Is the Rapture of the Church about to happen on September 23rd?
A LOT of people are talking about it, because September 23 has always been a very strange date (I actually spoke about this with Bo Polny yesterday when he was on my show) — and this year, September 23 also just to happens to be Rosh Hashanah, also known as the Feast of Trumpets.
While no one knows the year, Bible scholars have long expected Jesus would return (or the Rapture would happen) on the Feast of Trumpets.
So every year it’s a date that’s watched closely and this year is no exception.
In fact, this year the expectation is very heightened.
So…what will happen?
This video popped up in my YouTube feed recently and I have no idea who this guy is, but I like him!
And I really like this message he had answering that very question.
Watch here:
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
comes down into the house tonight and helps us, because what I’m going to be talking about here in a few minutes now—this is probably one of the most important messages that I’ve brought this year, probably in a long time—and I’ll be dealing with September the 23rd. That’s important. Father, we pray Your blessing. Pray You’d give this messenger, Lord, unction. Give me wisdom, and Father, we pray You’d open the hearts of the people to receive the Word, the truth—those that are watching, those that’ll watch it here. I pray You’d bless it now, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
All right. Well, let’s go ahead and get into the text. If you have 1 Corinthians 15, verse 51. 1 Corinthians 15 and verse number 51. The Scripture says this: 1 Corinthians 15:51—“Behold, I show you a mystery.” Well, the coming of Christ is no mystery. So what we have here is something that is a mystery. “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.” “We,” of course, is a reference to born-again believers in 1 Corinthians 15. He’s not talking to the unsaved. “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.” Father, bless this holy Word now. Thy name I pray. Amen.
You can be seated. Now, folks, in 1973 when I got saved, I hadn’t studied the Bible long before I believed in the rapture of the church. Amen. I became premillennial. I became that by studying the Scripture. I have been. I haven’t changed one bit. I still believe the same things as relates to the rapture of the church. Of course, I know a whole lot more now about eschatology than I did then. But I’ve watched some things come and go down through the years.
And sometimes I marvel at how quickly people remove themselves from the Bible just to get off into a lot of stuff. There is a pastor in South Africa who says that God has given him a clear vision. He said he saw Jesus sitting on the throne, and he could hear Him very loud and clear saying, “I’m coming soon.” The pastor added, “He said to me, on the 23rd and the 24th of September ’25, I will come back to the earth.” All right, these are his words, and this is from South Africa.
Now, a lot of people, when stuff like this happens, get real excited. Let me say this tonight. I want you to please understand—I mention this all the time, long before this ever started—I look for the coming of the Lord every day. Amen. I look for the rapture all the time. It’s called the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior. If He came in the next five seconds, that’d be fine with me. Amen.
And so I look for Him. And when I think that the Lord may come the 23rd day of September, I think, well, that’s a wonderful thing. But He may come before the 23rd day of September. I read one man said He absolutely will not come on the 23rd of September. And this, of course, is in reaction to the fact that someone said He would. Well, you’re setting a date too.
Neither one of you know, right? He may come the 23rd, and He may not, but you’re not going to tell me He’s not coming just as much as you cannot tell me He is coming. You don’t know the date. But the bottom line is that it’s the responsibility of a pastor to try to help in things like this. But I’m sure some people, maybe a few out there, would like to know my opinion on this and what I think about it. And this, of course, is not something that I’ve just started to study. There are seven Jewish feast days in the Bible—seven of them.
Now, there’s two more added because of their history, and they’re not in Scripture, but the event was in Scripture. But the seven are Passover, Unleavened Bread, Feast of Firstfruits, and Pentecost, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. Rosh Hashanah is the Feast of Trumpets. And you have read in 1 Corinthians 15 that the trump shall sound. And so a lot of people connect Rosh Hashanah with that trumpet for that very reason.
Well, I’m not going to tell you that it can’t be the Feast of Trumpets, because that’s setting a date also. I don’t know when it’s going to be, but the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ at the rapture needs to be understood like this: The second coming of Christ is preceded by a lot of events. You’ve got a seven-year tribulation. You’ve got a peace agreement that’s signed. You’ve got the manifestation of the Antichrist.
You’ve got a lot of things that are happening. It’s obvious to anyone. But the rapture of the church is a mystery that can take place at any time. Nothing has to happen right now for the rapture to take place. It could take place at any moment. The Greek word “harpazo” simply means to reach down, take hold, and snatch away. But there is an enormous amount of information and interest out there right now about the rapture because of some of the things that have been said—for example, like this South African pastor.
And here’s the thing that they’re connecting it with. Let me give you three. First of all is the Feast of Trumpets, Rosh Hashanah. They’re saying that this year Rosh Hashanah falls on the 23rd day of September, which is good because a couple of other things are falling simultaneous with that. And that’s this: that they’re meeting to determine what needs to be done to bring peace to the Holy Land. And so, therefore, they’re going to demand a two-state solution. Like that is a solution. It’s a solution to nothing.
But they’re going to demand a two-state solution, which, of course, is a peace agreement. And reading Daniel chapter number nine—he comes in by peace—the Antichrist. All right, this is the UN. They’re going to be meeting to do that. Another thing that is coinciding with this is what’s called a blood moon. Now, we went through the blood moon scenario a couple of years ago. All the blood moons showed up. When I first came to Temple in 1976, there was a lot of talk—I’d never heard anything about it before; I’d only been saved three years—about the alignment of the planets. How many’s ever heard of that alignment of the planets?
Now, this is not a rare occasion. Fact is, it happens quite often, the alignment of the planets. And some folks here at Temple were real fired up over that 24/7. That’s all they could talk about was the alignment of the planets. Well, that was 50 years ago, almost. And, of course, it came and it went; nothing happened. And so this blood moon—they quote the book of Joel chapter 2:31: “The sun shall be turned to darkness, the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord.” All right, but the day of the Lord is not the day of Christ.
They are entirely two different things. They are not the same. There is a period of time that they run consecutively. They run together. Yes, they do. The day of Christ spreads out over seven years—winds up at the marriage supper of the Lamb. Yes, it does. But the day of the Lord runs a thousand and seven years. It’s a lot longer, and it’s something that’s clearly prophesied in the Old Testament. So the blood moon—the dates for the first one is March 14, 2025. Then the second blood moon is September the 7th, 2025. So we just had that a couple of days ago.
All right. Now, I’ve been sitting on the porch looking at this bright—and I mean it has been an exceptionally bright—moon. You can see the shadows—moon shadows. It’s quite a remarkable thing. So there is other material available that some people are talking about—the Virgo, the constellation Virgo, and how certain stars are lining up in certain places—and it can get real complicated with this. But they say this happened eight years ago, and that it’s happening again now, which is—eight means new beginning. So, it’s an odd thing that you’ve got all of these things lining up at the same time. And, of course, this would be exciting for people.
