by Tim Buck | May 30, 2026 | America, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Rapture
The restrainer is holding back the flood, but not for much longer.
There is so much happening right now that it is almost impossible to keep up.
Israel, Iran, Gaza, Hamas, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Russia, Ukraine, NATO, Turkey rising, anti-Israel attacks, chemical explosions, disease outbreaks, oil disruptions, Board of Peace deals, war rumors, and global instability all hitting at the same time.
And people still want to act like everything is normal.
It’s not normal. Normal isn’t coming back. Jesus is!
The world is turning against Israel at an alarming pace, just as prophesied in Scripture in preparation for the rise of the Antichrist.
The nations are desperate for “peace and safety,” and that is exactly the atmosphere Paul warned about in 1 Thessalonians 5:3.
“When they shall say peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them.”
Daniel 9:27 is one of the most important verses in Bible prophecy. It indicates that Antichrist does not necessarily create the 7-year covenant, but it infers that he confirms or strengthens the covenant for one week [7-year Tribulation].
That means that when Antichrist gains control of the 10-King empire, he will step up to agree to terms already in place regarding Israel and the Palestinian State. He makes firm an agreement that has already being shaped and in put place.
The framework is being prepared now. Sometimes we can see it clearly, sometimes not.
After the Church is removed, Antichrist will step in and agree to the terms that we’re watching be put into place today, making it look like he has the answer.
But he is not the answer. He is the counterfeit.
The world is stuck right now because the restrainer is still here.
2 Thessalonians 2 tells us the “man of sin” [Antichrist] cannot be revealed until the “restrainer is taken out of the way.”
The “restrainer” in this context is the Holy Spirit working through the Church. Once everything is in place, the Church will be raptured, caught up, and the Holy Spirit’s restraining ministry will be removed to allow the rise of Antichrist and the world enters the seven-year Tribulation, also called the Day of the Lord.
And let’s be clear. The Day of the Lord is not the rapture. The rapture is our “gathering together to Him” in 2 Thessalonians 2:1.
Then Paul changes the subject in verse 2 to the Day of the Lord, which is the Tribulation period. The Church is removed before that day begins.
Revelation 6 shows Jesus opening the seals. That means that God’s wrath begins with the first seal, at the very beginning of the Tribulation, not halfway through the Tribulation. By the sixth seal, the world finally recognizes what has already been happening and cries out, “Hide us from the wrath of the Lamb.”
The Bride is not here for that. Halleluiah!
The Tribulation is not normal hardship. It is not just war, politics, or economic stress. It is supernatural judgment. Seals, trumpets, bowls, death, famine, pestilence, demonic torment, cosmic signs, and the wrath of God poured out on a Christ rejecting world.
That is why Jesus said to watch and pray to be accounted worthy to escape all these things and stand before the Son of Man. Luke 21:36.
The rapture is close. The signs are everywhere with the greatest sign being Israel.
God’s prophetic time-clock is Israel.
Prophecy teachers have been warning for years that America’s support of Israel will need to diminish by the start of the Tribulation. That’s because God wants Israel to face their enemies alone in the Tribulation.
The current cultural debate over Israel inside America being led by Tucker Carlson and others is another indication of eroding American support for Israel.
What’s behind this?
Satan has stirred America’s enemies to drive a wedge between America and Israel.
You may get the impression that America’s current, cultural-clash over Israel is all due to the anti-Israel rants of Tucker Carlson. Not so. He’s a third-tier pawn.
The enemy is behind it who is using America’s greatest enemies to weaken our support for Israel. And it’s working.
The broader Chinese-Russian-Iranian-Qatari propaganda narrative is this:
American global dominance must end.
They want a multipolar world where China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and others share power.
To get there, America’s alliance with Israel must be broken.
So they deceptively package anti-Israel narratives inside popular American causes and slogans:
“America First,” anti-corruption, anti-Epstein, anti-foreign influence, pro-Constitution, etc.
These become their Trojan horse inside American culture.
The goal is to convince Americans that Israel, one of America’s greatest allies, is actually its greatest enemy.
