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Bringing
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The Rapture is symbolized in the Agricultural Feasts (Harvesting)
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MARK 13: 35
Believing that every
morsel of the Word of God is highly significant, it can be
perceived that
four translations (Resurrections) occur within the New Testament
Church, based upon Mark 13:35....
"Watch ye therefore; for ye know not when the Master of the
House (Jesus) cometh:
"at even (evening)............................First
Translation/ resurrection took place on Easter Sunday
evening
"or at Midnight................................The Midnight
Rapture and Resurrection (also called "Second
Watch)
"or at the Cockcrowing....................Third Translation
( Rapture-Resurrection) (also called ‘Third Watch’...Luke 12: 38)
"or in the Morning............................Fourth
Translation (a Transfiguration; and Resurrection on the
Last Day John 11: 24
Let’s take a closer look at these 4 Translations / Resurrections
1.
EVENING TRANSLATION / Resurrection ....THE BARLEY SHEAF
THE BARLEY
HARVEST
FIRSTFRUITS ................1 Corinthians 15:20
"now
is Christ (Jesus) risen from the dead, and become the Firstfruits
of them that slept".....
Christ the Firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at His
coming"
On the Evening of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, it is recorded
that:
"The graves were opened; and many of the bodies of Saints
which slept arose,
And came out of the graves after His resurrection,(on Sunday)
And went into the holy City, and appeared unto many." (Matthew 27:52,53)
Although their graves were opened Crucifixion evening, they did
not appear bodily until Sunday, after Our Lord’s
Resurrection. (Christ being the First Fruit, I Corinthians 15:
20 + 23...they
being the "Bikkurim First-Sheaf" Lev.23:12).
http://www.ortzion.org/omer14.html
Later, on Resurrection Sunday evening ,
Christ ascended with His Sheaf of translated ones.
How do we know that He ascended that evening? Because Luke tells
us so in
Luke
24:50-52 ( we
know that Bethany is not the same as the top of the Mt. of Olives
of Acts
Ch. 1 .
Bethany is a little hamlet further down the slope.) Luke again
refers to the ascension- rapture in
Acts
1:2
Actually, there are three Ascensions of Christ in the Bible.
Please
see www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/ascension.html
The Next
Resurrection:
2.
THE MIDNIGHT RAPTURE .... the BRIDE of Christ Jesus
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BEGINNING
OF THE WHEAT HARVEST
"BREAD OF THE FIRSTFRUITS" Leviticus 23:20
The Rapture of the Church is considered to be
"Midnight", based on Matthew 25:6.
"and at Midnight there was a cry made". Christ also
used the term "midnight" in Mark 13:35.
So that specific term is used twice
in the Gospels.
It is also called "Mid-Night" because it occurs at
Mid-Trib. We are already" in the midst "
. www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/addendum.html
Let's see
what the Scriptures say about this rapture:
1
Thessalonians 4:13-19
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as
others which have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them
also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.
"For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we
which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent (precede) them which are asleep.
"For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first:
"Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
This
"trump of God" is named "Tekiah
Gedolah"
Please
see
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/elul.html
This
is the "last trump" in a series
of 7 trumpets in Revelation 8-11.
It is sounded once only as described in Revelation 10:7 and Rev.
11:15
Please
see www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/trumpet.html
This Rapture is also called "the Day of Christ"...".our gathering together
unto Him"
2 Thessalonians 2:1, 2 (KJV Authorized, only)...Philippians 1:6
"day of Jesus Christ"
DAY OF CHRIST = RAPTURE......for those who go
DAY OF THE LORD = JUDGEMENT.....for those who remain
These are the same day, just opposite sides of the
coin....see 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
Please see
"Our Blessed Hope" www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/hope.html
Enoch is an example of the Midnight Rapture : Genesis 5:24 and
Hebrews 11: 5,6
THIS
MIDNIGHT RAPTURE IS KNOWABLE
"But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need
that I write unto you.
For yourselves KNOW perfectly that the day of the Lord (judgement) so cometh as a thief in the night.
(for
those of the world who will not know when their time of judgement
is coming...non-seekers)
"For when they shall say 'Peace and safety' (security); then sudden destruction cometh
upon THEM, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape."
