Song of Solomon Bible study

            I am presenting the Song of Solomon in this one, and I am doing it differently. I am only going to have my comments up here and at the end, because it is a song, and I want to keep it flowing, and invite those who read and study it to do the same, trying to study and discuss with as little interruption as possible. It is a love song, also, and personally I believe it is a love song from Jesus to His bride, something that the Holy Spirit gave to Solomon over 900 years before Jesus even walked the earth on His earthy ministry, and then to fulfill Hid early purpose to sacrifice Himself to pay for  all of our sins. Of course Jesus as an eternal being, having been on the earth on occasion to visit people like Abraham, Moses and so on, all of which was before He walked the earth in His ministry. God is so wonderful and can do anything, for nothing is ever too hard for Him to do at all. I am going to present the full song to you now without commentary until the very end of it:

(Song of Solomon 1:1)  The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

(Song of Solomon 1:2)  Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;

(Song of Solomon 1:3)  your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.

(Song of Solomon 1:4)  Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.

(Song of Solomon 1:5)  I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

(Song of Solomon 1:6)  Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!

(Song of Solomon 1:7)  Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?

(Song of Solomon 1:8)  If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

(Song of Solomon 1:9)  I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.

(Song of Solomon 1:10)  Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

(Song of Solomon 1:11)  We will make for you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.

(Song of Solomon 1:12)  While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

(Song of Solomon 1:13)  My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts.

(Song of Solomon 1:14)  My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi.

(Song of Solomon 1:15)  Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.

(Song of Solomon 1:16)  Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green;

(Song of Solomon 1:17)  the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.

(Song of Solomon 2:1)  I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

(Song of Solomon 2:2)  As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women.

(Song of Solomon 2:3)  As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

(Song of Solomon 2:4)  He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

(Song of Solomon 2:5)  Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.

(Song of Solomon 2:6)  His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!

(Song of Solomon 2:7)  I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

(Song of Solomon 2:8)  The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

(Song of Solomon 2:9)  My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.

(Song of Solomon 2:10)  My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away,

(Song of Solomon 2:11)  for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

(Song of Solomon 2:12)  The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

(Song of Solomon 2:13)  The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

(Song of Solomon 2:14)  O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

(Song of Solomon 2:15)  Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom."

(Song of Solomon 2:16)  My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

(Song of Solomon 2:17)  Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a young stag on cleft mountains.

(Song of Solomon 3:1)  On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.

(Song of Solomon 3:2)  I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but found him not.

(Song of Solomon 3:3)  The watchmen found me as they went about in the city. "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"

(Song of Solomon 3:4)  Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

(Song of Solomon 3:5)  I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

(Song of Solomon 3:6)  What is that coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?

(Song of Solomon 3:7)  Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel,

(Song of Solomon 3:8)  all of them wearing swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by night.

(Song of Solomon 3:9)  King Solomon made himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon.

(Song of Solomon 3:10)  He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

(Song of Solomon 3:11)  Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.

(Song of Solomon 4:1)  Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

(Song of Solomon 4:2)  Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them has lost its young.

(Song of Solomon 4:3)  Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.

(Song of Solomon 4:4)  Your neck is like the tower of David, built in rows of stone; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

(Song of Solomon 4:5)  Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that graze among the lilies.

(Song of Solomon 4:6)  Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go away to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.

(Song of Solomon 4:7)  You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.

(Song of Solomon 4:8)  Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.

(Song of Solomon 4:9)  You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

(Song of Solomon 4:10)  How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

(Song of Solomon 4:11)  Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

(Song of Solomon 4:12)  A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed.

(Song of Solomon 4:13)  Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard,

(Song of Solomon 4:14)  nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices--

(Song of Solomon 4:15)  a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

(Song of Solomon 4:16)  Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.

(Song of Solomon 5:1)  I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love!

(Song of Solomon 5:2)  I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."

(Song of Solomon 5:3)  I had put off my garment; how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?

(Song of Solomon 5:4)  My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.

(Song of Solomon 5:5)  I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.

(Song of Solomon 5:6)  I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

(Song of Solomon 5:7)  The watchmen found me as they went about in the city; they beat me, they bruised me, they took away my veil, those watchmen of the walls.

(Song of Solomon 5:8)  I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.

(Song of Solomon 5:9)  What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?

(Song of Solomon 5:10)  My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.

