Summary of Bible references on the Rapture
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Colossians 2:16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
It is good to study the Old testament feasts, they are a shadow of things to come. However, the reality is found in Christ.
1. He was conceived on Hanukkah, the rededication of man as the temple of God.
2. He was born on Feast of Trumpets, that was when the angels announced the coming of the king
3. He was circumcised on day of Atonement, that is when His blood was shed in the Temple.
4. He was crucified on Passover.
5. He was laid in the tomb on the feast of unleavened bread
6. He was raised on the feast of the first first fruit.
7. He ascended on Shavuot.
8. He poured out the Holy Spirit on the Earth on Feast of Pentecost (new wine).
9. He was baptized on 9th of Av.
10. His ministry began on Feast of Trumpets which was also on Day of Atonement, a year of jubilee.
Now all of those feast days of the Lord are in the Lord's table. We celebrate His birth, His life, His death, His burial, His resurrection, His ascension, and by doing that we proclaim His coming. We examine ourselves to see that we are in the Lord, our testimony is that we have been crucified with Christ, that is our heart has been circumcised. And it is a dress rehearsal for the wedding, the Feast of Tabernacles. Since God is the same yesterday, today and forever the one day that we have been given as a Holy convocation, a dress rehearsal, is the Lord's day and the Lord's table.
However, that does not mean the rapture would be on the Lord's day. On the contrary, we need to look at the pattern of the Lord's table. It comes as a thief in the night when Judas came and betrayed the Lord. Then you have the crucifixion of the Body of Christ and that is where the rapture would be "my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" would be when the Holy Spirit steps aside and the left behind saints are left on the cross. The three days of darkness would be the three days Jesus was in the tomb. Then you would have the resurrection on the Lord's day when the left behind saints would get their first glimmer of hope.
Israel was in Egypt for 400 years before leaving. Likewise the Plymouth brethren brought the Body of Christ to America in 1620 and four hundred years later in 2020 with the pandemic the Body of Christ began their exodus from this world.
The first standard Welsh Bible was also published in 1620, after leaving Egypt Moses gave the Jews the Torah.
Jesus said that no one knows the day and the hour concerning the rapture, but He didn't say that concerning other events.
For example:
1. What day would Antichrist be revealed? I would argue that would be December 25th, which is when the pagans celebrate the birth of Tammuz and the Romans celebrate the birth of the sun god. Hanukkah would be the day that Antichrist is revealed as well as that is celebrating the people of God standing against the Antichrist. This year Hanukkah and December 25th are the same day.
2. If the ministry of the two witnesses begins on December 25th then 42 months later will be in June, and that would be Shavuot, when the two loaves of bread are waved. The wave offering depicts the rapture in the wave offering of the first first fruits, so it is reasonable to conclude this would be the day the two witnesses would be raised.
3. Since Jesus ministry began on Feast of Trumpets it is reasonable that the counterfeit Christ's ministry would also begin on that day. Since Jesus began His ministry proclaiming the year of Jubilee this is the day we can expect to hear "peace and security" being proclaimed, probably a peace treaty concerning Israel by dividing their land.
Much of eschatology assumes that the rapture takes place before the start of the tribulation and the proclamation of peace and security. But that is not how the Bible reads. We are not snatched out of the way of the proclamation of peace and security, we are snatched out of the way of imminent death. Philadelphia is not kept out of the seventieth week or even out of Antichrist's reign. They are kept out of the hour of trial. Once Antichrist is in power he will then require everyone worship him and take the mark of the beast or else be beheaded. That is the hour of trial.
From that first Lord's day when Jesus rose from the dead it is seven complete sabbaths until His ascension. So then if we go 53 days back from December 25th we come to the approximate time of the rapture. This is approximate, once again we don't know the day or the hour.
However, I am looking for dress rehearsal for a thief coming in the night. This would not be a "holy convocation" as this is a dress rehearsal for Judas to betray the body of Christ. The next day would be a dress rehearsal for the "outer darkness" where the demons will walk the streets going to and fro just as the raven that Noah released. Again that is not. a dress rehearsal for the Holy Spirit but for the prince of the air. The next day would be a day where Jesus makes the synagogue of Satan to come and worship before the feet of Philadelphia, the saints that were raptured. The next day would be a day where Jesus makes the synagogue of Satan to come and worship before the feet of the dead in Christ who were also raised. That would be the three days of darkness. Then the next day would be the Lord's table.
As it so happens we have all of this in 2024:
October 30th -- Mischief Night
October 31st -- Halloween
November 1 -- All Saints day
November 2 -- Day of the dead
November 3 -- Lord's day.