Now, am I going to tell you tonight that the rapture does not take place September the 23rd? Absolutely not. I’d be setting a date. There’s no way in the world that I’m going to say that. Do I hope it comes September the 23rd? Yes. But it wouldn’t make me mad if it was the 22nd—or the 21st, the 20th.
I wanted to make my position very clear on this. I am not anti coming of the Lord Jesus and the rapture. I just don’t sign up with dates. I’ve got a problem with date-setting, and I’ll show you why in a few minutes. For example, let me give you one reason right now for you to think about. The second coming of Christ, as I said a moment ago, comes at the end of the seven-year tribulation period, which is accompanied by a lot of signs—a lot of things. Two witnesses show up in the tribulation. You’ve got all this stuff happening to the earth.
And I mean, it’s seven years of it. It’s—you know—and the Lord said, “Except those days be shortened, no flesh will be left alive.” So, at the end of that period of time, the heavens open and Christ comes back. That’s the second advent. All right? That’s the second coming of Christ. It’s easy to get the second coming of Christ mixed up with the rapture and try to take signs that point to the second coming and make them point to the rapture. And you’ve got to be careful with that.
Now, let me give you a few warnings tonight, okay? I’m not—like I said a moment ago—I’m not telling you it’s not going to happen. But what I am telling you tonight is there’s not a soul walking the face of this earth who knows when the rapture is going to take place. How many of you have ever heard of the Great Disappointment of 1844? It was a remarkable event. A man by the name of William Miller, and he was very charismatic—in other words, he could speak well. He drew people to himself. They listened to him. And he had picked a date of October the 22nd, 1844.
The Lord was going to come back. People believed him by the tens of thousands. As a matter of fact, over 100,000 people had gathered together in 1844, October the 22nd, to see the coming of the Lord. Now, back then, that’s a pile of people. And He didn’t come. And it brought on an enormous amount of emotional distress. Some folks abandoned their faith. They walked out of the church never to return.
But from it, the Seventh-day Adventist movement started. And every time that someone sets a date for the second coming of Christ, something comes out of it. Now, I want to put that in your mind right now. Something comes of it. And so this happened, and it happened. Now, Miller officially renounced prophecy studies afterwards, eventually dying five years after his false prophecy. My question is this: Did Mr. Miller ever repent and publicly confess and repent for his sin of going against what the Book says? Did he ever—did he ever show any humility?
Did he ever do it? No, he didn’t. As far as we know, he didn’t do it. Now, how many’s ever heard of the Watchtower Society? That’s the Jehovah’s Witnesses. They are some of the most notorious date setters that ever lived, because it’s one date after another date after another date after another date. 1925 was a huge date, but it didn’t work out the way they said it was going to—for this one thing, and I’ll cover that in just a moment—didn’t work out.
But I’ll show you something—how the way these things develop. Now, a fellow by the name of—uh—“Quiznant,” Edgar C. “Quiznut,” he was a NASA engineer. He boldly and confidently declared that Jesus would return in 1988, saying, quote, “Only if the Bible is in error am I wrong.” So, I mean, he was totally—he was convinced that he was right. And I got the book. I was here. I got a book free. It was mailed to me: 88 Reasons Why Christ Will Come in ’88. And imagine—you know, I don’t know if any of you ever got that book. I don’t know where it is, but I did: 88 Reasons Why Christ Will Come in 1988. Well, He didn’t return in 1988.
And what I found on the internet says that this man went on to readjust his calculations to 1989, 1993, and 1994, each with its own book. So they redo the date. That’s not uncommon, because that’s exactly what the Jehovah’s Witnesses did, and that’s what the Millerites did. Same thing. They redo the date. Now, a man by the name of Harold Camping—the reason I’m giving you these, these are in the last couple of hundred years. It goes much further than that, but just to give you an idea of what you’re looking at. In 1994, he predicted the end of the world would come.
September the 6th, 1994. Well, it didn’t. Then it was revised as September the 29th, 1994. And then October the 2nd, 1994. And then, finally, May the 21st, 2011, and it never happened. Of course, Mr. Camping had a stroke. And I have nothing personal against any of these men. I’m simply using this as a witness and a testimony and to try to instruct. As far as their personal relationship with the Lord is concerned, that’s between them and God. That’s not my place to judge any of that. My responsibility is to try to show you how stuff like this works.
Because this is important. All of these dates did not come to pass. They didn’t come to fruition, and Mr. Camping had a stroke and passed away. And I don’t know his—I don’t know if he ever said anything about if he felt sorry or anything like that for setting all of these dates. And on it goes.
Now, let me give you some of the fruit of missed dates. Okay, let’s say you set a date—September the 23rd. Now, watch it. This will happen. What’ll be very important here—if you don’t meet me by the river the 23rd. Say, “What if you’re wrong, preacher?” Well, I could rejoice to be wrong like you wouldn’t believe. I’d be the happiest wrong person you ever saw in your life. You see, I’m not wrong because I’m not telling you He’s not coming the 23rd.
And if somebody goes out and says, “I said He’s not coming,” you’re wrong. You’re misrepresenting what I’m saying. But what if we’re here the 24th of September? What if He doesn’t come the 23rd of September? Well, from what I found in these groups that name dates—that give dates for the second coming—it produces a lot of heresy. Heretical groups come of it.
They do. It stirs people up and drives people away from the Bible into all kinds of other things. They’re disappointed. Their faith is shaken. Some of them even abandon the faith in Christ. It breaks lives. Some of those people, in 1844 especially, quit their jobs, sold their property, gave everything they had to that ministry—and then He didn’t come.
There they are, broke and destitute. And maybe some of that may be happening right now if you buy into it. But here’s something you can expect to happen. And I’ve got a little—a little thing up here—where it is—somewhere up here. Yeah, there it is. I’m not going to show you, so I want you to come up here and look at it when I get done. It’s a little graphic as it relates to naming the date or saying that the Lord is going to come back and He doesn’t come back. In other words, it brings on public ridicule.
If the Lord doesn’t come back the 23rd of September, you can believe the 24th of September that these secular news sites are going to be saying, “I told you so.” “You bunch of fanatic—religious fanatics—you’ve picked a date, He didn’t come back, and you want me to be part of your faith.” Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Believe me, it’s going to happen if the Lord doesn’t come back the 23rd of September. And then finally, it’s an opportunity for Satan. Now, this is what’s most important about this tonight. It’s an opportunity for Satan. Say, “How is that?” So—
The Watchtower Bible Society set all of these different dates. They began to change what it meant for the Lord to come back. Here’s what they said about 1874: When He was supposed to come back in 1874, He did not appear visibly. But here’s what they said. They said He came invisibly. His presence was invisible. You couldn’t see Him visibly, but He was here in a different way. He came back and, obviously, He empowered the Jehovah’s Witnesses—the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
Now, what if they say—what if they say after September the 23rd, on the 24th of September—“Oh, He came back”? “He came back the 23rd. He just didn’t come back the way you thought He was going to come back.” Now, what did the Lord say about that? Do you remember what they said in the book of Acts, chapter number one? “This same Jesus, as you have seen Him go, shall”—what?—“come again in like manner.” He’s not coming as an invisible spirit. That’s right.
