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Signs In The Heavens--What Does It Mean? The Timing of the Christian 'Rapture'?
Following is an interesting email from a reader that I am passing on to you; I will let you make your own conclusions:
Open Letter, - Alan Clark - escondidolife@sbcglobal.net If you have a hard time comprehending this email save it. Try it again later. It covers something truly incredible. It should affect your daily living.
If December 25th 2011 rolls around and nothing happens. Then email me telling me it was nothing. However, it could be of extreme importance to YOU! A time for you to get right with God or to reach out to loved ones who are not saved!
In the past months there has been a new and exciting discovery. It has to do with facts from the calendar lining up with historical days. As I watched and saw a man disclose an amazing new insight, something else hit me with equal intensity. If this had been discovered five years ago there would be a thousand books about it in print today. The year 2015 and more so 2008 would have been discussed in never ending anticipation on every type of media. What came to mind was this verse. Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter... As I heard the Pastor being interviewed about this new thing he discovered it was clearly to be seen that he did something that thousands of Bible students could have found at any time in the last two hundred years. This wasn't just a new Bible interpretation but a simple idea he looked into. God put this search on his mind at the appointed time. Many brilliant men have spent their lives searching the Bible for this kind of thing. Yet this was left buried until the year it may come to pass. If 2008 as it is linked to 2015 is truly a significant year in God's unfolding plan for the End Times or Last Days then God withheld it up to the last minute for His purposes. This is about eclipses on the Jewish feast days or holidays as God set them up in the Bible. More so something I found even more amassing to do with 49 years (Jubilee), June 7, 1967 (The day Jerusalem first came under Jewish control in the Six Day War), Daniel 9:25 and Isaac Newton. Most of this has to do with easily obtainable facts and statistics that no one put together before now and something else I have no idea who came up with I heard on a DVD. Blood Red Moon
(Total lunar eclipse over Jerusalem!) This occurs at the ending of the 7-Year Tribulation!
It started for me with an April 30, 2008 World Net Daily story on Blood Moons http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=63076 which linked to an interview on a show called Prophecy in the News. As I listened to the interview with Mark Blitz http://prophecyinthenews.com/ on the Internet I took up their offer to buy a DVD. It was recorded of Mark teaching at his church three days after his discovery about eclipses on the Jewish holidays in 2015. At three days he had not yet seen how amazing and compelling these eclipses would later prove to be. Sets of lunar eclipses falling on Jewish holidays spanning 600 years from 1493 to past 2100 happened only three times. They are: in 1948 (The year of the birth of Israel as a nation again), in 1967 (When Jerusalem was captured), and they will be in 2015. (SEE THE CHARTS BELOW:)
Heavenly signs: Sabbatical Year 2014-2015 (September 25, 2014 - September 13, 2015) Four Lunar Eclipses: NASA table of Lunar eclipses (2011-2020) | Jewish Holidays (1998-2017)
The blood-red moon signifies trouble for Israel:
Four total blood-red moons back-to-back are rare, the only time it happens on four Biblical holidays is in 2014/2015. The only times last century these occurred together was in 1967/1968 when Jerusalem was recaptured. Hebcal used to determine older Jewish holidays.
Four total lunar eclipses also happened before these listed above just after Israel became a nation in 1949/1950 as well. Hebcal used to determine older Jewish holidays.
The next previous time this happened again was in 1493/1494 just after the Jews were kicked out of Spain on the 9th of Av, 1492.