It is good to study the Old testament feasts, they are a shadow of things to come. However, the reality is found in Christ.
1. He was conceived on Hanukkah, the rededication of man as the temple of God.
2. He was born on Feast of Trumpets, that was when the angels announced the coming of the king
3. He was circumcised on day of Atonement, that is when His blood was shed in the Temple.
4. He was crucified on Passover.
5. He was laid in the tomb on the feast of unleavened bread
6. He was raised on the feast of the first first fruit.
7. He ascended on Shavuot.
8. He poured out the Holy Spirit on the Earth on Feast of Pentecost (new wine).
9. He was baptized on 9th of Av.
10. His ministry began on Feast of Trumpets which was also on Day of Atonement, a year of jubilee.
Now all of those feast days of the Lord are in the Lord's table. We celebrate His birth, His life, His death, His burial, His resurrection, His ascension, and by doing that we proclaim His coming. We examine ourselves to see that we are in the Lord, our testimony is that we have been crucified with Christ, that is our heart has been circumcised. And it is a dress rehearsal for the wedding, the Feast of Tabernacles. Since God is the same yesterday, today and forever the one day that we have been given as a Holy convocation, a dress rehearsal, is the Lord's day and the Lord's table.
However, that does not mean the rapture would be on the Lord's day. On the contrary, we need to look at the pattern of the Lord's table. It comes as a thief in the night when Judas came and betrayed the Lord. Then you have the crucifixion of the Body of Christ and that is where the rapture would be "my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" would be when the Holy Spirit steps aside and the left behind saints are left on the cross. The three days of darkness would be the three days Jesus was in the tomb. Then you would have the resurrection on the Lord's day when the left behind saints would get their first glimmer of hope.
Israel was in Egypt for 400 years before leaving. Likewise the Plymouth brethren brought the Body of Christ to America in 1620 and four hundred years later in 2020 with the pandemic the Body of Christ began their exodus from this world.
The first standard Welsh Bible was also published in 1620, after leaving Egypt Moses gave the Jews the Torah.
Jesus said that no one knows the day and the hour concerning the rapture, but He didn't say that concerning other events.
For example:
1. What day would Antichrist be revealed? I would argue that would be December 25th, which is when the pagans celebrate the birth of Tammuz and the Romans celebrate the birth of the sun god. Hanukkah would be the day that Antichrist is revealed as well as that is celebrating the people of God standing against the Antichrist. This year Hanukkah and December 25th are the same day.
2. If the ministry of the two witnesses begins on December 25th then 42 months later will be in June, and that would be Shavuot, when the two loaves of bread are waved. The wave offering depicts the rapture in the wave offering of the first first fruits, so it is reasonable to conclude this would be the day the two witnesses would be raised.
3. Since Jesus ministry began on Feast of Trumpets it is reasonable that the counterfeit Christ's ministry would also begin on that day. Since Jesus began His ministry proclaiming the year of Jubilee this is the day we can expect to hear "peace and security" being proclaimed, probably a peace treaty concerning Israel by dividing their land.
Much of eschatology assumes that the rapture takes place before the start of the tribulation and the proclamation of peace and security. But that is not how the Bible reads. We are not snatched out of the way of the proclamation of peace and security, we are snatched out of the way of imminent death. Philadelphia is not kept out of the seventieth week or even out of Antichrist's reign. They are kept out of the hour of trial. Once Antichrist is in power he will then require everyone worship him and take the mark of the beast or else be beheaded. That is the hour of trial.
From that first Lord's day when Jesus rose from the dead it is seven complete sabbaths until His ascension. So then if we go 53 days back from December 25th we come to the approximate time of the rapture. This is approximate, once again we don't know the day or the hour.
However, I am looking for dress rehearsal for a thief coming in the night. This would not be a "holy convocation" as this is a dress rehearsal for Judas to betray the body of Christ. The next day would be a dress rehearsal for the "outer darkness" where the demons will walk the streets going to and fro just as the raven that Noah released. Again that is not. a dress rehearsal for the Holy Spirit but for the prince of the air. The next day would be a day where Jesus makes the synagogue of Satan to come and worship before the feet of Philadelphia, the saints that were raptured. The next day would be a day where Jesus makes the synagogue of Satan to come and worship before the feet of the dead in Christ who were also raised. That would be the three days of darkness. Then the next day would be the Lord's table.
As it so happens we have all of this in 2024:
October 30th -- Mischief Night
October 31st -- Halloween
November 1 -- All Saints day
November 2 -- Day of the dead
November 3 -- Lord's day.