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The Day of the Lord and Hour of the Rapture – Randy Nettles - https://www.rev310.net/post/the-day-of-the-lord-and-hour-of-the-rapture
 
There is considerable debate among Bible teachers, students, scholars, and theologians in regard to the topic and timing of Matthew 24:36 and Mark 13:32, which are passages of scripture within the Olivet discourse between Jesus and his disciples about the end of the age. This debate has been going on for centuries, especially within the dispensationalist premillennial pre-tribulation camp, and revolves around one particular statement by Jesus that is found in two of the gospels: “But of that day and hour no man knows, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only” (Matthew 24:36). “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” (Mark 13:32). The question that causes so much debate is this:
 
Is the topic of these passages referring to the Second Advent of Christ or the coming of Christ at the pre-tribulation Rapture?  
 
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• 84%Pre-Tribulation Rapture Passage? - 32 votes
• 16%Second Coming Passage? -6 votes

 
There are well-known and respected Bible teachers and scholars on both sides of this controversial issue. John F. Walvoord, Jack Kelley, and Thomas Ice are a few learned men who believe these Olivet discourse verses are referring to the Second Coming. Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Dave Hunt, and Terry James are a few learned men who believe these verses are referring to the Rapture. Evidently, both sides cannot be right. That means some of these respected men of God are mistaken. This only proves one thing. Even the best Bible teachers can’t be right 100% of the time, especially when it comes to prophecies regarding eschatology.
 
Here are some links to the Second Advent view of Matthew 24:26 and Mark 13:32: understanding-matthew-24-25-e28093-john-walvoord.pdf (wordpress.com), Matthew 24 and the Pre-Trib Rapture :: By Jack Kelley - Rapture Ready, An Interpretation of Matthew 24—25 - Part XXXIII :: by Thomas Ice - Rapture Ready, and Matthew 24, Context in Detail: Explanation :: By Ron Ferguson - Rapture Ready.
 
Here are some links to the Rapture view of Matthew 24:26 and Mark 13:32: The Olivet Discourse by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum. (messianicassociation.org), Is the Rapture in the Olivet Discourse? Part 2 :: By Mondo Gonzales - Rapture Ready, Revelations of Paul & the Mystery of the Rapture :: By Randy Nettles - Rapture Ready, Jesus Was the First to Teach the Rapture | FaithWriters by Mark Becker, and
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9fc2tctdy25wtt2/DaveHuntOlivetDiscourse.mp3?dl=0  
 
Let’s dissect Jesus’ Olivet discourse one more time and then see where you stand on this issue. A little background information would help us understand the disciples’ frame of mind at this time. The Olivet discourse occurred a few days before Jesus’ last Passover. “Now it came to pass when Jesus had finished all these sayings, that He said to His disciples, “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified” (Matthew 26:1-2). This was the fourth time Jesus had told his disciples that he would be crucified. The other three times he had also told them he would be resurrected on the third day. By this time, they should have known what was to come.
 
THE THREE VERSIONS OF THE OLIVET DISCOURSE IN THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS
 
The disciples also knew Jesus was to establish his kingdom after His resurrection, but weren’t sure of the exact timing. So, you can imagine their shock at the news that the Temple would be destroyed. They just naturally assumed it would be in place for Jesus’ kingdom when He returned. “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down” (Matthew 24:2). Likewise we see the discussion regarding the destruction of the Temple mentioned in Mark 13:2 and Luke 21:6. For this article, we will mainly concentrate on Matthew’s account of the Olivet discourse.
 
In Matthew 24:3 the disciples asked Jesus three questions: When shall these things be (the destruction of the temple)? What shall be the sign of your coming (to set up His kingdom)? What shall be the sign of the end of the world? Evidently, they believed Jesus’ return would be concurrent with the end of the world.
 
The first question was regarding the timing of the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Jesus did not answer this question in Matthew or Mark but he did in Luke 21:20-24, although no date was given. In Matthew’s account, Jesus answered the disciples’ next two questions out of order. He answered the third question first. What shall be the sign of the end of the world? Jesus divided his answer into three parts. The first part, Matthew 24:4-8, is the pre-tribulation events known as the beginning of sorrows or birth pangs. The second part, Matthew 24:9-14, deals with the first half of the seven-year Tribulation. The third part, Mathew 15-28, describes the last half of the Tribulation. It is known as the Great Tribulation.
 
THE GREAT TRIBULATION
 
“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22).
 
The Great Tribulation (the last 3.5 years of the seven-year Tribulation) is recorded in Matthew 24:15-28 and Mark 13:14-23. It is not recorded in Luke. The start of the Great Tribulation is when the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet (Daniel 9:27, 12:11), is set up in the Jewish Temple. By Jesus’ statement regarding the abomination of desolation in the holy place within the temple, the disciples realized that a new Temple would be constructed sometime after the existing one is destroyed. Jesus informs the future Jews to flee to the mountains after the A.O.D. “for then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22).
 
After the end of the Tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken (Matthew 24:25, Mark 13:24, Luke 21:25-26). Then the survivors of the tribulation will see Jesus coming in the clouds with great power and glory. This is the Second Coming of Jesus to the earth. The sign of the Second Coming will be the Shechinah Glory light emanating from Jesus, breaking through the worldwide blackout.
 
The regathering of the Jewish saints (Messianic Jews) will occur at this time. “And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other” (Matthew 24:30-31, Mark 13:26-27, Luke 21:27-28). Following the Second Coming, the Messiah will send his angels all over the world to regather the surviving (one-third) remnant of “elect” Jews and bring them back into the Land. He will also send His mighty angels and gather the resurrected Old Testament saints that are in heaven and bring them into the land as well. This is the fulfillment of Isaiah 27:12-13. Luke 21: 28 offers words of hope to the saints of the tribulation, “Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads because your redemption draws near.”
 
THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE
 
The next comment in the Olivet discourse, which is included in all three synoptic gospels, is the parable of the fig tree. “When the fig tree’s branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away” (Matthew 24:32-35).
 
The fig tree is often figuratively used to represent Israel. In this parable, many scholars believe the budding fig tree represents the re-establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 or the repossession of Jerusalem in 1967. However, some believe it is only an illustration, such as Dr. Fruchtenbaum. “The real point of this passage is that the fig tree is being used literally as an illustration, not as a symbol for Israel. This is clearly seen in verse 29 of the Luke passage, which reads Behold the fig tree, and all the trees. If the fig tree represents Israel, what, then, do all the other trees represent? If they refer to other nations, and since a number of nations have risen – and keep rising – since 1948, then when would the forty-year (or 70, 80, 100-year) generational countdown really begin? Neither the fig tree nor the other trees are used symbolically to refer to any nation or nations; rather, they are being used literally as an illustration.
 
The point of the illustration is this: When the fig tree and all the other trees begin to blossom, it is a sure sign that summer is on its way because blossoming occurs in the spring. Then, in the application of the illustration, Jesus said, Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Just as a blossoming fig tree means that summer is on its way, in the same way, when these events that Yeshua spoke about occur, then they can know that His return is near.
 
But what is it that signals the soon return of the Lord? It is not the re-establishment of Israel in 1948, because Jesus never mentioned that event in this passage. Rather, the event that He was speaking of was the Abomination of Desolation in the newly rebuilt temple in Jerusalem. When the Abomination of Desolation occurs, it will signal the soon return of the Messiah, namely only 3 1/2 years later.
 
The point of Matthew 24:34 is not that the generation that sees the re-establishment of the Jewish State will still be here at the Second Coming, but rather, the Jewish generation that sees the Abomination of Desolation will still be here at the Second Coming. Verse 34 is intended to be a word of comfort in light of the worldwide attempt at Jewish destruction. It must be kept in mind that the Abomination of Desolation signals Satan’s and the Antichrist’s final attempt to exterminate the Jews. The fact that the Jewish generation will still be here when the Second Coming of the Messiah occurs shows that Satan’s attempt toward Jewish destruction will fail, and the Jewish saints of the second half of the Tribulation can receive comfort from these words.” {1}
 
JESUS IS NEAR, EVEN AT THE DOOR
 
It’s interesting that Matthew 24:33 can read, “In the same way, when you see all these things, you know that He is near, at the door,” in many English translations. To me, this one-word change (from ‘it’ to ‘he’) changes the context of this verse, especially when it’s used with the door. Jesus said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:9). ”Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20).
 
“After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” Most scholars believe these verses are Rapture related.
 
I believe the parable of the fig tree is a divider between the two comings (parousia) of Christ at the end of the age. The fig tree parable divides the preceding Second Coming verses (Matthew 24:27-31) from the following Rapture verses (Matthew 24:36-51). Just as Jesus answered the disciple’s questions out of order, so did he describe the two comings of Christ out of chronological order.
 
BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR NO ONE KNOWS
 
After the parable of the fig tree comes this statement from Jesus. “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only” (Matthew 24:36). Within premillennial and pretribulation circles, the majority view today is that this passage is speaking of the Second Coming rather than the Rapture. The main reason is that Jesus has been speaking about the Second Coming and since this passage follows that discussion then, logically, it would mean that He is speaking of the same thing.
 
However as Dr. Fruchtenbaum observes in his book, The Footsteps of the Messiah, “Matthew 24:36 begins with the word ”But,” which in Greek is peri de. The peri de construction in Greek is a contrastive introduction of a new subject; hence, it is often translated as: But concerning (I Cor. 7:1; 8:1; 12:1; 16:1; I Thes. 5:1). The use of this construction points to the introduction of a new subject. So, yes, He has been discussing the Second Coming until this point. However, the peri de means that He is now introducing a new subject, and that is the Rapture. As to the question of when the Rapture will occur, the answer is simple: no one knows. This is not true of the Second Coming of the Messiah, which will someday be a datable event; it will occur exactly seven years after the signing of the seven-year covenant and 3 1/2 years – 42 months or 1,260 days – after the Abomination of Desolation.” {2}
 
DISSECTING MATTHEW 24:36-51
 
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch, therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Matthew 24:36-51).
 
I believe the “day” in verse 36 is referring to the day of the Lord, otherwise known as Jacob’s Trouble, the Tribulation, Daniel’s 70th seven, and other terms. The exact phrase, “day of the Lord’ is used 28 times in the Old Testament and five times in the New Testament. In the Old Testament, this terminology is always referred to as a time of judgment and punishment by God against ungodly sinners who worship false gods. The day of the Lord can refer to the actual day (24 hours) of the Second Coming or the entire 7 years of the Tribulation. Thus far, the “day of the Lord” is what Jesus has been talking about in his Olivet discourse.
 
There has been no mention of a Rapture (harpazo – caught up) up to this point. Can you imagine the poor disciples trying to grasp the concept of a future group of dead and still-living “saints” (believers) being caught up into the sky and transported to heaven (they didn’t even know about heaven at this point, only Paradise/Abraham’s Bosom) before the remaining seven years of Daniel’s 70th seven began?
 