Solar Eclipses: NASA table of Solar eclipses (2011-2020) | Jewish Holidays (1998-2017)
The solar eclipse signals judgment for the nations:
When Mark Blitz first went looking for eclipses on NASA's website, which lists them, it seems he ONLY went to see if there were any in 2015. The reason blew my mind. It was something as amazing as the eclipses. You can hear the audio of this DVD on his church's web site from 3-1-08, http://www.elshaddaiministries.us/audio/torah5768/20080301t22.html I've been doing some hunting around to see if any other Messianic believers have taken note of the 4 upcoming eclipses that Pastor Mark has outlined for us. A gentleman, Greg Killian, who knows a lot about astronomy and the Bible with a vast web site with all kinds of very detailed Biblical studies has recently posted something very interesting on the eclipses and the possible Jubilee year, 2015. The article I am quoting from can be found here. Regarding the Jubilee (Yovel) year, Greg Killian says: "One of the most interesting Yovel calculations comes from those who combine the opinion of the Rabbanan and Hakham Yehoshua. This novel idea[9] suggests that we count fifty years for the Yovel up until the destruction of the Temple. After the destruction of the Temple we revert to counting forty-nine years with the first year of the next cycle being the Yovel year. By combining Rabannan’s count and R. Yehuda’s count:
"This
novel calculation shows the following Jubilees and their significance: Yovel
Year 46 - 5678 (1917)
June 7th 1967 Jerusalem was restored to Israel and began to be built up in troublous times! 49 prophetic years x 360 days = 17,640 days. So, let’s count from June 7th 1967 forward, to the day, 17,640 days and see where it takes us! It puts you on Sep 23rd 2015, which is YOM KIPPUR!!!
Why 2015? Is it because of Isaac Newton? Newton wrote over a million words of commentary on the books of Daniel and Revelation. They were released in reprint only in the past few years. He thought God had given us a way to see His "End Time" timetable. Newton thought the Second Coming of Jesus would be the start of a Jubilee year. The keeping of when these fifty year cycles called Jubilee years is to take place has been lost in time. They start after a count of 49 years on a Jewish Holiday, the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur. That 50th year called a Jubilee Year would be a time of returning land to the original owners and freeing of slaves.
Leviticus 25:8-10 8 The Year of Jubilee And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years. 9 Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land. 10 And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. NKJV
Hears where it gets exciting, Mark Blitz wanted to see if there were any eclipses in 2015 because he had heard about some other person’s calculations. Here is a link I found when I Google searched June 7, 1967 and Daniel 9:25 it seems to follow along with what Marl Blitz was saying. I know nothing else about this site but I will put some quotes from it below. First Daniel 9:24,25,& 26 then "Newton's Riddle":
Dan 9:24-26 24 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. 25 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: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. KJV
"Newton's Riddle" - Jim Bramlett - Feb 27, 2008
Newton was a devout believer in Christ and Bible scholar, fluent in ancient languages, and who translated directly from the Hebrew and Greek. He was unusually drawn to the prophet Daniel, which he began studying at age 12 and continued until he died at age 85. In fact, The Columbia History of the World, a secular history book, remarks, "At the end of his days he spent more time studying and writing about the prophecies in the Book of Daniel than he did in charting the heavens." Apparently, God Himself put in Newton's heart this burning desire to study Daniel, then gave him the key to the timing of Christ's return. Could this be the final profound secret the Lord revealed to this godly genius near the end of his life -- a secret "accidentally" discovered in the Library of Congress and republished just in the last few years -- a secret so simple that most have missed it? If Newton was correct in his interpretation of Daniel, the prophet to whom God gave specific timing, then the return of the Lord Jesus Christ will be very, very soon, indeed! Newton's understanding of one key passage in Daniel chapter 9 is fundamentally different from that of most common interpretations. In about 550 B.C., God gave the prophet Daniel a view of history to the end. From Daniel 9:25, scholars usually add the "seven weeks (of years, or 49 years) and 62 weeks (434 years)" to get 483 years and calculate the time of Messiah's First Coming. However, Newton says there is no linguistic basis for adding those two numbers (49 and 434), and to do so is "doing violence to the language of Daniel." Newton says the two numbers separately speak of both the First and Second Coming, both being counted from the "going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem." Some commentators agree. Newton says the "62 weeks," or 434-year part was fulfilled at the First Coming, and the "seven weeks," or 49-year part will apply to the Second Coming. And three centuries ago he saw in the Scriptures and wrote about the rebirth of Israel at a time when such a thought was preposterous. Amazingly by faith and understanding of the Scriptures, he foresaw a "friendly kingdom" someday again issuing the "commandment to restore and build Jerusalem." Now, centuries later, that "friendly kingdom" may have been the United Nations, which decreed Israel's rebirth in November, 1947, causing Israel to be reborn in May, 1948.
