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The Feast of Trumpets – Is Jesus Coming Then?

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In a few days, on September 22nd-24th, the Jews around the world will be celebrating what they call the Feast of Trumpets, or Rosh Hashanah. For them, it is the celebration of their New Year Festival, which commemorates God’s creation of the world. It is also a time to make a fresh start in life, like our New Year’s resolutions.

To announce this festival, Jews will conduct the traditional blowing of the Shofar, a trumpet made from a ram’s horn that is blown 100 times. The final blast of the ram’s horn is known as the Last Trumpet and is the longest of the 100 blasts sounded.

Why Is This So Important?

For believers in Jesus Christ, this special feast could possibly hold great significance. Since Jesus fulfilled the first four of the seven Jewish feasts with His death at the Feast of Passover, His burial at the Feast of Unleaven Bread, His resurrection at the Feast of Firstfruits, and the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, many believe the Feast of Trumpets will be the next that He fulfills.

Many Christians look at the Feast of Trumpets as the time when Jesus will come to bring all who have put their faith in Him to their new home in heaven, as He promised 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). Did you catch that? Jesus is coming to “receive” us to Himself!

The Apostle Paul gives us vivid details of how this will happen in 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 Thessalonians 4.

“Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” – 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

“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 thus we shall always be with the Lord.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Could This Be The Time?

God’s Word promises all this to those who have trusted in Jesus as their Savior from our sin. He is the only One who can rescue us from the tribulation that we can see coming right around the corner.

So could this all happen when the Shofar sounds the “Last Trumpet” in a few days? It could. And if it does, talk about a “fresh start” in life! With everything that is happening in our crazy world today, a fresh start sounds pretty good to me.

But even if this isn’t the time, the most important question is, no matter when the day comes, will YOU be ready when the trumpet blows?

Here’s Your Invitation!

The only way you can take part when that day happens is by believing in what Jesus has done at the cross and putting your faith in His finished work for us. If you do that, the sounding of the Last Trumpet will announce the best day you could ever imagine! And He has invited everyone to take part! [Click Here for Your Wedding Invitation]

“For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9

If you have yet to trust in Jesus as your Savior, I pray you would accept His free gift of grace and join with us in the biggest celebration that will ever happen.

“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” – 2 Corinthians 5:20-21

Ask Him to save you today. His answer is always “Yes” and “Amen!” (2 Corinthians 1:20). Trust in Him today and receive His blood-bought gift that lasts forever!

God bless!

Brother Rick

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RAPTURE IN 2025? Could this be the year?

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“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 thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.” – 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

Over the years, many people have speculated as to when the rapture of the church may occur. Some believe the rapture could come on the Feast of Trumpets, making note of the “trumpet call of God” in First Thessalonians 4:16 and beginning the fulfillment of the final 3 Feasts of God. Others believe that the Feast of Trumpets could mark the day of the return of Jesus for the Battle of Armageddon at the end of the 7-year Tribulation.

If that were to happen in the fall of 2032, that is 7 years from 2025. To be more exact, the Feast of Trumpets 2032 falls on September 6th. If you subtract 2520 days from September 6, 2032 (7 Jewish years of 360 days, or two periods of 1260 days for the Tribulation), you land on October 13, 2025. October 13th just happens to be the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, which is the last of the 7 biblical feasts of 2025.

Many believe the 7-year Tribulation will begin with the signing of a “covenant with many for one week,” or 7 years, in Daniel 9:27. Could the end of the 7 biblical feasts in October of 2025 be the beginning of the 7-year “time of Jacob’s Trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7)?

PASSOVER?

As a side note, using October 13th for the start of the 7-year Tribulation and subtracting 180 days (or 6 Jewish months), you land on April 16th of 2025, this year. This happens to be the Wednesday of Passover week. That is the day that some believe Jesus was crucified in order for Him to rise after 3 days and nights in the tomb, fulfilling the Scriptures.

But why is 6 months in conjunction with the 7 years of Tribulation worth noting?

Here’s why. Before King David ruled over all of Israel, he ruled as king over Judah from Hebron for 7 years and 6 months! One of the meanings of the name Hebron is “friendship.” Is it possible Jesus will call His “friends” (those who have believed in His death, burial, and resurrection for their sins) during Passover to come and be with Him for 7 years and 6 months before we all return with Him to reign in Jerusalem?

Passover 2025 could be a very plausible time for the rapture.

PENTECOST?

And if not during Passover, the Feast of Weeks (or Pentecost) could be a very good time for the catching up of the Lord’s church. Many will point to the Day of Pentecost as when the Holy Spirit arrived to live in the hearts of believers, and the age of grace, or the Church Age, began. Could the Day of Pentecost, June 8, 2025, be the day the Holy Spirit departs from the earth, taking all who have put their faith and trust in Jesus to be “caught up” with Him in the clouds?

