Left Behind
Now What?
updated 12-12-11
Many truly saved believers in Christ have been anticipating the return of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Biblical event known as the “Rapture”. Thousands of saved (“born again”) believers in Christ have simply vanished off the face of the earth in an event which the apostle Paul wrote about in First Thessalonians 4:14-17 and First Corinthians 4:51-52.
Jesus Christ has called out of this world all of the “saved” believers who had been “born again” by faith in His blood atonement for their sins. If you find yourself still on this earth after these disappearances occur, then know for certain that you were never truly saved, no matter what you professed to believe. There will be MILLIONS of professing “Christians” and morally “good” people of all nationalities left behind after the Rapture occurs. Why? Because they had never truly believed on the Lord Jesus Christ. They never completely (from the heart) placed their faith and trust in the atoning work of Christ on their behalf for the forgiveness of their sins.
We knew when the Rapture would happen (in the midst of the 70th week of Daniel), for God revealed the timing of it and His Second Coming in Scripture (King James Bible). You could have been saved before the Rapture took place, but you either did not truly understand salvation in Christ or you thought that you were a “good” person and that God would judge you based upon your “good” life. But the scriptures state otherwise.
Many of you thought you were saved just because you went to church or believed in the existence God. Some of you thought that being a “Christian” meant living a “good life”, being “baptized”, or belonging to a particular “church”.
Listen, God is right now willing to save you. You have been given yet another chance to be saved. Understand that Jesus Christ paid for your sins with His own blood. You, along with everyone else, are a sinner. God hates sin, for He is holy. Because He is holy and just, He cannot simply just forgive you of your sins without someone paying the penalty for your sins against Him. That is WHY He became a man (Jesus) and came down here to be beaten and crucified on your behalf! He lived a perfect life (never once sinning) as a man and then offered His perfect life as a sacrificial payment for your lost soul. Because of what Jesus did on your behalf, God can now (if you are willing) exchange the filthy record of your life of sinning for the unblemished, perfect record of His sinless Son! That is how one becomes “born again”, forgiven, and accepted by God.
Again, God accepted Jesus’ payment and will now exchange your rotten record of sins for Christ’s perfect record of righteousness. When Jesus died in your place, He did everything necessary to make you “right” with God again. Now He offers His salvation to you as a FREE gift, only asking you to simply believe (by faith) that what He accomplished on the cross was sufficient. Simply believe the good news (the “gospel” of salvation) that Christ paid it all! You must stop trying to earn your way to heaven by your “good works” and believe the “gospel” from your heart!
God equates hatred with murder. Jesus equates looking with lust as adultery. If you are honest, you will admit that you are a liar, a thief, an adulterer, and a blasphemer at heart. If you were to stand before God today, you would be found guilty of violating His laws and justly condemned to an eternity in hell. No matter how “religious” you think you are, you could never do enough good deeds to earn salvation. That’s why Jesus died for you. You can come to God through His Son with a simple, childlike faith, believing that Jesus took your place and paid the wages (that which you earned) for your sin (“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”-Romans 6:23).
When Jesus died for you, He legally undid the death sentence that you had earned by sinning against Him. If you now for the first time have really understood and realized your true condition before God, you can come to God for salvation through His Son (Jesus), simply believing by faith that Jesus took your place. This is what saves a man and it is a FREE GIFT! You must receive the Lord Jesus Christ by an act of faith, believing (from the heart) that He took your place of punishment and paid for your sins.
Romans 3:10-“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: [11] There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. [12] They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one”.
Only God Himself can be called “good”! And that was the point Jesus was trying to make in the following passage...
Mark 10:17-“And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? [18] And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God”.
You see, Jesus was and IS God Himself in the flesh! And as such (sinless) the only sacrifice for your sin that would be acceptable to God the Father!
Don’t waste your time searching for those who disappeared. We will return with Christ in 3 ½ years when He comes to destroy the antichrist and the kingdoms of this world at His Second Coming, which will occur on September 25, 2014 (Rosh Hashanah). See the chart entitled “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble” at the website.