He’s coming in like manner. So when He comes for His bride, His bride’s going to meet Him in the clouds. Yes. They’re not going to meet Him on this earth. They’re going to meet Him in the clouds. Right. To be caught up together with Him in the clouds—in the air—to meet the Lord, to be with the Lord. But it would be an excellent opportunity the day after the rapture to say, “Well, the rapture took place,” and spin it. Now, why would they do that?
Because we are getting close to the appearing of the Antichrist. And we are getting closer to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are getting closer to the second advent. There’s too much happening to just pass this off as nothing. Exactly. Have you ever seen a time like this? Oh, no. No, no, no, no. And this peace agreement of September the 23rd may fit directly into what I’m talking about. No question about that. And it’s enough that I’m giving you enough tonight for you to begin to think. God has His way. He always warns people.
He prepares people, and He wants them to look. Don’t be foolish. So the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1874 said that Jesus came back invisibly and His invisible presence is here. So I’m going to watch for this, and this is what you ought to do. Now, if we go on the 23rd, you don’t need to watch for anything. I’ll see you. I’ll meet you there.
But if we’re here the 24th, start watching for what comes out of this, because this is one of the biggest buzzes I’ve seen since I’ve been around. They’re really—they’re really fired up over it. Watch what comes out of it, because something is happening and going to happen. How many of you know—how many of you ever heard of Charlie Kirk? Most of you have. Well, you know what happened to him today? He was murdered.
He was murdered. By the way, if you didn’t know it, that’s why God made hell. He made it for murderers. So, if you’ve got it in your mind that you’re going to go out and murder people, get ready to burn. That’s right. That’s where He puts murderers.
But have you noticed when President Trump—last year in Pennsylvania, standing on that stage—and that old boy fired off a .223, wasn’t it? He fired off a .223, and it caught the bottom of his ear, and it hit him. I heard a woman yesterday say, “Oh, they didn’t really shoot him. That’s why you’re not on TV anymore.” We don’t want to get mean and personal, but that’s why they fired you. They did shoot him.
They did shoot him. He could have died just like Mr. Kirk did today. They were going for his head. They got his ear. And notice—he turned to look up at something. And he said he seldom ever did that. And then when he turned to look up at it, that round went right by and caught the edge of his ear. If he hadn’t turned, it would have caught his head.
And, of course, that would have killed him right on the spot. I feel so sorry tonight for this man’s family—his widow, a young woman, two little beautiful little children, a beautiful family—and some murdering devil out there now has killed him. Well, they’ll find him. They’ll find him. He won’t get away with it. They’ll catch him. But here’s the thing, the point I’m trying to make: things are happening to let you know that this country is ready for something.
It’s being prepared for something, right? Yes, it is. It’s being prepared for something. Yes, sir. And if we don’t go up the 23rd, don’t ever let anybody tell you “Preacher Lawson says the Lord’s not coming back the 23rd.” I’m not saying He is, and He ain’t. I hope He does. But what I am telling you is to be careful, because I’m going to read some Scripture for you. What does the Bible say? Look at Matthew chapter number 24 and verse number 36. Now, this is what the Book says.
Matthew 24 and verse number 36: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but”—who?—“my Father only.” Now, if you go back, here’s some interesting thing. Matthew 24:26. Matthew 24:26. Look at this now. “Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth.” Now, watch this. “Behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.” See the confusion?
How would they do this? “Well, He’s here.” “No, He’s not. He’s over there.” Wait a minute. Then how did He come back? Who are we looking for? See the confusion? See the point? Running you here, running you there. That’s what the Scripture is saying—look out for that. Matthew chapter number 25 and verse number 13. Matthew 25:13—“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”
Now, that means me. That means you. That means everybody. They don’t know the day, folks. They don’t know the hour. And then I say this to you tonight: The Lord Jesus Christ said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” All right? “The hour is coming when all in the grave shall hear the voice of the Son of God and come forth.” The Lord Jesus Christ is the resurrection.
God the Father has a thousand ways to deceive Satan. He has ten thousand ways that He could deceive anything or anyone. And when He gets ready to do what He’s going to do, He’s going to do it. And Satan won’t know it. He will bring His Son back. Yes, He will. And He will catch up the bride to meet Him in the clouds.
That’s going to happen—sure as you stand there tonight—and it’s a blessed hope. And I get excited about it. And I have a certain amount of excitement—yes—about the 23rd of September. Yes. It doesn’t make me mad to think that He may come the 23rd of September, but what I’m trying to do is prepare you for the 24th of September. Are you following me now?
So, if tonight you’re worked up about the 23rd, that’s fine. But don’t get worked up to the point to where you’re going to get let down the 24th—when He doesn’t—if He doesn’t come back. Don’t let that happen to you. Look every day for His appearing. That’s why it’s called the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior. But this right here is—this is one of the most remarkable things that I’ve seen in a long time.
And I’m going to be mean. I’m not going to let you see it. You’re going to have to come up here and look at it on the pulpit. I’m going to leave it laying right here. And when you see it, you’re going to get a kick out of it. You really are. It’s quite remarkable. Father, bless Your Word tonight. I pray for instruction—help. I pray for those that are looking for the coming of the Lord the 23rd. I pray they’re right. But, Lord, they may not be right. We don’t know the day. We may be here the 24th of September. And Father, if we don’t go the 23rd of September, I’m not going to turn around and get mad at You and walk out the door and kick and scream and stomp. I’m going to go on looking for the coming of the Lord. You told us in the Word that we don’t know. We can’t calculate it. It doesn’t make a difference how good we are with calculations and figures. We do not know, and we cannot decipher that, because the Scripture says You’re the only one that knows. So I pray, Father, I pray You’d bless them. And I say tonight, “Even so, come, Lord Jesus, come.” Hallelujah. Come, Lord, come. But as far as I’m concerned, You don’t have to wait till the 23rd. You can come right now. You can come right now. Your holy name I pray. Amen.
Amen. God bless you, folks. I say again, please pray for Charlie Kirk’s family—his widow. He was 31 years old. Thirty-one. Thirty-one. I was 47 when he was born. See the difference in age—how much longer I’ve been here than he has. Thirty-one. He’s 31 years old. I’ve got a granddaughter that’s older than that. Thirty-one years old. So pray for him, his family. All right. Does anybody else have requests to
And now let’s go to Jonathan Cahn who has also recently weighed in on this topic:
Buckle up folks and get ready!
