I have not posted anything on this blog for some time. I came back to view some of my thoughts and noticed that there are some links to many of the words and phrases in my blogs. Please understand that I have not made these links and in many cases the links do not agree with my beliefs. However, some make for interesting conversation. Please do not think that I am responsible for any of these links.
God bless, Dean
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Birth of Christ
Many people in this world do not know that the manager scene is incorrect. According to the Bible, the wise men didn't attend the birth of the baby. They arrived when Jesus was a child and living in a house. He was probably between one and two years old. This is evident because Herod made the decree to kill all the babies born in Bethlehem that were two years old or younger. Many people thought that the wise men came to the manager and within a few days Mary, Joseph, and Jesus fled to Egypt. Did you know that according to Luke 2:22, that Joseph was to offer a sacrifice to God for the opening of the womb by the first born male child according to the laws of Moses. This could not take place until the time of purification of the mother which was 40 days. So, they didn't go to the Temple until after the 40 days were complete.
When was Jesus born? In my studies, I researched to true age of Jesus and in one of my past blogs proved by a verse in Daniel that Jesus was actually 37 years 5 month 13 days and 8.8 hours old. That would mean that if Jesus died in 32 AD, that He had to be born October 7, 7BC. That is a long way from December 25th. That makes more sense, since the shepherds were in the field at night with the sheep.
That fact put the next question in my mind, was there a star of Bethlehem? So, the search was on. I began studying all kinds of information about the signs in the sky during that time. Most people would not be looking in the right time frame to find it.
The Chinese were very good at recording events witnesses in the sky during this time and it was recorded in stone. There was an event that I believe was the star of Bethlehem. After all, the wise men had to have seen something that had some meaning to it, they didn't just see a light and say "hey there is a star, the savior of the world must have been born." So, in 7 BC I found out that Saturn and Jupiter aligned 3 different times forming a bright star over several different months in the constellation of Pisces. Pisces is the sign of the fish and it represented the nation of Israel. A star appearing 3 times in the constellation that represents Israel? Now that would be a sign of the messiah that the Jews talked of.
Why did the wise men know to look for such a star? The messiah had only been promised to the Jews and they were the only ones that knew of the coming messiah. The answer is that when the Jews were captured by the Babylonians and taken back to Babylon as slaves, they taught the information to the wise men of Babylon. So, when the sign appeared, the wise men knew what area of the country to look. The Bible says that the star disappeared, and the wise men went to Herod to get information of the location of the Messiah. Herod also asked his wise men of the prophecy and they also knew the recorded information even though they didn't recognize the signs.
Isn't it incredible, God placed the planets and the stars in the sky so that they would proclaim the birth of the messiah from the beginning of time. His plan was for salvation of all mankind from the beginning of creation. The star of Bethlehem was there, it was set in motion at the beginning of time for a specific date that a child would be born in a manger as the savior of the world. No mistakes, no guessing, perfection in motion, the perfect plan to show the world that there is a God and He sent His son into the world to give us eternal life with Him if we only choose to do so.
God bless and Merry Christmas (even if we are a few months off , :) , Dean
When was Jesus born? In my studies, I researched to true age of Jesus and in one of my past blogs proved by a verse in Daniel that Jesus was actually 37 years 5 month 13 days and 8.8 hours old. That would mean that if Jesus died in 32 AD, that He had to be born October 7, 7BC. That is a long way from December 25th. That makes more sense, since the shepherds were in the field at night with the sheep.
That fact put the next question in my mind, was there a star of Bethlehem? So, the search was on. I began studying all kinds of information about the signs in the sky during that time. Most people would not be looking in the right time frame to find it.
The Chinese were very good at recording events witnesses in the sky during this time and it was recorded in stone. There was an event that I believe was the star of Bethlehem. After all, the wise men had to have seen something that had some meaning to it, they didn't just see a light and say "hey there is a star, the savior of the world must have been born." So, in 7 BC I found out that Saturn and Jupiter aligned 3 different times forming a bright star over several different months in the constellation of Pisces. Pisces is the sign of the fish and it represented the nation of Israel. A star appearing 3 times in the constellation that represents Israel? Now that would be a sign of the messiah that the Jews talked of.
Why did the wise men know to look for such a star? The messiah had only been promised to the Jews and they were the only ones that knew of the coming messiah. The answer is that when the Jews were captured by the Babylonians and taken back to Babylon as slaves, they taught the information to the wise men of Babylon. So, when the sign appeared, the wise men knew what area of the country to look. The Bible says that the star disappeared, and the wise men went to Herod to get information of the location of the Messiah. Herod also asked his wise men of the prophecy and they also knew the recorded information even though they didn't recognize the signs.
Isn't it incredible, God placed the planets and the stars in the sky so that they would proclaim the birth of the messiah from the beginning of time. His plan was for salvation of all mankind from the beginning of creation. The star of Bethlehem was there, it was set in motion at the beginning of time for a specific date that a child would be born in a manger as the savior of the world. No mistakes, no guessing, perfection in motion, the perfect plan to show the world that there is a God and He sent His son into the world to give us eternal life with Him if we only choose to do so.
God bless and Merry Christmas (even if we are a few months off , :) , Dean
Monday, September 21, 2009
Feast of Trumpets
Pay attention, Let's see, a meeting in Washington for peace between Israel and the PLO on the Feast of Trumpets. Jesus said in Matthew, "No one knows the day or the hour of His return". I believe that this is a coded message. The Feast of Trumpets is the only feast that "noone knows the day or the hour" that it will start. The reason is the high priest must look for the "new moon" and when he first sees it, he will blow the ram's horn to announce the beginning of the feast.
The autumn equinox of September 21 in the occult world is when the god of darkness begins to overcome the god of light. This year it coincidentally falls on the biblical Feast of Trumpets, when the new crescent moon is seen the evening before, Leviticus 23:24. Anciently they blew the trumpet for 10 days till the Day of Atonement which was a symbol of Judgment Day.
The Jews celebrate “machzor gadol” when the sun returns to its original starting point every 28 years, but this year it occurred on Passover, an event that’s only happened twice before—at the Exodus from Egypt, and at the deliverance in the days of Queen Esther. Coincidence?
Some Jews took it as a sign that some form of deliverance is coming. We might wonder if they understood the math pointing to this year --
God asked Ezekiel to lie on his side for 390 days--a day for each of the 390 years Israel disobeyed, Ezekiel 4:5,6. But God also said, If you don't learn your lesson, I will punish you seven times over, Leviticus 26:18,21,24,28. 7 x 390 years = 2730 years. Israel's captivity began in 722 BC. Subtract 722 from 2730 = 2008, but we recall there was no year "0" so it's 2009. (Assyrian Captivity of Israel, Wikipedia found by Google). Another coincidence?