Did the disciples even realize that Jesus’ death came at the 69th “seven” of Daniel’s 70 sevens prophecy? They could barely understand that Jesus was going to be killed and then resurrected back to life. They didn’t even fully understand His coming again to set up His millennial kingdom or the timing of such. How could Jesus add to their confusion by revealing the mystery of the Rapture at this time? However, that doesn’t mean he didn’t mention it to them for future remembrance, as we will see.
 
What many Christians don’t understand is that the “day of the Lord” starts with the Rapture of the Church. It isn’t just the seven-year Tribulation. It also encompasses Jesus’ coming in the sky at the Rapture and Jesus’ Second Coming to the earth before His millennial kingdom begins. These are the two bookends of the day of the Lord. Whether this duration is for seven or ten years (as one example), we don’t know.
 
The long-time president of Dallas Theological Seminary and one of the most prominent evangelical scholars and biblical prophecy experts of his generation, John F. Walvoord, had this to say on the subject: “How does the Coming of Christ for his church relate itself to the Day of the Lord which precedes the second coming of Christ by a number of years? This Day of the Lord will come suddenly and unexpectedly. What is the point? The point is that just as the translation (rapture) of the church is the end of the day of grace, it also marks the beginning of the Day of the Lord. In other words, the one event seems to do two things: it serves as the closing of one day and the beginning of the other.” {3}
 
THE TYPOLOGY OF THE DAY AND HOUR
 
The words “hour” and “day” in the Bible can be used literally, as “60 minutes” and “24 hours,” but sometimes they are used figuratively as an indeterminant duration of time. For example, a day can refer to a year and an hour usually refers to a short period of time. An “hour” is even used once for the Tribulation in Revelation 3:10, “ Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” Likewise, there are three instances in the New Testament where the words “the day of the Lord Jesus” are used in reference to the Rapture: 1 Corinthians 1:6-8, 1 Corinthians 5:4-5, and 2 Corinthians 1:13-14.
 
Here is an example of the word “day” used typologically (in conjunction with Mr. Walvoord’s statement above). Day 1 is the age of Grace. It started with the giving of the Holy Spirit to Jesus’ disciples at Pentecost (the start of the Church) and will end with the Rapture of the saints (the end of the Church). Day 2 is the Day of the Lord. It will start with the Rapture and will end with the Second Coming of Jesus to the earth. Day 3 consists of the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords over all the nations of the earth.
 
This Old Testament passage in Hosea could be a prophecy referring to this “three-day” typology. “Come, and let us return unto the Lord; for he has torn, and he will heal us, he has smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth” (Hosea 6:1-3).
 
In Matthew 24:36 and Mark 13:32, I believe the “day” is a typology for the longer period of time, namely the seven-year Tribulation (cumulating with the Second Coming). The hour is a typology for the shorter period of time, namely the Rapture. Just as the (first) hour is the first part of a 24-hour day, so is the Rapture the first part of the day of the Lord. You could extend this typology further by assigning each “hour” of the 24 hours in a “day” an end-time event. The Rapture is the first hour, the time gap between the Rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation is the 2nd hour, the 21 judgments of God (the seal, trumpet, and bowl judgments) would be the 3rd through the 23rd hours, and the 24th hour would be the time between the last bowl judgment and the short period of time before Jesus begins His millennial kingdom (possibly 30 – 75 days per Daniel 12:11-12).
 
With this concept of the Rapture in view, let’s now review the remaining passages in Matthew 24. In verses 37-39, the flood is definitely a typology of the Tribulation. ”But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” The flood came and took all the God-rejecting unbelievers away. In other words, the flood killed them. The flood was the result of the wrath of God, the Antediluvian’s Tribulation.
 
The ark represents Jesus and the rapture of the saints, for it snatches (harpazo) Noah and his family away from the jaws of death. Once Noah’s family (which represents God’s church family) entered the ark they were saved before the tribulation of the great flood came. Although the world was extremely wicked, the antediluvians were still going about their lives in a normal manner, doing the basics such as eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage until the flood took them away. It appears that Jesus is placing his emphasis on how normal it was before the flood instead of how evil it was. You have to ask yourself, “why?” 
 
If Matthew 24:38-39 would have said, “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days of the flood, the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually; and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be,” then I would agree this coming of Christ would be the Second Advent and not the Rapture. Notice there is no mention of Noah’s ark in this scenario (which is a typology of the Rapture), only the continuous evil of the times, which is comparable to the days before the Second Coming.
 
Before the Rapture and subsequent Tribulation (the two end-time comings of Christ), life is basically normal with people eating, drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage. Although people will still be doing these daily activities before the Second Coming, life will be far from normal. They will just be trying to survive. The unbelieving sinners of Noah’s day did not believe the flood was coming, although they had been warned. They chose not to board the ark. Likewise, the unbelieving sinners who live before the coming of the Son of Man will choose not to accept Jesus as Christ and will miss the Rapture. “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation” (2 Peter 3:4).
 
Matthew 24:40-41 and Luke 17:34-36 accurately describe the “left behind” scenes occurring all over the world at the Rapture. Now, look at Matthew 24:42. “Watch, therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.” Why do you suppose Jesus said “hour” instead of “day” or even “day and hour” as he did before? I really don’t think he is talking about an hour in a 24-hour day. He is referring to the symbolic hour of the Rapture, which will occur before the seven-year Tribulation.
 
THE HOUR OF THE THIEF IN THE NIGHT
 
The next words of Jesus are: “But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into” (Matthew 24:43). What is Jesus talking about here? He is comparing the Rapture to a thief in the night. This same terminology is used again by Paul in 1 Thessalonians. “But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape” (1 Thessalonians 5:1-3). The first part of the day of the Lord is the hour of the Rapture. It will come unexpectantly like a thief in the night.
 
