SHEMINI ATZERET RAPTURE?
8TH DAY SOLEMN ASSEMBLY
When the King Gathers to Confirm
His Covenant
by Luis B. Vega
vegapost@hotmail.com
www.PostScripts.com
‘On the 8th Day you shall have a
Solemn Assembly. You shall not do any Ordinary Work.’
-Numbers 29:35, Leviticus 23:36.
The purpose of this study is to consider another possible
High Watch Day for the Rapture to occur on the Minor Feast
called Shemini Atzeret. It is a little-known Feast of YHVH
and Mysterious, but just like the Church Age and the
Rapture Event that will conclude it. Shemini means ‘8’,
and Atzeret means ‘Assembly’. As they say, watch for ‘Big
Surprises coming from Small Packages’. It follows the 7
Days of Sukkot or Tabernacles. Primarily why this is being
considered is how about 1 Year ago from this study, one
surmised a Timeline from October 18, 2022 to September 11,
2029. This Timeline exactly matches the 2 Portions of 1260
Day Segments.
It will comprise the 7-Year Tribulation Period, having a
total of 2520 Days or 84 Months (42 +42 Months). And right
in the ‘Midst’ will be April 1, 2026, which is Passover
according to the Torah Calendar Day Count. And it could be
then when the Daily Sacrifices are stopped by the
AntiChrist. Here is one’s Rationale for this possible
Timeline. One believes that the Rapture should have
occurred in Mid-July of 2022, due to a precise Day Count.
And how a Summer Wheat Harvest is more in line,
Prophetically with all of the Harvest of Soul Metaphors
given in the Bible.
And that a Gap of Time would or could cushion the Start of
the 70th Week of Daniel to start the Time of Jacob’s
Trouble, etc. However, as the High Watch Day came and went
for 2022 and the Gap of Time has shortened to ‘0’ Days,
the ‘Fog’ of Prophecy has descended upon surmising what
then will be or could the Day of the Exit for the Bride of
Christ and the End of the Church Age. Around this Time,
there has been some very Sensational News about the 5 Red
Heifers flown from Texas in the USA to Israel. Or how the
‘Trump Train’ will be built by Spring of 2023 to bring
Pilgrims to the 3rd Temple.
Here are some Questions though. The
High-Speed Train from Tel-Aviv to the Temple Mount area is
essentially already built. There is talk that the Red
Heifers have to be ‘born’ in Israel. The Bible does not
specify that. And to Consecrate the Red Heifers to be
offered, one 1st needs a Consecrated High Priest. A High
Priest cannot be Consecrated without 1st being Ordained by
the Messiah, the ‘Moses’ Figure. So, as one can surmise,
it is a ‘Catch 22’ Cliché as the AntiChrist False Messiah
of Israel has to come on the World Scene. And for that to
occur, according to the Bible, the Rapture has to happen
1st. The Rapture Event is not what starts the 2520 Day
Count of Daniel’s Last Sabbath Week. It is the Confirming
of the Covenant that only the AntiChrist will do.
Solemn Assembly
One thought and still thinks that
the start of the Tribulation begins with the 1st Daily
Sacrifice being offered. Why? It is at the Mid-Point that
the AntiChrist then puts a stop to them. However, a Temple
is not required. That will be built only after the Ark of
the Covenant is rolled out. What is required of the Daily
Sacrifice is the Altar of Sacrifice. And that can be
placed on the Temple Mount very fast. In fact, it has
already been Consecrated. It occurred on the 70th Year
Anniversary of Israel’s Birth in 2018. It mirrored exactly
what Israel did at the 70th Year ending the Babylonian
Exile. And that is when, perhaps one surmises could
correspond to a Shemini Atzeret Time. How so?
As explained to many on the Revelation 12 Daily Blog, one
strongly suggests that the AntiChrist will copy the acts
of King Solomon as prescribed by Numbers 29:35. It was he,
that Consecrated the Temple and the Daily Sacrifice on a
Shemini Atzeret Time. It is when Fire came down from
Heaven and how the AntiChrist, at that Time, will do the
same. It will be the Lying Signs and Wonders he and the
False Prophet will do to deceive Israel, in particular but
the entire World of his Divine Credentials. Shemini
Atzeret was a Time after Sukkot there was a Gathered
Assembly and the King rallied Israel around the Temple to
read the Law. He then gave Cakes to all the People.
