Consider May 17, 2007 which is Ascension Day on the Christian calendar, 5/17/07. Here we have the number of grace for the Bride on the day 17, victory, in the year 7, completion. This is the day 150 after the Genesis account of the ark being lifted up for 150 days, after the 40 day period the rains fell before it came to rest on the mountain. The Days of Noah began last fall in 2006, the number of  the year when Noah died, the day Noah entered the ark was November 8, and then 40 days later was Dec 17, 150 days later is Ascension Day: May 17, 2007: 5-17-07. Just a coincidence?

    This would coincide with the 40 day period which begins with Passover, followed by Firstruits on April 5, then Ascension Day, and 10 days later Pentecost. Perhaps we will ascend on May 17 then 10 days later the Holy Spirit will descend upon the Israelites and seal the 144,000. This number is a multiple of the 120 who were sealed on Pentecost 10 days after Jesus ascended, taking the resurrected Old Testament saints with him. 144,000 is equal to 120 x 1200. Are we about to see the Resurrection of the dead in Christ for a period of 40 days, before our mortal bodies are changed and then we meet them in the air?

     Something interesting the Lord has been showing me about Elijah and his rapture is that he went up at Passover, at the same place the Israelites crossed over the Jordan into the Promised Land and celebrated Passover. But the year that Elijah went up I believe was 841 BC, which is also a confirmation of his Passover ascension. I arrived at the year by reading the account in 2 Kings 1:17 where Elijah prophesied before King Ahaziah that because of his wickedness he would die and Jehoram would become King. I looked up the chronology of the kings of Israel and Judah, and this would have been 841 BC when Jehoram began to rule. Directly folling this passage in 2 Kings 2:1 begins the day that Elijah was raptured. Assuming that this was at the same time, then Elijah went up in the chariot in a whirlwind in 841 BC. I asked my dear friend Ian Mallet, the numbers expert,  if there was anything significant about the number 841. He! said n ot that he knew of, but its mirror image is 148, which is Hebrew for PASSOVER!!!

    The Jews set a place for Elijah the prophet at the Passover table each year, expecting to him return at Passover. Why Passover? Perhaps because he left at Passover, and it is an oral tradition that they have passed down for centuries that he will return to pick up his mission exactly when he left: Passover! If he is about to return in the flesh in his prophetic role as one of the two witnesses, then you can rest assured that we are about to ascend. Another interesting thing I believe the Lord has shown me is how Elijah departed.

 

    And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and   Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings 2: 11.

 

   How would an Old Testament prophet describe what we call a "spaceship"? Perhaps as a chariot powered by horses of fire, ascending in a whirlwind? I believe the Lord uses logical means to accomplish His purposes, and as our mortal bodies are not equipped to float up into space, the common  idea that people have about our rapture, then Elijah had to step into a vehicle of some sort in order to ascend. If the Lord used a heavenly vehicle to transport Elijah, would He not use a heavenly vehicle to transport us? We know that the enemy is a master counterfeiter, and copies everything that the Lord does. All the accounts of UFOs, which I believe are demonic spirits, are becoming more and more commonplace. Where do you suppose the devil got the idea for flying vehicles? I know he has eyes to see, and more than likely saw Elijah ascend, so he has counterfeited the heavenly vehicles of the Lord in order to deceive the people. He will attempt to deci! eve tho se who see us enter these heavenly chariots at our rapture, by saying that we were abducted by aliens. Elijah was not even certain that Elisha would see him ascend, 2 Kings 2:10:

 

And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: [nevertheless], if thou see me [when I am] taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be [so].

 

   Perhaps the whirlwind was the wind produced by the ship, similar to a helicopter, or perhaps it was a hurricane, but perhaps there will be some who actually see us enter into a heavenly vehicle as we depart planet earth, some may not be seen. How could we all enter a ship at once? Well, there is an answer for that too. Perhaps there are many thousands of vehicles that will be coming for us, and we will be asked to enter our ark, which could then meet up with all of them in the air in some kind of "mother ship"? Perhaps there will be some, who like Lot's wife, turned back to look at the world, preferring that life to what lay ahead. If we are too involved in the things of the world, and are not watching and ready, there will be many who will miss out on the rapture if this is how it will come to pass. I know there are many who will scoff at what I am presenting here, and I am not saying "Thus sayeth the Lor! d", but the Lord has been revealing many things to me after a period of fasting, prayer and seeking His face. He showed me His glory last week, something very personal that I will not go into at this time other than to say He was very specific and showed me that there is a firstfruits rapture and a second harvest rapture. I believe He is coming very soon, but if we are not watching and ready, with our garments washed in His blood, and seeking daily to live a life of holiness and separating from the apostaste church that is teaching lies, we may miss out on our reward: the firstfruits rapture. The Bible does not say the rapture is guaranteed for all believers, only eternal life is. I welcome any thoughts on this.