The Rapture Index’s Narrow Range :: By Todd Strandberg

Published on: by RR7 Category:General Articles, Todd Strandberg

The Rapture Index’s Narrow Range

At the beginning of the year, I updated the highs and lows for the Rapture Index for the past four years. I noticed that the RI moved very little each year, with increases of 8, 6, 5, and 9 points during this time period. About twenty years ago, we could see a 30-point move in a single year.

The lack of upward movement in the Rapture Index is a very common complaint that we receive. People expect the RI to edge higher and higher with each passing year. Here is part of an email that someone recently sent to Terry:

First, I love the Rapture Ready website, but I find your “Rapture Index” way off as it’s the same as 2 years ago, which totally is not reflective of the Scriptures and the events we are currently experiencing!

The events we are currently witnessing in the world & US are truly confirmation of what the Scriptures say… which in NO way compare with the Rapture Ready “Rapture Index.”

Jesus said that end-time activity would increase like labor pains. There have been several times when I realized we haven’t had a major earthquake in several months. I thought to myself that a big one should be coming soon, and a few days later, a large earthquake did strike somewhere on the planet.

Prophetic events do not always occur like clockwork. We went several years without a single hurricane impacting the US coastline, and then the tropical cyclone drought was suddenly broken with a rush of activity. In just a few short years, we set several records in relation to hurricanes. During the 2020 hurricane season, Louisiana saw the most ever landfalling cyclones with five total storms.

It would be foolish to think that the following year would bring a set of six cyclones to Louisiana. However, Hurricane Ida did occur in 2021 and caused catastrophic damage to the state’s electric grid. Many people probably regretted not taking Hurricane Katrina as a warning sign to consider leaving the state.

Several insurance companies have decided to drop their hurricane coverage for Gulf Coast states. This decision stems from their assessment that insuring homes and businesses against tropical storm damage has become unprofitable and too great of a financial risk. I live about 400 miles from the Gulf and am paying for past storms. In a four-year period, my home insurance premium has gone up by 40 percent.

The Rapture Index categories are not a factor in a long-term average. They are based on a constant state of motion. If things quit happening, the index will drop like a rock. The record low was set in 1993 when everything related to prophecy went on hold.

Today, I’m amazed that it was once possible for the RI to drop down to 53 points. When I was in the Air Force, I was deployed to Saudi Arabia for 45 days without any internet connection. When I got back, it only took me a few days to update the site.

The record high was set in 2016 and tied last year. I am unsure if we will ever see the 190 range. When the rapture takes place, many categories will be rated 3 or less.

Some RI categories contradict each other. If we have floods all over the world, drought may not rank as high because of the abundance of moisture. Years ago, I coined the phrase, “Economic hardship is the mother’s milk of prophet progression.” Financial troubles are not necessarily a sign of the rapture. Jesus said he was coming for the Church at a time of general tranquility.

When I created the RI in 1987, I naturally expected it to rise right up to the point where the rapture would occur. However, I now understand that the flatline pattern observed over the last decade is a stronger indication of the approaching rapture. It appears we’ve hit the upper limit and have stayed here because world events cannot proceed until the blessed hope takes place.

I’ve wondered if the RI’s productive years are behind it. There is a small possibility that God could hit the snooze alarm, and the RI could come crashing down, with the rapture many years down the road. I’m encouraged by the reality that there are just too many events aligning with prophecy happening at the same time.

About 200 years ago, prophecy watchers were puzzled by the Bible saying that Israel would be reborn and the Antichrist would have a global currency. Today, as in the days of Noah, apathy is our greatest enemy.

“But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:37-39).

–Todd

26 Feb 2024

Published on: by RR7 Category:Prayer Center

Society in the Cesspool

***INIQUITY SHALL ABOUND

Minnesota: Two police officers and a paramedic were shot to death while responding to a family in danger call. Others were injured. The suspect didn’t have gun rights due to a felony conviction, yet he had multiple guns.

Violence at High School in Brockton, Massachusetts, is so Bad That School Committee Members Are Calling for National Guard Intervention to restore order.

***APOSTASY AND DOCTRINES OF DEMONS

Good news! PRESIDENT TRUMP: “….we still need the hand of our LORD and the grace of almighty God!” President Trump is on a roll today…I’m on the THIRD incredible article in one day highlighting something incredible President Trump has said about God, Jesus, Faith and the Cross of Christ.

