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Silver Trumpets at the Western Wall

JP 2-15-02 - On the second day of Adar, 5762 (Thursday, Feb. 14 2002) a special prayer service was held at the Western Wall because of the ongoing Arab terror which has claimed many lives. During the service, Temple trumpets fashioned of pure silver by the Temple Institute were sounded. According to Jewish tradition, prayers on days of communal distress and fasting should be accompanied by trumpet-blasts, for their sound has great spiritual power.

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10:28 PM - A show of lightning ripples across the North Texas sky above the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday, June 14, 2001. A strong line of thunderstorms moved through the Dallas-Fort Worth area dumping several inches of rain. Photo by Tony Gutierrez (AP)

On 1 Adar, 5762 (2-12-02), the Temple Mount Faithful marched around the temple area. At each gate, they blew brand new trumpets they had reconstructed.

2 Thess. 2:3,4 (WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE): "Let no one deceive you in any way. For it (the millennial Day of the Lord) will not be, unless the DEPARTURE (Pre-Trib Rapture) comes FIRST, and the man of sin is revealed (after the Rapture), the son of destruction, he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God."

Song of Sol. 3:4 (LXX): "I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. I said, Have ye seen him whom my soul loves? IT WAS AS A LITTLE WHILE AFTER I PARTED FROM THEM, THAT I FOUND HIM whom my soul loves."

Heb. 10:35-38 (KJV): "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For YET A LITTLE WHILE, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith."

In Luke 21:29-36, Jesus said, "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to ESCAPE all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."

IS THE RAPTURE
NOW "NIGH AT HAND"?

by M.J. Agee

Signs in the Sun, Moon and Constellations
   

   



Top Left: Anchor Cross (1-21-1999), early Christian symbol, in the Sun, also called a Double Anchor, the symbol of hope in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Notice how it seems to have come in on a beam of light near the arrow. It looks like God's intervention to me.
Top Right: Blood moon eclipse over Jerusalem - 1-9-01. It looks like a lion cub. That suggests the Lion of the tribe of Judah to me. Hos. 5:14 says, "I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah." A lion cub on 1-9-01 would be full grown by 2008, when I think the Second Advent will be.
Center Left: Anchor Cross/Double Anchor in the constellation VELA, the sails of the ship ARGO, which means THE COMPANY OF TRAVELERS (i.e., the Bride of Christ shipping out in the Pre-Trib Rapture). It is in the same place the new star, NOVA VELORUM, appeared on Pentecost, Sivan 7, 5-22-99.
Center Middle: Eta Carinae's cloud of dust and gas reminds me of a wedding reception table decoration. It is in the constellation CARINA, the keel of the ship ARGO.
Center Right: 4-26-01 - An emerald (Judah's stone) ring in Orion (meaning one coming forth as light, i.e., Christ, the Bridegroom, the "Lion of the tribe of Juda," coming at the Rapture). Coordinates with Rev. 4:3: "there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald."
Bottom: Carina 6-17-01 - The lion cub looks like royalty here. Does this represent Christ and his bride?

"THERE SHALL BE SIGNS"

In Luke 21:25, the Lord Jesus Christ said, "THERE SHALL BE SIGNS in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars (lit., constellations); and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity (over Jerusalem); the sea (united nations, Rev. 17:15, 13:1,7) and the waves (individual nations or groups of people) roaring." In verse 28, Jesus continued, "WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO COME TO PASS, THEN LOOK UP, AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH."

Psa. 19:1-6 says, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament (expanse of space) sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as (symbolic language) a bridegroom (Christ, Mt. 25:6) coming out of his chamber (Holy of Holies, i.e., Heaven), and rejoiceth as (symbolic language) a strong man (the constellation OPHIUCHUS [meaning THE SERPENT HELD], running on the ecliptic) to run a race. His (Christ's, as the 'Sun of righteousness,' Mal. 4:2) going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."

There are two startling SIGNS that only God could make in the constellation ARGO (THE COMPANY OF TRAVELERS), which symbolizes believers in Christ (as Noah in the Ark) traveling toward the Rapture and Heaven. The ship has a representation of Christ's face just above the waterline and a lion's head above on the prow (Seiss. The Gospel in the Stars, p. 129). The DOUBLE ANCHOR sign (L bottom image above) is in VELA (THE SAILS) in the same place the new star, NOVA VELORUM, appeared on Pentecost, Sivan 7, 5-22-99. ETA CARINAE now reminds me of a wedding reception table decoration (R bottom image above). It is in CARINA (THE KEEL). The pictures of ETA CARINAE in Kerrod's Star Guide and in Levy's Skywatching are so different from this picture, the change is astonishing.