Jubilee was a time to blow the trumpets and celebrate a release from bondage. It came on the Day of Atonement—the 10th day counting from the New Moon, Leviticus 25:9,10.
Some Bible believers say those feast days were prophetic—that just as Christ died as the Passover lamb at Passover, the types that relate to His return will also occur at the time appointed in the symbolic service. This suggests that the trumpets of Revelation 8,9 may occur at the Feast of Trumpets as they did last fall.
The thin crescent was in the sky on October 1 when the U.S. Senate met to approve a $760 billion bailout and every day for 10 days the markets crashed. Another coincidence?
When God got ready to deliver His people from bondage in Egypt, He attacked the gods of Egypt. They worshipped the Nile; it turned to blood. They worshipped cattle; they died. We worship money; maybe it’s going! If we see a change in our currency tied to events September 21-30, maybe we should praise God that the ground is level and we can show what it says on our money—“In God We Trust.” Or maybe it will seem like just a coincidence.
If calamity comes September 21, more information will be posted at www.Exodus2.info www.UnitedStates1.netfirms.com and www.TheBridegroomComes.com
Personally, I don't believe in the pre-rapture, however if I did, it could happen tomorrow night, September 21, 2009.
If I am right, we are about to see the peace treaty signed, and the soon introduction of the antichrist, which I believe is waiting on the wings. He will not truly be revealed until the middle of the tribulation, but, he will be present at the signing of the peace treaty.
The autumn equinox of September 21 in the occult world is when the god of darkness begins to overcome the god of light. This year it coincidentally falls on the biblical Feast of Trumpets, when the new crescent moon is seen the evening before, Leviticus 23:24. Anciently they blew the trumpet for 10 days till the Day of Atonement which was a symbol of Judgment Day.
The Jews celebrate “machzor gadol” when the sun returns to its original starting point every 28 years, but this year it occurred on Passover, an event that’s only happened twice before—at the Exodus from Egypt, and at the deliverance in the days of Queen Esther. Coincidence?
Some Jews took it as a sign that some form of deliverance is coming. We might wonder if they understood the math pointing to this year --
God asked Ezekiel to lie on his side for 390 days--a day for each of the 390 years Israel disobeyed, Ezekiel 4:5,6. But God also said, If you don't learn your lesson, I will punish you seven times over, Leviticus 26:18,21,24,28. 7 x 390 years = 2730 years. Israel's captivity began in 722 BC. Subtract 722 from 2730 = 2008, but we recall there was no year "0" so it's 2009. (Assyrian Captivity of Israel, Wikipedia found by Google). Another coincidence?
Jubilee was a time to blow the trumpets and celebrate a release from bondage. It came on the Day of Atonement—the 10th day counting from the New Moon, Leviticus 25:9,10.
Some Bible believers say those feast days were prophetic—that just as Christ died as the Passover lamb at Passover, the types that relate to His return will also occur at the time appointed in the symbolic service. This suggests that the trumpets of Revelation 8,9 may occur at the Feast of Trumpets as they did last fall.
The thin crescent was in the sky on October 1 when the U.S. Senate met to approve a $760 billion bailout and every day for 10 days the markets crashed. Another coincidence?
When God got ready to deliver His people from bondage in Egypt, He attacked the gods of Egypt. They worshipped the Nile; it turned to blood. They worshipped cattle; they died. We worship money; maybe it’s going! If we see a change in our currency tied to events September 21-30, maybe we should praise God that the ground is level and we can show what it says on our money—“In God We Trust.” Or maybe it will seem like just a coincidence.
If calamity comes September 21, more information will be posted at www.Exodus2.info www.UnitedStates1.netfirms.com and www.TheBridegroomComes.com
Personally, I don't believe in the pre-rapture, however if I did, it could happen tomorrow night, September 21, 2009.
If I am right, we are about to see the peace treaty signed, and the soon introduction of the antichrist, which I believe is waiting on the wings. He will not truly be revealed until the middle of the tribulation, but, he will be present at the signing of the peace treaty.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Welcome back
I am going to start up my prophecy blog again for the fall. I hope you will check to see that it is going again. I retired from public school and started a new job in the private schools. Presently I am teaching Pre AP Algebra II, Pre AP PreCalculus, and AP Calculus.
So, you can see that I have been busy adjusting to the new job.
However, now I feel that it is important to start back. There are several things that seem to be very important in the return of our lord Jesus Christ.
The one I wish to talk about today is the peace plan. I believe there will be a middle east peace plan which will be a seven year deal. This plan gets closer every day. Last Tuesday a new plan was proposed. Of course, the most important part of this plan is to allow the Jewish Temple to be reinstated.
Here is the most recent article that explains:
Israelis, Palestinians Present Peace Blueprint
http://www.foxnews.com/l
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Jerusalem divided by a series of fences, trenches and walls. The West Bank and Gaza linked by a sunken highway. Palestinians and Israelis trading land that would require 100,000 Jewish settlers to move.
These proposals are part of a 424-page blueprint for Mideast peace presented Tuesday — the most detailed description yet of what an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal could look like.
The plan was released as a new U.S. diplomatic effort was under way to restart peace talks and ahead of meetings next week at the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Created by teams of Israeli and Palestinian experts and former negotiators, the blueprint is meant to show it's still possible to establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel, despite many setbacks, said those involved in the drafting.
"If you want to resolve the conflict, here is the recipe," said Gadi Baltiansky, a leader of the Israeli team.
The core of the plan is a Palestinian state in nearly 98 percent of the West Bank, all of the Gaza Strip and the Arab-populated areas of Jerusalem. By going into the tiniest details, it highlights the staggering challenges and expense of implementing any peace deal.
The blueprint was presented Tuesday by Yossi Beilin, a former Israeli peace negotiator, and by Baltiansky, who served as an aide to former prime minister Ehud Barak.
The Palestinian participants kept a low profile. The most senior, Yasser Abed Rabbo, now a high-ranking aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, declined comment and did not attend the plan's unveiling in Tel Aviv.
Israeli officials said the Palestinians planned their own presentation later, but it appeared the Palestinians also wanted to avoid giving the impression their government is also close to the terms of a failed agreement suggested in late 2000 by then-President Bill Clinton.
The blueprint goes into detail on issues that were only dealt with in broad strokes in the earlier efforts.
For example, the 2003 plan said the West Bank and Gaza, which flank Israel, should be connected by a corridor running through the Jewish state. The expanded proposal describes a sunken four-lane highway with bridges and tunnels; it would also give the Palestinians the option of adding train tracks, underground fuel pipes and communications cables.