"But ye brethren are not in darkness, that that
day should overtake you as a thief.
Ye are all children of light, and the children of the day. We are
not of the night, nor of darkness." 1 Thessalonians
Chapter 5:1-5
The Apostle Paul tells us that this Midnight Rapture will occur after a
"falling away"(from Biblical Faith...Apostasy; division
within the church),
and secondly, the man of sin has to be revealed before we go. (
not called "antichrist" yet )
(2
Thessalonians Chapter 2). www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/2Thess.html
In other words, the Church will be here to
see the rise of the man of sin, sitting in
the temple of God, showing
himself as God.
We cannot be raptured until that event takes place. Period.
Concerning
the Apostasy, we already see the compromise of the Roman Church
and all the Protestant denominations with any and all faiths
(ecumenism and inclusiveness becoming Universalism )
We have already seen Archbishop Carey pull out the cornerstone of
Christianity calling into question the resurrection of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.(Spring 1999)
"If Christ be not risen, then our Faith is in vain" 1 Corinthians
15:14.
"Faith-based" is a form of apostasy as Christian
organizations can not evangelize while performing charity, thus
they are denying our very Lord, for the sake of
money...government funding. ( filthy lucre 1 Timothy 6 )
Then we have the leader of the greatest Christian nation on earth
declare on
August 28th, 1999 that Creationism can no longer be taught in our
schools, thus nullifying the Holy Scriptures in one fell swoop.
That is a slap in the face of Almighty God.
So right now, apostasy reigns in all
religions and in all
nations.
U
R I
Add to all of that, the signing of the United Religions
Initiative in June 26, 2000 and you have the finalizing of
global apostasy.
Interfaith Co-operation Circles (CC) www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/2bibi.html
and www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/religion.html
As far as the man of sin arising, that will take place in the
temple where he most likely will blasphemeously sit on the newly
found Ark of the Covenant (mercy seat) thus showing
himself as God (visual ). There does not have to be a temple
built, since all he would have to do is go below the temple area
by way of the tunnel that already exists there, and leads to an
inner chamber where many believe the Ark was hidden.
Tunnel http://aish.com/seminars/tunneltour/tunnel.htm
Secret Chamber www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi30.htm Matthew 24:23--26
Ark of Covenant www.lexiline.com/lexiline/lexi30.htm see Jeremiah 3:16
So since no props are needed and the stage is already set, this
man could perform this act at any time. However there will be a
set of circumstances bringing this about, to be sure.
When
these two events take place (apostasy and blasphemy) , then the
Midnight rapture can take place, but not before then.
Marvin Rosenthal: No Imminence...www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/1371/imminence.html
Zion's
Hope www.zionshope.org
The
Compromised will be left behind:
"If
therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief
and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon
thee"....Revelation 3:3
In this verse to the Sardis Church ( Revelation 3:3) , God is
making a distinction between those who are alive in Christ
( living a professed lifestyle )
and those who are not ( keeping it a secret ) . God is making a
distinction between committed Believers and compromised
Believers.
Those who are alive in Christ (active, professing,
obedient Believers) will know when Our Lord is coming to rapture
them away.
The inhibited Christian was not be watching closely and--- like
the five unwise virgins of
Matthew 25 who did not have their lamps ready--- the inhibited
will not be ready for our Lord's coming. Therefore the Midnight
Rapture will come upon the compromised Christian as
a thief. He did not watch, so he did not
know. God will then separate the committed from the compromised.
Likewise, lukewarm pastors too will not know when the Midnight
Rapture occurs, if they too have not diligently studied their
Bibles, being guided only
by the Holy Spirit, and not by others. ... if they have not
sufficiently warned of the days to come
Ezekiel 33.
parenthesis
this author
"Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth
come. (unless
of course you watch)
But know this, that if the goodman of the house
(pastors,
shepherds and ALSO heads of households)
had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have
watched,
(and
therefore known)
and would not have suffered his house to be broken up."
Matthew 24:42
Luke
12:39, 40
"And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known
what hour the thief would come, he would have watched (and therefore known) and not have
suffered his house to be broken through.
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour
when ye think not .
(for those not watching).