(Song of Solomon 5:11)  His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.

(Song of Solomon 5:12)  His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.

(Song of Solomon 5:13)  His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.

(Song of Solomon 5:14)  His arms are rods of gold, set with jewels. His body is polished ivory, bedecked with sapphires.

(Song of Solomon 5:15)  His legs are alabaster columns, set on bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

(Song of Solomon 5:16)  His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

(Song of Solomon 6:1)  Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

(Song of Solomon 6:2)  My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.

(Song of Solomon 6:3)  I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

(Song of Solomon 6:4)  You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

(Song of Solomon 6:5)  Turn away your eyes from me, for they overwhelm me-- Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

(Song of Solomon 6:6)  Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing; all of them bear twins; not one among them has lost its young.

(Song of Solomon 6:7)  Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.

(Song of Solomon 6:8)  There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

(Song of Solomon 6:9)  My dove, my perfect one, is the only one, the only one of her mother, pure to her who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.

(Song of Solomon 6:10)  "Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?"

(Song of Solomon 6:11)  I went down to the nut orchard to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.

(Song of Solomon 6:12)  Before I was aware, my desire set me among the chariots of my kinsman, a prince.

(Song of Solomon 6:13)  Return, return, O Shulammite, return, return, that we may look upon you. Why should you look upon the Shulammite, as upon a dance before two armies?

(Song of Solomon 7:1)  How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand.

(Song of Solomon 7:2)  Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies.

(Song of Solomon 7:3)  Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

(Song of Solomon 7:4)  Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, which looks toward Damascus.

(Song of Solomon 7:5)  Your head crowns you like Carmel, and your flowing locks are like purple; a king is held captive in the tresses.

(Song of Solomon 7:6)  How beautiful and pleasant you are, O loved one, with all your delights!

(Song of Solomon 7:7)  Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.

(Song of Solomon 7:8)  I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples,

(Song of Solomon 7:9)  and your mouth like the best wine. It goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding over lips and teeth.

(Song of Solomon 7:10)  I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

(Song of Solomon 7:11)  Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields and lodge in the villages;

(Song of Solomon 7:12)  let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

(Song of Solomon 7:13)  The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and beside our doors are all choice fruits, new as well as old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

(Song of Solomon 8:1)  Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.

(Song of Solomon 8:2)  I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother-- she who used to teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.

(Song of Solomon 8:3)  His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!

(Song of Solomon 8:4)  I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

(Song of Solomon 8:5)  Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.

(Song of Solomon 8:6)  Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD.

(Song of Solomon 8:7)  Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.

(Song of Solomon 8:8)  We have a little sister, and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for?

(Song of Solomon 8:9)  If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver, but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

(Song of Solomon 8:10)  I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.

(Song of Solomon 8:11)  Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

(Song of Solomon 8:12)  My vineyard, my very own, is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.

(Song of Solomon 8:13)  O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.

(Song of Solomon 8:14)  Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

If this song is any indication by how it goes, it gives you a strong idea of how much Jesus loves His bride. He would later prove His love further by giving Himself up and dying in a terrible way on the cross to pay for our sins that we all chose to commit, breaking His heart doing so. He does indeed want relationship both with you and me, then with that relationship take up His bride into Heaven to marry her and also so they don’t have to deal with the chaos during the seven year tribulation period. The following gives more information on the rapture:

Rapture

I will conclude and wrap this study up by saying that the way people are now(not unlike the way they were at Noah’s time and also Sodom, things which Jesus prophesied about in scriptures in Matthew, Mark and Luke)and all the many other end times signs which are occurring currently(animals dying, food prices rising, wars, rumors of wars, crazy weather and so on) are birth pangs of the coming tribulation period and  sure signs the rapture is not far way, indeed, I still believe that the rapture could be any day at any time, of which the Heavenly Father only knows). So cheer up, your redemption is drawing closer and closer every day that passes. Also please remember that  Jesus loves you more than You know, and also by posting this about the rapture, too, which does duplicate some of the scriptures, but that is for emphasis for the rapture is too important and you absolutely DO NOT want to miss it:

                                  THE RAPTURE IS IMMINENT!!! ARE YOU READY????

