RAPTURES PART 2

CHASTE VIRGINS - FIRSTFRUITS OF RESURRECTION

144,000 WITNESSES


Psalm 119:105 - Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path, so I´ll let the Word speak...

 

Ezek 37:1-14 - a Resurrection, a Rapture - Sleep (Death) / given breath - spirit (Life)


37:1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.


Most believe the Rapture is when everyone goes to Heaven - - not so ? There are several Raptures and one is when the Elect are taken off the earth prior to the Great Tribulation for their Celebration as WE, I believe, will be Gathered from the 4 winds ? not from the earth.  We will already be off the earth and then operate as the Angels and will then Rule and Reign on earth for the 1000 years and live with Eternally with Christ forever.


Matt 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.  31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, *I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord.

 

 

Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

THE FIRSTFRUITS RESURRECTION

*This ALREADY happened - Jesus on the Cross

 

Matthew 27

50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. "WITNESSING TO OTHERS."

These are the FIRSTFRUITS of Jesus Christ.

COULD THEY BE THE 144,000 WITNESSES ?

UPON THE RESURRECTION, THEY WERE INCORRUPTIBLE - IMMORTAL - NO SIN - VIRGINS (2 COR 11:2 - PAUL MAY PRESENT US AS CHASTE VIRGINS) STANDING FOR PURITY - INCLUDING DAVID, ELISHA, 12 TRIBES & LEADERS, SERVANTS OF GOD, KINGS, SEERS, PRIESTS AND PROPHETS, BELIEVERS,  WHO DIED BEFORE CHRIST´S DEATH, INCLUDING THE 7000 FAITHFUL ONES THAT THE LORD SPOKE TO ELIJAH ABOUT.

 

1 KINGS 19:18

18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

MADE RIGHTEOUS THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB - THEY WERE RESURRECTED RIGHT AFTER CHRIST - THE FIRSTFRUITS REV 14:4 - FIRSTFRUITS REDEEMED FROM THE EARTH.


Matthew 20 -  JESUS DESCRIBES RESURRECTED SAINTS AS ANGELS

28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

 
1 Cor 15:20

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

2 COR 11:2

2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one Husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ

 

 

REVELATION 14:2-5

 2And I heard a voice from Heaven as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder, and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps.

    3And they sang, as it were, a new song before the throne and before the four living beings and the elders; and no man could learn that song, except the hundred and forty and four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

    4These are they that were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

    5And in their mouth was found no guile, for they are without fault before the throne of God.

The only way they could be without GUILE AND WITHOUT FAULT is through REDEMPTION OF THE BLOOD OF CHRIST - CLEANSED AFTER THE CROSS.

I believe that they are the Angels that revealed and WITNESSED to JOHN and are the ones that have given many of us the revelations that we have now perhaps through dreams, visions, open visions, audio voices, supernatural experiences, leading and directing us to TRUTH. Could it be that they have kept us alive and protected us from destruction in the midst of the valley of death.  They are the WITNESSES of the Love, Greatness, Judgments, Goodness and the Mercies of God.

After all, what did the Angel tell John in the book of Revelation...

Rev 19:9-10 - the Angel that was with John

 

9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. (a Rapture) And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

 

10 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.

 

 

NOTE:  This Angel obviously appeared before John died but after the Resurrection - He is telling John, "I am one of you, and I was resurrected and have the WITNESS of JESUS and I am as the Angels of Heaven that Jesus told you about". 

 

Rev 22:8-9

8 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.

 

9 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.