After sharing these scriptures from the removed books and tying them in with YESHUA’s words, you will understand why you should be reading these books so that you will not be deceived. Many believe in the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine, but is it true? Enoch the righteous scribe and prophet has some words for the end times generation that should be heeded!
Enoch 1:1
“The blessing of Enoch, with which he blessed the elect and righteous, WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN THE DAY OF AFFLICTION (TRIBULATION), when all the EVIL AND WICKED ARE TO BE REMOVED.”
2 Esdras 13:16-26
“For as I consider it in my mind, alas for those who WILL BE LEFT IN THOSE DAYS! And still more, alas for those WHO ARE NOT LEFT! For those who are NOT LEFT WILL BE SAD, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS RESERVED FOR THE LAST DAYS, BUT CANNOT ATTAIN IT. But alas for those WHO ARE LEFT, and for that very reason! For they shall see GREAT DANGERS (TRIBULATION) AND MUCH DISTRESS as these dreams show. Yet it is better to come INTO THESE THINGS (TRIBULATION), THOUGH INCURRING PERIL, THAN TO PASS FROM THE WORLD LIKE A CLOUD, AND NOT TO SEE WHAT SHALL HAPPEN IN THE LAST DAYS.” He answered me and said, “Both will I tell you the interpretation of the vision, and I will also explain to you the things which you have mentioned. As for what you said about those who are left and about those who are not left, this is the pronouncement: He who brings the peril at that time WILL HIMSELF PROTECT THOSE WHO FALL INTO PERIL, WHO HAVE WORKS AND HAVE FAITH IN THE ALMIGHTY (REVELATION 14:12). Understand, therefore that those who are LEFT ARE MORE BLESSED THAN THOSE WHO HAVE DIED. This is the interpretation of the vision: this is he whom the Most High has been keeping for many ages, through whom He will DELIVER HIS CREATION, AND HE WILL DIRECT THOSE WHO ARE LEFT.”
The ones who have died cannot attain what is reserved for the last days because they are a part of the wicked that will be removed from the earth leaving on the righteous behind as Enoch said.
Proverbs 10:25 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“When the storm has passed, THE WICKED ARE GONE; BUT THE RIGHTEOUS ARE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED FOREVER.”
Proverbs 10: 30 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“The righteous will NEVER BE MOVED, BUT THE WICKED WILL NOT REMAIN IN THE LAND.”
Again, when the storm has passed all the wicked are gone, but the righteous are firmly established forever! Isn’t this what happened during the days of Noah? Weren’t all the wicked killed in the flood and only the righteous Noah and his family were left behind?
Jasher 6:11-23
“And on that day, YAHWEH caused the whole earth to shake, and the sun darkened, and foundations of the world raged, and the whole earth was moved violently, and the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared, and all the foundations in the earth were broken upon, such as was not known to the inhabitants before; and YAHWEH did this mighty act to cause the sons of men to fear YAHWEH, that there might be no more evil in earth. And still THE SONS OF MEN WOULD NOT RETURN FROM THEIR EVIL WAYS (2 Kings 17:13) and they increased the anger of YAHWEH at that time, and did not even direct their hearts to all of this. And at the end of seven days, in the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, the waters of the flood were upon the earth. And all the fountains of the deep were broken up, and the windows of the heavens were opened, and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. And Noah and his household, and all the living creatures that were with him, came into the ark on account of the waters of the flood, and YAHWEH SHUT HIM IN. And all the sons of men that were left upon the earth became exhausted through evil on account of the rain, for the waters were coming more violently upon the earth, and the animals and beasts were still surrounding the ark. And the sons of men assembled together, about seven hundred thousand men and women, and they came to Noah to the ark. And they called to Noah, saying, “Open for us that we may come to you in the ark---why should WE DIE?” And Noah, with a loud voice, answered them from the ark, saying, “HAVE YOU NOT ALL REBELLED AGAINST YAHWEH, and said that He does not exist? And therefore, YAHWEH brought this evil upon you, to destroy and cut you off from the face of the earth. Is this not the thing that I spoke to you about, one hundred and twenty years ago, and you would NOT LISTEN TO THE VOICE YAHWEH, and now do you desire to live upon the earth?
And they said to Noah, “We are ready to return to YAHWEH; only open for us that we may live and not die.” And Noah answered them, saying, “Behold now that you see the trouble of your beings, you wish to return to YAHWEH; why did you not return during these hundred and twenty years, which YAHWEH granted you as the appointed time? But now you come and tell me this on account of the troubles of your beings, now also YAHWEH will not listen to you, neither will He give ear to you on today, so that you will not succeed in your desires.”