Yes, Pentecost 2025 could be a very plausible time for the rapture. We will just have to wait and see.

And here are some other fun facts to ponder! Keep in mind that the number 7 in the Bible symbolizes completeness, perfection, and divine wholeness. It appears in Scripture over 700 times.

  • The nation of Israel turns 77 on May 14, 2025. Seven years later, it will turn 84.
  • 77 can be broken down into 11 periods of 7 years. The number 11 in the Bible is the number that represents imperfection, disorder, incompleteness, and not being aligned with divine purpose.
  • 84 can be broken into 12 periods of 7 years. The number 12 represents perfect government, and along with the number 7, also divine order, completeness, and the totality of God’s purpose.

Could 2025, after 11 seven-year periods, be the beginning of 7 years of disorder, trials, and tribulation for Israel and the world? All leading to the end of the 12th seven-year block of time, Israel’s 84th year, and the beginning of the divine order and perfect government of Jesus Christ as the King of kings, ruling over the whole world?

So is it only a coincidence that in the Temple there were 12 loaves of bread on the Table of Showbread and 7 lamps on the Golden Lampstand? 12 X 7 = 84.

And when Jesus fed the 5,000, there were 12 baskets of food left, and when He fed the 4,000, there were 7 baskets left. 12 x 7 = 84. Jesus even made special note of this to His disciples in Mark 8:19-20.

What about when Anna, the prophetess, saw the baby Jesus in the Temple? She was 84.

And if you multiply the 12 tribes of Israel with the 7 churches in Revelation 2 & 3? Yep, 84!

Another interesting note: if you look up the projected life expectancy for people who live in Israel, that age in 2032, when Israel celebrates its 84th anniversary, is 84.7 years!

One last oddity. Those who study languages know that in the Hebrew language, each of the 22 letters of the alphabet also has a numerical value. For instance, in Hebrew, the name Adam has a numerical value of 45. If you take the first “Adam,” who brought the curse of sin into the world, and the last “Adam,” Jesus (1 Corinthians 15:45), who ends the curse as our atonement for sin, and multiply their numbers, 45 X 45, it equals 2025!

THE TIME IS NEAR

So could 2025 be the year? I think we’d have to say it is very plausible. Jesus said only the Father knows the day or the hour, and regardless of what that may really mean, He didn’t say anything about not knowing the year, or for that matter, the month or the week. And we do know Jesus told us that, among other things, “there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring” (Luke 21:25), and that “when you see these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” (Luke 21:28).

But even if 2025 is not the year of the Lord’s return, one thing we can know for sure is the promise Jesus gave to His disciples and to all who have trusted in Him as their Savior. “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 14:2-3

I pray you have placed your belief in the only One who shed His blood for all your sins and received His gift of eternal life by faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. If you have, I look forward to seeing you in the air! God bless!

Brother Rick

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We wish to thank our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ without whom this ministry would not be possible.

Just Released! Listen to Brother Rick’s Bible Study on Paul’s letter to the Galatians!

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Click the image below to take you to the list of studies on Paul’s Letter to the Galatians! Special thanks goes to Aaron at God-A-Minute for the opportunity to teach these studies for the God-A-Minute family on the Discord server! Thanks for listening and may God bless you!

Does Jesus Know You?

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“Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” – Matthew 7:22-23

There are many people who can say they know who Jesus is. They may even be able to tell you what He did. But the only question – the only important question – that everyone needs to answer is, “Does Jesus know you?”

You may ask, “Why is that important?” To get right to the point, because He is the ONLY way a person can be saved from the consequences of sin that separate everyone from God and the eternal life that only He can give. He is the only way to enter the kingdom of heaven. And if you haven’t put your complete trust in Him for the forgiveness of your sins, the door will be closed.

Jesus said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved” (John 10:9). Jesus didn’t hide from us how we get to heaven. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by me” (John 14:6). And He also said, “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out” (John 6:37).

Have you ever gone to Jesus in prayer and told Him you believe in His death on the cross to remove your sin, and asked Him to forgive you? If you answered “no”, please think about what is at stake. Time is short. No one can afford to wait until “tomorrow.” In case you haven’t noticed, darkness is falling on the whole world. Tomorrow may be too late. All the events happening in the world are showing us that Jesus is returning soon. Very soon. And the last thing you want to hear Him say is, “Depart from me, I never knew you.”

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved…for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved'” (Romans 10:9-10; 13).

“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him” (1 Thessalonians 5:9-10).

If you have yet to call out to the Lord to save you, I pray this will be the day you turn to Him and receive His gift of eternal life. God bless you all!

Brother Rick

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We wish to thank our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ without whom this ministry would not be possible.

DON’T GET X’d OUT!

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The “Great American Eclipse” is Coming!

So what’s really going on? What’s with all the X stuff? Is this all JUST a coincidence?

Does X mark the spot? Have you noticed all the things that are using the X lately?

