Yesterday there were TWIN 5.0 Earthquakes in the Kuril Islands.
The first one was at 22:22 . And the second at 22:32.
Lots of twins there...lol...

Sept 17, 2012 (Tishri 1 of 5773) plus 222 days is April 27,2013.

For some reason I got it in my head that the Rapture could happen right before or at Midnight thus providing a day of rest for The Lord and His church after doing Great Works.

This would be 4pm Friday my time and would sure cause some Friday evening commute problems and would make that weekend nuts as everyone tries to figure out where everyone went.

4/11/12 there were TWIN "8 " Earthquakes (8.6 and 8.2)

4/11/12 to 4/26/13 is 380 days or rounded down to 54 weeks. So we are in the 55th week since the TWIN EQ's.
The Hebrew gematria for 55 is BRIDE.

*(Due to a vision on the same post I am unable to link the post).

I looked up some other words....
Some other words with the gematria of 55:
Steal, thief
The Light
Consummation, end
Day of the Lord

http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_55.php

Also, going but the sighting of the new moon on April 11 in Jerusalem,
April 25th is the 14th day. The lamb was slaughtered on the 14th day, the blood put on the doorposts and that eve ( which would then. be the 15th,) the lamb was cooked and eaten before sunrise.
With everything going on- sarin in Syria, NK and missile threats, etc, it would be wise to make sure people are covered with the blood of the Lamb. Hopefully there won't be terror in this night for us!

The coming Tetrad of Lunar Eclipses (known as blood moons)

This article concerns a topic first espoused by a Christian Hebrew Gentleman by the name of Mark Blitz. He ties the coming tetrad of lunar eclipses to the soon coming of the Lord Jesus Christ at the 2nd Advent. This coming tetrad occurs in the Gregorian calendar years 2014 through 2015. As a result of this, many thought the rapture could occur in 2008. They subtracted 7 years from 2015 when the end of the tetrad occurred. Great significance of this tetrad was given because it aligned with the Jewish Feast days. I still believe that this tetrad needs to be studied further. The matching of the Jewish holidays and the patterns to be shown below are so well aligned that it can not be and should not be ignored.
http://bibledefended.com/prophetical/tetrad.htm
In Conclusion

As just noted, the rapture and the tribulation are coming soon. Even if we leave the Tetrads alone we know that a generation is at most 70 years. We need to be looking up. The Tetrads will be a sign for Israel more than likely in the tribulation period. They will have Moses And Elijah to tell that them what it means.

I am not setting a date for the rapture based on this article. I do believe that when you see lightning or hear thunder you know the storm is approaching. The way these feasts and eclipses line up shows us that the time of the end is definitely near. It is time to get off your comfortable chairs and get busy for the Lord Jesus Christ.

http://theworldisshaking.blogspot.com/2013/04/is-april-25ths-second-passover-lunar.html

WOW! WOW! WOW! Please view all the supporting links to realize how INCREDIBLE THIS IS!!!

Second PASSOVER begins on April 25, 2013:

I'm excited !!!

Charles5 » The spirit took me to Isaiah 54 I asked for biblical insight to what we think we see coming!

Charles, what spirit took you to Isaiah 54? Please be careful with your words and punctuation. If a spirit took you, what kind of spirit was it? If you are trying to say that it was the Holy Spirit, then say so. God the Holy Spirit is always capitalized. If it was not the Holy Spirit, then I have some great concerns.

If you feel the Lord God is leading and directing your path in righteousness, say so. Don't beat around the bush. But know this, people that use the Lord God as their cover for saying something had better know for sure before they invoke His name or else they are walking down a very dangerous path.

The tribulation is when The Lord raptures the bride and the seven years of Israel's redemption begins when The Lord turns back to Israel!

No, the Tribulation is after the Lord comes the first time in the Rapture (taking up,away) of those that died in Him and those of His church.

The Tribulation starts with the peace deal Israel agrees to, thus starting the 7 years.

I think I see what you are trying to see in the versus but still reading.

The spirit took me to Isaiah 54 I asked for biblical insight to what we think we see coming!

The tribulation is when The Lord raptures the bride and the seven years of Israel's redemption begins when The Lord turns back to Israel!

Look isaiah 54 identities when He does this!

9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

When Noah's flood was but this time no flood but great travail pole shift EQ look at the tribulation described!

