BREAKING PROPHECY ALERT: “LILI”UM LIFT-OFF: THE PHOENIX RAPTURE OMEN

Since 1948, the pivotal date in biblical prophecy that saw the reestablishment of the nation of Israel since their dispersion by the Romans in 70 A.D., the Matthew 24 fig tree has come front and center in modern exposition of the end times. In conjunction with this major fulfillment of prophecy, it is primarily the western nations that have been responsible for not only the fulfillment of the fig tree of Israel being reconstituted. Namely, this prophecy started on its course of fulfillment beginning under the British Empire and later would find its ultimate fulfillment due to the vital role of the Matthew 21 Vineyard, the United States of America – but also fulfilling Jesus’ prophecy of the Gospel message of salvation through Christ being shined forth to all the world before the end comes – as seen in the often quoted Matthew 24 prophecy …

“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. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand” (Matthew 24:1-15).

Matthew 24 is known to primarily be centered around what occurs in the Tribulation Period after the rapture of the true Church has occurred as supported by Jesus’ description of clearly tribulational events. Many often quote the above passage as pertaining to the end times before the rapture and arrival of the Tribulation, but one cannot help but lean heavily toward the idea that this prophecy will be in fulfillment as the two witnesses and the 144,000 witnesses proclaim the Gospel message during that time. Indirectly, it is my opinion that the above Matthew 24 passage is also referring to the days leading up to the Tribulation while the Church is still here on Earth before the rapture. After all, it is the disappearance of the Church that causes God to send the two witnesses and the 144,000 to begin with – to take up the job left behind by the raptured Church. So, indirectly, this passage of scripture can be indirectly applied to the the recent and current years.

That said, there has been a continuous train of signs occurring in the earth indicating the arrival of the end of days and direct prophecy fulfillment – leading to the rapture, Tribulation and the return of Christ. Many, including myself, have been observing these signs in the past few years as they become more intensely pronounced with each passing year. To use a birthing analogy, as of more recently, the birth pangs of signs are growing more and more frequent and intense and with less time in between contractions before delivery. Namely, the conflict between the America-led NATO and Russia is pushing the world toward what many consider to be the Ezekiel 38 & 39 war of Gog/Magog, which may or may not be a part of another approaching typological prophecy found in 2 Kings chapter 2 – the bear rapture prophecy, the intensifying inflationary situation beginning to occur across the globe indicating the soon arrival of the black horse of famine of Revelation 6, Israel getting ready to strike Iran, the signs of the soon destruction of Damascus, etc., etc. It is against this backdrop of increasing end times signs that we find a peculiar and, perhaps, lesser known prophetic phenomenon called “Balaamic signs” that are occurring in tandem indicating that the departure of the true Church from Earth via the rapture is at hand. Some of these Balaamic-type signs I have covered here on this site.

For those who may be unfamiliar with the concept of Balaamic signs, it is the idea that God is sovereign over all of creation and can (and does) speak through anything or situation that he chooses. We see this demonstrated in the Bible many times – one of which is documented in Numbers chapter 22 when the Lord spoke to Balaam through his donkey (see here). In the Gospels, Jesus often demonstrated a spiritual truth to the disciples through the use of metaphoric language using physically earthly concepts and earthly functions. Today, he is doing the same thing as He did back then – only this time, He is showing them to us from His exalted position in Heaven. In doing so, God is demonstrating to us that He is intimately involved in the affairs of man, no matter how inconsequential those affairs seem to be in the grand scheme of things. That said, let’s observe yet another one of those Balaamic end time signs that the Lord is showing us.

Lilium Lift-off

As reported by Zerohedge, recently, a German company called Lilium, developer of the first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVOTL) aircraft, published a video on its official YouTube page showing that it has successfully achieved the world’s first primary wing transition (from a stationary flight position to horizontal flight) of its Phoenix 2. 

A transition like this has never been achieved in flight on a full-size prototype aircraft before. It’s also one of the most significant hurdles in eVTOL testing. Phoenix 2 achieved the flight transition via 36 all-electric ducted fans, allowing for vertical take-off and landing with horizontal flight. According to Matthias Meiner, Phoenix Chief Engineer and Lilium Co-Founder, quoted by Aviacionline, the primary wing transition is a huge move forward. It confirms Phoenix 2 is making significant progress toward commercialization.  

