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20. NEW LIFE

A. Rapture of the Church (Transformation/Transfiguration/Astral Travel)
B. Blood of the Martyrs (Vampirism)
C. Time of Jacob's Trouble (Israel Persecuted/Anti-Semitism)
D. The Two Witnesses (John the Baptist & John the Evangelist)
E. Murders / Human Sacrifice (Genocide/Eugenics)
F. No Death (Cloning)
G. Men Will Seek Death (Suicide)

20. NEW LIFE
 

20-A. RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH (Transformation/Transfiguration/Astral Travel)

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  At the end of the Church Age, the true Church will be caught up to meet the Lord Jesus Christ in the air.
  
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  The rapture of the true Church will be celebrated on earth as God's removal of the wicked; Satan will have a false rapture at the beginning of the Golden Age.
  

    PROGRAM OF GOD

PRE-FLOOD ERA

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  The rapture of Enoch.
  

OLD TESTAMENT PERIOD

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  The rapture of Elijah.
  

CHURCH AGE (beginning)

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  The resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Old Testament saints at the Feast of Firstfruits (Easter).
  

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. - Matt. 27:52-53

And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven - Acts 1:10-11

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. - Lev. 23:10-11

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the FIRSTFRUITS of them that slept. - I.Cor.15:20

CHURCH AGE (end)

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  The rapture of redeemed humanity out of every kindred, tongue, people and nation BEFORE the Tribulation Period.
  

"And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. - Rev. 5:9-10

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  The rapture will be a bodily resurrection.
  

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised...- I Cor. 15:52

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  The rapture will be a physical transformation.
  

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth 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. - Rom. 8:23

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  The rapture will be an ascension.
  

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne...- Rev. 4:1-3

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  Only the TRUE CHURCH of Jesus Christ will escape the Tribulation period.
  

GREAT TRIBULATION (beginning)

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  The two witnesses will be killed, resurrected 3 days later and taken into heaven.
  

MILLENNIUM (beginning)

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  Resurrection of the Tribulation saints.
  

Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in 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

    PROGRAM OF SATAN

The mystery of the Church, more properly termed "the called out ones" or ekklesia in Greek, is that the Bride of Christ holds a special position in dispensational history and will reign with Christ on earth during the Millennium. Modern translations try to obscure the special relationship of Christ to His Bride and her catching away prior to the Tribulation Period, at which time the dispensation of God's dealings with Israel will resume. When the resurrection of the true Church occurs, the occult will do damage control by claiming that this event was the removal of the wicked from the earth.  

PRE-FLOOD ERA

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  Occultists believe that the ancient gods were once mortals who became divine by ascending or transcending the material realm.
  

"So let us suppose that [Nuit's] children were born and lived as ordinary mortals on some other world within the vastness of space, until the moment that, for whatever reason and by whatever means, each in turn 'ascended' to divinity -- escaping the gravity well of their own native world -- and were born, or rather bourne, through Nuit's gate to become as gods in this world. It is said that Asar was the first born of Nuit, followed in turn by Suti, Ast, and Nebt-Het. Taking the lifestories of each of these four and assembling them chronologically allows for the maintenance of the order of ascension that this new theory suggests." - 877

OLD TESTAMENT

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  In the initiation rites of cultures which worshipped the sun, sunrise was regarded as the time of resurrection.
  

"A symbol both of the rising sun and of the dead sun god Osiris, from whom it sprang and to whom it was sacred...the Benu [the phoenix] not only typified the new birth of the sun each morning, but...became the symbol of the resurrection of mankind..." - 1127:371 (Vol. 2)

"...Since the times of the Ancient Egyptian kings, resurrection has always occurred at dawn with the rising of the morning star." - 96:203

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  Egyptian initiates were taught to ascend by demons posing as the pre-flood gods.
  

"Egyptian civilisation was  deliberate alchemical experiment. It was recognised that the lives of a large number of people would be lived in the pre-initiatory states of imperfection, but that they could be brought to the portals of initiation through the help and example of others who were on the path of initiation.... Out of these disciples and initiates there were always a few who were able to  go beyond the Lesser Mysteries and enter the Greater Mysteries of Light - the 'reddening'. Those who entered the Greater Mysteries (in the four great temples) represented the 'exalted' or 'chosen ones' of Is-Râ-El - the 'golden suns' who were raised up and, 'in the twinkling of an eye', transmuted into the 'fiery light' of celestial being." - 889:47

CHURCH AGE

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  Jewish mystics developed the system of Kabbalah that teaches initiates to 'ascend' to the Throne of God to attain divinity (they think).
  