Is it a coincidence that 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3, regarding the day of the Lord, immediately follows the chapter in 1 Thessalonians 4, which is one of the two main passages describing the Rapture of the Church? “For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And we shall always be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17). So, there you have the sequence of end-time events. First, the Rapture in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 and then the Tribulation in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3.
 
The next verse in Matthew’s version of the Olivet Discourse is: “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect” (Matthew 24:44). There is that word “hour” again…Jesus coming at an hour that you do not expect is the Rapture, not the Second Coming. Whereas the Rapture’s date is unknowable, the Second Coming of the Messiah will someday be a datable event; it will occur exactly seven years after the signing of the seven-year covenant and 3 1/2 years – 42 months or 1,260 days – after the Abomination of Desolation.
 
WATCH AND BE READY
 
Here is how Dr. Fruchtenbaum describes Jesus’ exhortation to “watch and to be ready:” “There is also the supplication in Matthew 24:43-44, Mark 13:35, and Luke 21:34-36 to watch for the purpose of escaping the Tribulation. Throughout the Olivet Discourse, to watch means, “to be ready.” Watching is the equivalent of readiness, and readiness is equivalent to salvation. So the means of escaping the Tribulation is by means of salvation. Only those who accept the Messiah before the Rapture of the Church can be ready and watching.
 
Luke gives two reasons for watching: first, so that believers may escape all these things that shall come to pass during the Tribulation. What Luke states in verse 35 should not be missed. He points out that the Tribulation will come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth. In other words, no one living on the earth can escape the effects of the Tribulation. It will fall upon all earth-dwellers. In verse 36, Luke also states there is a possibility to escape all these things that shall come to pass. This possibility is not if one is on the earth. Hence, to escape all these things, one must be off the earth. The second reason for watching is so that the believer might stand before the Son of Man in Heaven. This will be the result of the Rapture: we stand before the Son of Man and by standing before Him, we escape all these things. Both of these things can only be accomplished by the Rapture, and that is why to watch is to be saved.” {4}
 
THE PARABLE OF THE FAITHFUL SERVANT AND THE EVIL SERVANT
 
Now, let’s look at the closing passage of Matthew’s version of the Olivet Discourse with the hour of the Rapture in mind. This is a parable called the faithful servant and the evil servant. “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming (Rapture), and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour (Rapture) that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 24:45-51). [this authors emphasis and text in parenthesis added]
 
Of course, this same “hour” is also mentioned in the other synoptic gospels as well, specifically Mark 13:32 and Luke 12:39,40,46. It is also found in the Book of John. “The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation” (John 5:25-29).
 
The first part of verse 25, “the hour is coming,” refers to the future resurrection at the Rapture. The second part of verse 25, “and now is,” refers to the time after the crucifixion, when Jesus and many saints were brought back to life. They became the first fruits of the dead in Christ to be resurrected (Matthew 27:52-53). It’s interesting that Jesus used the word “hour” instead of “day” in this passage of scripture. The next hour mentioned in verse 28 encompasses all of the different resurrections that will occur. They include those who have done good: Jesus and the first fruits, the Church at the Rapture, Old Testament saints, and Tribulation martyrs. This hour is also referring to the resurrection of the unbelievers, those who have done evil, that occurs after the Millennium, at the great white throne judgment.
 
JESUS’ DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DISCIPLES REGARDING THE RAPTURE
 
Even though the Lord never gave a clear teaching on the Rapture of the Church, he did mention it briefly outside the Olivet discourse a few times in the gospels. “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 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” (Luke 21:3-35). These are clear hints that the Church will be delivered from the end-times judgment by the pre-tribulation Rapture. The only time we will be worthy to stand before the Son of Man in His glorified state is at the Rapture when we are in our new glorified bodies that resemble His.
 
The clearest hint or mention of the Rapture is found in the gospel book of John. I believe the very first mention of the Rapture is in John, chapter 11. “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die” (John 11:25-26). This is a tremendous statement that I am certain the disciples didn’t fully understand. It is describing the two stages of the Rapture. “Though he may die, he shall live” is describing the dead in Christ being raised from the dead to everlasting life. “Whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die” is describing those believers who are alive at the time of the Rapture. They/we will never die but will be raised to glory in Christ Jesus. We are part of the first fruits of the LORD.
 
The next mention of the Rapture is found in John 14, “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:1-3). This is not a Second Coming passage but a Rapture passage. Jesus is saying if you believe in Him, He will come one day and receive you/us unto Himself and take you/us to His home in heaven. Once again, I am certain the disciples didn’t fully understand Jesus’ words.
 
Although Jesus referred to the Rapture in several of the gospels, he didn’t expound upon it or teach his disciples fully about it. The apostles were both emotionally and theologically unprepared to receive this revelation at this time. It would be left up to Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles to give a clear and detailed teaching of the Rapture. However, the disciples would eventually remember the words of Jesus, including his teachings on the Mount of Olives.
 
“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe” (John 14:25-29).
 
“Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures” (Luke 24:44-45).
 
The Jews have always required a sign before they would believe (1 Corinthians 1:22). Jesus’ disciples were no different. The disciples wanted to know what would be the sign of Jesus’ coming back to the earth to set up His kingdom. What supernatural sign from God would be greater than the Rapture of the Church (consisting of both Gentiles and Jews)? How’s that for a sign? If millions of people from around the world disappear all of a sudden (in the blinking of an eye) on a particular day and hour, minute, and second; and you are not one of them, you had better come to the conclusion that this is a supernatural sign from God. He wants those left behind (both Jews and Gentiles) to know that the end is near and Jesus is coming again, just as the Bible says. This time He will not come for salvation, but for judgment.
 
