Hope Holdup

Those who are diligently watching for the return of the Lord Jesus, our Heavenly Bridegroom, to catch away His Bride are asking, “What is the holdup?”

 

This weekend when I was feeling oh, so homesick for Heaven--so pining to be with my Beloved Jesus in person--the Lord began working on enlightening my understanding as to why the Rapture seemingly had been postponed. First, came the surety of His promise:

 

Let not your heart be troubled: ye 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[paralambanō] you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also. - John 14:1-3 KJV

 

Paralambano means “to take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self an associate, a companion”; “to receive near, i.e. associate with oneself (in any familiar or intimate act or relation)”.

 

How we who watch for Him long for this!

 

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love[agapaō ] his appearing[epiphaneia] . - 2 Timothy 4:8 KJV

 

The word appearing is translated from the Greek word epiphaneia which is “a manifestation, i.e. (specially) the advent of Christ (past or future):—appearing, brightness”. We love HIS PRESENCE!  What I found so very interesting is that epiphaneia refers to His “illustrious return from heaven to earth hereafter to occur--in an advent to help”! Epiphaneia is used by the Greeks “in 2 Macc. of signal deeds and events betokening the presence and power of God as helper”.

 

So, fighting with their hands and praying to God in their hearts, they laid low at least 35,000, and were greatly gladdened by God’s manifestation [epiphaneia]’ (2 Maccabees 15:22–7). Once again, we do not know exactly what happened; but God made a great and saving appearance for his people. To the Jews, epiphaneia denoted a rescuing intervention of God. icgchurches.org

 

In Christ’s two-part coming, He helps His people first by rescuing His Bride with the harpazo (1 Thessalonians 4:17) and then rescuing Israel by His return to the land (Revelation 19:11ff).

 

The word love in 2 Timothy 4:8 is translated from agapaō which means when pertaining to a person “to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly”. Blue Letter Bible suggests looking at the primitive root--עֲגַב ʻăgab, aw-gab'; to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually):—dote, lover. Our love for the Lord is not of the flesh, of course, but of the Spirit.

 

In my heart I believe our watch for our Heavenly Bridegroom is an act of worship. As I type this article, it is an act of worship. We live for and “breathe after” Him. We long for Him.

 

Brethren, including myself, have shared that the Lord confirmed to them the Rapture would occur in 2021. Also, that Jesus would come for us when the Covid vaccine was enforced. As severe as the lockdowns are in some nations, such as Australia, unvaccinated people are still managing to survive as they challenge the “mandatory” aspect of the vaccine.

 

Yet why has He not come for us?

 

You see, God has a big climactic ending in store--He’s got unfinished business to take care of.

 

God’s ‘To Do List’

 

Near the top of God’s ‘To Do List’ is confronting Baal. This realization came to me when a friend sent me a video featuring Robin D. Bullock which brought back to my memory The Moses Pattern.

 

In November 2020 I posted Stunning Heavenly Signs and Patterns for the Rapture wherein I shared The Moses Pattern we are in and introduced Robin D. Bullock--

 

Robin went on to say that Habakkuk 3 tells that the children of Israel stopped complaining and started praising at the Red Sea while Moses held the rod up. As their praises went up the glory filled the Heavens and God met the Israelites as He came across the Red Sea right past the high place of Baal-Zephon--the last of the false gods of Egypt to be defeated!

 

If we are indeed following The Moses Pattern, it is possible God is wanting to deal with Baal-Zephon, the god of child sacrifice, before we cross over our Red Sea! I am referring to the possibility that God is working to overturn Roe v. Wade before the Rapture.

I do not follow politics but will watch particular issues like laws pertaining to abortion. In the 16-minute Robin Bullock video I will share with you, I learned of a significant anti-abortion event: 

After a prayer rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Oct. 4, Students for Life of America and the Justice Foundation released the “Moral Outcry Petition,” a call for the court to overturn its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide. Over half a million Americans signed the petition, which was two massive scrolls filled with the signatures. . .

 

On Dec. 1, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Dobbs case, which is an appeal from Mississippi to keep its ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Supporters of the law are urging the court to reexamine its previous abortion rulings, including Roe v. Wade.

