The Rapture Part I: Fullfillment of : The Signs in The Sky, The Festivals in Summer, and The Parables of The End Times

By Jopie Rattu and Sridadi Atiyanto

The end of times is a topic that always attracts the attention of the Lord’s congregation since the beginning, because in the last days, the believers will be raised into the clouds to meet the Lord. However, Lord Jesus also stated that in the last days, there will be a severe persecution. That is why they need to prepare themselves to face this severe persecution.

In this first part of the book, the authors present very basic things that should be known by Christians, namely, things relating to the end times which include:

• Signs and marks 666 which must not be accepted by Christians.

This section explains the link between "Biochip" and 666 and the reasons and verses that explain why God's children may not accept chip666. What are the consequences for a child of God who receives Chip666 and what is the fate of a child of God who refuses to accept it.

• The importance of knowing the last world ruler, because from this kingdom will emerge ten kings and antichrists.
• There are four main end times figures, namely Satan, ten kings, antichrist and false prophets. The Bible clearly explains these four figures so we can interpret these figures today.
• Rapture: what and when.

The rapture will occur after the time of tribulation but before the vials of God's wrath. This means that God's children will experience persecution.

• The difference between the tribulation period and God’s wrath period.
• Tribulation period: when it starts and ends.
• The events that occurred related to the opening of each seal of the seven seals in the Book of Revelation.
• Emergence and duties of “two witnesses of God.”

When the appearance of two witnesses of God and what are their duties.

• Christian preparations and attitudes in the end times.

Because at the end times all of God's children will experience persecution, so much preparation must be done. Where the preparation is not only related to the physical but primarily spiritual preparation that requires time and sincerity.

In addition, at the end of this book, the estimated “The Book of Revelation in a New Structure” is included.

Many Christians have difficulty understanding the contents of the Book of Revelation. This happened, for one thing, because the contents and events in the Book of Revelation were not sequential from beginning to end, there are several events that were repeated in other sections, because the Apostle John wrote the Book of Revelation from two visions, where some of the two visions are related to the same things. If all the same events are put together so that the contents of the Book of Revelation are sequential in time from beginning to end, then the Book of Revelation becomes easy to understand and even the meaning of the seven seals is easier to understand, without needing to be interpreted, because the meaning of the first to the third seal is found in another chapter of the Book of Revelation.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Mar 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781400330065

Jopie Rattu

Rev. Dr. Jopie Rattu, D.Th.,Ph.D. - Director of Lembaga Rekaman Injil Indonesia (LRII) since 1979. Lecturer at Tiranus Bible College since 1990. Chairman of Church Representatives and Chrstian Association (PGPK) 2006 - 2015.

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The Rapture

Part I

The Rapture

Part I

Fulfillment of: The Signs in The Sky,

The Festivals in Summer,

and The Parables of The End Times

Rev. Jopie Rattu, Ph.D.

Sridadi Atiyanto, Ph.D.

Yunus Ciptawilangga, M.B.A.

© 2020 Rev. Jopie Rattu, Ph.D.; Sridadi Atiyanto, Ph.D.;

Yunus Ciptawilangga, M.B.A.

The Rapture

Part I

Fulfillment of: The Signs in The Sky,

The Festivals in Summer, and The Parables of The End Times

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Chapter I: Introduction

Chapter II: 666

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Chip and VeriChip

Biochip

Chapter III: The Final Ruler of the World

Chapter IV: The Four Characters of the End of Times

The Devil

The Ten Kings

The Antichrist

The False Prophet

The World After the 666Chip Implant

The Fate of Those Who Refuse the 666Chip

Chapter V: The Rapture

Chapter VI: The Tribulation and God’s Wrath

Two Visions of John Described in the Book of Revelation

Seven Disasters of God’s Wrath

The 144,000 Tribal Descendants of Israel

People in Heaven in the Book of Revelation

The Structure of the Book of Revelation

Chapter VII: The Tribulation and the Seven Seals

The First Seal

The Second Seal

The Third Seal

The Fourth Seal

The Fifth Seal

The Sixth Seal

The Seventh Seal

Chapter VIII: The Two Witnesses of God

Chapter IX: The Attitude of God’s Children

How to Avoid 666Chip

How We Should Keep Ourselves Alive

To Have Oil in the Vessels

Prayer and the Family Altar

Taking Care of the Family

Overcoming the Fear

The Book of Revelation in a New Structure

The Authors

Foreword

The main theme of this book is Rapture, with subthemes Fulfillment of the Signs in the Sky, Fulfillment of the Festivals in Summer, and Fulfillment of the Parable of the End Times. The main theme is very closely related with the subthemes because the subthemes presented very strong facts that seem to lead or are conical to the main theme, namely, the fact that the rapture is expected to occur at the time as set out in the subthemes.

In this first part of the book, the authors present very basic things that should be known by Christians, namely, things relating to the end times which include:

• Signs and marks 666 which must not be accepted by Christians

• The importance of knowing the last world ruler

• Characteristics of the four prominent end times figures, who are they

• Rapture: what and when

• The difference between the tribulation period and God’s wrath period

• Tribulation period: when it starts and ends

• The events that occurred related to the opening of each seal of the seven seals in the Book of Revelation

• Emergence and duties of two witnesses of God

• Christian preparations and attitudes in the end times

In addition, at the end of this book, the estimated The Book of Revelation in a New Structure is included.

