A powerful 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea on October 30, 2020. Depending on what source you look at, the numbers of the injured vary. The number appears to be over 900 people. 28 people or more were killed. The earthquake occurred near the ancient Island of Patmos. As you may well be aware, the book of Revelation itself was written on the Island of Patmos. This earthquake is essentially an Island of Patmos earthquake.
Of particular prophetic note is that this earthquake holds the distinction of occurring where the Seven Churches of Revelation 1-3 were located. As noted in a previous article series, the Seven Churches of Asia in these three chapters of Revelation are not only a narrative of the history of the Church since it started at the first coming and crucifixion of Christ, but that they are also seven prophecies that represent the seven church ages, or periods of time within the Church Age with each church representing its respective time period, all of which are of course in sequential order. That said, we can see from history that Christ’s prophecy of the events and themes of each letter written in these seven letters occurred historically in their respective order, leading up to our current two ages that overlap and co-exist with each other, the age of Philadelphi and Laodicea. For a more indepth study on this, see “THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN TIME AGES OF PROPHECY FULFILLMENT” series in the side-bar of this site.
Our current 7th age, the age of Laodicea with the previous listed church age of Philadelphia overlapping into Laodicea, falls within the 2,000 year “Dispensation of Grace” that is still ongoing. It is here within this current and last church age, Philadelphia/Laodicea, that I wish to demonstrate some peculiar signs that have recently occurred that point us to the fact that the “Age of Grace” is about to come to a conclusion.
That said and understood, it is the saved, born again Church in the age of Philadelphia that is promised to be kept from the hour of temptation (trial or testing) that will befall the earth during the Tribulation Period. This will be accomplished by the Lord standing in the heavens and supernaturally calling the Church home into Heaven in the rapture event …
“Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth” (Revelation 3:10).
As pointed out in other articles on this site before, the word “Trump” is used in scripture by the Apostle Paul to describe the future rapture event in which all born again believers i.e. the true Church, will be taken from Earth and into Heaven before the Tribulation begins …
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1 Corinthians 15:51-52).
With the thought in mind that this earthquake was a 7.0, it should be noted and kept at the forefront of your mind that the number 7 in scripture is considered God’s number. It is the number of completion. This number is found throughout all of the Bible, both Old and New Testament. The coming Tribulation Period will last a total of 7 years in length. Creation was completed in 7 days. The examples of 7 are too numerous and overwhelming for one article. It could probably fill a nice thick book. Suffice to say, the number 7 is important prophetically and otherwise.
Further still, this 7.0 earthquake holds the distinction of occurring 4 days before the 2020 presidential election involving President Donald “Trump.” This proves to be interesting for the fact that Revelation 4:1 reveals to us through the Apostle John a major hint and clue of the rapture (“Trump” of God) after the age of the last listed Church, the Church of Laodicea, ends …
“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter” (Revelation 4:1).
Here, we see the words “after this,” meaning after the Church Age has ended. He then hears a “trumpet” talking with him to tell him to “come up here,” indicating that he was “raptured” after the Church Age ended. We then find that he is suddenly in the spirit realm and in a different place looking at a throne and “someone” sitting on the throne …
“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne” (verse 2).
Keeping in mind that the earthquake occurred 4 days before the “Trump” presidential election, it seems to be that we are being treated to a time sign coding of sorts with the number 4. Suffice to say, we seem to see some very intriguing prophetic hint-dropping taking place by Providential design. You might say there is some “divine coding” taking place here, alerting us to the fact that time is running short and judgment for the world is approaching.
To further demonstrate this fact, let’s now observe a hidden yet powerful prophecy from the book of 2 Kings chapter 2. As some may already be aware through a previous article on this site, there is a prophetic clue in scripture from the book of 2 Kings chapter 2 that a Russian strike upon America via Alaska will occur some time after, or immediately after, the rapture occurs. I call this hidden prophecy the “bear rapture prophecy.” With this thought in mind, let’s take a trip back through time to just over 3 years ago when Donald “Trump” was 7 months into the first term of his presidency. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck between Russia and Alaska at 7:34 p.m. Here, we see the time 7:34 as very interesting as a likely Divinely Providential fingerprint of prophetic authenticity (7=God’s number/number of perfection and used throughout scripture; 3=the number of the Triune Godhead – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; 4=the chapter number where the rapture is seen in Revelation 4:1) EDT approximately 124 miles east-southeast of Nikol’skoye, Russia, off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, at a depth of 7.3 miles. This quake was followed by several aftershocks, some of which were greater than 5.0 magnitude. Originally, the USGS estimated the earthquake as a 7.4 magnitude but quickly revised it to 7.7. It caused a tsunami of 0.3 feet on Shmya Island in the Aleutian Island, Alaska.