It is as if the ship carrying the Bride of Christ that has been backing into the dock is dropping anchor. The double anchor is a symbol of hope in the Eastern Orthodox church. A single anchor is the sign of hope in the Catholic church. The double anchor is also the Anchor Cross symbol, used by early Christians. It has been seen at the Sun (L top image above) and in the constellation VELA, the sails (L bottom image).

We are considering astronomy, the true "Mazzaroth" of Job 38:32, not astrology, which is forbidden. In Job 38:31-33, the LORD said, "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of PLEIADES, or loose the bands of ORION? Canst thou bring forth MAZZAROTH (the Zodiac) in his season? or canst thou guide ARCTURUS with HIS SONS? Knowest thou the ORDINANCES OF HEAVEN? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?" The true story of Jesus Christ as depicted in God's picture book in the stars starts with VIRGO (the virgin) and ends with LEO (the Lion of the tribe of Judah). LEO is the sign of the tribe of Judah. For more information, see "God's picture book, 'THE WAY,' written in the stars" in the Index below.

The very red Blood Moon total eclipse of 7-16-00 was the longest of the next 1000 years. It was bookended by a partial solar eclipse 7-1-00 (record breaker duration, 1 hr. 47 min.) and a partial solar eclipse 7-30,31-00. To have all 3 in one month is rare. Last time was 12-1880; next time will be 12-2206. We had a rainbow over Bethlehem on 12-24-00, a solar eclipse on 12-25-00 and a blood Moon over Jerusalem on 1-9-01.

On Jan. 23, 1950, at the first official meeting, the Knesset restored Jerusalem as capital of Israel. Exactly 49 years later, the largest ever gamma-ray burst of light took place in the heavens. It was so huge that it is called the Second Big Bang.

This GRB 990123 (Jan. 23, 1999) was the largest cosmic gamma-ray burst ever seen by man. It took place 9 billion light-years away. That means that its 6-million-times-brighter-than-a-supernova burst of energy took 9 billion years to reach Earth. Only God could plan and execute the precise time that its light would reach Earth. It has God's stamp on it, for "God is light" (I John 1:5).

This GRB was the "most violent event ever observed in the universe." The explosive release was so brilliant that it was as if a mass greater than two Suns like ours was converted instantly to pure energy. This was the first time the optical as well as gamma-ray emission had been observed during the burst itself. It was as bright as a million normal galaxies. Astronomers found no polarization. They think that means that the burst was strongly beamed "exactly toward us" over a distance of about 80% of the visible universe.

This must be a sign from God. It was so stupendous, the brightest thing ever seen in the heavens by man. It had the power of nearly 10 million suns. If it had happened in our neighborhood, night would have become day. The burst lasted 110 seconds. The first GRB ever recognized was seen 33 years before this one, in 1967. Since that, we have had over 2000, but no others like this one on Jan. 23, 1999. It followed by 2 days the sign of the Anchor Cross in the Sun, photographed 1-21-99. These 2 days may be significant too. Maybe Christ's coming at the Rapture will follow this sign by about 2 years, i.e., in 2001. We need to confess all our sins since we accepted Christ (I John 1:9), so we will be filled with the Holy Spirit, and keep watching, as Christ instructed.

GRB 990123 appeared in the constellation BOOTES (THE COMING SHEPHERD), also known to the ancients as ARCTURUS, a decan in the constellation VIRGO (THE VIRGIN). That is significant. The Greek BOOTES is taken from the Hebrew root "bo," meaning TO COME. The bright star in BOOTES' knee is ARCTURUS, which means HE COMES, i.e., Christ comes. ARCTURUS was the keeper of the ARCTOS, the sheepfolds, as Christ is our good shepherd. Other star names are revealing. AL KATUROPS (near where the GRB was seen) means THE BRANCH, TREADING UNDER FOOT, or THE SHEPHERD'S CROOK. NEKKAR means THE PIERCED (i.e., the pierced shepherd). MIZAR, GUARDIAN, was earlier known as MIRAC, THE COMING FORTH (like an arrow). MURPHRIDE means TO SEPARATE. This fits beautifully, for at the Rapture, Christ will come and separate the Philadelphians from the Laodiceans, the wise from the foolish virgins. In Rev. 3:8, we see that the "open door" (of Heaven, Rev. 4:1) is only set in front of the Philadelphians. Jesus has no words of condemnation for the Philadelphians. They have already confessed their sins as per I John 1:9 and are therefore wearing spiritual white robes of righteousness. It seems that all the overcomers of each church group are poured into the Philadelphian group as the Rapture becomes near "at hand" (Rev. 1:3; 22:10), probably ten days before the Rapture (Rev. 2:10).