The Lord revealed to Newton, that Jesus would return 49 years from the date that Israel once again has control of Jerusalem (This occurred on June 7, 1967 when the Temple Mount was recaptured). Newton was also shown that the Second Coming of Jesus would be at the start of a Jubilee year on the Day of Atonement!
...if you use exactly 49 Jewish (360-day, prophetic) years from the day Israel captured the Temple Mount on June 7, 1967, you get 49 X 360 = 17640 days, which amazingly takes one exactly to September 23, 2015, The Day of Atonement 2015 and is the start of a new Jubilee year!
In the Old Testament, the prophet
Joel states, "The sun shall
be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and
the
terrible day of the LORD come." (Joel 2:31)
(End of Article) Now back to this email. Remember Newton thought the second coming would start a Jubilee year, which starts on a Day of Atonement. Adding a 49 biblical 360-day years to one of the most significant dates in Bible prophecy and coming up to a Day of Atonement are 17,640 to 1 odds (360 days x 49 years)! Yet there it is 49 Jewish (360-day, prophetic) years from the day Israel captured the Temple Mount on June 7, 1967, you get 49 X 360 = 17640 days, which amazingly takes one exactly to September 23, 2015, the Day of Atonement 2015! Now you know why Mark Blitz looked to see if there were any eclipses in 2015 and as he said it blew his mind. By going to the NASA's website, you can look into the eclipses on your own. The reason to subtract seven years from 2015 is to account for the time named the Tribulation, the events in the book of Revelation. Most of us think the Rapture, the taking away of Believers happens just before the Tribulation starts. Another Newton site: http://www.csg.net/eschatology/Newton.htm
The Final Jubilee Starts in 2015!The final Jubilee will begin on the Day of Atonement in 2015. (September 23, 2015 - Yom Kippur). There will have been 40 complete Jubilee cycles following Christ’s death. Isn’t that interesting? There are so many 40’s in the Bible and 40 is a significant number to God. The 40 Jubilees after Christ’s death bring us to the end of probationary time. After 2015 there will be no more opportunities for people to repent and receive eternal life.“Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people” is a dual prophecy. Daniel 9:24. It has two fulfillments:
First, the 70 "sevens" are 70 sabbatical cycles. They are 490 years, pointing to the first coming of Jesus as our Savior from sin.
Second, the 70 "sevens" are 70 Jubilee cycles. They are 3,430 years, pointing to the second coming of Jesus when His people will be permanently freed from sin.
In the fall of 2015 the 6,000 years of sin on earth will come to an end!
Between 2008 and 2015 the great tribulation will occur and many other Bible prophecies will be fulfilled! What are the dates of the 70 Jubilees?The Jubilees clock began ticking in 1416 BC when the children of Israel entered Canaan. The first Jubilee was 49 years later in 1367 BC. Every 49 years another Jubilee has occurred.
Jesus is King for 40 ½ JubileesJesus died in 31 AD in the middle of the 30th Jubilee cycle. There were 40 ½ Jubilee cycles yet to occur to complete the total of 70. When Jesus was resurrected He was taken to heaven to reign as king with God on His throne. Jesus ascended to heaven in 31AD and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2. When Jesus comes the second time to get His people He will have reigned in heaven as king for 40 ½ Jubilee cycles. He will have reigned from 31 AD – 55 AD (1/2 Jubilee cycle) and from 55AD – 2015 AD (40 Jubilee cycles) for a total of 40 ½ Jubilee cycles. David reigned over the children of Israel as their king. Notice how long David reigned as king: “And they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.” 2 Samuel 5:3-5. David reigned in Hebron 7 ½ years and in Jerusalem 33 years for a total of 40 ½ years. David was a type of Jesus and David’s throne was given to Jesus after His resurrection. “And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” Luke 1:31-33. David
reigned as
king on earth for 40 ½ years. From Canaan to CanaanThe 70 Jubilees clock began when the children of Israel entered Canaan, the land God had promised them. The 70 Jubilees clock will end when God’s people enter heavenly Canaan, the land God has promised them. From earthly Canaan to heavenly Canaan is 70 Jubilees. What will happen at the final Jubilee in 2015?The final Jubilee will begin on the Day of Atonement in the year 2015. Here are some of the many things that will happen:
God will have permanently taken care of the disease of sin for His people. Daniel’s prayer will have received a complete answer. Within days, Jesus will come to earth the second time to take His people back to heaven with Him and the earth will begin its 1,000 years of rest. What do I need to do right now, in 2011?God has been patient and merciful to the human race for almost 6,000 years since we first sinned. Yet we continue to become more sinful and more rebellious. We are very near the time when the wrath of God will be poured out on all of us who refuse to repent and worship Him. God has given each of us the power of choice and a period of time on earth as probation. This probationary period is an opportunity to repent and to have faith in Christ. My probation and your probation will end sometime between now and the end of 2015 and it may well be sooner rather than later. The most important thing we can do right now is to give ourselves completely to God in humility and repentance and by faith to receive Jesus as our personal Savior. Now is the time to seek God, while He may be found. Now is the time to repent. Today is the day for salvation.