Since Israel was reborn as a nation in 1948, many truly saved believers in Christ (recognizing the prophetic significance of the rebirth of Israel) began intensely looking for and expecting the Rapture, but VERY FEW were aware of the exact timing of this historic event. We at www.godstimeline.net profess to have known the approximate timing of the Rapture for over 4 years (since 2006). And though we made this widely known and provided solid scriptural reasoning as evidence for the timing of the Rapture, very few truly saved people accepted it as possibly being true.
Why? Because most believers in Christ (prior to the Rapture) were taught the popular (yet incorrect) doctrine that Christ would return at the Rapture before a 7-year period of time called the “Great Tribulation”. This position is what is known as the “7-year, pre-Trib Rapture”. Please see the article entitled “The Stumbling Block to the Church” at the website to understand how this doctrine kept the majority of believers in Christ (especially those just prior to the Rapture) completely unaware of the timing of this event.
We, however, have been teaching (since 2006) that Christ could only come for the Rapture in the “midst” of the last 7 year period of time leading up to His Second Coming. And we have understood (since 2001) that the last 7 year period of time before the Second Coming would be Rosh Hashanah 2007 to Rosh 2014. And we have understood since 2006 that the Rapture would occur in the “midst” of that 7 year period of time. All of this material (explaining how we knew WHEN and WHY) can be found at the website, which has been operational since the 1st week of January 2009 (just after the stock market crash of 777.68 points at the end of the Sabbatical Year on Rosh 2008, matching the three sevens [7-7-7] of the time of Jacob’s Trouble, which we knew prophetically signaled the final 6 years before the Second Coming of Christ).
The purpose for www.godstimeline.net has always been solely for the purpose of reaching those who are left behind after the Rapture with the scriptural truth. When the Rapture occurs, the antichrist will show up IMMEDIATELY (not 3 ½ years later as has been popularly taught). The time that Jesus called the “great tribulation” will begin once the antichrist demands the worship of himself in the form of an “image” (see Revelation chapter 13).
Our purpose is to not only reach those left behind (those who miss the Rapture) with the truth, but to also dispel the lies and deception that will inevitably be presented by the antichrist to explain what occurred. Those who are left behind will enter the Great Tribulation when the judgments of God will fall upon both the earth and the inhabitants of the earth with great fury. God’s purpose for the Great Tribulation is so that people will seek Him for their salvation.
Because of the prevailing false teaching (the 7-year, pre-Trib Rapture), the antichrist will be successful in deceiving many who are left behind. When the antichrist is revealed immediately after the Rapture occurs, he will challenge those who suspect and even accuse him of such. Prompted by Satan, the antichrist will use the erroneous doctrine of the 7-year, pre-Trib Rapture to his advantage in covering up his true identity.
After the Rapture occurs, he can then say “I cannot be the infamous antichrist that is said to come. I’ve been in church all of my life just like you. Our own Christian teachers have always taught that the antichrist does not show up until 3 ½ years after the Rapture, so I am not him. So all of these disappearances were not the result of the “Rapture”. They were not caused by Jesus either”.
The antichrist will not only deny that he is such, but will readily oppose the notion that God was responsible for the Rapture and the disappearances of the true believers in Christ. Since the antichrist will claim to be God in the flesh, it is very possible that he himself will take credit for the Rapture (the removal of the true believers in Christ), explaining that those who were removed were taken for the purpose of getting the opposition out of his way. The “lie” and “strong delusion” of Second Thessalonians 2:11 will deceive many a soul after the Rapture occurs.
What then is the truth according to the scriptures to refute/dispel this lie (among others)? The answer is found in the Bible doctrine of Christ’s “Advocacy” for the born-again sinner against the accusations of Satan. This doctrine is found in First John 2:1 and Revelation chapter 12, and it is the scriptural evidence needed to PROVE that the Rapture (performed by Christ Himself) did indeed occur. This is the “smoking gun” against the lies and deception of Satan and his antichrist, who will no doubt attempt to dispel the notion of the Rapture as not of God.
Can the following hold up under the doctrine of scripture? Decide for yourself! Do you believe the following scriptures”?
1.Hebrews 10:17-“And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more”.
