Introduction
Erase the confusion: Who will not go through the tribulation? Who will go through the tribulation, or do we all go through the tribulation, or do we all go up, or how is all of this?
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they were ready, went in with him into the marriage. And the door was shut. And afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, open unto us. But He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Just the parable of the wise and foolish virgin tell you there’s a going away, and some that’s left. That settles the whole argument right there. Matthew 25: 10 – 12.
Then shall be two in the field. The one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Now, what does that show you? One that was ready was taken; the foolish was left, and the other was taken. Two women shall be grinding at the mill. The one shall be taken, and the other left. One in tribulation, one taken out there. Watch therefore, and pray, that you know not what hour your Lord doeth come. We don’t know the hour, but we know the season. Therefore, be ye also ready, for in such hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. Matthew 24: 40 – 42, 44.
But, and if that evil servant, there’s two of them. But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming. How? Well, the way you do that is to say that the Lord is coming at the end of the tribulation. Then you would know exactly about when by counting off after the mark of the beast. All you have to do is count off 42 months and you’ll see him up over Armageddon in there. No such thing, God won’t do that. Matthew 24: 48 – 50.
Then you are the evil servant that said the Lord has delayed His coming for His elect. Let us drink, and go on into sin, because we have plenty of time. And the Lord said, I’ll come in an hour you think not. Evidently, that doctrine becomes pretty strong.
If you have true salvation, you will not want to continue living in sin. You will not let the cares of this world take over your life. Romans 6: 1 – 2; Matthew 13: 22.
When that church is emptied out, purged, behold, the Lord come to His temple suddenly, the Bible said. And when He does, then He can work Himself among the people. And people will be blessed just sitting in a congregation like you’ve never seen before. And they are blessed by the Holy Spirit.
It means, sooner or later, those that will not be going up in the translation will stop coming to church service with you, where the pure word of God is preached, because they realize that certain Scriptures will not apply to them. They are purged by the Lord since they are not willing to believe all of the word of God.
It is I the Lord Jesus which has spoken unto my people the Bride! And unto them who will take my name will become my Bride. And unto her is given my Kingdom to rule with Me! For even now the time must shortly come when I will take her to My palace. And there is no other God besides Me!
It means the tribulation saints do not truly believe in their heart that the Lord Jesus is “The mighty God”, and that there is no other God besides Him. Isaiah 9: 6; Isaiah 44: 8.
The tribulation saints do not believe that by the Lord Jesus, all things were created. Colossians 1: 16 – 17.
The translation takes place for the marriage supper. And then only those that are His elect, they go into Him to the marriage supper. It means the tribulation saints are not part of the Lord’s bride.
The tribulation saints will not be rulers of all the Lord’s goods. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he shall make him ruler of all his goods. Sound like that he’s up in there in that elect group. It means it is only those that go up in the translation that will sit with the Lord Jesus on His throne, ruling the entire Universe with Him, for they are the overcomers. Matthew 24: 47; Revelation 3: 21.
It is those that go up in the translation that have the full benefit of an inheritance beyond anything mortal people have ever heard in their life. They cannot conceive in their brains, heart, or anywhere, what God has for them. 1 Corinthians 2: 9.
The tribulation saints will not want to hear that they do not have a crown of righteousness waiting for them because they do not love the appearing of the Lord. 2 Timothy 4: 7 – 8.
They will not want to hear that at the time of the translation they will not be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, into a glorified body since they will not be going up with the Lord Jesus. 1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53.
After the translation, the Lord’s children, being light and supernatural, will not occupy space nor time nor anything else. See, those are secrets that are hidden from the church.
God’s children, you see yourself as flesh and blood, with curious and anxious eyes and ears to know and to see all that you can, but you are points of light in flesh here on probation. Our flesh will change back into that point of light, whether you die in that grave or resurrected, there is a change coming. And that flesh will change back to that point of light, but it’s enhanced, it’s glorified. We come as points of lights. Now, one day, by not rejecting the word, but believing the word, one day, you are going to change back to that point of light, but it will be enhanced and glorified.
