CRUCIFIXION OF YAHOSHUA

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Introduction

We are in the season that the majority of the Christian world celebrates what is called the time of Easter when they retell the story of the Savior, how He was crucified (on Passover), buried, resurrected (in the end of the Sabbath) and ascended into heaven Sunday morning (at the time of the wave sheaf offering). There are church organizations that go to Jerusalem to have pilgrimages who try to retrace the journey of the steps of the Master when He went out of Jerusalem to be crucified on the stake. Even though some of the story is distorted, the story is still being broadcast throughout the world. For this we should rejoice and if you do not rejoice, you should. Many during Paul’s day preached for the wrong reasons, but Paul said for this he still rejoiced for the gospel was being preached by some of these false preachers!

Philippians 1:15  Some indeed preach Messiah even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
16  The one preach Messiah of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
17  But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
18  What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Messiah is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.

When the “Passion” movie came out, many thousands of people went to see the movie and we may never have the opportunity to reach all these people in our lifetime! Did the movie have any distortions in it? Yes. Even Messianic Jewish Resources stated in the movie “The Passion” that Mel Gibson “unknownly had subtle anti-Semitic material in his movie.”  So was it worth it? I say YES! They received the basic message of the crucifixion and resurrection. If people truly received the salvation of the Savior through this, Yahvah will call them out of Babylon, will lead and guide them on the way of righteousness! Most all of us made our start in other denominations.

 

My Servant (Messiah To Be Cut Off and Die)

Isaiah 52:13 Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
14  As many were astonished at Thee; His visage [appearance] was so marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men:
15  So shall He sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at Him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

Isaiah 53:1   Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of YHVH revealed?
2    For He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.
3    He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
4    Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of Elohim, and afflicted.
5    But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.
6    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and  YHVH hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7    He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not his mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not His mouth.
8    He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare His generation? for He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was He stricken.
9    And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death; because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
10  Yet it pleased YHVH to bruise Him; He hath put him to grief: when Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of YHVH shall prosper in His hand.
11  He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied: by His knowledge shall My righteous Servant justify many; for He shall bear their iniquities.
12  Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong; because He hath poured out his soul unto death: and He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

 

Two Witnesses

Matthew 18:16  But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Deuteronomy 19:15  One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

 

Second Witness Of Messiah’s Death

Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26  And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27  And He shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations He shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

 

Yahoshua’s Anointing

Matthew 26:6   Now when Yahoshua was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
7    There came unto Him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His head, as He sat at meat.
8    But when His disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
9    For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
10  When Yahoshua understood it, He said unto them, Why trouble you the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon Me.
11  For you have the poor always with you; but Me you have not always.
12  For in that she hath poured this ointment on My body, she did it for My burial.
13  Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

 

Prayer Of Gethsemane

Matthew 26:36 Then cometh Yahoshua with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder.
37  And He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
38  Then saith He unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry you here, and watch with Me.
39  And He went a little further, and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt.
40  And He cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could you not watch with Me one hour?
41  Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
42  He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, except I drink it, Thy will be done.
43  And He came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
44  And He left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
45  Then cometh He to His disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

 

Peter’s Denial

Matthew 26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
31  Then saith Yahoshua unto them, All you shall be offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
32  But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
33  Peter answered and said unto Him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
34 Yahoshua said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice

Luke 22:54 Then took they Him, and led Him, and brought Him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.
55  And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
56  But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with Him.
57  And he denied Him, saying, Woman, I know Him not.
58  And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
59  And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with Him: for he is a Galilean.
60  And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
61  And the Master turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Master, how He had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny Me thrice.
62  And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

How many people today have denied the Savior? Many accept Yahoshua as Savior, but deny His Word. When we deny His Word, we are actually denying Him, for He is the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). Peter walked faithfully for three and one-half years, cut off the ear of the servant of the High Priest defending the Savior, then because of peer pressure turned and denied Yahoshua three times when the Savior was on trial! Then Peter repented, but Judas didn’t!

Judas betrayed Yahoshua with a kiss. He walked with the Savior three and one-half years and then turned and denied Him. He sold the Savior for thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave (Exodus 21:32; Zechariah 11:12,13). Have we sold the Savior for less than what Judas did? Judas then was sorry for what he had done and threw down the money before their feet in the temple and instead of repenting of his sin went out and hanged himself! The chief priests picked up the 30 pieces of silver and said “It is not lawful to put them (the money) into the (temple) treasury, because it is the price of blood.” (Matthew 27:6).