            I am very strongly led to believe the rapture is very imminent, and could happen any day at anytime at all. Nobody knows the exact time for the rapture but the Father God Himself. I cannot strongly enough advise all of you to get your hearts right with Jesus by asking the Holy Spirit to reveal to you if there is any Sin /iniquity/ uncleanness in your heart, mind etc and repenting of any and all items brought to your mind right away, asking the Holy Spirit to cleanse you and your garments so that they are spotless, being washed by the blood of Jesus. I am a man, needing the blood of Jesus for cleansing as much as everyone else, and believe me I am doing the same thing. This repenting is a continuous process, not just a one time thing; I have found that I myself have been repenting several times throughout the day. I know that it will be God's grace and mercy ONLY that I make the rapture, not anything I do, I am well aware of the fact that grace alone being what saves, and not works lest any should boast, but also faith without works is dead so I am sharing this with everyone, in the hopes that a few, even just one person, would wake up in time, and repent, for the remaining time here is very short.

            I post and share this document for I deeply care for people and DO NOT want anyone to miss the rapture and find themselves left behind to face the 7 year tribulations which will follow the rapture which will be pure a horrific time on earth, the most horrific ever, in fact, where you will have to hide in caves or in mountains, away from all the evil and very selfish people, be an absolute survival expert, which many are not and absolutely refuse at all costs to take the mark of the beast(666).As a result of your refusal to take this mark, you won’t be able to buy or sell anything, work, eat, live in a normal way, and so on, and most likely you’ll be killed for it, but that is far better than taking the mark and ending up in the lake of fire for eternity, as each and every man and woman  who take the mark of the beast will end up in the lake of fire, where there will be absolutely no rest from their torment night or day(Revelation 14).  Even doing all the precautions, hiding by getting away from all population centers and into the mountains, and so on may not be enough because many if not most people, in fact will not survive the judgments that God will pour out on the world in this time period, in the seal, trumpet and bowl judgments as well as the judgment and destruction of the daughter of Babylon. All these events are described in good detail in the book of Revelation in chapters 6 through 18, which I strongly advise all to read. Here is a link an excellent animated video of the entire book of revelation for you to watch

 The tribulation period of seven years absolutely will make today's evil world seem like life in paradise by comparison. I very strongly suggest reading the book of Revelation chapters 6 through 18 which tell you specifically what sort of events and judgments the world will see during this tribulation period.

Here are some rapture related scriptures:

 (1 Corinthians 15:51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

(1 Corinthians 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

(1 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:

(1 Thessalonians 4:17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

God wants to keep us from this tribulation by His love and mercy Because thou has kept the word of my patience, I ALSO WILL KEEP THEE FROM THE HOUR OF TEMPTATION, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth."  The implication of this verse is obvious:  If the end-time Christian does NOT stay close to the Lord and endure to the end, HE WILL NOT BE KEPT FROM THE TRIBULATION HOUR Revelation 3 verse 10, so it is IMPERATIVE to stay close to the Lord in these last days. 

Now I have a very special warning message to all those who are lukewarm Christians to repent of this condition and to be on fire for Jesus or Jesus will surely spit you out of the rapture(see verse 16, below) and you will go through the seven year tribulation as it says in Revelation 3 14-22. There are FAR TOO MANY are in this condition the Holy Spirit warned me this AM. There are FAR TOO MANY LAODICEANS today. Please REPENT NOW of your lukewarmness and be on fire for the Lord before it is too late and you miss the rapture as a result of your being lukewarm!! Here are the verses in Revelation chapter 3 concerning the Laodicean church:

(Revelation 3:14) And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

(Revelation 3:15) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

(Revelation 3:16) So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

(Revelation 3:17) Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

(Revelation 3:18) I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

(Revelation 3:19) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

(Revelation 3:20) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

(Revelation 3:21) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

(Revelation 3:22) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Summarizing, you MUST all be ready for this coming rapture, AND be on FIRE for Jesus, and not be at all lukewarm but loving Jesus with ALL Your heart, mind and soul as commanded in the bible, in several places in both the old and new testaments. If in case you need to receive the Lord please pray the following prayer (backsliders can also use this prayer to repent of their sin and lukewarmness and recommit their lives, and return to their first love, Jesus. Please do so NOW before it is too late)

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

Here are 10 steps that can be of help to be ready for the soon to come rapture:

1. Make sure that you have received Jesus Christ into your life as your PERSONAL Lord and Savior(see the salvation prayer above and use it if need be).

