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CHAPTER 9
VULTURES, EGYPT, AND THE WORLD
CHAPTER 9
VULTURES, EGYPT, AND THE WORLD
How about another ‘mickey tipper’ ; in that no one else will drink of it again or be able to hand you one. In Luke Chapter 17 from verses 22 – 27, these scriptures are speaking of the second coming of Christ. This is Jesus speaking most of the time, except in verse 37, where they ask a question, then He answers.
Luke 17:26 & 27, And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it shall be also in the days of the Son of Man: They were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:28 & 29, It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; but on the day that Lot went from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:30, It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
Luke 17:33 – 37, Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life shall preserve it. I tell you, on that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken, and the other will be left. There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken, and the other will be left. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken , and the other will be left. And answering they said to Him, `Where, Lord? And He said to them, `Where the body is, there also will the vultures be gathered [Birds in scripture figuratively refer to demonic powers. Eagle includes both the eagles proper and the vultures. All of these birds are swift (Deut. 28:49), soar high (Prov. 23:5) nest in inaccessible rocks (Job 39:27-30), and sight their prey from afar (Job 39:39)].
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Please bear with me and follow this through.
Matthew 24:37-39, For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
Verses 40 & 41, Then there shall be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left.
Verse 28, Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
Matthew put it in with other verses speaking on His (Jesus) return to show when. A lot of rapture people use Matthews rendering so they can leave out verses 28; for this to them proves verse 28 does not pertain to them – they’re gone, TAKEN so they think, to heaven. Remember the Bible interprets itself. Lukes account is the same as Matthews and Jesus lets it be known you are NOT taken to heaven to go eat dinner for _______ years.
If you have confusion, remember that any lie within or what you’ve been taught to believe but was not true, this confusion comes because truth and a lie cannot coe-exist; just so with light and darkness. Try turning a bright light on in a dark room and see if the darkness remains.
So where are they TAKEN? Where the body is, there also will the vultures (eagles – wind like flight) be gathered.
Notice who was taken in the flood of Noah; he and his family were in the ark. The ark is Jesus, and they rose ABOVE THE FLOOD (MIND IN THE HEAVENLIES), THE OTHERS WERE TAKEN! Let me tell you another true story:
This person did a complete study on this subject. She needed to confirm her finding just to really make sure she was seeing this correctly. She went to their pastors library in his office. There he had three sets of Complete Bible Commentaries (these are books that break down the scriptures and tell what they believe it is saying). Now she knew his other books were right on, even a book ‘The Normal Christian Church’ by Watchman Nee. Only X amount were printed IN AMERICA and they couldn’t print any more here. They themselves had to pray that the book would get out to the right people. Well this pastors sets of commentaries went from
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light (skin deep) – (milk) – what he usually preached from (for this is what the people wanted), to a second level that had a bit more depth, substance (truth), [hamburger soaked in milk, still a bit sloppy]. This set he preached from once in awhile. Then there was the third set of commentaries. This was truth – the real truth, the meat of the word where meat was found, and it wasn’t watered down, or even changed to make it palatable. But nun-the-less, it said just what the scriptures say, if really looked into correctly in and by the Spirit.
Here she found exactly what her findings were. These eagles, vultures (wind like flight) were demon powers.
And the answer in verse 37 now reads: wherever there is spiritual death (NOT LIFE), there demonic powers will be.
She was excited and the pastor didn’t even need to see it, he knew and responded, You do know what this means? Of course, she said. He continues on, “that anywhere, even in you and me where there is not life, but we still have spiritual death in us, demonic powers will be there.” Yes, she responded, what do you think I’ve been doing? Get Life, real Life! She thought. But the pastor was having a hard time. He didn’t like the thought of he having demons and they feasting on his flesh he didn’t crucify (stinking thinking).
Revelations 19:17,18 & 21, And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, `Come, assemble for the great supper of God; in order that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses (power, strength of flesh) and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great.. and the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat upon the horse (His is white – clean, purified) and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
Aren’t these so-called Christians going to have fun and love being taken! [In the Old Testament the word ‘taken’ was generally referring to the wicked being removed.]