To do this they hire pawns to use recycled conspiracy theories and long debunked tropes put out by some of America’s most popular podcasters.
Do not be deceived. Do not fall for it. It’s a lie.
But it’s also a sign the end is near.
Don’t panic. Don’t fear.
Share the gospel. Put Bibles in people’s hands. Warn while there is still time.
Because once the Bride goes up, the world will never be the same!
by Tim Buck | Oct 29, 2025 | Church, Rapture
The Beautiful Teaching of Jesus on the Rapture:
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” John 14:1-3
In John 14, Jesus was using an analogy that His Jewish listeners would have easily understood regarding Hebrew wedding customs. An ancient Jewish wedding consisted of several steps that tie directly to Christ’s teaching on the rapture the church.
John 14 is the first teaching of the Rapture in the Bible and the most details about the Rapture from any of the teaching of Jesus.
The Marriage of the Lamb mentioned in Revelation 19:7-9, is promised by Jesus in John 14:1-3, in alignment with first century, Hebrew marriage customs. The wedding customs were common in the day of Jesus and understood by the disciples.
The first step for a young Jewish groom, ready to marry, would be to leave his father’s house and travel to the home of his beloved. There, he would offer the bride a price [dowery], a sign that he was serious, that he could provide, and that he would give everything for her.
When Jesus said, “It is finished” (John 19:30), the earth trembled. But heaven also understood the words a different way. This was not only a whisper He had defeated the enemy, it was also the shout of a Bridegroom, sealing a covenant with His bride.
As part of the wedding custom, if the bride accepted, they would drink a cup of wine together. Just as the marriage covenant was legally ratified by sharing wine, Jesus shared the Last Supper with His disciples that night in the upper room (Luke 22:17).
After the betrothal the groom returned home to prepare a place for his bride in his father’s house. This was usually done by him adding living quarters somewhere inside his father’s house. Jesus said He was going back to His Father’s House, His heavenly home “to prepare a place for us” – John 14:3.
When the living quarters were finished, the groom returned for his bride at an unexpected time, often at midnight when she would least be ready.
Jesus tells His bride, the Church, to be ready for an unexpected return – Matthew 24:44.
When the groom eventually returned he would abduct his bride secretly like a thief in the night and take her to the wedding chamber in his father’s house. There they would consummate the marriage, a consummation that lasted for seven days.
In like manner, Jesus will return to snatch away His Bride the Church and consummate the marriage in heaven for seven years.
Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.”
Revelation 19:7-8
While the church-bride is enjoying intimate fellowship with the groom in heaven for seven years, at the same time, His wrath is being poured out to the Christ-rejecting left behind for seven years.
While the world is suffering from God’s wrath, the raptured believers will be resting safely in the arms of Jesus.
by Tim Buck | Sep 12, 2025 | Israel, Rapture
“Prophecy chatter” has been blowing up online these days regarding the Feast of Trumpets (Sept. 23, 2025) and its possible implications regarding the rapture, the coming of the Lord, and other dramatic end-time events.
I understand the emotional frenzy associated with these topics and the financial gains that can rise from peddling them online.
But I advise our friends to guard their hearts and minds against ANYTHING that is not anchored in a clear biblical reference to the church-age.
We believe that all seven Feasts of the Lord (Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, Pentecost, Trumpets, Day of Atonement, and Tabernacles) were part of the Mosaic Law and pointed to Jesus and His work.
The Apostle Paul tells us that all the Old Testament feasts have been fulfilled in Jesus Christ and they are therefore no longer valid markers in the church age – Col. 2:16-17
6 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ.
Do I believe that the rapture is a factual biblical promise? Yes I do.
And we are certain that the world has entered the season of the final prophesied events with Jerusalem front and center.
But most of the prophetic chatter that flies online these days doesn’t touch our hearts because it doesn’t align with biblical teaching.
We realize that we may be wrong and we do respect our friends and partners in the Gospel who follow their honest convictions in these matters. Yet we remain steadfast, holding firmly to what we know for sure, while holding very lightly to everything else.