Lord Jesus, we thank you that because of true salvation in our hearts, we know that you are the Almighty. There is no other God besides you. When you come for us in the translation, you will change our bodies into points of lights. We shall be eternal like you. Oh Lord, it has not entered into our hearts what awaits us in eternity. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for all that you have done for us.
You will be blessed.
Josephus Oluwatoyin Thomas
Summary of the Sermon
We listened to a sermon titled “Erase The Confusion”, CD # 1437, by Brother Neal Frisby.
In the sermon, Brother Frisby said:
Tonight, I just put it, erase the confusion. And some of them will say that we all go through the tribulation. Others say that part of them is taken out. Who will not go through the tribulation? Who will go through the tribulation, or do we all go through the tribulation, or do we all go up, or how is all of this?
There’s scores of Scriptures concerning this subject.
In Luke 21, I believe it is 36, it said, Pray that you’ll escape all of these things. And stand before the Son of man. And He had just predicted all of the tribulation, and all of the things that went through the tribulation, and all of that.
And then in Matthew 25, I think it is 10 and 12: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they were ready, went in with him into the marriage. And the door was shut. And afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, open unto us. But He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. He didn’t know them at that time. Then was coming a great tribulation. Just the parable of the wise and foolish virgin tell you there’s a going away, and some that’s left. That settles the whole argument right there.
Surely, we will go nearing into the tribulation. We will suffer persecution, and many different things.
While they’re laughing, scoffing, and arguing about it, and everything, they won’t believe it until they’re stamped with the mark of the beast, and some flee into the wilderness.
And in Romans 13, 11 through 14, he said the night is far spent. It would be during the end of the age. He said, our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. He said, not in strife and not in envying. The day is at hand. It’s high time, Paul said, to awake during these troublous times.
The word strife means quarrelsome, contentions, the love to argue, the love to stir up things, when the Lord said, come up hither. The real word is just like He snatched you away, pulls you out of the thing by a great energetic force. It’s come up hither. Some call it rapture. The real word is translation, but rapture is like caught up in an ecstasy, and translation being changed. So, either word could work, but translation is what the Bible uses there.
And they knew not until the flood, that’s verse 39 and chapter 24 of Matthew, came and took them all away. There’s no way that you can prove to some people that the Lord will come and translate His own. There’s no way, until the flood of evil comes with a mark of the beast, that people will believe.
Surely, He is coming again at the end of the tribulation at Armageddon. That’s why the people miss it. There is one in the translation, and it is caught up, and it’s snatched away. And then only those that are His elect, they go into Him to the marriage supper. Then at the end, it said, He comes with the elect of heaven, and He comes to the earth at the battle of Armageddon. And then all the earth will wail because of Him.
Then shall be two in the field. The one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Now, what does that show you? One that was ready was taken; the foolish was left, and the other was taken.
Two women shall be grinding at the mill. The one shall be taken, and the other left. One in tribulation, one taken out there.
Watch therefore, and pray, that you know not what hour your Lord doeth come. We don’t know the hour, but we know the season.
Therefore, be ye also ready, for in such hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Who then is this faithful wise servant? He’s called wise, with a wise group, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? The wise servant was warning, and his meat was in due season at the proper time, just before the translation. And the other servants were delaying it. They were telling the people, don’t pay any attention to that. We’ve got plenty of time. We’re going on through, see the mark of the beast, go clear on out through the other end. He’s trying to show us something by one is taken and one is left.
So, the faithful servant was the one that gave it at the proper time, the midnight hour, chapter 25. The wise, and there’s a midnight cry. Now there’s your wise servant. He’s out there giving it at the proper season. But the other is perverting it.
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Telling them that the Lord is coming. And blessed is he that’s telling them that, in due season. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he shall make him ruler of all his goods. Sound like that he’s up in there in that elect group. He will make him ruler over all of his goods. An inheritance beyond anything mortal people have ever heard in their life. They cannot conceive in their brains, heart, or anywhere, what God has for them.
But, and if that evil servant, there’s two of them. The one in due season got the one out. And the other one, he didn’t get out. And it says here, But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming. How? Well, if you tell somebody that the Lord is not going to translate them, then you say the Lord delayed His coming, and that He’s coming way over here at the end of tribulation.
