Rapture 2025
t gives me no pleasure in writing the title of this message. When we are able to grasp the extreme magnitude of the pre-Tribulation Rapture happening simultaneously with the nuclear Sudden Destruction of 1st Thessalonians, Chapter 5, it should cause all of us to have extremely mixed emotions about what is going to take place VERY SOON. I am about to show you from God’s Word that these two events are indeed simultaneous. This day is the great Game Changer. As the nuclear bombs are coming down, the born-again saints who are ready, will be going up!
I believe my 50 years of studying Bible Prophecy is showing me that these two earth-shattering events will happen on the very same day, any day between now and October of this year. We may examine possible Rapture dates in a future post, if our Lord tarries. But that is not the subject of this post. I believe that many of you are going to be amazed at the Biblical evidence that the 1st Rapture and the nuclear sudden destruction are going to happen simultaneously. That is an extremely sobering thought for all of us to comprehend.
Like many of you, I have been trying, for many decades, to put the FINAL pieces of this giant end-times Bible Prophecy puzzle together, and like many of you, I have thought so many times, that we had the very last pieces right in front of us so that we were finally ready to usher in the Rapture and the start of the 7-Year Tribulation. But, alas, every single time we had to face the reality that there were still more pieces to this extremely large and not-so-easy prophetic puzzle. So very many times, we have seemed to be so close to a nuclear war. I am not even going to go any further with that. Examine the world’s chaotic and extremely dangerous situation for yourselves. But this time, in 2025, we have EVERY reason to believe that 2025 IS THE YEAR!!! God’s 6000-year plan has to come to an end THIS YEAR!!!
I am much more interested in examining all of the Biblical evidence that the Rapture and nuclear Sudden Destruction are going to happen on the very same day. The evidence is OVERWHELMING! We will start with 1st Thessalonians 4 and 5. The last three verses of Chapter 4, which we all are so familiar with, give us a vivid description of the Rapture. What most Christians do not realize is that the next chapter, Chapter 5, is also about the Rapture. We can know that because the first word of Chapter 5 is the word “But”, which is a conjunction, which is a connecting word, and that means that Chapter 5 is also about the Rapture.
Verses 3 through 6 have so much meat in them, and tell us so very, very much about the times in which we are living in RIGHT NOW. Let’s look at these 4 power-packed verses. As we continue from Chapter 4, reading more about the Rapture, here is what we read, “For when they say, “Peace and safety”, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman, And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do, but let us WATCH and be sober.”
WOW!!! I am not sure where to begin, as to the amount of end-times Bible Prophecy, and puzzle pieces, that are unfolded to us in just 4 verses. Notice, it only says when they SAY “peace and safety”. With Donald Trump SAYING “peace and safety” with Russia and Ukraine, and also with Iran and Israel and the U.S., and talking about bringing in a Golden Age on this earth, he is helping fulfill this verse. But then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION comes! Remember, the theme of this chapter is carried over from Chapter 4, the Rapture chapter. This is our first piece of Biblical evidence that the Sudden Destruction and the Rapture are the very same day. These verses go on to tell us that those of the night, those of the darkness, and those who are sleeping (spiritually) will be overtaken by this DAY of Sudden Destruction.
Can you think of anything any more SUDDEN and DESTRUCTIVE than a nuclear bomb? A nuclear bomb will come suddenly and without warning. These verses are our warning. We had best heed them, and also give others this same warning. Millions and millions of people will have NO 2nd chance. Did you notice that verse 6 warns us that we had better be WATCHING. “And they shall not ESCAPE”. The Rapture, in Chapter 4, carries over the theme in Chapter 5, as the RAPTURE IS OUR ESCAPE FROM THE SUDDEN DESTRUCTION!!! Also, in Luke 21:36, Jesus tells us, as born-again Christians, to be praying that we be found worthy to ESCAPE, again referring to the Rapture.