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2. “Seek the LORD while He may be found, “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” Hebrews 4:7.
I invite you to accept Jesus as your personal Savior, right now! Ask Him to forgive your sins and thank Him for dying for you. Ask Jesus to teach you more of the truth from the Bible. I invite you to ask God for a humble, teachable, repentant spirit. God is urgently calling you to repentance and wholehearted service for Him. Probationary time will end first for those who already “have the truth”, for those who are of the “house of God”. “For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?” 1 Peter 4:17. Dear reader, God loves you very much. He wants to live with you forever. I appeal to you to carefully consider your priorities and to choose today whom you will serve. Now is the important time for each of us. We cannot wait until the fall of 2015 to get ready for Jesus to come. During the next few years Jesus Christ will judge every person on earth. For some of us, our probation will end today, for others it will be a few years. But everyone will make his final choice before the second coming of Jesus. Choose now to serve the Lord with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength. What will happen between 2009 and 2015?The great tribulation will soon take place! People will be forced to decide whether or not they will worship God! There are many prophetic events that will take place in the next seven years. During this time the gospel will be clearly presented to every living person on earth. Each person will decide either to worship and serve God or to worship and serve Satan. Jesus will judge each person on earth. Those who choose Jesus will be completely delivered from the power of sin. Many of us are used to living halfway to God. We profess to worship Him but we only do it half-heartedly. Our affections are partly with the world and partly with God. The time is upon us when we must make a whole-hearted decision one way or the other. Our affections can no longer be divided. God desires our whole heart. Will we know in advance the year of Jesus' Second Coming?Yes, we should. The prophecies in Daniel 9 first of all pointed to the first coming of Christ. The people who lived 2,000 years ago were supposed to know the time the Messiah would come. Unfortunately, most of the Jewish leaders did not know or understand the prophecies. But many of the common people were in expectation because they had knowledge of when the Messiah would come. “Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not.” Luke 3:15. But more importantly for us, the prophecies in Daniel 9 point to the second coming of Christ. Those of us who are alive now are supposed to know when Jesus will come again. As the apostle Paul says, “But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.” 1 Thessalonians 5:4. What about not knowing the day and the hour?This is a traditional phrase that many people know. It comes from Matthew 24: “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.” Matthew 24:36-39. There are several points to notice: 1. The people in Noah’s day knew that they had 120 years to enter the ark. They knew when the 120 years was drawing to an end. But they did not know the hour or the day that the door to the ark would be closed. They did not know when their last opportunity would come to enter the ark. Some of the people may have thought that if it started to rain then they would go into the ark. But by the time the rain started it was too late. The door to the ark had already been shut and no one else could go in. In the same way, we will not know ahead of time when the last possible moment is for us to accept salvation and enter into Jesus, our ark of salvation. It will be by the fall of 2015, but it could be as soon as today. This is why it is so important to choose today to repent toward God and to believe in Jesus Christ. The important time for us is not 2015, but now. “Testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” Acts 20:21. 2. Daniel 9:24 does not predict the day or the hour when the Son of man will come. It only predicts the year and the season. Did the sabbaticals and the Jubilees end at the cross?No, because Jesus died in the middle of the "seven". He died in the middle of a sabbatical cycle and He died in the middle of a Jubilee cycle. He could not die in the middle of something that ended when He died. The specific things that ended when Jesus died on the cross were the offerings and the animal sacrifices. But the sabbatical clock and the Jubilee clock did not stop at the cross. Is the Jubilee cycle 49 years or 50 years?The Jubilee cycle is 49 years. Here are some of the reasons why: 1. The seventh-day Sabbath occurs on the seventh day of every week. It is not possible for some weeks to be eight days long. There are no weeks that have extra days added to them. Each week is exactly seven days long. The seventh year sabbath occurs every seventh year. It is not possible for some sabbatical cycles to be eight years long. There are no sabbatical cycles that have extra years added to them. Each sabbatical cycle is exactly seven years long. So the 50th year Jubilee comes after the 7th year of a sabbatical cycle and is the 1st year of the next seven-year sabbatical cycle. 