Further still, these two seemingly prophetic sign-filled earthquakes took place 3 years and 3 months apart during the “Trump” presidency. The 7-year Tribulation is split into two 3 and a half year spans of time. The number 3 is the number of the Godhead i.e. the Trinity – God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.
Let’s break this down into a neat and tidy summary shall we? A 7.7 quake struck in the 7th month into the first term of the “Trump” presidency in the 7 o’ clock hour at a depth of 7.3 miles, which took place between Alaska and Russia (the bear) reminding us of the rapture hint as expressed in the pre-bear attack rapture incident of 2 Kings 2? Now, just 4 days (Revelation 4:1) before the second election of President “Trump” we get a 7.0 earthquake where the book of Revelation was written about the 7 Churches, a picture of the 7 ages of time spans throughout the Church Age.
Let’s add yet another peculiar happening that occurred just before the 3rd and final presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Curiously, Trump tower in Chicago was struck by lightning 3 times. The amazing picture was captured below.
A lightning bolt striking “Trump” tower 3 times before “Trump’s” final debate? Is this a mere coincidence? Or is the Lord sending us some dramatic clues that the “Trump” of God is soon going to sound and judgment will set in on an unbelieving world? This one may be just a coincidence considering that this tower and the ones around it have been struck before, but it is rather interesting that it should happen three times in a row before Trump’s final debate.
It becomes clearer and clearer with each passing day, especially during the “Trump” presidency, that our time here on Earth for those “born again” in Christ is growing extremely short. Soon, we shall hear the sound of the “Trump” of the rapture. In observing these prophetic signs, it is not to suggest that the rapture is going to occur on a specific day or year, but it is to suggest that God is giving us signs that it will soon occur – whichever day and year it will be. It is to suggest that God is sending us warnings that time is of the essence.
Judgment will set in on a lost humanity who are left behind. But for those of us who are in Christ, the best is yet to come.
THE RAPTURE AND YOUR ESCAPE FROM THE COMING JUDGMENT
The demonstrable divinely inspired text that we call the Bible promises a coming horrendous seven-year Tribulation period of judgment upon Earth for all of mankind, no matter what your religion, belief or creed is, and even to those who don’t believe anything spiritual at all. We can now clearly see the signs of this approaching nightmare. However, as we’ve already seen, this same divinely inspired text that we call the Bible promises a dramatic escape from off the face of the earth before this horrendous time of judgment only to a certain category of people.
Put simply, an event is coming that will be so stupendous that it strains the mind to contemplate such an event happening. It is an event that will see millions upon millions of people across the globe suddenly disappear without warning. The millions of disappeared will have literally ascended into Heaven itself after instantaneously receiving a new glorified body fit for Heaven. A body that will be able to withstand the atmosphere and glory of Heaven. This event is known as the “Rapture.” But the promise of escape is only to those who are “born again” in Christ. This is why it is crucial to understand what Christ meant when he declared in no uncertain terms that only those who are “born again” in him will enter the Kingdom of God. For the explanation of this, keep reading below.
In order to accept the offer of God’s grace and his salvation, you must take the crucial three steps of …
1. Agreeing – A belief and agreeing with God in all that he says in his word, the Bible, about the fact that you are separated from God, as every man and woman on the face of the earth are before accepting his salvation. The Bible reveals that all are separated from him in a spiritual state of death, or said another way that the Bible reveals it, in a state of sin, that will result in damnation in the afterlife. Agreeing with God in your heart that you are in need of his salvation. The Bible reveals that God looks upon the heart of a man or woman, and thus, responds accordingly to the person who comes to him for salvation in recognition of his inability to save himself. The Bible makes these facts very clear – “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). The Bible describes these three kinds of death:
- physical death (the state experienced when life leaves our bodies).
- spiritual death (spiritual separation from God caused by our state of spiritual death inherited from the first man Adam – the state of sin that results in our daily outward acts of sin, whether deliberate or not, whether omissive or not; and finally …
- the second death (the fixed state entered into by the individual who dies physically while he or she is dead spiritually). This state is entered into after the death of the body which results in punishment in the afterlife until the event of the Great White Throne Judgment occurs wherein the damned are resurrected from Hades, or Hell, and are judged according to their works and finally destroyed and cease to exist after being cast into the Lake of Fire. Revelation 14 refers to this tragic end of the unsaved as the “Second Death” (verse 14). It is this state of suffering entered into after physical death and then final destruction at the Great White Throne Judgment in particular which is the horrible result of receiving the wages of sin (unforgiven due to unbelief and rejection of Christ). The Lord Jesus Christ frequently described such a death as being irrevocable in a destiny which he called Hell. He described Hell as a literal place of judgment (Matthew 13:42); a place of everlasting fire (Matthew 18:8); a place of torment (Luke 16:24,28); a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:50); a place of remorse (Mark 9:44-48); of bitter memory (Luke 16:25), and a place originally prepared for the Devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41). In fact, Jesus more often warned about Hell than he spoke about Heaven.