Remember, they said, the Lord delayeth His coming. Well, the way you do that is to say that the Lord is coming at the end of the tribulation. Then you would know exactly about when by counting off after the mark of the beast. All you have to do is count off 42 months and you’ll see him up over Armageddon in there. No such thing, God won’t do that.
When the servant gave it in due season, they were translated. But the others come around and say, no, we want the big sign to live in sin, and everything, and then we’ll get ready over here about the time we get through all of this. Flee out here, and go in there, and we’ll see Armageddon, and all of us will die over here in Armageddon, and all of that. That evil servant, say the Lord delayed His coming, that He will not go up before then in a translation.
God didn’t say He delayed it. He tarried over here with the wise and foolish. But the Lord is the only one, knows the exact time. The fellow cannot say the Lord delayed his coming. He doesn’t know anything about it. But all he knows is by saying delaying the coming, is when they say that you’re going clear through the tribulation, into Armageddon. Then you are the evil servant that said the Lord has delayed His coming for His elect.
And not only this, but there is the foolish virgin parable that shows you half were ready, went in with the Lord, and the other half, they were left. Grant you there’ll be saints upon the earth according to Daniel’s writings. There’ll be saints upon the earth according to the chapter Revelations 13. Those saints, 144,000 Hebrews, go nowhere. Those are saints of God too. They will be hidden with two major prophets, Revelation 11.
And the other saints are the tribulation saints in Revelation 7, fleeing out in the wilderness. God loves them too. But they missed the translation.
The servant was evil that said the Lord delayed His coming. There’ll be a great multitude that comes through great tribulation. It will be millions, and millions, of people that come out of that great tribulation there. They had been deceived that He was not going to come and translate them. They had been deceived that they could see the mark of the beast, and that they would go through the last 42 months, and somewhere over by Armageddon, God would try to either protect some of them or take them out, but that’s delaying His coming.
When that church is emptied out, purged, behold, the Lord come to His temple suddenly, the Bible said. And when He does, He’ll purge, and refine, and get things in order. And they will be in order, too, just like He wants them there. And when He does, then He can work Himself among the people. And people will be blessed just sitting in a congregation like you’ve never seen before. And they are blessed by the Holy Spirit.
The Lord delayeth His coming. No, He’s not going to delay anything. There’s a tarrying period of time. You might just say that that part of it was a delay, but not the real coming because He had appointed it. He knows in His heart the very hour that He is going to come. But no man knows anything about it except the bride will know the season.
Then He says this about him. The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he looketh not for him, in an hour that he is not aware of.
And those last 42 months on the earth, that is just the time of Jacob’s trouble. And that’s when He turns back to the Israelites, and the Gentiles flee.
You remember in the Bible that Elijah rose up in there with great power. He was carried away in a chariot. The chariot of the Lord, the chariot of Israel, come down and picked him up. But over, the Bible said in the last chapters of Malachi, he will come again. He’s something special to the Lord. He will come again to Hebrews. I believe they’ll believe him in such a way they can just know him when they see him. And he will come again, according to Malachi, before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will come down. And maybe he will come down in the same chariot over there as he left in. Well, that will call attention to him on it. And when he comes again, maybe the Lord will bring him back the same way as he left out there and caused a great commotion out there. And call them Israelites out in the land over in there, somewhere where he’s going to hide them from the mark of the beast upon the earth.
And so the foolish virgins scattered too all over the earth.
Deuteronomy 33 and 1 and 3: And this is the blessing wherewith Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death. And he said, the Lord came from Sinai and rose up from Seir unto them. He shined forth from Mount Paran. He saw Him just shining as He come across there. And He came with ten thousands of His saints.
In the middle of the tribulation, before it gets started in the great tribulation, a catching away.
At the end of the tribulation, He will come with the elect of heaven, and all the world will see Him right there. And all the kings of the earth, and all will look up at Him at that time. But that’s the second time that He comes through there.
Jude 1, 14 and 15: And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints. See millions of them. If you multiply it, millions of His saints. He’s really got a lot of them after 6,000 years, doesn’t He? That’d be millions of them.