All the Bible tells us about the Feast of Trumpets is that it was a national “Wake Up Call;” a dramatic event signaling the start of the preparations for the upcoming Day of Atonement and the joyful seventh Feast of Tabernacles.
The Feast of Trumpets’ designation as ROSH HASHANAH (the Head of the Year) is not biblical, just as the claim that it was the occasion for the creation of the world and of Adam are not biblical. These are Babylonian traditions that crept into rabbinical writings while Israel was in exile.
So please be careful how much you invest yourself into the “prophetic” chatter regarding September 23 and the coming Feast of Trumpets, the end of days, the rapture, or Jewish mysticism that is extra biblical.
Rather, be sure that your focus remains on cultivating the Life of Messiah in you while waiting for His return!
He alone is the hope of glory!
We hope you will join us for our fall class in two weeks as we wrap up our studies in Daniel on September 23, 2025.
by Tim Buck | Mar 17, 2025 | Daniel's Prophecies, Israel, Rapture
At that time (Tribulation) Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone found written in the book.
Daniel 12:1
LAST CHAPTER
The end of the story in God’s Word is very good!
It’s good because God is good to His people and fulfills His promises!
We’ve arrived at Daniel Chapter 12 in our 3-year quest of studying the prophesies of Daniel. Chapter 12 is the last chapter of Daniel and although short with 13 verses, it gives numerous insights not found elsewhere in the Bible. Amazing insights loaded with God’s hidden gems!
The title of our 3-year study in Daniel has been “Daniel Unsealed” which comes from,
Go your way, Daniel, because the words are rolled up and sealed until the time of the end.
Daniel 12:9
Most scholars believe the best interpretation of this verse is that God will reveal a fuller understanding of Daniel’s prophesies as we get closer to the Second Coming.
If you thought you understood the book of Daniel from how you first heard it taught (like I did) in the 1960’s or 80’s or even 2000, you might want to prayerfully restudy it again… and again.
There’s been quite a reformation of understanding Daniel’s prophesies in the last two decades as we get closer to the Rapture of the Church and the start of the 7-year Tribulation, just as the prophecy says.
For instance, we now understand that every chapter in Daniel, in addition to the meaning of its immediate context also includes a message about Israel during the Tribulation period. For example, just as the Lord protected the three Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace (chapter 3), the Lord will protect Israel through the fiery trial of the Tribulation,
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 43:2
The need for the fuller understanding of Daniel comes since Israel is about to enter the danger zone of the Tribulation period where clarity becomes vital to her survival. Getting the meaning of each of Daniel’s prophesies correct will be lifesaving to 10’s of thousands of Jews and Gentiles who become believers in Jesus after the Rapture.
Daniel 12 introduces us to the second half of the Tribulation which corresponds to Matthew 24:15-26 and Revelation 12.
To compliment our study of Daniel 12:1-7, our “GREAT CHAPTER OF BIBLE PROPHECY” for this class is Revelation 12. Both Daniel 12 and Revelation 12 deal with the alarming events surrounding Israel during the last three and one half years of the Tribulation, also described as, “times, time and half a time” by Jesus in Daniel 12:7.
Can it really be true—the United States not in Bible prophecy after all that Trump is doing for Israel?
Absolutely!
This is another indication of how close we are getting to the Rapture!
How dramatic would the fallout be for America if the Rapture took 50+ million believers away in the twinkling of an eye? What would that do to our country and its fragile economy?
And how dramatic will the Rapture fallout be for Israel as she enters the final 7 years alone!
Plan to join us as we study the amazing chapters of Daniel 12 and Revelation 12.
Read Daniel 12 and Revelation 12 to prepare for the class on April 29.
by Tim Buck | Nov 5, 2024 | Rapture
Twinkling Of An Eye
11/5/24 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
Don’t put off surrendering your life to Jesus! Today is the day to be sold out to Him… not tomorrow!
Because of the promise of the Rapture, tomorrow may never come!
When the trumpet sounds, and the ‘shout of the archangel‘ is heard, it will be too late to surrender your life to the Lord.
When Jesus comes, it’s over… in an instant!