Buckle up because we might be GOING up!
At least that’s what some people are saying online, and I didn’t realize but it’s starting to get to be a LOT of chatter about something happening on September 23, 2025 so I figured I’d better address it.
Right off the bat, let me just say I am not setting any dates myself.
In fact, I’m writing this article to tell you it almost certainly won’t be on that date, so don’t send me your hate mail when September 24th rolls around and you’re still here.
Second, I find it interesting that people can’t even agree what exactly might happen on that date…
Some say the Rapture….
Some say Jesus’ second coming…
People can’t even agree on what the event will be!
But they all think something big will happen.
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So…now let’s address the big question: Will it happen?
The secret here is that this isn’t really a secret at all.
EVERY year people start to predict something big on the Feast of Trumpets because it’s Biblically-speaking far and away the most likely candidate for when the Rapture would take place, as Jonathan Cahn explains in the video below.
But will it happen this year?
I doubt it.
Watch this from Jonathan Cahn to understand why:
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
This is Jonathan Cahn and I’ve been asked to speak and address the idea or the message that’s been spreading that’s viral — that there’s going to be the rapture. It will fall on this September of 2025 on Rosh Hashanah.
All right. What do I think of it? First of all, without seeing more, a few things. Will the rapture or the return of Messiah be linked to the Feast of Trumpets? There is a good possibility that an event like the rapture or the second coming linked to those things are going to be linked to Jewish holidays.
Because the first coming of the Lord, all these things fell — the greatest events fell — on Jewish or biblical Hebrew holy days. The salvation of Messiah, the death of Messiah, the Lamb of God on the day of the lamb of the Passover lamb, He died. Then the day of the resurrection, on the day of the first fruits, He came as the first fruits of new life from death.
Well, that’s the Hebrew feast of the first fruits of the harvest. And then you counted out 50 days later, the day of Pentecost on a Hebrew holy day which is called Shavuot, which in Greek is called Pentecost. It’s a Jewish holiday. So all these things happened on Jewish holy days.
It’s the first coming. And the amazing thing is when you look at the second part of the Hebrew year, it’s the fall, it’s the autumn. And all those holy days are linked to the themes of the second coming or the kingdom.
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And in the middle of that, you’ve got summer, you’ve got the harvest. And we are in the harvest right now. And so the autumn holy days are the Feast of Trumpets. And then it is the Day of Atonement, the day when you stand before God to salvation. And so that would go with the day of the Lord when we all stand before Him.
And then comes the Feast of Tabernacles which is all about celebration. It’s all about the kingdom, and that’s when the kingdom is going to come on earth. And then it goes after that looking forward to heaven. So all these things line up.
The Coming of the Lord
What about the Feast of Trumpets? Well, the Feast of Trumpets, it’s all about a day of sounding the shofar, sounding the trumpets. Well, that is the theme of the coming of the Lord.
When you look at the Bible and you look at the prophecies of the coming of the Lord, you see trumpets. And trumpets are always about the latter part of the sacred year. So, this is about the latter part of the age. It’s a latter sign.
And so, you have the trumpets. It says, “The Lord will come with trumpet sound. The dead will be raised up with the sound of the trumpet. We will be gathered together with the sound of the trumpet.” And then the seven angels sound their trumpets in Revelation. The seventh angel sounds his trumpet and the mystery of God is finished.
Okay. So the thing is, is there a good chance or possibility that the rapture can happen linked to, or these events linked to, the Feast of Trumpets? Yeah. Because first of all it’s the next big event. It’s the next holiday. It’s the next holy day.
You got Shavuot, or Pentecost. You got the summer. And the next one is the sounding of the shofar, the trumpets, the Day of Trumpets. Having said all that, so do I believe that it’s possible that there’ll be these major events like the rapture or the coming of the Lord linked to the trumpets? Yes. Because that all goes together with everything that was, and it makes sense.
It’s in line. It’s consistent. However, having said that, and I’m not looking now at the reasons that were given for this one — but be careful.
Be Careful
Be very careful about date setting. We will not know the day or the hour. And be very careful about thinking that it’s got to come this September, because those things bring disrepute to the Lord, number one, if it doesn’t happen.
And you know there are all sorts of fake Jonathan Cahn videos where they say I’m saying next Tuesday is going to… I don’t do that. I mean, unless the Lord would tell me that. And so be very careful not to exceed what God says.
Now, yeah, we’re to be ready. We’re to be ready no matter what. At any moment we should live our lives that we could go to the Lord in a moment, that we’re right with God. If you went with Him tomorrow or tonight, you’d be okay.
At the same time, you’ve got to also live your life to work and keep going for the Lord no matter what. So listen, be careful. All these things are interesting. I’m sure everything is well-meaning and sincere people, but don’t put it all dogmatically like it’s the Bible, okay?
And you don’t want to also put your faith in a date and then if it doesn’t happen, it’s going to touch your faith. No. Okay. Be ready for you know not the day or the hour when your Lord comes. Be ready and I’ll see you again.
I’ll do videos either before or after that date. This is Jonathan Cahn. Until then, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Shalom.
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Interestingly enough, the so-called “Trump Prophet” Brandon Biggs also released a video today also saying he does not believe it’s in 2025 either.
But he does agree with Jonathan Cahn and everyone else that on the Feast of Trumpets is a really good candidate. Almost glaringly obvious.
The only question is what year, and Biggs says he’s not date-setting but he’s got his eye on 2028:
Watch here:
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
[Brandon:]
Hey, good morning, family. Praise the Lord. Thank you for joining us again today. Well, I have my sweetheart again. Every single time, I’m so thankful that you come on, babe. I told everybody last time, whenever I did the video by myself, I missed you. Yesterday’s video, I didn’t have her, and I said, “Man, this is rough without my babe here.” But I just want to tell everybody this girl means a lot to me. She is my friend. When I did videos without her yesterday, I’m sure you all were thinking, “Where’s Diana at?” I’m like, “Yeah, I agree.”[Diana:]
I’m glad to be a part. Yep.[Brandon:]
So, we’re here today and we have a word from the Lord that is very much about 2026 and the rest of 2025. I’m going to tell you all what happened when we prayed for President Trump yesterday. The Lord said to me—He came to me—He said, “Brandon, thank you.” I said, “What?” Out of nowhere, I was washing my hands. He said, “Brandon, I just want to say thank you for bringing the people to pray today for President Trump. You’re changing things.” And I said, “Lord, of course.” Oh, wow. I was taken off guard because of the way He said it. I said, “Well, of course, Lord.”But He said, “I want to show you more that’s coming and the decisions that need to be prayed over concerning Trump and the UN meeting in September. For this will be the make and the break of the financial structure of America and what’s coming. For those that bless Israel, I will bless, and those that curse Israel, I will curse.” And He said, “You’ll see in the days ahead the true blessing and the true cursing, for the seedtime and harvest is accelerating. You will see those that stand with Israel. The Abrahamic covenant will come alive more than you’ve ever seen before as an end-time sign and event. You need to hear this as an end-time sign. This will be a major end-time sign of God showing up and showing off for His people—not for a government or a structure—but for the people of Israel.”