2. “Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people”. Daniel 9:24. Each of the 70 seven-year periods of time was exactly seven years long. If Jubilee cycles were 50 years long, then every seventh sabbatical cycle would be eight years long instead of seven. If Jubilee cycles were 50 years long Daniel 9:24 would have said: “Sixty ‘sevens’ and ten ‘eights’ are decreed for your people.” This prophecy would have been 500 years long instead of 490 years long. The Messiah would have come 10 years later. 3. If the Jubilee cycles were 50 years long then there would only have been 68 sabbath years during the 430 years of rebellion by God’s people. They would only have been sent into captivity for 68 years instead of 70 years.
Today is the day to choose to receive Christ fully and to abide in Him forever!
The reason for looking at this time period is that we are given a number of clues that can help us to at least estimate the arrival of the tribulation period. Therefore, enabling us to do the same for the rapture (since it will precede the start of the Tribulation).
There are a number of time references relating to the tribulation. Some of those are: 1260 days, 1290 days, 42 months, 7 years, and 3.5 years.
For purposes of this discussion I will use the 7 years, 1260 days and the 1290 days. I only use these three to make it easier to explain and to understand. It took me some time to put all the pieces together for this one myself. The rest of the time references above all fit with these perfectly. I say that so that anyone who reads this will know that (unlike some) I do not pick and choose just what will fit my view of things. For me they all must fit or my view is wrong and must be re-evaluated. I encourage everyone to never take mine or anyone else's opinion and accept it as being the truth. Always study it for yourself. If it cannot be proven by God's word then it is wrong!
We know that the antichrist will be in control for 7 years.
Daniel 9:27... And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
We also know that the two witnesses will be on the job for the last half of the tribulation, which will be 1260 days.
Revelation 11:3... And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
From the time of the Abomination that makes Desolate" until the end will be 1290 days.
Daniel 12:11... And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
If we add these two together (1260 days + 1290 days) we have a total of 2550 days.
Now we must refer back to the Jewish feasts. Again, the next 2 to be fulfilled are the Feast of Trumpets (rapture) and the Day of Atonement (Day of Judgment). Using the numbers above, in order for these feasts to be fulfilled on the assigned (by God) times then from the first day of the Feast of Trumpets to the Day of Atonement 7 years later would have to be an interval of exactly 2550 days.
Believe it or not this does actually occur! However, the 7 year cycles containing exactly 2550 days does not occur/begin every year. This (cycle) only starts/occurs about every 3 years. The years in between have one more moon thereby having a different number of days in the 7 year cycle.
The next cycle that has exactly 2550 days in them start as follows: 1.2008-2015
The following chart demonstrates the 7-year cycles for the recent past and the near future:
Simply put, this method is quite sound and shows at least 2 things.
First, it is entirely possible, if not probable, that the rapture will take place in the fall of a coming year.
Secondly, with the current conditions in the world and (especially) keeping the 67-year generation in mind; it is entirely probable that the rapture will occur in ROSH HASHANAH, 2011.
Before we go on, I would like to add some observations of my own here. Daniel 12:12 mentions a time span of 1335 days. This is 75 days longer than the 1260 days of Daniel 12:7. The 1260 days is marked by the Day of Atonement. If you count 75 days from that date (on the Jewish calendar), you come up with (exactly) the first day of Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a celebration of the rededication of the Temple 3 years after Antiochus IV ("Epiphanes") desecrated the temple in 167 B.C.
