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I THESSALONIANS 6:1-3 But of the times and the
seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto
you. 1 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the
Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. ~ For when they
shall say, "Peace and safety;" then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child;
and they shall not escape.
Travail upon a woman is better translated as a
woman in labor. The "they" in verse three are those that
believe in the peace and safety of a false rapture doctrine.
"They shall not escape." Paul is teaching us to prepare
for the return of Christ by understanding the signs and
seasons. Let's tum to the Old Testament.
ZECHARIAH 2:6-7 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from
the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread
you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the
LORD. Z Deliver thyself, 0 Zion, that dwellest with the
daughter of Babylon.
Any time you read of the four winds of heaven you
should realize the Bible IS talking about the end times.
The four winds of heaven in Daniel 7 and Revelation
7 are what bring about the end of this dispensation.
Babylon is confusion. Does God say He is going to
deliver you out of confusion? No, Father said deliver
yourself out of confusion.
ZECHARIAH 2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts;
After the glory hath He sent me unto the nations which
spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple
.. of His eve.
God loves His children. As the conditions of this
world continue to decay, God is becoming very angry
at those that touch His children in a negative way.
ZECHARIAH 2:9-10 For, behold, I will shake
hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to
servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of
hath sent me. 1Q Sing and rejoice, 0 daughter of
for, 10, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of
saith the LORD.
Weare talking about the second advent. Christ will
return and dwell with us.
ZECHARIAH 2:11-12 And many nations shall be joined
to the LORD in that day, and shall be My People: and
I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know
that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 12 And
the LORD shall inherit Judah His portion in the holy
land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
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the millennium; however, there will
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ftre in Revelation 20. Note the word
Jerusalem and live there.
ZECHARIAH 2:13 Be silent, 0 all flesh, before the
LORD: for He is raised up out of His holy habitation.
Christ will rise out of His holy habitation and return
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ZECHARIAH 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high
priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan
standing at his right hand to resist him.
Joshua is the Hebrew name of Jesus. At this point
Satan is still in heaven standing at the right of Jesus and
resisting, or accusing, Him before God.
ZECHARIAH 3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, "The
LORD rebuke thee, 0 Satan, even the LORD That hath
chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked
out of the fire?"
God has a brand or seal, on the minds of some
people today. They are the elect which have donned the
gospel armour in preparation for the upcoming spiritual
war with Satan. They have indeed been plucked out of
the fire. Let's read more about this subject in Amos.
AMOS 4: 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a
firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not
returned unto Me, saith the LORD.
Many will not return to Him and will be deceived.
You must know the signs and seasons.
AMOS 4:12-13 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, 0
Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to
meet thy God, 0 Israel. 1li For, 10, He That formeth the
mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto
man what is his thought. That maketh the morning darkness,
and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The
Mine LORD, The God of hosts, is His name.
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hosts Prepare to meet thy God. Christ is returning soon. Has
Zion:
thee, God declared His thoughts to you? The Lord's thoughts
are declared to you in the Bible.
AMOS 6:1-3 Hear ye this word which I take up against
you, even a lamentation, 0 house of Israel. g The virgin
of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken
upon her land; there is none to raise her up. ~ For thus
saith the Lord GOD; 'The city that went out by a thou­
sand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth
by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.'
Will you be part of the tenth that remain patiently
waiting for the return of Christ? Or, are you ready to
fly on out of here to he deceived?
AMOS 5:4-5 For thus saith the LORD unto the house
of Israel, 'Seek ye Me, and ye shall live: Ii But seek
not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer­
sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth­
el shall come to nought.
Bethel is the house of God, or the churches in
today's denomina~ional systems. Father is telling us to
seek the truth from Him, not in the churches which, for
the most part, have come to nought.
AMOS 5:6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest He
break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour
it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
There will be many spiritually burned. There will he
no one in the play· churches able to put the fIre out.
AMOS 5:7-8 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and
leave off righteousness in the earth, §. Seek Him That
maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the
shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day
dark with night That calleth for the waters of the sea,
and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The
LORD is His name:
Seek the Lord and you will live. God is ready to
pluck those that seek Him from the fIre. Let's turn to
Ezekiel.
EZEKIEL 13:1-2 And the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying, l "Son of man, prophesy against the proph­
ets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that
prophesy out their own hearts, 'Hear ye the word of the
LORD;
Prophesy against those that prophesy their own words
rather than the Word of God. They are false prophets.
EZEKIEL 13:3-4 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto
the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and
have seen nothing! 4 0 Israel, thy prophets are like the
foxes in the deserts.
The foxes in the Song of Solomon are the Kenites.
How many today are teaching from a quarterly written
by a Kenite, rather than teaching from God's Word?
EZEKIEL 13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps,
neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to
stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
Prepare for the day of the Lord. If you have any
gaps of understanding you had hetter fill the gaps.
EZEKIEL 13:6-8 They have seen vanity and lying
divination, saying, 'The LORD saith:' and the LORD hath
not sent· them: and they have made others to hope that
they would confirm the word. I Have ye not seen a vain
vision, and have ye not spoken a 'Ying divination, whereas
ye say, 'The LORD saith it;' albeit I have not spoken?
!l Therefore thus salfh the Lord GOD; 'Because ye have
spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am
against you, saith the Lord GOD.
God is against preachers that foretell the future with
lies which they say the Lord spoke.
EZEKIEL 13:9 'And Mine hand shall be upon the
prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall
not be in the assembly of My People, neither shall they
be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither
shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall
know that I am the Lord GOD.
The writing of the house of Israel is the book of
life. The names of those that lie about God's truth will
not be written in the book of life. Let's go to verse 11.
EZEKIEL 13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face
against the daughters of thy People, which prophesy out
of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
What is this? God is talking about the daughters
which prophesy falsely. Margaret MacDonald had a private
revelation in 1830. This daughter's false prophecy hegan
the rapture theory.
EZEKIEL 13:18 And say, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and
make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of My People, and will
ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
God is asking the false prophets if they are capable
of providing salvation to the souls that listen to them.
Woe to the women that sew covers to hide the out­
stretched saving arms of Christ and make kerchiefs to
cover the eyes of those that might see.
EZEKIEL 13:19-20 And will ye pollute Me among My
People for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread,
to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the
souls alive that should not live, by your lying to My
People that hear your lies? 2Q Wherefore thus saith the
Lord GOD: 'Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith
ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will
tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go,
even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
There will he no rapture; however, if you helieve
the rapture theory, Satan might use this fact to deceive
you.
EZEKIEL 13:21-22 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and
deliver My People out of your hand, and they shall be
no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know
that I am the LORD. 22 Because with lies ye have made
the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made
sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he
should not return from his wicked way, by promising
him life:
The false prophets promise salvation cheaply. They
say, "All you have to do is believe and then wait to
he raptured out of here II. These are dangerous teachers,
friends.
EZEKIEL 13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity,
nor divine divinations: for I will deliver My People out
of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD."
Prepare to meet your God. Do you know the sea­
sons? If you read God's Word with understanding, you
do. He even told us ahout Margaret MacDonald in
Ezekiel 13: 11. Are you listening? The sands of time are
running.
Arnold Murray /