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
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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.
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Seven Jewish Feasts
The 23rd chapter of the book of Leviticus gives us an account of the "seven great feasts" of the Lord. They are a prophecy and foreshadowing of future events, part which have been fulfilled and part are yet to be fulfilled. These feasts are holy convocations of the people and they were instituted by God. God promised that if the males went up at the set time to Jerusalem to keep these feasts He would look after them and their families.
These feasts were to be celebrated annually. Four in the spring with the spring harvest and three in the fall during the fall harvest. The first four are:
the Feast of Passover
the Feasts of Unleaven Bread
the Feast of First Fruits
the Feast of Pentecost
The last three are:
the Feast of Trumpets
the Day of Atonement
the Feast of Tabernacles
Today I will discuss the first four feasts that have been fulfilled through Christ's death and ressurection.
The Feasts of Passover
Passover orginated in Egypt when Moses was told by God to lead His people out of Egypt. It is to the Jew as the "beginning of months" (see Exodus 12:1-2) or the beginning of the Jewish year. After God had stricken Egypt with 6 plagues, the 7th and last plague was to destroy the first born son of every family that do not obey God. They were commanded to kill a lamb and put the blood of the lamb on the doorway. Those who did not do this lost their first born son. The Jews obeyed and placed the blood of a lamb on the doorway and the angel of death passed over their household sparing their first born son.
The passover feast was to be celebrated each year to remember how God delivered them from the bondage of the Egyptians. Look at Exodus 12:3-10. "Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying , On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers households, a lamb for each household. Your lamb shall be an unblemished male one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments, I am the Lord.
Why would they get the lamb on the 10th and keep it until the 14th before they killed it?
How hard would it be to kill the lamb that your family adopted and took care of? It is a reminder of what a sacrifice that God gave by sacrificing His son.
Why the blood on the doorposts and lintel(top of the door)?
This symbolized the blood on the cross that was to come.
Why at twilight?
This is the afternoon hours of the day as the sun is dropping in the sky. This said that Jesus would die on the cross in the afternoon hours. He died on the cross on the "nineth hour"(Matt 28:46). That is the nineth hour of the day from day light. This would be about 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Why was the Passover so important?
Jesus went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover with everyone else. He was crucified on Passover and became the ultimate Passover lamb.
It was done this way as a prophecy to foretell the role of Jesus in the future as the Messiah.
1 Corinthians 5:7, "Clean out the old leaven(if you don't know, leaven is yeast that they used to make bread rise and it represents sin), that you may be a new lump(represents without sin), just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover lamb also has been sacrificed,"
According to this verse, Jesus is our Passover Lamb.
That means that Jesus died and His blood was spilt to cover the sins of the world so that the death angel will not judge us and send us to our punishment. Just as the Jews and the Egyptians has a choice to kill the lamb and spread the blood or not, we have a choice to believe in the blood of Christ. If you believe in Him, He will save you from your sins and your sins are Passed Over, they are not looked at because of your obedience.
So you can see that the Passover is a celebration of God's deliverance from the Egyptians and is also a prophecy of how Christ delivered us from our past. The symbolism of the Feast of Passover has been fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
The Feast of Unleaven Bread
The Feast of Unleaven Bread begins on the day after the Passover, and continues for seven days.
(see Lev 23:6-8) You can see in 1 Cor 5:7, that the old yeast is to be cleaned out and thrown away.
What does that represent? Repentance! Ask for forgiveness of sin by the blood of Christ and your old sins are thrown away. You are not judged for those sins, they are never brought up again because of the Grace of Christ. Some believe that you have to stand before God on judgement days an account for all of your past sins, that is not true if you are a believer in Christ.
Your sins are washed away!! That is why Jesus can save anyone, no matter what they have done in the past. Satan's biggest lie and deception is, "you are not worthy of going to heaven". That is a true statement, however, because of the blood of Christ I can go no matter what I have done.
Why did the Feast of Unleaven Bread last for a week?
Jesus died on the cross, was placed in a tomb, was raised on the third day, and finally ascended to the Father. The destruction of sin of the world, took all of that to be fulfilled.
The Feast of Unleaven bread is symbolic of the beginning of the walk of a believer. Accept the blood of Christ is your profession of faith in Him and the repentance of sin and changing of your life to a new nature (represented by the new lump of leaven) represents your new walk with Christ. When we are baptized they say, "walk in the newness of Christ".
At this time we turn away from our physical bodies and we are born into our spiritual bodies.
The Feast of First Fruits
The Feast of First Fruits was observed by the Jews by taking the first part of the harvest of any crop, plant or animal and offering it up to God as a burnt offering. Guess what? The burnt offering of an animal was a one year old unblemished lamb. This was to give glory to God for the blessing of provision of food.
