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1 Corinthians 2:14 "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned." "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

@grok @Elpaso29 @EricLDaugh Yes, there is no large body of water in Tehran (see Google Earth).

No, this isn't recent footage of strikes on Tehran. The video shows a coastal city skyline with a large body of water in the foreground—Tehran is landlocked inland with mountains behind it, no waterfront like this. There *are* ongoing US/Israeli strikes across Iran (including near Tehran and ports like Bushehr/Bandar Abbas), but this clip appears mislabeled or from a different location/event in the conflict.

🚨 WOW! Tehran, Iran getting repeatedly HAMMERED by military strikes The clock is ticking. This is NOTHING compared to what President Trump would unleash within 48 hours 🔥🔥

@LightintheFog83 @Apostle_David Please see: bereansearching.com/2024/10/13/the…

@Apostle_David When I read posts like that I cant help but think the "snatching away;one in a field, one taken, woman at the mill one taken etc" is the wicked being wiped out first just like Jesus tells us in the parable of the reapers. Indeed many may be "snatched away" but it isnt the saved.

THE IMPOSSIBLE RAPTURE The simplest way to expose the impossibility of a pre‑tribulation rapture is to imagine, for a moment, what would actually happen if millions of people vanished in a single instant. Not in a prophecy chart or a sermon illustration, but in the real world we inhabit. Civilization would collapse within minutes. Planes would fall from the sky, hospitals would lose their staff, power grids would fail, supply chains would break, governments would crumble, financial systems would freeze, and militaries would lose command. This is not the world continuing under Antichrist; this is the end of the world as we know it. And yet the world of Revelation is not a collapsed world, it is a functioning one, full of commerce, armies, kings, trade, persecution, deception, and global governance. Revelation requires a world that continues, not a world that implodes. Even the popular “alien abduction” explanation collapses under scrutiny. If millions vanished, there would be no governments left to craft a deception, no infrastructure to maintain it, and no coherent world population to receive it. A global narrative requires a global society, and a global society cannot exist after a mass disappearance. The “alien explanation” is a fantasy built on top of a fantasy. Jesus never warned of a disappearance; He warned of deception. His warnings were relentlessly doctrinal: • false prophets, • false teachers, • false signs, • false Christs, • false doctrines, • false hopes. The deception is not the disappearance; the deception is the doctrine of the disappearance. The pre‑tribulation rapture creates a false hope, a false timeline, a false escape, and a false expectation that blinds believers to the very things Jesus told them to prepare for: endurance, persecution, deception, and overcoming. It is the perfect setup for the very words He spoke: “Many will be deceived.” The Daniel theory is the other half of the lie. The modern rapture system depends on a split 70th week, a future Antichrist covenant, a rebuilt temple, a seven‑year tribulation, and a pre‑trib removal of the Church, none of which exist in Scripture. These ideas are modern inventions built on a misreading of Daniel, forming the great deception of the last two centuries. The system is not ancient, not apostolic, and not biblical. It is a doctrinal structure crafted in the 1800s and retrofitted onto Scripture by force. The real end‑time Church is not escaping; it is enduring. Revelation describes a faithful remnant, a persecuted Church, a victorious Bride, saints who overcome, and witnesses who stand firm. The Bride does not flee the battle; the Bride overcomes in the battle. The Church is not removed from the hour of testing, she is refined in it, strengthened through it, and revealed by it. And so the conclusion becomes unavoidable: if the pre‑tribulation rapture were real, the world would end instantly, but Revelation requires a functioning world. Therefore the pre‑tribulation rapture cannot be real. The deception is not the event; the deception is the doctrine. And the deception is already here.

@Apostle_David @SugarN461 That passage is addressed in context here: bereansearching.com/2025/09/23/whe… But to understand that Jesus will not return two more times, rather only once, please see: bereansearching.com/2009/09/19/the…

That’s a beautiful question. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 is Paul’s way of comforting believers who were grieving, reminding them that when Jesus returns, He gathers both the living and the resurrected together to Himself. It’s not describing a secret disappearance, but the joyful reunion of God’s people at His appearing. Paul’s whole point is hope: no one who belongs to Christ will be left out of that moment.

@Apostle_David @_BrettRyanMusic And to second that please see: bereansearching.com/2024/02/05/jes…

@_BrettRyanMusic Amen.

@Apostle_David Yes...pre-Tribulation rapture is entirely un-Biblical! Please read these posts: bereansearching.com/2025/09/23/whe… and bereansearching.com/2021/10/21/is-…

No accountability providing impunity for fraudulent use of government funds by an arrogantly embedded single party dominated society. Ecclesiastes 8:11, "Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."

THIS IS DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES… Not a movie Not another country People are using fire hydrants as washing stations doing laundry right on the street Public infrastructure turned into survival tools How did it get to this point? What do you think needs to change - and who’s responsible? ⬇️ 🇺🇸

@oliverburdick Everything about God's Word is Supernatural! No surprises with that understanding. Please see these Biblical Hidden Gems: bereansearching.com/2026/02/24/art…

The entire Book of Revelation is one big chiasm (a form of Hebrew poetry where the lines mirror themselves). God's Word is incredible.

@JoshuaBarzon Agreed! Please see this mission statement: bereansearching.com/2023/02/11/sea…

Jesus’ final command to His followers was simple but world-changing. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” Matthew 28:19 The mission of the church isn’t just gathering believers. It’s making disciples. From Jerusalem to the ends of the earth, the call remains the same.

@JoshuaBarzon Yes! Jesus is the key to unlocking the mystery of the Bible! bereansearching.com/2023/02/11/exa…

The Bible is a miracle. There is no other book like it. Treasure it. Read it. Obey it.