As to why this DAY of Rapture/Sudden Nuclear Destruction in 2025, has to be nuclear, we will address in future paragraphs. In the above 4 verses, there remains one more topic that needs to be addressed. It is “Then Sudden Destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman.” Most watchmen, if any at all, have not been addressing this warning sentence. If you have been following my previous posts (this is # 6) you should remember that I HAVE been addressing these words very specifically. I am of the firm conviction that the 7-Year easy calculation date of the 1st Day of the 7-Year Tribulation will probably be on, or around October 20, 2025, with the Rapture date still unknown. A woman’s pregnancy, as in the above verses, is for 9 months. So, to find the conception date, as to exactly when these 9 months actually started, we just back up 9 months, from when the start date of the Tribulation should take place, and we arrive at exactly January 20, 2025, the very first day in office for President Donald Trump. This is the day that changed the world. Everything has been different since that day. I believe that God may have given us a 9-month WARNING! The first trimester of this 9-month pregnancy, leading to the start of the Tribulation, ended on April 20th, Early in the morning, on the very next day, the Pope died, paving the way for the likely False Prophet. This may have been our 6-month warning! As the labor pains are steadily increasing all around the world, we can expect them to be getting closer and closer together, and more and more intense. Will something big happen around July 20th of this year, to introduce us to the final trimester??? So many puzzle pieces to the End Times are addressed in these 4 amazing and fulfilling verses.
Let’s turn now to the Book of Revelation, which is a summary of End-Times events. Revelation 6:4, one of the first, if not the first, events of the Tribulation, says, “Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a GREAT SWORD. Revelation 6:8 says, “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword…”
Mankind has never made a weapon that he has not used. I believe, very, very strongly that this GREAT WEAPON HAS TO BE NUCLEAR WEAPONS! It appears that this first use of nuclear weapons will result, directly and indirectly, in the death of one-fourth of earth’s population. Later in Revelation, another one-third of the earth’s population will die. What a sobering and horrific thought this is! Mankind is NOW on the verge of this actually happening. PLEASE use this WARNING letter to WARN as many people as possible. On that day, there will be only two categories of people, those who ESCAPE IN THE RAPTURE, AND THOSE WHO DO NOT ESCAPE IN THE RAPTURE. For those who do not escape, millions will die from the nuclear bombs and millions of others will be forced to worship the Antichrist and his Mark of the Beast, or die a horrible death. How can we NOT WARN those who are not ready? This is why everyone of us should have tremendous feelings of mixed emotions right now. PLEASE LET US WARN THEM!
Are you ready for more proof that the Rapture and the Sudden Nuclear Destruction are simultaneous? Luke 17 tells us that the coming of the Son of Man (Jesus) will be “as in the days of Noah, and as in the days of Lot.” In Noah’s day, he and his family ESCAPED THE SUDDEN DESTRUCTION OF THE FLOOD THE SAME DAY AS THE SUDDEN DESTRUCTION OF THE FLOOD, after having been given a 7-day Warning. In Lot’s day, the SUDDEN DESTRUCTION OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE TOOK PLACE THE VERY SAME DAY THAT LOT WAS ALLOWED TO ESCAPE. Noah’s and Lot’s ESCAPES WERE A TYPE OF THE RAPTURE WITH A SIMULTANEOUS DESTRUCTION! How much plainer does God’s Word have to make it for us?
I now want to show you just what this Sudden Nuclear Destruction is going to be, in my opinion. Ezekiel 38 and 39, or as some Bible Prophecy watchers call it–World War 3 deserves a mention. I attended so many Bible Prophecy Conferences, especially at God’s News Behind the News, and also Southwest Radio Church, that I decided to count the speakers, to see how many believed this great Battle of Russia, Iran, and Turkey, and other nations attacking Israel takes place at the beginning, or the middle of the Tribulation. I was surprised to discover they were split equally in half. Half at the beginning and half at the middle. My studies have concluded that it will not be at the beginning. I believe that it will either be in the middle, or perhaps two years into the Tribulation, per Genesis 45. I also do not see any evidence of nuclear weapons being used in this Ezekiel 38-39 battle.
