Time waits for no man! TR Only the man, Christ Jesus. The One who created time. 1 Timothy 2:5 New King James Version 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, It is already April 1 in Jerusalem, and I'm ready to go! Sundown in Jerusalem is 6:59pm. Praying that today is the day the last one gets on the ship and the ship sails. :yahoo: If not, praise the Lord for granting us another day on this earth to do good works that glorify our Father in heaven! :heart: Matthew 5:16 New King James Version 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. A few further thoughts while we wait to see if today is the day…. I am a firm believer in the 6000 years of man’s rule (given to Satan to rule in the garden) over the earth and then the lease is up and the last 1000 years will be given to the Lord’s rule when He breaks the seals on the scroll, takes back His possession of the earth and culminates in His 1000 year millennial reign on the earth - this seems to be very consistent with God’s character and pattern of 7s and makes a lot of sense to me. Arthur”s calculations also make a lot of sense to me, however even as he said, it is predicated on getting the start date correctly and this is where we get into trouble because as much as we would like a look at God’s calendar He keeps telling us - no peeking! But I do think we can get very close and I like to do a little spiritual speculation at times and one of the days that also makes a lot of sense to me within this time frame is Passover. I wonder why was the original Passover on the 14th of Abib and not just the 1st of Abib - have you ever wondered that? Is is possible that the earth was created on Abib 1st and then it took about 2 weeks for man to be tempted and fall into sin and give up dominion to the devil - plausible I would say. So if you were God and you started the 6000 year clock ticking would you do it from day one when creation began or would you start it from day 14 when sin entered creation? Hmmmmm just spiritual speculations…. I often think of the scriptures in Jeremiah, where it is prophesied that no longer will Israel remember the original exodus - what could cause that to happen? In my mind only a greater exodus (rapture?) I also often think of how we often look to many different feast days for their types and symbolisms of the rapture, but if we could pick ONLY ONE day that God has consistently used to symbolize a rescue and deliverance it would have to be Passover. I have also though of how the scripture talks about God using the Gentiles to provoke the Jew to jealousy - and again if we were raptured on a feast day, that sure would do it - but again consider if we had to pick ONLY ONE feast day to fit this best which day would evoke the most jealousy? I would have to say Passover. This is the day that Jews associate with their deliverance and what if God uses it to deliver us in the rapture instead? I think that would provoke some amount of jealousy. I also consider how this feast has never reached its full fulfillment since Jesus did not drink the 4th cup of the Passover meal but said He will not drink of the fruit of the vine again until He drinks it with us in the kingdom - that leads one to think He has bigger plans for that day. But now, even if I have convinced myself that this Passover will be “the day” (which I have not, I just speculate and see a lot of correlations and think if it is walking like a duck and quacking like a duck it might just be a duck) I still can’t be convinced of what day God is looking at as Passover this year. It could be the traditional day on our calendar - or if today April 1 is Abib/Nisan 10 on the Dead Seas scroll calendar as Arthur has said then perhaps God’s Passover is in 4 days. In any case, some of these things are too wonderful for us to know but we can look to Abba expectantly with hope, today and for the next few days to come. Add to this that we are in a schmitta year, add to this that we can clearly hear the hoof beats of the horsemen getting ready to be released (those horses are chomping at the bit!) add to that that next month Israel turns 74 years old and if we have interpreted the fig tree parable/prophecy correctly this gives us another unique time marker - we have a lot of reason to be hopeful today and for the next few days and again I say to anyone sitting on the fence - not a real good idea! Kiss the Son and call on theLord while He may yet be found! 4 days only till sin and death appears?! Some have stated it was seven years until they were driven out of the Garden! Speculations of this nature merely reflect our hearts desire for Him! We are getting close, for sure! Unless the Lord himself declares that day beforehand, which I believe to be a possibility we lack any authoritative assurance! TR Lord Jesus, Your bride is watching and waiting in gladness and not in fear for You to come and claim us.I hope today is that day. :prayer-hands: Passover certainly makes a lot of sense and it would provoke the unbelieving Jewish people to jealousy. If the Dead Sea Scrolls calendar has merit, then Passover is 4 days from now. IMHO, if I had to pick a day when I most think that the Rapture would happen, it would be Pentecost/Shavuot. The feast has been half fulfilled, IMHO. The Church would begin and end on that feast. Pentecost/Shavuot is used to start new eras/dispensations. One day at a time, though. Today could be the day. :yahoo: Personally I think there is stronger case for … this Easter April 17th 7,777 days since 1/1/01 of the new millennium … makes better sense if you’re going to “provoke the Jews to jealousy” than on Pentecost. Because are today’s Jews even aware or familiar of what Pentecost is all about? The early church … that were attendance knew and experience the gift of the Comforter … but I think the average unsaved Jew living today are just clueless because they refuse to read the New Testament. It will have to be the 2 witnesses and 144,000 that inform them on what really happened to the church (the rapture). However, the whole world knows this without having to read their Bible … the Resurrection of Jesus … He was first fruits and those believers in the graves were resurrected also and taken up to heaven. The pattern is there … so wouldn’t it seem logical the church will also be resurrected on Easter? :unsure: John chapter 11 the illustration of Lazarus being raised from the dead happened just prior to the Passover and then the Crucifixion and Resurrection. And Martha wasn’t talking about Pentecost since that didn’t occur until in the book of Acts. 24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?(This is the rapture) 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. Jewish people believe that the Law on Mount Sinai was given on Shavuot. Some traditions involve staying up all night (or at least to midnight) and studying Torah. Also, they read the Book of Ruth which is really a beautiful picture of salvation coming to the Gentiles. Also eating cheesecake ? but that's another matter. If the Rapture were to happen on Pentecost and especially at midnight, that would certainly provoke the Jewish people to jealousy. Especially if we were eating heavenly cheesecake. 😉 