Psa. 19:1-6 shows that the heavens depict Christ's story to those that cannot read. It says, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament (expanse of space) sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof." Psa. 97:6 says, "The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory."

The year 1999 saw other signs in the skies. On May 10, GRB990510 was the second biggest gamma ray burst. It was seen in the constellation CHAMAELEON in the Southern Hemisphere. On Aug. 17, astronomers were presented with a puzzle they have been unable to figure out. There was an unexplained light in the northern sky in SERPENS. It's spectrum is different than anything else. They are saying, "What is it?" On Sept. 15, there was the flash of an unusual burst of energy in SAGITTARIUS in our own Milky Way Galaxy. On Dec. 16, GRB991216 was seen in ORION (ONE COMING FORTH AS LIGHT), near the edge of the severed roaring lion's head and skin held up in ORION's left hand as a victory trophy. A nearby star in ORION is BELLATRIX (QUICKLY COMING). Christ is the victor who is coming quickly at the Rapture.

In the 1st century, the wise men saw a star in the east that indicated the birth of the "King of the Jews" (Mt. 2:2). They came to worship him when he was about 2 years old. Thus Herod had the male children 2 and under killed in Bethlehem. The wise men visited him and "saw the young child (paidion, toddler, not brephos, infant)" (Mt. 2:11).

We may have seen a new star two years before Christ comes at the Rapture. We had a new star appear, NOVA VELORUM, in the sails of the ship ARGO (THE COMPANY OF TRAVELERS), on Sat., May 22, 1999 (Sivan 7, 5759, Pentecost). On Dec. 1, 1999, another new star appeared, NOVA AQUILLA (THE PIERCED ONE FALLING). Christ is the one that was pierced that we might be saved.

The ship ARGO stands for those to be raptured. It has a representation of Christ's face just above the waterline and a ram's head on the top of the prow. The sails are reefed. The ship is docking. See picture in Bullinger's Witness of the Stars: http://philologos.org. Like Noah in the Ark, we must stay in the ship, i.e., in Christ. Keep watching. Withstand every test. We are almost home.

Stars in the constellation AQUILLA are AL TAIR (THE WOUNDING) and DENEB (THE LORD or JUDGE COMETH). Jesus was pierced for our transgressions and resurrected. As the Bridegroom, he is coming soon for his Bride.

When "the kingdom of God is nigh at hand"

In Lu. 21:28-32, Jesus said, "when these things (the signs in the Sun, Moon and Constellations) BEGIN to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth NIGH. And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree (Israel, Joel 1:6,7), and all the trees (other nations); When they now shoot forth (i.e., fight the Six-Day War of 1967, when Israel grew leaves, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, Sinai, West Bank; Mt. 24:32-34), ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand (the war started June 5, summer arrived June 21). So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NIGH AT HAND. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled."

I Cor. 10:11 says, "Now all these things happened unto them (Israel) for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world (ages) are come."

In 30 AD, counting from Nisan 8, when Jesus came to Bethany, day #1, was Palm Sunday (Nisan 9), when Jesus rode into Jerusalem as King and went to the temple. From Nisan 8 in 30 AD to Av 10, when the temple was burned in 70 AD, there were 40 years plus 120 days.

In these latter days, one 40-year generation + another 120 days from Iyar 28, 5727 (when the temple area was regained by Israel June 7, 1967) is Tishri 1, 5768 (Sept. 13, 2007), the day I think will be Christ's Coronation Day in Heaven. If so, it will also be the day of the Marriage of the Lamb and the Judgment Seat of Christ in Heaven. On Earth, that day is the end of the shortened Tribulation, the day of the Pre-Wrath Rapture, the Day of God's Wrath, and the 1st day of the millennial Day of the Lord.

In 1967, the anniversary of Jesus' Ascension Day was Iyar 25. That was the 40th day of counting the Omer since the Feast of Firstfruits. Pentecost was the 50th day. THE FIRST DAY OF THE FINAL 10-DAY COUNTDOWN TO THAT PENTECOST WAS IYAR 26, 5727 (JUNE 5, 1967), THE FIRST DAY OF THE SIX-DAY WAR.

Lu. 21:31 says, "So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NIGH AT HAND." I think the Rapture is now "nigh at hand." Be ready, just in case.

