Jason Hommel's
Bible Prophecy Study on the
Pre Tribulation Rapture
Teaching the pre-tribulation rapture from the Bible, the Wedding, and the Feast of Trumpets.

Why I believe the Rapture will happen before the Tribulation.
(A Summary)

What's the Point of the Rapture?

About me
and this webpage
Introduction to
Bible Prophecy
Satan's money system:
666 Mark of the Beast
 God's money system:
.999 fine gold and silver
The rapture & the
Jewish Wedding
The rapture & the
Feast of Trumpets
Refuting false doctrine
on the rapture
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The Gospel & Salvation Message
(in the King James Bible / Bible Browser / Bible Gateway / Blue Letter Concordance) 

Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Mat 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
     
        Man's failure to obey God's laws regarding money is a central theme of prophecy.  The Israelites were defeated by Babylon due to Israel's failure to obey God's command to forgive all debts every 7 years and every 50 years.  This resulted in the punishment of the 70 years of Babylonian captivity as observed by Daniel.  But, still, Israel did not repent, and so, the punishment was increased, and from this, we get a time period in the future often called "Daniel's 70th week", also known as the "seven year tribulation".   During this future time, I expect to see the fulfillment of the "Mark of the Beast" (666) from Revelation 13.  Before the tribulation, before the mark of the beast, I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will come for his bride, to rapture her, and take her away to heaven for 7 years, to return with her after the tribulation, to rule on earth.

       This website presents an extremely thorough defense and apologetic of the rapture, and why I believe it will be before the tribulation.  I also refute nearly all arguments that come against the doctrine.

        But before the rapture, perhaps well before the year 2030, I believe there will come a world government, which will be the 7th beast of Revelation 17-18, that comes prior to the antichrist's 8th beast government with the "mark of the beast".  If the 8th beast is a world government, then it stands to reason that the 7th beast will also be a world government.  But the money of the 7th beast will likely be silver and gold (not the 666 mark of the beast system); just as all prior world governments in human history and Bible prophecy used gold for money.  God sets up kingdoms on earth according to his will (Daniel 4).  Using gold as money brings peace and prosperity (along with covetousness), which are described in Ezekiel 38-39, which I expect will take place prior to the rapture, and prior to the return of the Lord Jesus. 

       Why is the mark of the beast money system so evil?  It is a monetary system based on everything the opposite of what God gave us to use as money: which is gold and silver.  The 666 system is a permission-based, cooersive, forceful, 'no freedom' type of an economic system.  The 666 system is the exact opposite of the freedom and prosperity that results from using gold and silver as money.

        Do not think that the Lord will protect the fraud of the dollar, just because it says "In God we Trust" on your money.  God hates all frauds, and so should you. 

Key points on money often not preached: 
  1. False weights and measures are an abomination.
  2. The dollar is a broken promise to pay an unjust measure of silver or gold.
  3. The borrower is the servant to the lender
  4. You were bought for a price (with the blood of Jesus) so do not become the slaves of men.
  5. Usury (charging interest on a debt) is forbidden.
  6. Although Jews could lend to stragners, Christians are told to love their enemies.
Here are a few of my Bible Studies on the subject of money:
  1. The Great Harlot of Rev 17-18 is Jerusalem, & what that means.  10-02 
  2. (Discussion with Lambert Dolphin on Rev 17-18) 10-02
  3. Gold and Silver in Bible Prophecy 12-01
  4. Bible Verses on how to Manage Money 11-05
  5. The Use of Paper Money Violates All of the Ten Commandments July 2, 2006

Many people think the mark of the beast is the social security number.  It certainly comes awfully close, and moreso each day as its use is becoming quite mandatory in ever increasing ways.  In 1999, I scoffed at the idea that the social security number was the mark of the beast.  But by 2001, I decided to take a stand, and I found out something quite shocking!

As of 2001 - 2004 The rulings of the Federal Appeals Courts in the U.S. now say:  You can be discriminated against in employment if you do not have a Social Security Number!  Social Security: voluntary in law, mandatory in practice? This link is a journal of my ongoing legal battle regarding my attempt to follow my religious beliefs and stand up for my rights under the law to not use a social security number, starting from Dec. 2001 to June 2004

June 2004.  My federal law suit (based on Title VII, religious discrimination) against my employer, who fired me because I refused to get a social security number, was dismissed by the 9th Circuit and I decided not to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Read my concluding thoughts on why I decided not to appeal.

Social Security: Idolatry and Slavery by Pastor Matt Trewhella

My bible studies on the Pre-tribulation Rapture

Here are my essays supporting the pretribulation rapture from the basis of the Feasts of the Lord and the Jewish Wedding; including many verses from the King James version of the Holy Bible, & quotes from Strong's Bible Concordance.

YOU, my readers, who have decided to study Bible Prophecy, are following the Bible's commands:
to "exercise discernment" (Heb 5:14),
to "try the spirits" (1 John 4:1),
to "give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine" (1 Timothy 4:13),
to "meditate" and carefully think about the Word of God (1 Timothy 4:15),
to "study to show thyself approved unto God" (2 Timothy 2:15),
to demonstrate your honour as you "search out a matter" (Prov 25:2),
to show your nobility as you "search the scriptures daily" (Acts 17:11), and
to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3:18).

