Nephilim Death Squad – Episode 204: “September Rapture, Jubilee & End Times” w/ Ed Mabry

Podcast: Nephilim Death Squad
Hosts: TopLobsta (Top Lobster), David Lee Corbo (Raven)
Guest: Ed Mabry (Faith by Reason)
Date: August 30, 2025

Overview

In this episode, TopLobsta and Raven are joined once again by Ed Mabry for a captivating dive into end-times prophecy, the concept of a September rapture, the significance of jubilee years, and why 2025 is buzzing with eschatological predictions—from both biblical and conspiratorial circles. The group explores calendars, feasts, numerology, spiritual discernment, and how conspiracy theories around aliens and New Age beliefs might dovetail into modern Christian eschatology.

Main Discussion Themes

1. Why Is 2025 Considered a “Pivotal Year”?

• Eschatological Hype: Feeds swamped with rapture prophecies, notably the prediction that something monumental may occur around September 22–23 during the Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashanah.
• Jubilee Year Connection: 2025 is said to mark the final “jubilee” (50-year cycle) before the prophesied millennial kingdom, according to the Essene calendar.
• Secular and Occult Parallels: New Agers, occultists, and globalist thinkers (e.g., Helena Blavatsky) have historically pointed toward 2025 as an epochal date.

“There is actually a lot of compelling reasons to believe that 2025 is a pretty special year.” – Ed Mabry (08:17)

Timestamps

• [12:08] Ed Mabry details the Essene calendar & jubilee years.
• [19:17] Discussion of 2000 years since Jesus’ resurrection and why that implies a start to the tribulation in 2025.

2. Explaining the Jubilee & Essene Prophecy

• Essene Historical View: They divided human history into three 2000-year epochs, now concluding, followed by a 1000-year “millennium” (the reign of Christ).
  • Adam→Abraham (2000 years)
  • Abraham→First Advent of Christ (2000)
  • First→Second Advent (2000)
  • Followed by 1000-year kingdom
• Jubilee Practices: Every 50 years, debts were forgiven, slaves freed, and land returned—a blueprint for spiritual “release.”
• Date Math: If the next millennium starts in 2075 (per Essene reckoning), the last jubilee starts 50 years earlier, in 2025.

“According to the Essenes… 6,000 years ends in 2075. If you take 2075 and subtract 50 years, it would take us back to 2025. So 2025… is the beginning of the last jubilee.” – Ed Mabry (18:13)

Timestamps

• [16:29] Deep dive into jubilee years and their mechanics
• [19:37] Book rec: Josh Peck’s research on the Essenes and the jubilee prophecy

3. Feast of Trumpets & The Hidden Clue

• The Feast: Jews blow 100 trumpets, ending with the “last trumpet,” supposedly a prophetic sign.
• No One Knows the Day or Hour: The phrase “no man knows the day or the hour” (Matt 24) may be a direct nod to this festival, which is the only feast without a fixed date—thus, compelling for rapture-date speculation.
  • The final, “hidden” day falls on either 22nd or 23rd of September depending on new moon sightings by priests.

“The Feast of Trumpets was called the feast of which no man knows the day or the hour…to a first-century Israelite, they would say, ‘Oh, he’s talking about the Feast of Trumpets.’” – Ed Mabry (32:34)

Timestamps

• [22:22] Explanation of the Jewish feasts and fulfillment cycles
• [33:12] Surprising origin of Jesus’s “no man knows the day” statement

4. Secular & Occult Parallels

• Blavatsky & The Golden Age: New Age and occult figures marking 2025 as a “Golden Age”—mirrored by mainstream politicians (e.g., Trump’s “Golden Age” rhetoric).
• Qsara/Nisara Claims: QAnon-adjacent ideas about debt cancellation align with jubilee teachings.
• Alien & UFO Narratives: Speculation that UFO/alien stories are being prepped as the mainstream “explanation” if/when disappearances (especially Christian) occur.

“When the Rapture happens, there is going to be this alien component… I think that’s going to be one of the ways they probably explain how it happened whenever it happens.” – Ed Mabry (12:08)

Timestamps

• [21:38] Occultists’ predictions for 2025 (Blavatsky, Trump, Alice Bailey)
• [34:02] Deagel Report prediction of population collapse in 2025
• [41:50] “Three Eye Atlas” and the alien “hostility” narrative

5. Critical Warnings about Date-Setting

• Spiritual Fatigue: History is riddled with failed predictions—Harold Camping in 2011, the “Revelation 12 sign” in 2017. Disappointment and ridicule (“date setting fatigue”) can damage Christian witness.
• Tradition vs. Scripture: Many calendar theories (e.g., 7000-year human history) are based on tradition, not clear biblical text.
• Hermeneutics Caution: Jesus’s “no man knows” statement was likely about His Second Coming, not the rapture.

