Renee M (7 Dec 2012)
"Hanukkah Rapture (December 8-16, 2012) - the Lampstand and the Oil"

 

Hanukkah Rapture (December 8-16, 2012) - the Lampstand and the Oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzxqJ9TYrYo


http://jesusiscoming2015.webs.com/whenistherapture.htm


THE LAMSPTAND

When we think of Hanukkah, we think of the menorah.  But did you know that the menorah is also the symbol for the Church?  When the Apostle John was called to heaven in Revelation 1, he hears someone speaking in a loud voice, like a trumpet.  See Revelation 1:10.  He sees Jesus walking among the lampstands.  And he is told what the lampstands represent:

"The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches."  Revelation 1:20.    

The lampstand is a piece of furniture found in the Tabernacle, and then the Temple. So, we can infer that John was translated into the heavenly Temple. And to bring things full circle, Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple.

There are 7 churches listed in Revelation 3-4. The 2 most noteable are the last 2 listed:
6. the church of Philadelphia (raptured, saved from the hour of testing that comes upon the whole world)
7. the church of Laodicea (lukewarm, spit out of God's mouth, wealthy - but spiritually poor - need to be disciplined and purified)

On each day of Hanukkah, one of the candlesticks is lit. Jesus tells us that the Church is the lampstand. The 6th church listed is Philadelphia. I believe it may represent the candle that is lit on the 6th day of Hanukkah. The 7th church listed is Laodicea. I believe it may represent the candle that is lit on the 7th day. 

“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.

I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:

These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. (The Lord said on the Feast of Dedication, "My sheep hear my voice").

To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Could the Rapture take place after the 6th candle is lit, but before the 7th candle is lit? The 6th church listed stands for those taken in the Rapture and the 7th church listed stands for those who are lukewarm and spit out of God's mouth. The 6th candle is lit on Thursday night and the 7th candle is lit on Friday evening.

 

THE OIL

There is also the parable of the ten virgins, half of whom did not have enough oil in their lamps when the bridegroom came. This is often used to picture the rapture. Oil, supernaturally provided for lamps is also the theme of Hanukkah.

Matthew 25:6-12 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

44

In Biblical numerology, 44 is the number that means “judgment against humanity”. 44 days before September 17, 2012 (the Feast of Trumpets), was August 4, 2012, the day the US flag fell to the ground at the Olympic ceremony on Obama's birthday. 44 days after the Feast of Trumpets is Halloween, October 31, 2012. I believe the message here is God's judgment against humanity, and America in particular, is coming because of the demonic festivals going on all over the world leading up to Halloween. The entire world is opening a portal to evil and it’s like the Lord is saying, OK, you want to worship evil demonic forces, here you go. The world is getting what it is asking for. God is pointing His finger right on Halloween as the cause for the fall of America - that she has allowed every evil spirit to invade her and is celebrating evil as good. President Obama is the 44th president of the US. The judgment is against him and against America and against the entire world for worshiping evil instead of God. The Lord is pointing His finger as the cause for America's desolation is that she has allowed every evil spirit to invade her. Revelation 18:2 - With a mighty voice he shouted: "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird."

Look at how all of the major religions in the world had major festivals leading up to Halloween:

1. Muslims celebrated the "Feast of Sacrifice" on October 26, 2012, where they did a ritual sacrifice of a sheep. Many Muslim nations extend this holiday through the end of October. It commemorates when Abraham was about to sacrifice his son (whom they think is Ishmael), but the Lord provided a ram.

2. Hindus were finishing their very Satanic biggest festival of the year called "Dashain", which started October 16 and ends on October 29. They do a tremendous amount of animal ritual sacrifices during this festival and the entire festival is incredibly demonic and evil.


3. Buddhists were celebrating their "festival of lights" from October 29 to 31. It ends the Buddhist "lent" and is one of their most prominent festivals of the year.

4. Buddhists in Thailand were celebrating Tak Bat Thewo Festival: 30-31 October 2012. It is also in line with the Buddhist chronicles when the Lord Buddha RETURNED TO EARTH FROM HEAVEN and gave Dharma.