All this would seem to point to a rededication of the temple after the "Abomination that maketh Desolate" by the antichrist, and on the first day of Hanukkah - December 7, 2015 at the start of Jesus' millennial reign.
One more interesting observation is the chapter and verse numbers. They are both the number 12. The number 12 is the number that represents completion. Since there are two twelve’s here - could it represent the completion of the fulfillment of the prophecies and secondly, the completion and rededication of the final Temple? Only time will tell.
Solar Cycles: This item doesn't require as lengthy an explanation. The simple facts are as follows: 1.Solar activity (solar flares on the sun) have been found to follow 7 year cycles; reaching their peak of activity at the mid-way point (31/2 years). 2.Scientists have also found that solar activity has a direct effect on earthquake activity here on earth. This is because each soloar flare causes the release of a storm of geo-magnetic particles. Many of these are aimed at and bombard the earth. Since magnetic fields and currents have a direct effect on the occurrence of earthquakes, then the more the earth is bombarded with geo-magnetic particles the more frequent and stronger the earthquakes are that occur around the world.
The next solar cycle begins 2008 and will peak by 2012. I find the timing here very interesting. Does anyone besides me see a pattern here?
IN CLOSING:
I
am 99.9% sure that the
Rapture will take place in ROSH
HASHANAH,
2011!
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known Jeremiah 33:3
… Drew
Jewish Holidays, 2001–2015Here are the dates of Jewish holidays, including Purim, Passover, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Hanukkah, from 2001 to 2015.
1. Feast of Lots. 2. Feast of Unleavened Bread. 3. Hebrew Pentecost; or Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of First Fruits. 4. Jewish New Year. 5. Day of Atonement. 6. Feast of Tabernacles, or of the Ingathering. 7. Assembly of the Eighth Day. 8. Festival of Lights. NOTE: All holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date given.
A number of Christians have emailed me wondering whether we are now living in the last year before the tribulation period could begin. The reasoning behind this is, this year in Israel is a ' shmita' year - the sabbatical year in which the Jews are commanded by God to let the land rest from producing fruit. In the Autumn of 2008, the Feast of Trumpets will mark the beginning of another cycle of seven years for the Jewish people. The covenant between Israel and the surrounding nations is also strengthened by the Antichrist for a period of seven years (Daniel 9:27), so the thought is that this agreement could fall into one of these seven-year cycles on the Jewish calendar. The fact that the international community is aiming for a peace agreement by the end of 2008 is therefore quite significant. The book of Daniel states that the actual time of Jacob's trouble will begin after the agreement is broken by the Antichrist, and will run for a period of three and a half years (Daniel 12:7), or 42 months (Revelation 11:2), or 1260 days. Daniel also mentions another figure, 1335 days (Daniel 12:12).
Revelation
11:2
Daniel
7:25
For a moment let's say that the tribulation period does begin at the end of this year. There are two or three Jewish feast days that have not yet found their fulfillment in the person of Jesus Christ. They are Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and possibly Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). The Bible seems to indicate that the Day of Atonement will find its fulfillment upon the return of Christ to this earth. The Day of Atonement is a day of national repentance for Israel, the holiest day of the year, in which Jews are commanded by God to afflict their souls for the sins of the past year (Leviticus 23:27). The prophecy of Zechariah indicates that the Jewish nation will be in mourning for the One they crucified after He returns to defeat the Antichrist and his armies (Zechariah 12:10). So let's say that this is the day on which Christ returns to earth at the end of the tribulation period. From the prophecy of Daniel we know that the Great Tribulation period will last exactly 1260 days, or three and a half years. If we count back 1260 days from the 23rd of September 2015 (Day of Atonement), we reach the 11th of April 2012. (NOTE: THIS MEANS THAT THE RAPTURE OCCURS ON Rosh Hashanah 2011. This is the only Rosh Hashanah between NOW and April 11, 2012)! This date happens to fall right in the middle of the Feast of Passover, which was fulfilled at Christ's first coming to earth. This date is also in the middle of the seven-year tribulation period, and would be the day on which the Antichrist turns his back on the peace agreement, and begins his persecution of the Jewish people. It is interesting to note that many Christians feel that the Antichrist will counterfeit some of the events in the life of Jesus Christ. According to Zechariah 11:17 and Revelation 13:3, the Antichrist will receive a deadly wound, but he will be miraculously healed, and this 'resurrection' will cause the whole world to worship him as God. The fact that this date falls on Passover is most intriguing, considering this was the time of year when Jesus Christ was crucified and was miraculously raised from the dead (John 13:1).