2. Examine your own heart for any signs of backsliding, worldliness, unwatchfulness, compromising, and lukewarmness.

3. REPENT (Turn COMPLETELY away from sin and turn COMPLETELY around towards Jesus).  Sin separates you from God, even as a Christian.

4. Study end-time Biblical prophecy(Daniel 7-12, Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 17, 21, 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5, other places but the  book of Revelation in particular)  until you become completely convinced that His Coming is, indeed, AT THE DOOR.  This will help keep you from temptation and sin.  JESUS IS COMING VERY SOON!!! Lord help me be absolutely convinced YOU ARE at the door!!!!!

5. Do something for the Lord.  (Passing out tracts would be a good start.)

6. Examine your priorities, lest the CARES OF THIS LIFE cause YOU to MISS THE RAPTURE, as we are so adamantly WARNED about in Luke 21, and so many other Scriptures.

7. Draw closer to God by praying, reading His Word, attending a fundamental church as often as possible, and surround yourself with a Christian atmosphere (Christian friends, books, music, radio, TV, etc.)

8. PRAY DILIGENTLY.  ASK THE LORD TO REVEAL TO YOU ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT EVEN MIGHT KEEP YOU FROM THE RAPTURE.  PRAY THAT THE LORD WOULD GIVE YOU A PEACE, IF YOU ARE READY, AND AN UNREST AND UNEASINESS IN YOUR HEART, IF YOU ARE NOT READY.

9. Listen for His voice and then STAY OPEN TO THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

10. Act upon that which the Lord is calling you to do. DO IT NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

Please also pray and ask the Lord Jesus to see if you are indeed ready and to give you peace if you and If the Lord has planted even the least bit of doubt or uneasiness in your heart, will you swallow your pride and pray this prayer with me:

"Dear Lord, Thank you for preparing a WAY OF ESCAPE from the horrible Tribulation to come.  It is my sincere desire to be ready for your Soon Return, so that I can participate in the Rapture. Give me a COMPLETE PEACE IN MY HEART FROM YOU if I am, indeed, ready. Let there be no false sense of security in my heart concerning my readiness for Your Return.  Begin to reveal to me things in my life and in my heart that might keep me from the Rapture.  Show me what I need to do to BE READY and then give me the power to act upon that which you show me to do.  Draw me away from the world and closer to you every day.  Use me in whatever way you can to help others

who may not be ready for your Return.  Fill me with your peace when I am ready and fill me with YOUR POWER, for victory over sin and temptation, and for effective service for your kingdom.  In Jesus' mighty name, Amen

If, by an unfortunate chance, you are finding yourself reading this testimony after the rapture has happened, and you find that you have missed it, everything is not lost by any means, just please pray immediately to accept the Lord Jesus as savior and /or recommit your life to Him, repenting of anything  and everything that you have done that has caused you to miss the rapture, especially such things as being lukewarm and whatever else you may do during that time absolutely DO NOT TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST OR YOU WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE!!!!!(taking the mark of the beast means you are essentially married to Satan, the antichrist, the beast and false prophet,  ALL OF WHOM ARE DESTINED FOR THE LAKE OF FIRE, AS ARE ALL WHO TAKE THEIR MARK ON THEIR FOREHEAD OR HAND). IT IS NOT AT ALL FORGIVABLE TO TAKE THIS MARK- so again you must avoid taking this mark AT ALL COSTS you won’t be able to buy, sell, work, and so on, you will have to hide, living in the forest and away from civilization, face jail, torture, and be executed for refusing the mark. If you do die for refusing to take the mark of the beast, if you are Jesus’ you will go to heaven immediately as a tribulation saint and martyr spoken of in the book of revelation. I cannot strongly stress the point enough to NEVER, EVER accept the mark of the beast, no matter what!!!! It will be well worth it to lose everything and everyone in this world, including your life so as  to not have to spend all eternity in hell and the lake of fire, where again there will be never any rest on your torment day or night.

Here is a video link for after the rapture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbvC-9Ei83E&feature=youtu.be

And a link to another facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jay.dougherty.50?ref=tn_tnmn#!/notes/jay-dougherty/good-book-on-tribulations-and-end-times-please-share-aslo-video-link/10200133756520233

God bless you and yours