The partition of Jerusalem required perhaps the most creativity.
Earlier efforts called for Jewish neighborhoods to join Israel and Arab ones to become part of Palestine. However, traditionally Arab east Jerusalem has become a patchwork of Jewish and Arab neighborhoods since Israel captured it in the 1967 Mideast war and moved nearly 200,000 Israelis there.
As a result, the border on the blueprint snakes around neighborhoods, divvying them between Israel and Palestine. A major thoroughfare that bisects the city would become a binational road, with Israeli and Palestinian motorists divided by a series of fences, trenches, walls and greenery.
A pedestrian overpass in the downtown area, near the famed American Colony Hotel, would link the Palestinian part of Jerusalem with the Israeli sector, passing through a border checkpoint.
Huge multilevel border terminals would be built in the northern and southern areas of the city, and planners included detailed architectural drawings of the crossings.
Both sides would have access to the walled Old City with its major religious shrines, but from separate gates. The border puts the Jewish Quarter and the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, in Israel, while the Palestinians would get the adjacent Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third-holiest shrine.
The document does not have a detailed chapter on the fate of Palestinian refugees and their millions of descendants, one of the toughest issues facing peacemakers. The Palestinian team leader, Nidal Foqaha, said the issue was still too sensitive.
The security annex was the most difficult to put together, Baltiansky said. He said the involvement of senior former Israeli military officials ensured the document addresses Israel's security concerns.
Israel fears Palestinian militants would overrun the West Bank after a withdrawal and launch rockets at Israel. Gaza was seized by Hamas in 2007, two years after Israel's withdrawal, and militants there have fired thousands of rockets into southern Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a future Palestinian state to be demilitarized, and the security annex lists weapons the Palestinian security forces would be banned from having, including tanks, artillery, rockets, heavy machine guns and weapons of mass destruction.
The plan also stipulates that an Israeli infantry battalion of 800 soldiers would remain in the Jordan Valley, on the West Bank's border with Jordan, for three years after all other Israeli troops have left the Palestinian territory.
"When Netanyahu speaks about a non-militarized Palestine, in this book we write exactly what it means," Baltiansky said. "We translate it into a detailed reality."
The manual is being presented to Israeli and Palestinian leaders as well as top diplomats in the U.S., Europe and Egypt in hopes they will use it as a reference once peace talks resume, organizers said.
Did you read the part about the access the major religious sites. That is the part that will fulfill Daniel 9:27. "And he will make a firm covenant with the many(Jews) for one week(represents 7 years) but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction,"
Of course this peace treaty has been around a long time. Many presidents have tried and failed to make it happen. But, when it happens, the last seven years will be upon us. We may be cast into the tribulation. Our job will be to be a witness to the world for Christ.
God bless, Dean
So, you can see that I have been busy adjusting to the new job.
However, now I feel that it is important to start back. There are several things that seem to be very important in the return of our lord Jesus Christ.
The one I wish to talk about today is the peace plan. I believe there will be a middle east peace plan which will be a seven year deal. This plan gets closer every day. Last Tuesday a new plan was proposed. Of course, the most important part of this plan is to allow the Jewish Temple to be reinstated.
Here is the most recent article that explains:
Israelis, Palestinians Present Peace Blueprint
http://www.foxnews.com/l
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jerusalem divided by a series of fences, trenches and walls. The West Bank and Gaza linked by a sunken highway. Palestinians and Israelis trading land that would require 100,000 Jewish settlers to move.
These proposals are part of a 424-page blueprint for Mideast peace presented Tuesday — the most detailed description yet of what an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal could look like.
The plan was released as a new U.S. diplomatic effort was under way to restart peace talks and ahead of meetings next week at the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
Created by teams of Israeli and Palestinian experts and former negotiators, the blueprint is meant to show it's still possible to establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel, despite many setbacks, said those involved in the drafting.
"If you want to resolve the conflict, here is the recipe," said Gadi Baltiansky, a leader of the Israeli team.
The core of the plan is a Palestinian state in nearly 98 percent of the West Bank, all of the Gaza Strip and the Arab-populated areas of Jerusalem. By going into the tiniest details, it highlights the staggering challenges and expense of implementing any peace deal.
The blueprint was presented Tuesday by Yossi Beilin, a former Israeli peace negotiator, and by Baltiansky, who served as an aide to former prime minister Ehud Barak.
The Palestinian participants kept a low profile. The most senior, Yasser Abed Rabbo, now a high-ranking aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, declined comment and did not attend the plan's unveiling in Tel Aviv.
Israeli officials said the Palestinians planned their own presentation later, but it appeared the Palestinians also wanted to avoid giving the impression their government is also close to the terms of a failed agreement suggested in late 2000 by then-President Bill Clinton.
The blueprint goes into detail on issues that were only dealt with in broad strokes in the earlier efforts.
For example, the 2003 plan said the West Bank and Gaza, which flank Israel, should be connected by a corridor running through the Jewish state. The expanded proposal describes a sunken four-lane highway with bridges and tunnels; it would also give the Palestinians the option of adding train tracks, underground fuel pipes and communications cables.
The partition of Jerusalem required perhaps the most creativity.
Earlier efforts called for Jewish neighborhoods to join Israel and Arab ones to become part of Palestine. However, traditionally Arab east Jerusalem has become a patchwork of Jewish and Arab neighborhoods since Israel captured it in the 1967 Mideast war and moved nearly 200,000 Israelis there.
As a result, the border on the blueprint snakes around neighborhoods, divvying them between Israel and Palestine. A major thoroughfare that bisects the city would become a binational road, with Israeli and Palestinian motorists divided by a series of fences, trenches, walls and greenery.
A pedestrian overpass in the downtown area, near the famed American Colony Hotel, would link the Palestinian part of Jerusalem with the Israeli sector, passing through a border checkpoint.
Huge multilevel border terminals would be built in the northern and southern areas of the city, and planners included detailed architectural drawings of the crossings.
Both sides would have access to the walled Old City with its major religious shrines, but from separate gates. The border puts the Jewish Quarter and the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, in Israel, while the Palestinians would get the adjacent Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third-holiest shrine.
The document does not have a detailed chapter on the fate of Palestinian refugees and their millions of descendants, one of the toughest issues facing peacemakers. The Palestinian team leader, Nidal Foqaha, said the issue was still too sensitive.
The security annex was the most difficult to put together, Baltiansky said. He said the involvement of senior former Israeli military officials ensured the document addresses Israel's security concerns.
Israel fears Palestinian militants would overrun the West Bank after a withdrawal and launch rockets at Israel. Gaza was seized by Hamas in 2007, two years after Israel's withdrawal, and militants there have fired thousands of rockets into southern Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a future Palestinian state to be demilitarized, and the security annex lists weapons the Palestinian security forces would be banned from having, including tanks, artillery, rockets, heavy machine guns and weapons of mass destruction.
