Song
of Solomon vs Feast of Trumpets
As
a watcher for the return of Jesus for the last 40+ years,
there seems to have been two seasons each year when we
look a bit closer at the calendar and hope that this is
the time Jesus call us home via the
“harpazo” (rapture).
Firstly, Song
of Solomon describes springtime in Israel. Song of Songs
chapter 2.
“Arise,
my love, my beautiful one,
and come away,
11 for behold, the winter is
past; the rain is over and gone. 12 The
flowers appear on the earth, the time of
singing has come, and the voice of the
turtledove is heard in our land. 13 The
fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are in
blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my
beautiful one, and come away.
Secondly,
the Fall Feasts (moedim) is also a high watch time. The
concept of the rapture is revealed as a mystery in the
New Testament and was revealed primarily to the church
in 1
Corinthians 15.
51 Listen,
I tell you a mystery: We will not all
sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in
the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the
trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised
imperishable, and we will be changed.
What
if,
The
Song of Solomon was designed for Israel to be taken as a
bride for God the Father (this being at some future time
after the 70th week of Daniel),
The
rapture (possibly at trumpets) could be where the Jesus,
the Son of God gets his gentile bride (the church).
So,
since we have passed the spring feasts, I might have to
look closer at Trumpets again. Although Trumpets is a
Jewish feast, does that still apply to the church? Perhaps
it does, as Jesus was born into a Jewish family, and he
would be very familiar with the process of the Jewish
wedding protocols.
As
an aside, please don’t harp on about “no man knows the day
or hour”. This verse in context is talking about
Jesus’ words not passing away till heaven and earth does.
It’s not talking about the rapture date at all.
Thanks
Philip
Newland