Lilium plans to manufacture Phoenix 2s next year and eventually operate a network of aerial ride-sharing hubs for urban and regional air mobility as an air taxi service. Twenty-five of the seven-seat eVOTL s will be produced in 2023, and production will scale up from there, expected to produce 250 aircraft in 2024, followed by 400 in 2025. A larger 16-seat eVTOL model is planned for 2027, while a 50-seat eVTOL could debut as early as 2030.

Only half-decade ago, the thought of flying air taxis was a distant sci-fi dream but not anymore. Last month, Joby Aviation received a flight certification for its eVTOL that could pave the way toward commercial services in the next three years. Air taxis are expected to take off and land in urban-air ports, like the one featured in central England.

Now, lets take a look at some of the details of this vertical flight development and observe what will become obvious to the spiritually discerning individual. For those familiar with the soon-coming rapture event, we know that when the Lord descends from Heaven and takes home those who have personally believed on and received Him, he does so by lifting us “upward” in a vertical direction as we go sailing through the heavens after suddenly receiving our glorified bodies …

“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).

I think you would agree that if I stopped right there and presented this as some sort of end times sign of the rapture, I would rightly get laughed off the internet. However, in observing some more of the details of this development, it begins to take on an obvious Balaamically prophetic overtone.

First, notice the name of the company that achieved this feat – “Lilium.” For those of you who may have read a previous article on this site, I shared with you not only the biblically prophetic significance of the word “Lily,” as found in the typological Old Testament rapture passage of the Song of Solomon 2:1-17, but also the story of a little girl named “Lily” who was recorded on video seemingly having a supernatural encounter back in 2015. It now has well over 1 million views. It is a video of a little girl prophesying of Jesus’ return in the rapture event. The prophetic significance of the word “Lily” can be seen below in the often quoted rapture passage of the Old Testament …

“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines : for our vines have tender grapes. My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether” (Song of Solomon 2:1-17).

I think here we can see the obvious correlation with the name of this aviation company and its rather obvious and prophetically allusive connection to the Lily rapture typology in Song of Solomon 2. But it doesn’t stop there. Notice the name of the aircraft that achieved this first-ever vertical flight lift-off. It is called “Phoenix 2.” For those who are a bit more aware of the reality of the world around them, it is often pointed out that the current drive toward world government, which is being driven forward by a well documented and hidden hand behind the thrones of power that many call the “Illuminati,” who are a shadowy group that are avowed Luciferians, see America as the sacrificial lamb that they will use to bring about the rise of the mythological “Phoenix” on the ashes of the destruction of America and the current American world order. This narrative explains the current drive forward in the demise and very intentional destruction of the United States of America – a nation that occultist Many P. Hall and Francis Bacon referred to as the “New Atlantis.” From the ashes of this New Atlantis i.e. America will arise the mythological “Phoenix,” the head of the New World Order ruled by Lucifer – the one whom the Luciferian globalists quite literally worship (see the very highly recommended “Secret Mysteries of America’s Beginnings” documentary trilogy in the “Recommended Reading and Viewing” section at the end of this article).

To have the theme of lift-off and ascending vertically as it relates to the rapture in the very name of this company and the name of its first-ever vertically ascending aircraft correlating to the destruction of America and the rise of the Phoenix, or New World Order, in the same event looks rather telling. It would seem that the idea that Divine Providence was behind this event in order to convey a subtle (or perhaps not so subtle) message to Earth’s inhabitants of what is about to occur has now gained some rather significant flash and traction. But in order to keep building the case, lets examine a few other peculiarities of this event.