“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” (Luke 21:36).
 
Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus!
 
Randy Nettles
 
[email protected]
 
 
Endnotes:
 
{1} The Olivet Discourse by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum. (messianicassociation.org)
 
{2} Ibid
 
{3} Every Prophecy of the Bible by John F. Walvoord
 
{4} The Olivet Discourse by Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum. (messianicassociation.org) 

 


 
The one-world beast system is roaring into reality, but is anyone listening? – Leo Hohmann - https://leohohmann.com/2023/03/27/the-one-world-beast-system-is-roaring-into-reality-but-is-anyone-listening/#more-13254
 
JP Morgan becomes the latest to roll out invasive point-of-sale biometric payment plan, following Visa, MasterCard and Amazon
 
While Americans get increasingly hypnotized by 2024 election coverage, where all they’re hearing about is the theatrics surrounding Donald Trump, the globalists and technocrats are moving rapidly to install a new global economic order that will outmaneuver the political system and enslave humanity.
 
Trump is the perfect polarizing figure to distract Americans at this key moment in history. Keep your gaze on him and you’re guaranteed to miss the bigger picture.
 
This has to do with the fast-approaching beast system, which is marching us toward World War III and economic slavery through cashless payment systems, 24/7 biometric surveillance and even death. Yes, World War III and mRNA injections will provide the global culling of human populations that Bill Gates, Henry Kissinger, the Rockefellers and other powerful interests have been advocating for decades.
 
With that background, let’s get to the main point of this article: Cashless electronic payment systems that feed on your personal biometric data.
 
Last week we learned that the restaurant chain Panera Bread is rolling out a new biometric payment option offered by Amazon where customers have their palms scanned with no cash or credit cards necessary.
 
Now JP Morgan has announced it’s also rolling out a new biometric payment system with plans to make it available to all the retail businesses it deals with.
 
The Wine Press reports:
 
“After a month of banking turmoil around the world, the American megabank JP Morgan announced earlier this week the launch of a pilot program for a new facial recognition payment platform, which they plan to franchise to other banks and businesses to use. Other credit card companies have introduced similar type of payment systems, such as VISA’s contactless payment and facial recognition system for last year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar, or Mastercard’s ‘Smile to Pay‘ feature.”
 
On its website, Visa invites us to learn “how to tap to pay” with its contactless payment systems. Apple has offered biometric log-ins for its cellphones for several years and now you can just point your phone or your AppleWatch to some of these systems and, bingo, you’re ready to check out. You can see on its website the long list of retail participants in Visa’s contactless system, including McDonalds, Aldi, Costco, CVS Pharmacy, 7-Eleven, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, OfficeMax, Whole Foods, etc.
 
Visa explains its system as follows:
 
“Contactless payments are transactions made by tapping either a contactless card or payment-enabled mobile or wearable device over a contactless-enabled payment terminal. Cards, phones, watches, and other devices use the same contactless technology. When you tap to pay, checkout is secure and convenient.”
 
Every time corporate America rolls out a new technological advancement, the selling point is always the same. It’s always more safe, secure and convenient.
 
JP Morgan expounded on its new contactless payment system in a March 23 press release:
 
“J.P. Morgan will begin piloting biometrics-based payments with select retailers in the U.S. This is the first pilot solution to launch from J.P. Morgan Payments’ new Commerce Solutions suite of products, dedicated to helping merchants adapt to the rapidly evolving payments landscape.
 
“Its biometrics-based payment pilot includes palm and face identification for payments authentication in-store and works on an enroll-capture-authenticate-pay basis. Global biometric payments are expected to reach $5.8T and 3B users by 2026, according to Goode Intelligence.
 
“J.P. Morgan Payments’ biometrics pilot offering should allow for fast, secure and simple checkout experiences for its merchants’ customers, delivering a modern payments experience to enhance customer loyalty. As the leading global merchant acquirer, J.P. Morgan Payments is uniquely positioned to enable this solution to meet shopper expectations without compromising security and reliability.“
 
Jean-Marc Thienpont, head of Omnichannel Solutions for J.P. Morgan Payments stated:
 
“At its heart, biometrics-based payments empowers our merchant clients to deliver a better customer payment experience. We are a trusted payments provider and financial institution worldwide, and fully equipped to manage the highly secure identification points that power biometrics solutions. The evolution of consumer technology has created new expectations for shoppers, and merchants need to be ready to adapt to these new expectations.”
 
Ah yes, you can read between the lines of that statement and hear what he’s really saying: Get ready to adapt, you peasants, because the cashless society is here whether you like it or not!
 
JP Morgan will run its first pilot programs with brick-and-mortar stores in the U.S., and potentially including the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, which is planning to be the first Formula 1 race to pilot biometrics-based payments to provide guests with a faster checkout experience.
 
If the pilot program is successful, then a wider rollout will be launched for U.S. merchant clients in 2024, JP Morgan said.
 
Beware of these “contactless” payment systems.
 
The globalists not only want to remove the cash from your wallet, they also want to remove the credit cards, debit cards and eventually even your cellphone from your pocket.
 
As WEF advisor Yuval Noah Harari has already warned us, the next stage in the global technocracy movement is for 24/7 surveillance tools to go “under the skin.”
 
I’m old enough to remember when debit cards were controversial and now we’re scanning people’s body parts as a mode of payment. This is just part of the long-planned, incremental evolution toward the full-on cashless society that “conspiracy theorists” have been warning about since at least the 1980s. They were not wrong; they were just ahead of their time.
 
