Yes.
With all of my heart—a heart that I have given to the Lord Jesus Christ—yes, I do believe God’s Word tells us there is a Rapture or Catching Away of the Overcoming Church before the wrath of the Lamb is poured out.
So why even ask, “Is there a Rapture?”
Because I believe very soon we will see birth pains manifest in the world that will cause some to doubt.
Scripture says creation is already having sympathy birth pains:
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth (synōdinō) in pain together until now. And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body. - Romans 8:22-23 KJV
“Travaileth” is translated from the Greek word synōdinō, which Strong’s defines as “sympathy” pains: “(figuratively) to sympathize (in expectation of relief from suffering):—travail in pain together”.
In comparison, look at 1 Thessalonians 5:3:
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail (ōdin) upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. - 1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJV
Odin, on the other hand, refers to actual labor and according to Strong’s means “a pang or throe, especially of childbirth:—pain, sorrow, travail”. [Excerpt from Birthing of the Millennial Kingdom]
As the world TRANSITIONS from the Dispensation of Grace into Jacob’s Trouble—from the 10th Shmita or Shemitah of Grace Multiplied into the 11th Shemitah of Tribulation and Chaos—it is going to be a WILD RIDE! We’ve already been on a rollicking roller coaster, but the ride is about to get even more WILD!
In FACING THE DRAGON IN JUNE? THEN WE FLY! I shared my prophetic suspicions that we might see a major earthquake in America just prior to the Rapture of the Church. Since then, the Lord has been giving me unexpected further confirmations that the Order of Events for Our Last Days includes:
1st A great earthquake
2nd A global blackout
3rd The Rapture
In Earthquake Warning Sign of the Rapture! Pastor Patrick Winfrey (who also believes in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture) shares he was shown that there would be a great earthquake before the Rapture and at about the 33-minute mark he warns--
When the things Jesus prophesied in Matthew 24
begin to intensify (such as earthquakes),
many who identify themselves
as Christians are going to panic!
There will be those who believe in the Resurrection of the Church who will begin to question it—“IS THERE REALLY A RAPTURE?” “Why are we still on earth with all that is happening?!”
A dream shared by Rivkah Ministries best describes the astonishment that will come over most:
I am not familiar with Rivkah Ministries, but back in August 2018 they posted a video titled Three Days of Darkness - Again. Beginning around the 16-minute mark of that video a Brother in Christ shares a dream that he has had three times. In the dream he experiences a horrible earthquake then has direct eye contact with Jesus. The man thought the Rapture would take place, but it didn’t happen! Instead darkness was everywhere and it was the middle of the day! [Erasing the Line in the Sand for a 2019 September Rapture excerpt]
This Brother explained how Jesus looked at him with loving assurance and he knew as awful as things looked everything was under control.
Transition is INTENSE!
Some who have been watching for the Lord especially since the Revelation 12 Sign of the Woman occurred in 2017 will begin to wonder, “Is the Overcoming Church (the Revelation 12 Man Child) really going to be born and then harpazo-ed?”
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up[harpazo—raptured] unto God, and [to] his throne. - Revelation 12:5 KJV
(If you are unfamiliar with the Revelation 12 Sign and the Man Child, check out The Revelation 12 Sign Compendium.)
Those who have been reading my blog regularly know the birth of the Man Child is a spiritual event that occurs as the world transitions into the Tribulation—before the real labor or ōdin of 1 Thessalonians 5:3 begins. However, just as in a natural birth there is a TRANSITION phase where the contractions are longer and more intense causing some women to PANIC, so too might we be inclined to panic as we witness a cavalcade of catastrophic events.
According to an expert, some of the feelings that accompany TRANSITION include:º Self-doubt
º Feeling out of control
º Time distortion
º Trembling and uncontrollable SHAKING
º Intense pressure
º Loss of resolve—announcing that you can’t do it anymore, that you want to GO HOME
TRANSITION is INTENSE, folks, but through Christ in us we are made super conquerors over panic and fear!
Earthquake, Global Blackout, Rapture
I used to believe the birth of the Revelation 12 Man Child—the Rapture—would occur before anything really frightening would happen. Birth was designed by God to be natural and not scary, yet as humans we tend to become frightened when things happen that we cannot control. The days leading up to the Rapture are going to be like the birth process. I believe God has shown me (and others) that there will be MANMADE DISASTERS to occur before He pours His wrath upon the earth. Man using advanced technology will cause terrifying apparent ‘natural’ catastrophes—like a major earthquake—just prior to the Rapture. Because the global elite are determined to destroy the United States, it is highly possible they are planning to cause a quake here in America—and soon.