Next, notice the number 2 in the name of this aircraft “Phoenix 2.” In the latest installment of the book of John study series here on this site, I brought up the significance of Jesus’ journey into Samaria for 2 days and His revealing of the Gospel to the woman at the well and the Samaritans. It was postulated that these 2 days of His stay in Samaria represented 2,000 years of the Church Age since the time of Christ with the Gospel being presented to the Gentiles before the rapture takes place at its end – culminating in the rapture, the judgment of the Tribulation Period and the return of Christ to Earth to establish the Millennial Kingdom on Earth. It was also postulated that from the pivotal and marked year of 2020, the marker year for the 400-year cycle of Vineyard America to the present year of 2022, is a total of 2 years and that this year is a massively important candidate for the rapture of the Church given the rapid deterioration and destruction of the current world order and the prophetic implications of such. To add a needed caveat, given the difference between the Jewish calendar and the current Gregorian calendar, that 2 days may well be signalling a 2023 rapture while still falling within the assumed 2-day aforementioned prophetic motif. We can’t let this section go by without mentioning the obvious “Lily” rapture connotation in chapter 2 of the Song of Solomon and the number 2 attached to the name of the Phoenix 2 aircraft. Further, the number 2 symbolizes duality and the theme of marriage, duality and the house of God as seen in the “2nd” letter of the Hebrew alphabet – the letter beit ב. Further back in our book of John study series, we saw that the marriage of Cana is given in chapter 2 echoing the theme of chapter 2 of Song of Solomon. The New Testament Church is called the “bride of Christ.” When the Church is raptured, a wedding of sorts transpires between the bride and the bridegroom.

Interestingly, the “Lilium” company was founded in the year 2015 – the same year that the last blood moon in the highly publicized and highly prophetically significant blood moon tetrad occurred. As we all may remember, the last moon of that tetrad was a super blood moon. Also just as interesting, it is the year wherein “Lily” had her prophesying incident of the coming of the Lord in the rapture event.

As it turns out, the “Lilium” company was also founded by four men with some very interesting and prophetically telling names – Daniel Wegand, Sebastian Born, Matthias Meiner and Patrick Nathan. Interestingly, we read in Revelation 4:1 of the Apostle John’s “ascension” into Heaven after telling us about the seven churches in Revelation 2 &3. Once he arrives in Heaven, he is shown visions of the judgment of the Tribulation Period upon the world. Regarding the four names, let’s expound a bit:

Daniel Wegand: The obvious prophetic correlating hint here is the first name, Daniel, as in, the book of Daniel and what is known as “Daniel’s 70th week – the seven-year Tribulation Period of judgment after the rapture takes place.

Sebastian Born: The last name strikes me as significant – as in, Jesus warned Nicodemus that one must be “born again” to enter the Kingdom of God.

Matthias Meiner: The first name here is very striking considering that Matthias was the follower of Jesus chosen to replace Judas Iscariot as one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. The name “Matthias” means “gift of Yahweh,” the Old Testament name of God. After praying together, the disciples cast lots to discern who the chosen man would be to replace Judas, and the lot fell to Matthias. Peter states that Mathias was there during all of Jesus’ ministry, from the day John baptized Jesus to the day he ascended back into Heaven on the Mount of Olives – thus, Matthias witnessed Jesus’ ascension back to Heaven. Matthias Meiner of the “Lilium” company witnessed the “ascension” of their first vertical lift-off Phoenix 2 aircraft. Matthias was with Jesus from the beginning and was well known among the disciples. Interestingly, in the one of two places that he is mentioned in scripture, he was nominated and chosen by a group of 120 or so believers in Acts 1:15.

That number 120 turns out to be very interesting as covered in the very first article published on this site here concerning the Hale-Bopp comet. To summarize the importance of this number 120 associated with Matthias, 2017 (the year that saw “Trump” enter the White House (Trump = rapture) is 120 years from the First Zionist Congress in 1897, or the conception phase of Israel’s return that would occur in 1948. A quick look at history will reveal that reestablished Israel gained back Jerusalem as it’s capitol in 1967 in what is known as the six day war. 2017 is 50 years from the return of Jerusalem to the state of Israel. 50 is a very important and significant number in biblical history concerning ancient Israel. Answers in Genesis approximates the time it took to build the Ark was 55-75 years. Remember that Noah was given 120 years by God to build the Ark before the global flood would occur destroying all living things on earth with the exception of Noah, his family and the animals aboard the Ark. Noah had the 120 year countdown which we can see paralleled from the First Zionist Congress (1897-2017). The Hale-Bopp comet, which was visible to the naked eyes of the entire world, came through exactly 100 years after that significant date of 1897. As we know now, the Hale-Bopp comet strongly hinted at the soon arrival of the Antichrist. The number 100 is also a very important and significant number in the Bible.

