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IT LOOKS LIKE WE JUST ENTERED THE SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL, BUT NOT THE SHORTENED TRIBULATION
By Marilyn Agee, posted 10-5-08
The Seventieth Week of Daniel is not the same number of days as the Shortened Tribulation. The former lasts 2520 days, the latter 2300 days. It looks like the Shortened Tribulation will start on the next Feast of Pentecost, Sivan 6, 5769 (May 29, 2009) 220 days after the Feast of Trumpets we just passed on Sept. 30, 2008.
THE SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL, 2520 DAYS (9-30-2008 TO 9-14-2015)
It looks like we just entered the 70th week of Daniel 9:27 on Sept. 30, 2008. It runs 2520 days (7 x 360) from the Feast of Trumpets we just passed, Tishri 1, 5769 (Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008) to the Feast of Trumpets, Tishri 1, 5776 (Monday, Sept. 14, 2015). The latter day seems to be the pivotal great and terrible Day of the Lord, great because it will be Coronation Day for Jesus in Heaven, and terrible because it will be the Day of God's Wrath on Earth. All saints, "small and great", will be receiving their rewards at the Judgment Seat of Christ in Heaven while the unbelievers on Earth are receiving their just rewards for their unbelief (Rev. 11:15-19).
Of that day, Joel 2:31 says, "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before THE GREAT AND THE TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD come." The partial SOLAR ECLIPSE of Sept 13, 2015 will be after 6 pm, so it will be on the Feast of Trumpets, which will be Tishri 1, 5776, when I expect the Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Tribulation saints (Rev. 7:14) as the Day of God's Wrath begins (Rev. 6:17).
Our window of opportunity for the Pre-Trib Rapture seems to run between the Feast of Trumpets we just passed, Tishri 1, 5769 (Sept. 30, 2008) and next Pentecost, Sivan 6, 5769 (May 29, 2009).
The Pre-Trib Rapture may take place on the upcoming 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, called the Last Great Day, Tishri 22, 5769 (Oct. 21, 2008). It might be our last great day on Earth until we return with Christ at the Second Advent, probably on Nisan 1, 5776 (April 9, 2016).
II Cor. 5:1 could be a hint that the Rapture would be on Tabernacles. It says, "we know that if our earthly house of this TABERNACLE were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
The Transfiguration was at the time of Tabernacles. It may be a type of the Rapture, when we will see Jesus in all his glory.
Luke 9:27-35 says, "But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. And it came to pass ABOUT AN EIGHT DAYS after these sayings, HE TOOK PETER AND JOHN AND JAMES, AND WENT UP INTO A MOUNTAIN to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were MOSES AND ELIAS: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep (depicting the dead in Christ): and when they were awake (i.e., at the Rapture), they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three TABERNACLES; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as THEY ENTERED INTO THE CLOUD. And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him."
The number 7 means completion, as in the 7th day of Tabernacles, and 8 means new beginning, as in the 8th day. THAT DAY MAY BE OUR LAST GREAT DAY ON EARTH AND THE FIRST DAY OF OUR SEASON OF REST IN A NEW WORLD, HEAVEN.
Wikipedia says, "This final day was the CONSUMMATION, OR GREAT HIGH POINT, of the feast. It was THE EIGHTH DAY THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEASON OF REST. The day itself was to be a complete rest; no work whatever was to be done. The planting, the cultivating, and THE HARVESTING HAD ALL BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. NOW IT WAS TIME TO REST.
"That eighth day was a type of the NEW CREATION THE DAY THAT NEVER ENDS THE DAY 'WHEN ALL OUR LABORS AND TRIALS ARE OVER.' It is the day of the establishment of the eternal kingdom of God in its fullness. All is completed. All is renewed. All is at rest. THE TRUE NEW WORLD HAS BEGUN. IT IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE WORK OF CHRIST FOR US." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Tabernacles,_Christian) (emphasis mine)
Heb 4:8-11 says, "For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief."
John 7:2 says, "Now the Jews' FEAST OF TABERNACLES was at hand." As a type, in verses 8-10, Jesus said, "GO YE UP UNTO THIS FEAST: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee (circle, i.e., representing the sphere, Heaven). But WHEN HIS BRETHREN WERE GONE UP, THEN WENT HE ALSO UP unto the feast, NOT OPENLY, BUT AS IT WERE IN SECRET." That fits. He will come in secret at the Rapture. We will rise up to meet him in the clouds.
THE SHORTENED TRIBULATION, 2300 DAYS (5-29-09 TO 9-14-2015)
The Tribulation is to be shortened to 2300 days (1260 + 1040). Dan. 8:13,14 says, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice (i.e., during the first 1260 days), and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot (i.e., during the last 1040 days)? And he said unto me, Unto TWO THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED DAYS; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."