Christ's vantage point in Revelation - 10 days before the Rapture

The whole script of The Revelation of Jesus Christ seems to be written from the vantage point, when the Rapture is 10 days away. The Rapture is "at hand" in the first and last chapters (1:3; 22:10). Jesus signs off with "Surely I come quickly."

In Rev. 3:8-11, Jesus tells the wise Philadelphian virgins, "I have set before thee an OPEN DOOR (it may be open during the last 10 days), and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name....Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation (peirasmou, trial), which shall come upon ALL the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come QUICKLY: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy CROWN." Crowns are handed out at the Rapture. The Philadelphians are not told to repent. They already have. They are wearing the spiritual white robes of righteousness necessary to be included in the Bride group.

Rev. 19:8 says, "the fine linen is the righteousness (lit., righteousnesses) of saints." This includes Christ's righteousness imputed to us and our righteous acts when filled with the Spirit of Christ. We must be wearing spiritual white wedding garments.

In Rev. 2:4,5, Jesus tells the lukewarm foolish virgins, "I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of HIS PLACE (Heaven; 1:13; Jn. 14:2,3), except thou repent." These should confess their sins to God, as in I John 1:9, so that every sin is brought under the blood of Christ.

Rev. 22:11,12 now makes sense. It says, "the time is AT HAND. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly." James 5:9 says, "Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the JUDGE standeth before the DOOR." Non Christians need to accept Christ. Christians need to get ready by using I John 1:9.

Ranks in the First Resurrection

I Cor. 15:22,23: "in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order (tagmati, rank): Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming."

Nu. 10:2-4: "Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the ASSEMBLY, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them (both, i.e., at the Pre-Wrath Rapture), all the ASSEMBLY shall assemble themselves to thee ('last trump,' I Cor. 15:51,52) at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes (elders), which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee" (at the Pre-Trib Rapture).

Firstfruits.We are a kind of firstfruits, the FIRST of the firstfruits. James 1:18: "Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."

The ESCAPE

Lu. 21:36 says, "Watch ye therefore, and PRAY always, that ye may be ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE (ekpheugo, to vanish from, i.e., be raptured) all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."

I Cor. 10:11-13: "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world (ages) are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation (peirasmo, trial, proving, adversity, affliction, i.e., the Tribulation) also make a way to ESCAPE (ekbasin, GO UP OUT OF, i.e be raptured), that ye may be able to bear it."

Psa. 71:1,2: "In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to ESCAPE: incline thine ear unto me, and save me."

Psa. 141.10: "Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal ESCAPE."

Prov. 19:5: "A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall NOT ESCAPE."

John 15:1-6 tells us that some will be cut off. It says, "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."

Lu. 12:46 also tells about the cutting off. It says, "The lord of that servant (the foolish virgin) will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder (lit., cut him off), and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers" (i.e., during the Tribulation). Mt. 24:51 adds, "shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Mt. 22:13,14 says, "Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen." We need to be sure that we are among the Bride group that is chosen. We need those spiritual white wedding garments.

The prize

Phil. 3:8-14: " I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead (at the Rapture). Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the PRIZE of the high calling (ano klesous, upward invitation, i.e., the 'Come up hither,' at the Rapture) of God in Christ Jesus."

I Cor. 9:24-27: "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway (adokimos, disqualified)".

Space to Repent

In Rev. 2:21-23 Jesus said, "I gave her (the church of Thyatira) SPACE TO REPENT of her fornication (joining); and she repented not. Behold, I WILL (after the Rapture) cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery (join) with her into GREAT TRIBULATION, except they REPENT of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and ALL THE CHURCHES SHALL KNOW THAT I AM HE WHICH SEARCHETH THE REINS AND HEARTS: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works."

The SPACE TO REPENT may match 3 of the 4 years in the parable of the barren fig tree in Lu. 13:6-9 (1998 + 3 = 2001). Jesus speaks in the 3rd year, saying, "Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree" (Israel). The 4th year could be the 1st year of the Tribulation. Chances are good that this space started in the 6000th year of man's test being mortal and knowing both good and evil, the 480th year of the Modern Parallels, 1998. (For more information, see "Parallels in the 400s" in the Index below.)

