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The Audacity of the Pre-Trib Rapture - Are Your Garments White?

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Introduction: My Dream

A common, thematic element in my dreams is getting dressed, with emphasis on the type of dress I'm wearing. I believe these dreams show the reflection of my spiritual state, as white garments are needed to make it to Heaven. Last night, I prayed to God to give me some sort of sign that I am on the right track - that I am doing His will.

I had a dream that I was at a college or university, and I changed into a stunning white dress. This dress was unusual, but beautiful. I went to look into the mirror, and my hair was in a style I never wore it before, which was also unusual but looked nice. I looked at myself and thought, "This dress is so white!" Honestly, it was blindingly white.

I walked out of the bathroom, and there was a woman, and she said, "That is a really beautiful dress." I was a little shy, but I thanked her, and then I looked at the bottom. The bottom was a little dirty from dragging it around. I replied, "I need to bleach it still."

This dream, I believe, is simply interpreted. First of all, I am extremely happy that I finally dreamt of wearing a white dress. However, notice, I still had some dirt on it, at the bottom. The bottom may go unnoticed by most, but I noticed it. I believe God is saying that we need to clean every single part of our garments, even the hidden parts that we may not see - the stuff we drag around and forget about.

Also, the dress was not worldly, but it was beautiful. We are to be set apart from the world, so that others notice us, but for the right reasons and purpose.

This morning in prayer, I thanked God for the dream. I understand that "bleaching" something is a harsh process, and that I need to do some final bleaching of the bottom of my garment.

For example, right now I am in the midst of a three day fast, and it has been a harsh cleansing, which I will talk about more at the end of this post.

For the topic today, I have had several revelations to share during this fast, and one is about the "audacity" of the pre-tribulation rapture.

Are Your Garments WHITE?

For context for readers, I have drastically changed my life in the past few years. I have been working and working to be holy before God, and this has been an intense process.

So, what is strange to me is when I see people SO sure that they are just ready to be "raptured" up into heaven, without any doubt about their salvation. When I reflect on myself, this has been one of the most intense processes I have undergone, and I know many readers can relate. Purifying yourself is a process of discipline, yet, according to many Christian comments I encounter, everyone seems so "ready":

When I woke up this morning, God gave me the word audacity:

Audacity can sometimes have a positive connotation, but it is mostly negative. God says to me, "They have the audacity to think they are ready!"

He is saying that this confidence people have about the rapture is shockingly rude to Him.

The reason I brought up my dream and my process of purification isn't too brag. Please, understand, that I was not some saint in my life. Everything I write here is an honest confession to explain the difficulty of purification, and that it requires:

  • discipline - practice and training
  • integrity - honesty with God
  • self-reflection - the ability to see yourself clearly
  • confession - to God and possibly others
  • repentance - true change of mind

There is more to it than that, but what God was saying to me is that most are NOT ready, and they are thinking and acting audaciously.

So, for me, it has taken me years to get ready, and the bottom of my dress is still dirty! I need to bleach it. Yet, all of these people are so sure, so convinced that they are ready, yet they haven't looked at their spiritual garments. They need to look in the spiritual mirror.

Now, I want to look at some verses from scripture to remind us all that the path to salvation is narrow.

Paul says to work out our salvation with fear and trembling:

  • Philippians 2:12-13 ESV
  • Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

And then we see this verse in 1 Peter 4:18:

  • 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
  • 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator

So, even with my beautiful, white garment, I still had dirt on the bottom! Yes, I am walking a righteous life, but I still need to reflect on what needs to be cleansed, even after months and months of purification.

So, these people are telling God they are ready? No, God told me - they are not ready. They need to drop their audacious pride and start reflecting.

According to Revelation 3:4, there are a few people in the church of Sardis who have white garments and are holy enough to walk with Jesus:

  • But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

I believe the church of Sardis is the church most people are in today. In Revelation 3 it says:

  • I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

That is exactly what the church today feels like in Mystery Babylon. It feels lively when you walk in, but for those really walking with Jesus Christ, there is an emptiness to it at that radiates.