Behold, I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Cor. 15:51-52
Twinkling, Blinking
There are numerous definitions for the twinkling or blinking of an eye. If the Apostle Paul is describing the speed of the rapture as a “twinkle,” then he’s describing something so fast, it’s difficult to comprehend.
The “twinkling of the eye” is the time it takes for light to enter the eye, reach the back of the eye, and be reflected back out. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second, so a twinkle amounts to about one billionth of a second.
The blinking is a bit slower. But still too fast to recognize. A blink lasts somewhere between 300 and 400 milliseconds, or considerably less than half a second.
Taking both of these into consideration, the reason why the Apostle Paul used this term was to assure us of the supernatural nature of the Rapture. He wanted to emphasis there is no human effort that can impede it, slow it down, or hold it back.
When it’s on, it’s on, and up we go defying gravity like superman! In the millisecond it takes to be raptured, we will find ourselves above earth’s atmosphere in our glorified bodies filled with joy and standing in the presence of the Lord as we “meet the Lord in the air.”
Let’s just say it’s a supernatural event that takes place super-fast!
A Tour You’ll Never Forget
Living believers on earth, from every continent, will hear the upward call of the last trumpet and be instantly transformed into their glorified bodies, and at the same time be launched into the air to be with Jesus.
Our instantaneous disappearance of being here one second and there the next has already been experienced by Enoch, Elijah, Jesus and even the disciples while still in their boat! (John 6:21)
At the Rapture we will be escorted by Jesus to heaven who will usher us in to the Father’s House with exceeding joy! (Jude 24)
The church will spend seven years in heaven highlighted by the marriage of the Lamb just prior to descending back to earth with Jesus at His Second Coming! Revelation 19:14 depicts the church as the Lord’s army descending with Jesus to the Battle of Armageddon!
Every believer will make this roundtrip from earth to heaven and back. Oh what a bright future is in store for God’s children as we round-trip the universe with the omnipotent creator as our guide!
We’ve had some wonderful tour guides on our FOTET Tours, over the years in Israel, but nothing can compare to travelling through the universe with our creator and hearing Him calling the stars by name as we pass by! (Ps. 147:4)
The Prize of the Upward Call
After talking about his testimony and how he is still striving for “Christlikeness” in his life, the Apostle Paul admits he hasn’t quite reached it yet (Phil. 3:12-13). But he says this is why he is all-the-more eagerly looking for the Rapture.
“I press toward the goal for the prize of the UPWARD CALL of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:14
The prize of the upward call we should be looking for is when we finally put on permanent Christlikeness which happens at the rapture. The call is described in Revelation 4:1 as a voice yelling, “COME UP.” In a millisecond, our bodies will be transformed to be “like Him for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2).
This twinkling moment of our ‘upward call’ could happen at any second. Just looking at world conditions should be enough incentive for every believer to be ready to meet the Lord.
Don’t make the mistake of believing in can’t happen today! Because when it happens, it will be over before you realize it took place. Hallelujah!
Today, right now, would be a good time to call on Him.
by Tim Buck | Sep 26, 2024 | Church, Rapture
Rapture Index
Signs Are Up
9/26/24 – By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
The “index,” like the “stock market index,” refers to assessing all the indicators, signs, and measurements concerning the strength of the financial world.
Using this term for the “Rapture Index” is the same idea but taking all the prophetic signs occurring today in the world and using them to assess how close we are to the Rapture!
The rapture, the raising of the church to heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:17), is the next event on the prophetic calendar and the greatest promise in Scripture to the church!.
It will occur in the twinkling of an eye without warning!
But according to Daniel and Revelation a groundswell of phenomena will emerge subtly in the last days, leading up to the Rapture, warning that the Tribulation is drawing near.
The events swirling around America, Israel and the Middle East strongly indicate we are running the final lap that leads into the last 7 years!
These signs will continue to multiply like birth pangs and increase our anticipation and expectation that the coming of the Lord is at the door!
Some are saying both the world and the church are nearing a point of no return. Even a tipping point.
Have we crossed the line in the end-time countdown?
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