When Will We Go Home?

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  In Matthew 24 we read; 
  
  1 And Jesus went out and departed from the temple. And His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone on another that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the "world"? 4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
  
  Now let's break this open by the leading of the Spirit.
  
  The disciples drew the Lord's focus toward the buildings of the temple and Jesus prophesies it's destruction. 
  
  They asked the Lord 3 prophetic questions; 1.Tell us when will these things be? ( when shall the temple be destroyed)
  
  2. And what shall be the sign of Your coming, (the signs of when You shall come) 
  
  3. and of the end of the "world" or age. (The signs of when this age is over or this age is drawing to a close)
  
  The word or term "world" is defined in the Strong's Definition: properly an age; by extension perpetuity (also past); by implication the world; specifically (Jewish) a Messianic period
  
  Other translations also says "the end of the age"
  
  Did not Jesus in Matthew 13:39 declare that "the harvest is, or marks the end of the age?" International standard version. (Important to realize this.)
  
  Now please notice that He said nothing about the so-called "rapture", "catching away" or physical departure before the signs they asked for, first comes into fulfillment. In fact, He first warns His disciples to be careful not to be deceived in verse 4, " Take heed that no man deceive you."
  
  YOU MUST UNDERSTAND GOD'S SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. 
  
  Then in the following verses, Jesus answered their questions because they asked him to give them the "signs" before the expected end. (Matthew 24)
  
  They asked nothing about a "rapture". 
  
  So then the Lord answered them by saying; " 5 For many shall come in My name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you are not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
  12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall grow cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
  
  These are all "prophetic signs" that must first come into fulfillment before the end can come and the 2nd coming that will only happen after the tribulation of those days, is clearly declared by the Lord from verse 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  
  God clearly revealed to me Satan's plan against the church in these end of days through the misinterpretation of scripture. Satan knows about these "signs" that must first be fulfilled before the end can come, especially the preaching of the gospel of Christ's kingdom unto all the nations because this war and struggle that we are in are about souls, is it not? God said that Satan knows we as the body of Christ are ordained of God to do exactly that, fulfill the great commission and as Jesus said in verse 13 he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Why do so many Christians focus on the "rapture" or escape through self-preservation and not on the saving of souls through the preaching of the gospel? 
  
  Also when He gave the great commission in Matthew 28, did He not promise His disciples in verse 20 that, " I am with you always, even to the end of the world" or "age"?
  
  The Lord revealed to me that Satan's plan through the traditional teaching and doctrines of men about the "rapture" is to disrupt and interfere with God's plans to prepare, equip and mobilize the remnant sold-out church and end-time army of God to fulfill their Apostolic callings and the great exploits prophesied in Joel 2, Zechariah 10 and Isaiah 13. 
  
  I counsel you by the Spirit of God to go and read these scriptures because they all speak about the same events and of the fulfillment of the great commission and the destruction of Satan's kingdom. Further, Jesus said to me that the wrong interpretation and understanding of His plan in this generation causes spiritual abortions of end-time ministries that were ordained by God from the foundation of the earth. Many are asleep and deceived through a false gospel of prosperity and self-centeredness when we are at war for the eternal souls of men.
  
  The church must understand the Lord's plan proclaimed in His overcoming church of the Firstborn. 
  
  Further, the Holy Spirit revealed to me that through the false teachings about the end times and through a satanic gospel of self-preservation he paralyzes the church in carnality, postpones his sentence and destroys more souls.
  
  I ask you beloved of God; HOW WILL THE GREAT COMMISSION BE FULFILLED AND HOW CAN THE EXPECTED END COME IF WE LIVE SELF-CENTERED, SELFISH LIVES OF SELF PRESERVATION WHEN JESUS SACRIFICED HIMSELF TO SAVE "YOUR" PERSONAL SOUL? 
  
  IS THIS THE HEART OF GOD?
  