The way to defeat this beast, or at least slow it down, is not politically through human messiah figures, but personally through our own human agency. We must resolve to never comply with these systems.
 
Do you hear any political candidate talking about the dark side of digital? Do you hear any of them talking about the privacy-destroying smart city technology that is being installed in cities worldwide? Do you hear any discussing the dangers of digital vaccine passports, which were endorsed by the G20 nations at the end of last year? No, I don’t either. And that includes Trump.
 
We will never vote our way out of this system, not by electing Trump or DeSantis or anyone else. We already tried that messiah thing, remember? Voting is good but voting only represents a very small portion of our civic duty and we must not let ourselves be consumed by the theater that surrounds the elections process, especially presidential elections.
 
Instead, I would posit that we must, as individuals, decide now whose kingdom we wish to be a part of. We can stay inside the worldly beast system, enjoying its temporary safety, security and conveniences, only to pay the piper later by going down with this corrupt system when it meets its inevitable demise. Or, we can opt out of the system — a decision that will at some point invite the wrath of the world system, which is operated by Luciferian globalist predators.
 
These predators cannot accept that some people just want to be left alone, living free and independent of their transhumanist technologies and dehumanizing pharmaceutical products. By making our stand against these global predators now, we send them a message that they won’t rule over us, they won’t subjugate us, at least not by enticing us to willingly walk into our own captivity. Just say no to biometric payments, digital payment apps, electric cars, wearable tech, smart cities, mRNA injections, lab-grown meat and all the rest of the deceitful illusions that make up the matrix. 

 


 
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Nearing Midnight: The Biggest Bank Bailout in History – Todd Strandberg - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/
 
Over the past few weeks, several large banks have failed or needed emergency loans to survive. The press and the Biden administration have done everything possible to avoid explaining what has caused the collapse. They have given the impression this the losses were generated by pure panic that fed on itself. If depositors had just trusted the government to fix things, all would be well.
 
The banking system is not sound. Most banks sit on losses that amount to at least $1 trillion. In trying to fight inflation, the Federal Reserve began increasing rates last March in what has become the sharpest rise in interest rates in banking history. As rates go up, the value of bonds goes down. A 10-year government bond that was worth $140 a year ago is now valued at $100.
 
The bank that has been given the most media coverage is Silicon Valley Bank. At its peak, SVB’s stock sold for $597.16 per share, with a market cap of $40 billion. When it was taken into receivership, the whole bank was sold for a single dollar. As it became clear that SVB was in trouble, people began withdrawing their money, forcing the bank to sell its bond portfolio at a huge loss. Within just a couple of days, the whole bank reached a negative value.
 
The management of SVB is blamed for not using proper risk management. The bank didn’t have insurance to protect itself against rapidly rising rates. When you have bonds trading at around 1%, it would be very expensive to find someone to bet that rates will remain low for several years. If SVB could buy insurance, it would be immediately applied against the bank’s balance sheet, hurting earnings.
 
What makes it dangerous to have your money in a bank is that they are not required to use mark-to-market accounting. This is a method of measuring the fair value of accounts that can fluctuate over time, such as assets and liabilities. Mark-to-market aims to provide a realistic appraisal of an institution’s or company’s current financial situation based on current market conditions.
 
A very important date is 12 Mar 2023. After taxpayers funded the bailout of the big banks in the Great Financial crisis, regulators said that any future rescues of banks would be done by bail-ins. The bank would be sold, money raised would cover the debts, and any money left over would go to depositors. People with $250,000 would be covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and get all their funds back. When the feds realized that as many as 500 tech firms could wipe out by this plan, regulators decided to go back to a full bailout. On that Sunday night, the taxpayers picked up $14 trillion in new obligations.
 
A complete bailout of all depositors creates a huge moral risk. The banks are being paid the full value of their bonds. If they lost billions on bad trades, the fed will make them whole. If Uncle Sam is going to make up any loss, the bank should just move its operations to Las Vegas.
 
JP Morgan strategist Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou believes that the Fed may inject $2 trillion of funds into the U.S. banking system to ease the liquidity crunch. These injection numbers are always low. It could easily balloon to $20 trillion when even foreign banks come for a handout.
 
The most troublesome thing about this crisis is how fast it has occurred. When Bear Stearn went bankrupt in Mar 2008, the next shoe to drop in the Great Financial Crisis didn’t occur until 5 months later. This time around, the first to go down was Silvergate; a week later, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed; Signature Bank was a couple of days later; 72 hours later, Credit Suisse Group needed a $50 billion loan; and as I’m writing, 11 big U.S. banks swooped in to rescue First Republic Bank with a flood of cash totaling $30 billion.
 
You can’t have a true banking crisis without the Treasury Secretary assuring us that all is well. I think Janet Yellen got the job done: “I can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system remains sound and that Americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them,” she said. “This week’s action demonstrates our resolute commitment to ensure that depositors’ savings remain safe.”
 
Fed chief Jerome Powell clearly has no idea of what he is doing. Two weeks before the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, he warned Congress that more rate increases were needed to get Inflation under control. Once SVB imploded, he instantly abandoned the belt-tightening and poured $2 trillion in more funds into the banking system. The Fed’s balance sheet has already gone up by $300 billion, which wipes out 8 months of quantitative tightening.
 