The sum of the occurrences of all numbers of the Bible multiples of 6 gives 100 and the sum of the occurrences of all numbers of the New Testament multiple of 20 gives also 100. We obtain again this same result by the addition of the occurrences of numbers of the New Testament equal or higher than 53.

God is designated as the Most High 100 times in the OT. Add the 20 years and you come to 2017. That totals 120 years, Noah’s 120 year countdown. The year 2017 also saw the Revelation 12 sign.

Patrick Nathan: Nathan was a prophet in the Bible who lived during the reign of King David in Israel. God spoke to David through Nathan on several occasions. Nathan was a member of David’s royal court and one of his closest advisers. Nathan was greatly used by God. The prophetic implication here seems to be that, in scripture, it is known that David is a prophetic prototype of Christ himself. His name being amongst the other biblical names in this obviously rapturesque sign event seems to say to us that the Lord is telling the world to get on board the Ark of Salvation – which is Jesus Christ, for “Daniel’s” 70th week (the Tribulation) is about to begin preceded by a supernatural escape for all of those who are on board the Ark of Christ. The message could not be any more obvious.

The Shatner/Lilium 240 Tribulation Code?

Also interesting is the fact that there are 240 days between the lift-off (ascension) of William Shatner into outer space last year (2021) and the lift-off of the “Lilium Phoenix 2” craft. Previously, I’ve expounded upon the very prophetic nature and overtones of the Shatner event (see here). To summarize a main point of that event, Shatner lifted off into outer space at 90 years old on the 13th day of October. When one turns to Psalm 90:13 for the definition of a possible generation, we get 70 years and if by strength 80. Interestingly, at verse 13, we read the words “Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants” (Psalm 90:13). It fits nicely into Jesus’ fig tree generation prophecy of Matthew 24.

Here, we note in Jesus’ prophecy that “this generation” shall not pass until all these things be fulfilled. According to many prophecy and biblical expositors, Psalm 90:10 gives us the best explanation or answer for the length of a biblical generation. It is 70-80 years in length. It reads as follows …

“Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away” (Psalm 90:10).

Israel, the fig tree, was prophetically reborn and reestablished in the year 1948/1949. Counting forward 80 years from that pivotal and crucial date will put us at the year 2028/2029. We know that the rapture of the true Church will occur before the seven years of the Tribulation begins. If you then subtract seven years for the length of the Tribulation Period, you will arrive at the year of 2021/2022.

When one looks at the aforementioned span of time between the Shatner lift-off event and the “Lilium” lift-off event (240 days), you find an interesting prophetic overtone when one looks at the Strong’s Bible Concordance number 240. For those novices who do not know what the Bible Concordance is or does, it contains an alphabetical index of words used in the Bible and the main Bible references where the word occurs. A Bible concordance is useful in locating passages in the Bible. If you can remember just one word in a verse, you can often find what you’re looking for. In looking at that number 240, we find a word called allélón, which means “of one another,” or “each other.”

In remembering that the “Phoenix 2” craft is alluding to the rise of the Phoenix, or the “New World Order global government system after the rapture, or “ascension” of the body of Christ, and also remembering that the name of one of the company’s founders is “Daniel,” hinting at Daniel’s seventieth week for the Tribulation, we find that during the Tribulation when the time of the Phoenix world government beast system is in full operation, that “many shall betray and hate “one another” according to Matthew 24 and its description of what it will be like during those dark days …

“And then shall many be offended, and shall betray [one another,] and shall hate one another” {emphasis added} (Matthew 24:10).

