Being tricked about the »Rapture«.....................................................................................................................................Being tricked about the »Rapture«. .................................................................................................................................... In the final days, the Earth will be covered in spiritual darkness.People will exalt and love evil and hate and rebuke truth.Like in the days of Noah, people will be partying and be selfish right up until it’s too late. But as the darkness covers the Earth, God will pour His spirit on all people.The young will prophecy and have visions and the old will have dreams. The Bible says as much and predicted it thousands of years ago. O_O¡And it is happening right now! ÔoÔ People are having »Rapture« dreams and visions, both about going »¡WOOSH!« but also about what the years of »Tribulation« are going to be like. The »chip« , the »Mark of the Beast« , that whole shebang. Very recently, however, people are claiming September 23rd is going to be the day Christ returns... ¡¡¡Yeah, I’m NOT falling for that again!!! Jesus Himself said: »But of that day and hour, no one knows. No, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.« (in [Matthew 24:36]) . ¡And, despite knowing that, I STILL got tricked two years ago! This is what happened... I had just been called back by God, in October 2023, and started finding preachers, teachers, prophets and testimonies on YouTube. Some were encouraging, some were warnings, some were garbage and some were just flat out lies. Most of the garbage and lies was easy enough to spot and tell apart from the real ones. But one channel got me... -_-;; A preacher streaming on Facebook and uploading the streams as multi-hour long videos on YouTube. Preaching a good game about having a special Hebrew »Bible Code« that, when prayed over, could be interpreted correctly and reveal secrets from God, about people and events, not meant to be understood until now in this day and age. He nick-named his Facebook group »Night Watchers« (or something like that) , which, by the way, I didn’t find a way to join what-so-ever, despite wanting to at the time. Figured it must have been some private club or something. »shrug« He was also very insistent that people should go and subscribe to his YouTube channel, so that it would grow, get pushed by the algorithm, have more people notice it and his Bible code messages would spread to reach more of God’s people... ¿But if he really wanted his channel to grow and be noticed, wouldn’t he have had his comment sections turned on?... Strange... A few times he’d come out with new »Bible Codes« , provided by another guy in a different country. Apparently, he would receive specific dates (like birth dates and other significant dates) , convert them into »Book, Chapter, Verse« messages in the Bible and give that to the preacher to share with the people in the group. This »Bible de-coder« fella, was also writing a book about Bible codes, and was periodically updating the PDF. It ended up being 777 pages long when he was finished with it, right before December 2023. The preacher encouraged people to donate - nothing wrong with that, a lot of ministries do - but some time after the 777 update, the preacher suddenly had the »¡Rapture Confirmation Code!« What he did next sickens me to my stomach... he told everyone to give ALL their money to the Bible de-coder guy, because, according to the preacher: »¿What are you gonna use it for? ¡The world will end before 2024!« Now, I wasn’t that stupid. But believe me when I say that this guy sounded extremely convincing. ._.;; His tone of voice, attitude, expression of emotions, aura of authority and knowledge of the Bible... e-yerp - he was a preacher alright. So far, this preacher had managed to manipulate me into staying up all night - going outside and stare up at the moon and stars, waiting for Jesus to come pick me up, because: »¡Any time this week, it’s gonna happen folks! ¡Be ready!« Oh, and it was DEFINITELY gonna happen at night in America, because it was gonna happen in the middle of the day in Israel’s time. For 3 months, this preacher, this- pharisee ... managed to discourage me, make me depressed, lose sleep, destroy my daily routine and make me give up on wanting to do ANYTHING . Because: »¿What’s the point in starting something that I couldn’t humanly possibly finish, when time was almost up?« That was the solemn somber thought invading my mind. So, I asked God if I should donate to the Bible de-coder guy. Oh, by the way, this Bible de-coder was supposed to become one of the »Two Witnesses« (mentioned in [Revelation 11:3 - 12]), THAT’S why we were supposed to throw all our money away to him T_T God loves a cheerful giver, true. ¡BUT! I didn’t wait for an answer... so... I ended up being manipulated out of... a sum of money I will not disclose -_-; It wasn’t until later that night that my mind went: »Wait - ¡¿What’s HE gonna use the money for?!« ¡UGH! >_< I felt so... ¡stupid! A) Because I didn’t think of that before donating.andB) Because I got tricked... ¡AS AN ADULT! It’s one thing to be a young teenager and be tricked into giving money away to some guy, just because he tells you a long sob story about wanting to save young girls from being raped in a foreign country... But it’s another thing to be tricked as an adult, because some preacher talks a very convincing game and manipulates you to do the exact same mistake. ¡AGAIN! (That first one, happened in the Christian boarding school by the way... ¡I blame the teachers for even allowing that charlatan to come spew his lies in the first place!