I Am Sure It Is Just a
Coincidence
By Carl Worline
We
are now about 3 weeks away from the highest watch
time of the year for the rapture. Rosh
Hashanah, also known as the Feast of Trumpets, will
be on February 3rd and 4th
this year. We
are especially hopeful that this year, 5776 on the
Jewish calendar, will be the year that Jesus comes
for his bride due to many clues about the
significance of 5776 that have been discussed in
other articles appearing on this web site. We are
also in the 120th jubilee year since
creation and many believe there is a connection here
with Genesis 6:3
Gen 6:3 And the LORD
said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for
that he also is flesh:
yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years
(KJV).
Was
God saying that man will not live to be over 120
years old, or was He also saying that He will strive
with us for 120 jubilees? Perhaps there is a double
meaning here.
If the latter is true, then this could be the
year for Christ to return for His church (bride)
before all hell breaks loose.
This is
the place where somebody will, invariably, jump in
with both feet and accuse me of being a “date
setter.” First
of all, I am not setting a date. I am
pointing to a range of dates that occur every
year. Secondly,
show me in the Bible where it says it is a shameful
thing to set a date.
Where is it written: “Thou shalt be ignorant
of the date of the return of the Lord thy God.”? What
chapter? What
verse?
On
the other hand, I would reply that the Bible
commands us to watch for the return of Jesus:
Luke 12:37. Blessed are
those servants, whom the lord when he comes shall find
watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird
himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will
come forth and serve them (KJV).
Mark 13:37. And what I say to you I say to
all, Watch (KJV).
Rev 3:3. If
therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a
thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come on
you (KJV).
Eph 6:18. Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints (KJV).
1 Thess 5:6. Therefore
let us not sleep, as do others;
but let us watch and be sober (KJV).
Rosh Hashanah is a two day
‘moed,” or divine appointment, and is based on the
sighting of the first sliver of the new moon. This year
we know that Rosh Hashanah occurs on both a Monday
and a Tuesday.
Computer simulations show that it will be far
more likely that this sighting will occur on
Tuesday, rather than Monday.
I am sure it is just a
coincidence that under Jewish tradition, it is
customary for the groom to return for his bride on a
Tuesday. Nobody,
except for the father of the groom knows which
Tuesday it will be.
It is just customary for the return date to
be on a Tuesday.
Does anybody doubt that God
places a very high premium on tradition? I
really expect to see Jesus return on a Tuesday.
Of course, I am sure all of
this is just a coincidence.
Carl Worline
oaktree3168@aol.com