MY CONCLUSIONS
THE SEVENTIETH WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27, 2520 days (7 x 360 or 1260 + 1260)
Started on the Feast of Trumpets, Sept. 30, 2008
Ends on the Feast of Trumpets, Sept. 14, 2015, the day of both the Pre-Wrath Rapture and God's Wrath
THE SHORTENED TRIBULATION, 2300 days, Dan. 8:13,14 (1260 + 1040)
Starts on May 29, 2009, the anniversary of Pentecost on May 29, 30 AD
Ends on the Day of God's Wrath, the Feast of Trumpets, 9-14-2015
THE 2550 DAYS OF DANIEL (1260 + 1290)
Started on the Feast of Trumpets, Sept. 30, 2008, lasts 3.5 years or 1260 days
Ends on the Day of Atonement, Sept. 23, 2015 (inclusive reckoning), the day the Jubilee Year is announced
THE SECOND ADVENT
1st day of the Sacred/Regnal/Jubilee Year that starts Nisan 1, 5776 (April 9, 2016, the anniversary of Resurrection Day on April 9, 30 AD)
A SIGN: THIS HUGE FLARE FOLLOWS A QUIET PERIOD WITH FEW SUNSPOTS
"Solar Prominence Unfurls"
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
September 29, this magnificent eruptive solar prominence lifted away from the Sun's surface, unfurling into space over the course of several hours. Suspended in twisted magnetic fields, the hot plasma structure is many times the size of planet Earth
TWO TRUMPETS, TWO OPEN DOORS, TWO RAPTURES
By Marilyn Agee, posted 8-26-08, updated 9-12-08, added sky view for Oct. 2, 2008, which could be Tishri 1, 5769
It pays to look up the meaning of words and to think about the symbolism of many scriptures. The rehearsal of Nu. 10:1-4 is a shadow of the two coming Raptures and the "general assembly" in Heaven at the time of the second Rapture.
THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS
In the Old Testament, Nu. 10:1-4 says, "the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee TWO TRUMPETS of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest USE THEM FOR THE CALLING (miqra, REHEARSAL) OF THE ASSEMBLY (the "general assembly" of Heb. 12:23), AND FOR THE JOURNEYING (massa, DEPARTURE) OF THE CAMPS (i.e., at the two Raptures). And when they shall blow with them (both), ALL THE ASSEMBLY SHALL ASSEMBLE THEMSELVES TO THEE AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE (ohel, dwelling place) OF THE CONGREGATION (moed, an appointment, a fixed time; specifically A FESTIVAL; conventionally A YEAR; i.e., the FEAST OF TRUMPETS that begins the civil year). And if they blow but with ONE TRUMPET, then the princes (i.e., the ELDERS), which are heads of the thousands of Israel, SHALL GATHER THEMSELVES (yaad, meet at a stated time, TO ENGAGE FOR MARRIAGE) UNTO THEE."
Mt. 25:10 represents the first Rapture. It says, "while they (the foolish virgins) went to buy, the BRIDEGROOM (Jesus) came; and they that were READY (the wise virgins) went in with him to the MARRIAGE: and the DOOR was shut."
In the New Testament, of the day of the 2nd Rapture, Heb. 12:18, 21-23 says, "ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched...BUT YE ARE COME UNTO MOUNT SION, AND UNTO THE CITY OF THE LIVING GOD, THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM, and to an innumerable company of angels, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY (paneguris, A FESTAL GATHERING) and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect" (teleioo, complete, i.e., immortal).
In our days, the FIRST TRUMPET will sound at the first Rapture (I Thess. 4:16,17), and "THE LAST TRUMP" will sound at the last Rapture (I Cor. 15:51,52). The first Rapture is for the wise virgins, the Bride of Christ. The last Rapture is for the Tribulation saints.
I Thess. 4:16,17 says, "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the TRUMP OF GOD: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be CAUGHT UP together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
I Cor. 15:51-53 says, "Behold, I shew 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 TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."
THE OPEN DOOR
To the Philadelphian Church, for whom the Lord has no words of condemnation, Rev. 3:8 says, "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an OPEN DOOR, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name."
Of the first Rapture, Rev 4:1-4 says, "behold, a DOOR was opened IN HEAVEN: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a TRUMPET talking with me; which said, COME UP HITHER...And immediately I was (ginomai, became) in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set IN HEAVEN, and one sat on the throne. And he (i.e., Jesus, both God and man, the first and the last) that sat was to look upon like a jasper (the FIRST stone in the breastplate) and a sardine stone (the LAST stone in the breastplate): and there was a rainbow round about the throne (the 7-ringed planet Saturn), in sight like unto an emerald (Judah's stone; i.e., Jesus is the Lion of the tribe of Judah). And round about the throne were four and twenty seats (lit., thrones): and upon the seats I saw four and twenty ELDERS sitting, CLOTHED IN WHITE RAIMENT; and they had on their heads crowns of gold." The 24 elders are the 12 patriarchs and the 12 apostles of Israel. They receive their crowns at the first Rapture.
Eze. 46:3 says, "the people of the land shall worship AT THE DOOR of this gate before the LORD IN THE SABBATHS AND IN THE NEW MOONS."
WHAT IS BOTH A SABBATH AND A NEW MOON? THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS
Col. 2:16,17 says, "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an HOLYDAY, or of the NEW MOON, or of the SABBATH days: WHICH ARE A SHADOW OF THINGS TO COME". THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS is all three, a Holyday, a New Moon, and a Sabbath. The Feast of Trumpets that begins the Millennium will be the most eventful day - ever. Now, the day of the Pre-Trib Rapture seems the most important.
THE SEVEN-FOLD SIGNIFICANCE OF TWO COMING FEASTS OF TRUMPETS
1. It is the DAY OF THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE before the Tribulation
2. It is the DAY OF THE SECOND-TRUMP RAPTURE at the end of the Tribulation
3. It is the DAY OF GOD'S WRATH
4. It is the DAY OF THE CORONATION OF CHRIST
5. It is the DAY OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB
6, It is the DAY OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
7. It is the DAY OF THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB
THE WATER OF LIFE
The symbolic Eze. 47:1 says, "he brought me again unto THE DOOR of the house; and, behold, WATERS ISSUED OUT FROM UNDER THE THRESHOLD OF THE HOUSE eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar." This house is a pattern of the heavenly throne of God and of the Lamb.
