Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

Step by Step the Lord sets the stage for the Day of the Lord

Isaiah 23:1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

Tarshish refers to the British Isles and there is a perfect correlation between this portion here and what happened to England in WW2.

2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. 3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

This was true of the British Empire right up until WW2.

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. 5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.

What happened to Egypt? Oh yeah, they were a great empire that is now considered a desert of sand.

6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.

Sure reminds me of the bombing of London.

8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

That is how the British attempted to portray themselves. They were "gentleman". There was an "honorable" way to usurp the wealth of the other countries.

9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

Yes, they portrayed themselves as better and smarter than the rest of the world, and now Britain has been brought into contempt. They are a shell of their former glory and our depiction of the Royal family is mockery and ridicule just as our depiction of the British. It seems they are either portrayed as the clowns who are the royal family or as some white trash with a thick accent.

10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength.

There is no more strength to the British Empire, that is over.

11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.

So then, the "merchant city" would refer to London. However, what happened to London should be a warning to NYC.

her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord

Isaiah 23:12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. 13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

The fall of Britain in WW2 was also the rise of the US. Chaldeans refer to great warriors and the US really shone as the greatest with Patton, MacArthur and Eisenhower. Germany does not get to rejoice at the destruction of Britain.

14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

Britain's strength was her navy but that was laid waste and the US became the global superpower.

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.

In 1948 Britains control over Israel was forgotten. In 2018 it was 70 years later. How does a harlot sing? I think our modern day translation might be to "sing like a canary". Prince Andrew was on the Epstein flight logs, as well as many other people. Imagine if they have been singing to the authorities since 2018 to avoid prison and humiliation.

16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Wow! King Charles and the Royal family is the wealthiest family on Earth. Technically they own one fourth of the Earth's land. Imagine if all that wealth were given to the Lord. This could be like the scandal that rocked the Catholic church and bankrupted them with lawsuits.

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Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

I view WW1 and WW2 like a musical piece where the themes in these events get replayed and build to a climax during the day of the Lord. The last generation is introduced with these two wars and then presented with the Lord after the Day of the Lord, which is the climax and WW3. What happened to Britain is a warning about what will happen to the US. Likewise what happened with Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a warning as well. Only when a nuclear weapon is dropped does the earth truly become empty and waste, not only so but the inhabitants who survive are scattered abroad as they don't want be around the radiation.

2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

Nuclear bomb doesn't care. Everyone is vaporized.

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

Only with a nuclear weapon is the land utterly emptied and utterly spoiled. The Lord has spoken this word indicates the judge proclaiming judgment. Often sentence is proclaimed and then it still might take a week or two before it is carried out. I view the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan as the Lord speaking the judgement. If that had not happened we would have no idea about what a nuclear bomb can do. After that event the entire world was threatened and words like this in the Bible made much more sense. This should have caused people to repent.

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.

This is something more. The earth does not fade when hit with a nuclear bomb it instantly turns to ash. No, this is a good description of what happens when you have pollution, smog, rivers turned to toxic dumps. This is what that song was saying when it said "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot".

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

This is what happened after WW2, the world changed.

5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

The earth is defiled, that means it is polluted. God's ordinances tell us how to deal with our waste products in a way that it doesn't harm others, but they change the ordinances, they break the everlasting covenant all because they worship the almighty dollar, that is idolatry.

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

You can't say that there are few men left now unless you are distinguishing "men" who have backbone and stand up for the truth from all the covetous, greedy liars and thieves. However, I suspect this refers to the earth right after the rapture.

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

The new wine mourneth could be a reference to the feast of new wine because there are indications that this feast is the real pentecost and that the church age will both begin and end with the feast of new wine.

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. 10 The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

This sounds like a massive curfew. Everyone must be terrified of something. Either the only way to maintain order is to shoot people in the streets on sight or else this could refer to the three days of darkness.

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

We have city of confusion, it is left in desolation and it is smitten with destruction. Confusion indicates darkness, perhaps a communications blackout. This word for desolation is translated as "astonishment" and also means horror. It will be astonishing, horrifying and confusing. Not only so but there will be a lot of destruction as well.

13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.

There you go, God is talking about the harvest at the end of the age. The rapture takes place, for those left behind it will be astonishing. It will also be horrifying because at the same time the saints go up Satan and the fallen angels are cast down to the earth. There will also be a lot of destruction as Satan will know his time is short.

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Isaiah 24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

This refers to the rapture and from the sea refers to from the nations. So this is what we commonly refer to as "the rapture of the church".

15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.

Because of the rapture the whole world will see a great revival.

16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.

We have a contrast here. Some of those who are left behind are evil, they have ruled this earth for thousands of years and they aren't about to give it up without a fight. So they will become very treacherous. On the other hand there will be many people throughout the earth that heard of the Lord's greatness but now they see it with their eyes and so they will turn, repent and worship the Lord.

17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

What does Satan have left to get your worship than to threaten you with death if you don't. The mark of the beast, either you worship the beast or else you cannot buy or sell.

18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.

If you are left behind this is not the time to flee, it is the time to confess, repent and worship the Lord and preach the gospel.

19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

For the earth to be moved exceedingly, for it to be dissolved, this sounds like a massive earthquake like the one that takes place when the sixth seal is opened and the rapture takes place.

20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

This sounds like our rotation will be messed up. Twice in the Old Testament we see that either the length of the day was exceedingly long or the earth turned backwards on its axis of rotation causing the sundial to go backwards.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Again this sounds like the sixth seal where the high ones and kings are all hiding in the caves because the wrath of the lamb has come.

22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.

This sounds like they live in their bunkers for a couple of months before coming back to the surface.

23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Again, this is what is prophesied when it says a third of the stars are cast to the earth, but what exactly is going to happen? Who knows?