 

Yahoshua’s Trial

Matthew 27:11 And Yahoshua stood before the governor: and the governor asked Him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Yahoshua said unto him, Thou sayest.
12  And when He was accused of the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.
13  Then said Pilate unto Him, Hear thou not how many things they witness against thee?
14  And He answered him never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
15  Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
16  And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
17  Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will you that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Yahoshua which is called Messiah?
18  For he knew that for envy they had delivered Him.
19  When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of Him.
20  But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Yahoshua.
21  The governor answered and said unto them, Which of the two will you that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
22  Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Yahoshua which is called Messiah? They all say unto him, Let Him be crucified.
23  And the governor said, Why, what evil hath He done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let Him be crucified.
24  When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it.
25  Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

Pilate gave in to PEER PRESSURE! Can we take the peer pressure that other people put on us as we walk the way Yahoshua wants us to walk? Can we overcome peer pressure when we get ridiculed for trying to keep all Ten Commandments, including the seventh day Sabbath, observing the Clean and Unclean laws? When I started observing these, it was the religious people that put on the peer pressure, just the same as it was in the days of Messiah! It was the religious people that delivered the Messiah to the Romans to be crucified!

It has been said that if the Messiah would have to come today like He did back then that it would be the religious people that would have Him crucified, because they would NOT believe His message anymore than the Pharisees did when He was here the first time! This was religious MOB VIOLENCE! Many wars have been fought over religion and in the name of Christianity! I spoke to a Jew one time and he asked me: “Who was it that locked the Jews in the synagogues and marched around the synagogues with crosses on their shoulders and burned the synagogues to the ground? It was the Christians”! That is why he would not accept Christianity!

Matthew 27:26  Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Yahoshua, he delivered Him to be crucified.
27  Then the soldiers of the governor took Yahoshua into the common hall, and gathered unto Him the whole band of soldiers.
28  And they stripped Him, and put on Him a scarlet robe.
29  And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a reed in His right hand: and they bowed the knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30  And they spit upon Him, and took the reed, and smote Him on the head.
31  And after that they had mocked Him, they took the robe off from Him, and put His own raiment on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.
32  And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear His stake.
33  And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
34  They gave Him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when He had tasted thereof, He would not drink. (Gall was a pain sedative).
35  And they crucified Him, and parted His garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted My garments among them, and upon My vesture did they cast lots. (Psalm 22:18).

Why did they cast lots for His vesture? It was woven from top to the bottom without a seam just like the High Priest’s garment was woven from top to bottom without a seam! He literally had on a garment typifying the priestly garment.

Matthew 27:36  And sitting down they watched Him there;
37  And set up over His head His accusation written, THIS IS YAHOSHUA THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38  Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39  And they that passed by reviled Him, wagging their heads,
40  And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save Thyself. If Thou be the Son of Elohim, come down from the stake.
41  Likewise also the chief priests mocking Him, with the scribes and elders, said,
42  He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the stake, and we will believe Him.
43  He trusted in Elohim (God); let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him: for He said, I am the Son of Elohim.
44  The thieves also, which were crucified with Him, cast the same in his teeth.
45  Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46  And about the ninth hour Yahoshua cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My El, my El, why hast thou forsaken me? (The Aramaic or Syriac Text states “My El, My El, for this was My destiny!”)
47  Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

 

One Thief Repented

Luke 23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him, saying, If Thou be Messiah, save Thyself and us.
40  But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear Elohim, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41  And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42  And he said unto Yahoshua, Master (Lord), remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom. (When is He coming? At the resurrection)!
43  And Yahoshua said unto him, Verily I say unto thee today, thou shalt be with Me in paradise.

 

No Broken Bones (The Shadow Fulfilled)

John 19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the stake on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32  Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with Him.
33  But when they came to Yahoshua, and saw that He was dead already, they brake not His legs:
34  But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
35  And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that you might believe.
36  For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of Him shall not be broken.

Psalm 34:20, He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

Exodus 12:46 (the Passover lamb), In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone thereof. (The animal lamb was a shadow of the Lamb of Yahvah).

