Dream of the Return of Christ and Preparation for his Coming
Shortly after the death of my nephew in 2013, the Lord
blessed me with a dream of his return. I was also grieving over the death of my
only brother and this dream brought me great comfort.
Throughout the entire dream I heard a song by Sandi Patti
entitled, "We shall behold him." I also woke up singing this song. In
my dream, I saw a great city descending from God, out of Heaven, it looked like
many castles, shining brighter than the sun. This may have been the New
Jerusalem, or symbolic of the Kingdom of God coming to the earth. Then I heard
a loud voice shout, "Every eye shall behold him!" Then I saw the face
of Jesus Christ fill the entire sky! His face was turned away from the earth
because of wickedness, but as he was returning, he turned his face toward the
earth. His face was transparent like that of a spirit, but you could clearly
see his features. He was wearing a very large crown filled with many jewels. When
the elect saw him, they fell to their knees, and lifted up their faces and
hands toward him. Then their faces began to glow brightly, and soon their
entire bodies were transformed into their immortal form. I know that the return
of Christ will occur soon, because the Lord has spoken to me three times that I
will never see death, yet will be transformed when he returns.
Rev 1:7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will
see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn
because of Him. Even so, Amen.
1 Thess 4:13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no
hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will
bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word
of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will
by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 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. 17 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. 18 Therefore comfort one
another with these words
The Lord is returning for a bride without spot or wrinkle.
The Lord has spoken to me through many words and visions, that most Christians,
are covered in the filth of sin from compromise. The church today, is a product
of our wicked culture. The apostasy (great falling away) is a result of the
distorted grace for everything message that is being preached by dead churches.
When the preaching of holiness, was replaced, by the we are all sinners lie,
God began to remove His Spirit from the churches. If you do not believe this,
then ask yourself, why has demonic manifestations replaced the Holy Spirit in
most revivals? Common demonic manifestations are, making animal sounds,
crawling around on all fours barking, spiritual drunkenness, uncontrollable
laughter, sticking to the floor, heads rotating, and spasms. I am in the
deliverance ministry and I have witnessed these type of manifestations, from
demons that were being cast out of the possessed. There is an invasion of demons
within the church today because of sinful compromise. If the churches will
start preaching holiness again, then God’s Spirit may return. However, there is
grace for sins that are repented of. Repentance means to confess your sins to
God and one another, as well as turn away from them. There are hundreds of
verses in God’s Word about ceasing from sin and pursuing righteousness, but
they are ignored by most churches today.
The apostate church
of the end times, is referred to as spiritual Babylon, which is translated
wickedness. God’s Word tells us that the harlot church will be the dwelling
place of demons, and the prison of every foul spirit, and unclean bird. God’s
true children, are told to come out of her. The Roman Catholic Church is the
mother of all harlots and the dead protestant churches are her offspring. Rev
18:2 And he cried mightily with a loud voice, saying, "Babylon the great
is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, a prison for
every foul spirit, and a cage for every unclean and hated bird! 3 For all the
nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of
the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth
have become rich through the abundance of her luxury." 4 And I heard
another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you
share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
I believe that the
Great Tribulation will be a time of purification for the true church. When
people are forced to take a stand for Christ, as well as, clean their lives up,
then they will be ready for the Lord’s return. When electricity is no longer
available to power televisions or the internet, then Christians will be forced
to get this form of compromise out of their lives. The internet is good for
Christian ministry, but if a person is viewing pornography, then it is
spiritual death to them. Statistics show that as many as 50% of pastors are addicted
to porn, as well as the majority of men within churches today. Unless, a person
is delivered from this sinful bondage, they will go to Hell. The Lord has given
me numerous visions and dreams that television is also spiritual death to
believers, as well as Satan’s throne in most homes. It will take the purging of
the Tribulation, to produce a bride wearing garments of holiness. Those who
wish to live to be transformed, when the Lord returns, must be sanctified
(purified, set apart). Ephesians 5:26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her
with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself
a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she
should be holy and without blemish.
There is much controversy as to the timing of the rapture,
but God’s Word is very clear on this subject and we will explore what it really
teaches. This is not a subject that should divide us, but it is critical that
we be informed of the truth. The pre-tribulation rapture viewpoint is very
dangerous because it teaches people that there is no need to prepare for the
tribulation, or hard times ahead, because God is going to rapture you up to
Heaven for seven years, then return again to establish his kingdom. This man
made doctrine is contrary to God’s Word, and was created by taking scripture
out of context, as well as making scriptures jump through many hoops in order
to bring about a man pleasing belief.
The Lord Jesus Christ himself told us exactly when he will
return, as well as when he will send forth his angels to gather the elect.
Christ said that immediately after the tribulation of those days he would
return and gather his elect unto himself. NKJV Matt 24:29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those
days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars
will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they
will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory. 31 And He will send His angels
with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Christ said what he meant and was not
speaking metaphorically. The pre-trib doctrine teaches that this passage is in
reference to the second coming of Christ, seven years after the ingathering of
the saints, but Christ said that at this time, he would send out his angels to
harvest the elect. This passage alone is enough to establish that the rapture
and the second coming of Christ are the same event and that this will occur
immediately after the tribulation.
The Apostle Paul
taught that we will not be caught up to meet the Lord in the air until the the
dead are raised first, then we who are alive and remain will be caught up
together with them. Paul did not say that we will be caught up to Heaven, but
that we will meet the Lord in the air as he returns, this is our transformation
into immortality. 1 Thess 4:13 But I do
not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep,
lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will
bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.15 For this we say to you by the word
of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will
by no means precede those who are asleep.
16 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. 17 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. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these
words.
1 Cor 15:51 Behold, I
tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 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.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality. If we establish
when the dead are raised, then we will know when the remnant who are alive,
will be caught up and transformed. Christ said that he will raise the dead on
the last day. John 6:39 This is the will
of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing,
but should raise it up at the last day.
40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the
Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at
the last day.” Paul said that the dead
are raised, and that we are caught up with them at the last trump. The last
trump is a reference to the sounding of the seventh angel in the book of
Revelation. Rev 10:7 but in the days of the sounding of the
seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished,
as He declared to His servants the prophets. Rev 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there
were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the
kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”
When the trump is sounded then it is said, “ The kingdoms of this world have
become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ”. As you can see, God’s Word
clearly teaches that the dead are raised on the last day, at the last trump.
Another interesting fact is that all those martyred within
the Great Tribulation will have part in the first resurrection (resurrection of
the righteous). If the rapture/resurrection occurred before the tribulation
then they would have no resurrection. Rev 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to
them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to
Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image,
and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they
lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead
did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first
resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he
who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no
power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him
a thousand years.
God’s Word teaches us that he will protect many of his
children in the wilderness during this time of tribulation, these will be the
remnant that overcome and that will never see death. Rev 12:13
Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he
persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was
given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her
place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the
presence of the serpent. 15 So the
serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he
might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the
earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed
out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was
enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring,
who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
God did not rapture
Noah out of the earth, nor did he build the ark for him, rather he instructed
him how to build the ark. Noah was
obedient to God and although it took him 120 years to build the ark, he did not
give up. Because of Noah’s obedience to the Lord, we are here today. Like Noah,
we need to be making preparations for the soon coming tribulation. I believe
that the Lord is instructing people to prepare communities in remote wilderness
areas for the time of trouble ahead. We all need to be seeking the Lord with much fasting and prayer
concerning where to relocate. The cities, as well as populated areas are
destined for judgment. This is not a time for fear but action. If we trust God
as Noah did, then we will be obedient to him and follow his voice. God Bless!