Introduction to the topic of the rapture:

  1. Why study prophecy & eschatology (end times)?  Why is it important? 2-7-01 5k
  2. Pre-tribulation Rapture in Scripture (Summary Main Points)  10-10-02 revised 63k
  3. Eight common ERRORS of popular pre-tribulation rapture teachers 11-14-02 revised 22k
  4. Why is there debate about the end times? 5-26-01 8k
  5. Will all Children be raptured? 10-01-02 revised 6k
  6. Why is the pre-trib rapture doctrine relatively new? Is it new? 10-01-02 10k Revised.
  7. Clement & Polycarp on the Pre-tribulation Rapture  10-06-02 20k Revised. NEW!
  8. 10 Reasons why the tribulation will last seven years   11-12-02 41k Revised.
  9. 15 Differences Between the Rapture to heaven and the Return with the Saints  11-10-02 revised 17 k
    Detailed commentaries for further study.  See also studies on the wedding and the Feast of Trumpets above.
  10. Introduction to Bible Commentaries  4-6-03 11k
  11. Bible Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18  3-14-01 44k
  12. Bible Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11  3-14-01 60k 
  13. Bible Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 2  1-31-03 50k
  14. 2 Thessalonians 2: Was the Day of the Lord feared to be "near" or "present"? 6-28-01 7k
  15. 2 Thessalonians 2:  & Scriptures about the Rapture BEFORE the tribulation
  16. Bible Commentary on Matthew 24 part 1 7-6-01 31k
      Regarding double meanings:
      Duel meanings in the Olivet Discourse
      Is the Olivet Discourse addressed to the Jews "only", or Christians too?
      Matt 24:30-31 compared with Deut 30:1-4.
      Comparing Matt 24:30-31 to Isaiah 11:11-12, Isaiah 27:12-13
      More passages about the gathering together of the Jews
  17. Commentary on Matthew 24 part 2 16k
      Why the rapture is also in view in Matt 24:29-31
      Margaret Macdonald
      The emotional state of the nations
      They vs. You
  18. Commentary on Matthew 24 part 3  32k
      The signs of the "sun, moon & stars falling" & Satan's Fall
      The Lord's Return as Lightning
      Satan is cast out of heaven before the tribulation in Revelation 12.
  19. Commentary on Matthew 24 part 4  23k
      10 Reasons why the Day of the Lord begins at the start of the Tribulation.
  20. Commentary on Matthew 24 part 5  29k
      The Bible's two definitions of the word "tribulation":  1. present day and 2. future time.
      Specific phrases which refer to the rapture through the Feast of Trumpets and the Wedding.
      The rapture: "the one shall be taken, and the other left"
      The body & eagles parable:
      The return as a thief verses:

  21. Matthew 25:1-13 The Ten Virgins Parable: teaching the pretribulation rapture  2-7-2005 28k
  22. Noah: a type of the pretribulation rapture and the return of the Lord  11-14-02 revised  23k
  23. Revelation. 4:1 10-17-00 11k
  24. God has a plan for Israel! 1-19-01 19k  --Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee:
    <>and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
  25. Ezekiel 38-39:  The End Times Deception 02-16-01 13k
  26. Ezekiel 38-39 and the Attack on America: Israel will be wealthy and at peace 9-20-01 27k
    Refuting false doctrine on the rapture
  27. Once Saved Always Saved, (OSAS) is Wrong 2-3-01 38k
  28. 20 Questions answered.  (The "20 unanswerable" from leftbehindlie.) 06-22-06 85k
  29. 14 Questions about the Pre-tribulation Rapture9-29-02 49k
  30. It is impossible for the Pre-tribulation Rapture to be a deception 09-30-00 11k
  31. Do we need the tribulation to refine and purify us? 4-03-03 11k
  32. Revelation 11: the 7th Trumpet: is it the "Last Trump" of the Rapture? 9-30-02 16k Revised.
  33. Revelation 20: The First Resurrection: How can the rapture be before the first? 1-14-01 33k
  34. How can the rapture be silent if it is at the trumpet blast? 1-31-01 7k
  35. Parousia, or "coming or presence".  Same word, same event?  2-20-01 3k
  36. Ezekiel 13:18-20 "the souls that ye hunt to make them fly" 3-14-01 4k
  37. Isaiah 14:13-15 [Satan said] ... "I will ascend into heaven..." 4-08-03 12k
  38. Matthew 24:13 "But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."  3-12-03
  39. John 17:15 "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world..." 7k
  40. The Jesuits and the Rapture  3-08-02 16k
  41. Fallacies of Philosophy 11-14-01 12k
    When people begin to realize the rapture is true, these are their primary concerns:
  42. Who goes in the rapture? 10-22-00 17k
  43. Will post tribbers go up in the pretrib rapture? 2-17-01 40k
  44. Can I be saved if I'm left behind? 10-13-01 14k
Sources from others on the Rapture that I have copied to this website.
  1. Pseudo-Ephraem's Pre-tribulation Rapture Statement (c. 374-627) "All the saints and elect of God are gathered together before the tribulation, which is to come, and are taken to the Lord, in order that they may not see at any time the confusion which overwhelms the world because of our sins."
  2. Margaret McDonald's Vision (1861) as published in The Restoration of Apostles and Prophets In the Catholic Apostolic Church.
Visit my other website:
The Silver Stock Report
where I'm actively putting into practice
the Christian lessons regarding "honest weights and measures".
If the 666 mark of the beast is bad,
then God's .999 fine gold and silver is good.

Email me, Jason Hommel here:
bibleprophesy@yahoo.com

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