The plan also stipulates that an Israeli infantry battalion of 800 soldiers would remain in the Jordan Valley, on the West Bank's border with Jordan, for three years after all other Israeli troops have left the Palestinian territory.
"When Netanyahu speaks about a non-militarized Palestine, in this book we write exactly what it means," Baltiansky said. "We translate it into a detailed reality."
The manual is being presented to Israeli and Palestinian leaders as well as top diplomats in the U.S., Europe and Egypt in hopes they will use it as a reference once peace talks resume, organizers said.
Did you read the part about the access the major religious sites. That is the part that will fulfill Daniel 9:27. "And he will make a firm covenant with the many(Jews) for one week(represents 7 years) but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction,"
Of course this peace treaty has been around a long time. Many presidents have tried and failed to make it happen. But, when it happens, the last seven years will be upon us. We may be cast into the tribulation. Our job will be to be a witness to the world for Christ.
God bless, Dean
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Characteristics of the Antichrist
In an effort to answer a question, I will discuss the coming antichrist and some of his characteristics.
There are two false prophets that will be on the earth in the last days, the antichrist and the false prophet. They will counter the two great witness sent by God to witness to all the earth. The problem we have is that both will have supernatural powers; so, it will not be easy to tell them apart in the beginning.
When will the antichrist show up?
Daniel 9:27, "He will confirm a covenant with the 'many' (the Jewish people) for seven years. I believe that this covenant will be the peace treaty that will divide Jerusalem in half so that the Palestinians will used Jerusalem as their capitol and in return the Jews will receive access to the Temple mount in order to rebuild the Temple. So, the antichrist will be here from the beginning. What does it mean to "confirm" the covenant? This means that he does not have to make the treaty, just be there an show support for it.
Satan will possess the antichrist when he is cast to earth. This happens at the third trumpet, Revelation 8:10, "and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters, and the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood and many men died from the waters because they were made bitter." The star represents Satan and also has a literal interpretation. In the fourth trumpet, 1/3 of the stars, sun and moon were smitten. These are the 1/3 of heavens angels that followed Lucifer when he was kicked out of heaven in the beginning. It is easy to see that I am not making stuff up when you read Revelation 9:1, "and the firth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heave which had fallen to the earth; and the key to the bottomless pit was given to him." See the star is Satan, and he receives the keys to the bottomless pit. Why? There are the most evil angels locked up there and they will be released on the earth to torment anyone who doesn't follow the antichrist.
Personally, I believe that the first four trumpets will sound very close to the beginning of the seven years of tribulation.
The two great witnesses will receive power from God to witness to the world for 3 and 1/2 years and after that the antichrist will kill them. This happens in the "hour" that I talked about in a past blog. This is the 30 day period between the 1260 days and the 1290 days. After the 1290 days, the antichrist will establish what is called the abomination of desolation. This is when the antichrist will stop the temple mount worship and place himself on the Temple mount as god. He will make everyone take the mark of the beast, the 666, and anyone who does not will be killed (if caught).
How does the antichrist get into power of the whole world?
The earth is going to chance because of the trumpet judgments. To give you an idea, how do you get rid of 1/3 of the sun and moon. The only way is to make the earth spin faster so the days and nights are shorter. It takes an big impact to make that happen. Can you say sunami or even spell it correct? Not sure I did. Anyway, that is why in Daniel 7:25, "he will change times and law" Why would you need to change time? If the days are different. Change law? If we are in a one world government. No more land of the free. We are almost there now. The world will be divided into 10 economic regions of the world according to the club of Rome. They have already established some of them, China, Russia, European Union, and now they are going to make the North American Union, which will be Canada, US, and Mexico.
The funny thing is the antichrist will not be in control of any of the 10 regions.
He will come out of obscurity (Daniel 7:8, the little horn that is not one of the ten) and he will subdue three of these kings or regions and he will become one of eight. Revelation 17:11-12; "and the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction, and the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for "one hour"
The seven are Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Medio-Persia, Greece, Rome, and the antichrist system of the last days. These are all enemies of Israel. Revelation 13:3, " and I saw a beast(government system) coming up out of the sea (gentiles) having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns (kings) and on his heads were blasphemous names. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard (Greece), and his feet like those of a bear (Medio-Persia), and his mouth like the mouth of a lion (Babylon), and the dragon (Satan) gave him his power and his throne and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed after the beast."
What does it mean that his head wound was healed?
What does the heads stand for? The answer is previous empires that hated Israel.
It was also called the wound of the sword, which would mean cut into. Lets see, what previous empire was cut into? The only choice is Medio-Persia because it was created out of two kingdoms. Most believe that the antichrist will come from Europe. These verses seem to indicated that he will come from the middle east. Afterall, Persia is another name for Iran/Iraq. It seems that there will be a kingdom that will be established in the middle east again and seems to be getting closer each day.
The most important verse to know is 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3. It says the the gathering together with Jesus Christ in the clouds will not happen before the man of lawlessness is revealed." Hello, are you listening, the rapture can't happen before we see the antichrist revealed. He will be revealed when he puts and end to the Temple worship and puts himself on the throne as God. This happen 1290 days into the tribulation. Wake up people, we are going to be here!!!
Be ready to be a witness and stand up for your faith.
God bless, Dean
There are two false prophets that will be on the earth in the last days, the antichrist and the false prophet. They will counter the two great witness sent by God to witness to all the earth. The problem we have is that both will have supernatural powers; so, it will not be easy to tell them apart in the beginning.
When will the antichrist show up?
Daniel 9:27, "He will confirm a covenant with the 'many' (the Jewish people) for seven years. I believe that this covenant will be the peace treaty that will divide Jerusalem in half so that the Palestinians will used Jerusalem as their capitol and in return the Jews will receive access to the Temple mount in order to rebuild the Temple. So, the antichrist will be here from the beginning. What does it mean to "confirm" the covenant? This means that he does not have to make the treaty, just be there an show support for it.
Satan will possess the antichrist when he is cast to earth. This happens at the third trumpet, Revelation 8:10, "and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters, and the name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood and many men died from the waters because they were made bitter." The star represents Satan and also has a literal interpretation. In the fourth trumpet, 1/3 of the stars, sun and moon were smitten. These are the 1/3 of heavens angels that followed Lucifer when he was kicked out of heaven in the beginning. It is easy to see that I am not making stuff up when you read Revelation 9:1, "and the firth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heave which had fallen to the earth; and the key to the bottomless pit was given to him." See the star is Satan, and he receives the keys to the bottomless pit. Why? There are the most evil angels locked up there and they will be released on the earth to torment anyone who doesn't follow the antichrist.