I don’t believe in replacement theology, and obviously the Father doesn’t either. I just want to tell you all: I know a lot of people got upset about the rapture of the church, saying it’s going to happen in September. But what’s going to come in September is a time to remember, for it will be in a 24-hour period that everything you know will be changing. Everything that you know—He said it’s like water going over the waterfall—the point of no return. And as labor pains upon a woman, so will it be.
You’re about to see an escalation where you can’t get the epidural anymore. It’s time to push. But everybody’s like, “No, we’ve got to get the epidural.” No—it’s time to push. The baby’s coming. And the Lord said, “I’ve given you a three-year window for a major revival, for the greatest harvest of souls this world has ever seen before. I’m giving you this window to bring in the lost. Now help Me. Will you help Me with the harvest?”
Now, I know a lot of people are ready to jump ship. He told me, “There’s a lot of people that are upset. They’re ready to jump ship.” But He said, “Brandon, if I come right now, there are billions that are going to hell, and I don’t want that. I don’t want any man to perish, but all to come to repentance. Regardless of whatever prophet so-and-so is telling you He’s coming on the 23rd, I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news or a bubble buster here, but I’m trying to tell you it’s time to draw near. It’s not time to try to escape. It’s time to draw near.”
We’re going to see some more, and the Lord is ready. He said, “I’m standing at the door, but a great harvest of souls is about to come.” People said, “Well, the harvest of souls, Brandon, is going to happen after the rapture of the church.” I was there. Well, that sounds cocky. No, I’m telling you, I was there. The Lord took me out of my body. I went to tribulation. There was nobody harvesting. They were all flipping the Lord off, upset, cussing, burning cars, acting crazy—until the Antichrist stepped on the scene and said, “Hey, I have a solution.”
It was several weeks, it looked like, for when I was with the Lord. I don’t want to give a time frame, but it looked like everything was burning. Everybody was acting crazy because the prayer covering of the church, for the first time, was gone, and everybody was acting a fool. You think of the rioting and BLM and the big cities back in 2020 or whatever it was—what I saw was across the world. People were acting a fool, burning, looting, acting nuts during this time frame.
Now, what I did see concerning 2025 and 2026—the Lord showed me the beginning of a great financial outpouring. As we lined up with Israel, the blessing of this was evident. You could see the people that were blessed. I saw a two-stranded cord—whenever Trump lined up with Israel, a blessing like a Jonathan-and-David relationship came on. You will see the blessing of the Abrahamic covenant like we’ve never seen before come on the people of Israel.
I saw the fruit and agriculture be blessed. I saw oil—“drill, baby, drill.” I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again: “drill, baby, drill.” I saw oil derricks pumping. I saw great oil in the Gulf. I saw great oil coming in America. But as I saw Benjamin—Benjamin Netanyahu—I saw a massive hurricane, and he was in the eye of the storm. There was a storm on all sides of him, and they were saying, “We must remove him. He has to be removed.” I kept hearing in the storm “war crimes.” It was moving around—bad things being said as the storm moved; the storm itself spoke words I could hear.
Canada was in trouble. Parts of Europe were in trouble. I’m telling you all, the Lord showed me Trump and his health. I don’t know if he watches my videos or not, but sir, we just want to let you know we pray for you, President Trump, and I hope you watch our videos. I know—I was told your son does, Eric. So we pray. In this vision, President Trump, in the days ahead, looked like he was losing weight. I told D—I said, “In the vision, he looked skinnier—like he lost 50 pounds.” He started looking skinnier in his face. I thought that was interesting. He looked like he had a little pep in his step, and as he blessed Israel, there was a blessing on him.
I saw him going into the fall. I saw things changing. Then I got to January, and I saw a book—it looked like the Declaration of Independence, parchment paper, a scroll-like paper. He had a golden quill with a feather, and he started writing new legislation concerning the United States of America and digital platforms and things ahead for money. All of a sudden, I saw oil derricks pumping, and I heard him—“drill, baby, drill”—again. I saw great oil—wealth, wells opened up everywhere. This is what I saw coming. I saw him filling out that piece of paper.
I saw 2026 as a “year of a fix,” going even into May. Jerome Powell—I saw he was no more, like it’s time for him to be removed, right? I didn’t see him directly just disappear, but I knew there was something coming with the interest rates. I don’t want to add to or take away from anything; I’m just telling you what I see. May came, and I saw a difference in the economy concerning May, June, July, going into the elections of 2026—Senate, House, and governors—trying to pump the economy to make it look amazing.
Back at the beginning, I saw a gold layer upon the soil. The Lord said, “I want you to pay attention.” Trump was looking at the gold soil, saying, “Look at everything I’ve done. It’s great—the gold foundation. I’m making everything great again.” He was bragging, but it was still a pig. As he paraded a pig, the foundation was thin—thin. And the Lord said, “You cannot build a house upon it. It’s not thick enough, but it’s enough to line your pockets full of gold.”
I saw myself scooping gold off the surface and lining my “gallon pockets.” You know those really deep overall pockets that go down your thigh? That’s how it was. In the vision I had these pants with huge pockets, scooping up the gold and putting it in. The Lord said, “Line your pockets full of gold, for the season will not last very long. The wave will not last very long.” He’s warned us over and over: a season of wealth that will not last long. You cannot build a huge house on it—it’s not a foundation—but it’s enough to line your pockets. So line your pockets in this season.
I saw people scooping it up, putting it in their pockets quickly, but it wasn’t enough to build a house on. The foundation wasn’t thick enough. Yet Trump was parading a pig—a pig with makeup that looked really pretty, but in the end, it’s still a pig. As he walked through, he was trying to boost the economy, to boost it for the Republican Party to win in November. That’s what I was seeing—trying to boost it for this.
As it went, I saw blue up north—blue up north—and I saw the Senate go blue—Democrat. The House barely stayed. Now, we can pray into this. I believe we can change things—that’s why He’s given it way in advance. But this is what I’m seeing at this time. I saw it go blue, and the Lord said, “A stalemate presidency the rest of the term.” He said, “You have four months and one year to get everything done in legislation that you can get done. You must act quickly, for a stalemate presidency will be the rest of the term.”