If the court overturns Roe, the move would not make abortion illegal throughout the U.S., but would return the issue to the states to be decided. cruxnow.com

 

Leading up to the rally at the Supreme Court--back in May 2021--Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law one of the nation’s strictest abortion measures, banning procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy which took effect in September 2021. This has led to a testing process in court after court. On October 8, 2021, npr.org posted an update. Following is an excerpt:

 

Abortion providers have said they are hoping they get more permanent relief from the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

The nation's highest court was asked to intervene when the law was first going into effect, but justices declined. Since the law has been in effect, abortion providers have petitioned the court, again. So far, the court has not responded. . .

 

"If clinics close because SB 8 is enforced long enough," Hagstrom Miller said, "the damage will be done, even if it's eventually struck down."

 

   

In an interview by Flashpoint on The Victory Channel posted October 7, 2021, Robin Bullock shared the interaction he had with the Lord leading up to the October 4 prayer rally at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, and the prophetic acts the Lord had him perform on that day. He was shown that God considered Roe v. Wade the Red Sea issue.

 

“The last fight before the Red Sea closes will be over the unborn--

the showdown with Baal. . .

In 2020 I said over and over

there’s coming a Red Sea time and an Elijah moment.

They must come together at some point.

October 4th was that point.”

Robin D. Bullock

 

To many of us watching for the appearing of the Lord, the menace of the Covid vaccine is the Red Sea issue that God must deliver us from, yet it appears that to the Lord God Almighty, first Baal must be dealt with! Baal, being the god of child sacrifice, must be confronted so that the Revelation 12 Man Child can be safely delivered. This parallels The Moses Pattern:

 

The crossing of the Red Sea was both a victory for God AND a supernatural event. If what Robin D. Bullock shared is true that God wishes to deal with Baal now at the closing of the Age of Grace, then it may be the VICTORY God wishes to claim will be simultaneous with the SUPERNATURAL EVENT of the Resurrection and Rapture of the True Church! [From Stunning Heavenly Signs and Patterns for the Rapture]

Revival Victory then Rest!

Another item on God’s ‘To Do List’ is Revival. It is my belief that the Devil has been illegally prepping individuals for the mark of the beast by way of this demonic vaccine, BUT the Lord Jesus Christ is not going to let him get away with it. In April 2020 I wrote:

 

David Wilkerson prophesied in 1986 that a 3rd Great Awakening will follow a plague!

 "I see a plague coming on the world, and the bars, churches and government will shut down. The plague will hit New York City and shake it like it has never been shaken. The plague is going to force prayerless believers into radical prayer and into their Bibles, and repentance will be the cry from the man of God in the pulpit. And out of it will come a third Great Awakening that will sweep America and the world." sermonindex.net

I believe the current so-called pandemic of the corona virus is that plague!

 

It is possible that I have been expecting another catastrophic event to lead to revival when in reality the Covid plandemic is the catalyst! Charisma Magazine has been posting several articles on revival breaking out in America. Their October issue features 'Let Us Worship' Leader Sean Feucht Who Says 'Revival Is Here'.

 

. . .The Scriptures teach that Christians today are involved in a spiritual war while they live out their lives in this present age in this present world. When the Rapture takes place and the trumpet is blown at that time, that will be a signal to them that their part in the warfare is over; their fighting in this present age is done in this spiritual war. It is time for them to go home to be with the Lord and rest together with Him in Heaven. jashow.org

 

Just as Israel left Egypt not as fear-filled slaves but as richly victorious children of God, the Overcoming Church will not be exiting this world as a defeated, panic-stricken retreating army, but will be caught up by her Kinsmen Redeemer and Holy Bridegroom as a glorious Bride in shining victory! The Bride's Revival and The Rapture

 

I appreciate and agree with what our Brother Chooch at TOL End Times YTC said yesterday that the Rapture does not have to occur on a feast day. Perhaps the Father will choose the most unlikely day of all to send His Son Jesus to snatch away His Bride. Will it be around Halloween as so many of the Brethren have seen in dreams? Whenever He comes for us, it cannot be very long from now.

 

Until then, I will continue to seek His face--

 

One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. - Psalm 27:4-5 KJV

 

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. - Psalm 27:14 KJV