According to the city and spiritual dimensions, which you can’t hardly, but it does give the dimensions on there. And it’s three steps to it, and it’s a square. It’s like a diamond. But, it is in such a way that when you get the furlongs, millions and millions of people can live in that city. And of course, being light and supernatural, they wouldn’t even have to occupy space nor time nor anything else. See, those are secrets that are hidden from the church. And that 10,000 may stay in one little place because they don’t occupy space and time like the other creatures of God that are upon the earth, and so forth like that. But anyway, even without that, millions of people can sit into this place.
You see, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints. See, He couldn’t be coming with them unless He had already got them. To execute judgment on all. He already come and got them, or He couldn’t be coming back with them.
And so tonight, to erase the confusion. That at the end of the age, our Lord has delayed His coming. Let us drink, and go on into sin, because we have plenty of time. And the Lord said, I’ll come in an hour you think not. Evidently, that doctrine becomes pretty strong. But nevertheless, He will come with ten thousands of His saints.
While people will not believe you, just go on about your business, and look for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Occupy until He comes, preach the gospel. Have the gospel testifying and witness. And believe me, there will be a blessing in your soul. So, we will not have the strife nor the contention, and all that. But we will preach the word of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Be careful because false doctrine, strong delusion, will begin to set in. But those that know the word of the Lord will not be deceived. They will have the word of the Lord. Let no man steal your crown but worship the Lord in Spirit and in truth. It is going to come in such a way it’ll deceive almost the very elect, the Bible said, but it cannot deceive the very elect.
Scripture Reading
Erase the confusion: Who will not go through the tribulation? Who will go through the tribulation, or do we all go through the tribulation, or do we all go up, or how is all of this?
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they were ready, went in with him into the marriage. And the door was shut. And afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, open unto us. But He answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Just the parable of the wise and foolish virgin tell you there’s a going away, and some that’s left. That settles the whole argument right there.
“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.”Matthew 25: 10 – 12
Then shall be two in the field. The one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Now, what does that show you? One that was ready was taken; the foolish was left, and the other was taken. Two women shall be grinding at the mill. The one shall be taken, and the other left. One in tribulation, one taken out there. Watch therefore, and pray, that you know not what hour your Lord doeth come. We don’t know the hour, but we know the season. Therefore, be ye also ready, for in such hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
“Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”Matthew 24: 40 – 42
“Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”Matthew 24: 44
But, and if that evil servant, there’s two of them. But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming. How? Well, the way you do that is to say that the Lord is coming at the end of the tribulation. Then you would know exactly about when by counting off after the mark of the beast. All you have to do is count off 42 months and you’ll see him up over Armageddon in there. No such thing, God won’t do that.
“But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of”Matthew 24: 48 – 50
The servant was evil that said the Lord delayed His coming. There’ll be a great multitude that comes through great tribulation. It will be millions, and millions, of people that come out of that great tribulation there. They had been deceived that He was not going to come and translate them. They had been deceived that they could see the mark of the beast, and that they would go through the last 42 months, and somewhere over by Armageddon, God would try to either protect some of them or take them out, but that’s delaying His coming.
Then you are the evil servant that said the Lord has delayed His coming for His elect. Let us drink, and go on into sin, because we have plenty of time. And the Lord said, I’ll come in an hour you think not. Evidently, that doctrine becomes pretty strong.
If you have true salvation, you will not want to continue living in sin. You will not let the cares of this world take over your life.
“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”Romans 6: 1 – 2
“He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.”Matthew 13: 22
When that church is emptied out, purged, behold, the Lord come to His temple suddenly, the Bible said. And when He does, then He can work Himself among the people. And people will be blessed just sitting in a congregation like you’ve never seen before. And they are blessed by the Holy Spirit.
It means, sooner or later, those that will not be going up in the translation will stop coming to church service with you, where the pure word of God is preached, because they realize that certain Scriptures will not apply to them. They are purged by the Lord since they are not willing to believe all of the word of God.