This was echoed with Ezra and Nehemiah when they returned
back to Jerusalem. on the 70th Year. They gathered around
the ruins of the Altar and Temple to Rededicate them as he
read from the Law. Perhaps that is what Jesus will do once
the Bride of Christ Rendezvous there in the Clouds, in the
Air for that Great Gathering. It will be Jesus, as the
King, as the fulfillment of the Solomon Type of gathering
all the ‘Bride’, as He is the Temple that would and could
be built in 3 Days. And how perhaps a Reading of the Law
or the New Covenant with Further Instructions will be
read.
Thereafter, one is to be then ushered by Jesus into Heaven
through the Portals to the New Jerusalem to all those
Mansions Jesus has been preparing for nearly 2000 Earth
Years. For 2022, the Feast of Shemini Atzeret starts,
according to the Rabbinical Calendar on the Eve of the
15th and ends on the 18th of October. In some Jewish
Communities, the 19th Day is separated-out to observe
Simchat Torah, the ‘Reading of the Law’. However, at this
Time, in the Fall of 2022, many End Times Watchers are
suggesting that the Feast of Yom Kippur could be that
Rapture Day. Why? It is instead pegged to the Notion of
the Jubilee Year which is being Highlighted. This is
because of mainly having a Year Count from the 1973 Yom
Kippur War, etc.
But also, as some other Research
suggests, a 70-Year Countdown since 1952 is also in play.
That Year Count is tied to the Sabbath Cycles since Israel
returned to the Promised Land, etc. As to Speculating the
Day of the Rapture, one is in agreement that considering
certain Days as ‘High Watch Days’ and presenting them as
such is Acceptable and Permissible. After all, Jesus
Commanded His Followers to Watch. Watch what then? High
Watch Days. One would agree that declaring certain Days as
when the ‘Rapture’ Day will be is not Wise and Damages the
Credibility of those that are Watching, collectively,
though very few do so, within this Last Generation. For
example, in 2022, there have been some Amazing
‘Rapture’ High Watch Days’.
When does the Month Start?
One such example was Shavuot, but
which one out of the 3? The Watcher Community has learned
from the Dead Sea Scrolls that there are 3 ’50-Day’ Feasts
in Summer. Then there was one’s Personal Dream of seeing
the Number 723 brushed against a Blank Canvas backdrop.
One thought it was either suggesting the Month and Day,
but assuming a Gregorian Calendar Calculation, thus July
23. But then others later suggested a Jewish reckoning of
Time to surmise a Tehri Month on the 23rd Day. And this,
by chance also coincided with the Revelation 12 Sign of
September 23, 2017.
But as it goes with Research into
End Times Prophecy or Signs in the Sun, Moon and the Stars
or Numbers, others suggested that perhaps the 723
Numerical Factor is still in play for 2022. How so? A
Brother named Bob from the Revelation 12 Daily Blog
suggested the following. The Number 7 and the Jewish Year
5783 (5+7+8+2) adds-up to 23. Or like another brother,
Stephan and Sister Carole on the same Blog have mentioned,
still a possible 7-23 Fulfillment or even of that Timeline
from the Shemini Atzeret.
Stephan also keenly surmised that
Shemini Atzeret is also the 23rd Day of the New Jewish
year if one counts from September 26. Shemini Atzeret is
Tishrei 23, the 23rd Day of the 7th Month (723). Stephan
also made another Amazing Insight based on the Mount of
Transfiguration. It is where the Disciples, one believes,
were taken up to Mount Hermon. It is where the 200 Fallen
Angels came down to make a Pack to Genetically Corrupt the
Image and Likeness of YHVH in Humanity.
But Jesus took His Disciples and
the 3 Senior Leaders at which time Jesus was Transfigured
from the inside-out and Moses and Elijah Appeared. They
were given, in one’s Opinion, ‘Instructions’ on what they
would be doing in Jerusalem during the 70th Week of
Daniel. The Key? In Luke 9, it reads that the
Transfiguration was ‘About 8 days’ later. This could also
be a clue that ties-in to Shemini Atzeret. Even Brother
Gary from Unsealed.org admonished the Watchers about
Shemini Atzeret is still in play.
One would agree that in theory, one
supports fellow Watchmen and Watchwomen’s take on the
possible Rapture High Watch Days. But one’s Preference, at
this Time is a possible Shemini Atzeret Rapture. Perhaps.
And until those Days come-and-go, they are just that, High
Watch Days. One was and is surprised that Brother Gary
from Unsealed.org mentioned it or believes in it. It is
after all, the Climax of the Public Ministry of Jesus with
that Last Feast of YHVH in 31 AD, as one surmises. The
following is one’s calculation based on the Theory of
when, precisely Jesus began and ended His Public Ministry
to culminate in the April 14, 32 AD Death, Burial and
Resurrection of Jesus.