For those who are watching, Our Lord comes at a time we
will know to look specifically for Him.
1
Thessalonains 5: 1- 6
"But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need
that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the Day
of the Lord (Rev. 6:17) so cometh as a
thief in the night
(to
the compromised and the unbelieving world)
For when they shall say,"Peace and Safety"(Security) ;
then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman
with child; and they shall not escape
(the
compromisers and the unbelievers shall not escape
the watching, obedient, professing-Church ascends at the Midnight
Rapture; We are to pray to escape all these things coming upon
the world Luke 21: 36)
"But ye brethren are not in darkness, that
that day should overtake you as a thief.
You are all the children of the light, and the children of the
day :
we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be
sober." (and know)
We will know the day, as that day approaches, and it is our
belief that we will even know the hour:
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR @ www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/midnight.html
THE
DAY OF CHRIST
This Midnight Rapture then is the Day of Redemption for watching
Believers.
"And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby, ye are
sealed unto THE DAY OF REDEMPTION" Ephesians 4:30
That Day of redemption is also called "The Day of
Christ" 2 Thess. 2:1, 2 (KJV)...the day of our
gathering together unto Him" . "The day of Jesus
Christ" Philippians 1:6
In 1
Peter 4:18, Peter tells us that the
righteous will scarcely be saved. And Jesus
tells us to pray that we be counted worthy to escape all these things
(Great Tribulation) that are coming upon the world ( Luke 21:36 )
. So we must not be over confident of our position in Christ.
If we find ourselves here the morning after, what hope will there
be?.......
The
newly- emboldened BODY of Christ
3. COCKCROWING :THE HARVEST RAPTURE.....the Third Watch
........
el
gallo / gallacantu
One
Man Awake
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/awake.html
PRE-WRATH
RAPTURE
Please see
"TERMS" www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/terms.html for a more detailed description.
The
Midnight Rapture is mentioned mid-way in the Book of Revelation
(also called "The Apocalypse") . It is found in Revelation 10:7 and
Rev. 11:15. www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/trumpet.html
It is not to be found in Revelation 4 where John is
called to "Come up hither". That verse means exactly
what it says....that John was called up to heaven to receive this
vision of the latter days. (Just like Paul was called up hither
to receive a vision in
2 Corinthians 12: 1-4)
The reference for the Cockcrowing Rapture is found much later in
Scripture in Rev. 16:15
"Behold, I come as a
thief.
(to the unbelieving world-- not to those who are watching)
Blessed
is he that watcheth , and keepeth his garments, lest he walk
naked, and they see his shame." Rev. 16:15
Again, God is making a separation here. For those who were left
behind after the Midnight rapture,
and then later on in the Great Tribulation repented of their
compromising ways and became truly alive and emboldened in Jesus
Christ , then they will KNOW that the Lord will come for them at
the Cockcrowing pre-wrath Rapture.
It is clearly shown between the 6th bowl (or vial) judgement and
the seventh bowl (or vial) judgement in Revelation 16:15.
It is clearly before Armageddon.
But for the unbelieving world who thinks that they have Believers
cornered, the Cockcrowing Rapture will come as a thief. The
unbelieving, unrepentant, Jesus-rejecting world will NOT know
when the Cockcrowing Rapture will take place. The snatching away
of the Great Tribulation saints will be as a thief snatching
their spoil.
But for the Believers who are alive in Jesus during the Great
Tribulation, they will know the season when their Lord is coming
for them.
You may want to ask : "Why would they be raptured out within
the Great Tribulation"?
Well, only the Lord can answer that one. It may be that that time
of trials was needed in order to bring them to a closer and more
personal relationship with the Lord Jesus.
But whatever the reason, there is one thing we do know for sure
and that is the fact that the Church Age must close at this time.
So there will be a finality, and this Cockcrowing Rapture seems
to be that finality.
For those who are left behind after the Midnight Rapture, to
grind out--second by second--the days of the Great Tribulation,
hardships, death, persecutions and martyrdom abound.
When
the politically-correct government solidifies, Christian
Believers will be put in jail for having, sharing or teaching
their beliefs-- whether in a classroom or in the home or
anywhere. It is most probable that the Authorized KJV Bibles will
be out-lawed. So many Christian things that we take for granted
(assembly,observances etc.) will become outlawed, most likely.