The Father (God) will not remember your sins again! Do you believe this?
2.Hebrews 13:5-“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee”.
The Lord Jesus Christ will never leave nor forsake you! Do you believe this?
3.First John 2:1-“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: [2] And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world”.
Do you sin? Yes, and since we do sin, we have an Advocate (Lawyer-go between- High Priest) to the Father on our behalf in Jesus Christ the righteous, who is our propitiation (FINAL atonement- ONCE FOR ALL) for our sins. Do you believe this?
4.First Thessalonians 4:16-“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”.
It will be the Lord Jesus Christ HIMSELF that will descend from heaven at the “resurrection/rapture”! Do you believe this?
If you answered yes to these truths and promises, then there is only one conclusion! God the Father sees our (those who have been born again) sins no more because of the redemptive and propitious death of his Son. And since we, as still being in the flesh also, do sin daily, we have an Advocate to the Father in Christ Jesus!
It has to be the Lord Himself who will come at the time of the resurrection and Rapture! However, to those who are saved, Jesus said that He will never leave us nor FORSAKE US!
Revelation 12:7-“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, [8] And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. [9] And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
[10] And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night”.
Now then, if the Lord returns for the “resurrection/rapture” at any time other than when there is “war in heaven” (see Revelation chapter 12 when Satan is not able to be accusing us of our sins), then the “accuser of the brethren” (Satan) would be left before the Father accusing us of our sins! Therefore, we would have been FORSAKEN and left without a defense from the accuser/Satan! No such thing will or can happen! Otherwise, Jesus would then be seen as an unfaithful witness of ours and of His Word! He would be seen then as a liar and therefore no God at all!
It is clear from scripture that when Satan is busy in warfare and then cast down to the earth that he is full of wrath! He knows that he has only a short time remaining and goes to make war with the “woman” (Israel-see Revelation 12), but she is protected by God for 1260 days. Now be reasonable here people: this can only be happening at the LAST half (½) of any so-called seven year period leading up to Christ’s 2nd Coming, NOT at the beginning of it!
This is why (among other scriptural reasons) that since 2006, we have been trying to show the scriptural error of this so-called “7-year Tribulation Period”, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO A “RESURRECTION/ RAPTURE” PRIOR TO IT! IT DOES NOT HOLD UP TO SCRIPTURE!
The doctrine of the “advocacy” of Christ shows that the very SOONEST that Jesus can come for the resurrection/rapture is just prior to the antichrist being empowered by Satan, NOT 3 ½ years before! Christ can only come for the resurrection of the “dead in Christ” (saved believers in Christ who previously died and await their resurrection-see First Thessalonians 4:16) and the Rapture of the living believers IN THE MIDST of the 70th Week of Daniel!
THIS IS HOW WE KNEW THE TIME AND TIMING OF CHRIST’S RETURN FOR THE RESURRECTION AND RAPTURE!
Since we knew (from other passages of scripture) WHEN the 70th Week began, it was easy to locate the “midst” (see Daniel 9:27) of the final 7 year period leading up to the Second Coming of Christ! We realize that this is a lot of information to digest (for a newly saved person), but everything you need to understand is at the website in the form of videos, charts, and articles. That is our purpose and why God revealed these things to us. So you could find and know the truth!
That is why we have realized for a long time that knowing the time and timing of Jesus' coming for the resurrection and the rapturing of the saved was NOT for the vast majority of the saved believers in Christ BEFORE the Rapture happened. This knowledge has always been specifically for those who would be left behind! But we had to keep preaching and teaching all of this anyway, because there was a great blessing in knowing the truth of scripture and the timing of Christ's coming! And that blessing came in the peace of heart and mind in knowing how long we had to wait for Him! And we wanted as many as possible to enjoy the same peace of mind and heart by believing in the word of God, and not having to run from one speculative date to the next over the past four years! Nor then having to turn to dreams, signs, and visions for any understanding of His coming, but simply standing on the word of God alone! Knowing this is not and was not needed to be included in the "Rapture". Only the personal salvation that one has in Jesus Christ was the only requirement for going in the Rapture! Knowing this and WHY (the doctrine of Christ's advocacy) is for you who have been left behind; to dispel the lies and deception that you are soon to hear!