This 3rd year reminds me of Jesus, Peter, James and John in Gethsemane the night Jesus was taken prisoner. It was in the spring. Jesus left them so he could pray alone and told them, "TARRY ye here, and WATCH." What did they do but go to sleep. "And he COMETH (1st time), and findeth them sleeping." Jesus went away to pray again, saying, "Watch ye and PRAY (as in Lu. 21:36), lest ye enter into TEMPTATION" (i.e., the Tribulation). What happened? "he RETURNED (the 2nd time) and found them asleep again." Mk. 14:41,42 then says, "And HE COMETH THE THIRD TIME (suggesting the 3rd year), and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and TAKE YOUR REST: it is ENOUGH, THE HOUR IS COME; behold, the Son of man (the two Raptures are called "the days of the Son of Man" in Lu. 17:22) is betrayed into the hands of sinners. RISE UP, LET US GO." Rise up is Strong's 1453, egeiro, rouse from death, awake, lift up, raise up, rise up, take up. Does that suggest the Rapture in the 3rd year? That is when I now hope we will hear His "COME UP HITHER" (Rev. 4:1). If we start counting from 1998, the 480th year of the Modern Parallels, and add 3 years, we come to 2001, the 483rd year of the Modern Parallels.

There were 480 Theocratic Years from the Exodus to the time construction began on the temple (excluding the servitudes when Israel was out of fellowship) (I Kings 6:1). There can be a connection with our days, because the Church is the spiritual temple of the Holy Spirit. I wonder if Jesus started to choose his Bride from among the living in 1998. There were 483 years from the time the commandment was given to rebuild Jerusalem to just before the Crucifixion (Dan. 9:25,26). I wonder if the coming peace covenant will stipulate rebuilding Jerusalem in some way. If the bulging wall at the temple mount falls, they might have to rebuild Al Aqsa Mosque. It has cracks associated with the bulging wall. Isa 30:13 says, "Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant." That might open the way for the temple of the Lord to be rebuilt.

Ex. 19:10,11 may prefigure the Rapture. It says, "the LORD told Moses, "Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, And be ready against the third day: for THE THIRD DAY THE LORD WILL COME DOWN in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai." The third day could suggest 2001.

Watch and pray that ye may be accounted worthy

Rev. 3:3 says, "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." What if we do watch? Turn it around. If we do watch, he will not come on us as a thief, and we shall know what hour he will come upon the church.

In John 9:4, Jesus said, "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work." Does the night apply to the Tribulation? I Thess. 5:1-6 says, "of the times and the seasons, brethren (believers), ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord (the Millennium) so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction (Day of God's Wrath) 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 the children of 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." I'm watching.

What manner of time?

I hope you have not been missing "the grace that should come unto YOU: SEARCHING what... MANNER OF TIME"? I Peter 1:10-12 says, "Of which salvation THE PROPHETS have inquired and SEARCHED DILIGENTLY, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto YOU: SEARCHING what, or WHAT MANNER OF TIME the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but UNTO US they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you." If "THE PROPHETS...SEARCHED DILIGENTLY," how could it be wrong for us to search diligently for clues in the Bible?

Mt. 17:1-7 says, "AND AFTER six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them UP (anaphero, to take up, suggesting the Rapture) into a HIGH MOUNTAIN APART (figure of Heaven), And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun ('eyes...as a flame of fire,' in Rev. 1:14), and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias...and behold a VOICE out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; HEAR YE HIM (as in I Thess. 4:16). And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face (as John did in Rev. 1:17)...And JESUS CAME and touched them, and said, ARISE, and BE NOT AFRAID." "AFTER six days" may be another clue. Lu. 9:28 says, "And it came to pass ABOUT AN EIGHT DAYS after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and WENT UP into a mountain to pray. There is another clue (Oslo Accords in 1993 + 8 = 2001).

It looks like God singled out seven blocks of years, totaled them up and saw to it that they were listed in Scripture to mark the years of the most important coming events of our time. Each block is in the four hundreds; and there are no others.

(1) 400 from the casting out of Ishmael to the Exodus (Gen. 15:13; Acts 7:6,7)
(2) 430 from Abram's call to the Exodus (Ex. 12:40,41; Gal. 3:17,18)
(3) 450 from the division of Canaan to king Saul, the period of the judges (Acts 13:19,20)
(4) 480 Theocratic Years from the Exodus to the time construction began on the temple (excluding the servitudes when Israel was out of fellowship) (I Kings 6:1)
(5) 483 from the time the commandment was given to rebuild Jerusalem to just before the Crucifixion (Dan. 9:25,26)
(6) 490 Theocratic Years from the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem to the Second Advent (excluding the church era, when Israel is out of fellowship, in the gap between the 69th and 70th week of years) (Dan. 9:24).