Rev 22:1-5 says, "he shewed me a pure RIVER OF WATER OF LIFE, CLEAR AS CRYSTAL, PROCEEDING OUT OF THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the TREE OF LIFE, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB SHALL BE IN IT; AND HIS SERVANTS SHALL SERVE HIM: AND THEY SHALL SEE HIS FACE; and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be NO NIGHT THERE; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever."
THE DOOR IS OPENED FOR THE PHILADELPHIAN CHURCH
The Revelation of Jesus Christ is written as if it is 10 days before the Rapture. Rev. 2:10,11 says, "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation TEN DAYS: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches".
In Rev 3:8, Jesus said, "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an OPEN DOOR, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name." It looks like we will go through this open door on the Feast of Trumpets.
THE TIME OF LIFE, TISHRI 1, THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS
The time of life (Tishri 1, the day God rested) began as soon as Adam and Eve were created. Isaac and Jesus were born at THE TIME OF LIFE.
Gen. 18:2,9,10 says, "And he (Abraham) lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent DOOR, and bowed himself toward the ground...(one was the LORD)...And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And he (i.e., the LORD) said, I WILL CERTAINLY RETURN UNTO THEE ACCORDING TO THE TIME OF LIFE; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent DOOR".
2 Kings 4:12, 15-17 says, "he (Elisha) said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her...she stood in THE DOOR. And he said, About this season, according to THE TIME OF LIFE, thou shalt embrace a son...And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to THE TIME OF LIFE" (i.e., Tishri 1).
It seems that the dead in Christ will rise at the TIME OF LIFE, Tishri 1.
THE FIRST TRUMP, TISHRI 1, THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS - PRE-TRIB
Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, A DOOR WAS OPENED in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither.
1Thess. 4:16-18 says, "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the TRUMP OF GOD (the first trump): and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
THE LAST TRUMP, TISHRI 1, THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS - PRE-WRATH
1Cor. 15:51-53 says, "Behold, I shew 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 TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."
THE MOON UNDER HER FEET ON TISHRI 1
Rev. 12:1,2,5 says, "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman (Virgo) clothed with the sun, and THE MOON UNDER HER FEET (this literally takes place on Tishri 1), and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered....And she brought forth a man (neuter gender) child (masculine gender), who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne."
The neuter gender of "man" shows us that this is not just Jesus. It is the whole Body of Christ. It looks like the whole Body will be born on Tishri 1. Jesus was born into this world on Tishri 1, 3757 (Sept. 4, 5 BC). Those of the Pre-Trib Rapture will probably be born into a new world on Tishri 1, 5769 (Tuesday, Sept. 30 or Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008). Those of the Pre-Wrath Rapture will probably be born on Tishri 1, 5776 (Monday, Sept. 14, 2015). The year 5776 is a Leap Year. This is necessary, for there are 7 months (Eze. 39:12,13) between the Day of God's Wrath and the Second Advent on Nisan 1, 5776 (Saturday, Apr. 9, 2015).
Near sunset on Sept. 18, 4044 BC, the day God rested after creating Adam
Virgo's feet are top-right in the first two pictures. See pictures below to help identify Virgo.
After sunset on Sept. 18, 4044, the Crescent Moon moved directly under Virgo's feet. That's picture perfect.
Near sunset on Sept. 4, 5 BC
Near sunset on Sept. 30, 2008
Near sunset on Oct. 1, 2008
Near sunset on Oct. 2, 2008
The Jewish Calendar date for Tishri 1 is Sept. 30, 2008. However, according to the sky, it looks like the true Tishri 1 this year will be Oct. 1 or 2. Let's be ready and watching Sept. 30 through Oct. 2. Michael Rood thinks it will be Oct. 2, because of when the Moon was sighted on Elul 1.
Isa. 57:1-3 (LXX) says, "See how the just man has perished (abad, escaped), and no one lays it to heart: and RIGHTEOUS MEN ARE TAKEN AWAY (acaph, EVACUATED, i.e., raptured), and no one considers: for THE RIGHTEOUS HAS BEEN REMOVED OUT OF THE WAY OF INJUSTICE" (i.e., the Tribulation). Luke 21:36 says, "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to ESCAPE all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."
Dan 12:10 says, "Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand."
Perry Stone has likened the Rapture to Tishri 1, the Feast of Trumpets, when the dove Noah sent out did not return. He may be right.
Mt. 24:3 says, "as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Mt 3:16 says, "Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him".
The Holy Spirit will be taken out of the way at the Rapture. 2 Thess 2:7,8 says, "he (the Holy Spirit, who is symbolized by a dove) who now letteth will let (Old English for hindereth will hinder), until he be taken out of the way (at the Rapture). And then shall that Wicked be revealed".
Perry thinks that when the waters were dried up from off the earth, it represented the Rapture on the Feast of Trumpets.
Gen 8:12,13 says, "yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove (symbol of the Holy Spirit); which returned not again unto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the FIRST MONTH, the FIRST DAY of the month (Tishri 1, now the Feast of Trumpets), the waters (another symbol of the Holy Spirit) were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry."
John 2:1 says, "the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee". That's when Jesus made water wine.