FALL FEAST TIMELINE BASED ON
1ST NEW MOON AFTER FALL EQUINOX
October 09, 28 AD
= Tishrei 1 New Civil Year on
Rosh HaShanah - Sabbath
October 18, 28 AD
= Yom Kippur - 10th Day
(Jesus reads Isaiah - Jubilee Proclaimed.
October 23, 28
AD = Sukkot or Feast of
Tabernacles - 15th Day
October 31, 28 AD
= Shemini Atzeret - ‘The 8th
Day Assembly’ 16th Day
November 1, 28
AD = Simchat Torah - Reading of
Torah 17th Day
Grand Finale?
In other words, Shemini Atzeret is,
as the Grand Finale on that ‘Last and Great Day of the
Feast’, i.e., Sukkot, being the 8th Day. Not too many
Watchmen have picked-up on this Shemini Atzeret 2022 to
Yom Teruah 2029 Timeline. One thinks none have, as far as
one knows, as it has not really been considered. One
thinks that a Pastor Richard that comments on Unsealed.org
had/has a similar Timeline. But his and all that one has
seen, have their Calculation based on Yom Kippur or
Tabernacles instead.
YEAR OF JUBILEE PROCLAMATION
October 18, 28 AD = Yom Kippur -
10th Day (Jesus reads Isaiah - Jubilee Proclaimed.
Jesus reads from Isaiah 61, but
only the 1st Portion.
He declares the Year of Jubilee
in the Synagogue of Nazareth
NOVEMBER 1, 28 AD = SIMCHAT TORAH
+ 1260 Days (Ministry of Jesus)
= April 14, 32 AD
March 20, 28 AD (Spring Equinox)
+ 49 Months
= April 14, 32 AD
But also realize that one is not a Proponent of the Feast
of Trumpets being 2 Days off or the current Jewish Month
being 1 Month-Off. My Word, the Sliver of the Moon is now
almost a Quarter by the time the supposed Correct Yom
Teruah Day is supposed to be sighted. No, if one sees the
Monthly Moon Phases, the 1st Sliver of the Moon occurred,
right on Time, on the 26th of September. It does not
depend on People ‘Confirming’ the Sighting. What if there
is Fog? Clouds or Rain.
Is the whole Calendar to ‘Skip’
those non-Observable Days? As it is, anyway, only the
Temple Priests could grant that and there are no
Consecrated Priests nor Temple from where the Sighting
officially were Certified, etc. Realize also, of course it
is one’s Pre-Supposition based on the Enoch Calendar Count
of how you Determine the 7th Month. It is by the 1st Full
Moon after the Fall Equinox, which was the 5-Year
Anniversary of the Revelation 12 Sign, by the way on
September 23, 2022. But one could be wrong.
Moon Phases for September 2022
https://www.moongiant.com/calendar/september/2022/
So, to reiterate, for about the
past year or so in 2022, one has proposed this specific
Tribulation Timeline mentioned. It does, amazingly,
correspond to the Day Counts of two 1260 Day Segments,
precisely corresponding to the 3 Feasts starting on that
8th Day in 2022. And that in the Fall of 2029, the
Revelation 12 Sign has Jupiter back after 12 Years there
in Virgo again, but right at September 11, 2029.
1 Shemini Atzeret: October 18,
2022 + 1260 Days
2 = Passover: April 1, 2026 + 1260 Days
3 = Yom Teruah: September 11,
2029
Synopsis on the Meaning of
Shemini Atzeret
The following is a Synopsis of the
Feast of YHVH, not widely known or observed called Shemini
Atzeret. It is taken from the Explanation given by Jews
for Jesus to provide a Context with some Abbreviations. It
is outlined why, as of this writing in late 2022, perhaps
the Rapture High Watch Day could correspond to this
Little-Known Feast of the 8th Day, which is what Shemini
means. And the Following Day of the Reading of the Torch,
called Simchat Torah, etc.
Shemini Atzeret, is the 8th Day,
immediately following the 7 Days of Sukkot or Tabernacles.
Over the Centuries, in the Diaspora, Simchat Torah, on the
9th Day, also followed Shemini Atzeret. After YHVH Ordains
the 7-Day Feast of Sukkot, Moses is instructed that, ‘This
8th Day is to be a ‘Solemn Assembly. There is a degree of
Vagueness and Mystery as to what constitutes a Solemn
Assembly. It has led to the Jewish Rabbis constantly
revisit the issue of how it should be celebrated.
