Brandon Channell (16
Dec 2005)
"Hanukkah and the Rapture?"
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/dec2005/brandonc1216.htm
I was wondering if you could all give me your thoughts on this
coming
Hanukkah and the rapture of the church. Do you feel that it's possible
that the rapture would occur in the Jewish festival of lights? Or is
there just another overly hyped theory about the day of the rapture? I
think that we're always in the possibility that the rapture might happen
at any day. Who knows (besides God) if there might be a link between
this Jewish holiday and the hour of his visitation? Please, tell me your
opinions on this matter.
http://www.prophecytalk.com/index.php?topic=631.0
But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels
of heaven,
but my Father only. Mathew 24:36
Brandon
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To: Brandon
From: Marilyn Agee
Hi:
The word "knoweth" is present tense. On that day, no man
knew, but we are to watch. Rev. 3:3 says, "Remember therefore how thou hast
received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. 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." At some point, watchers will know.
Hanukkah sounds like a good bet to me. The wise virgins
are to keep their lamps lit, and Hannukkah is the Feast of Lights. The oil
for one day lasted 8 days. It is when the temple was cleansed and rededicated.
We are the temple of the Holy Spirit, so it can easily apply to us. We must
have enough oil of the Holy Spirit to keep our lamps lit untiil the Pre-Trib
Rapture takes place. Also, Jesus came to Jerusalem at the time of the
Feast of Dedication (John 10:22,23
says, "it was at Jerusalem the feast of the DEDICATION, and it was winter.
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch." Solomon built the first
temple.
The Rapture is as the days of Noah (Mt. 24:37), and Noah
entered the Ark on Cheshvan 17. Then it rained 40 days and 40 nights, floating
the Ark.
Forty days after Cheshvan 17, 5766 (Nov. 19, 2005)
is Kislev 27 (Dec. 28), by Jewish inclusive reckoning. That's the
third day of Hanukkah, an 8-day feast starting on Kislev 25 (Dec. 26).
Jesus was resurrected on the third day. Will the Bride group be resurrected
on the third day of Hanukkah? I hope so.
Haggai told us to consider a certain date, which was Kislev
24 (Jesus' conception), AND
UPWARD. That could refer to the Rapture
during Hanukkah, which starts Kislev 25 and lasts 8 days, (Dec. 26, 2005, through
Jan. 2, 2006).
Haggai 2:18,19 says, "Consider (lit., take it to heart) now
from this day AND
UPWARD, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth
month (from Kislev 24, Dec. 25, 2005, Christmas), even from
the day (Kislev 24, Conception Day) that the foundation (Jesus) of
the LORD'S temple was laid (i.e., was conceived), CONSIDER IT. Is
the seed (Jesus, Gen. 3:15) yet in the barn (a female word, i.e., in
the womb)? yea (YES), as yet the vine (Jesus), and the fig tree (Israel),
and the pomegranate (Bride of Christ, Song of Solomon), and the olive tree
(Israel, but Gentiles can be grafted in), hath not brought forth (bringing
in our sheaves): from this day (Kislev 24, Dec. 25, 2005, Christmas) will
I bless
you." That could be the Rapture we have been watching for.
If our vessels (bodies) are filled with oil (the
Holy Spirit) on one day (Kislev 25), will it miraculously last 8 days (Kislev
25 through Teveth 2)? How many candles are there on the Mennorah? Eight, plus
the central servant candle (representing Christ), from which all eight are
kindled.
There are only seven candlesticks (churches, Rev. 1:20).
Seven means completion and perfection, but the number eight is emphasized
at Hanukkah. Why? Eight means new order, and we will enter a new order
at the Rapture.
I Cor. 15:42-53 says, "So also is
the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it
is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is
raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown
a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and
there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made
a living soul; the last Adam was made a
quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not
first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which
is spiritual. The first man is of the earth,
e! arthy: the second man is
the Lord from heaven. As is the
earthy, such are they also that are earthy:
and as is the heavenly, such are
they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that
flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption
inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep,
but WE SHALL ALL (including Paul,
and all saints of both Raptures) BE CHANGED IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST
TRUMP (i.e., at the Second Rapture): for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, AND
WE SHALL BE CHANGED (actually be made immortal). For this
corruptible must put on incorruption (at their resurrection),
AND THIS MORTAL SHALL PUT ON IMMORTALITY"
(at the time of the Second Rapture).