In Mt 26:29, Jesus said, "But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." That could suggest the Rapture will be during grape harvest. The vintage is Tishri 1. That works out perfectly.
Isa. 57:1-3 (LXX) says, "See how the just man has perished (abad, escaped), and no one lays it to heart: and RIGHTEOUS MEN ARE TAKEN AWAY (ACAPH, EVACUATED, i.e., in the Pre-Trib Rapture), and no one considers: for THE RIGHTEOUS HAS BEEN REMOVED OUT OF THE WAY OF INJUSTICE" (i.e., during the Tribulation).
The year starting on Tishri 1, 5776 (Sept. 14, 2015) has to be a leap year, because there are 7 months between the Day of God's Wrath and the Second Advent (Eze. 39:12,13). The year 5776 is a Jewish Leap Year.
The partial SOLAR ECLIPSE of Sept 13, 2015 will be after 6 pm, so it will be ON THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS, WHICH WILL BE TISHRI 1, 5776, WHEN I EXPECT THE SECOND RAPTURE AS THE DAY OF GOD'S WRATH BEGINS (Rev. 6:17).
ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
By Marilyn Agee, posted 7-23-08
THE LAST YEAR OF THE 70TH WEEK OF DANIEL IS A SABBATIC YEAR, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR IS A LEAP YEAR
The light dawned after I finally realized that 27 AD, the Sabbatic Hebrew 3787, was the end of the 483 years of Dan. 9. Jesus stood up in the synagogue in Nazareth and read Isa. 61:1,2.
In Luke 4:18-21, Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears."
EACH OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL END IN A SABBATIC YEAR
Since the 69 weeks ENDED in a Sabbatic Year, each of the 70 weeks of Daniel END in a Sabbatic Year. Then the 490th year, i.e., the end of the shortened Tribulation, will be a Sabbatic Year. I think the end of the 490th year will be the next Sabbatic Year following the present one (5768). 5768 + 7 = 5775 (2014, 2015). By the last day of 5775 all the things mentioned in Dan. 9:25,26 should be fulfilled.
Dan 9:25,26 says, "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks (69 weeks, 483 years total): the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And AFTER threescore and two weeks (i.e., after 27 AD) shall Messiah be cut off" (karath, killed). The 483 years ended in the Hebrew Sabbatic Year 3787 (27 AD). AFTER that, in 30 AD, Jesus was killed.
It seems to me that the 490th year, the Hebrew 5775, a Sabbatical Year, will end as Tishri 1, 5776 (Sept. 14, 2015) begins. If so, the following things will be finished. Dan. 9:24 says, "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy" (Jesus, the YHWH of hosts, the Redeemer; Isa. 44:6).
Rom. 12:19 says, "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."
The day following the end of the 490th year is the DAY OF THE PRE-WRATH RAPTURE, THE DAY OF THE LORD, THE DAY OF THE CORONATION OF CHRIST, THE DAY OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB, THE DAY OF THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, AND THE DAY OF GOD'S WRATH.
At 6:55 PM on our Sept. 13, 2015, a partial Solar Eclipse will take place. Because it is after 6 PM, the Jewish Feast of Trumpets (Tishri 1, 5776) will have already begun. God's timing is perfect. It is the time of Christ's breaking the sixth seal.
Rev 6:12-17 says, "I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was A GREAT EARTHQUAKE; AND THE SUN BECAME BLACK AS SACKCLOTH OF HAIR, and the moon became as blood; And the stars (i.e., meteorites) of heaven fell unto the earth (probably causing smoke), even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven (i.e., the atmospheric heavens) departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and EVERY MOUNTAIN AND ISLAND WERE MOVED OUT OF THEIR PLACES. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that SITTETH ON THE THRONE (i.e., they see the Sign of the Son of Man), and from the wrath of the Lamb: For THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH IS COME; and who shall be able to stand?"
Joel had a lot to say about that day. Joel 1:15 says, "Alas for the day! for THE DAY OF THE LORD, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come."
Joel 2:1,2 says, "Blow ye the TRUMPET in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for THE DAY OF THE LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of DARKNESS and of gloominess, a day of CLOUDS and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong (Gog's army, Eze. 38); THERE HATH NOT BEEN EVER THE LIKE, NEITHER SHALL BE ANY MORE AFTER IT".
Joel 2:15-18 says, "Blow the TRUMPET in Zion (it is the Feast of Trumpets), sanctify a fast (the upcoming Day of Atonement), CALL A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY (as in Heb. 12:23) Gather the people (i.e., it is the Pre-Wrath Rapture of the Tribulation saints), sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders (caught up previously in the Pre-Trib Rapture), gather the children (in the Pre-Wrath Rapture), and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom (Christ) go forth of his chamber, and the bride (the Bride of Christ) out of her closet (chuppah, bridal chamber, i.e., this is the day of the Marriage of the Lamb). Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people."
Joel 2:31 says, "The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, BEFORE THE GREAT AND THE TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD COME." We had a total solar eclipse Aug. 1, 2008. We also had a partial lunar eclipse Aug. 16.
The Feast of Trumpets, Tishri 1, 5776 (Sept 14, 2015) will be a day like no other -- ever. It will be Christ's Coronation Day in Heaven and the Day of God's Wrath on Earth. It will be the day of the General Assembly of all saints in Heaven (Heb. 12:23), the Pre-Wrath Rapture (Rev. 7:9,14), the Judgment Seat of Christ (2 Cor 5:10), and the Marriage of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7). On that day, Mark 13:27 tells us that "then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the EARTH (the Pre-Wrath Rapture) to the uttermost part of HEAVEN" (gathering the Pre-Trib saints that are already in Heaven to the General Assembly).
