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  1. Answered in my post above. Regarding the 10 virgins prophecy, I'll admit that this could be a partial rapture verse, so thanks for bringing it up. This is about the Lord's Parousia, right there in verse 37; the same Parousia mentioned in 24:3, 27, and 1 Thes. 4:15, all referring to the time of the rapture. Well before the Beast ever arrives on the scene. You, like many, have been woefully misled about the meaning of Daniel 9:27, which has nothing to do with the End Times.
  2. Sorry, but I believe that everything above, after the words "things there will reach a potentially very catastrophic level," is pure spec that will never come to pass. So I repeat what I said in my previous post: avoid such speculative interpretations of the prophecies.
  3. Rev. 3:10 “Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you out of the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth." This verse is too vague to pin a partial rapture on. As you call it; I would call it one of multiple raptures, if that is what it is referring to. However, itt may simply mean these people will be taken, or led, to a safe place to sit out the trib. Because they have been more faithful than more lukewarm believers won't be so protected.
  4. The problem I see with this list is that is mostly a personal interpretation of Bible prophecy, not Biblical prophecy itself. And when events take a different course, and they will, then any potential converts will likely be turned away from the faith. Best to stick with the literal prophecies themselves, what they actually say, not what you think they mean. There are plenty of quite specific ones that need no elaboration or explanation, my favorite being Daniel 11:40 - 12:3, which covers most of the essentials of "the time of the end."
  5. There is a big difference between a partial rapture and multiple raptures. A partial rapture means some Christians -- or should I clarify and say some professing Christians -- will not be found worthy to be raptured along with the "worthy" ones; e.g. Luke 21:36 “Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” -- although that passage may simply mean 'worthy to stay alive through the trib.' Other than this passage, I don't know of any that even hints at a partial rapture. However, there is another passage that hints that some people may be raptured, and then kicked out: Matthew 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, ... 11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. 12 “So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. 13 “Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ This garment, according to Revelation 19, represents one's good works: Rev. 19:7 “Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Regarding multiple raptures in the End Times, that is undeniable, because the Two Witnesses have one rapture all by themselves.
  6. But he will be gaining millions of votes from registered-to-vote unlawful immigrants... ...not to mention millions more votes from fake ballots. (Deja vu all over again.)
  7. " (April 15) The FBI announced it is conducting an investigation of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, and that it had boarded the cargo ship Dali: “The FBI is present aboard the cargo ship Dali conducting court authorized law enforcement activity.” https://thenewamerican.com/news/fbi-announces-criminal-investigation-of-baltimore-bridge-collapse/ So nearly three full weeks after "the accident," the FBI finally is getting around to discover if it really was an accident. (Or so they say.) Might have something to do with the fact that before this newfound FBI interest, "Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said the city of Baltimore was pursuing legal action, and that it would 'hold responsible all entities accountable for the Key Bridge tragedy, including the owner, charterer, manager/operator, and the manufacturer of the M/V Dali, as well as any other potentially liable third parties.'" Ibid. The FBI investigation quite likely will impede the city's legal action. The delay of the FBI to act immediately after the incident also means that any coverup of the facts would have had plenty of time to take place. The whole thing smells really bad. In other words, situation normal with the Biden administration.
  8. Marital Union in Heaven, and in Creation, Part 2 The Origin of Marriage Marriage is the union of a male and a female. The primordial pattern of the male-female union did not begin with Adam and Eve, but rather with the Creator and His Creation. That pattern originated with a separation out of primordial, limitless Divinity of a limited part thereof; because absolutely nothing else than Divinity existed before that separation. Since that event, the Creator’s sole work has been to perfect that lesser part, and to bring it back into union with Himself. This entire purposeful process – Transcendent Divine Wholeness → separation → perfecting of that having been separated → Holy (Re-)union/Marriage – set off a Chain of Events (Hebrew: Hishtalsheluth) of this same pattern being repeatedly manifested over and over again in Creation, in increasing stages of unity, up until the fully sanctified Reunion is able to be completed. The next stage in this marital Chain of Events will be the return of Christ for His Bride, the Church, in order to consummate a spiritual marital union in heaven: Revelation 19:7 “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give Him [‘the Lord God’] the glory: for the marriage of the Lamb came, and His wife made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted that she might be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9 And he said unto me, “Write: Blessed are the ones having been called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.” But even this holy union will only be another stage of perfection in the Chain of Events. For during the Millennium, the heavenly New Jerusalem will be being “prepared as a numphē/betrothed woman adorned for her husband.” Rev. 21:2 That more highly-exalted stage of marital union will not be attained until after the Millennium has been completed. Earlier stages have already taken place, although they have not yet been perfected; these will be the subjects of Parts 3 - 6. ALL of these types of marital, male-female unions must be perfected together in one in order for the ultimate marriage of the Creator with His Creation to be completed. (Because for the perfection of the whole to be achieved, every part of that whole must also be perfected.) That Union will be the subject of Part 7.
  9. Not a world-functional USA, certainly, because the land will be in too much chaos to be a player in international affairs. But the nation will come through its 3rd and worst crisis: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the third, but in this greatest conflict the whole world united shall not prevail against her. ... Then once more, I beheld the villages, towns, and cities springing up where I'd seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice: While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last. -- George Washington's Valley Forge vision
  10. None, because there isn't any. But that doesn't stop people from inserting the idea into various scriptures.
  11. Ezekiel 20:33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: 34And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 36Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. 37And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: 38And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 39As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. 40For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 41I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 42And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. 43And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. 44And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
  12. From what you wrote in your first two posts, you have the classic symptoms of bipolar disorder. (Common these days.) Right now you are in the depressive phase, the other phase being the manic, where one feels like they can do everything. The primary medication for this is lithium carbonate, an inorganic compound; common dose around 50 milligrams, by prescription. But one can purchase lithium orotate online without a prescription in much smaller doses, 5 - 10 mg., and it is an organic substance, and cheap. Some research says it promotes brain health in general. A web search will bring up many articles about it. It can be purchased on ebay and other such sites. Hope this helps. Pray about it, of course.
  13. Matthew 16:28 “Assuredly, I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.” John 21:22 Jesus said to him, “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.” So what is it to you if the Lord wants to extend the lives of some of His followers beyond that of a normal lifespan? (If that indeed is what He meant.) The Lord is sovereign over all His subjects, so why bother to question His will (or His Word)? We don't have to figure everything out, after all (and we never will); just follow Him.
  14. Actually, it takes three: don't leave out the One in the equation. Who is able to raise the dead?
  15. The summation of your difficulty. If one refuses to accept the Lord as Lord, but continues to demand to be their own lord, then that is what the Lord will allow one to do. But the results thereof will always bring sorrow in the end. Because only God is good, and therefore only God can bring good into our lives. But that comes at the cost of our submission to Him. Choose whom you will serve. Right now, it is you. And it ain't working.
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