I’ve frequently pointed out that the hand of God is the only reason why the economy holds together. Since 2008, we’ve had around a dozen events that could cause a 1929-style crash, so it’s a divine miracle that we’ve survived each crisis. The people running the show become more corrupt with each passing 

 


 
A Nation At A Crossroads: The Nashville Christian School Shooting Is A Commentary On The Soul Of America – By Jack Hibbs - https://harbingersdaily.com/a-nation-at-a-crossroads-the-nashville-christian-school-shooting-is-a-commentary-on-the-soul-of-america/
 
Was the act of insanity in Nashville an act of random murder or a targeted act against Christians?
 
The answer to that question is yet to be known regarding the Nashville Christian School shooting victims.
 
But this we know: it should be evident to all who are keeping a finger on the pulse of our nation that we have come to a crossroads that will most likely determine the destiny of the United States.
 
The horrific and senseless attack in Nashville, Tennessee, is a commentary on the soul of America, and it is clear that America’s soul is sin-sick.
 
Here’s why: the Gospel has been rejected by our government, the Word of God has been rejected by “woke” pastors and churches, and our nation has loosed itself from the moorings of God and His truth. The Bible tells us that God’s grace is what protects us and sustains us, and without His protection, we have no safety whatsoever. God has warned us that if we push Him away, we leave ourselves unprotected and vulnerable to the evils of the human heart and man’s fallen nature. The only answer to what’s happening in our nation is not more laws, and certainly not more gun control because laws cannot change the human heart. Only Jesus Christ can do that.
 
This is why I am inviting all of you to please join us ONLINE OR IN PERSON for a time of national prayer for the victims, the families, and the community of Nashville, Tennessee.
 
It’s not too late. Not yet. The Lord is waiting to hear from us.
 
Our nation has certainly lost its way, and we may be lost as a nation, even as our enemies are at the gates. However, as a people of faith, we can choose to turn back to our nation’s beginnings and to Him who is mighty to save.
 
As a people, we must receive the conviction of sin and offer to God a heart of repentance so that we might turn to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
 
If we do not turn to Him, we will see more of what we’re watching today and even worse.
 
Jesus said that His Father’s house should be called “a house of prayer” (Matthew 21:13) and praying is exactly what we must do now in this hour of tragedy.
 
By God’s grace and invitation, we can stop this. Together as a people, let us rend our hearts, asking God to forgive us of our sins and pray that God would forgive the grievous sins of our nation. It is now incumbent upon me to ask you to consider joining us LIVE Wednesday evening, March 29th, at 7:00 pm Pacific time as we dedicate our service to praying for our nation and seeking God for His mercy.

 


 
Daily Jot: Stupidocrisy: Using God to justify child mutilation - Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com
 
There are a lot of bad things going on in this world. It is difficult to even fathom mankind’s cruelty to each other. The trend toward everything transgender in the United States is among the cruelest. To think that politicians would advocate for and even legalize the sexual mutilation of minor children is beyond good reason and decency. The LGBTQ+ community that has infiltrated America’s schools and is allowed unfettered influence in causing minor children to first think about their sexuality and then question it to the point of wanting to change their sex is a horrible sin. Even more so are the wrong-minded politicians that legalize such horrors. And it is even worse when they invoke God to justify these terrors.
 
The Kentucky State Senate is comprised of 30 Republicans and 7 Democrats. The Kentucky State House is comprised of 80 Republicans and 20 Democrats. Both houses passed a bill along party lines to require schools to not allow students to a use restrooms, locker rooms, shower rooms that are reserved for students of a different biological sex; must provide parental notification and consent of any curriculum teaching human sexuality; prohibits such instruction in grade 5 or below; prohibits schools from providing medical or mental health services without parental consent; forbids health care providers from administrating puberty blockers to or altering the appearance of the sex of a minor. Kentucky’s Democratic governor Andy Beshear vetoed the bill. The legislature may exercise its right to override the veto by March 30.
 
Beshear said in his veto statement that the bill “rips away the freedom of parents to make medical decisions for their children,” “turns educators and administrators into investigators that must listen in on student conversations and then knock on doors to confront and question parents and families about how students behave and/or refer to themselves or others,” and “my faith teaches me that all children are children of God and Senate Bill 150 will endanger the children of Kentucky.” He also cited that 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered suicide in the past year and 20% of transgender youth attempted suicide. This alone should show that the unnatural and teaching the unnatural is a danger to minor children, but the worldly mindset is to enable this destructive behavior as a showing of empathy to underaged children.
 
Beshear’s bio says he is a deacon in his church. Then he should know the words of Christ in Matthew 19:4, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,” and the Genesis 5:2 account of God making them male and female, indicating there are only two sexes. People teaching and encouraging minor children to question God’s creation and change their sex no doubt causes confusion of a suicidal nature. Governor Beshear is only trying to twist God’s word into something it is not. Schools are routinely encouraged to report suspected child abuse to local authorities, but in Beshear’s mind, schools should be discouraged from reporting sexual predation and mutilation by LGBTQ+ groomers. Many politicians like Beshear attempt to blame God for their actions. This is worse than, say it with me…Stupidocrisy.
 
Sources:
 
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb150/bill.pdf
 
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23rs/sb150/veto.pdf

 


 
Daily Devotion: He Came to Free Us - by Greg Laurie – www.harvest.org
 
The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free. —Luke 4:18
 
https://harvest.org/resources/devotion/he-came-to-free-us/ - Listen
 
No doctor can heal a broken heart. He or she may be able to do other things for your heart, but a doctor can’t get to the source of your emotional problem. Only Jesus can heal a heart that has been broken.
 
Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free” (Luke 4:18 NLT).
 