¡14 year olds are still children, you’re supposed to protect them! ¡You can’t expect them to know better yet!) Anyway... ¡Talk about double the shame! -~-;; So... 2023 passed... we didn’t celebrate Halloween or Christmas, (which is probably a good thing. According to some sources, Christ’s birthday is on the 29th of October, and Halloween glorifies the devil -_-) ... but rapture didn’t happen. So, checking in on the preacher’s channel, not ONLY was he making excuses as to why rapture didn’t happen, ¡but THIS wasn’t even the FIRST time he’d done so! EVERY year, for SEVERAL years, his excuse was: »Guys, we didn’t have all the information and details - we didn’t know as much then as we do now about de-coding Bible codes. The code changes with new knowledge and- « ¡¡¡Blah blah blah BLAH BLAH!!! ¡¿WHY didn’t I investigate SOONER ?! ¡Stupid, stupid, STUPID! Sad to say, but it took a whole year to recover emotionally from that one.¡Not to mention faith and trust-wise! O_O I have forgiven the pharisee preacher, the Bible de-coder, and even the teachers from way back in the day, since then. It was a lesson about trust and betrayal, learned the hard way. But this is why I’m on higher guard this time. It’s good to have hope, but foolish to have your whole life fall apart because you’re convinced about something. And even if rapture DOESN’T happen, or , it happens and you’re left behind , what matters is to keep trusting God to guide you. Both on your good days and your bad days, as well as on your best days and on your worst days.....................................................................................................................................How God showed me which bible to get / read.....................................................................................................................................How God showed me which bible to get / read ..................................................................................................................................... So, as mentioned earlier, I’ve read the Bible 4 times. Or rather, a Bible. A couple of different Bibles. Different languages as well as different translations in English. A while after God called me back, I was wondering which version He wanted me to read. I watched videos and read people’s opinions on which translation was the best one. There were opposing opinions on this matter. Some said the newer translations were more accurate because we, as humans, have more information and a better understanding these days, than a bunch of people in the past who weren’t able to cross-reference the same way we, so easily, can. Others said the old King James version was superior because it was thoroughly checked, double-checked and reviewed by several scholars back in the day. Some insisted that Word-for-Word translations were best, and promoted the NASB (New American Standard Bible) . Some said that Thought-for-Thought was better, because it would carry the actual meaning better, rather than confusing Word-for-Word that might not make sense in modern tongue. (Pennies, pounds and miles, versus shekel and cubits).(or kilos and meters for my fellow metric users =D) . And some said it didn’t matter, because God’s Word was un-corrupted and that He would speak to us all differently, because we are all different and unique. All sides made sense. I prayed and asked God about it while researching. Though the King James Version initially put me off because of how arrogant and snobby its loyal defenders seemed to be. Another reason was that I was told horrible things about King James himself, from my husband. Things that, when I did my own research, found out he was confusing King James with someone else entirely. Namely, the tyrant who had the Geneva Version written to his own liking, and would execute anyone who refused to translate the Bible the way he wanted it. King James was no saint either and made his own modifications. He wasn’t fond of kings being called tyrants. Anyway, two videos in particular gave good reasons as to why the King James version was the best one. Not just any King James either, but specifically the 1611 Version. One video mentioned how the 1611 Version was hated by Freemasons, and that, when a newer translation was released and reviewed, the Freemasons happily exclaimed:»We have finally found something to replace the Word of God« . The other video exposed Constantin Tischendorf’s big lie about the manuscripts he »found« in, essentially, a trash-can in the 1800’s. He claimed the scraps of vellum were to be used for fire kindling. The guy in the video expressed how he immediately knew something wasn’t right about this, because he himself was very familiar with vellum, and explained and showed what it was. Vellum, is very precious, expensive and whitened sheep’s skin, and it doesn’t burn well. Leather in general does not burn well and makes for horrible kindling. In an emergency someone might use old ragged leather gloves to start a fire, but even then, one would be better off using something else entirely. He then goes on and shows a book that exposes how the newer vellum manuscript has a mix of yellowed and whitened lines. Basically, two different qualities of sheep’s skin. Like someone deliberately cut out and replaced certain lines and sentences of the old manuscript with their own edited new vellum and meticulously sowed it back together. Very eye-opening. And yet, despite all this, I still didn’t want to get a King James Bible. I wanted to hear from God which version I should get. So, while browsing Amazon.