(1) 5278 plus 400 equals 5678 (1917/18) (a 7/8)
In 5678 (1917/18), the modern exodus began
(2) 5278 plus 430 equals 5708 (1947/48) (a 7/8)
In 5708 (1947/48), Israel declared her Independence
(3) 5278 plus 450 equals 5728 (1967/68) (a 7/8)
In 5728 (1967/68), the Six-Day War, Sign of the End of the Age, had already been won. Temple area was retaken June 10, 1967 (Iyar 28, 5727).
(4) 5278 plus 480 equals 5758 (1997/98) (a 7/8)
In 5758 (1997/98), 6000th year of man's test being mortal and knowing good and evil, living stones given "SPACE TO REPENT"? Wye Memorandum peace treaty signed 10-23-98 (when Saturn was closest and brightest in 20 years) to strengthen Oslo Accords signed 9-13-93
(5) 5278 plus 483 equals 5761 (2000/01)
I hope the Pre-Trib Rapture will take place soon.
(6) 5278 plus 490 equals 5768 (2007/08) (a 7/8)
In 5768 (2007/08), Probable day of Pre-Wrath Rapture, Tishri 1, 5768 (Sept. 13, 2007) just barely preceding God's Wrath. I believe Christ will return 7 months later (Eze. 39:12,13) on the first day of the Jewish Regnal Year (Eze. 29:17,21; Hos. 6:3).

No man could have planned this. Only God, who had his complete timetable in mind, could have known how to draw these parallels. Truly, Scripture is God breathed.

What about no man knows?

Mt. 24:35,36 says, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." After all the discussion, I think it is amazing to realize that we can now KNOW the day and hour that part of the heavens and part of the elements of Earth will pass away.

II Peter 3:5-7 says, "this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the HEAVENS were of old, and the EARTH standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the HEAVENS and the EARTH, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (the Judgment Seat of Christ, the Day of God's Wrath) and perdition of ungodly men." It is talking about the HEAVENS and the EARTH being destroyed on "THE DAY," one particular day. I think the day the asteroids of Rev. 8:8,10 impact Earth will be Tishri 1, 5768, Sept. 13, 2007.

Verse 10 says, "the day of the Lord (the Millennium) will come (1st day) as a thief in the night (Rev. 3:3, i.e., the Pre-Wrath Rapture will precede God's Wrath); in the which the HEAVENS shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the EARTH also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." That is "THE DAY."

NOON is THE HOUR. Zeph. 2:3-5 says of the asteroid that will impact the Mediterranean Sea, "Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid (Raptured) in the day of the LORD's anger (the Pre-Wrath Rapture). For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the NOON day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast" Job 20:23 says, "When he (the wicked one, the False Prophet) is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating."

Jesus told us over and over to watch. He warned the churches, "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." Turn it around. What will we know if we do watch? It would then say that if we DO watch, he will NOT come on us as a thief, and we shall KNOW what hour he will come upon us.

No wonder Prov. 2:2-5 says, "incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for HID TREASURES; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God."

If we watch and recognize our signs, all the other clues we need are in Scripture. In "Mark 13:23, the LORD Jesus Christ said, "take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you ALL things." We just have to watch and hunt for the time clues "as for HID TREASURES."

In Luke 8:17, the LORD said, "NOTHING is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad." In Luke 12:2, the LORD said, "there is NOTHING covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known." In Mark 4:22, the LORD said, "there is NOTHING hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad."

HOW CAN WE GET READY?

John 13:8-10 says, "Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean."

I John 1:9 tells us what we need to do and what the Lord will do. It says, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Rev. 22:14-16 (Weymouth) says, "Blessed are those who WASH THEIR ROBES CLEAN, that they may have a RIGHT to the Tree of Life, and may go through the gates into the city. THE UNCLEAN ARE SHUT OUT, and so are all who practise magic, all fornicators, all murderers, and those who worship idols, and every one who loves falsehood and tells lies. "I Jesus have sent My angel for him solemnly to declare these things to you among the Churches."

MAY THE GOOD LORD WATCH OVER YOU AND KEEP YOU IN HIS HAND UNTIL THE TIME OF THE RAPTURE ARRIVES, WHENEVER IT IS. I AM CONVINCED JESUS IS

JESUS REALLY LOVES YOU!!!

For those that would like to have "Rapture" defined and would like to know how God has planned for us to be saved, see Rapture and Salvation. 

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When the Rapture does take place, the Tribulation schedule of events, including the dates I think they will fall on, is in the file at Expected Chronology of End-time Events.

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