In Mt 24:28-31, Jesus said, "For wheresoever the carcase (lit., body, i.e., the Body of Christ) is (most of it is in Heaven, having been caught up there in the Pre-Trib Rapture), there will the eagles (the high-flying Tribulation saints) be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars (i.e., meteorites) shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And THEN SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in THE CLOUDS of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a TRUMPET, and they shall gather together his elect (i.e., the Pre-Trib-Rapture saints) from the four winds, from one end of HEAVEN to the other." The 144,000 Israelites will be added to the Bride of Christ (Rev. 14:3-5).
Mark 13:24-27 says, "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the EARTH (i.e., the Pre-Wrath Rapture saints) to the uttermost part of HEAVEN" (those caught up previously in the Pre-Trib Rapture).
The shortened Tribulation (Mt. 24:22,23) should begin 2300 days (Dan. 8:13,14) before that Feast of Trumpets, on Pentecost, Sivan 6, 5769 (May 29, 2009). Since 2300 days is a block of time, not running time, the 2300 days are counted by Jewish inclusive reckoning.
That would also mean that the Pre-Trib Rapture would take place between now and the beginning of the Tribulation on May 29, 2009. I'm hoping for Tishri 1, 5769 (Sept. 30, or Oct. 1, 2008).
Re: the two Raptures, Song 6:13 says, "Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of TWO ARMIES."
Song 7:8-12 says, "I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters (2) of the vine".And the roof of thy mouth like the BEST WINE (as Jesus made at the Marriage at Cana) for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, CAUSING THE LIPS OF THOSE THAT ARE ASLEEP TO SPEAK. I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the TENDER GRAPE appear, and the POMEGRANATES BUD FORTH: there will I give thee my loves."
Nu. 13:23 says, "And they (the spies) came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with ONE CLUSTER OF GRAPES, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the POMEGRANATES, and of the FIGS.
Grapes, pomegranates, and figs are now available. The time of the firstripe grapes is Sivan 30 (July 3, 2008). The main grape harvest starts on Av 15 (Tu B' Av), the day the girls put on white dresses and dance in the vineyards and the boys pick their mates. That time is also Dry Wood Day, the last time for that year that they can bring wood for the altar to the Temple.
When the Israelites came out of Egypt, the older generation was at least 20 years old. Forty years later, Joshua and Caleb entered the Promised Land. It is interesting that 1948 + 20 + 40 = 2008.
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"Phenomenal" prophecy information!
Jim Bramlett, Apr 26 2008
...a video of a profound TV program by J.R. Church and Gary Stearman of Prophecy in the News, whose scholarship I have always greatly respected. A guest on the program is Pastor Mark Biltz, whose teaching emphasis is Jewish roots and who has also extensively studied the dates of solar and lunar eclipses from NASA and other astronomical resources, and how they line up precisely with Jewish feast days in the year 2015.
Concerning what has been discovered, the normally calm and studious J.R. Church exclaimed, "This is phenomenal!" I agree. I have just watched the program two times and do not think I have ever been more encouraged or excited about the soon return of the Lord! I urge you to watch this 30-minute program as soon as possible at http://66.155.114.80/video/Dsl/5904-D.wmv
I will give you a sample...
A "tetrad" is a rare series of four blood red moons. This will not only happen in 2014-2015, but it is a historical rarity that they will all be on significant Jewish feast days.
Get this: Pastor Biltz has discovered that the last time it happened was in 1967, the year of the miraculous Six-Day War when the Temple Mount was captured, and the one before that was just after Israel became a nation in 1948, all truly historical and prophetic years. This is extremely significant. Those two years, 1967 and 1948, are two of the most significant years in all of history.
In 2014-2015 there will be 4 lunar eclipses and 2 solar eclipses, all on Jewish holidays, including ROSH HASHANAH IN 2015! This will not happen again in this century.
They discussed that 2008 is also a sabbatical year, and that 2015 minus 7 years is 2008, and the possibility that the 7-year Tribulation will begin in the fall of 2008! In connection with this, they noted the ominous signs of imminent war in the Middle East, possibly nuclear. If that is true, this means the rapture could literally be at the door! Be ready. Do not be caught asleep, or your lamps without oil. Be filled with the Spirit, and as Jesus exhorted, "Watch!"
My comments, updated 5-10
"Rosh Hashanah in 2015" sure got my attention. That will be Tishri 1, 5776 (Monday, September 14, 2015) the Feast of Trumpets. That's when I expect the Pre-Wrath Rapture, the Day of God's Wrath, and the great and terrible Day of the LORD. In the Prophecy in the News Video, J.R. Church said that 2015 was a Sabbatical Year, like 2008. That's true, both 5768 (2007/2008) and 5775 (2014/2015) are Sabbatical Years, because 5768 and 5775 divide equally by 7. Maybe the Rapture will be in 2008.
Nisan 14 is actually Passover, and Nisan 15 is the Feast of Unleavened Bread according to Lev. 23:4,5, but Nisan 15 is listed as Passover on today's Hebrew Calendar, probably to blur the connection with Jesus, who died as our Passover. Sometimes Passover is used to mean the season of the spring feasts: Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits. That seems to be how J.R. Church is using it. Below, I put the exact Biblical feast. Nisan 1 is the first day of the Sacred and Regnal calendars. Tishri 1 is the first day of the Civil Calendar.