Many Christians have difficulty understanding the contents of the Book of Revelation. This happened, for one thing, because the contents and events in the Book of Revelation were not sequential from beginning to end—there are several events that were repeated in other sections. Why do some repetitions occur? Because the Apostle John wrote the Book of Revelation from two visions, where some of the two visions are related to the same things, for example, seven trumpets are the same as seven vials of the wrath, the appointment of 144,000 people from the tribes of the descendants of Israel is explained twice (Rev 7:4 and Rev 14:1), and the people in heaven is also explained twice (Rev 7:13–14 and Rev 15:2). If all the same events are put together so that the contents of the Book of Revelation are sequential in time from beginning to end, then the Book of Revelation becomes easy to understand and even the meaning of the seven seals is easier to understand, without needing to be interpreted, because the meaning of the first to the third seal is found in another chapter of the Book of Revelation.

On the other hand, the second part of the book explains about the signs of heaven that are related to the second coming of the Lord Jesus.

The first coming of the Lord Jesus is marked by a sign in the sky in the form of a star in the east, and it is this star that guides the wise men so that they can meet the Lord Jesus as explained in Matthew 2:2,9:

Mt 2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

God also gave signs in the sky relating to the second coming of the Lord Jesus as recorded in the following:

Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

From 2014 to 2019, there were sixteen sky signs referred to the verse, in the form of nine solar eclipses and seven total lunar eclipses (moons like blood), all of which occur right on the feast days of the people of Israel or the days that we interpret related to end-time events.

In addition, the book also explains the Israelite festivals and their meanings and prophecies. The Israelites have seven main feasts which are divided into two, namely, the festivals of rainy season and the festival of summer. The three festivals of the rainy season were fulfilled at the time of the first coming of the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus died on the feast of Passover as the Lamb of God sacrificed for the salvation of mankind. He rose on the feast of the Firstfruits, as the first to rise from the dead. And finally the Holy Spirit was poured out on the day of Pentecost, where previously the word of God was engraved on tablets of stone, now carved into the hearts of men.

The four summer festivals in the form of the feast of the Trumpet, the Day of Atonement, the feast of Tabernacles, and the day of Hanukkah have not yet been fulfilled. Many theologians believe that the holidays will be fulfilled in connection with the second coming of the Lord Jesus.

Surprisingly, when we interpreted end-time events based on data of solar eclipses and total lunar eclipses, Israel’s feasts, and Bible verses, it turns out that our interpretation of the end-time events occurred precisely in the days the summer feast is in accordance with the prophecies of these feast days so that if this really happens, then the second coming of the Lord Jesus will be the fulfillment of the Israel’s summer festivals.

Signs of heaven that are so real that God gave us would spur us to better prepare ourselves to welcome His coming.

Soli Deo Gloria,

Authors

CHAPTER I

Introduction

The end of times is a topic that always attracts the attention of the Lord’s congregation since the beginning, because in the last days, the believers who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus will be raised into the clouds on the way to the glorious heaven. However, Jesus also stated that in the last days, there will be a severe persecution. That is why although the congregation of believers will be happy because they will soon meet the Lord face-to-face in heaven, they also need to prepare themselves to face this severe persecution.

There is no denying that the Lord’s congregation often feels disappointed with the commentaries on the end of times as many of them have not been fulfilled. However, there are relatively quite many of the Lord’s children who continue to seek, read, and study about the end of times because as the Lord’s children, we know for sure that the end of times will come to pass.

The development of technology is so fast at present that it seems to have given quite an impact on the Lord’s children to develop a better understanding of the fulfillments related to the end of times. Moreover, a few among those technologies are part of the fulfillments itself. That is why when there are several unproven commentaries, it is very possible that at the time the commentaries were written, most probably the things or technologies referred to in the commentaries did not exist yet, for example, when there is a sentence like Even though we are in Indonesia, and our addressees are in America, we could converse and at the same time see each other’s face.

It is understandable that fifteen to twenty years ago, someone would interpret the statement as a dream, or telepathy, because at that time neither Skype nor FaceTime existed. Likewise the Chip was a foreign object fifteen to twenty years ago, and most probably no one had ever thought that there will be a chip that could be planted in a human body like it is now, then. The same goes for several data access, for instance, on those that are related to the solar system which was quite difficult to obtain ten to fifteen years ago: with the increasing sophistication of the Internet, those data become easier to get, and it turns out that these data are closely related to the time of Jesus’ second coming.

Therefore, with all due respect and humility, we hope that you, dear gentlemen, ladies, brothers, and sisters, as children of light, children of the day, will take time to read this book. The authors do not dare to claim that this commentary is definitely correct, but considering the very short time left, since the second coming of Jesus is already at the doorstep, increasing our understanding about the end of times is a must as reminded in 1 Thes 5:6:

Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Moreover, it turns out that anticipating the second coming of Jesus is not sufficient by just waiting or knowing enough about when