To those who are left behind, beware of the antichrist (Obama) who will be revealed for who he really is (after the Rapture occurs) with all kinds of lying Satanic wonders, signs, and miracles. He will receive a deadly head wound (see Revelation 13) and be miraculously healed, which will cause the world to “wonder” after him. This wound and healing will take place either shortly before or after the Rapture occurs.
Don’t be deceived by Obama’s claim that he is “God” in the flesh (see Second Thessalonians chapter 2). And don’t take his forced “mark” of worship for the purpose of continuing to be able to buy and sell. Whatever this “mark” (see Revelation chapter 13) turns out to be, you will be forced to make a conscious choice of whether to receive it or reject it.
Revelation 14:9-“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, [10] The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: [11] And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name”.
God said that the antichrist will claim to be “God” and that many will believe the lies and delusions (see Second Thessalonians chapter 2) that will be presented to explain away the Rapture. Satan and his fallen angels will be confined to this earth after the Rapture occurs, for they WILL appear visibly as “supernatural” human beings to deceive many by their lies!
Revelation 12:12-“...Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hathbut a short time”.
Among the many “lies” that will be presented to explain the disappearances of people will be that the Rapture was an “alien abduction”, “a paradigm shift into an age of new consciousness”, “the gods have come down to help the world evolve into a better place”, or “the right-wing Bible-thumping Christians were removed so that the new world order could advance”. The lies and delusions will be unbelievably deceptive. Do not be deceived (read Second Thessalonians 2:9-12 and Revelation chapter 13)!
There will be many “religious” people left behind after the Rapture and some of these professing “Christians” are big name personalities. There will be one very prominent religious individual (“pastor” Rick Warren) who will come to the forefront very shortly after those who were truly saved (the born-again believers in Jesus Christ) have been removed from this earth by the Rapture. This religious personality is referred to in scripture as the “false prophet” (see Revelation chapter 13) and he will work very closely with Obama. It is no accident that Warren already (as of this writing, December 2010) has close ties with Obama.
Know this: no matter how “religious” these people who were left behind appear to be, they were never truly saved in the first place. That is why they, along with you, have been left behind. Carefully read Revelation chapters 4 through 22 and pray for understanding. Do not believe the lies that are presented to explain away the Rapture.
Realize that these things were foretold and understood long before they actually occurred. And ask yourself, “How did some people know WHEN these things would happen, long before they actually did happen”? That is the purpose of our website; to give you confidence and confirmation in the prophetic nature of God’s written words.
Revelation 13:3-“And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast (OBAMA). [4] And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN)which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast (OBAMA), saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? [5] And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. [6] And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. [7] And it was given unto him to make war with the saints (THE PEOPLE WHO MISSED THE RAPTURE BUT LATER GOT SAVED-OBAMA WILL HAVE THESE BELIEVERS KILLED), and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations (ESPECIALLY IN HIS KINGDOM NATION AMERICA/MYSTERY BABYLON). [8] And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. [9] If any man have an ear, let him hear...[11] And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon (RICK WARREN-THE FALSE PROPHET WHO WILL LOOK AND SOUND LIKE A “CHRISTIAN”). [12] And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him (OBAMA), and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. [13] And he doeth great wonders (BY THE POWER OF SATAN), so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, [14] And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. [15] And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast (IT WILL MOST LIKELY BE SOME FORM OF AN ELECTRONIC, MULTI-MEDIA “IMAGE”), that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. [16] And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: [17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name (WHATEVER THE “MARK” IS, YOU CANNOT BUY OR SELL WITHOUT IT)”.
If you want scriptural proof that America (the kingdom of the antichrist) is the nation that scripture calls “Mystery Babylon” (Revelation 17), then view the two-part article entitled “The Bird Cage: Part 1 & 2” at the website.
You now find yourself in a period of time (the Great Tribulation) where it will cost you your very life to be a true believer in Christ (but that has been true for MANY true Christian believers down through the ages). Please read Psalm 14, for it is describing the very time you are in (the Great Tribulation). For a general overview of the events of the Great Tribulation, please view the article entitled “The Seals of Revelation & the Great Tribulation” at the website.