SIGNIFICANT
The four LUNAR Eclipses in 2014/2015 run Nisan, Tishri, Nisan, Tishri.
The four SOLAR Eclipses in 2014/2015 ALMOST run Nisan, Tishri, Nisan, Tishri. Two of them fall on the last day of the previous month. All four are on the 29th. They run Nisan 29, Tishri 29, Adar 29 and Elul 29.
It seems that the Lord is trying to tell us something important, and just think, he planned this before the world began. That suggests that the Sun and Moon were already in place in the sky in Gen. 1:1.
When he said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for SIGNS, and for seasons, and for days, and years" in verse 14, I think he thinned the obscuring clouds.
The tale these eclipses tell fit Scripture better one day sooner. I'm totally amazed.
THE FOUR TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSES, ALL BLOOD MOONS
2014 Apr 15 Total (Nisan 16, 5774) FEAST OF FIRSTFRUITS
2014 Oct 8 Total (Tishri 15, 5775) FEAST OF TABERNACLES
2015 Apr 4 Total (Nisan 15, 5775) FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
2015 Sep 28 Total (Tishri 15, 5776) FEAST OF TABERNACLES
THE FOUR SOLAR ECLIPSES, ALL ON THE 29TH
Apr 29, 2014 Total: (Nisan 29, 5774)
Oct 23, 2014 Partial: (Tishri 29, 5775)
Mar 20, 2015 Total: (Adar 29, 5775), EVE OF NISAN 1, FIRST DAY OF SACRED YR
Sept 13, 2015, Partial: (AFTER 6 PM, SO IT WILL ACTUALLY BE ON FEAST OF TRUMPETS, WHICH WILL BE TISHRI 1, 5776, WHEN I EXPECT THE DAY OF GOD'S WRATH.
HOW THESE ECLIPSES FIT SCRIPTURE
Joel 2:31 says, "The SUN shall be turned into darkness (Sept 13, 2015, our time, Sept 14 already to the Jews), and the MOON into blood (Apr 4, 2015), BEFORE the great and terrible day of the LORD come." I think it will come Tishri 1, 5776, Sept 14, 2015.
Acts 2:20 says, "The SUN shall be turned into darkness (Sept 13, 2015), and the MOON into blood (Apr 4, 2015), BEFORE that great and notable DAY OF THE LORD come" (i.e., on Tishri 1, 5776, Sept 14, 2015).
Eze 32:7 says, "when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light."
On the great and terrible Day of the Lord, the asteroids of Rev. 8:8-11 will impact Earth. The mountain burning with fire will strike the Mediterranean Sea. The "aster" will obliterate Babylon. The smoke from the impacts will blank out the Sun and the new Crescent Moon of Tishri 1.
Mark 13:24 says, "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light". Mt 24:29 says, "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken".
The beginning of the Tribulation looks like it will be on Pentecost, Sivan 6, 5769 (Friday, May 29, 2009). That is 2300 days (Dan. 8:13,14) before Tishri 1, 5776. It looks like the shortened Tribulation will end on the Feast of Trumpets, Tishri 1, 5776 (Sept 14, 2015), the Day of God's Wrath that will hit Earth on the Day of the Lord, the first day of the Millennium.
Rev 6:12 tells us about that Day of God's Wrath. It says, "I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood" (i.e., from the smoke of the asteroid impacts). The last verse of that chapter says, "For the great DAY OF HIS WRATH is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
Probably no one, for that will be the day of the worldwide earthquake when every wall will fall. Eze. 38:18-20 says, "And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that MY FURY shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of MY WRATH have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence (lit., face, they will see the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky), and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground."
POSSIBLE DATES OF END-TIME EVENTS
PRE-TRIB RAPTURE, FIRST "TRUMP OF GOD"
Before the Tribulation starts, maybe Tishri 1, 5769 (Sept. 30 or Oct 1, 2008). Michael Rood thinks it will be Oct 2, because of when the new crescent Moon was sighted on Elul 1. Let's be ready from now until it takes place.
Romans 10:9,10 says, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
Sacrifice of the red heifer when she is four years old (she is past 3.5 now)
Priests, purified with the ashes of the red heifer, should start building the Temple soon after the Rapture.
THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIBULATION, 1ST SEAL
PENTECOST, Sivan 6, 5769 (Friday, May 29, 2009)
Beginning of the 2300 days of Dan. 8:12-14 (Jewish inclusive reckoning).
The first beast of Rev. 13 will reign. The Peace Treaty will be in effect.
MID TRIB, 4TH SEAL
The 1260th day, Heshvan 23, 5773 (Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, by Inclusive reckoning). The False Prophet will begin his reign.
PRE-WRATH RAPTURE, "LAST TRUMP" OF GOD
END OF SHORTENED TRIBULATION, 7TH SEAL
2300th day of the Tribulation
It should be the FEAST OF TRUMPETS, Tishri 1, 5776 (Sunday night or Monday, September 14, 2015), the DAY OF THE PRE-WRATH RAPTURE, the DAY OF THE LORD, and the DAY OF GOD'S WRATH
The 7 Trumpet judgments will be sounded by angels, not God
THE SEVEN-MONTH GAP (Eze. 38:18-20; 39:12,13)
THE SECOND ADVENT OF JESUS, LORD OF THE SABBATH, PROBABLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE REGNAL AND SACRED YEAR
7 months after the Day of God's Wrath in a Hebrew Leap Year,
Nisan 1, 5776 (the Saturday Sabbath, April 9, 2016)
WOW! WHAT A SIGN, A GAMMA RAY BURST 2.5 MILLION TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE BRIGHTEST SUPERNOVA, TOOK PLACE 3-19-08 IN BOOTES, WHICH MEANS "HE COMES"
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
A SIGN
"COMET CONUNDRUM"
The Monster of the Night Skies
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,519187,00.html
The comet 17P/Holmes has astronomers around the world scratching their heads in confusion. The heavenly body just keeps getting bigger (in spite of traveling away from us) -- and is now twice the diameter of our sun.