They did not listen to the voice of YAHWEH and did not turn from their evil ways, the same way many aren’t listening to His voice today and are not turning from their evil ways!
Listening to the voice of YAHWEH means to keep His commandments:
Deuteronomy 30:10 (Samaritan)
“If you OBEY THE VOICE OF YAHWEH your ELOHIM, TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS and His statues which are written in this BOOK OF THE LAW.”
Turning from your evil ways also means to repent and turn back to the Torah:
2 Kings 17:13 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“YAHWEH had warned Yisra’el and Judah in advance through every prophet and seer, “TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS; and OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS AND REGULATIONS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENTIRE TORAH WHICH I ORDERED YOUR ANCESTORS TO KEEP and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”
Notice how Noah says that the people did not obey YAHWEH and were killed in the flood? So, this begs the question: how is it that Christians today that are walking in the same LAWLESS, REBELLIOUS footsteps as those in Noah’s day be saved from tribulation by being raptured out of the world? These same lawless Christians will be swept away, just as they were, and only the righteous will be left behind as all the scriptures have verified. So, after looking at all the evidence and the patterns throughout the scriptures, we can clearly see that Christianity has misinterpreted the words of YESHUA in Matthew 24!
Matthew 24:37-42 (Hebrew)
“And just as it was in the time OF NOAH, so will it be at the coming of the Son of the virgin. For as it was in the time before the flood—that they ate and drank and held weddings until the day that Noah entered into the ark, not realizing it until the flood came and KILLED ALL OF THEM—SO IT WILL BE AT THE COMING OF THE SON OF ELOAH. Then there will be two in the field; He will take one AND LEAVE THE OTHER. And two women will be in the house of the mill; He will take one AND LEAVE THE OTHER. And two in one bed—the one will be taken and the OTHER HE WILL LEAVE. Therefore—wake up! For you do not know the hour in which the master will come.”
Notice how YESHUA connects the days of Noah and immediately connects it to those who will be left and those who will being taken? This matches what we read in Enoch 1:1 and 2 Esdras 13, as it was with the account of Noah, that the righteous will be left behind and the wicked shall be taken away by death.
Anti-Messiah must come first
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“But in connection with the coming of our Master YESHUA the Messiah and our gathering together to meet Him (1 Thessalonians 4:16), we ask you, brothers, not to be easily shaken in your thinking or anxious because of a spirit or a spoken message or a letter supposedly from us claiming that the Day of YAHWEH has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For the Day will not come UNTIL AFTER THE APOSTASY has come and THE MAN WHO SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM TORAH HAS BEEN REVEALED, the one destined for doom. He will oppose himself to everything that people call a mighty one or make an object of worship, he will put himself above them all, so that he will sit in the Temple of ELOHIM AND PROCLAIM THAT HE HIMSELF IS ELOHIM.”
Paul says don’t let any man deceive you about the 2nd coming of our Messiah YESHUA because the apostasy (the great falling away from the truth) must occur first and then the anti-messiah will be revealed. So, it’s clear that the anti-messiah comes first not YESHUA, which means there is no pre-tribulation rapture. Many have been deceived by this doctrine despite what Paul warned against! And the assemblies in the first century knew this!
In the book “The Ascension of Isaiah” in the preface is written:
“These latter, particularly the Testament of Hezekiah, cast an illuminating, though at times lurid, light on certain outlying provinces of Christian belief and conduct towards the close OF THE FIRST CENTURY. It bewails the fewness of the prophets, the PREVALENCE OF HERESIES, the sad declension in Christian character. It touches incidentally on the fact that there were Church (Congregation) Guilds whose sole object was to keep believers in a state of readiness for the Advent of Messiah, BUT EXPECTING WITHAL TO EXPERIENCE FIRST THE DREADED COMING OF THE ANTIMESSIAH.”
A servant is not greater than his Master
John 15:20 (Hebrew)
“Remember My words which I spoke to you, ‘A SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS MASTER. IF THEY PERSECUTRED ME, THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU. If they kept My commandments, they will keep yours. But all these things they will do to you because of My Name—for they do not know Him who sent Me.”
John 16:1-3 (Hebrew)
“These things I have spoken to you so that you should not be hurt. They, will put you outside the houses of their assemblies. And a time will come, that every man who comes will TRY TO KILL YOU, and it will seem to him that he is doing service to YAHWEH. And these things they will do to you, because they do not know the Father, nor Me.”