 

Look On Him Who They Pierced

John 19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on Him whom they pierced.
Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

 

Burial Of Yahoshua

John 19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Yahoshua, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Yahoshua: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Yahoshua.
39  And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Yahoshua by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
40  Then took they the body of Yahoshua, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
41  Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
42  There laid they Yahoshua therefore because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

 

Sign Of Prophet Jonah

Matthew 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from Thee.
39  But He answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40  For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Jonah 1:17 Now YHVH had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

 

Messiah Buried 3 Days And 3 Nights

Raised the Third Day

Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Yahoshua to shew unto His disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Matthew 17:23 And they shall kill Him, and the third day He shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
Mark 9:31 For He taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him; and after that He is killed, He shall rise the third day. (See also Mark 10:34).

Raised After Three Days

Mark 8:31 And He began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Matthew 27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

How can the Messiah rise on the third day, yet after three days? Yahoshua was crucified on Wednesday and placed in the tomb just before sunset (before the High Day Sabbath on Thursday, John 19:14,31; Matthew 27:62; Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54).
So the Messiah was placed in the tomb just before sunset on Wednesday:
Wednesday night (1 night), Thursday night (2 nights), Friday night (3 nights).
Thursday daytime (1 day), Friday daytime (2 days), Sabbath daytime (3 days).

Since Messiah was resurrected on the third day (Sabbath afternoon), yet resurrected after three days and three nights fulfilling the scriptures of rising on the third day, yet rising after a total of three days and three nights just as the sign of the Prophet Jonah!

There are some tracts that teach the ladies made a Saturday evening visit to the tomb and found the tomb empty (based on their understanding of Matthew 28:1). If they would have found the tomb empty, why would they go the next morning with the spices and ointments to finish the burial? Surely they wouldn’t have forgotten that soon of the body being raised when they supposedly visited the tomb the night before! This is a misunderstanding of the text! They DID NOT visit the tomb Saturday evening!

In the original texts there were no chapters and verses nor punctuation and when this was written in the text. Later sometimes certain doctrines were punctuated into the texts. In Matthew 27:62 it speaks of the NEXT day after the crucifixion was the High Day Sabbath (First day of Unleavened Bread, not the weekly Sabbath) when the chief priests and Pharisees came to Pilate to demand a guard be placed at the tomb so the disciples couldn’t steal the body and pretend there was a resurrection. The first part of Matthew 28:1, “In the end of the Sabbath” belongs in the last part of Matthew 27:66. They were setting the watch in the end of the High Day Sabbath, at sunset the time that the first watch started!

Matthew 27:62 Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation (the High Day Sabbath), the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63  Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
64  Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night, and steal Him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
65  Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
66  So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch in the end of the Sabbath. (The High Day Sabbath, John 19:31)

 

Matthew 28:1 (properly punctuated):
1   In the end of the Sabbath, As it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

Now Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all harmonize with the resurrection of the Messiah and the time period that the ladies came to visit the tomb when putting in the proper punctuation.

Mark 16:2   And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Luke 24:1   Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
John 20:1   The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

 

The Promise Of A Resurrection In The Old Covenant

Some have claimed that we are only living in the New Testament now and many do not have anything to do with the Old Testament. To do away with the Old Testament, the resurrection would have to be done away with also.

Job 14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the spirit, and where is he?
11  As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12  So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13  O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14  If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. [The resurrection]!
15  Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

Job 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26  And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see Elohim:
27  Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me

Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Daniel 12:1   And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 

Hosea 13:14  I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

 

The Blessed Hope Of The Resurrection

John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Elohim: and they that hear shall live.
28  Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29  And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Those that have the promise of the first resurrection will be raised to a spirit body. The body is going to undergo a transformation. When Yahoshua was raised from the grave, His body wasn’t left there anymore! His body underwent a transformation. He could walk through a wall without opening the door. The disciples thought they had seen a spirit, and Yahoshua said, “a spirit hath NOT flesh and bone as ye see me have.”

I Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of Elohim; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

 

The Body Sown a Natural Body, Raised a Spirit Body:

I Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43  It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

I Thessalonians 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14  For if we believe that Yahoshua died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Yahoshua will Elohim bring with him.
15  For this we say unto you by the word of the Master, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Master shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16  For Yahoshua himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of Elohim: and the dead in Messiah shall rise first:
17  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet Yahoshua in the air: and so shall we ever be with Yahoshua.
18  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great Elohim and our Saviour Yahoshua Messiah;

I John 3:2   Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as he is.

After The Tribulation, Matthew 24:29-31.
At The Last Day, John 6:39,40,44,54; 11:24.
At The Last Trumpet, I Corinthians 15:52 (51-56); Revelations 11:15-18.
Every Eye Shall See Him, Revelation 1:7.
NO SECRET RAPTURE!

 

Comments or questions accepted.

 

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