Look He describes the battle of Gog Magog after the rapture!

15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

Look at chapter 55:

In chapter 54 it is described when the tribulation starts no more flood this time but travail EQ the woman giving birth to the man child the church the rapture all who partake of the Lords free offer of mercy and fiorsake worlds ways to come to The Lord through Jesus!

55 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

It's been right in front of our face but the veil is being lifted so we seeking the free offer of mercy can know beforehand.

But you are not of darkness but of light.

I now firmly believe Jesus is coming at second Passover and the PInk Full moon was a sign the early church passed down by oral tradition and was lost.

I don't think a pink full moon has ever been on this day. I only had my dreams visions staring after the 3/11 quake in Japan! I only was called to seriously watch in 2008!

I think although the frustration is cannot say for sure the pink moon was the sign in the heaven thumbtack to point us to the Noah's ark day year when God would switch from the Gentiles age of grace to Daniels time of trouble and that the day we were to light our lamps He would light the proof from the bible.

I believe Isaiah 54-55 and numbers 9 give us the proof of the timing of the tribulation the same instrument God used for Noah's flood causes the tribulation judgemnet the time if Jacobs trouble!

A third designation for
this Feast is the Greek word Pentecost which means “fiftieth.” This is what it is commonly
called in the Gentile world and this is the designation that is used in the book of Acts chapter
two. The main characterization of this Feast was the offering of the harvested grain in the form
of “two loaves of bread waved up before the Lord”

“two loaves of bread waved up before the Lord”

TWO

just as Noah took TWO into the Ark

I have been studying bible prophecy and the rapture for 15 years! The rapture is a lot more then the cotton candy version most Christians hear!

It is a literal rescue a coming out of modern Egypt!

There is something on the horizon a great darkness that is coming remember Babylon five the fifth age!

The raptured saints had oil lamps burning they lit their lamps eight days before today!

You said the bride will be in Heavan three days if my dream of a Thursday rapture and the full pink moon a three day warning of a quake the rapture may be on second Passover three days of darkness then the tribulation when the ark closes!

I have found a whole organization that from 2001 had done a biblical study pinpointing when what time tribulation would begin.

Think of this God would use the same means both times we have had eight of egypts plagues this last year the ninth is darkness. The numbers nine describes the second Passover!

I am convinced I was to come here see the pink moon stuff tue it in with your second Passover stuff and post here because Doves was down John got work loaded so we could connect.

I am truly nothing God Jesus is everything Jesus had mercy on me He showed me He is real. God has convicted me the bible the backstory behind what is going on and why is much deeper.

It involves our very DNA being seperate from God it is like a computer program with a fatal virus. Jesus blood is the anti virus the only cure for our sinful flesh the only remedy to heal us set us free give us life.

Jesus is the Ark! He is coming!

This a great post and thank you for some great insight.

This whole thread has really gotten me thinking so this morning I prayed for guidance before opening this app and asked to be given something in His Word that shows we are on the right path with everything here.

This is the verse I got:

31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

you remind me of Renee Moses who is also doing a great effort
and is expecting the second feast of unleavened bread to be have
our awaited rapture .

1917 Liberation of Jerusalem
http://www.cai.org/bible-studies/1917-and-time-gentiles
(look up the website to see the actual coins which are described below)
1917 liberation of Jerusalem. When we look at DANIEL 12:12, we read: "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE AND THIRTY DAYS." It is interesting to note that an "Egyptian coin of 1917 bears the Moslem 1335 date, given by God (DANIEL 12:12) in answer to Daniel's prayer (chapter 9) on behalf of Jerusalem and the Jewish people. In the Muslim year 1335 (A.D.1917) Jerusalem was delivered. Significantly, Jerusalem NEVER REACHED 1336, but from 1335 used the calendar of Anno Domini (the year of our Lord)"

The picture of the coin shows the actual dates
(The date opposite 1917 is the Arabic for 1335)
This Egyptian coin of 1917 bears the Moslem 1335 date, given by God to DANIEL
"EVEN THE DAY AND MONTH OF JERUSALEM'S DELIVERANCE was recorded by Haggai 2:15-18. He said it would be the 24th day of the Hebrew month Kislev, which for the year 1917 was 9 December.
1917 liberation of Israel from the Turks – 1967 Jerusalem’s recapture by Israel, 50 years.