Remember that other figure of 1335 days? If we count 1335 days from 11th of April 2012 (the middle of the seven year period), we reach December 7, 2015. According to the prophecy of Daniel, all who live to see this date will be blessed (Daniel 12:12). This date happens to fall on Hanukkah, the celebration of the Maccabbees victory over Antiochus Epiphanes and the subsequent rededication of the Temple.
As we can see, the prophecy of Daniel is 100% accurate. With current events pointing towards the division of the land of Israel and the city of Jerusalem, which will occur in the middle of the seven year period, there is no doubt we are nearing the time when this prophecy will be fulfilled. The question is not if these events will occur, but when they will occur. We still can't be certain whether this coming seven years will see the fulfillment of these prophecies, or whether the prophecy is for another seven years yet to come.
If Christ came today, would you be caught up to meet Him in the air, or would you be caught out, still in your sins, having no hope and without God in the world (Ephesians 2:12)? Come to Christ for salvation today. He will not turn you away (John 6:37).
Here are the past Sabbatical Years:
69/70 AC was a Sabbatical Year: EVENT: Destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans!
1966/67 was a Sabbatical Year: EVENT: Six-Day war, Israel gains control of Jerusalem after 2,000 years!
2001/02 was the last Sabbatical Year: EVENT: Destruction of the World Trade Center (9/11)
2008/09 is the next Sabbatical Year: POSSIBLE EVENTS: (SEE ABOVE)
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it is not 2008/09
Source: Haaretz, Guardian, Reuters, YNet News, Jewish Feasts and Holy Days
NOTE: This date of:
December 7, 2015 (Hanukkah, 2015)
SEVERAL KEY EVENTS WILL HAPPEN ON THIS DATE:
SEE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiFyou-cpYY
1. This is the beginning date of Jesus’ reign on earth. 2. Jesus is anointed King of Kings in the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem on this date! 3. Jesus’ Bride (His Church) will be back from Heaven to witness this event. 4. This date marks the end and fulfillment of Daniel’s “70 weeks vision” (Daniel 9:24). The final 70th week started on Rosh Hashanah 2008 and ended on this date. 5. The Antichrist has been destroyed by this date. NOTE: He was destroyed on Yom Kippur, September 23, 2015 when Jesus first returned to earth. The Antichrist was also given a 7-year time period (SEE Daniel 9:27). 6. This date completes three 7- Jewish years (or 2520 days) time periods.
THE THREE 7- YEAR TIME PERIODS ARE:
The FIRST 7-Year Time period, is The Antichrist time period that ends on the date that he is destroyed by Jesus on September 23, 2015. If we go back 2520 days, this gives us the starting date of October 29, 2008. Did The Antichrist show up? Read Ron Reese’s analysis below (Wow, what are the odds?)! (SEE: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4okpRzFO74!]
The SECOND 7-Year Time period, is the 7-year burning of weapons from the (war of Gog and Magog--Ezekiel 38 & 39) This stops exactly 7-Jewish Years, 2520 days from the start of this war! (NOTE: This burning of the weapons might extend into 2016 depending on the date of the start of the war!)
The THIRD Time period, is the period of time that The Church (Jesus’ Bride) is in Heaven. We are back on earth on December 7, 2015 (Hanukkah, 2015) to witness Jesus anointed King in the rebuilt temple in Jerusalem! That means that we leave the earth (THE RAPTURE!) from Rosh Hashanah, 2011? On or before the date of the (war of Gog and Magog--Ezekiel 38 & 39) STARTS! THE DAY OF SUDDEN DESTRUCTION!
NOTE: This time period could be less than 7-years if the Tribulation period is shortened! For Jesus says: Mat 24: 21-22: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. (SEE: [Understanding the Rapture, through the Jewish Wedding!] |
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