Follow the money: Left-wing donors financed Bible study urging Church to stay out of politics.

Neighborhood Satan Clubs… Teaching Children To Call Evil Good And Good Evil. Satanists are now busy taking their worship of evil into lives of elementary schoolchildren with Satan Clubs. They advertise them as fun, happy, educational, and full of hope. They present the devil as a great guy — an angel of light.

The Left’s Anti-Faith Climate Has Made It Open Season on Christians—At Home and Abroad.

To Understand The Globalists, We Must Understand Their Psychopathic Religion. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Western world experienced a sudden burst of open occultism among ultra-rich elites. The rise of “Theosophy” was underway, becoming a trend that would set the stage for “new age” spiritualism. The primary driver of the movement was a small group of obscure academics led in part by a woman named H.P. Blavatsky. The group was obsessed with esoteric belief, Gnosticism, and even Satanism. If you want to know why the globalists are engaged in a very real war on the minds of the masses, you can’t overlook their religious motivations.

Does Pope Francis Have All the Markers of An Apocalyptic Figure? Put it together: Marxism, environmentalism, new world order, global government, sustainable development, Jesuit agenda, unity of faiths, global constitution, global court, etc. We live in interesting times. And the hour is very late.

Vatican sponsors youth guide promoting ‘values’ of ‘heretical’ interfaith Abu Dhabi document.

***HATRED OF JEWS AND ISRAEL

Holocaust ‘Exaggerated’? Our Young People Desperately Need An Education. A study showed 20% of our population ages 18-29 believe the Holocaust never happened and it’s all mythology. Another 23% believe it’s “exaggerated.” Friends, it’s not exaggerated. Satan wants us to believe it never happened.

Flemish Parliament Stormed by Pro-Terrorism Protesters; One MP Stood to Defend Israel .

Three gunmen attacked Israeli pedestrians in their cars, killing one & injuring 11, including a pregnant woman. Two terrorists were killed at the scene; another escaped, only to be neutralized later.

Imam recites Quran at Belgian parliament, calling for killing, kidnapping of Jews.

Israeli forces found a book titled The End of the Jews written by a Hamas co-founder that praised the Holocaust.

***PERVASIVE PERVERSION

US Sec. of State Tony Blinken instructed State Department officials to refrain from using terms like father/mother, husband/wife, son/daughter… so as not to be ‘offensive’ to coworkers. The world is falling apart, and he’s rewriting the English language.

State-enforced gender ideology is letting ‘transgender’ pedophiles escape justice. The transgender movement wields so much power that even men who rape children can sometimes avoid prison simply by claiming to be a woman. Perhaps keen-eyed readers will notice some weird inconsistencies in a story recently reported this month in the U.K. press.

New Biden Regulation Would Force Gov’t Schools To Bow Before ‘Gender Identities.’ Under the guise of protecting students’ “civil rights,” the Biden administration’s new regulation purports to force government schools nationwide to bow before all the invented “gender identities” and sexual perversions that now dominate the “education” system. The rule would also overturn state laws banning males in girls’ sports.

Illinois Bill Would Make it ‘Abuse’ for Parents to Object to Trans Hormones, Mutilation and Abortion. House Bill 4876, which was introduced in early February, also shields doctors from liability.

Sexualization of Children Has Replaced Education. In New Hampshire, a state representative read to the House sexually explicit passages from school materials for middle school kids. Clearly, these materials are part of the sexual grooming of kids for pedophiles. I honestly think it’s the purpose of Democrats to turn public schools into brothels.

***AND THE ABORTION ABOMINATION

Trans Activist Assaults Pro-Life Students at Virginia March for Life.

Maryland gov’s abortion activism could bring ‘Gosnell’s house of horrors’ to the state. Governor Moore is basking in praise from abortion activists after announcing an additional $15.6 million in funding aimed at promoting abortion, especially in rural areas.

GOP senators propose bill to protect aborted babies from gruesome medical experimentation.

***LAST DAYS TRAITORS

Good news!: New York Appeals Court Announces Decision on Dems’ Non-Citizen Voting Scheme. A lawsuit in New York led by the Republican National Committee saw sanity prevail when an appellate court ruled that non-U.S. citizens cannot vote in our elections. If the absurd policy had been allowed to stand, some 900,000 non-citizens would be able to cast votes in municipal elections in the Big Apple.

