The Rapture
Hi Friends,
I am excited about sharing this vision with you because it is about the Lord’s Second coming and specifically about the rapture. Anything about the Lord excites me. But I want to be ready for him whenever he returns.
This is the vision:
First I see a scene which is entirely red. There is a large tree whose leaves are a deep rich red, like a cranberry. The leaves on the ground are all red, and the background is red. The trunk of the tree and its branches are black in contrast. The scene is within a rectangular frame, but fairly large in scale, as if the tree were perhaps 200 feet from me.
Next I see a similar scene, but this time everything is green. The scene is located behind a garage door that splits across the middle, horizontally. The metal door has a pale grey finish, and showing a bit of age. The upper portion of the door opens as a typical garage door, and the lower portion, recedes into the ground. All this is tiny. The scene behind the door is no larger than a postage stamp.
In the second scene when the “garage door” opens, I see a single tree whose leaves are an emerald green. The background and floor are the same rich green. It seems more like a painting for there are no leaves on the ground, and no line where the earth meets the atmosphere. The trunk of the tree and its branches are still black.
The meaning of the vision
Colors Red and Green
As I thought of these two images, I started with the most noticeable difference, that being color.
The red, can mean sin or blood, as we have seen before, but God lead me to a website that spoke of red meaning “flesh.” (color-meanings.com) I found this to be interesting:
“In the Bible, the Hebrew word for red is Oudem. It’s actually meaning is Red Clay. Many biblical names (Adam, Esau and Edom) are derived from this Hebrew word which means ‘Flesh.’ Thus, it is the root word for mankind as stated in the Bible.”
God had formed Adam from the red clay. So in the vision, the words “flesh” and “mankind” are represented by the red.
The green, can represent new life, but according to this author on the same website:
“The biblical meaning of the color Green is “immortality,” (The leaf shall not wither - Psalm 1:3) Green is also symbolic of “resurrection,” which we see each Spring.”
https://www.color-meanings.com/biblical-meaning-colors/
When I see the red meaning flesh and mankind, and the green meaning immortality and resurrection, I believe that God is showing us the rapture of the church. When mankind, with flesh that is mortal, will be changed “in a twinkling of the eye,” and clothed in immortality. The “dead will rise, and we who are still alive will be caught up with them in the air.” This is the resurrection of the dead, at the moment of the rapture.
This is the passage of scripture that describes the rapture: “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed--in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’ 1 Corinthians 15:51-56
The Trees
In heaven there is a tree of life: “To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” Revelation 2:7
The tree of life was also in the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve were able to have full access. (But not of course access, to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.) But after Adam and Eve rebelled against God, by eating of the forbidden tree, God kept them from access to the tree of life. “After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.” Genesis 3:24
When mankind was blocked to the tree of life, man was no longer able to live forever. Man became mortal. He was cast from God’s earthly paradise.
The trunk and branches of both of these trees in the vision were black. Black represents death. In the first scene, the black tree with the red leaves speaks of the natural man, or all of mankind, speaking of its mortally. “It is appointed for man to die once and then face judgment.” Hebrews 9:27
But the the death of Christ, brings salvation to those who are waiting for him: “So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.” Hebrews 9:28
The trunk and branches were also black in the second scene, where the green leaves represented immortality and resurrection. The black represents death again. At the rapture, those that are dead will rise to immortal life. “For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” 1 Corinthians 15:52
The Garage Door
I believe that the garage doors that split open horizontally, represent eyes and eyelids that open in much the same way. Jesus said that “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.” John 9:39 I believe that the Lord is revealing this truth about the rapture to those who will see spiritually, and long for the Lord’s return.
The garage doors were a pale grey and showing a bit of wear. This represents age and wisdom. God in his great wisdom, created his plan for mankind long ago. In order to see what God is showing us, we have to ask him to open the eyes of our understanding. “Indeed the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” Amos 3:7
If The garage doors, open to reveal the vision of the green tree, which represents the rapture, then we must “see” that he is coming soon. We must be prepared for his coming. “For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”
“Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left. Two women will be grinding with a handmill; one will be taken and the other left.”
“Therefore keep watch, because do not know on what day your Lord will come.” Matthew 24:38-42
How are we to prepare for the Lord’s return? We can’t pack our suitcases. We can’t take anything with us, not even a child or a parent. We cannot see the Lord coming and grab our child’s hand and make them come with us. They have to want Jesus on their own. Jesus warns us: “On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.” Luke 17: 31-33
So we need to be sharing the gospel with our loved ones now. “Be merciful to those who doubt, save others by snatching them from the fire, to others show mercy, mixed with fear-hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.” Jude 1:22-23
There is one more aspect to the difference between the visions - that is size. The vision of the red tree was large. It was still contained within a frame. The green tree was framed as well, but it was the size of a postage stamp.