Personally, I believe that the first four trumpets will sound very close to the beginning of the seven years of tribulation.
The two great witnesses will receive power from God to witness to the world for 3 and 1/2 years and after that the antichrist will kill them. This happens in the "hour" that I talked about in a past blog. This is the 30 day period between the 1260 days and the 1290 days. After the 1290 days, the antichrist will establish what is called the abomination of desolation. This is when the antichrist will stop the temple mount worship and place himself on the Temple mount as god. He will make everyone take the mark of the beast, the 666, and anyone who does not will be killed (if caught).
How does the antichrist get into power of the whole world?
The earth is going to chance because of the trumpet judgments. To give you an idea, how do you get rid of 1/3 of the sun and moon. The only way is to make the earth spin faster so the days and nights are shorter. It takes an big impact to make that happen. Can you say sunami or even spell it correct? Not sure I did. Anyway, that is why in Daniel 7:25, "he will change times and law" Why would you need to change time? If the days are different. Change law? If we are in a one world government. No more land of the free. We are almost there now. The world will be divided into 10 economic regions of the world according to the club of Rome. They have already established some of them, China, Russia, European Union, and now they are going to make the North American Union, which will be Canada, US, and Mexico.
The funny thing is the antichrist will not be in control of any of the 10 regions.
He will come out of obscurity (Daniel 7:8, the little horn that is not one of the ten) and he will subdue three of these kings or regions and he will become one of eight. Revelation 17:11-12; "and the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction, and the ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for "one hour"
The seven are Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Medio-Persia, Greece, Rome, and the antichrist system of the last days. These are all enemies of Israel. Revelation 13:3, " and I saw a beast(government system) coming up out of the sea (gentiles) having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten crowns (kings) and on his heads were blasphemous names. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard (Greece), and his feet like those of a bear (Medio-Persia), and his mouth like the mouth of a lion (Babylon), and the dragon (Satan) gave him his power and his throne and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth followed after the beast."
What does it mean that his head wound was healed?
What does the heads stand for? The answer is previous empires that hated Israel.
It was also called the wound of the sword, which would mean cut into. Lets see, what previous empire was cut into? The only choice is Medio-Persia because it was created out of two kingdoms. Most believe that the antichrist will come from Europe. These verses seem to indicated that he will come from the middle east. Afterall, Persia is another name for Iran/Iraq. It seems that there will be a kingdom that will be established in the middle east again and seems to be getting closer each day.
The most important verse to know is 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3. It says the the gathering together with Jesus Christ in the clouds will not happen before the man of lawlessness is revealed." Hello, are you listening, the rapture can't happen before we see the antichrist revealed. He will be revealed when he puts and end to the Temple worship and puts himself on the throne as God. This happen 1290 days into the tribulation. Wake up people, we are going to be here!!!
Be ready to be a witness and stand up for your faith.
God bless, Dean
Monday, June 8, 2009
THE DAY OF ATONEMENT AND THE HIGH PRIEST
The next and probably the greatest feast is the "Day of Atonement"
I got the following from tedmontgomery.com. He did a great job of explaining. The bold print, I added.
the slain goat and the “scapegoat”
Once a year, the high priest in ancient Israel would take two goats and cast lots for them (Lev. 16:7,8). One goat would be killed (16:9) and its blood sprinkled on the atonement cover (or “mercy seat”) "which is on the ark of the covenant" in the Most Holy Place of the temple to make amends for the people’s sins (16:15,16). (In the Most Holy Place, the high priest, came “face to face” with God.)
Next, laying his hands on the other goat, the priest would confess over it all the sins of Israel; then this second goat (the “scapegoat”), carrying upon itself the sins of all the people, would be led away and released in the desert (Lev. 16:10,20,21,22). The Israelites’ sin and guilt were transferred onto the goats and completely removed from their presence.
Yom Kippur, Yom haPeduth, or Day of Atonement
"This is the biggest problem understanding the feasts, each one has several names"
It was on Yom Kippur, also called Yom haPeduth (or the “Day of Redemption,” the holiest day of the Jewish year), that the high priest performed the sin atonement and removal ceremonies.
Thus, it also is known as the “Day of Atonement.”
It will be on the ultimate Yom Kippur, at the end of the age, that the Great Shofar (Trumpet) will be blown (Lev. 25:9; Isa. 18:3, 27:13; Zech. 9:14). On this day, the world will come “face-to-face” with Jesus when He returns bodily to earth, at the blowing of the Seventh Trumpet (Rev. 11:15). At that time, the remnant of Israel finally will receive atonement from their sins (Isa. 27:9,13). (It should be noted that the shofar blown on Rosh haShanah is called the “Last Trumpet,” while the shofar blown at Yom Kippur is referred to as the “Great Trumpet,” even though Yom Kippur follows Rosh haShanah.)
It was ordained by God that Yom Kippur be commemorated once a year on the tenth day of the same month as Rosh haShanah (Lev. 16:29, 23:26-32; Num. 29:7-11), that is, on Tishri 10. It was the only day each year that the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place in the temple (Lev. 16:17,34a) to atone (make amends) for the sins of himself and of his household with the blood of a bull (16:3,6,11,14) and for the sins of the people of Israel with the blood of a goat (16:9,15).
Jesus and Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur ends the annual Teshuvah season, and a specific future Yom Kippur will end the Day of the Lord judgments for Israel. On this particular, future Yom haPeduth (“Day of Redemption”), “The Redeemer will come to Zion...” (Isa. 59:20). This will be the ultimate Yom Kippur.
Jesus is the world’s Redeemer, saving us from the consequences of sins and trespasses against God and protecting those who believe in, accept, and trust in Him from the wrath of and eternal separation from God. To do this, Jesus had to become 1) our High Priest, 2) the sacrifice for the atonement of our sins, and 3) our “scapegoat.”
Jesus, our High Priest
Israel’s high priest had to enter the Most Holy Place in the temple once a year, on Yom Kippur, to offer atonement sacrifices, as discussed in the previous section. Since the high priest himself was not perfect and sinless, he had to atone not only for the sins of others but also for his own sins. Furthermore, he had to do it over and over again, year after year, as one single sacrifice would not suffice.
On the other hand, one sacrifice made by Jesus was all that was required for the sin atonement of all people (who would accept it) for eternity. God the Father designated Jesus, the perfect “author” of our salvation (Heb. 2:10c), to be our “high priest” (5:10); and He is our “high priest” forever (Heb. 6:20b). Jesus became “...a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God,...that he might make atonement for the sins of the people” (2:17b). He “...entered the Most Holy Place [in heaven] once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption” (9:12b)—that is, the eternal forgiveness of our sins (Col. 1:14), for those who believe in Him (John 3:15).