I can only find Biblical evidence for the nuclear destruction of two cities. One is Damascus, Syria, and the other is Mystery Babylon in Revelation 18. Damascus being destroyed with a nuclear bomb is not major enough to cause the Rapture to happen, but Mystery Babylon’s destruction certainly is. There could very well be more nuclear destruction than these two cities. For many years, I was persuaded by others that Mystery Babylon was Rome. Like the majority of watchers, we now believe emphatically that Mystery Babylon is a vivid description of New York City. God gives a whole chapter to the nuclear destruction of this great city. My Bible titles this chapter as “The Fall of Babylon the Great”. I have read many detailed accounts of how Mystery Babylon describes perfectly New York City and they are very persuasive. The capital city of the United Nations is NYC. Many millions of Jews live there, so this could be a target of the anti-Semites in the world. I encourage you to read Revelation 18. You will reach the same conclusion as almost all watchers have. This is a nuclear destruction.
The New World Order have detailed plans for their soon-coming One World Government. For many years they have been pointing to 2025 as the year for this to happen. They planned on two four-year terms for Barack Hussein Obama. Then two terms for Hillary Clinton. Then for Obama to come back into power in 2025 to be the leader of this Satanic, evil one-world government. Donald Trump threw a monkey wrench into their plans this year for the 2nd time. The United States and Donald Trump are too powerful for the New World Order’s plans. The United States must be destroyed to fulfill their dreams. That is the strongest reason why Mystery Babylon HAS to be New York City. There are those who believe that it is the United States. However, the nuclear destruction of New York City will virtually destroy the U.S. At the very least, it will reduce the U.S. to a third world country. This would then allow them their one-world government.
I am not saying that just the one city of New York will be the only one hit with a nuclear weapon. But I do know that God mentions several times in this chapter that Mystery Babylon is a CITY, not a country. However, I was there in Tampa, Florida, when Dimitri Duduman, was the speaker at the International Bible Prophecy Conference. He came from Romania. He was the speaker, I believe for two sessions. He came with an interpreter. I believe the year was 1990, give or take one year. He claimed that God had spoken to him while he was in prison for being a Christian. He said that the Lord had revealed to him about the total destruction of the United States, actually naming at least one dozen major U.S. cities that were to be hit by nuclear weapons. I do not remember if he named Russia or China, or some other country, as the destroyer. He was a very convincing speaker, with many details of what he said the Lord had shown him. Would God give a warning to our country 35 years in advance? That might be a stretch, but I really do not know.
Another reason we should maybe expect more than one major city to be hit with nuclear weapons is the God-given WARNINGS that we have received with the two total solar eclipses that formed a giant X across the United States. I do not remember many of the details of these two warning eclipses, but I am sure that many of you remember them. Several cities named Sodom, as in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, were directly in the path of the 2nd eclipse, which I believe was on April 8, 2024. Yes, God has given the United States many specific warnings of judgment upon our country. It almost certainly will be nuclear, and it almost certainly will be in 2025, in the simultaneous Rapture/Sudden Destruction.
So, before you get too excited about the soon-coming pre-Tribulation Rapture, remember the other side of the coin, which is the Sudden Nuclear Destruction, almost certainly upon the United States, and almost certainly in 2025. Please feel free to make copies of this email to give to people who need to hear it, which is the vast majority of people. Or send this email to your mailing list. Most will not believe it, nor receive the message as a legitimate warning. But a few might, and for all of eternity they will be thanking you in heaven. But hell is also eternal and we all know people who are headed there. The least we can do is give them this warning.
To those who have a peace that they are ready, I say “Maranatha”. To the rest of you reading this, I say “It is NOW time to get ready! Ask Jesus into your heart to be your Lord and Saviour. Or, if you are a Christian, you had better get rid of your lukewarmness, your worldliness, your fence-straddling, your back-sliding, your unholiness, and your unfaithfulness. Make sure that Jesus is your LORD, not just your Saviour. For all Christians whom the Lord finds worthy, the Judgment Seat of Jesus Christ still awaits you. So, we all need to heed this warning, and to get ready spiritually, for SOON it will be too late.
Ron Reese