And we are officially in the 73rd year. add the 7 year trib for the last generation and we are on borrowed time. It cant be much longer. As pastor JD says " These prophecies have a shelf life" So we cant go past them, and clearly we are in them. It has to be now! Plus I'm spoiled and I want my way, so it has to be now or I'll pout!!! (huge tantrum coming) I'm feeling ya! TR Yep and now Lebanon has started firing at Israel—- listen up! It’s happening :yahoo: what a great event — looking up, practice those rapture stretches (Kolleen, you are excused from class to protect your back, just keep those eyes looking up)! Kiddos —- we’re going home! :flyup: I was hoping for Ascension Day but it came and went. Now I'll watch for Pentecost. Since it seems God wants to keep it a surprise then maybe I should not expect it on a feast day. After all Jesus did surprise His followers by leaving on a day that was not noteworthy for any reason just 10 days before Pentecost. He might as well come back 10 days after Pentecost to surprise us. It would be symmetrical and unexpected. Yep I’m surprised it wasn’t Ascension Day … unless there are other calendars with a different date? Hard to tell what calendar the Lord is using. All I know is the rapture hast to be very soon … because …. of the Rider on the Pale horse in Revelation 6:8 … Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword (war … and/or violence and chaos in the cities?) by famine, by plague (COVID vaxx)?, and by the beasts of the earth (wild animals are going to be starving so its a given they will attack man) June 20 seems to loom larger and larger. It is when summer is literally nigh. TW Tramm seems to favour that date. May 14, 2028 minus 2520 days equals June 20, 2021. Here is a copy of a study by Jack Kelley on Pentecost and the Rapture. What I really like about it is the information taken from Jewish tradition about Enoch. If it's true then Pentecost is a really good day for our departure. Pentecost and the Rapture of the Church A Bible Study by Jack Kelley Pentecost comes in the early summer (May-June). This year it’s May 31. It’s the only Holy Day between the 3 Spring Feasts (Passover, Unleavened Bread, and First Fruits) and the 3 in the fall (Rosh Hashanna, Yom Kippur, and Tabernacles). Its Hebrew name is Shavuot. Pentecost is a Greek word and translates “50 days” since it comes 50 days after the Feast of First Fruits, the day we should know as Resurrection Morning . The Feast of First Fruits is celebrated on the day following the first Sabbath after Passover and Pentecost on the day after the Sabbath seven weeks later, (Lev. 23:15-16) giving rise to its nickname “Feast of Weeks.” Since the Jewish Sabbath is Saturday, both these Holy days are Sundays. Jews celebrate Pentecost (I’ll just use its Greek name to avoid any more confusion than necessary) as the day Moses received the Law on Mt. Sinai in the wilderness and the nation Israel was born. (Exodus 19-20) Christians celebrate it as the day the Holy Spirit fell on the Disciples in Jerusalem and the Church was born (Acts 2). If you agree with my view that the parables of Matthew 13 describe the church on Earth and that the parable of the yeast predicts there will be sin in the church, you’ll be interested in the fact that unlike all the other Jewish Feasts that call for unleavened bread, Pentecost requires bread baked with yeast (Lev. 23:17). Pentecost also began the annual wheat harvest, perhaps pointing to another of Matthew’s Kingdom parables, the Wheat and the Tares. By tradition Enoch, one of the patriarchs from Genesis 5, was born on the day later to be known as Pentecost. Enoch’s name means “teaching”, a primary function of the Church. For this reason many scholars see him as a “type” of the church as well. Genesis 5:21-23 indicates that Enoch was very close to God and was actually taken live (raptured) into Heaven before the Great Flood. Pre-Trib scholars see this event as hinting of a yet future disappearance of the Church before the Great Tribulation. These same traditions also hold that Enoch disappeared from Earth on his birthday. So here’s a model in Genesis 5 of a man identified with the church being born and raptured on the day that would become Pentecost, the day the church was born. Here is a link to the entire study Having studied a bit on Enoch and reading the book of Enoch (difficult to follow w/o a teaching guide), It speaks loudly of the fact that God never does anything without a purpose, just saying, eternity will reveal what we thought we knew and what we didn’t know — that’s going to be so exciting. :yahoo: :prayer-hands: I think it's very possible these so-called aliens show up before the Rapture. What better way to begin the "Strong Delusion" than having these guys show up before we disappear? Everyone would simply dismiss it as these "aliens" just taking a select group for their own purposes. Indeed there will be many surprises we will encounter! My first surprise will be that I am even there! Secondly, knowing the full extent of His love for me! Thirdly, any reward I may receive! And lastly, all those that I will recognize as well as those that will recognize me! TR
What’s a Pentecost?
http://gracethrufaith.com/selah/holidays-and-holy-days/the-feast-of-pentecost/ 
