RAPTURE – PART XX
JESUS 2.0 ADVENT KILLS ALL LOST HUMANS?
First of all, Yeshua promised that not every soul on earth will be destroyed at the end of the Great Tribulation. Matthew 24:21-22, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.”
Daniel stated that some Israelites will survive the Great Tribulation in 12:1, “At that time Michael shall stand up,
The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people;
And there shall be a time of trouble,
Such as never was since there was a nation,
Even to that time.
And at that time your people shall be delivered,
Every one who is found written in the book.”
If the ceremonial Laws of Yahweh’s Feasts have been done away with, why does Zechariah 14:16 say SURVIVORS of Judgment Day will go up year by year to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles? “And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahweh of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.” !?! If the Feast of Tabernacles is done away with, you’d better let Yahweh and Yeshua know, cause they seem to be looking forward to it! I guess Jesus misses a few folks when He returns to blast lost humanity!! I see now I will have to go through Zechariah 14 verse by verse.
Let’s mention again Matthew 25:31-32, “When the Son of Man comes [erchomai] in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 32All the nations [all ethnic groups] will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.” You see, from the mouth of the Master Himself, He WILL NOT slay every breathing lost soul from the face of the earth at His JESUS 2.0 ADVENT!! Apparently, when Yeshua slays His enemies at His JESUS 2.0 ADVENT, it means ONLY the outright wicked people pushing the ONE WORLD ORDER, Antichrist globalists, and those who fight against Jerusalem! This is a cool study in itself! Revelation 19:15, “Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations [ethnic groups]. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.” How can Yeshua rule them with a rod of iron if He killed all His enemies at His JESUS 2.0 ADVENT? Verse 18, “that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great.” The word “people” is not in the Greek. The word “all” is used in the sense of collectivity. A better rendering of the last phrase of verse 18 would be, “and the flesh of all types of people, including freemen and servants, both small and great.” To interpret that phrase any other way, like ALL LOST HUMANS ON EARTH, would be to break Matthew 25:32 and Zechariah 14:16. You know the rule, let Scripture interpret Scripture.
2 Thessalonians 2:8, “And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” This one verse pinpoints the destruction of ONE INDIVIDUAL, whom I believe is the Antichrist. Yeshua knows how to destroy, by ones, by whole armies, by one ethnic (genetic) group, or by one political country, at a time. But it’s obvious that many lost humans will survive Judgment Day.
But take heart, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10, “since it is a righteous thing with Yahweh to repay with tribulation [thlipsis] those who trouble you , 7and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed [apokalupsis, the apocalypse] from heaven [JESUS 2.0 ADVENT] with His mighty angels, 8in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know Yahweh, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence [the face, His countenance] of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10when He comes [erchomai, JESUS 2.0 ADVENT], in that [Judgment] Day [Tishri 10], to be glorified in His saints [whom He just Raptured/Resurrected on Tishri 1] and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.” When Yeshua returns at the JESUS 2.0 ADVENT, the surviving lost people on earth will face the ultimate choice. Will they now be ready to get to know Yahweh and obey the gospel of Yeshua? If not, destruction, but if they do, salvation! This is what the Matthew 25 judgment is all about, separating the sheep from the goats. Yeshua is just, He will give every human a clear opportunity to receive Him as Savior and Lord.
Love and blessings,
Gene Benjamin II
October 15, 2012 CE