For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him (Heb. 9:24-28).
Jesus, atonement sacrifice and Redeemer
Not only did the Jewish high priest and his activities clearly point to an atoning, redeeming Messiah (namely, Jesus), so also did the two goats used to atone (pay for) for and remove the sins of the Israelites point to Him. The two goats represented and completed one sin atonement/removal each year on Yom Kippur.
The first goat, which was sacrificed and its blood sprinkled on the atonement cover for the sins of the people by the high priest (Lev. 16:9,15), depicted or foreshadowed Jesus’ death on the cross and shedding of blood. Whereas the earthly high priest entered an earthly copy of the real Most Holy Place, with blood not his own, Jesus actually entered into the true one (located in heaven), offering His own blood (Heb. 9:11,12b,24,25).
The second goat, on which all of Israel’s wickedness and rebellion symbolically were laid (Lev. 16:10,21), portrayed Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. While the first goat “atoned” for Israel’s sins, the second goat “removed” them by being led off into the desert (16:22). This was the final sin offering made each Yom Kippur, signifying that none other was necessary. Similarly, Jesus Christ, by means of His resurrection to life, permanently removed our sins (and their eternal penalty) from us, thereby redeeming us. For “...as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12). Just as the “scapegoat’s” sin offering was final for that year, Christ’s sin offering was final forever, since He “...offered for all time one sacrifice for sins...” and then “...sat down at the right hand of God [the Father]” (Heb. 10:12). Jesus was our once-for-all “scapegoat”; for that we should rejoice and give Him praise!
David exclaimed, “I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings...” (Psalm 57:1b). Another psalmist concurred: “[God] will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge...” (91:4ab). These wings, I believe, refer to the wings of God’s cherubim, images of whom stood atop the atonement cover of the ancient ark of the covenant (Exo. 25:19; Heb. 9:5a). “[T]heir wings spread upward, overshadowing the [atonement] cover with them” (Exo. 25:20). God told Moses, “There, above the [atonement] cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you...” (25:22). With our faith in the Messiah’s blood atonement, we are overshadowed by God’s “wings” (of His cherubim) and may take protective refuge under these wings, where He will commune with us until He returns again, in person, to reign.
One day, on a Yom Kippur appointed in the future, Yeshua haMashiach (Jesus, the Christ) will return to earth again physically (Isa. 63:1-6; Zech. 14:3-5; Rev. 19:11-16—see “physical return of Jesus”: C-12, P-IV, S-1), bringing with Him real, lasting peace. When He comes again, redemption then will be complete for those who will have believed in and accepted His atonement for and removal of their sins (by His death and resurrection). He will “sprinkle” many nations (Isa. 52:15), as well as the house of Israel (Ezek. 36:25), thereby cleansing them, just as the high priest in Israel sprinkled blood on the atonement cover to cleanse the people of their sins and as the Levites were sprinkled with water to make them ceremonially clean (Num. 8:6,7a). The world will come “face to face” with God, in the physical, glorified form of the Lord Jesus, on that future Yom Kippur.
I believe that Jesus will return physically to the world for the Jews as one of the two great witnesses. No one else in the world believes this that I know of; but it makes sense. After three and one half years they will be killed and after three days they will be "snatched up" into the clouds. Right after that, Jesus returns for His redeemed in the clouds. Let see, 3.5 years for the Gentiles and 3.5 years for the Jews, seven is the perfect number of God.
I got the following from tedmontgomery.com. He did a great job of explaining. The bold print, I added.
the slain goat and the “scapegoat”
Once a year, the high priest in ancient Israel would take two goats and cast lots for them (Lev. 16:7,8). One goat would be killed (16:9) and its blood sprinkled on the atonement cover (or “mercy seat”) "which is on the ark of the covenant" in the Most Holy Place of the temple to make amends for the people’s sins (16:15,16). (In the Most Holy Place, the high priest, came “face to face” with God.)
Next, laying his hands on the other goat, the priest would confess over it all the sins of Israel; then this second goat (the “scapegoat”), carrying upon itself the sins of all the people, would be led away and released in the desert (Lev. 16:10,20,21,22). The Israelites’ sin and guilt were transferred onto the goats and completely removed from their presence.
Yom Kippur, Yom haPeduth, or Day of Atonement
"This is the biggest problem understanding the feasts, each one has several names"
It was on Yom Kippur, also called Yom haPeduth (or the “Day of Redemption,” the holiest day of the Jewish year), that the high priest performed the sin atonement and removal ceremonies.
Thus, it also is known as the “Day of Atonement.”
It will be on the ultimate Yom Kippur, at the end of the age, that the Great Shofar (Trumpet) will be blown (Lev. 25:9; Isa. 18:3, 27:13; Zech. 9:14). On this day, the world will come “face-to-face” with Jesus when He returns bodily to earth, at the blowing of the Seventh Trumpet (Rev. 11:15). At that time, the remnant of Israel finally will receive atonement from their sins (Isa. 27:9,13). (It should be noted that the shofar blown on Rosh haShanah is called the “Last Trumpet,” while the shofar blown at Yom Kippur is referred to as the “Great Trumpet,” even though Yom Kippur follows Rosh haShanah.)
It was ordained by God that Yom Kippur be commemorated once a year on the tenth day of the same month as Rosh haShanah (Lev. 16:29, 23:26-32; Num. 29:7-11), that is, on Tishri 10. It was the only day each year that the high priest could enter the Most Holy Place in the temple (Lev. 16:17,34a) to atone (make amends) for the sins of himself and of his household with the blood of a bull (16:3,6,11,14) and for the sins of the people of Israel with the blood of a goat (16:9,15).
Jesus and Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur ends the annual Teshuvah season, and a specific future Yom Kippur will end the Day of the Lord judgments for Israel. On this particular, future Yom haPeduth (“Day of Redemption”), “The Redeemer will come to Zion...” (Isa. 59:20). This will be the ultimate Yom Kippur.
Jesus is the world’s Redeemer, saving us from the consequences of sins and trespasses against God and protecting those who believe in, accept, and trust in Him from the wrath of and eternal separation from God. To do this, Jesus had to become 1) our High Priest, 2) the sacrifice for the atonement of our sins, and 3) our “scapegoat.”
Jesus, our High Priest
Israel’s high priest had to enter the Most Holy Place in the temple once a year, on Yom Kippur, to offer atonement sacrifices, as discussed in the previous section. Since the high priest himself was not perfect and sinless, he had to atone not only for the sins of others but also for his own sins. Furthermore, he had to do it over and over again, year after year, as one single sacrifice would not suffice.