Feb 19 2016 --------------- 1290 days of abomination of desolation ---------------- August 31 2019 Christ's return

I have previously suggested Ezekiel's 430 days prophecy serves a dual fulfillment purpose,because of Ezekiel 5:12.

So,by subtracting 430 days from Feb 19 2016,we got Dec 16 2014,Kislev 24, the first day of Hanukah.

It shall be very interesting to see if the Jews shall dedicate their third temple on that day,and lighting up their menorah.

Haggai 2:20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, 21Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; 22And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

On the twenty first day of the month Tishri,in 520 B.C.,which is also the last day of the feast of tabernacles,God has this message for his people.

6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; 7And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

I have previously suggested that Christ may return on August 31 2019,Rosh Chodesh Elul,and the gathering of the Jews should take place from this day.This gathering shall reach the climax with the glory of our Lord fill the house on Sukkot,and the desire of all nations shall come.

I don't think the date God picked and prophesied this message to Haggai was chosen by random,but for a future purpose.

Numbers 6
A Nazarite (like Sampson) represents the Bride of Christ. the word Nazir means consecrated, seperated. they are not to cut their hair (it is a covering like Christ covers the church), not to be filled with wine/strong drink (because we're filled with the spirit), not to come into contact with a dead body. After their vow of dedication, they shave their hair and it's burned as a fellowship offering. If they do become defiled by a dead body (even a relative), they are to present two turtledoves on the eighth day as a sin offering and a burnt offering. After their dedication is over, they present a wave offering to the priest, it includes unleavened bread!!

Here is the page which opened my eyes to the Nazarite representing the church, more cool information about Sampson too.

http://dennismanningchristianblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/nazirite-sampson-church-authority-demons.html

Edited to add: thank you Holy Spirit, you're AWESOME.

Edited again to add: just occurred to me that a better parallel to not drinking wine is that Jesus refused to drink wine again until he drinks it with church in the kingdom! If so, then the Nazarite vow represents both the bride and the bridegroom, in/as one person!

How privilege and beloved she is before God if the sequence of events do fall on her numbers.

And interestingly enough,there are 111 days separating May 15 and Sept 2nd when we include the first and end date. Basically, what Lisaleenie may be given is this,the duration or the numbers of days transgressions of the Pope which begins on May 15 this year,and ends on Sept 2nd 2019,when Christ returns and captures him.

Joy

The reason I asked because I believe this is the day that Joshua went across the river Jordan which is a type of the rapture as I understand it.

Gen 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Rooms ~ qen
1) nest
a) nest (of bird)
b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark)

another connection to the symbolism of us as birds!

Isa 60:8 Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

The ark has three stories, a door and a window. God dwells in the third heaven. There is a door in heaven and windows.

Gen 6:16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening [window] one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.

2Cr 12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

Gen 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Rev 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Many rooms were made in the ark to house the animals and Noah's family; Jesus went to prepare rooms for us in heaven.

Gen 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Jhn 14:2 My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you.
Jhn 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

What is gopher wood?

The lexicon suggests it is an aromatic resinous wood, like pine, cypress, or cedar.

John 19:39 He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.

biblecc.org
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
"Myrrh and aloes - Which drugs were used to preserve bodies from putrefaction. Calmet says that the aloes mentioned here is a liquor which runs from an aromatic tree, and is widely different from that called aloes among us."

Also very interesting is what shows up in the lexicon for the word translated wood:

'ets
) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows
a) tree, trees
b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

wood, especially of a wooden post, stake, or gibbet
What is a gibbet?

from miriam webster's dictionary
1
: gallows 1a
2
: an upright post with a projecting arm for hanging the bodies of executed criminals as a warning

sounds a bit similar to a cross, doesn't it? upright post with a horizontal arm.

What is pitch?
kopher
1) price of a life, ransom, bribe
2) asphalt, pitch (as a covering)
3) the henna plant, name of a plant (henna?)
4) village

Henna is a red dye.

So, the ark had features similar to what Jesus referenced about heaven, and it was possibly made of the same type of wood used in the cross or which produced the preservatives for Jesus' body after the crucifixion, covered in a waterproof substance, and the word translated pitch means also means a red dye (blood would also have stained the wood of the cross), and "the ransom for a life."

That is pretty neat!

(haven't found yet what the measurements of the ark symbolize, will keep that on the back burner.)

