Hi-Please post this-GW

 

    It seems that the month of Elul is full of surprises. I went through a stack of rabbinical writings and gleaned some info that's absolutely astounding!

 

  First, I'll get right into the meat of what we've been hearing from C and J and expound on their discoveries, especially regarding the meaning of Elul "I am am my beloved's and my beloved is mine." Those very words can be found in the Song of Solomon, 6:3.  What's so very fascinating is verse two.  "My beloved has GONE DOWN to his garden to the beds of spices, to browse in the gardens and to gather the lilies".....I grabbed my handy Vines Expanded Dictionary and looked up 'Lilies'.  Here's what they say; "The lilie referred to was a flower of rich color, probably including the Gladiolus and Iris species.  The former grow among the grain, often overtopping it and illuminating the broad fields.....Anyone who has stood among the wheat fields".....So, here we have the Savior walking among the lilies, and no mention of the wheat, which was most likely already harvested!  A perfect picture of the raputre during the month of Elul!

 

Also, here's some tidbits taken from Rabbinical writings.

 

    "Hence the month of Elul is an annual opportunity for self examinaiton and       personal preparation for Judgment."...

 

       "A demise of the past and a birth of a new life and a new creature."

 

    " The Baal Shem Tove called the days of Elul the days when the King is

       in the field".

 

    "During the month of Elul it is customary to visit a tzaddik (righteous        

      man).  Visiting the ultimate tzaddik, Jesus, at his home in heaven 

      (rapture?) would be the ultimate fulfillment of this custom!

 

    "The assertion that Enoch was translated to heaven on the anniversary of     the day an hour on which he was born goes back to a view prevalent in    

    rabbinic writings.....The statement that it was the sixth of Sivan on which     Enoch was born, and later translated.....It may be remarked that the text     is not quiite in order, since if Enoch reached heaven on the first of Sivan,     remained there for sixty days, and after a stay of thirty days on earth was     translated forever, his translation must have taken place in Elul!"

 

The most incredible occurance during Elul will be when "I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband" (A quote from rabbinical writings regarding the month of Elul).

 

When will this happen?  On the first of Elul, August 20, 3003.  At the closing of the Zodiac cycle (Leo) and the beginning of Virgo.  It's a perfect fit!  Go back exactly 1000 (three hundred and sixty day years) and you land on December 25, 2017.  Retrace Daniel's 45 days (11/10/17), then another 30 days (10/11/17- Tabernacles) which is the day He will 'tabernacle' with us.  Tabernacles must be very important since it's the only feast celebrated during the millennium.  Continue back 1260 days and you're at the middle of the tribulation. (April 30, 2014- New Moon) and another 1260 days takes you to 11/17/10 (Do you notice the repetition of 10's 11's and 17's?)  What are the odds??  What's gonna happen this coming November 17th?  Actually, events will begin to happen on the 16th...which is the holiest day on the Muslim calendar (Eid al adha).  I think Barack Obama will be in Mecca hammering out a peace treaty with the Muslim leaders, and just as the prophet Muhammed rode his horse (Barack) on an overnight journey to Jerusalem, Barack Obama will spend his 666th day as president and world leader confirming a covenant with Israel!

 

    So, things will have to happen soon.  If the rapture happens on August 10th, that means a 99 day period will pass until the beginning of the Tribulation.  If not, I'm still looking for great things during the month of Elul.  Maranantha!  GW