On the other hand, one sacrifice made by Jesus was all that was required for the sin atonement of all people (who would accept it) for eternity. God the Father designated Jesus, the perfect “author” of our salvation (Heb. 2:10c), to be our “high priest” (5:10); and He is our “high priest” forever (Heb. 6:20b). Jesus became “...a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God,...that he might make atonement for the sins of the people” (2:17b). He “...entered the Most Holy Place [in heaven] once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption” (9:12b)—that is, the eternal forgiveness of our sins (Col. 1:14), for those who believe in Him (John 3:15).
For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him (Heb. 9:24-28).
Jesus, atonement sacrifice and Redeemer
Not only did the Jewish high priest and his activities clearly point to an atoning, redeeming Messiah (namely, Jesus), so also did the two goats used to atone (pay for) for and remove the sins of the Israelites point to Him. The two goats represented and completed one sin atonement/removal each year on Yom Kippur.
The first goat, which was sacrificed and its blood sprinkled on the atonement cover for the sins of the people by the high priest (Lev. 16:9,15), depicted or foreshadowed Jesus’ death on the cross and shedding of blood. Whereas the earthly high priest entered an earthly copy of the real Most Holy Place, with blood not his own, Jesus actually entered into the true one (located in heaven), offering His own blood (Heb. 9:11,12b,24,25).
The second goat, on which all of Israel’s wickedness and rebellion symbolically were laid (Lev. 16:10,21), portrayed Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. While the first goat “atoned” for Israel’s sins, the second goat “removed” them by being led off into the desert (16:22). This was the final sin offering made each Yom Kippur, signifying that none other was necessary. Similarly, Jesus Christ, by means of His resurrection to life, permanently removed our sins (and their eternal penalty) from us, thereby redeeming us. For “...as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12). Just as the “scapegoat’s” sin offering was final for that year, Christ’s sin offering was final forever, since He “...offered for all time one sacrifice for sins...” and then “...sat down at the right hand of God [the Father]” (Heb. 10:12). Jesus was our once-for-all “scapegoat”; for that we should rejoice and give Him praise!
David exclaimed, “I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings...” (Psalm 57:1b). Another psalmist concurred: “[God] will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge...” (91:4ab). These wings, I believe, refer to the wings of God’s cherubim, images of whom stood atop the atonement cover of the ancient ark of the covenant (Exo. 25:19; Heb. 9:5a). “[T]heir wings spread upward, overshadowing the [atonement] cover with them” (Exo. 25:20). God told Moses, “There, above the [atonement] cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you...” (25:22). With our faith in the Messiah’s blood atonement, we are overshadowed by God’s “wings” (of His cherubim) and may take protective refuge under these wings, where He will commune with us until He returns again, in person, to reign.
One day, on a Yom Kippur appointed in the future, Yeshua haMashiach (Jesus, the Christ) will return to earth again physically (Isa. 63:1-6; Zech. 14:3-5; Rev. 19:11-16—see “physical return of Jesus”: C-12, P-IV, S-1), bringing with Him real, lasting peace. When He comes again, redemption then will be complete for those who will have believed in and accepted His atonement for and removal of their sins (by His death and resurrection). He will “sprinkle” many nations (Isa. 52:15), as well as the house of Israel (Ezek. 36:25), thereby cleansing them, just as the high priest in Israel sprinkled blood on the atonement cover to cleanse the people of their sins and as the Levites were sprinkled with water to make them ceremonially clean (Num. 8:6,7a). The world will come “face to face” with God, in the physical, glorified form of the Lord Jesus, on that future Yom Kippur.
I believe that Jesus will return physically to the world for the Jews as one of the two great witnesses. No one else in the world believes this that I know of; but it makes sense. After three and one half years they will be killed and after three days they will be "snatched up" into the clouds. Right after that, Jesus returns for His redeemed in the clouds. Let see, 3.5 years for the Gentiles and 3.5 years for the Jews, seven is the perfect number of God.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The Feast of Trumpets
The annual religious celebration The shofar is blown at the western wall on the new moon of Tishrei to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets.
The very next feast due to be fulfilled.
Daniel 9:27; the epic future event!
In the autumn of the year and on the first day of the Tishrei moon trumpets are blown to announce the Hebrew holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Biblical Christians refer to it as the Feast of Trumpets. It is the 5th of the Seven Feasts of Israel. The ultimate New Covenant fulfillment of this future Jewish New Year, (Tishrei 1 on the Hebrew calendar), will be spectacular beyond words. The feast will explode into holy history. And it will be a blockbuster. Moses declared and prophesied that it would become a "memorial of blowing of trumpets" (Lev. 23:24-25) It seems that many faithful saints will suffer at the hands of the powers because they blew the trumpet and sounded the alarm on that awesome future Rosh Hashanah. (Ezek.33) On that coming feast day the faithful watchmen of Israel will answer the call. And "they will not be silent". This 5th feast was instituted by Moses at Sinai approximately 3,500 years ago. It marks the first day of the Hebrew (civil) new year. 'Rosh Hashanah' means 'head of the year'. The Feast of Trumpets is the first of the three, yet to be fulfilled, Fall Feasts of Israel. These Autumn Feasts relate to Kingdom/political issues rather than the High Priestly/religious matters that we saw Messiah address in the spring feasts during His first coming 2,000 years ago. Back then we saw Him ride into Jerusalem on a donkey as the 'Suffering Servant'. But when Messiah returns this next time He will come as the Conquering King. After Trumpets come the "Ten days of awe" which lead on to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the most solemn day of the year. On this awesome Day of Reckoning all accounts between YHVH-God and all His covenant people are settled. The Jubilee Year is also announced on this tenth day of Tishri. Trumpets are also blown during special times of national crisis. God's covenant people are summoned to gather themselves together in a solemn assembly before the God of Israel. Trumpets are sounded during battle in times of warfare. Trumpets also announce the coming of a king.