Here are Jesus’ words in Luke 4:18 in the New King James Version: “He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted.” Jesus came to heal brokenhearted people. Maybe your heart breaks from the loss of a loved one, the loss of a relationship, or perhaps constant failures. Maybe your family has let you down and it seems like no one cares. Let Jesus Christ heal your broken heart.
 
He came to “proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free.” Are you crushed by life? Jesus can bring deliverance, but you need to want it. He came to free us—if we will go to Him, ask Him to forgive our sin, turn from it, and begin to follow Him.
 
If you have never done that, then why don’t you do it today?
 
The same Jesus who walked this earth and experienced the limitations of humanity loves you. The same Jesus who died on the cross, took the sin of the world upon Himself, and rose from the dead wants to forgive your sin.
 
Now is the time to take God’s lifeline. The Bible tells us, “There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12 NLT). Now is the time to find God’s forgiveness and His plan for your life. 

 


 
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• Franklin Graham Issues Powerful Statement After Christian School Massacre: 'The Evil Certainly Wasn't in the Weapon, But It Was in the Heart'
• Star Musician Cancels Her Nashville Concert and Replaces It with a Prayer Vigil in Wake of Covenant School Shooting
• FBI's former top profiler warns of potential for 'contagious' copycat crimes in Nashville after school shooting
• Radical group's 'Trans Day of Vengeance' moves forward in wake of Nashville school shooting
• Twitter Restricts Marjorie Taylor Greene's Account After She Shares Info About 'Trans Day of Vengeance'
• Mother of "Transgender" Nashville School Shooter Was Gun Control Activist - Shared Petition to Keep Guns Out of Schools
• Police chief tells NBC News a sense of 'resentment' may have fueled Nashville shooter's attack at former school
• Transgender School Shooter's Final Messages Released: 'I'm Planning to Die Today... You'll Probably Hear About Me on the News'
• Transgender School Shooter Had Plans For Other Targets, Including Her Family Who Did Not Accept Her Lifestyle Choice
• Nashville school shooter legally bought 7 firearms from 5 stores, police chief says
• Covenant School shooter was under care for emotional disorder and hid guns at home, police say
• Trans Movement, Media Provide Deranged Responses to Shooting at Christian School
• Disney's 'Frozen' Star Josh Gad Blames Transgender Mass Shooter on Republicans
• Tom Cotton: Blaming GOP for 'Transgender Killer' Doesn't Get Much Lower
• Dinesh D'Souza: Blaming the victims! Trans activists slam 'radical religious schools' in response to Nashville mass shooting
• Media Outlets Apologize for Correctly Identifying Transgender Shooter as a Woman
• Ramaswamy Calls for Gender Dysphoria to Be Treated as Mental Illness
• Nashville Tragedy Shows Why It Isn't Compassionate To Fuel Mental Illness
• Pendulum Politics - Did Transgender Tennessee Murderer Mark the End of the Transgender Euphoria?
• Nolte: Four Transsexual Mass Shooters in Less than Five Years
• Study: 'Transgender' Youth at Highest Risk for Violent Radicalization
• "Trans Rights Or Else" - Trans Advocate Posts Selfie Wearing Sweatshirt With Guns and a Shocking Threat
• Katie Hobbs' press sec posts threat of violence against 'transphobes' on Twitter
• ESPN 'Celebrates' Women By Denying Their Existence
• Former NCAA Swimmer Riley Gaines Responds to ESPN Celebrating Biological Male for Women's History Month "If I was a Woman Working at ESPN I Would Walk Out"
• Swimmer Riley Gaines: Protecting Women's Sports from Transgender Radicals is 'Spiritual Warfare'
• Tucker Carlson: "The Trans Community Is the Mirror Image of Christianity and Therefore, Its Enemy - Trans Ideology Claims Dominion Over Nature Itself"
• Drag Queen Performs Lap Dance on Student at North Carolina Technical College Pride Event with High Schoolers
• Victoria Alonso Clashed With Marvel Over Blurring Gay Pride References in 'Ant-Man 3' for Kuwait
• School libraries across the country adding 'woke' books on gender and white supremacy
• Democrat Bill Seeks to Ensure Transgender People Can Serve in US Military
• As Pentagon Struggles to Fill Military Requests, Funding Goes to Diversity, Critical Race Theory
• Meet the couple who opened their 11-year marriage to a divorced father so they could grow emotionally and sexually
• Tuberville Protests DoD Abortion Policy, Blocks Nominations
• Republican senator draws blowback for blocking military promotions over abortion policy
• Male Biochemist Arrested for Firebombing Pro-Life Group's Office
• Doctor Holds Up Tic-Tac to Demonstrate How Few Cells a 6-Week Abortion Ban Is Protecting
• Litigation From Hell: Satanic Group Take to the Courts - Defend 'Satanic After-School Clubs' - Say Abortion Is a 'Religious Right'
• House Passes Bill to Sanction China's Organ Harvesting Trade, Which Kills Up to 100,000 People a Year
• US Slaps Trade Curbs on 5 Chinese Firms Over Alleged Role in Uyghur Repression
• A Dutch musician who has fathered 550 children is being taken to court to stop his sperm donations and reduce the risk of accidental incest
• Meatballs made with mammoth DNA created by Australian food startup
• NIH changes story, confirms it funded Wuhan experiment that made bat coronavirus more dangerous
• Bombshell Vax Analysis Finds $147 Billion In Economic Damage, Tens Of Millions Injured Or Disabled
• Study finds negative attitudes amplify vaccine side effects
• WHO experts revise Covid-19 vaccine advice, say healthy kids and teens low risk
• Rand Paul: 'I'm 100% Confident that Fauci Lied to Us'

 


 
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