Please
see
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/mlaw.html
"Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison" Revelation 2:10
"he that leadeth into captivity shall go into
captivity" Revelation 13:10
It is better to go to jail and gain heaven, than to deny Our Lord
and forfeit one's eternal future.
But
even so, those left behind are not left without a Blessed Hope.
We are to"Hope unto the
end" ( I Peter 1:13.)
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/hope.html
The apostle Peter is an example of the Cockcrowing Rapture.
Peter did not profess Christ when it would be politically
incorrect: Matthew 26:34 and 69 -- 75; Mark 14:66; Luke 22:55;
John 18:16 . Later, Peter became emboldened to preach Jesus
Christ to all -- Acts 2:14--40.
Anyone who is Left Behind after the Midnight Rapture , becoming alive in
Jesus Christ,
and remains alive bodily
(a very few), and has never
taken the 666 mark, will be raptured within
the Great Tribulation.
These Great Tribulation saints would constitute the
"multitude which no man could number"......
(
Rev. 7: 9-17........."After this I beheld, and, lo, a great
multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds and people and tongues, stood befor the throne, and
before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their
hands"......"these are they which came out of great
tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in
the blood of the Lamb" These are saints.
The
Blood-Washed Throng
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/l/bloodwat.htm
This is the Good Harvest spoken of in
Revelation 14: 14-16).....
"And
another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to
Him that sat on the cloud,
'Thrust in Thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for Thee to
reap;
for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
And He that sat on the cloud thrust in His sickle on the earth;
and the earth was reaped."
See also Matthew 13: 48,49:" So shall it be at the end of
the world:
the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the
just."
This final phase of the Blessed Hope is why we are to "hope
unto the end".
This translation/ Rapture / Resurrection is also referred to as
"the pre-wrath" rapture, for it is between the 6th and
7th vial of God's wrath are poured out on a God-rejecting world.
It is before Armageddon.
"In wrath, remember mercy" Habakkuk 3:2
If Our Lord could term this event "Cockcrowing", then
that's a Scripturally accurate term. Mark 13:35
God has a unique plan for each
one of us:
"For
the fiches are not threshed with a threshing instrument,
"Neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin;
"But the fiches are beaten out with a staff,
"And the cummin with the rod.
"Bread corn is bruised;
because he will not ever be threshing it,
nor break it with the wheel of his cart,
nor bruise it with his horsemen." ISAIAH 28: 27, 28 .
See also Psalm 18:25,26 ..
"With the merciful, Thou wilt
show Thyself merciful;
With an upright man Thou wilt show Thyself upright.
With the pure, Thou wilt show Thyself pure;
and with the froward (aggressive) Thou wilt show Thyself
froward"
"for
Thou wilt save the afflicted people" ( vs. 27 )
Please see C. Spurgeon's
Threshing
(Farm
Sermons)
See also Deuteronomy 4:30, 31; 2 Samuel 24:14; Psalm
103:17;
This Translation-of-the-Few
could take place at the Ascension of
the Two Witnesses, near the end of the Great Tribulation.(Rev. 11: 11, 12).
Yes, God will bring His own Home---just prior to the Battle of
Armageddon. This will be when the world is darkest just before
dawn...the time of Cockcrowing.
Rev.16:
15
"The
womb of dawn" http://www.ortzion.org/risen13_.html
"I will show mercy unto whom I will show mercy" Exodus
33:19; Romans 9:15 + 18
Additional
quotes on MERCY at end of this article***
For
further reading on this translation , please see:
Cockcrowing
Rapture www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/ccr.html
and
"HOLD
ON!" www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/holdon.html
The GRIM REAPER: for the unrighteous
GRAPES OF WRATH----GATHERING OF TARES (weeds)
The Good Harvest is followed by the GRAPES OF WRATH GATHERING
the vine of the earth reaped Revelation
14:17--20. the word "Harvest" is not
used in this passage.
"And
another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also
having a sharp sickle.
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over
fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle,
saying,
"Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the
vine of the earth;
for her grapes are fully ripe".