How does the harvest work? You plant a seed and out of the seed grows new life, the old seed rots away and the new plant is born. That new plant produces fruit.
The Feast of First Fruits represents Christ in the same way. Jesus was planted in the tomb. After three days He rose from the grave as a new creation. That new creation, Jesus in His glorified body, now could produce fruit. Look at Revelation 1:17, "And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as a dead man, And He laid His right hand upon me, saying, "Do not be afraid, I am the first and the last, and the living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades." Look at Revelation 2:8, "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life". These are statements of Christ.
You can see this discussed by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:42-47. "So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body, there is also a spiritual body. So also it is written, the first man, Adam, became a living soul, the last Adam(Jesus) became a life giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual. The first man is from the earth, the second man is from Heaven."
Jesus was the First Fruit. He fulfilled the Feast of First Fruit by being the first to rise from the grave in a new spiritual body. After that, all who die are present with the Lord.
The Feast of Pentacost
Fifty days after the Feast of First Fruits, the Feast of Pentacost was observed. The space of time between the two feasts was 7 weeks or 49 days which are called the "feasts of weeks". On the 50th day the Feast of Pentacost begins. Penta means fifty. So the feast after fifty days. It actually was to celebrate the ingathering of the wheat harvest.
At the feast of pentacost, a new meat offering was to be offered before the lord. It was called new because it must be of grain from the new harvest. At the feast of firsts fruits stalks of grain were to be offered and waved, but at the feast of Pentecost the grain was to be ground and made into flour, from which two loaves were to be baked with leaven. The two loaves represent the two classes of people, Jews and Gentiles. A burnt offering of seven lambs without blemish of the the first year, one young bullock, and two rams were to be offered also. Then a "sin offering" of a kid of the goats, and two lambs of the first year for a peace offering. The loaves were to be waved before the Lord as a praise of provision unto the Lord. The loaves were symbolic of the unity of the two groups of people.
Jesus fulfilled the Feast of Pentacost when He sent the Holy Spirit to the disciples and they were filled with the Spirit of God. When this happened the Gentiles were included into the plan of salvation for the first time, combined together as the bread.
You can see this in Acts 2. "And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there cam from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting and there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
(6) And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because they were each one hearing them speak in his own language and they were amazed and marveled, saying "Why are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which were were born? (17) And it shall be in the last days, God says, that I will pour forth of my spirit upon all mankind; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams,"
These feasts were to be celebrated annually. Four in the spring with the spring harvest and three in the fall during the fall harvest. The first four are:
the Feast of Passover
the Feasts of Unleaven Bread
the Feast of First Fruits
the Feast of Pentecost
The last three are:
the Feast of Trumpets
the Day of Atonement
the Feast of Tabernacles
Today I will discuss the first four feasts that have been fulfilled through Christ's death and ressurection.
The Feasts of Passover
Passover orginated in Egypt when Moses was told by God to lead His people out of Egypt. It is to the Jew as the "beginning of months" (see Exodus 12:1-2) or the beginning of the Jewish year. After God had stricken Egypt with 6 plagues, the 7th and last plague was to destroy the first born son of every family that do not obey God. They were commanded to kill a lamb and put the blood of the lamb on the doorway. Those who did not do this lost their first born son. The Jews obeyed and placed the blood of a lamb on the doorway and the angel of death passed over their household sparing their first born son.
The passover feast was to be celebrated each year to remember how God delivered them from the bondage of the Egyptians. Look at Exodus 12:3-10. "Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying , On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers households, a lamb for each household. Your lamb shall be an unblemished male one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments, I am the Lord.
Why would they get the lamb on the 10th and keep it until the 14th before they killed it?
How hard would it be to kill the lamb that your family adopted and took care of? It is a reminder of what a sacrifice that God gave by sacrificing His son.
Why the blood on the doorposts and lintel(top of the door)?
This symbolized the blood on the cross that was to come.
Why at twilight?
This is the afternoon hours of the day as the sun is dropping in the sky. This said that Jesus would die on the cross in the afternoon hours. He died on the cross on the "nineth hour"(Matt 28:46). That is the nineth hour of the day from day light. This would be about 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Why was the Passover so important?
Jesus went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover with everyone else. He was crucified on Passover and became the ultimate Passover lamb.
It was done this way as a prophecy to foretell the role of Jesus in the future as the Messiah.
1 Corinthians 5:7, "Clean out the old leaven(if you don't know, leaven is yeast that they used to make bread rise and it represents sin), that you may be a new lump(represents without sin), just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover lamb also has been sacrificed,"
According to this verse, Jesus is our Passover Lamb.