As with all Prescribed Feasts of
YHVH, their tie to the Sacrificial Temple Service has
altered the true Application and Rendering of the Feasts.
This is due to the Destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70 AD.
Thus, the Feasts like Shemini Atzeret were distinguished
by little other than an added time of Prayer for Rain and
Cessation from Work. In Israel, Shemini Atzeret and
Simchat Torah are observed on the same Day. So, there is a
2-Day Discrepancy as several other Feasts of YHVH are also
constructed in that matter now, i.e., Yom Teruah, Shavuot,
etc., and are more-or-less identical in the Day’s
Readings.
Torah Portion: Genesis 1-6:8
(Bereshit, or Beginning)
Maftir: Numbers 29:35-30:1
Haftarah Portion:
-Joshua 1:1-18 for Ashkenazi Jews
-Joshua 1:1-9 for Sephardic Jews
The entire Book of Ecclesiastes is
often read on Shemini Atzeret depending on when the Weekly
Sabbath falls during Sukkot. The Message of Ecclesiastes
is appropriate for an Autumnal Festival like Sukkot and
Shemini Atzeret because of its many Metaphors of ‘Planting
and Harvesting’, etc. It is a Fitting Reminder in Seasons
of Harvest. On Shemini Atzeret, the sukkah at last is
Disassembled.
Jews for Jesus concluded the
Synopsis by stating that , ‘As with many Jewish holidays,
Shemini Atzeret’s Main Significance disappeared with the
Destruction of the 2nd Temple and the Cessation of
Sacrifice. But what if that is exactly how the 3rd Temple
will then be Initiated with, and done by the AntiChrist
‘King’ that gathers all of Israel around it to Read from
the ‘Covenant’ to confirm it?
Finally, the Jews for Jesus, are reminded at this Time of
Year of how it was Jesus who fulfills all of YHVH’s
Feasts. And that as a Necessary Atoning Sacrifice, Jesus
provided that in Himself. The prayer for Rain is thus
connected to the Admonishment that Jesus gave, when He,
like Solomon, the King gathered all around the Temple, and
with a Laud Command, ‘On the Last and Great Day of the
Feast, i.e., Sukkot, Jesus proclaimed.
That, ‘If anyone Thirsts, let him come to Me and Drink.
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, Out of
his Heart [Innermost Being] will flow Rivers of Living
Water’.
-John 7:37-38
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But it all could be just a Sign as before with the Event
yet to occur in the near Future as was the case for 2017.
But until then, that is as far as we can see, so one goes
with it until it is disproven. And that is the best one
can do. It is a Process of Elimination. Now, as to how
Prophetically Significant Shemini Atzeret is or will be
for the AntiChrist? As one has surmised, it is to make the
Pack with Israel on such a Day.
But, what if…wouldn’t you know that
for the Church Age Believers and Followers of Jesus, what
if it will turn-out to be a Shemini Atzeret Rapture after
all!? And how for Gathered Bride in the Air, it will be
Jesus, like King Solomon that fulfills the Typology. As
mentioned, what if at the Rapture Event, Jesus might just
as well, read from the New Covenant, there in the Air as
the Bride meets Him in the Clouds in a Solemn Assembly.
How long will that Meeting in the Clouds, in the Air last
for or be?
What if Jesus, at that time, will
be giving a sort of Pep-Talk or Preliminary Instructions
about Laws for Living in the True Promised Land, there in
Heaven after the Rapture. Again, what if, at the Time of
the Rapture, there and then, at that Rendezvous, as the
Church Age Believers in Jesus are gathered around the King
as did Israel? Of course, this is Pure Speculation. But
what if?! Until the High Watch Days are come-and-gone, as
to Yom Kippur and Tabernacles, one will Stay the Course.
But one prefers October 18, 2022. And beyond that, then we
go Bust! :(
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Main Sources
Jews for Jesus: Shemini Atzeret
https://jewsforjesus.org/jewish-resources/jewish-holidays/shemini-atzeret/
Chabad: What Is Shemini Atzeret /
Simchat Torah?
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4464/jewish/What-Is-Shemini-Atzeret-Simchat-Torah.htm
National Today - Meaning of
Shemini Atzeret
https://nationaltoday.com/shemini-atzeret/
Establishment of Shemini Atzeret
Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35;
Nehemiah 8:18; 2 Chronicles 7:9
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