The word rapture does not appear in the Bible, Jesus Christ spoke of gathering the elect (Matthew 24:31) and Paul wrote that the dead will be raised incorruptible, and those who are alive that day will be transformed in the twinkling of an eye after the last trumpet (1 Corinthians 15:52).
● Matthew 24:31 » And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
● I Corinthians 15:52 » in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
The rapture cannot be at the last trumpet as Paul said, because Jesus said in Matthew 24:22 that the days will be shortened.
● Matthew 24:22 » And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
The seals, which appear in Revelation 6, will be to take away peace and kill men with the sword, hunger, pests and the wild beasts of the earth.
After opening the last of the seven seals, seven trumpets were given to the seven angels to destroy the Earth. Revelation 8:7 says that the first angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the earth was burned, a third of the trees, and all the green grass.
● Revelation 8:7 » And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
But before the earth, trees, and green herbs were burned, four angels appear in Revelation 7:1 standing in the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds, so that no wind may blow upon the earth, nor on the sea, nor against any tree, until the servants of God were sealed.
● Revelation 7:1 » After his I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.
● Revelation 7:3 » saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.
● Revelation 7:4 » And I heard the number of them that were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
● Revelation 7:9 » After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of `all' tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
The rapture must be before the first trumpet and after the sixth seal, so the church of Christ will go through the great tribulation mentioned in Matthew 24:21.
The Sun will become black and the Moon will become as blood, as mentioned in Revelation 6:12. It is the great tribulation spoken of in Matthew 24:21, which will take place before the great and dreadful day of the Lord, as mentioned in Joel 2:31.
● Revelation 6:12 » And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;
● Matthew 24:21 » for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
● Joel 2:31 » The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
You can see in the image below, the sun dark like a sackcloth and the blood color moon as it appears in Revelation 6:12 and Joel 2:31.
It will not be the moon that will cover the sun, as occurs in the solar eclipse. What will cover the sun will be the planet Venus. The Planet Venus shines like a sackcloth.
The gravitational force of Venus will destabilize the Earth, and cause strong earthquakes, but the collision of the planets will only happen at the seventh trumpet, when the four angels of Revelation 9:14 are released. Venus, the ancient Eden, is the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
● Revelation 9:14 » one saying to the sixth angel that had one trumpet, Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates.
● Revelation 9:15 » And the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men.
That's going to happen because planet Venus and planet Earth are about the same size, they're twin planets, so they tend to occupy the same orbit around the Sun. Today that doesn't happen because Venus has a retrograde rotation and keeps it away of planet Earth. Venus takes eight months for a one-day and one-night cycle.
With the approach of the planet Venus, there will be a shift in the Earth's axis and what is North will be South, and will remove the mountains and islands from their places, as can be understood from Revelation 6:14 which says,
● Revelation 6:14 » And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
The text in Daniel 12:7 says that after a time, times and half a time, and when they have finished destroying the power of the holy people, all these things will be fulfilled.
● Daniel 12:7 » And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
● Revelation 10:5 » And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,
● Revelation 10:6 » and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:
Revelation 12:6 says that the woman, after having a child, fled into the wilderness and was fed for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, and in Revelation 12:14 it says that the woman was sustained for a time, and times, and half of a time, out of sight of the serpent. Times correspond to 1260 days. The woman here represents Christ's church on earth.
● Revelation 12:6 » And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
● Revelation 12:14 » And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
It can be seen in the graph below that “a time, times and half a time”, ended on 03/26/2017. It is understood that the woman was being supported until now (3/26/2017), by the “Spirit of Truth” mentioned in John 16:13. It means that the "Spirit of Truth", the "Alphas" have finished their mission, and the stars of Heaven take over, are the 144 thousand from all the tribes of the children of Israel who appear sealed in Revelation 7:4.
Calculation of transits of Venus elapsed since the birth of Jesus (two thousand years were added for calculation purposes)
There was a perfect alignment of Venus on 03/26/2017, exactly 2017 years since the birth of Jesus (03/26/0000).
The 1261.5 days here are not marked by a 24-hour day, but by the transit of the morning star across the earth. Jesus Christ in Revelation 22:16, called himself "the morning star"
● Revelation 22:16 » I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
Each time the morning star passes through the earth, one day is counted. The planet Venus passes through the Earth every 584 days on average, thus 1261.5 days counted from the birth of Jesus arrives on 03/26/2017, when there was again the transit of Venus, exactly 2017 years since the birth of Jesus. Jesus was born on 3/26/0000.
The Mayan calendar ended December 21, 2012, is based on the 584-day Venus transit, and came very close to March 26, 2017.
The abbreviated days, mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 24:22, appear in Daniel 12:11 and are counted after the continuous burnt offering is taken away, that is, when Jesus Christ finishes the mission of the seventy weeks on earth.
● Daniel 12:11 » And from the time that the continual `burnt-offering' shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand and two hundred and ninety days.
● Daniel 12:12 » Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
The 1290 and 1335 days are also counted by the transit of the "morning star" by the earth, thus the 1290 days counted from the time the continuous holocaust was taken away, arrives on 12/17/2093, and the 1335 passes arrive on 11/27/2165. These days are mentioned in Matthew 24:22, and were abbreviated, so it will not come to 1290 and 1335 days.
These issues are clarified through the book Time of God, in Portuguese language.
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