(com), and praying, the Bible that came up the most was, lo and behold, The King James 1611 Version. And I STILL didn’t buy it. I wanted to be double, triple and quadruple extra sure that THAT was the one God wanted me to read. Then, out of the blue, on the 3rd of August 2024, I get a phone call from someone I haven’t talked to in 4 years. My »sister«. (We aren’t related, but call eachother sisters because of how close we are) . And the time she calls? 11 minutes past 4 o’clock in the afternoon... or [16:11] . And to top all that off?? We talked with eachother about Jesus! And about how He had called us both back to Him relatively recently! (So now we’re also »sisters in Christ« ^_^) . She was actually also one of the first, if not THE first one, I was able to talk to about Christ, at all! So... combine all those things, and you’ll understand why I finally bought The King James 1611 Version . But also keep in mind, that that was the version He wanted me to get. If you’re looking for a Bible and aren’t sure which one to get, pray and ask Him about it. Pray daily! Ask daily! Who knows? He could guide you to a completely different version. There’s a reason behind everything God does, even if we don’t understand it at the time. As it turns out, there were reasons why He guided me to the 1611 version, which were revealed afterwards. For one, the old English, while having a readable font, is still spelled like it was way back in the day. »V ’s« are »U ’s«, »I ’s« are »J ’s« and »FF ’s« are »S ’s«.(Hope that makes sense) . Not to mention that many words are spelled completely different altogether. It looks weird and incorrect to our modern eyes. But BECAUSE it is written that way, it forces me to read slower and look up things I don’t understand. Secondly, God was preparing me to learn how to read and pronounce words differently. Namely, how to read and understand Spanish. Where the »LL ’s« are pronounced like »Y ’s« and »J ’s« like »H ’s« and »H ’s« are silent XD That is a story in itself though. Maybe to be told another time. I’ve said it before, and will say it again. God works in mysterious ways. It’s up to each of us to learn how to pay attention to the ways He communicates with us. God is good, patient and knows best. No matter what, I trust Him. And you can too, if you give Him the chance ^_^.........................................................................................................................The time God covered our car with flowers.....................................................................................................................................The time God covered our car with flowers ..................................................................................................................................... It was early spring 2024 and we were hungry. My husband usually does the cooking. He enjoys it and is extremely good at it, but sometimes he doesn’t feel like it, which is fair. On those rare occasions we go out to eat. Usually we go for Mexican, because: A) We like it,and B) It’s the only good restaurant in town within a short driving distance. But today we felt like getting Chinese, which meant driving for about an hour to get to this small, family run, Chinese restaurant tugged away in a corner next to other businesses. But the food is that good that it’s worth the drive. Anyway, on the way there, I saw all the dogwood trees in bloom and thought:»It’d be cool if God made one flower fall and land on the hood of the car.« immediately followed up by:»No, God, don’t do that. I don’t wanna ask you to do something stupid.« regretting ever thinking something so foolish in the first place. We got our Chinese food and went back home. Don’t remember much about the rest of the day, except that I was extremely sad late in the evening after everyone else had gone to bed. Curled up in the corner of the sofa, staring up at the sky out the window, I remember praying in tears for a sign that God hadn’t forgotten me or was ignoring me. He had been silent with me for so long that it was physically hurting. I didn’t want to ask Him for anything, but at the same time I so desperately needed to either see or hear or feel something , that I couldn’t hold back and eventually, reluctantly asked Him anyway. And then regretted asking, apologized and instead asked Him to ignore my request, because He shouldn’t have to prove anything. Then went to bed feeling kinda ashamed for having a doubting heart in the first place. The next day, my husband and I had to go pay the water bill. As we stepped outside and walked towards the car, I saw that it was covered in dogwood flowers! My heart soared with joy as my spirit was lifted by God’s love and generosity. Just the other day, I thought that 1 small twig with flowers would have been awesome and here was the entire car covered with those same flowers! »Ask Him for a flower, He’ll shower you with bouquets« , I thought to myself, and put one of the bundles on the side of my hat. While my husband was driving, I was intently looking at the ground around all the dogwood trees between our house and our destination. For miles and miles, not a single other dogwood tree had shed their flowers. When we returned home, I reported this to my husband, but his response was:»Probably Squirrels« . Which, true, we do have squirrels in our yard… but why would they only bounce around on the 2 dogwood trees near our car and not the other ones? Whether God used the squirrels or something else to make the flowers fall on our car I don’t know. But I did see it as an answer to my desperate prayer the night before. God knows our needs before we even ask, and I believe that He covered our car with those flowers to show that He loves me ^_^ So whenever I feel sad, I think back to this moment and feel comforted =)....................................................................................................................................gifflash