A sign in the Moon, "Dark Lunar Eclipse" 8-28-07
(Watch for another lunar eclipse 2-21-08)
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
"this telescopic image taken near mid totality from Yass, NSW Australia"
A sign in the Sun, "EL", meaning God in Hebrew,
and the open door 7-4-07
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-eit_304.html
GOD'S ELEGANT SIGN FOR CHRISTCHURCH (NZ)
BRIGHTEST COMET IN 40 YEARS (Six-Day War of 1967 to 2007), flanked by the double-anchor Sign of Hope in the constellation Vela, the sails of the ship Argo, and the similar sign in the Sun. Are you ready to sail? If not, use I John 1:9 to secure your reservation. It says,"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"
"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars (lit., constellations); and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring (huge sign: Indian Ocean tsunami, 12/26/2004)... And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:25,28).
LEFT: ASTONISHING SIGN: First comet piece of 21 in the "String of Pearls" hit Jupiter July 16, 1994, getting the attention of the whole world, but specially of the Jews, because Av 9, 5754 (date both Solomon's and Herod's Temples were set on fire), started at 6 PM
RIGHT: MAN ON A CROSS AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
RAINBOW ON A CHURCH CEILING (Pro and Con 1213)
THE UN WILL RESTORE BABYLON (Pro and Con 1288)
NOAH'S ARK FOUND ON MT. ARARAT IN IRAN (Pro and Con 1292)
BEAUTIFUL SIGN ON PENTECOST
Sky over north Idaho at noon, SIVAN 7, Saturday, June 3, 2006
ANOTHER CROSS IN THE SKY, THE RED SQUARE NEBULA
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070412_symmetrical_nebula.html
The most symmetrical object of comparable complexity ever imaged.
TWO TSUNAMIS, SIGNS OF THE TIMES
We have had two huge earthquakes and resulting tsunamis. The indian Ocean tsunami was Dec. 26, 2004. The one in the Solomon Islands hit April 2, 2007, raising an island up 10 feet and exposing the coral.
ISRAEL HAS A RED HEIFER (Pro and Con 1331)
ANOTHER SIGN, A MASSIVE SUPERNOVA announced by NASA 5-7-07
Five times brighter than any seen before, it stayed bright for an astonishing 70 days. (Pro and Con 1335)
PROOF THAT THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THE FIRST RAPTURE AND THE TRIBULATION
By Marilyn Agee, posted 7-1-07
The setting of Rev. 17 is between the Rapture and the Tribulation
Rev. 17:14 reveals the setting of the entire chapter. It is when the Pre-Trib Rapture has just taken place. At that time, the two beasts of Rev. 13 have not yet come to their full power. The 10 kings that will take office as the 1st beast takes on his final global office have not yet been been crowned. Let's read it in context.
Rev. 17:9-14 says, "And HERE IS THE MIND WHICH HATH WISDOM. The seven heads are seven mountains (i.e., kingdoms), on which the woman (Mystery Religion of Babylon) sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen (Babel, Babylon II, Media-Persia, Greece and Imperial Rome), and ONE IS (Ecclesiastical Rome), and the other (Babylon III) is not yet come; and when he (the False Prophet, ruler of Babylon III) cometh, he must continue a short space (the shortened Great Tribulation). And the beast (Satan) that was (in Judas Iscariot, the 1st son of perdition), and is not (in man at the time of the Pre-Trib Rapture), even he (Satan) is the eighth, and is of the seven (controls them), and goeth into perdition (i.e., indwells the False Prophet, the 2nd son of perdition).
"And the ten horns which thou sawest are TEN KINGS, WHICH HAVE RECEIVED NO KINGDOM AS YET (at the time of the Pre-Trib Rapture); but receive power as kings one hour with the beast (the 1st beast of Rev. 13 that comes to power at the beginning of the Tribulation). These (10 kings) have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast (the 1st beast of Rev. 13). These (10 kings) shall (in the future) make war with the Lamb (at Armageddon), and the Lamb shall overcome them: for HE IS LORD OF LORDS, AND KING OF KINGS: AND THEY THAT ARE (at the present time, the time of the Pre-Trib Rapture) WITH HIM (i.e., the raptured saints already caught up to Christ in Heaven) ARE CALLED, AND CHOSEN, AND FAITHFUL."
TODAY'S BIG QUESTION, IS THERE A GAP BETWEEN THE FIRST RAPTURE AND THE TRIBULATION?
By Marilyn Agee, posted 6-25-07
To me, it not only seems possible, it seems probable. Why? to wake up the secular Israelis. God used the Jews to reach the world. Why wouldn't he use the world to reach the Jews?