That means that Jesus died and His blood was spilt to cover the sins of the world so that the death angel will not judge us and send us to our punishment. Just as the Jews and the Egyptians has a choice to kill the lamb and spread the blood or not, we have a choice to believe in the blood of Christ. If you believe in Him, He will save you from your sins and your sins are Passed Over, they are not looked at because of your obedience.
So you can see that the Passover is a celebration of God's deliverance from the Egyptians and is also a prophecy of how Christ delivered us from our past. The symbolism of the Feast of Passover has been fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
The Feast of Unleaven Bread
The Feast of Unleaven Bread begins on the day after the Passover, and continues for seven days.
(see Lev 23:6-8) You can see in 1 Cor 5:7, that the old yeast is to be cleaned out and thrown away.
What does that represent? Repentance! Ask for forgiveness of sin by the blood of Christ and your old sins are thrown away. You are not judged for those sins, they are never brought up again because of the Grace of Christ. Some believe that you have to stand before God on judgement days an account for all of your past sins, that is not true if you are a believer in Christ.
Your sins are washed away!! That is why Jesus can save anyone, no matter what they have done in the past. Satan's biggest lie and deception is, "you are not worthy of going to heaven". That is a true statement, however, because of the blood of Christ I can go no matter what I have done.
Why did the Feast of Unleaven Bread last for a week?
Jesus died on the cross, was placed in a tomb, was raised on the third day, and finally ascended to the Father. The destruction of sin of the world, took all of that to be fulfilled.
The Feast of Unleaven bread is symbolic of the beginning of the walk of a believer. Accept the blood of Christ is your profession of faith in Him and the repentance of sin and changing of your life to a new nature (represented by the new lump of leaven) represents your new walk with Christ. When we are baptized they say, "walk in the newness of Christ".
At this time we turn away from our physical bodies and we are born into our spiritual bodies.
The Feast of First Fruits
The Feast of First Fruits was observed by the Jews by taking the first part of the harvest of any crop, plant or animal and offering it up to God as a burnt offering. Guess what? The burnt offering of an animal was a one year old unblemished lamb. This was to give glory to God for the blessing of provision of food.
How does the harvest work? You plant a seed and out of the seed grows new life, the old seed rots away and the new plant is born. That new plant produces fruit.
The Feast of First Fruits represents Christ in the same way. Jesus was planted in the tomb. After three days He rose from the grave as a new creation. That new creation, Jesus in His glorified body, now could produce fruit. Look at Revelation 1:17, "And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as a dead man, And He laid His right hand upon me, saying, "Do not be afraid, I am the first and the last, and the living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades." Look at Revelation 2:8, "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life". These are statements of Christ.
You can see this discussed by Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:42-47. "So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body, there is also a spiritual body. So also it is written, the first man, Adam, became a living soul, the last Adam(Jesus) became a life giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual. The first man is from the earth, the second man is from Heaven."
Jesus was the First Fruit. He fulfilled the Feast of First Fruit by being the first to rise from the grave in a new spiritual body. After that, all who die are present with the Lord.
The Feast of Pentacost
Fifty days after the Feast of First Fruits, the Feast of Pentacost was observed. The space of time between the two feasts was 7 weeks or 49 days which are called the "feasts of weeks". On the 50th day the Feast of Pentacost begins. Penta means fifty. So the feast after fifty days. It actually was to celebrate the ingathering of the wheat harvest.
At the feast of pentacost, a new meat offering was to be offered before the lord. It was called new because it must be of grain from the new harvest. At the feast of firsts fruits stalks of grain were to be offered and waved, but at the feast of Pentecost the grain was to be ground and made into flour, from which two loaves were to be baked with leaven. The two loaves represent the two classes of people, Jews and Gentiles. A burnt offering of seven lambs without blemish of the the first year, one young bullock, and two rams were to be offered also. Then a "sin offering" of a kid of the goats, and two lambs of the first year for a peace offering. The loaves were to be waved before the Lord as a praise of provision unto the Lord. The loaves were symbolic of the unity of the two groups of people.
Jesus fulfilled the Feast of Pentacost when He sent the Holy Spirit to the disciples and they were filled with the Spirit of God. When this happened the Gentiles were included into the plan of salvation for the first time, combined together as the bread.
You can see this in Acts 2. "And when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there cam from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting and there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves and they rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance.
(6) And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were bewildered, because they were each one hearing them speak in his own language and they were amazed and marveled, saying "Why are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which were were born? (17) And it shall be in the last days, God says, that I will pour forth of my spirit upon all mankind; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams,"
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