"And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and
gathered the vine of the earth,
and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God."
This
final Reaping is the Gathering of the Tares that is also
described in
Matthew 13:37--40.
"the tares are the children of the wicked one (satan).
The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of
the world (this age).
The Son of Man shall send forth His angels and they shall gather
out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them which do
iniquity;
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be
wailing and gnashing of teeth"
Those
who have taken the 666 mark of the Beast will be in the Grapes of
Wrath Gathering.
Rev. 14:9--11.
Even though there are two harvests at the end of the age, there
will still be people left who are not gathered in both of those
two harvests. They will not be believers in
Jesus Christ, but they will be believers in good works. They will
not have taken the 666 mark of the beast. So what is their
outcome?
They become the "surviving-millennials" re-populating
the earth during the Kingdom age, in the Lord's Millennium.
They still have a spiritual-decision to make.
For more information on that group, please see: www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/ch7p1.html
The "surviving-seekers" are Group #5 in that article.
Here is an excerpt:
The wait-and-see crowd
still remain....(Matthew 25:34-40). They practiced righteousness during
the Great Tribulation.
Against all odds, there will be a group
of survivors who successfully entrench themselves for the last 3
1/2 years subsisting on nature. These are the Millennials. These
Millennials belong to the Brotherhood of Survival, outside the
economic System of 666.
Their lives consist in :
"Doing
Justly...loving Mercy...and walking humbly with God."
Micah 6: 8
They aided and assisted one another, and they helped the Jew, in
each wilderness area, survive too.... (despite infra-red
searching devices, and all monitoring satellites and
technology...Echelon, GPS, LEO satellites and mesh-networking ,
Iridium ( spies in the skies) and ubiquitous rfid )
Website for "survivors" http://outlands.tripod.com/
Our Lord will well reward them, at His return, for their acts of
compassion under dire conditions:
"Come ye blessed of
My Father, and inherit the Kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world." Matthew 25:34-40
Then Our Lord will tell them how they fed and clothed and visited
Him.
The Millennials will be surprised, and ask when they did that
(since these are not Born-again Believers in Jesus, as we see it.
They do believe in godliness. They still have that choice to
make: to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God for
personal salvation.).
And our Lord will say, "When you did it unto the least of My
brethren (all Godly people, and in particlar the Jews), you did
it unto Me." Matthew
25: 31-40.
Truly, the meek shall inherit the earth. (Matt. 5:5)
The very fact that these survivors made
it against the System proves that the gates
of hell shall not prevail. Antichrist never was over these
people. Manipulative Science and Technology were never over these
people. Wicked Commercialism and Idolatrous Religion were never
over these people.
Godly Common Sense and Godly Wisdom guided them, and God
Himself brought them through. (Matt. 6: 25-34)
These surviving Millennials will have their unique
testimony: that God can provide no matter what!
(Jehovah Jireh)
During the Kingdom age they will have the option to be under the
Lordship of Jesus Christ, or not. Zechariah 14
End of excerpt from Chapter 7
For more on these survivors, please see "The Thomases"
in
www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/holdon.html
Here
is an excerpt from HOLD ON.....
THE
"THOMASES"....millennial Gentiles
Fourth
Watch...Mark 6: 48-51
For those (Gentiles) who lived "justly, loved mercy,
and walked humbly with their God"[Micah
6:8]…. and yet held off professing Jesus until
they saw him, they will inherit the kingdom of Christ's reign [Matt.25:34].
They are the Millennial survivors who are not translated, but go
on with life, re-populate the earth and eventually die.[Isaiah 65:20].
Then they will be resurrected after the 1,000 years are
over. [Rev.20:5]
They are like Thomas the Apostle who, on the eighth day, have the
option of acknowledging Jesus.
4. MORNING TRANSLATION |
GLEANINGS
OF JOY...the OLIVE HARVEST
"They
that sow in tears shall reap in joy" Psalm 126:5
"Sorrow is but a guest of the night, and JOY comes in the
MORNING" Psalm 30:5
Hymn : Whispering Hope http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/h/i/whisperh.htm
The Morning-Transfiguration concerns the Jewish Remnant who---
having been cocooned for 3 1/2 years--- www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/ch4p1.html
are now ‘metamorphosized’ or Transfigured into
incorruptible bodies right here on earth.
