second translation of believers from the earth:
b1 – Apostle Paul beseeches the brethren in Thessalonica “by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto Him” that the DAY OF CHRIST shall NOT come except that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition so that he as God sits in the Temple of God showing himself that he is God (2Thes. 2:2-4).
b2 – “the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together unto Him” points to the “rapture” of the Church and to His “second coming”, as these expressions are known to believers. But it is NOT “the second coming” since the Lord will not come to the earth, but will only descend to the air where the believers will meet Him (1Thes. 4:17). Also, the Lord has four comings to the earth and they are described in “Word to the Church of Jesus Christ[8]”, pp. 290,291. His “second coming” was 2,000 years ago!
b3 – this “day of Christ shall NOT come except that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition so that he as God sits in the Temple of God showing himself that he is God.” This clearly puts “the day of Christ” after the middle of the Tribulation period of 7 years, which means, after the beginning of the Great Tribulation of 3½ years! This may well be the time for the opening of the seventh seal and the sounding of the first trumpet (Rev. 8:1,7), but no man knows this timing for sure. Yet, it is quite clear that the 7th trump and the “rapture” of the Church will take place close toward the end of the Great Tribulation (Rev. 10:7 + 11:15-19)!
b4 – the “DAY OF CHRIST” comes as a thief with a sudden destruction (1Thes. 5:2,3). It is the day of the Lord, a day of darkness and gloom (Joel 2:1,2,11). But in that day believers should be found blameless (1Cor. 1:8) and the good work of the Lord should be finished in them (Phil. 1:6) so that believers should be sincere and without offence (Phil. 1:10) holding forth the word of life (Phil. 2:16) …otherwise they will not be taken by the Lord!… but shall be cast into outer darkness, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mt. 8:12 + 22:13 + 25:30).
Here I may add that the occupants of the “outer darkness” will be chiefly the carnal children of God and the “workers of iniquity” in general. These are not the “sheep in pews singing, clapping hands or taking a nap”, but chiefly the leaders in Israel and the Church, rabbis, priests, teachers, preachers, pastors, evangelists, elders, prophets, exorcists, etc., who will try to persuade the Lord that in His Name they prophesied, cast out devils and had done many “wonderful works”. And then the Lord will profess to them: “I never knew you; depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.” (Mt. 7:21-23// Lk. 13:24-28// Job 31:3 + 34:22// Ps. 5:5 + 28:3 + 36:12 + 53:4 + 64:2-8 + 94:4-8// Pr. 10:29, etc.)
(Many details with Scriptural references concerning the first and second resurrection, also the translations of the saints and the places where they will go and why may be found in our two books quoted in the Foreword.)
B) The magnitude of deception in today’s churches and synagogues is so deep and wide that it is beyond human imagination. The basis of this deep deception is the fact that ALMOST ALL MINISTRY – preaching, teaching, worshipping, governing – has been continually done on an intellectual, logical or academic level, on human reasoning, human understanding, human emotions, human efforts to reach and explain God. Many ministers (today also lady ministers!) speak about God, about Jesus, about the Holy Spirit and His power, yet they themselves have no power of the Holy Spirit whatsoever and cannot exhibit any sign of the Life of Christ. It is all a religious mumbo-jumbo! None of them can cast out devils from any man or stop and command Satan in any way. I have not found the Life of Christ in any church or congregation which I have visited especially during the last 25 years of my ministry. The Lord’s Grace and Forgiveness may be present, but His Life and Authority are definitely not present in His believers.
C) It seems that the BASIC FACT OF OUR DESTINY has not been registered, understood, apprehended or realized in any way by the vast majority of believers and their leaders during the past centuries. And the chief culprit has been the “False Church” and its evil influence in the religious world. Believers seem to be scared to death to face truth or uninterested to verify their future, their eternal destiny, from the Word of God.
I really do not know what imaginations or understanding believers may have about their future, about the Kingdom of Heaven, the Tribulation or the translation of the saints from earth, about their “post-mortem” existence and the place of it, about their coming judgments by their Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, etc. I really do not know.