That’s what I heard: act quickly for whatever laws you want to pass—whatever you can get done in this time frame—for a stalemate presidency will be the second term, the rest of the two years—2027, 2028. I saw a stalemate presidency, not getting anything past the Senate. And the Lord said, “You must pray for the governor’s seats.” This is very important. This is what I try to tell y’all about Oklahoma divided and all these things trying to go blue. Key states—very important—praying over them.
Then I saw the SCOTUS. I saw a changing of judges in the days ahead—a changing of a judge in the days ahead. Something’s about to happen—changing of judges. You need to hear this—changing of judges. And the Lord said concerning federal: pray into this, for this harassment and the things concerning the SCOTUS. I saw changing. But I also saw a financial blessing that was fake—it was a pig—but it would make enough to fill your pockets with gold. The Lord said it would be short-lived. That’s what I heard. Now, you may say, “I don’t believe anything about it.” Well, it’s not financial advice. This is just a vision. I’m telling you what I saw. I’m warning you of what I feel the Lord told me.
You say, “I don’t agree with that. We’re in the rapture—we’re out of here—we’re not going to be here.” Well, then, okay—don’t listen to the channel. I’m telling you what I feel like the Lord told me. It’s very important what the Lord said to pray. I saw Russia, and I saw Venezuela again. I saw battleships all around Venezuela, and the Lord said this is more than drug trafficking. He’s trying to cause a front—to cause a pause—in the BRICS system.
The BRICS, like I told you, was reaching out to Venezuela, to Cuba, to North Korea, to other nations to build a strong BRICS—giving them an olive branch of peace: “Join with us and we’ll give you financial liberty out from under United States sanctions. Join oil with us, do business with us, and we’ll give you a head seat at the BRICS table.” So Trump knew this and said, “No, we’re going to put these battleships there. We’re going to cause confusion. We’re not going to let that happen,” trying to cause confusion in Venezuela.
But it was a front—trying to stop it and save face for the dollar for this season—as Russia and China and others reached out to Venezuela for oil, economic resources to back BRICS and make it stronger. Oil with Venezuela, oil with Saudi Arabia, whoever they were trying to get in the Middle East—trying to build BRICS up. That was part of what I was seeing.
Remember what I told you: I saw Canada in the days ahead in a great financial shaking, and they would have to join up with America—not with borders of them becoming the 51st state, but financial borders. There were still physical borders—Canada still Canada—but there were no financial borders. They joined with us financially and became the 51st state financially—no financial borders. We became one money-wise—no more separate Canadian dollars or American. It made us stronger because their economy was in trouble. We became a lifeboat.
The same with Mexico. I saw that they joined with us, and we all became one unit, like it was with the BRICS—trying to back up the American economy. Same with Australia and Europe—trying to combat BRICS. Germany was double—looking both ways. I remember a German prime minister looking at America and looking at BRICS—double-minded: which way do we go?
Going back to the vision—the Lord showed me He was praying in the White House in the first vision about Trump’s ear. He was interceding. The darkness coming on America lifted above the trees—this was the plague. But he was skinnier in that vision, showing me again he was losing weight. I thought, “Praise God—maybe he’s not eating Big Macs anymore.” I’m just saying—in the vision he looked like he wasn’t drinking Coke. “Praise the Lord—he’s taking care of himself.” I’m coming with you—I’m going to exercise, too.
Then, about America—I saw two buildings again, exploding from the top— from the inside out. They weren’t coming from the outside in like 9/11, but something inside the buildings—two major buildings in America—exploding on the upper floors from the inside out. Massive explosions. I saw glass and everything exploding and going everywhere. I could feel the atmosphere again.
The Lord showed me British Columbia again—I saw a major earthquake there. He told me this is going to happen—major shakings. And He highlighted the Olympics in February—it’s in Italy—and said, “Pray over this. The Winter Olympics in 2026—pray over it. It’s something serious.” He hasn’t shown me the details yet. He said, “I’ll give you more to the puzzle as you go—like giving you a little more when you can chew it. I won’t give you everything at once so you don’t choke.”
I said, “Lord, thank You. If that’s what I can have today, I’m appreciative.” We’re going to keep praying this out and see what He has for us each day. As we prayed, I saw the Ronald Reagan face on Trump. I saw him excited about the golden street—“Look at this, I’m going to make America huge. It’s going to be great.” He was so excited about the golden street. But the Lord said, “Notice—the foundation is really thin. He’s not making America ‘great again’ so much as giving a time to fill your pockets—listening to the Spirit of the Lord so you know how to get through the days ahead.”
People say, “I thought Kim Clement prophesied this and that.” Kim Clement saw a lot of darkness he never spoke about because he always told you there was another side to it. He talked about Joseph—Joseph prepared for the storm so he didn’t have to go through the darkness. It wasn’t for the body of Christ. I agree with Kim Clement wholeheartedly. What I told you was coming is not for you. You are to be the salt and the light in the darkness and the shaking—to awaken others.
All the stuff I’ve seen—the plague, pestilence, financial crisis, tribulation stuff, earthquakes in diverse places—ladies and gentlemen, we are the bride of Christ. We are the salt of the earth. We are the head and not the tail. We’ll go through and not go under. That’s what the Bible says. I line up with the Word of God. I said to Diana, “We will not participate in financial destitution. We’ve lived that, and we’re not going back.”
So I’m asking the Father—babe, let’s pray—let’s pray that we are in the right place at the right time, doing exactly what the Lord asked us to do. That we are hearing what He is saying so we can receive what is in His hand. I don’t want to be someone in the middle of Sodom and Gomorrah saying, “I like it here too much,” and not hear what’s coming.
Many of you are so close to Sodom and Gomorrah you don’t know what’s coming. I’m thankful you’re here. But there’s so much static in the atmosphere with prophet so-and-so saying this and that. You’re going, “Well, Brandon, you said that,” trying to copy off the word. Folks, I’m not trying to toot my own horn. I said it months ago, and then you hear it from them and say, “He’s the original voice.” No—the original voice started with us, and it’s usually copied. I don’t point it out. It’s not maturity to do that—just grow up. Who cares?
Stay on the Vine. Hear God for yourself. Bottom line—you don’t need me, you don’t need them—you need God. He told me, “Brandon, don’t lose track with that stuff. Keep close to Me. All the rest—who’s saying what—will work out.” There’s a lot of static and weirdness. “We’re going home. We’re doing this.” I’m like: No—focus on the task at hand. I’m not worried about the rapture of the church because I occupy until He comes. I’m too busy occupying—taking the land for Jesus.
I’m not worried about the rapture because I believe I qualify—my lamp’s full of oil. I’m staying ready every day. Diana and I are looking up—we pray, we take communion, we seek Him as a family. I’m not worried about when He’s coming. I’m doing everything I can to catch as many people as I can on fire for Him so their vessels are full too.