I believe the first month was always in the spring. Moses was born after hundreds of years of Egyptian rule, they followed a different calendar. He didn't know anything different, so God told him what it was supposed to be.

Ah, ok. I've been taught differently, I guess. I was taught that the second month mentioned in the Flood account was the month of Cheshvan, not Iyyar (according to midrash, at least; one source of this: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6192-flood-the ). Thus my earlier comment. Yeah, the Egyptians had their own calendar based on the rising of Sirius/flooding of the Nile in the summer, so Moses was most likely familiar with at least that system initially. Interesting stuff...although maybe just to me! :-)

In case my question got misconstrued: I am asking on what day on OUR calendar is the 10th day of Nissan? I am not asking where it is it found in the Bible...

The 10th of Nisan was sunset March 22nd to sunset March 23rd, although you'll find this varies depending on the calendar used. I tend to use Torah Calendar at torahcalendar.com (looks like Janeen does, too).

In case you were asking for the 10th day of the second month (Iyyar), that's April 20-21 (sunset to sunset), and so the second Passover is April 24-25. Hope that helps.

Gen 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Gen 7:2 Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate,
Gen 7:3 and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
Gen 7:4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."

in the other verses it says the same day that Noah and his family entered the ark, the flood started. These verses God says "Go into the ark; I will start the flood in 7 days." Thought about that for a while..no contradiction. There had to be time to get all the animals and food for man and beast for the entire time. This involved a selection process, I would assume that God gave the right number of clean/unclean animals the instinct to come to Noah, instead of the family capturing them all first. otherwise it would have been impossible in that time frame. and then Noah brought them into the ark. Selection of the animals, then they were brought into shelter.

17th - 7 days = the 10th of the second month.

This same thing happened on the 10th of the first month, before the passover.

Exd 12:3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of [their] fathers, a lamb for an house:

parallel!

Jesus of course fulfilled this by entering Jerusalem on the 10th of the month and being cross-examined by the jewish and gentile leaders, who found no sin, no blemish in him as the Lamb of God.

So noah loaded all the animals and supplies first, then on the day it started raining and the groundwater came up, he and his family entered the ark.

Wonder what the parallel on the 10th of this second month would be if the rapture might indeed be on Iyar (second month) 17. Also, I do wonder how we could go in the rapture on that day and God shuts the door of heaven (ark) but the second passover 3 days prior is for the bride and groom to celebrate. hmm. still something I'm missing.

http://www.torahcalendar.com/Calendar.asp

sunset April 19 to sunset April 20.

You're welcome!

Does that make sense? Thanks Janeen for all your hard work.

Blessings

I wish that I could know when he was coming. I know that we truly can't, so I'm going about my normal business and sleeping with one eye open ;)

I believe the first month was always in the spring. Moses was born after hundreds of years of Egyptian rule, they followed a different calendar. He didn't know anything different, so God told him what it was supposed to be.

I can see both Enoch and Noah's family being types of the church. The ark was *above* the floodwaters, not in it. Was just thinking yesterday that if the story was a type of Israel in the trib, then the ark should have been a submarine. =)

Shall have to think about the rest of what you posted later..have to get to work!

p.s. you seem like another Miriam on another rapture board I used to be on, not sure which one! I remember very deep posts that inspired me! =D

(1) Nisan became the first month of the year when Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt (Exodus 12:1). Before this, the first month of the year was Tishri (Sept/Oct). So if you can't figure out which month they mean, note when the verse in question was written; before the first Passover, it was Tishrei, and after, it was (is) Nisan. Someone wondered about this above, and if I missed your response to this, I apologize; I looked for an answer from you, but I might have missed it.

(2) The name "Moses" echoes, at least for me, the word in Middle Egyptian for "to be born/child of" (mes, or mesu [Egyptian 'ms' or 'msw']). A common example arises in naming conventions: Rameses (Egyptian 'Rmssw') means "Son of Ra," "Child of Ra" or "Born of Ra." Given that Moses was pulled from the Nile, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that his given Egyptian name was Hapimeses, after the god of the Nile. I wonder if he dropped the name of the Egyptian god once he learned who he was. You can write 'ms' a couple of ways, with a less common way including the hieroglyph for water (cool, huh?). Just including this tidbit for the interest factor :-)

(3) Tradition from the Tanakh has it that Enoch, the grandfather of Noah, was taken to Heaven by God on Pentecost. I've heard quite persuasive arguments that Enoch was a type for the Church, and Noah and his family were a type for Israel during the tribulation. I don't mean to throw a wrench in all your work, if this comment even does this. I just mention it in case you and others might find it interesting.