So, it may be desirable to at least emphasize that every man born to this planet, good or bad, Christian, Jew or pagan, will be changed into a spiritual being. Everybody will have a spiritual body! So, I repeat this basic fact:
We all will spend eternity in the SPIRITUAL WORLD, either with God or with Satan. Our PHYSICAL beings must be changed into SPIRITUAL beings and that is an absolutely unavoidable part of our destiny – of our SALVATION or of our DAMNATION!
Because EVERYBODY will be resurrected and will receive a spiritual body; they that have done good unto the resurrection of Life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation (Jn. 5:29)!
So, our destiny, and very definitely our road to it, is determined. Our physical death only liberates us from our usually sick and old body; it does not do anything else. In our soul and spirit, we remain the same as we were before our physical death. The spiritual powers that were present in us and may have governed, ruled or otherwise influenced our spirit and soul, remain there and remain the same, they have not departed!
If we were NOT redeemed, but remained pagans before our physical death, our eternal damnation would be sealed and permanent!
If we were redeemed believers and Overcomers, we will be escorted to the 3rd Heaven (2nd Paradise) where there is the Tree of Life and where Apostle Paul was also taken and where he still is (2Cor. 12:2-4// Rev. 2:7).
If the Lord comes before our physical death and we are Overcomers, we will be caught up unto God and to His Throne (Rev. 12:5). And if we were born-again believers, but non-Overcomers, we will be carried to hell – Abraham’s bosom (Lk. 16:23) or be cast into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Mt. 8:12 + 22:13 + 25:30).
Where will every pagan and every believer go after his physical death, is already discussed and shown in a sufficient detail in our book “The Tragedy and Glory of Believers[9]” (Addendum + color chart at the end of the book). Who will gain the soul of the believers non-Overcomers permanently, God or Satan, will be yet subjected to the Judgment of the Lord and will still depend on the choice and decision of each such believer pending God’s Judgment! But such believers will have to reach their decision going through a rather painful process for which they will not be prepared in any way during their earthly life.
This is not only my latest book, but may also be my last book, as far as I can see in my spirit. The Lord may be coming so quickly that all our estimates in this respect may be dead wrong. No one knows the day or the hour (Mt. 25:13) and yet, we already know the segment of the time within which He must come. I am not at liberty to publicize the dates or the ways in which the Lord had revealed them to us in our Body of Christ using the heavenly bodies which He created for times and signs (Gen. 1:14). These dates revealed to us point to the beginning of the Tribulation and the revealing of the Wicked one (2Thes. 2:8). They thus also point to the latest date by which the Lord will come for His Bride though He may come at any time prior to that last date without any previous announcement. But these dates are intended for the Bride only. And also, I believe that the Bride will know more precisely the timing (the year, maybe the month and maybe even the week) ahead of His coming by the refined sense of Her pure and loving spirit.
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Since “Vain is the help of man” (Ps. 60:11), I do pray to YOU, My Excellent, Beloved, Gracious and Merciful Lord, that YOU would spare any and every heart which truly desires YOU and was never given a chance, shown the way, never guided to the true pastures and thus could not satisfy YOU and itself thus far. I pray that YOU would grant Your Grace to every such heart and prepare them for Your Glorious Coming (Is. 55:8).
And then there are those, whose hearts are closed being in a grip of the devil though they were attending fellowships and were exposed to your Truth for 10-20-30 or more years and they now truly desire to walk with YOU, yet, find themselves unable to open their hearts and yield their lives to YOU (Lk. 13:24). For all these I pray that YOU would arrange in their lives the necessary storms or adversities sufficient to crack their grip, and to forgive them their laziness, resistance to Your Truth, unbelief, stupidity, pride, arrogance, ignorance of Your Grace and a constant grieving of Your Holy Spirit (Eph. 4:30). And that YOU would then enable them to hear Your voice and to open their hearts and yield their lives to YOU (Rev. 3:20). I know they may not deserve this “extra-extended” Grace, but then, none of us ever deserved Your Grace in any way, “short or extended”. In fact, Your Grace toward us never ceases! So I intercede for all such souls as I am not willing that any of them would perish, but that they also should come to repentance and attain to Life Everlasting (2Pet. 3:9// Is. 55:7).
Amen.
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To be continued next week in chapter 9
brother Hanola
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