We have Space X, Planet X, Disease X, Fragile X Syndrome, Tesla Model X, BMW Class X, Twitter is now “X” and iPhone X.  Not to mention, X Box, X Men, Generation X, The X Files, and Xfinity 10G (X is 10 in Roman Numerals). I also can’t help but think of how God sent the 10 (X) plagues as judgment upon Egypt for not letting the people of Israel go. And the place where the two eclipses cross is a place called Little Egypt in southern Illinois, 7 years apart! Wow!

With everything else that has been going on in the world over the last few years, maybe God is trying to tell us something. X-Day IS coming. But it’s not what people may think!

“And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity,…Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” – Luke 21:25-28

The day of the Great American Eclipse will pass. What else happens on that day no one can know, but one thing we can be sure of, we will continue to see the increasing of the signs that are pointing to the return of Jesus Christ. Ezekiel 38 & 39, Matthew 24, Luke 21, Revelation 6-19, and many other passages are all on the horizon. Not to mention all that is happening right now. There is much more to be thinking about than the coming four minute eclipse!

The most important question to answer is, what side will you be on when Jesus returns? Will you be for Him, or against Him? It’s literally a matter of eternal life or eternal death, and the choice is yours.

“Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” – 2 Corinthians 6:2

Jesus is coming soon! Put your faith and trust in His death, burial, and resurrection today (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 & Ephesians 2:8-9). For many, tomorrow will be too late. Don’t let that be you!

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever BELIEVES in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.” – John 3:16

My prayer for all who read this it that you will, “Choose life!” – Deuteronomy 30:19

Click on the above image for PDF version of “Don’t Get X’d Out!”

God bless!

Brother Rick

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TODAY’S U.N.C.L.E. MISSION REMINDER – 12.01.2023.

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End-Times Prophecies of Jesus – Part 1: John 5:43 (Audio Teaching)

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U.N.C.L.E. SPECIAL MISSION RESOURCE – 11.29.2023

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WHY IS CHRISTMAS IMPORTANT?

Yes, it’s the Christmas season once again. It is hard to believe how fast a year goes by, yet here we are. So the question is, why is Christmas such a big deal? Well, the only important reason, and you may have heard this before, is because it’s a reminder to the world that God sent His Son, Jesus, to save us from sin and death.

“For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). This familiar verse tells us God has done His part to bring salvation to the world. But it’s of no benefit unless we do our part, which is to truly “believe in Him”. Believing in His death, burial, and resurrection. Believing in Jesus, the spotless Lamb of God, who took your sins to the cross and paid the price for YOU!

However, the sad truth is there are many people who think there’s no need for that. They believe that when the time comes, if there is a God, He will give them a second chance. After all, they’re not that bad.

But God says, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). In other words, no one is good enough to even earn a “second chance” to get into heaven. Yet what they fail to realize is that for anyone who has not placed their faith in what Jesus has done for them, every moment they are still alive IS their second chance! Every day, tens of thousands of people don’t take the opportunity God gives everyone. They go into eternity without the salvation Jesus has made possible, and there will be no second chances after that. Make sure that’s NOT you!

In John 3:3, Jesus said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Basically, what Jesus is saying here is that everyone has one birthday, but EVERYBODY NEEDS TWO! If you don’t know for CERTAIN that you have a second birthday, pray to the Lord and ask Him to give you one, and He will give you His gift of eternal life by His Spirit. “For whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved” (Romans 10:13). “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63).  

Don’t let this opportunity pass you by, for “today is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2), and it is the only way into the kingdom of God. “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). “For it is by grace you are saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

So this is why Christmas is so important. It’s all about what He’s done for us!

“These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.” (1 John 5:13).

If today you have called on the Lord for His gift of eternal life, let me be the first to say, “Happy Birthday”! And may this be the best Christmas that you’ve ever had!

P.S. If you already have a “second birthday”, pass this on to someone else. You never know who YOU may be giving a very special gift to. God bless, and…

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

May God bless you all, as we follow the Lord on our Mission today and every day, until He comes!

Brother Rick

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TODAY’S U.N.C.L.E. MISSION REMINDER – 10.30.2023.

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Revelation 17: “The Woman Riding On The Beast” (Audio Teachings)

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Thank you to Aaron and all my brothers and sisters in the “God A Minute?” family for giving me the opportunity to share this Bible study with them. God bless you all!

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TODAY’S U.N.C.L.E. MISSION REMINDER – 10.17.2023.

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Revelation 13: The Beasts From The Sea & The Earth (Audio Teachings)

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Click Here for Part 2 – “The Beast Out of The Earth” (Revelation 13:11-18)

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TODAY’S U.N.C.L.E. MISSION REMINDER – 10.03.2023.

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Daniel 7: Four Beasts From The Sea (Audio Teaching)

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“Daniel 7: Four Beasts From The Sea”

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