It is not God’s will or desire that any person should be consigned to perish in Hell (2 Peter 3:9), but rather that all should come to repentance of unbelief toward him and believe on him for the salvation of the individual’s soul. But God’s justice requires that the “soul who sins” (remains in it’s state of death or state of sin) is the one who will die a second time after a long period of torment (Ezekiel 18:4). So, agree with God, admitting that you are unable to save yourself and in a state of sin under God’s just condemnation for that sin and that you are in need of his salvation.
2. Believing – Then, believe that God does not want you to perish eternally in the torment of Hell because of your sin. Believe that God loves you so much that he provided a way whereby he could still be a just, holy and righteous God, and yet pardon you. Believe that God did not just overlook sin, but that he sent his only begotten son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to provide salvation by personally paying the penalty for sin. Believe that Jesus Christ, whose life, death, burial and resurrection is the best-attested fact of antiquity, did come to earth to live, die, rise again and ascend to Heaven in order to provide justification and salvation for all who trust him. Believe that he, and he alone, can save you because he has fully satisfied the just demands of God. Believe that you can’t become righteous in God’s sight by your own effort. Believe that he wants to save you and that he will save you. The Bible provides a solid basis for such belief …
“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” (John 3:16-17).
“But God demonstrates his love toward us in this: while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).
God presented him (Jesus Christ) as a sacrifice of atonement through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished – he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies the man or woman who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:25-26).
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures … ” (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
“Jesus answered, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6). “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
“All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out [drive away]” (John 6:37).
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).
3. Calling – It is not enough to agree with God, admit your need, and believe that Christ can and will save you. You must act upon those facts. God’s requirement is that you repent of your unbelief toward him and actively call upon him for the salvation of your soul based on the fact that you cannot save yourself. It is unbelief in particular that damns the soul to its horrible fate …
“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18).
You must be willing to completely turn from your own efforts to save yourself or from any other hope. You must come to Christ, calling upon him for salvation and counting on the fact that he will do what he has promised. This means simply taking the gift of pardon and eternal life which he offers. Merely believing about Jesus Christ without coming to him makes as much sense and is as effective as believing that a medication can successfully treat a fatal disease, but failing to take it. Yet again, the Bible emphatically and authoritatively provides the basis for such statements.
The word translated “believe” here means to “rest one’s entire weight and trust on the object or person in which the belief is placed.” It requires action in keeping with the intellectual assent of that belief.
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13).
” … but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23).
The logical question you may be asking at this point is: “how do I come to Christ and call upon him?” The answer is that “calling upon the Lord” is just another term for praying, or talking to God. To talk to God is not a complicated process, dependent upon some special rituals. God has invited people to approach him through his Son in simple, straightforward terms. In fact, Jesus approved of the dishonest, despised tax collector who simply prayed, “God be merciful to me, a sinner.” While the exact words of your prayer to God are not of vital importance (since God sees and knows the attitude of your heart), the following is the kind of prayer that you could pray in calling upon God for salvation …
“Dear Lord Jesus: I realize that I need you. I admit that I have sinned and that I deserve your just, eternal punishment for that sin. But I am sorry for my sin and I am turning to you and asking for forgiveness. I believe that you died and rose again to pay sin’s penalty on my behalf. I come to you and open my heart to you. I ask you to come into my life, forgive me for all of my sin and make me your child. I invite you to take control of my life and to cause me to be the kind of person you would have me to be. I thank you for doing this because you have promised that whosoever calls upon you, as I am doing now, shall be saved. I pray this in the name of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.”
If this prayer expresses the desire of your heart, I urge you to sincerely and genuinely express it to God as your prayer. The Bible makes clear that when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ in our heart, God forgives our sins and counts us righteous, and that when we openly confess with our mouth what we have done in our heart, God gives us assurance of that salvation (Romans 10:9-10).
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again” (John 3:3-7).
Recommended Reading:
AMERICA THE VINEYARD AND THE YEAR 2020: THE 400 YEAR PROPHETIC CYCLE
THE REVELATION 4:1 RAPTURE: THE CERTAINTY OF OUR DISAPPEARANCE
THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN TIME AGES OF PROPHECY FULFILLMENT: CHURCH CANDLE 1 – THE AGE OF EPHESUS
THE TWO WITNESSES: THE 42 CODE AND AMERICA’S 42ND PRESIDENCY
END TIMES: DARKNESS DESCENDING 
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