  DID CHRIST NOT, IN THE CALLING AND ORDER OF DISCIPLESHIP IN JOHN 15, GIVE US A CLEAR COMMANDMENT THROUGH THE HEART OF GOD THAT DECLARES THE REQUIREMENTS OF HIS NEW TESTAMENT, NEW COVENANT GOSPEL BY SAYING; "In this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; showing yourselves to be My disciples. As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you: continue you in My love. If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
  
  This is My commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
  
  He said if we keep His commandments we shall abide in His love but clearly the opposite of that if we choose to ignore what Christ said, is to live lives in which we are only concerned about escaping His end-time judgments during a time tribulation. Lives that denies the world around us the love of God. Lives that has no eternal impact. Lives that refused to be laid down for the benefit of others through the self-sacrificial heart of God. The kind of lives that the Apostle Paul prophesied about in 2 Timothy 3
  
  1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
  
  From such turn away, I say and turn to the truth about what God has to say. From His throne in heaven Adonai Almighty Father spoke the following words to me that burned like fire through my being while I wept like a child;"THERE ARE NO ADEQUATE WORDS THAT CAN ARTICULATE THE MAJESTIC HONOR AND GLORY THAT PERMEATES A LIFE SACRIFICED SO THAT THE GOD OF WONDERS MIGHT BE GLORIFIED. IT HAS ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES THAT ONLY ETERNITY WILL TELL."
  
  Now remember please that the Lord said first the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached to all the world as a witness and then the end shall come. If you want to be a part of this great work then heed the voice and the call of the Spirit through this revelatory teaching. 
  
  Think on this for a moment beloved seeker of truth; if the pre-trib rapture through a physical departure is true then how is it possible before the fulfillment of the prophesied "signs"?
  
  From verse 5-14 in Matthew 24 the church is clearly already in tribulation. In verse 21 the Lord declared, "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be."
  
  Let's compare this to a parable. The disciples asked for the signs before the end can come. So let's imagine, we are walking down the road of destiny with Jesus. He tells us about a coming bump in the road of which we must be aware. Then greatly puzzled we ask the Lord; what will be the sign of the coming bump in the road. He says; well, as you proceed down this road of destiny there shall, to either sides of the road, be signposts with boards that reads, BEWARE BUMP COMING, so first you will see the signs, then you can slow down, focus more and prepare your hearts because the bump is now near. 
  
  What many are so falsely believing through the so-called pre-trib physical rapture is that first we will encounter the bump and then we shall see the signs. Please wake up to the truth! So understand this; first, all the prophesied signs shall be witnessed by us and then the end shall come especially the gathering of the precious fruit of the earth, the end time harvest. It is our assignment from God by divine decree as His kingdom forerunners to help raise this prophesied army that will labor in His field. In worship many years ago, suddenly the latter rains started to pour all over me and in the rain, the Father dropped 3 prophetic scriptures to me. 
  
  In the left, Ezekiel 37, in the middle the book of Joel and to my right Ephesians 1 that speak about the resurrection life and power of God that shall be poured out to bring forth the harvest from the valley of decision. 
  
  Then God spoke revealed to me and said with a very awesome and authoritative majestic voice; "I AM SENDING YOU WITH THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS AND THE RESURRECTION POWER OF THE GOSPEL INTO THE THE VALLEY OF DECISION TO HELP RAISE A JOEL'S ARMY."
  
  There is a harvest of souls hidden in the sacrifice of your personal cross. John 15. 
  
  Now please let me give you again the blueprint of what the Father said to me about the end-time harvest. 
  
  God the Father revealed to me, "You are "the" generation that has been given "the" prophetic key to unlock the final harvest in the earth. This key works in the following manner. As the bride comes into agreement with her Husband by embracing the covenant requirements of the cross of self-abandonment to His will and purpose and she releases the seed of her life through an intimate love relationship, He, in turn, responds by becoming one with her in a sacred union. Then the Lord God impregnates the seed of her life and this principle births and brings forth the nations. In other words, the final harvest are the children that will be birthed through the marriage of Christ and His devoted bride. As she abandons herself to her King, she becomes one with Him in vision, desire, and purpose.
  
  It is written in Joel 2
  
  1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD comes, for it is near at hand. 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, through the years of many generations. 3 A fire devours before them; and behind them a flame burns: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. 6 Before their face the people shall be in great pain: all faces are drained of color. 7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march each one on his way, and they shall not break their ranks: 8 Neither shall one jostle another; they shall walk each one in his path: and when they lunge between the swords, they shall not be wounded. 9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can endure it? 
  
  People who are not obedient to the call of the great commission through a personal cross are selfish and want to keep Jesus to themselves.