I know very much what it's like to dig through the Word and put all the pieces together. I've been kept up many a night doing the very same thing you've done here :-) I love when He surprises us all like this, where we find things that are not immediately obvious. Makes me want to hug the daylights out of Him and then dance around Him in glee when I (or my siblings) ferret out little surprises like this. Ahem. I get a bit giddy sometimes ;-)

Brandy » Very interesting. The apochryphal book of Jubilees says this about the 17th day of the 2nd month
"And after the completion of the seven years [that Adam & Eve were in the garden], which he had completed there, seven years exactly, (year 8) and in the second month, on the seventeenth day (of the month), the serpent came and approached the woman, and the serpent said to the woman, 'Hath God commanded you, saying, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?' "- Jubilees 3:17-18

if that is correct (being a non-canonical book) then that is a really great correlation! A woman fell into sin and may be delivered out of sin on the same day? Awesome!! thank you!

Eve, married to Adam
Church, married to Christ

1Cr 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Cr 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming

eternity.....creation, sabbath day....seven years...fall into sin

a deliverance from sin (at least for the Bride)...then seven years of tribulation....restoration to Godly rule.....1000 years of sabbath rest)....eternity

bit of a mirror image, isn't it?

http://raptureintheairnow.com/possible-timing-of-the-rapture/connecting-passover-midnight-cry-resurrection-earthquake-and-vanishing

Gen 15:2 But Abram said, "Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Exd 18:4 and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh."

10th day of the first month is also when the lambs were chosen for the Passover, and Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey, before the passover.

I kinda wish it were the 17th day; however....I keep seeing more symbolism & connections. Also, by crossing on the 10th day, then keeping passover on the correct day, then eating firstfruits of the land afterwards, it keeps the firsfruits day landing on the day that Christ rose from the dead (I think, I have to do more studying on that for exactness.) then they were circumcised (our hearts are supposed to be spiritually circumcised), waited till they were "whole" (restored/revived to health and life), and then came the battle of Jericho.

Looking at the two spies again...since they went into Jericho to "scout out" the place before its destruction....I'm reminded of the two angels that went to Sodom to be *witnesses* to its evil before the Lord. Two spies, two angels, two witnesses in trib. Hmm. more study needed.

connections:
Noah's ark floated on a flooded world; the ark of the covenant was carried across a flooded river. Priests (Levites) are representative of the church (we are kings and priests), they were required to step out in faith, and both arks carried precious things. Well, 3 arks actually, Moses (a Levite) in the basket of reeds (coated with tar and pitch, like Noah's ark) on the Nile is interesting, he was "drawn up", saved, out of the water by Pharoah's daughter and her female slave. The church is a female slave to sin, and though it doesn't say whether the female slave was Hebrew or of another nation, Pharoah's daughter was obviously a gentile woman. Quite interesting, yes? It's not quite the same as the Noah's ark analogy, but it has many of the same pieces.

basket ~ tebah
1) ark
a) vessel which Noah built
b) basket vessel in which Moses was placed

Jos 3:15 Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge,
Jos 3:16 the water from upstream stopped flowing........

In the story of Elijah & the whirlwind, there are Passover connections also. He went up, Elisha tore his clothes like the veil in the temple was torn in half when Jesus died, he crossed the Jordan River, on dry ground, the same way the Israelites did; Jericho is mentioned, 50 prophets are mentioned standing "far off" (reference to Pentecost or the Jubilee year?) and 42 young men were killed (reference to the tribulation?)

Then there is a whole study I thought of doing on baskets. Moses in a basket is the same as the ark; the firstfruits were presented in baskets; Acts 9, after Paul's conversion on the road to *Damascus*, he escaped the city in a basket!

Act 9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
Act 9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
Act 9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
Act 9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let [him] down by the wall in a basket.

I checked the strong's lexicon for "night" to see if it was midnight.
yes, it is...the same word is used in the verse about the bridegroom coming at midnight! and look, root word means to disappear!!

When is the 10th day of the first month -- if that is correct. I couldnt find it...

thanks :)