Join the Church of Philadelphia, where you may lose your strength, but you will never deny the name of Jesus Christ:

  • I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

Denying Jesus's name isn't just about not saying it out loud. It is about living a worldly life, where your actions show you do not worship Jesus Christ.

For example, you can tell everyone how much you love Jesus at church, but then on the weekend, you go back to those same activities that show Satan your true allegiance.

So, just because you profess the name of Jesus with your lips doesn't mean you're ready.

And though this is a harsh message, I feel it is a message of truth. Most reading this are not ready, and most of us have some cleaning to do still. Look for the hidden parts of your garments and see what needs to be cleansed.

A False Jesus

I was thinking about how so many have been deceived by the pre-tribulation rapture, which you can read more about here. How are people coming to such false beliefs? Well, it is because they believe in a false Jesus. According to 2 Corinthians 11:4,

  • You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.

One of my friends is convinced of a pre-tribulation rapture. She also is perfectly sure every single person in her family made it to heaven, even if they were not practicing Christians.

She firmly believes that Jesus is love without judgment or discipline.

How can love exist without boundaries, rules, and discipline? It can't.

The children today in Babylon are growing up with a false love, one where parents believe they do not have to say "no" to their children. I have another friend who has refused to discipline her child in any capacity because she believes that is what love is, and it is not turning out well, though I don't think she will ever acknowledge it.

Satan has completely misconstrued what love is - to mean what he wants it to be. Satan wants love to mean you can do whatever you want without consequence, or the classic, "Do what thou wilt" of Aleister Crowley.

True love requires discipline, and if God loves you, He disciplines you. Because He loves you, He disciplines you.

You see, love is truth. Truth is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is love.

In truth, there may be some discomfort, and it isn't always a pleasant feeling. When someone tells you the truth, it can hurt. The truth is often very painful. However, truth frees you.

Still, it is loving to tell the truth to someone even if is painful. Of course, we need to tell the truth with love, too. The truth I am writing to you right now is that you are probably not ready, but I say this with love. Most of us are not fully ready. That doesn't mean you haven't made great strides! It doesn't mean you haven't made progress. I speak to so many of you in emails and phone calls, and there is such wonderful things happening. However, it doesn't mean we are ready.

Think of it this way, if it is a day of a big event, you know when you're ready. Everything is clean and ready to go. Your outfit is perfect and clean. Your hair is positioned. Your wearing the right shoes. Everything is in its right place.

So, when you reflect on your garments, ask yourself, what still needs to be cleansed?

For me, I know my anger is one thing I need to still clean out, which I will talk about at the end of this post.

In prayer, ask God to reveal to you the state of your spiritual garments. Be prepared to get a possibly harsh truth. However, if they are dirty, the good news is that you still have time to clean them!

If they are really dirty, you have some work to do. If they still have a few spots, get going! Either way, I think we all need to take out that bleach, and sometimes bleaching is just a quick and harsh process that needs to happen.

I want to remind people here that I am not a legalist. I am seeing a rise of false testimonies, where people are claiming they have gone to hell for wearing a wedding ring or straightening their hair. We need to be extremely careful about actually sticking to what the Bible says when it comes to sin. This is a great video about a testimony of seeing Jesus Christ and what He expects from us - all backed up by scripture.

The lady narrating the video makes a great point. If you see Jesus as "wishy-washy" and never angry, you might want to read the gospels and highlight the parts where He is intense! However, if you see God as only angry and full of punishment, you might want to highlight the verses where Jesus Christ is full of grace and forgiveness.

You see this is a narrow path, difficult to find, and so many are on such strange paths! Find the narrow path, and if your garment gets dirty along the way, clean it!

Three Day Fast

I have never done a three day fast, and I write a lot about fasting, so I want to make sure this section gives new advice.

I honestly didn't want to do this fast, but in prayer, it kept coming up. I have done great with fasting, taking on 24 hour fasts easily, and going over 24 hours many times.