I Corinthians 15:
51, 52
"Behold, I show
you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for
the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortality."
This Transfiguration occurs "at the last trump"...the Final
Translation. ( the final change)
This
last trump is named "SHOFAR HaGADOL".
It
is the final trumpet of the 2000 + years of the pre-Millennial
dispensation of "teshuvah, return."
It is also the RETURN ( "parousia") of the Lord. www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/2elul.html
When Yeshua returns on the Mt. of Olives
http://thegoldenreport.com/news-report/earthquake.shtml
This is not an upward Rapture. This is a Transfiguration.
An example of this translation would be Jesus' Transfiguration
on the Mount.
Matthew 17; Mark 9; and Luke 9:28-36.
Mark 13: 27 says that these Gleanings comes from the earth and will be reunited with the
elect from the uttermost parts of Heaven ( the Resurrection of
the Just ) . What a reunion!
Of all the groups
( the Barley Sheaf, the Wheat Wave Offering, the Harvest and the
Gleanings) just studied, this patient Remnant must have yearned
longer than any for
"that BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR...
"
the ROOT AND OFFSPRING OF DAVID." Revelation 22: 16
How patiently they waited
for Yeshua H’Mashiach--Jesus-- as:
"a LIGHT that shineth in a Dark Place, until the Day Dawn,
and the DAY-STAR arise in your hearts." Second Peter 1: 19
One can almost hear them
sing---even now--
" Baruch haba b' Shem Adonai"
"Blessed is He Who comes in the Name of the Lord."
"I
believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah, and
though He tarry,
nevertheless do I believe.".......... Maimonides
For the Nation of Israel, this is their Day of Redemption...
"and so all Israel shall be saved"
Romans
11: 26.
From Avner Bosky--- Summer
2002 www.davidstent.org
We visited a 600 year old castle near Edinburgh, Scotland, and
"stumbled onto" an old study Bible in the
chapel there which was published in the late
1700's.--"Brown's Self-Interpreting Family Bible," by
the late Rev. John Brown, printed in Glasgow. As Rachel
leafed through this well-worn Bible, with a binding which
was falling apart, she found a
wonderful treasure. Among the many pages of Bible
study notes was a page dealing specifically with
Israel. Almost 250 years
ago this man John Brown understood the clear teaching of
Scripture about Israel and the Jewish people. No
replacement theology here! A brief summary of his notes:
"A Collection of Prophecies
which Concern the Calling of the Jews and the Glory
which shall be in the Latter Days"
(Each one of the following points is followed by many Scripture
references.)
1. The Jews shall be gathered from
all parts of the earth where they are now scattered, and brought
home into their own land
2. They shall be carried by the Gentiles unto
their place, who shall join themselves with the Jews,
and become the Lord's people.
3. Great miracles shall be wrought when
Israel is restored, as formerly when they were brought out
of Egypt
(a) drying up the River Euphrates,
(b) causing rivers to flow in desert places,
(c) giving them prophets,
(d) the Lord Christ Himself shall appear at the head of them.
4. The Jews being restored and converted
to the faith of Christ, shall be formed into a state, and have
judges and counsellors over them as formerly; the Lord
Christ Himself being their King, who shall then also be
acknowledged King over all the earth.
5. They shall have the victory over all
their enemies, and all kings and nations of the earth
shall submit unto them.
6. The Jews restored shall live peaceably,
without being divided into two nations or contending with one
another any more--
(a) They shall be very numerous, and multiply greatly,
(b) They shall have great peace, safety, and
outward temporal prosperity,
(c) They shall be very glorious, and a blessing in the whole
earth
7. The land of Judea shall be made
eminently fruitful, like a paradise, or the garden of God.
8. Jerusalem shall be rebuilt, and after
the full restoration of the Jews, shall never be destroyed
nor infested with enemies any more.
9. A little before the time of the Jews'
call and conversion, there shall be great wars,
confusion and desolation, throughout all the earth, so that we
may say, as Balaam did, prophesying on that very time,
"Alas! Who shall live when God doth this?"