Matthew 24:9-13 (Hebrew)
“And then they will trouble you, BEATING AND KILLING YOU, and ALL WILL REJECT YOU ON ACCOUNT OF MY NAME. And then many will be perplexed and will be angry with one another, for the hatred will be excessive over the compassion and mercifulness of many, and the love of many will become cold. But he who will continue until the end, and will stand, he will be saved.”
YESHUA said he who continues to the end will be saved. Continue is defined by Brittanica as “To do something without stopping to keep doing something in the same way as before.” So, he who continues to believe in YESHUA and keep the commandments until the end despite the persecution will be saved. YESHUA is our Master, and we are not greater than Him! He already told us that we would be persecuted as He was, so this too eliminates any pre-tribulation rapture. Paul knew this and we saw that it happened to him and Peter as well.
2 Timothy 3:12 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“And indeed, ALL who want to live a righteous life UNITED WITH THE MESSIAH YESHUA WILL BE PERSECUTED…”
Hebrews 11:26 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“He (Moses) chose being MISTREATED along with ELOHIM’s people rather than enjoying the passing pleasures of iniquity. He had come to regard ABUSE SUFFERED ON BEHALF OF THE MESSIAH as greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he kept his eyes fixed on the reward.”
The 1st Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians (70 AD, no later than 96 AD)
5:26-31
“Let us set before our eyes the illustrious (well known, RESPECTED, AND ADMIRED for past achievement) apostles. PETER, through unrighteous envy, endured not one or two, but numerous labors and when he had at length suffered martyrdom, departed to the place of esteem due to him. Owing to envy, PAUL also obtained the reward of patient endurance, after being seven times thrown into captivity compelled to flee, and stoned. After preaching both in the east and west, he gained the illustrious reputation due to his faith, having taught righteousness to the whole world, and come to the extreme limit of the west, and suffered martyrdom under the prefects. Thus was he removed from the world, and went into the set-apart place, having proved himself a striking example of patience.”
Acts 12:1-2 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“It was around this time that King Herod began ARRESTING AND PERSECUTING certain members of the Messianic community; and he had James, John’s brother, PUT TO DEATH BY THE SWORD.”
Revelation 1:9 (Hebrew)
“I John was on the island called Patmos, BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF YAHWEH and the testimony OF YESHUA HA-MASHIACH.”
John 16:33 (Hebrew)
“These things I speak to you, in order that you may have shalom (peace) in ME ALONE—for you WILL HAVE DISTRESS IN THE WORLD; but trust in Me, for I, I have conquered the world.”
Matthew 24:21 (Hebrew)
“And then there will be exceeding GREAT DISTRESS, which had not happened from the beginning of the world until now and until the end.”
Acts 14:22 (Complete Jewish Scriptures)
“Strengthening the disciples, encouraging them to remain TRUE TO THE FAITH, and REMINDING THEM THAT IT IS THROUGH MANY HARDSHIPS THAT WE MUST ENTER THE KINGDOM OF ELOHIM.”
And that it exactly what I want to do today, which is to encourage and remind you to continue until the end and remain true to the emunah (faith) and know that believers of YAHWEH and YESHUA will be persecuted, and there is no easy way out through the “Pre-Tribulation” doctrine. We clearly see that the followers of YESHUA were persecuted because again they understood that a servant is not greater than their master and not only that, they willingly endured it while looking forward to the reward! In conclusion I will leave you with what happened to the righteous Zadok priests!
In the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls under the section “The History of the Community” is written:
“Finally Josephus depicts in vivid language the bravery of the Essenes (Qumran community) subjected to torture by the Romans.”
“The war with the Romans tried their souls through and through by every variety of test. Racked and twisted, burned and broken, and made to pass through every instrument of torture in order to induce them to blaspheme their lawgiver or to eat some forbidden thing, they refused to yield to either demand, nor ever once did they cringe to their PERSECUTORS or shed a tear. Smiling in their agonies and mildly deriding their tormentors, they CHEERFULLY resigned their souls, CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD RECEIVE THEM BACK AGAIN.”
2 Maccabees 7:14
“So when he was ready to die he said, it is GOOD, BEING PUT TO DEATH by men, to look for HOPE FROM ELOHIM TO BE RAISED UP AGAIN BY HIM as for you, you (the tormentors) SHALL HAVE NO RESURRECTION TO LIFE.”
We must understand that persecution takes on many forms, but we must be prepared and have the same mentality as our righteous ancestors before us. They gladly endured persecution and looked forward to the resurrection to spend eternity with ELOHIM! The pre-tribulation doctrine is not preparing anyone mentally for this but is setting them up for failure!
May YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!