“If we aren’t [raptured], what I don’t want is for people to be disappointed and turn away and stop being watchful…There is serious date-setting fatigue.” – Ed Mabry (52:07)

Timestamps

• [40:30] Ed’s counsel: Stay watchful but not fixated
• [57:46] Problems with Essene tradition and calendar math
• [61:37] Deep dive into the Jewish wedding model and “watchfulness”

6. Alien “Psyop” or Spiritual Deception?

• Coming Narrative: New Age literature has, for decades, suggested that at the dawn of a new era, those holding back humanity’s “ascension” will be removed—a narrative that fits seamlessly if the Rapture occurs and aliens are credited/blamed.
• Media Setup: Recent “Three Eye Atlas” stories, hostile alien predictions, and remote viewing tales—all cited as possible preconditioning.

“When the Rapture happens, there is going to be this alien component… that’s going to be one of the ways they probably explain how it happened” – Ed Mabry (46:00)

• [46:00] Ed & Raven break down “The Leftovers” TV show as predictive programming

Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Discernment and the Coming “Singularity”:
  • “Things are just happening exponentially fast. We're going to reach an inflection point soon.” – Ed Mabry (86:17)
• Biblical Watchfulness:
  • “The job of the bride was to be sanctifying herself and being in expectation of the groom.” – Ed Mabry (58:19)
• On Fatigue and Falling Away:
  • “I don’t want people to lose faith and lose hope, because this is just the umpteenth time they were promised ‘on this date, we’re going home’ and like, ‘Oh, okay, now we gotta go back to work…’” – Ed Mabry (70:00)
• Unity of Themes Across Cultures:
  • “The Kali Yuga would end by fire, which is kind of what we were promised anyway. There’s a lot of overlapping themes.” – David Lee Corbo (65:49)
• Alien/Psyop Parallels:
  • “Listen, it could all be nothing, but it’s lining up in a peculiar way.” – Top Lobster (45:44)

Rapid Fire: Conspiratorial & Spiritual Easter Eggs

• Cliff High’s AI predicts a “mass hallucination” of the rapture in the Bible Belt ([34:57])
• Modern “trumpet sounds” heard worldwide linked by some to end-times prophecy ([38:19])
• Q&A from chat: National Economic Security and Reformation Act (Nesara/Gesara) and its links to jubilee ([25:25])
• Ongoing discussion about pursuing spiritual readiness, regardless of timing ([58:00])
• Discussion about spiritual discernment, “vibes,” and intuition as warning signs ([91:06])

Final Advice & Takeaways

Stay Watchful…But Stay Sane:

• Be spiritually ready, remain discerning, and avoid getting swept up in disappointments or “eschatological FOMO.”
• Recognize the danger of false predictions leading to a loss of faith or credibility.
• Understand that while narratives (alien psyops, secular Golden Age talk, occult predictions) swirl, the Christian lens offers the firmest grounding—yet humility and caution are just as needed as excitement for the “signs of the times.”

“If it happens, awesome. If it doesn’t happen, don’t lose faith. God didn’t let you down—man did, by setting dates.” – Ed Mabry (71:01)

Important Segment Timestamps

• [12:08] – Introduction to what makes 2025 special (Essene calendar, jubilee)
• [22:22] – Jewish feasts and their prophetic fulfillments
• [32:34] – “No man knows the day or hour”—the context explained
• [40:30/57:46] – Ed’s critical warnings about over-eager date setting
• [61:37] – The Jewish wedding model & biblical ‘watchfulness’
• [71:01] – On spiritual fatigue and encouragement to remain hopeful

Outro and Upcoming Topics

• Tease for future episodes: “Who Killed Nimrod?”
• Plans for possible guest roundtable with Marzulli, John, and others to bridge comparative religious ideas
• Reminder to find Ed Mabry at faithbyreason.net and on Patreon

In summary:
This episode exemplifies the Nephilim Death Squad philosophy—a blend of robust biblical exegesis, lively and irreverent banter, and “conspiracy-minded” connections that highlight why 2025, the Feast of Trumpets, and the idea of a coming jubilee have become focal points for modern end-times speculation. Listeners are encouraged to think critically, stay spiritually sober, and focus on readiness over hype.