(End of notes)
Also during our time in England
and Scotland we met with a few precious friends. One
friend near Glasgow gave us a book about the "Scottish
Covenanters." The Covenanters were a group of on-fire
believers in the 1600's who claimed the Messiah Jesus as their
own king. Many of them paid with their lives. Once
again we read how, back in the 1600's, Israel's salvation
was a clear focus of the prayers of these believers!
Amazing! We are the generation which is witnessing the
unfolding of these very promises. Saints throughout the
ages have looked upon our time with great anticipation
and they have bathed our own days with a myriad
of their prayers. We can be greatly encouraged
knowing that the redemption of Israel is on the way and the
season of the Lord's coming is near!
End of Avner Boskey's letter
Zechariah
12:10; Matthew 24:30,31
"And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in
heaven:and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they
shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory.
And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, (
Shofar HaGadol ) and they shall gather together His elect from
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other."
(and
Rev. 1:7).
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the GREAT
TRUMPET
(Shofar HaGidol) shall be blown, and they shall come....and shall
worship the LORD (Jehovah...the great I AM) in the holy mount at
Jerusalem."
Isaiah
27 :13.
ZEPHANIAH
3:14-17
"Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and
rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
The LORD hath taken away thy judgements,
HE hath cast out thine enemy:
the KING OF ISRAEL , even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou
shalt not see evil any more.
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: "Fear thou
not"
and to Zion:"let not thine hands be slack".
The
LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; HE will save, HE
will rejoice over thee with joy:
HE will rest in HIS love, HE will joy over thee with
singing."....
I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the
earth." ZEPHANIAH 3: 14-17
See
also Psalm 5:11; PSALM 47;
Isaiah 12; Is. 1:26; Is. 11:12 ; Is. 33: 20; Is. 40:2; Is. 49:22;
Is. 60:10;
Ezekiel 20:40; Ezek. 36:8. Jeremiah 30:19; Jer. 31:13
Zechariah 1:17; Zech. 10:6; Zech. 14:11; Malachi 3:4.
Please
see "Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ" www.cybertime.net/~ajgood/king.html
Here
is an article by Mark Wilson which has some
good points for thought
(not necessarily agree in total, but many points are very good)
http://www.hebroots.org/hebrootsarchive/9709/970924_n.html
also at
http://www.hebroots.org/hebrootsarchive/9709/970923_i.html
"Watch ye therefore:
for ye know not when the Master of the House cometh,
at even, (occurred at Easter 33 AD)
or at
Midnight, ( soon )
or at the cockcrowing, ( later )
or in the morning:(Millennial dawn)
Lest coming suddenly He find you sleeping.[not watching]
"And what I say unto you
I say unto all, WATCH’ " Mark 13:37
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Additional
quotes on God's mercy:***
"showing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep
My commandments"
Deuteronomy 5:10
"For Thou LORD art good, and ready to forgive, and plentious
in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee"....Psalm
86:5...Ps.103:8.....Ps. 145:8
"turn unto the LORD your God, for He is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness"......Joel
2:13
"For I know that Thou art a gracious God. and merciful, slow
to anger, and of great kindness" Jonah 4:2
Also: Exodus 20:6; 33:19 ; 34:6,7....Deuteronomy 4:31 ; 2
Chronicles 30:9 ;
Nehemiah 9:17 + 31 ; Psalm 37:26; Psalm 136; Daniel 9:4 ; Romans
9:15 + 18 ;
James 5:11.
Articles on the
Rapture ( complete list of 11 articles )
Enoch and Elijah ...raptures
proven in Scripture
Sheaves ...."
evening, midnight, cockcrowing and morning" .... Mark 13:35
The Blessed Hope ...false
doctrine of immanency
Coming to Terms .... explaining
the words that concern the raptures
2 Thessalonians
2 .... man of sin sitting in temple first,
before the rapture
The Midnight
Hour ..... 24
midnights across the globe
The Seventh
Trumpet ... Tekiah Gedolah
... yoma arichta ; The Rapture of the
Bride
The Cockcrowing
Rapture ......" one will be taken and the
other left "
The Maiden on the
Shore
by
J A Seiss ..." I come quickly"
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