Isa. 13:8-11, And they will be terrified, pains and anguish will take hold of them; they will writhe like a woman in labor, they will look at one another in astonishment, their faces aflame. Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel with fury and anger, to make the land a desolation; and He will exterminate its sinners from it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not flash forth their light; the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shed its light. Thus I will punish the world for its evil, and the
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wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud, and abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
I hope you all realize that we could use a multitude of scriptures, it’s all over the place. Many people have some of these pieces; they just haven’t put the puzzle together.
Jeremiah 9:13 says, I will surely snatch them away, Snatch who away? Verse 12 says who. Snatch is #5486 in the Strongs concordance, and lexical aids says of this word, to terminate, to consume, to be at an end, to cease, to vanish, to perish, to bring an end, to destroy. This word is used of Gods judgment (Psalms 73:19; Jeremiah 8:13; Amos 3:15), especially concerning the end of things (Isaiah 66:17; Zephaniah 1:2,3). We are not in anyway though saying there will not be a snatching up to meet Him in the air.
In the book of Joel in the Bible, God first deals with His people, then the rest of the world. We are at the point now of God dealing with the world at large and most of those in America who claim to be Christians have not yet come to the truth, and the past years for them have been very normal (as normal goes). So what does that tell you? This in no way is saying His word is not true; for at least the past 20 years, God has been refining and cleansing those who are really His and continued on. At that time the Spirit spoke a clear word and gave the scripture: Daniel 11:31-35, especially verses 34 +35. Verse 35, “And some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge, and make them pure, until the end time:or are spoken of else where in this book, and much more in
His Word. Seek ye also with a humble heart, having no right to be right, only broken before the Most High God.
So where’s your head – earthly minded or spiritually minded?
Egypt is symbolic in the Bible for the world (it also represents flesh). Christians are to live in the world but are not to be a part of it [Its whole economic, morally considered and material ways of looking at things; its crude and elemental notions and teachings of externalism (1 John 4; Colossians 2)].
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OLD TESTAMENT NEW TESTAMENT
Israel in bondage in Egypt,
Waiting for Moses (their deliverer) to set them free by bringing them out
Jesus is everyone’s deliverer to set them free from bondage. Jesus is the Passover Lamb.
1st Passover with UNLEAVENED BREAD (leave world before leavening of the world happens) Immediately after Passover they left Egypt.
Galatians 5:8 & 9, Amp., This [evil] persuasion is not from Him Who called you- Who invited you to freedom in Christ. A little leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole lump [perverts the whole conception of faith, or misleads the whole church].
How many Christians here in America are still a part of the world according to scripture and have not yet left Egypt which is the first thing upon receiving Him!? How far can one go in their Christian walk without the truth being tainted; all for not following through after step one. Like the game of baseball – they hit the ball – it’s a sure home run – most think they’re in a good place and almost home (just waiting for His return to snatch them away); yet they never touched first base to really begin their journey. How else do you think such arrogance and pride has entered into the Church – most all thinking they somewhere they aren’t.
How many Christians reading this can and will be obedient or seek God and His truth on how to now touch first base and then clean up any and all messes caused because of this disobedience. You see, it is not that God doesn’t want us to have good things, it’s our fallen nature, the normal way of life being separated from God and calling it good; our old creature that is being dealt with. He just happens to have written the book on the ‘how-tos’. We can’t help it that most Christians choose not to be obedient and love the truth, so they come under a strong delusion (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12). For to be in the world but not a part of it calls for real unity, dwelling together in unity, brother helping brother, really, and the early Church had all things in common – no one lacked.
There are a few who have seen and continue on in this and then there are some who inwardly try to really keep a right heart in and amidst being in and a part of the world, like one foot in, one foot out.
Flee Babylon, all those areas one is living for self and not God or instead of for God really – and flee totally. Outside of Babylon He
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will deal with you and clean you up.
Todays society is so concentrated and busy on today, and where they are at and living, they need to instead stop and get up a little higher to get a bigger vision and view of all that’s going on. God is so multifaceted and as humans, we need to consider more than we think, listen a bit more and weigh what you hear in His balance. Yet, if your vessel is set wrongly or unclean, how can you see aright. In the coming days, may each man (mankind) learn what he needs to learn, for just as a child be disciplined to correct wrong behavior, so too does God act on our behalf.
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