Heb 11:40
explains, "God having provided some better thing for us (New Testament saints),
that they (the Old Testament saints) without us should not be made perfect."
On the Day of the Lord, there will be lots of things taking
place in Heaven on the same day. All saints will be gathered to the General
Assembly in Heaven (Heb. 12:23). The saints already in Heaven will be
called to the General Assembly (Mt. 24:31). The Pre-Wrath Rapture will
take place (Mark 13:27). Following that will be the Coronation of Christ,
the Marriage of the Lamb, and the Judgment Seat of Christ.
Rev 11:15-18 says, "the
seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of
his Christ (on Tishri 1); and he shall reign for ever and
ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats,
fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, We give thee thanks, O
Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come (7 months later, on
Nisan 1, Eze. 39:12,13); because thou hast taken to thee thy great power,
and hast reigned. And the nations were angry (Gog's army is attacking Israel),
and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they
should be judged (at the Judgment Seat of Christ), and that
thou shouldest give rewa! rd unto thy servants the prophets, and to
the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; AND shouldest
destroy them which destroy the earth."
Eze. 38:20 describes that day of the world-wide earthquake,
when the asteroids of Rev. 8:8,10 will impact Earth. On that day, the scene
in the sky will resemble the one Eze. saw. Eze 1:26 says, "And above the firmament
(expanse of space) that was over their heads (farther out in space
than the four terrestrial planets) was the likeness of A
THRONE, as the appearance of a SAPPHIRE
STONE: and upon the likeness of the throne was the
likeness as the appearance of a man (Jesus) above upon it." This is the
Sign of the Son of Man (Mt. 24:30).
Sapphire is a symbol of Saturn, Heaven. Sapphire means
dear to the planet Saturn, from the Sanskrit Sani, Saturn, and priya, dear.
Also, sapphire is the birthstone listed for September, usually the month
of Tishri 1. The Day of Destruction on Earth will be Tishri 1.
Ex. 24:10
says, "they saw the God of Israel (Jesus, YHWH king of Israel and YHWH of
hosts, the Redeemer, both the first and the last, Isa. 44:6) and there
was UNDER HIS FEET as it
were (symbolic language) a paved work of a SAPPHIRE
STONE, and as it were the body of HEAVEN (i.e., the
heavenly body, Saturn) in his clearness (tohar, brightness,
glory)"
The entire Body of Christ will be with him in Heaven receiving
their rewards on the Day of Destruction on Earth. That's the day of
the Second Rapture. I hope the Bride of Christ will be caught up at the
First Rapture, on Hanukkah, the Dedication of the Temple.
John 10:22-28 says, "And it was at Jerusalem the
feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked
in the temple in Solomon's porch (Solomon built the first temple). Then
came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make
us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them,
I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name,
they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,
as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice,
and I KNOW THEM, and they follow me: And
I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall
any man pluck them out of my hand."
At the first Rapture, the foolish virgins will be left behind.
Luke 12:46 says, "The lord of that servant (the unwise) 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, and will appoint him HIS
PORTION WITH THE UNBELIEVERS.".
Mt. 25:11-13 says, "Afterward came also the other virgins
(i.e., the foolish-virgin Tribulation saints), saying, Lord,
Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you,
I KNOW YOU NOT. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the
day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." We want to be the
sheep that know the good shepherd's voice and follow him. Then, we will
know him, and he will know us.
The Jews play a game at Hanukkah with a top called a dreidl.
"A dreidl is a four-sided top with one of the Hebrew letters Nun, Gimel,
Heh, and Shin on each side. The letters stand for the phrase Nes Gadol
Hayah Sham-- "A great miracle happened there.""
http://www.amfi.org/hanukkah.htm
The Conception took place on the Eve of Hanukkah. If the miracle
of the oil and the Rapture both take place during Hanukkah, a very
great miracle will have happened on Hanukkah.
Agape, Marilyn Agee