UN’s Next Goals: End National Militaries, Establish Global Military, Disarm You. This September, the globalists plan to discuss the disarmament not only of nations but of citizens as well.

The Year of Cascading Crises. It looks like 2024 might be a year in which the crises cascade. They won’t be natural disasters (though that could happen) but more like social and political disasters.

***DELIBERATE PITTING OF NATION (ETHNIC) AGAINST NATION (ETHNIC)

Google AI image generator refuses to show white people. After users slammed Google’s artificial intelligence tool, Gemini, for refusing to show images of white people and creating historically inaccurate images in the name of diversity, Google paused the Gemini AI image generation feature.

***DELIBERATE BORDER DISORDER

Good news! Missouri Republican governor sending Nat’l Guard to Texas border to support Republican Governor Abbott’s Operation Lone Star at the southern border between the US and Mexico.

30 thousand Chinese “Migrants” encountered at US border so far this fiscal year. If that pace through four months continues to year’s end, the final figure will dwarf the massive influx of possible spies and sleeper military personnel who crossed the border since beginning of fiscal 2021.

Imported African Wars: Eritrean Migrant Riots Turn Western Streets into Battlefields.

Former Border Chief Reveals He Was Ordered to Flood Europe with Illegals . Two years after his departure, Fabrice Leggeri opens up about his time at the EU border guard agency. The message he repeatedly heard from EU leadership. “Bring the migrants here and welcome them. Whether you like it or not, we are an aging continent, and that is why you must let them in.”

***ECONOMIC AND FOOD INSECURITY

Food Spending’s Share of Disposable Income Hits Highest Level in Three Decades.

***PLAGUE, PESTILENCE…

US and China collaborate on making bird flu strains more infectious. U.S. government is spending $1million of taxpayer money to fund experiments on dangerous bird flu viruses in collaboration with Chinese scientists. The research involves infecting ducks and geese with different strains to make them more transmissible and infectious and studying the viruses’ potential to ‘jump into mammalian hosts.’

Deadly Listeria Outbreak Triggers Nationwide Recall at Major Retailers. This is another reminder of the dangers of uncontrolled immigration and lax regulations. Rizo-López Foods, connected to the outbreak, has been under investigation since 2014, raising questions about the efficiency of our health officials.

Mexican cartels flood Montana with fentanyl and meth. These cartels are having a devastating impact, especially on Montana’s Indian reservations; crimes and overdoses are increasing in these communities.

…AND THE PLANNED-DEMIC

Vaccinated are susceptible to viral infections and “Covid vaccine heart syndrome.”

Who Will Be Blamed For Harmful Covid Vaccines? ‘It May be Time to Speak Up…’ says Dr Tess Lawrie

Although doctors and other medical professionals may expect their actions of the last four years in relation to the dangerous COVID-19 jab will be defended by politicians, health and regulatory authorities, etc, they may be in for a shock. Doctors, it seems, will instead be the scapegoats “for when the anger and distress of ordinary men and women can no longer be contained” and Dr Lawrie urges health professionals who now realize the harms caused by these jabs to speak up now.

***WEATHER EVENTS

Forecaster says 2024 hurricane season could be a ‘blockbuster.’ Others say it’s too early to tell.

Nearly all of California’s coastal areas were under flood watches from atmospheric river through Wednesday. The rainfall comes two weeks after a massive storm brought widespread, dangerous flooding throughout Southern California.

Destructive avalanche hits Afghanistan; at least 25 people dead. The death toll could rise as efforts to reach and assist the affected continue under challenging weather conditions.

Largest winter snowfall since 1975 and severe cold leave nearly 668,000 livestock dead in Mongolia. One person died. Disaster relief efforts were initiated, focusing on providing essential aid, including food, fuel, and livestock feed to affected communities.

***WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS

Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked two US ships in Gulf of Aden. The group was pressed by Iran in October to join Hezbollah and Hamas in initiating attacks on Israel.

Houthis reportedly sink British ship in Red Sea, the first time since the start of Israel’s war on Hamas that a crew had to abandon their ship because of the Houthis.

Iran Sends Russia Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles.

Israel strikes Hezbollah weapons caches in Lebanon after drone attack in Israel near Sea of Galilee.

***IN THE SKY

On April 8th, The Great American Eclipse Of 2024 Will Cross Over 7 U.S. Locations Named “Ninevah.” Is this a sign and warning for the nation to repent just like the city of Ninevah in the ancient world?