Size Comparison of Images
I remember another vision that I received almost 20 years ago, which I have not been released to share. But the manner in which the future was shown, was by looking through a long tube. Just as one would look down a telescope to see something in the distance, looking down a long tube would indicate that you were seeing something still far off in time.
In this vision the size of the second vision being small in scale represents two aspects. First, the size refers to the future, where the first vision is full scale representing the here and now, and the second is miniaturized, representing the distant future, or a time from now.
The second aspect or significance of size has to do with quantity. The first red tree is large and represents all mankind. The second green tree represent those who will be raptured. It is only a tiny portion of the whole. “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:14
The Leaves
There is one more thing that that is different between the two scenes. In the red scene which is full size, there are leaves on the ground. The Red leaves again represent flesh and mankind. Some of the leaves are still on the tree (alive), and some of the leaves have fallen on the ground, (dead). All mankind lives and dies.
But at the time of the rapture, the time of the green tree, all the leaves will be green and attached to the tree. There will be no leaves on the ground, because those that were dead will be raised to life, (resurrected), and clothed with immortality. There will be no dead in Christ - all will be living with him for all eternity.
However we must remember that only those who are born again, and living for him will be raptured. Only a group, the size of a postage stamp, will be raptured. Those who do not believe that Jesus is the Lord, will be left behind. That number will be great - the size of a full scale tree.
Significance
If this sounds dire, or serious, it is meant to be. If God is giving me this message, even though there is nothing that I am sharing that is not already expressed in the Bible, it is because God does not want any of us to be lost. We do not know when our last day might be. We do not know when a friend or loved one might pass. Death can take us by surprise and there will be no more time left to share the gospel.
The word “gospel” means good news. So why do so many of us sit on our hands? Why do we delay? Why do we say, “I’ll do it next week.” Next week for you, or for those unsaved might never come. Today is the day of salvation. “For he says, ‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.’ I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2
I am speaking to myself too. There are Jewish friends, that still do not know or appreciate what we see as truth. Our Lord Jesus is so real, and the time is so short. They need to see that Jesus is their Messiah. He is the very one that their ancestors rejected. 700 years before Jesus was born, Isaiah the prophet wrote:
Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces, he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his
days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 53:3-12
There are Muslim friends who need to know that Jesus died for their sins, and that they can experience his mercy, his love, and his grace. They can have the assurance of salvation rather than believing that God is somehow keeping score - that their good works will cancel their sins. This is no gospel at all, the Bible says that our good works are no better than “filthy rags.” Only the perfect blood of a spotless lamb will take away sin. Thank you Jesus, that you loved us so much that you died in our place. Please pray and share the good news with your Muslim neighbors, friends and co-workers.
There are Hindu friends who readily accepted the Lord. Yet this does not bring salvation because it is as if they were to place a new charm on their existing bracelet. They accept Jesus as merely another god, that they add to their collection of gods. They can not as yet understand the idea of sin and their need for savior. They believe in reincarnation and Karma, so there is no urgency to repent. They believe this lie: “It takes more than one lifetime to perfect a soul.” We need to expose these lies through prayer. Pray that the Holy Spirit, would convict them of sin and bring them into the truth.
I have one Buddhist friend who is in China. I gave her a Bible before she left the US to return home. I pray that she will find someone to lead her to the underground church, where she can grow in the knowledge of God.
I am sure that you have family members, friends and people all around you who are going their own way, and serving only themselves. They may choose to believe whatever suits their fancy. Many believe in a god of their own making. (“My ‘God,’ says that living together before marriage is just fine”……”My ‘God’ says that abortion is okay, because that soul will find another body to inhabit…..”My ‘God’ knows my heart and he knows my weaknesses. He will automatically forgive me. I do not have to ask for forgiveness or change what I am doing.”…..)
We need to pray, that these ideas of “Cheap salvation,” and other false beliefs are brought down. Pray that Jesus will open hearts to receive the gospel message, repent and be saved. Pray that salvation will come to those who we love, and even to those we do not know. Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Luke 10:2
The Lord wants none to be lost. “And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.” John 6:39
Jesus loves the world. Let’s reach the world for him! God bless you!
Answered Prayer
And I thank all of you who prayed for Asia Bibi. She has been released and found innocent by the Supreme Court in Pakistan! Praise the Lord and Hallelujah! Prayer moves mountains! God bless each one of you. Please pass these posts to those who need the word of God! Love you all!