If you’re always looking up and not helping those around you, what are we here for? “We’re rapture bound, we’re out of here—God, come get us,” always looking up—while people around you die and go to hell. That’s why I tell you every time: you need to get your heart right before Jesus Christ, because I’m staying vertical. I keep my eyes on Him. I don’t go horizontal—“When is the rapture coming?” It doesn’t matter. I occupy until He comes.
My heart longs for Him. I’ve been on the other side. I’ve seen what He has for us. I’ve had amazing visitations of Heaven. But that’s not my focus. My focus is the job at hand—bringing in the lost as quickly as I can, because they’re going to burn in hell. What’s precious to Him is precious to me—the soul of man. He wants none to perish but all to come to repentance. All the other stuff will work out because I’m keeping my eyes on Him.
The rapture can happen whenever it needs to. Right now, I’m focused on the task at hand. I’m not worried about my problems or overcoming or anything. I’m focused on getting as many of you saved as I can—telling you Jesus Christ is coming and you need to repent so you don’t burn in hell for eternity.
Do you understand? All the other stuff is not important. The most important thing is that we all know He is coming. We can agree on that, but on timing we might differ. People say, “Is there a reverse rapture?” I’ve never even heard of that. There are so many people with so many different ideas—“There’s a major 9/11 event,” “All these people will die.” You can pick anything in Scripture and twist it to sound how you want.
I’m going to stay grounded and keep getting people saved. I’m not trying to come up with crazy theology. I stay on the Word—Jesus’ Great Commission—go into all the world, lay hands on the sick, cast out devils, raise the dead, bring sight to the blind, do everything the Lord told me I could do by His Word, and not get off in la-la land.
Stay grounded in these last days because you’ll get swayed by many voices. “This prophet says there’s no more financial blessing, and if you invest in this you’ll lose everything.” I don’t care what they say. I care about what He says. I listen to Him and ask, “Babe, does that witness with you?” “Don’t listen to me? Okay—let’s pray some more until we know we’re hearing.” Don’t get off in the flesh. We pray as a family. We take communion. We believe God will teach us and guide us into all things.
If we miss it and skin our knee, pick yourself up and say, “That hurt a little, but God, I’m still focused on You.” When you miss it, don’t quit. Keep brushing your knees, pick your bicycle up, and keep riding. There’s a lot of spiritual weirdness right now. People say, “I don’t know who to believe.” Go with your peace—and don’t listen to me or him—what does your peace say? What is the Holy Ghost telling you?
Diana and I were making a big decision. It wasn’t the answer I wanted, but I said, “Okay, let’s pray in the Spirit.” I grabbed her hand—we prayed. She asked, “What do you hear?” I told her. I asked her, “What do you hear?” It wasn’t what my flesh wanted, but it’s what I had peace about. Go with that—even if your flesh doesn’t like it. Sometimes you already have an answer in your mind—you’ve made up your mind—so you bypass the Spirit of God. You won’t hear Him because you desperately want what you want.
He’ll tell you things your flesh doesn’t like. “Brandon, lose weight.” I don’t like that. “Brandon, stop texting people. Stop calling people. You need to do this.” Okay. I’ve done that. It’s hard sometimes when you’re social. You want to talk to folks, and the Lord says, “Brandon, I don’t want you to do that anymore.” I’m just being real with you all. It takes being obedient and willing—“God, I’ll eat the fruit of the land regardless if my flesh likes it.” When You correct me, I want ears to hear and a heart to receive what the Spirit is saying—even if my flesh doesn’t like it.
“Brandon, stay at this job and clean bathrooms.” “That’s not You—that’s the devil—get behind me, Satan.” But year after year—15 years—you ask, “Lord, is that You still?” “Yes, keep going.” “Stay in this shotgun house”—800 square feet, holes in the floor, leaky roof, mold—22 years. “God, can we leave?” “No—take care of this.” “Lord, this can’t be You.” Diana says, “I feel like the Lord says we’re supposed to stay.” “Lord, this doesn’t make sense.” Finally, He sends a blessing—“It’s time to move.”
It’s not always what your flesh wants to hear. Sometimes it makes your flesh squirm, but obedience follows peace that passes understanding. Jesus—when the Father said, “You’re going to have to die on that cross and suffer for all these people,” I’m sure in His mind He felt the weight of that. “If it be Your will, Father, let this cup pass from Me, but not My will—Yours be done.” He said, “I’ll die for them.” I’m so glad He did.
I’m thankful—“Not my will, but Yours be done, Lord.” He chose to take on sickness, pain, and sin. He became obedient unto death, to the point of “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” because the sin was so bad on Him the Father turned His face. He took everything—sickness, disease—He had to receive it by faith because He knew no sin or sickness. He yielded: “Put it on Me.” He did it for you and me.
Galatians 3:13—Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed. He took it for you and me. He became obedient to it and yielded Himself. He did it for us.
Jesus Christ loves you today. As He took all that on His body, He’s knocking at your heart’s door today. You hear about the future and what the Lord has for you—He gave you a piece of what He wants to do for the body of Christ. Are you part of the body of Christ today?
If you’re in the world, you won’t participate in this unless it “rains on the just and unjust,” but you want to be in the right place at the right time. The only way is by being on the Vine—sold out to Him. Being crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live—yet not I, but Christ in me, the hope of glory. You need to become a born-again Christian today.
Search your heart. Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Savior—and does He know you? “I’ve heard about Him. My mom told me. I went to Sunday school. I got goldfish crackers.” Many stories—but what’s yours? Don’t worry about everyone else—focus on you. What does God say about you today? If you were to die today, where would you spend eternity forever?
Search your heart right now. If you say, “I don’t know,” do you want to know? A famous guy once said, “I know where I’m going—hell—and I can’t wait.” That’s a fool—he doesn’t know what he’s saying. Hell’s torment is beyond comprehension. It wasn’t designed for man; it was designed for the devil. We choose hell by our decisions, but we can choose life today and have Jesus forgive all our sins.
Get to that place of desperation—“Father, I can’t do this anymore.” He’s at your door, knocking—“Will you let Me in?” He’s a gentleman—He won’t barge in. You have to open the door—He made us free moral agents. Today you choose whether you want to be saved.
Do you know Him? Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Savior? Make the decision right now. “Brandon, I don’t want to go to hell. I want to be part of heaven. I want my name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” Today’s your day. You didn’t click this by accident. That stirring you feel isn’t coincidence; it’s divine destiny. He has a plan for your life. You’re here because you need to choose.
There’s a heaven to gain and a hell to shun. Will you serve Jesus Christ today for eternity, or will you burn in hell for eternity? No one is promised tomorrow. The very shoes you put on today—an undertaker might take them off tonight. You need to know where you’ll spend eternity.
