Hello John and Doves,
There are others that have counted
out the days from Firstfruits - fifty days and forty-nine
days - and have come up with their dates. Probably all
very close to Luis' July 23 date.
Also coming up is the Festival of
New Wine - according to the Dead Sea Scroll calendar this is
on 3 Av - which is July 30/31 on the chabad.org
calendar. "The Feast of New Wine was not only a
celebration for the grape harvest, but also a time for
weddings....Jesus went to a wedding in Cana and turned the
water into wine on the Festival of New Wine. "And the
THIRD DAY there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the
mother of Jesus was there." John 2:1...The Festival of
New Wine teaches about our dedication to God, the marriage
supper of the Lamb, the Jewish wedding ceremony, the Rapture
of the Church and the new body of Chrsit being made of what
were Jews and Gentiles." "The Ancient Dead Sea
Scroll Calendar and the Prophecies It Reveals" by Ken
Johnson.
In the month of June, 2022, The
Prophecy Watcher magazine contains an interesting article by
Gary Stearman, "Pentecost The Bridegroom and His
Bride." Gary counts the days to Pentecost 'the old
way" - fifty days from Firstfruits. I believe that it's
actually fifty days plus forty-nine days...like Barry Awe
and others have talked about. I have given my reasons
for thinking this in many previous letters to Doves.
One is the timing of the grape harvest (refer to Micah 7)
and 'new wine' in Acts 2.
In this article, Gary wrote, "Every
year, we are reminded afresh of Pentecost's enormous
significance in the panorama of biblical
prophecy....Better than any other ancient festival, it
embodies the elements that we associate with the
catching-away, or rapture, of the Church.
The Order of the
Resurrections:
One of Gary's insights in this
article involved Paul's comment on "order". I
Corinthians 15:20-24: "But now is Christ risen from
the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that
slept. For since by man came death, by man came also
the resurrection from the dead. For as in Adam all
die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But
every man in his own ORDER: Christ the firstfuits; afterward
they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the
end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God,
even the Father, when he shall have put down all rule and
all authority and power." "Here, Paul writes
about Christ's resurrection in a specific way. Let's
consider that word, "ORDER". There is a specific
order in the Jewish festival cycle and there is a
well-defined order of resurrections. Paul,
an Israelite of the tribe of Benjamin, had been schooled in
the Scriptures at the feet of Gamaliel. Without a doubt, he
was intimately aware of the tiniest details of the Jewish
calendar. Therefore, when he speaks of Christ
as the "firstfruits" in the context of an order of events,
he knows that the next event in that order is
Pentecost. It seems that when Paul used the word
"order" he intended the reader to see the order of the
Jewish festival cycle. It is at least possible he
was suggesting that the resurrection could take place on a
future Pentecost. The early Church thought
so....It was a time of expectation for the early Church."
The Gog War and Link to
the Rapture:
Gary writes on about the prophet
Micah who describes a time in Israel's future called 'the
time of Jacob's trouble'. Micah wrote, "Woe is
me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer
fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage:
there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first
ripe fruit. The good man is perished out of the earth
and there is none upright among men: they all lie in
wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a
net. That they may do evil with both hands
earnestly..For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter
riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against
her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own
house." Micah 7:1-6
"From Micah's point of view, the
friends of Israel have gone away....Verse 2 tells us that it
is the "good man", who has "perished" from the
earth..."Perish" is represented by the Hebrew verb avad,
meaning, "to cause to vanish!"..As the picture develops, it
is easy to see that Micah's vision perfectly describes the
conditions that will prevail when righteous mankind is
instantly transported from the earth at the catching-away of
the Church. The unredeemed remainder of humanity left
on Earth is devoid of morals, scruples or ethics. Lust
and extortion become the basis of human behavior.
There are no trustworthy friends; even family members can't
be trusted without a suitable bribe."
Gary goes on to write about Micah 7
verse 4 "...the day of they watchmen and they
visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity."
What is this visitation. Jewish translations of this
verse often say, "The day of your visitation from the north
has come." The Jerusalem Bible translates it as,
"Today will come their ordeal from the North, now is the
time for their confusion." Because of this fact, some
ancient Jewish expositors of this passage link it with
Ezekiel's prophecy of Gog's invasion of Israel. This
interpretation stems from the fact that the word "watchman"
in Hebrew contains the root word for "north" or
"northern." Thus, "watchman", is built around a word
which carries the meaning of both "watch" and "north."
Hence, ancient expositors see in this verse an invasion from
the north. One of the most graphic of all latter-day
prophecies is Ezekiel's narrative of Gog's invasion of
Israel. It comes from the north. (Ezekiel 38:15)"
"What makes Micah's prophecy most
interesting, of course, is that it links the rapture of the
Church with Ezekiel's prophecy of the northern
invasion. First, there is the gathering up of the
fruitful righteous. These are "made to vanish" from
the face of the earth. Then comes a time of horror,
when Israel realizes that she is without friends upon
earth. Israel's difficulties begin in earnest, as
society becomes totally degenerate. Apparently,
shortly thereafter, the prophesied invasion takes place."
Jesus told us that "And when these
things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your
heads for your redemption draweth nigh." Luke 21:28
On This Night the Skies
Open Up For A Brief Instant:
On this Jewish festival the Jews
stay up all night reading various sections of the Torah and
Talmud. There is a mystical tradition associated with
this night - the skies open up for a brief instant. At
this time God will answer any prayer. Kabbalists
believe Pentecost is the wedding day of God and Israel.
Gary adds, "What an incredible
picture of the rapture! The opening of the heavens
"for a brief instant" corresponds with the message of I
Corinthians 15:51: "Behold, I show you a
mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye..."
Here is the perfect picture of Jesus coming to catch
away His bride!"
Gary notes that Pentecost marks the
birth of the Church Age....Will the Church be called home on
a night such as this?"
The Order of the Festivals:
"The Rapture will be the biggest
historical event since the Lord's own ascension into the
heavens. And it will certainly be the trigger that sets in
motion an increasingly cataclysmic series of judgments....as
long as we are present and active, the revelation of the
wicked one, and the wickedness in general, cannot manifest
itself in full power. Pentecost, the festival that has
traditionally marked the dispensational change from Law to
Grace, seems ideally suited as the model for the rapture. In
the period that follows, a rapid succession of biblical
marvels will bring Messianic rule to the Earth."
Prophecywatchers.com
.
Jesus was crucified on the
Festival of Passover; His body lay in the tomb on the
Festival of Unleavened Bread; He rose from the dead as the
"firstfruits of the dead" on the Festival of Firstfruits; He
ascended into Heaven to sit beside His Father on the
Festival of Shavuot (Ascension Day); He comes in the clouds
for His Church on Festival of Pentecost. All in
the proper order of the Festivals.
Lawlessness and Depravity:
The world is already slipping into
depravity - lawlessness, sexual perversion, corruption...
Let me present our present
administrations depravity and lawlessness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhdUQ0h2K5Q
run time 01:45
run time 01:58
"Elites finally reveal their #1
enemy: Christians.
Once the Believers are gone - as
in Rapture - the depravity and lawlessness will spread
across society faster than Fauci's Covid-19!
It is about three weeks from July
23, 2022 (24 Tammuz) - a possible date for Pentecost and the
Rapture. And about a month from 3 Av (July 30/31)
Feast of New Wine - another possible date for the
Rapture. And it is possible that Pentecost and the
Feast of New Wine are one and the same day. They have
so many similarities.
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2020/chance621-6.htm
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance
I used the chabad.org calendar