This journey of the sage through the higher realms (often seven levels) was guided by prayer, fasting and the recitation of sacred psalms. It also required the knowledge of the various 'names of the angels' so that a 'seal' or incantation could be said to facilitate the journey (Wald, 1988). The apex of this ascent is a vision of the Throne of Glory and thereby *kedushah* or 'sanctification' by the Divine Presence. Yet, this Presence remain something apart, a reality so Holy that the vision of its presence was the highest sanctification, so that man and G-D remain distinct, and the vision of the *sar ha-panim* 'prince of the divine face' was supreme blessing. This was symbolized as the *kavod* or Glory of G-D. This early development was then carried throughout the Diaspora to Jewish communities far and wide. By the 10th century, the *Sefer Yezirah (1987)* had been composed, that mystic guide to all Jewish contemplatives for over the last thousand years. In this book we find mention of the Ten Sefirot, the 'Book of Creation' where the paths of wisdom and the '22 elemental letters' give the sage access to divine knowledge. This work, along with the Merkabah tradition set the stage for the emergence of a full-blown meditative tradition known as Kabbalah (Bischoff, 1985; Verman, 1992). - 885

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  Masonic initiation rites occur at sunrise in homage to the Sun god and to imitate Jesus' resurrection.
  

"...[Master Masons'] symbol is the rising sun." - 678:55

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  Occultists believe the false teaching that the 'goats' go to heaven but the 'sheep' remain on earth.
  

"...The traditional goat of Capricorn (an emblem of the biblical Ham and the Grail succession) was denounced as a heresy of witchcraft." - 348:203

"['The Death of Joana'], which has become almost the national anthem of Oc, is a secret lament for the Cathar Church. Joana -- Jeanne -- the name given to a woman in the Cathar rituals -- is found...at the foot of the fire, dead. She has gone to heaven with her goats (not sheep!)." - 272:138

 CHURCH AGE (LAST DAYS)

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  False teachers claim that the removal of the wicked precedes the resurrection of the righteous who must endure the Tribulation Period.
  

    "'So shall it be at the end of the world (age), the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from the just.' Matt. 13:49.

"If a third witness were needed the Old Testament prophet Isaiah tells us:

    'Behold the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate, and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.'

"Let me ask you to consider very carefully just who the Lord will 'rapture' or remove. Surely it is His intention to give this earth into the possession of the righteous as He said in His Sermon on the Mount." (Bill Randles) - 848

    "Jahwah will soon shake the earth in tribulation, in order to throw down all man-made systems and in order to REMOVE ALL THE WICKED FROM THE EARTH.  This shakedown will be so great in the day of Jahwah that only those things, which support Jahwah’s Kingdom, will remain standing.  Jahwah will cleanse His earth and rule all nations in righteousness...

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  False teachers promote the deception that the rapture will be a physical transformation that Christians experience while they remain on earth.
  

"It is stated that the Son of Man will be seen 'coming in clouds with great power and glory' (Mark 13:26). These clouds are almost certainly a reference to the clouds of the glory of God to which we have already alluded in our discussion of the ark of the covenant. Several of the above quotations intimate that we, also, will be partakers in the glory that is to be revealed at Christ's coming... In Ephesians 2:2, Satan, or the 'spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,' is called 'the prince of the power of the air.' The 'air' in this context is a place, or atmosphere, of spiritual authority. At the time of Christ's coming, we will be caught up into this place of spiritual authority...

"The word 'caught up' means, in the carnal understanding, just a lifting up in the air, and many teachers teach that we will be taken away from this earth to another planet. There is no scriptural basis for this. Paul was caught up, but he was still here in body. Truly, there were men who were caught up and lived no more among men, although they have been seen here on occasions. The Manchild, however, when he is caught up, will be immediately given a place of rulership on earth. The word 'caught up,' therefore, must be a lifting up from the human realm to a higher realm, where he will be living in immortality, and yet in humanity, even as Jesus Christ after His resurrection. Whether 'caught up to meet Him in the air' means a physical catching away or a spiritual one, IT IS AN OCCURRENCE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN THIS ATMOSPHERE. It definitely will not be taking men away to another planet. The scripture speaks of 'the air.' The Greek word is 'aera,' meaning atmosphere. 1st Thessalonians 4:17". (caps in original) - 847

        PERVERSIONS OF SCRIPTURE

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  Modern versions have corrupted many verses pertaining to the pre-tribulation rapture of the Church.