Just as in the Strong’s 240 number word meaning, we see this “one another” phraseology in Matthew 24 during the Tribulation. Further still, this initial model of the Phoenix 2 craft has a total of “7” seats inside. The number 7 is the number of God – it is the number of perfection and a prominent number throughout the Bible. In fact, Christians often quip about being on flight 777 when the rapture occurs and those born again in Christ go “vertical” in lift-off. In fact, we have the theme of “flying away” in the aforementioned Psalm 90:10, much like the prophetic theme seen in the “flying of the Phoenix 2” as it went vertical and flew away. There are 7 seals, 7 trumpet and 7 bowl judgments in the book of Revelation. There are 7 Churches listed in the book of Revelation. 7 Spirits of God are mentioned several times in the book of Revelation. There are endless examples throughout scripture regarding this most important Divine number.

Lastly, and most interestingly, the “Lili”um aircraft company published their video of Phoenix 2’s ascension and flight take-off on June 6, 2022 – the very same date that the Israeli Knesset voted to divide Israel, thus echoing the Kiduri prophecy about a third government falling before the arrival of Jesus (see here, here and here). When adding up the numbers of this June 6, 2022 date (6-6-2022), you get the number 666 – the number of the Mark of the Beast that will be implemented during “Daniel’s” seventieth week,” the Tribulation. Herein lies the reason why I’ve decided to label this an “omen.” Given the name of the craft (Phoenix 2), the name of one of its founders (Daniel) and another founder (Matthias), one cannot help but get the impression that this event is not only a signal to the believing Church that our departure is at hand, but a specific message to the lost of what is to come. An omen for the lost world indeed – but a blessing for those of us who are safe in Christ as we will soon be going home.

LILIUM LIFT-OFF RAPTURE OMEN PROPHECY UPDATE:

The Key Event

June 28, 2022

I must admit to the fact that lately, I’ve been a bit spiritually tired while wondering at the same time how much longer we are going to have to wait to depart this earthly veil of sighing. Apparently, the Lord was reading my mind and answering my thoughts as he chose to remind me that we’re still on track and that it will not be much longer. How so? This day I was called upon to retrieve a key for someone. Not knowing the name of the person to whom the key belonged to until I got there, I was in for a surprise. Upon retrieving the key, I was quite surprised to see the name of the person on the key hanger. Yes, you guessed it, “Lily.”

As the saying goes, the Lord works in mysterious ways. Message taken.

Thanks to an astute commenter and reader of this article named “Sheila B2” from the Revelation 12 Daily prophecy site, an additional “key” observation of this particular key can be seen in the fact that, in conjunction with the theme of lift-off and ascending vertically as it relates to the rapture, we should take notice that the “Lily” key is an ASSA V-10 key (for high-security locks). It just so “happens” that I have that verse (verse 10) of the rapture passage of the Song of Solomon chapter 2 verse 10 highlighted in the article, which is definitely that “Key” event we are all watching and waiting for.

Further still, the meaning of ASSA, the maker of Lily’s key is a name that means “mother of Simon” in Latin, whom we find mentioned 3 times in Matt.8:14-15 KJV, Mark 1:30-31 KJV and Luke 4:38-39 KJV. In these instances of the mention of the “mother of Simon,” we find the theme of healing. My “Lily” key incident seems to be a case of the Lord not only showing us the prophetic importance of where we are at in the end of days prophetic timeline, but also a case of the Lord, perhaps, ministering a sort of spiritual healing through motivation of sorts. Not only to me, but perhaps intended for anyone else in the body of Christ who may be experiencing a spiritual low or physical ailment of some kind. Perhaps even to an unsaved, non-Christian reader who may be curious about the claims of Christ and who he is. Only in him can one find true and real healing from what ails you – and most important of all – only in him can you obtain eternal life.

As another commenter (Hmewrdbd) aptly said, Jesus is the One who holds eternity’s keys in His hand. The doorway to heaven is locked, but readily accessible to anyone who has the key – the key of being born again – we don’t even have to retrieve it! We are given it at the moment of salvation.

Here, we are reminded that keys open locked doors. In Revelation 4:1, we see a typology and prophetic hint of where the rapture of those who belong to Christ take place before the Tribulation begins as the Apostle John describes seeing a door opened in Heaven and is called upward into the presence of Christ. There, he is shown a vision of the future by the glorified Jesus himself in what we now understand to be the judgments of the book of Revelation that shall strike the earth after the rapture. Jesus Christ is the “key” to going through that door for he is the “Lily” of the the Valleys seen in the aforementioned Old Testament Song of Solomon rapture passage.