I read from Scroll # 35:
“Behold what I have spoken about the water is true! What I have spoken about my name is true! It is I the Lord Jesus which has spoken unto my people the Bride! And unto them who will take my name will become my Bride. And unto her is given my Kingdom to rule with Me! For she has spiritually married me and has taken my name the Lord Jesus Christ, for she is My own, the very handy work of my spirit! For even now the time must shortly come when I will take her to My palace. Watch! I say watch! – Behold now is the end of the age come! And I will reveal hidden manna! I was God walking in the body of Jesus, walking the hot roads of Galilee, and gave rest to the weary! Healing the sick of Israel! I am your Lord let no man deceive thee! And there is no other God besides Me! Behold I have hidden myself in Jesus in such away that the foolish virgins and the world can not see Me, Until the time that I shall reveal it, but My Elect was born to believe it and another they will not hear I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, YEA A MANS HAND HAS NOT WRITTEN THIS, BUT THE HAND OF POWER THE LORD OF HOST HAS WRITTEN IT!
It means the tribulation saints do not truly believe in their heart that the Lord Jesus is “The mighty God”, and that there is no other God besides Him.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9: 6
“Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.”Isaiah 44: 8
The tribulation saints do not believe that by the Lord Jesus, all things were created.
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”Colossians 1: 16 – 17
The translation takes place for the marriage supper. And then only those that are His elect, they go into Him to the marriage supper. It means the tribulation saints are not part of the Lord’s bride.
The tribulation saints will not be rulers of all the Lord’s goods. Verily, verily, I say unto you, he shall make him ruler of all his goods. Sound like that he’s up in there in that elect group. It means it is only those that go up in the translation that will sit with the Lord Jesus on His throne, ruling the entire Universe with Him, for they are the overcomers.
Matthew 24: 47: “Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne”Revelation 3: 21
It is those that go up in the translation that have the full benefit of an inheritance beyond anything mortal people have ever heard in their life. They cannot conceive in their brains, heart, or anywhere, what God has for them. 1 Corinthians 2: 9.
“But as it is written, EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN, THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM THAT LOVE HIM.”1 Corinthians 2: 9
The tribulation saints will not want to hear that they do not have a crown of righteousness waiting for them because they do not love the appearing of the Lord.
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”2 Timothy 4: 7 – 8
They will not want to hear that at the time of the translation they will not be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, into a glorified body since they will not be going up with the Lord Jesus.
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”1 Corinthians 15: 51 – 53
The Lord delayeth His coming. No, He’s not going to delay anything. There’s a tarrying period of time. You might just say that that part of it was a delay, but not the real coming because He had appointed it. He knows in His heart the very hour that He is going to come. But no man knows anything about it except the bride will know the season.
According to the city and spiritual dimensions, which you can’t hardly, but it does give the dimensions on there. And it’s three steps to it, and it’s a square. It’s like a diamond. But, it is in such a way that when you get the furlongs, millions and millions of people can live in that city. And of course, being light and supernatural, they wouldn’t even have to occupy space nor time nor anything else. See, those are secrets that are hidden from the church. And that 10,000 may stay in one little place because they don’t occupy space and time like the other creatures of God that are upon the earth, and so forth like that. But anyway, even without that, millions of people can sit into this place.
“And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.”Revelation 21: 16
In the sermon titled “God’s Greatness”, CD # 1241, Brother Neal Frisby stated:
God’s children, you see yourself as flesh and blood, with curious and anxious eyes and ears to know and to see all that you can, but you are points of light in flesh here on probation.
Our flesh will change back into that point of light, whether you die in that grave or resurrected, there is a change coming. And that flesh will change back to that point of light, but it’s enhanced, it’s glorified.
We come as points of lights.
Now, one day, by not rejecting the word, but believing the word, one day, you are going to change back to that point of light, but it will be enhanced and glorified.
A point of light sent by God.
Lord Jesus, we thank you that because of true salvation in our hearts, we know that you are the Almighty. There is no other God besides you. When you come for us in the translation, you will change our bodies into points of lights. We shall be eternal like you. Oh Lord, it has not entered into our hearts what awaits us in eternity. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for all that you have done for us.
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