Many Israelites today are not religious, because they can't see God working in the world today. They move to Israel, claim the land that God has given them, build their own houses, yet seem unconcerned about building the Temple of God. In Ex. 25:8, God said of the Tabernacle, "let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." The significance of the Temple is the same, but do these people care? Has the Temple Mount Faithful even been able to lay the cornerstone? Do they even know where it should be laid? Does the new Sanhedrin have any real power as a ruling body? Has the possession of the red heifer even caused a public outcry to build the Temple? Not that I have heard. Israel is in need of a motivater like Cyrus to say "to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid" (Isa. 44:28).
What kind of catalyst would it take to get the secular Israelis to want the temple rebuilt right away? How about concrete evidence that God is working in the world today--the disappearance of Christians in the Pre-Trib Rapture? I can't think of anything better to wake them up, and I can't imagine them being ready to build the Temple next year unless something spectacular happens to reveal God's hand.
I can't imagine there being many foolish virgins left after Temple construction begins. That should signal that the end of the age is approaching, and wake them up. Yet, when Christ, the Bridegroom, comes for his Bride, half of the virgins are left behind (Mt. 25:1f).
There are two temples of God, one spiritual, the other literal. II Cor. 6:16 says, "YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." Eph. 2:19-22 says, "Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; IN WHOM ALL THE BUILDING FITLY FRAMED TOGETHER GROWETH UNTO AN HOLY TEMPLE IN THE LORD: IN WHOM YE ALSO ARE BUILDED TOGETHER FOR AN HABITATION OF GOD THROUGH THE SPIRIT."
WHO HINDERS, AND WHEN WILL HE BE TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY?
As I see it now, only when the spiritual temple of the Holy Spirit is in the heavenly New Jerusalem, will construction start on the literal temple in Jerusalem. The presence of the spiritual temple on Earth may be hindering the building of the literal temple as well as hindering the revealing of the False Prophet.
II Thess. 2:1-8 in the Geneva Bible of 1587, just 70 years after Martin Luther started the Protestant Revolution, says, "Nowe we beseech you, brethren (i.e., believers), by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, and BY OUR ASSEMBLING VNTO HIM (i.e., at the Pre-Trib Rapture), That ye be not suddenly mooued from your minde, nor troubled neither by spirit, nor by worde, nor by letter, as it were from vs, as though the day of Christ (older manuscripts found later on say 'day of the Lord', i.e., the Day of God's Wrath) were at hand. Let no man deceiue you by any meanes: for that day (Day of God's Wrath) shall not come, except there come A DEPARTING FIRST (i.e., the first Rapture, not the 2nd, which comes right after the Day of God's Wrath has begun, Rev. 5:17; 7:14), and that that man of sinne (the False Prophet) be disclosed, euen the sonne of perdition, Which is an aduersarie, and exalteth him selfe against all that is called God, or that is worshipped: so that he doeth sit as God IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, shewing him selfe that he is God (Mid-Trib). Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I tolde you these things? And nowe ye knowe what WITHHOLDETH (the oil of the Holy Spirit in the wise virgins) that he (the False Prophet) might be reueiled in his time (during the Tribulation). For the mysterie of iniquitie doeth already worke: onely HE (the Holy Spirit in the wise virgins) WHICH NOWE WITHHOLDETH, SHALL LET (i.e., Old English for hinder) TILL HE BE TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY (i.e., at the Pre-Trib Rapture). And then shall that wicked man be reueiled".
Like salt hinders the growth of leaven in bread making, we are hindering the appearance of the Beast and False Prophet, because of the Holy Spirit in us. When the Rapture takes place, the hindering influence of the Holy Spirit will be removed. Then the Temple can be built, and the False Prophet revealed.
The temple is in Jerusalem at the beginning of the Tribulation. Rev 11:1-3 (KJV) says, "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."
It will take at least a year to build the Temple in Jerusalem. Herod prepared the materials for the former Temple, then the priests built it. Josephus Ant. XVI. XI. 6 says that "the temple itself was built by the priests in a year and six months".
Rev 3:10-13 says, "Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I MAKE A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is NEW JERUSALEM, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
At the Pre-Trib Rapture, the overcomers, the "temple of the living God", will be pillars in the "temple of my God" in the heavenly New Jerusalem. When that is accomplished, the literal Temple can be built on Earth.
If the Tribulation starts on Pentecost, Sivan 6, 5769 (May 29, 2009), the Pre-Trib Rapture could take place on Pentecost, Sivan 6, 5768 (June 9, 2008). The first trumpet of God sounded on Pentecost at Mt. Sinai, so the type is good. However, I think Nisan 21, the 7th day of Unleavened Bread (April 26, 2008) has the best chance of being the day of the Pre-Trib Rapture. It is the day the Israelites circled Jericho 7 times on the 7th day while 7 priests blew 7 trumpets. The Lord gave them a city, Jericho. He will give us a city, New Jerusalem.
Martin Luther tacked his 95 theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany, in 5278 (1517).
GOD'S PARALLELS SEEM TO BUILD ON THAT
5278 (1517) + 400 years = 5678 (1917/1918) - Jerusalem freed
5278 (1517) + 430 years = 5708 (1947/1948) - Israel declared their Independence
5278 (1517) + 450 years = 5728 (1967/1968) - Six-Day-War, Sign of the End of the Age
5278 (1517) + 490 years = 5768 (2007/2008) - Pre-Trib Rapture 40 years after Sign of the End of the Age?
Just as the Israelites went into their Promised Land after being tried in the desert 40 years, it looks like we will go into our Promised Land (Heaven) after being tried 40 years.
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