On a future Rosh Hoshanah, on the new moon of Tishrei, the shofars will begin to sound on a day like no other. The ultimate epic future Feast of Trumpets will burst onto the world stage and into holy history. This will be an awesome day of mixed celebration and alarm. YHVH-God's determined times for Daniel's Prophecy of the 70 Weeks will resume in earnest. All of God's covenant people from both houses of Israel will be "called out", summoned to solemn assembly at YHVH-God's new and revamped 'ekklesia', His new 'congregation', 'synagogue', or 'church' of the 70th Week". The saints will be crying out to God and this will spark the climactic End-Time Revival that Joel saw. (Joel 2:28-32) We now have very strong evidence that this future Rosh Hashanah will mark the terminus of the "Roadmap to Peace". This will be the day when Israel signs the seven year peace covenant written about in Daniel 9:27. Israel will agree to divide and sell the Holy Land and their national sovereignty for a pocketful of promises of "peace and safety". Moses spoke of this final alliance of Israel and predicted the ensuing Great Tribulation. Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiach, said that they would reject Him who came in His Father's Name and said that His covenant people would consort with a false messiah, a man who came "in his own name". John 5:43. Seven momentous years will then bring in the end-time witness. Then comes the final awesome Day of Atonement. Trumpets of Jubilee will herald the opening of the Day of the Lord which opens on the very next day. Angels of wrath will pluck up the wicked as tares for the fires. (Mat.13:30) At some unknown time in those ensuing days before the Feast of Tabernacles comes into its fulfillment the last trumpet will sound and all of God's Elect, (singular), will be gathered. The climactic future Resurrection-Rapture will see Messiah gather His Chosen from the nation of Israel and from among the heathen gentiles. All the saints, the quick and the dead, from every nation, race, and tribe, from both sides of Calvary will be there. And they will all enter the glory together. (Isa.49:6 and 1Thes. 4:15-1
The above came from www.deeptruths.com. You can see that the next feast that must be fulfilled by Jesus at His return is the Feast of Trumpets. "No one knows the day or the hour" of the beginning of the Feast of Trumpets because the high priest must "look up" until he sees a new moon and then when he sees it, he blows the shofar (the trumpet) to let all the people know that the feast of Trumpets has started. Jesus was giving a hidden message to only those who understood about the Feast of Trumpets. He was really saying that "I will be coming back on the Feast of Trumpets. I believe that the seven trumpet judgments of Revelation will be blown during the first three and one half years. Actually, after 1335 days (Daniel 12), on the Feast of Trumpets Jesus will return to harvest the earth of believers which is the real rapture. After that comes the seven bowls of judgment for all those who never trusted in Jesus Christ and those who took the mark of the beast.
Sorry, this is all the time I have, but next time, the last two feasts.
The very next feast due to be fulfilled.
Daniel 9:27; the epic future event!
In the autumn of the year and on the first day of the Tishrei moon trumpets are blown to announce the Hebrew holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Biblical Christians refer to it as the Feast of Trumpets. It is the 5th of the Seven Feasts of Israel. The ultimate New Covenant fulfillment of this future Jewish New Year, (Tishrei 1 on the Hebrew calendar), will be spectacular beyond words. The feast will explode into holy history. And it will be a blockbuster. Moses declared and prophesied that it would become a "memorial of blowing of trumpets" (Lev. 23:24-25) It seems that many faithful saints will suffer at the hands of the powers because they blew the trumpet and sounded the alarm on that awesome future Rosh Hashanah. (Ezek.33) On that coming feast day the faithful watchmen of Israel will answer the call. And "they will not be silent". This 5th feast was instituted by Moses at Sinai approximately 3,500 years ago. It marks the first day of the Hebrew (civil) new year. 'Rosh Hashanah' means 'head of the year'. The Feast of Trumpets is the first of the three, yet to be fulfilled, Fall Feasts of Israel. These Autumn Feasts relate to Kingdom/political issues rather than the High Priestly/religious matters that we saw Messiah address in the spring feasts during His first coming 2,000 years ago. Back then we saw Him ride into Jerusalem on a donkey as the 'Suffering Servant'. But when Messiah returns this next time He will come as the Conquering King. After Trumpets come the "Ten days of awe" which lead on to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the most solemn day of the year. On this awesome Day of Reckoning all accounts between YHVH-God and all His covenant people are settled. The Jubilee Year is also announced on this tenth day of Tishri. Trumpets are also blown during special times of national crisis. God's covenant people are summoned to gather themselves together in a solemn assembly before the God of Israel. Trumpets are sounded during battle in times of warfare. Trumpets also announce the coming of a king.
On a future Rosh Hoshanah, on the new moon of Tishrei, the shofars will begin to sound on a day like no other. The ultimate epic future Feast of Trumpets will burst onto the world stage and into holy history. This will be an awesome day of mixed celebration and alarm. YHVH-God's determined times for Daniel's Prophecy of the 70 Weeks will resume in earnest. All of God's covenant people from both houses of Israel will be "called out", summoned to solemn assembly at YHVH-God's new and revamped 'ekklesia', His new 'congregation', 'synagogue', or 'church' of the 70th Week". The saints will be crying out to God and this will spark the climactic End-Time Revival that Joel saw. (Joel 2:28-32) We now have very strong evidence that this future Rosh Hashanah will mark the terminus of the "Roadmap to Peace". This will be the day when Israel signs the seven year peace covenant written about in Daniel 9:27. Israel will agree to divide and sell the Holy Land and their national sovereignty for a pocketful of promises of "peace and safety". Moses spoke of this final alliance of Israel and predicted the ensuing Great Tribulation. Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiach, said that they would reject Him who came in His Father's Name and said that His covenant people would consort with a false messiah, a man who came "in his own name". John 5:43. Seven momentous years will then bring in the end-time witness. Then comes the final awesome Day of Atonement. Trumpets of Jubilee will herald the opening of the Day of the Lord which opens on the very next day. Angels of wrath will pluck up the wicked as tares for the fires. (Mat.13:30) At some unknown time in those ensuing days before the Feast of Tabernacles comes into its fulfillment the last trumpet will sound and all of God's Elect, (singular), will be gathered. The climactic future Resurrection-Rapture will see Messiah gather His Chosen from the nation of Israel and from among the heathen gentiles. All the saints, the quick and the dead, from every nation, race, and tribe, from both sides of Calvary will be there. And they will all enter the glory together. (Isa.49:6 and 1Thes. 4:15-1
The above came from www.deeptruths.com. You can see that the next feast that must be fulfilled by Jesus at His return is the Feast of Trumpets. "No one knows the day or the hour" of the beginning of the Feast of Trumpets because the high priest must "look up" until he sees a new moon and then when he sees it, he blows the shofar (the trumpet) to let all the people know that the feast of Trumpets has started. Jesus was giving a hidden message to only those who understood about the Feast of Trumpets. He was really saying that "I will be coming back on the Feast of Trumpets. I believe that the seven trumpet judgments of Revelation will be blown during the first three and one half years. Actually, after 1335 days (Daniel 12), on the Feast of Trumpets Jesus will return to harvest the earth of believers which is the real rapture. After that comes the seven bowls of judgment for all those who never trusted in Jesus Christ and those who took the mark of the beast.
Sorry, this is all the time I have, but next time, the last two feasts.
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