Additionally, the Apostle John tells us of the last days Church of Laodicea. This is the notorious church that Jesus rebukes for being a lukewarm Church that Jesus spews from his mouth. John reveals Jesus’ own words that he has to stand outside the door of this Church and knock in order to be let in …

“And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 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. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches” (Revelation 3:14-22). 

What is the problem with this Church? To put it simply, they are not true believers and are not truly saved – thus will be left behind at the rapture. In other words, these are the people who do not see themselves as needing redemption. To them, they are as good as they need to be. They have wealth, they have influence, they are alright in their own eyes – not realizing that their wealth, position and riches will not regenerate their dead spirit back to life and allow them entrance into Heaven. Jesus reveals their heart’s attitude and rebukes them for it. They will not go in the rapture when it occurs. They will be left behind to endure the rise of the Phoenix New World Order system headed by the Antichrist. Jesus is the key to escaping. Here is where it really gets interesting. In Revelation 3, we read John’s mention of the Church of Philadelphia. This is the Church that represents those who will be alive in the end of the Church Age before the Tribulation arrives and will escape the Tribulation judgments to come – that is – those who have personally received Jesus Christ by faith and faith alone without works for the forgiveness of sins …

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 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. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches” (Revelation 3:7-13).

Highlighted above in verse 7 (the number of perfection and completion) is the statement that Jesus has the “key” of David. When you skip on down to verse 10 (the make/model of the “Lily” key I hold in my hand above is a V10 key), he promises an escape from the coming Tribulation when he says “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation [trial], which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth” (verse 10). (V10 key).

Furthermore, as previously revealed that Patrick Nathan’s name of the Lilium company mentioned above correlates with the biblical Nathan who was closely associated with David, this key of David mentioned to the Philadelphia Church by Jesus takes on an interesting significance. It is rather interesting that such a deep and meaningful message can be gleaned from such a trivial event as retrieving a key! But yet, most assuredly, my retrieving of this key was no accident. It was by Divine Providential appointment.

Obviously, we’re not talking about “getting religion,” but focusing in on reality. The God of the Bible is not a religion, he is a reality. Hopefully, to you the unsaved curious passer-by, that statement, through this curious and very Providential incident, has been demonstrated loud and clear. Jesus is real and he is watching your decision concerning Him.

The obvious connotation of the prophetic hints contained in the overall events of the LILIUM aircraft company is that the Lord is showing us that we have reached the general time-frame of the end of the Church Age and that judgment is about to begin. But before it does, he is going to “lift home” to Heaven all of those who have personally believed on, and trusted in Him for salvation.

Time is running out. Trust in Jesus today before the day comes when there will be no more time left. Do not miss the rapture. How do you make sure that you do not miss it? Keep reading below.

GOD’S REQUIREMENT FOR YOUR INCLUSION IN THE RAPTURE AND ESCAPE FROM THE COMING WRATH

The demonstrably 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 suffer this fate 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).

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36).

“And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15).

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).

Important to note here is that although the Bible notoriously tells us that if you call upon the name of the Lord you will be saved, it is first a precondition, or requirement, that you first meet the required condition of belief upon the one who died for humanity’s sins. God is looking at the heart. The prayer prayed is the outward manifestation of the inward belief and trust upon Christ that causes one to ask him for forgiveness and salvation. In other words, if I did not believe in Christ but whispered the sinner’s prayer anyway, it does not make me suddenly saved and on my way to Heaven. It is not the prayer itself that is saving anyone. It is the belief and attitude of the heart that caused said person to pray the prayer that saved the person to begin with. This what the Apostle Paul means when he says that those who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. This is exactly the process that transpired with the thief upon the cross who was crucified with Jesus and asked him just before death to remember him in the kingdom. It was his initial belief and trust in Christ for salvation that caused his calling on him. It is the same process with the aforementioned tax collector who called on the Lord for mercy.

“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).

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