Still, I didn't want to do a three day fast. Why? I wanted to eat! I mean, when you are living more of a holy life, food is one of the only pleasures you really have. Haha. I don't drink. I don't party. I don't watch television or most movies. I just don't get the same type of reward I once did from sinning, and food is still that reward for me. Don't get me wrong - food is not really something I struggle with in the sense of gluttony, but like most reading, I like it.

So, I begrudgingly entered the fast at 10 PM on Sunday night.

The first 24 hours were the hardest. Though I have done 24 hours before, this was different because I didn't have a reward at the end. During the day, I did great. At night, however, my anger came out. I was so angry I couldn't sleep until 4 AM. I am sure Witness 1 enjoyed this time (haha), but luckily He was fasting with me, too, and he understood.

When I woke up, I felt terrible. I felt like I was hungover. It was because of the anger. I think God was showing me how anger is like poison, just as alcohol is.

I went to pray in the morning and apologized to God. I felt bad about yelling and just not listening to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit tells me when I am angry to go to God, but I didn't. I just wanted to be angry on the couch until 4 AM. So, that is what I did.

Eventually, after prayer, I felt better. I wasn't hungry anymore. For those reading, this is what is great about fasting. You do get past the hunger. Then, you start to feel good.

Still, it was a weird process. One of my prayers was, "Please rid me of anything evil in my body like nanoparticles."

So, on Day 2, I was laying in bed, and it was like my body was vibrating. It felt like something was leaving my body. It wasn't a pleasant feeling, but I knew some type of cleansing was happening. Some may be claiming it was my blood sugar or something, but it wasn't that, as I'm pretty aware of my body. There was something truly changing in my body.

The end of Day 2 was better. I had moments of hunger, but whenever I got hungry, I prayed to God to alleviate me, and He did. He was teaching me to trust in Him.

I had a beautiful second day. It was just a good day. I was very productive and the peace of the Holy Spirit was back, and I wasn't as worried about food anymore.

I am writing this on Day 3. I am starting to feel weak, and I have until 10 PM tonight. I have many tasks to do to keep myself busy, but most of all, I will be in prayer.

Today, I will be talking to God about my goals and how I plan to bleach my garments. I will do some cleaning I have been avoiding, as fasting isn't just about food. Remember, there are other things we can fast in our lives. For one, I have a lot of clothes to get rid of, and yesterday, I got rid of my Christmas tree. I am not anti-Christmas, but it was just taking up a lot of space, and this past Christmas, I didn't even put it up. We have been changing Christmas traditions in our family. Again, I am not against anyone celebrating Christmas, rather, I believe that the holiday has completely stopped honoring Jesus Christ. It was symbolic. I had been avoiding it for a long time, and I finally got rid of the boxes, and now I have so much more space.

What I am getting at is that fasting is a process of purification on different levels. There can be many things to fast, such as the internet, food, makeup, alcohol, or something else that you need to focus on.

Anyway, some cleansing is going on for me spiritually, mentally, and physically. Right now, I am not hungry, but I am weak. I can feel my energy depleting. I am going to pray to God after this that He restores me.

For those contemplating a 3 day fast, I would say, if you have gotten to 24 hours, maybe it is time to challenge yourself with 2 or 3 days.

I can firmly say I do not regret it at all, and it has been an extremely important process in this purification of my garments.

I encourage anyone reading to start fasting if you have not yet. For most reading, it is medically safe to do so, but of course, do not do anything stupid or not medically safe. We are not responsible for anybody's stupidity.

You don't have to start with 3 days, and I wouldn't! If you have never even gone a day without food, you might want to consider if you are truly ready for a coming time of famine.

Again, we need to get ready spiritually first, then physically and mentally. It is a process that all works together, though, but it cannot be done without God.

While life may seem peaceful still for some, this is the time God has given us to prepare - not play around.

I will end with the parable of the foolish virgins:

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom [a]is coming; go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour [b]in which the Son of Man is coming.

Please, do not be one of the foolish virgins. Get ready!!! Jesus Christ is coming back soon.

May God bless you all greatly in Jesus's name!

- Witness 2