While looking up a video suggested by a friend this past Saturday, it had to be by the Holy Spirit that I came across an obscure Youtube Channel--Calling The Remnant - Lessie McCarter—whose topic was totally unrelated to the video I had been looking up. In a recent video this Sister in Christ talks about a prophetic dream her 13-year-old daughter had on July 27th where she was shown a series of events to occur: first, an earthquake, then a blackout, and finally the return of Jesus to gather His Bride.
I was floored and ecstatic at the same time!
Not that I would wish for calamity, but because God was giving me even further confirmation of the Order of Events of Our Last Days as I shared in the “Judgments Before Wrath” section of Erasing the Line in the Sand.
In the first 2:30 minutes of God Spoke to My Wife about a Great Shaking that is Coming Chris Garcia’s wife shared a prophetic word of a shaking that will happen that is so strong that only those who have their eyes fixed on Jesus will stand.
Rainbows—Sign of Noah
In His graciousness, I believe God has been sending me confirmation in many ways that the events He has shown me and others is close at hand. In her above-linked video, Lessie mentioned all the confirmations she has received. She also mentioned tsunamis, which I too have written about. It reminded me that I had had yet another tsunami dream about a month ago. It was very brief and in the dream I was standing waist-deep in the ocean and caught by surprise by a huge wave heading towards the shore.
This Summer my family and I have witnessed huge rainbows appearing over our home—double and triple rainbows—the symbol of God’s promise to Noah and his descendants that God would never flood the earth again. To me, it is an “As in the Days of Noah” Sign and a reminder of His promise to send His Son Jesus for us before He floods the earth with His Wrath (see Saved from Wrath).
Fireflies Disappear in September
While searching online for images of light, I saw many beautiful photos of glowing fireflies flitting beautifully in the night sky. This led me to look for more and as I did, the thought came to me how we are like the lightning bug for the Light of Christ emits from within us and I wondered, “How long are fireflies active?”
In 2016 there was an article written for The Daily Texan, Fireflies
Still Active in September. Remember that Scripture foretells that the
righteous will disappear or vanish by the end
of Summer as you read this prophetic excerpt:
Glowing, going, gone.
Although they’re usually associated with summer, fireflies can still be found lighting up the sky this fall. However, they won’t stay around for long. According to Texas firefly researcher Ben Pfeiffer, these glowing insects will probably disappear sometime later this month.
Just as the Scriptures mention that the righteous are gone by the end of Summer, so too are the fireflies!
God in His great goodness and mercy will allow us to shine brightly for Him until it is time for the Light of the World in us to disappear from earth.
In "New York, Chicago, L.A." I share a vision I was given of a glorious end time army and how I was made to understand it would go forth during a so-called time of peace and safety. Perhaps the Lord was showing me the short period when the Body of Christ will minister after the great earthquake explained by Rivkah Ministries:
He goes on to say how groups of people began to come to him and he gave them a Bible study. Finally he realized the people kept coming to him from out of the darkness because he was glowing! That’s when he realized, in his words, “I had been changed into a higher glory”. [Erasing the Line in the Sand for a 2019 September Rapture excerpt]
I believe the darkness that is coming will be similar to the ancient plague that occurred prior to the Exodus. . . but that God will pour out His glory in a way we have never seen before where His people will do even greater works and visibly glow like Moses did. [Year of The Shining One Anointing excerpt]
The darkness is our cue to PUSH, Beloved of the Lord! If indeed this series of events is going to be allowed by our God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, it will be the final phase of our birth. This is when you will hear me as a spiritual midwife exhorting the soon to be born Man Child to—
“PUSH!
PUSH aside your doubts and fears!
PUSH forward to reach the unsaved!
PUSH! Knowing you were meant for such a time as this!
PUSH! Knowing your Great Deliverer and Savior
is quickly coming
to catch away Those Who Belong to Him
and to gather the Great Harvest that is His for the taking!”
Another CONFIRMATION: Trouble Before Rapture by The Kindling
Related article: 40 Days to “Prepare against the Summer!”
Updated 5/12/24