If I’m speaking to you and you feel that stirring—“I want this”—then pray with me. It’s a simple prayer—even a five-year-old child can pray it. If you believe with your whole heart, Jesus will cleanse you from all of it:
“Jesus, I believe You’re the Son of God. I believe You died for me and rose again on the third day. You’re seated at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for me. Jesus, I’m a sinner and I need a Savior. I ask You to forgive me of my sins. Cleanse me from all unrighteousness. Today I want to be saved. Give me a new path and a new way. Your Word says if we confess our sins, You are faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Father, I confess my sins before You right now. Thank You that You’re cleansing me of all unrighteousness. Thank You that today You wrote my name in the Lamb’s Book of Life. I turn my back on the world. I turn my back on the devil. I will not serve them anymore. I serve You from this day forward. Today I start a new chapter in my life. I turn my heart over to You. Make me new. Forgive me, Lord. I need You in my life today. Thank You that You’ve brought me into Your home as my Father and given me a new start. From this day forward, I’ll serve You with all my heart. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
That’s it. It’s not hard. What matters is the heart. You confessed Him and turned your back on the world and the devil. He receives you with arms wide open. As you open the door—“Come in, Jesus, I need You”—He comes in. He’ll clean you up. He’ll give you a Holy Ghost scrub—cleaning you up, getting your heart right.
Now, find a non-denominational church. Tell the pastor, “I got born again and I need to be water-baptized. I’m selling out for Jesus.” Go get water-baptized. Get plugged in—church on Wednesdays and Sundays, Bible study—learn about this new life. Read your Bible every single day. Pray. Come here and pray with us and be part of our family, but read your Bible every day.
If you say, “Brandon, I can’t afford a Bible,” Diana and I want to celebrate your decision by buying you your first Bible. We’ll send one to you through Amazon. We just want to say congratulations—it’s exciting. It’s a great day when you give your heart to Jesus. “Behold, I make all things new.” I remember the first day I gave my heart to Jesus Christ—I’ll never forget it. It’s marked on me forever. The day I got baptized—special times.
When we say, “I surrender,” like when an officer says, “Stick ’em up,” you say, “I surrender.” That’s what we do with the Lord: “I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior—I surrender all.” The most beautiful thing is saying, “Lord, I need You more than you can imagine—I need You.” After all these years—I got born again when I was 11—it’s amazing. I’ve fallen down and skinned my knee a lot—backsliding and doing things—but I’ve always had that inside: “I need Jesus.”
That stirring keeps me on the right road. “Father, I’m hungry. I surrender.” I stay in that place of surrender. “Father, I surrender. I need You. I can’t do this.” The moment you think you can do life without Him, you’re on the wrong road. I need Him every single day—more now than ever.
What I saw coming, my assumption is this: the rapture of the church—as I look over the edge of things—when I brought up ’28–’29, it’s based on what I believe I’m seeing. For how dark it looked, I pray the church is raptured before then. You say, “So you’re saying the rapture is in 2028?” Listen—the Shemitah cycle. Sister Billy teaches: the beginning of tribulation starts with a seven-year Shemitah cycle. So everyone saying the rapture of the church is taking place this year—it doesn’t even line up with a Shemitah cycle.
A Shemitah is a seven-year period. The beginning of Jacob’s trouble is a seven-year Shemitah. A Shemitah cycle doesn’t start over until 2028–2029—that time frame. I’ve always understood—from Sister Billy’s end-time teaching—the tribulation begins at the beginning of a seven-year Shemitah cycle. So that would be 2028. So, a rapture of the church would either take place in 2028 at the beginning of the Shemitah to start Jacob’s Trouble for seven years—with the Great Tribulation at the 3½-year mark—or it would start seven years after that, at another Shemitah.
The Lord isn’t going to start mid-Shemitah. It would be the beginning of a Shemitah, go through the full seven years, and then conclude. We won’t know the day or hour, but we know the time frame. So we look at a Shemitah year. The Shemitah cycle I’m referring to uses 1948, when Israel became a nation, as the starting point. The cycles have ticked since then. The Lord said, “This generation that saw Israel become a nation will not pass before the Son of Man’s return.”
What is a generation—70, 80, up to 120? From 1948 forward, seven-year cycles continue. We’re getting ready to hit another Shemitah in 2028. That’s why I say what I say. “Brandon, why 2028?” Because it’s the beginning of a Shemitah after 1948. There are blood moons and other signs we’ve looked at. But if you say 2025 is the year of the rapture, it doesn’t line up with the Shemitah cycle from 1948. It’s like, “Squirrel—2025!” It has to be the beginning of a Shemitah—seven years—just like Daniel speaks of, with the Great Tribulation at 3½ years.
Here’s the curveball: some believe the body of Christ goes through none of the tribulation; others believe we go through half. We studied Tom Horn’s vision. He believes tribulation begins 2025 at the Feast of Trumpets. That doesn’t line up with Shemitah, but he presents other reasons. He references the asteroid Apophis, supposed to pass by in 2029, aligning with a 3½-year window from October of this year. By his reckoning, 2029 would be mid-tribulation, triggering the Great Tribulation—another 3½ years.
If that’s the case, we could be mid-tribbers; those who preach mid-trib could be right. I’m not here to argue theology. There’s division on this. I just go by Shemitah cycles—ending in 2028. If so, and the rapture takes place in 2028, we would miss Apophis. Revelation 19 timing by others puts that event differently, but even if something happens in 2029, the rapture would still precede wrath. I don’t believe we’re appointed to wrath.
I’m not a time scholar. I listen to Jonathan Cahn and Sister Billy. I know what I’ve been taught: tribulation aligns with a seven-year Shemitah. Could we be there? Three years for a revival isn’t long—going into 2028. We have the rest of 2025, 2026, 2027, into 2028. It’s about three years and four months now. Rosh Hashanah in 2028 would begin the Jewish new year and, by this reckoning, the start of a Shemitah and tribulation.
So that, in a nutshell, is why I believe what I believe. I don’t think we’ll see certain things. If Tom Horn is right and tribulation starts this year and we’re not caught away until mid-trib, then we go through part of it—whatever the case. But I keep going with what I feel the Lord told me: we have a window of revival. It’s down to about three years and four months now—into 2028—and then we’re out of here. That’s what I believe. If we’re still here after that, then I’m bummed, you’re bummed, we’re all bummed—we’re just rapture-ready. I keep my eyes on Him.
That’s what I have for you. Remember, we love you—truly. I believe the best is yet to come for the body of Christ. We lay hands on the sick and see them recover. There are good days ahead for the miracle-working, creative power of God to flow in our lives. We love you. We appreciate you. Put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Jesus loves you so much, and we love you. God bless you all, and we’ll see you again. Bye-bye.