@1cor127 You are most welcome Stacy! I get very little feedback and am glad that you were blessed by it. Please check out the other "Hidden Spiritual Gems" (there are 13 so far) as summarized here: bereansearching.com/2026/02/24/art…

@Highground2 Thank you for sharing this!

How wide is your concern? In Luke 24:18-19, the resurrected Jesus asked Cleopas and a friend what they were discussing, and they asked Jesus if He was the only one who didn’t know what happened in the last few days. So Jesus asked “What things?”. They didn’t realize who they were talking to. Jesus obviously knew they were talking about Him being crucified, but what about the 2 criminals that were as well? What about their grief stricken mothers? What about His executioners? They needed salvation, but would the disciples help them to find salvation in Christ? Or were they so consumed with their own loss of Jesus that they couldn’t see past themselves? Many Christians are concerned only with their own personal relationship with Jesus. But He is the life; the life around them. Do you see the hungry, thirsty, naked, sick and enslaved among humanity? He has become its sin (2 Cor 5:21). Too many Christians are only about their personal relationship with Jesus, and they forget about the broader relationship; Jesus, His whole creation and me. We share Christ’s responsibility to humanity, for we are His ambassadors and joint heirs to the throne of God. Don’t forsake loving the lost and broken people all around you because it’s too messy and sometimes dangerous. They need Jesus and it’s up to us to make sure they are given the opportunity to know Him personally. How wide is your concern? It should be as wide as Jesus Christ’s.

@Tabletalk @augustuslopes bereansearching.com/2022/09/26/the…

I think that the lack of expository preaching today is the root of all evil in the churches. You don’t teach them how to interpret and how to love the Bible. —@AugustusLopes ligm.in/4d8WnE8

@1cor127 The Road to Emmaus explained here: bereansearching.com/2022/09/26/the…

@Wendi_Irlbeck bereansearching.com/2024/02/12/luk…

He left the 99. He came for me. He’s coming for you too. 📖 Luke 15:4🩷

@gracieback2 The Garden of Gethsemane is more important than most people think: bereansearching.com/2023/11/08/ano…

🛐THANK YOU JESUS🛐 🩸 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸 In the shadows of these olive trees, Jesus felt the crushing weight of every sin we've ever committed. He was in such deep agony that he literally sweat blood, knowing exactly the physical and spiritual pain that waited for him at the cross. Yet, in his darkest hour, he chose to stay and say "yes" to the Father—all because he loved us too much to let us go.

@NancyH_60 There is more to the story than most people are aware: bereansearching.com/2023/11/08/ano…

The Night Jesus Was Arrested: What Really Happened in Gethsemane That Changed Everything Did you know the night Jesus Christ was arrested, something happened in the darkness that many Christians have never truly understood? It wasn’t just a betrayal. It wasn’t just soldiers with swords. Something far deeper happened in a quiet place called the garden of Gethsemane, a moment that would change the destiny of the entire world. It was late at night. The city of Jerusalem had grown quiet after the Passover meal. The moon hung over the olive trees as Jesus Christ walked slowly into the garden with his disciples. But this night was different. The Bible says his soul was exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death. Matthew 26:38. Jesus knew what was about to happen — the betrayal, the suffering, the cross. So he walked deeper into the garden and fell to the ground to pray. And in the silence of that night, Jesus prayed one of the most powerful prayers ever spoken: “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me — yet not my will, but yours be done.” Luke 22:42. The weight of the world was upon him. Luke tells us something astonishing: Being in agony, he prayed more earnestly and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground. Luke 22:44.

@JoshuaBarzon Speaking of Nehemiah Chapter 2 you might find this interesting: bereansearching.com/2023/12/07/hid…

After the exile, Nehemiah led the rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls. The book of Nehemiah carefully records the gates and sections repaired by different families and groups. The project symbolized both physical restoration and the renewal of the community of God’s people.

@JoshuaBarzon Pondering the Road to Emmaus Encounter: bereansearching.com/2022/09/26/the…

Jesus’s post resurrection appearances

@TorahMike Thanks Mike. I'm not perfect and still incomplete. Speaking of the Song of Moses: bereansearching.com/2024/12/10/the… and had you heard of Moses' Ark? bereansearching.com/2023/11/25/noa…

Appreciate the Palm Sunday link — those fulfillments are spot-on and a beautiful picture of Jesus as the Passover Lamb on 10 Nisan! They’re correct… but incomplete. They look back at prophecies already fulfilled (a very good thing). What gets left out when we subtract Passover / First Fruits from God’s curriculum is the forward layer: the prophecies yet to come that rely directly on Exodus imagery for a second, greater deliverance. Jer 16:14-15, Isa 11:11-16, Ezek 20:33-38, and even Rev 15:3 (the song of Moses and the Lamb) all depend on that full Passover typology. God’s curriculum still has future chapters. Passover keeps the whole story in view.

One of my biggest “beefs” with Easter is this: It celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus (a very good thing), yet it completely severs the rich biblical symbolism of the Exodus from Egypt. At the personal level, the Exodus is an allegory of our own salvation. At the national level, it’s prophetic — pointing to a second, greater Exodus still to come. Passover is God’s own curriculum. It teaches us about: - the Messianic sacrifice, - personal salvific deliverance, - and the future prophetic national deliverance. Man-made “Easter” tips its hat to the biblical holiday, but quietly drops the last two. God’s way is better.

@JoshuaBarzon bereansearching.com/2025/11/01/the…

Scripture repeatedly presents God as the one who heals. In the Old Testament He restores His people, and in the Gospels Jesus heals the sick as a sign of the kingdom. These acts point beyond physical healing to the deeper restoration God brings through redemption.