Dear Doves

As I lay in bed the morning of 18th April 2008 the body was limp, but
the mind active. I thought about certain views that have been shared on
the Doves site and emails from others in terms of the rapture and how
everything might pan out.

The two periods commonly presented for a pre-tribulation rapture are
Spring April - June or late summer or fall, Rosh Hashanah. I have for
quite some time been one who has leaned to a rapture in the spring, from
scripture in Song of Solomon chapter 2, which many feel points to this
period. I would also like to present another possible scenario to you. I
am sure that many of you are already familiar with the Pentacodes, which
seems to be presenting more and more credible evidence, pointing to the
rapture being on Rosh Hashanah.

I have found that sometimes scripture can have a two fold meaning. Jesus
said, "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:" Quite a
few on this site and others I know agree that this statement was
fulfilled in 1948 when Israel became a nation in one day and then 19
years later in 1967 when Jerusalem was recaptured, but perhaps it has a
double meaning. In Song of Solomon Ch 2 Vs 13, we see reference to the
fig tree putting forth her green figs and then in Matt 24:32, Mark 13:28
and Luke 21:29-30 Jesus says, "when you see this know that summer is
near." Perhaps, just perhaps the bridegroom wooing his bride in Song of
Solomon is not the rapture, but the cry going forth. You see in the
parable of the ten virgins, five foolish and five wise, it states that
they all slept, when the cry went out. Now I don't take this literally
that all the wise slept, because other scripture balances this parable
out. It says that a cry went out, behold the bridegroom cometh; go out
to meet Him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps, but
of course the foolish virgins did not have enough oil. Take note
something is going to happen, I believe that the cry is going to wake up
all born again believers. Something dramatic. What could be more
dramatic than a short nuclear war. Could it be Damascus being turned
into a ruinous heap. That I know, will most certainly make people start
to talk!

The Pentecodes states that the cry will be war and most certainly we can
see that all is not well in the Middle East. Israel, Syria and Lebanon
and others are on high alert. Israel is taking pre-emptive measures to
hamper rocket and missile strikes against her and of course her
neighbours are preparing, it would seem for something big! Is a nuclear
war around the corner? 

In short perhaps Jesus was saying to us that when you saw the fig tree
budding, happening in the spring it would point to something happening
in the summer. Perhaps the rapture! 

In between writing and posting this, I've learned that the dates and
figs harvest is during August-September and perhaps this is the harvest
relating to the rapture of the bride!

Just another thought. Keep on looking up Doves!

 

In Jesus

Gordon Smith

South Africa