This is very sobering, but most of you who do finally believe on the Lord for salvation will be killed for refusing to take the antichrist’s “mark” of allegiance/worship to be able to “buy or sell” in order to sustain your life.
Mark 8:35-“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. [36] For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul”?
It is much better to lose your life than to lose your soul, for if you give in to the temptation to worship the antichrist by taking his “mark” (in order to feed yourself and your family), then you will have sealed your eternal doom in the lake of fire (see Revelation 14:9-11).
Whatever you do, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ from your heart and don’t give your worship/allegiance to the antichrist by taking his “mark”! Help the Jews and other true believers (Christians), and be faithful unto death.
Visit www.godstimeline.net to view videos, charts, and articles explaining what has just occurred (how and why we knew these things were going to happen) and what is coming up in the next 3 ½ years. We wrote everything at the website with YOU in mind, as we knew that those who would be “left behind” after the Rapture would need guidance and explanation as to what just occurred and what is coming up in the very near future.
God has sent His “two witnesses” (Moses and Elijah) to the earth (at Jerusalem-see Revelation 11:3) to warn you about the antichrist, his “mark”, the “false prophet”, and the consequences for taking the “mark”. This website will undoubtedly be taken down soon after the Rapture by the antichrist’s government, so go there as soon as you can! We will be leaving behind copies of the videos, charts, and articles (on discs) so that these can still be shared and dispersed via email/flash drives once the website is no longer able to be accessed. But be extremely careful, for once the “mark” of allegiance to the antichrist is instituted, you will be unable to email without being detected and located. And if you refuse to take the “mark”, you will be hunted down for elimination.
Now that you do understand what has taken place, you have a choice to believe on Christ and be saved or give your allegiance to the antichrist (Obama) and be eternally damned. God will honor your choice. The good news is that by accepting the free gift of eternal life in and through the Lord Jesus Christ, you will not have to wait very long for your resurrection (which will occur just before the Second Coming in September 2014) to bodily join us in heaven.
Please don’t let this chance go by again!
There will be BILLIONS of people who will be killed from the time shortly after the Rapture (whether they are saved in Christ Jesus or not) until Christ returns at His Second Coming!
For TODAY is the day of salvation! The Lord has been longsuffering, not willing that any should perish, BUT TIME HAS RUN OUT! It is time for the Lord to establish His Kingdom according to His stated word! He is coming! Don’t be caught on the wrong side!
You will have very little time from the time that the Rapture occurs until all hell breaks loose on. This is when the “image” of Revelation chapter 13 will be forcibly required in order to buy and sell (to sustain your living). This event is known in scripture as the “abomination of desolation” (Matthew 24:15). This “image” will undoubtedly be electronic and multimedia in form. You will be required to worship Obama as if he were really “God”. If you refuse to worship him and take his “mark” (in order to be able to buy and sell), you will be killed according to scripture.
After the Rapture occurs, banks will undoubtedly fail and you may not be able to obtain sufficient cash to survive. Most will not be able to flee America due to not having a passport. You need to stock up on canned goods and bottled water. Make preparations accordingly so that you can stay alive long enough to tell others about what is happening and hopefully lead others to a saving faith in Jesus Christ.
One of the most important items to obtain are disposable international cell phones so that you will be able to communicate without getting caught by the antichrist’s authorities and eavesdropping devices. Believe me, the antichrist’s government will be looking for anyone who refuses to take the “mark”. Believers in Christ will be hunted down like animals in the Great Tribulation, forced to go “underground” to survive and avoid detection. Be very aware (especially in the kingdom of the antichrist- the U.S.A.) of GPS systems and the government's ability to track you down in a short time! That includes your cell phones, computers, and your cars, which all have GPS systems in them! Be sufficiently prepared if possible, obtaining cash, disposable cell phones, canned food, bottled water, and adequate clothing/shelter.
Hoping to see you in Christ’s coming Kingdom,
Phil Rogers, Sherry Vance, and Kevin Drake