5. Pagans and witches were celebrating Samhain (Halloween), on Oct 31. For Wiccans and Pagans it's considered a Sabbat to honor the ancestors who came before us. It's a good time to contact the spirit world with a seance, because it's the time when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest. The Witch's New Year: Sunset on Samhain is the beginning of the Celtic New Year. The old year has passed, the harvest has been gathered, cattle and sheep have been brought in from the fields, and the leaves have fallen from the trees. The earth slowly begins to die around us. This is the time to look at wrapping up the old and preparing for the new. Samhain was seen as a time when the 'door' to the Otherworld opened enough for the souls of the dead, and other beings such as fairies, to come into our world. Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, and the occult, and mythical monsters. The original Halloween was a terrifying night of human sacrifices. The rituals of the Druids reek from the deepest hell. Their most repulsive activities involve their human sacrifices of children on the night of Samhain or Halloween. On the eve of Halloween, firstborn children were sacrificed. . . Samhain eve was a night of dread and danger. Halloween can be traced directly back to Samhain, the ancient Celtic harvest festival honoring the Lord of the Dead. Witchcraft, Wicca, Satanism and paganism believe, on the night of Halloween, devils and spirits are unleashed. They perform their most hideous and potent rituals on the night of Halloween. Halloween is also among Satanism’s most cherished days. The Satanic Calendar decrees for Halloween: "One of the two most important nights of the year. . . Blood and sexual rituals. Sexual association with demons. Animal and human sacrifice—male or female." In many instances, according to the confessions of the witches, besides their direct worship of the devil, they were obliged to show their abhorrence of the faith they had deserted by trampling on the cross, and blaspheming the saints, and by other profanations. The original jack-o’-lantern was not a pumpkin or turnip, but a severed human head! Halloween has always been a night of misrule and the outrageous. In recent years, it has been adopted by the gay community in America. . . The Halloween machine turns the world upside down. One’s identity can be discarded with impunity. Men dress as women, and vice versa. Authority can be mocked and circumvented. Halloween has done more for the current acceptance of homosexuality than any other event. Years of huge homosexual Halloween street parades of gaudy perversion and decadence in New York’s Greenwich Village, Washington, D.C,’s Georgetown, New Orleans’s French Quarter and the infamous Castro Street in San Francisco almost single handily detonated the current homosexual explosion.

6. All Saints Day on Nov 1 and All Souls Day on Nov 2 for Catholics commemorated all those who had attained the beatific vision in Heaven. All Saints' Day in Mexico, coincided with the first day of the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) celebration. Known as "Día de los Inocentes" (Day of the Innocents), it honors deceased children and infants.

Is is possible that all of these evil festivals opened a "portal of evil" (alien invasion) as the cover-up for the Rapture? Any guesses as to what is 44 days after Halloween? December 14, 2012, the start of the 7th day of Hanukkah. 

 50

Counting 50 days from September 17, 2012, we come to November 6, 2012, Election Day in America. Counting back 50 days, we come to July 29, 2012, which was the day the Jews observed the 9th of Av, wherein BOTH of their temples were destroyed on this exact date. I believe the Lord is telling Babylon America that just as Israel was attacked and destroyed and taken over by foreigners because of her sin, so America is about to reap a terrible judgment for once again choosing to elect Mr. Obama, the man of lawlessness, to be their leader.

777

Genesis 5:30-31: After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

Genesis 7:1, 4, 11: The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.  Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.” In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

The Bible is very specific here. Lamech died 595 years after he became a father to Noah.  The flood started when Noah was in his 600th year or 599 years old. He turned 600 while in the ark. SO why could this be important?

Lamech died at age 777 and the flood started after 4 years, in the fifth year from his death.

The DOW dropped 777 points on September 29, 2008, the largest point drop in DOW history. September 29, 2008, was also the Feast of Trumpets in 2008. 777 is the number of God's perfection, the Trinity, Jesus, His perfect plan.

The DOW dropped 777 points and the fifth year started on Tishri 1 (September 18, 2012) this year. Matthew 24:38-39: “For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”

12 years

We are now about to finish 12 years from January 1, 2001, the first day that started the “New Millennium” on our calendar. On December 25, 2000, Christmas Day, there was a rare solar eclipse. Two weeks later, on January 10, 2001, there was a total lunar eclipse, where the moon turned to blood. What is the significance of being at the end of 12 years from these events?

Mark 5: “And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.”

Is this not a beautiful illustration for us of what happens at the time of the Rapture? We see Him, we touch Him, and we are immediately healed and freed from all of the suffering we have been through on the earth, after 12 years of waiting from the “New Millennium” on our calendar until the true start of the “New Millennium” for those who are raptured.

Not only do we have the woman with the issue of blood being healed after 12 years, we also have a little girl (Jairus' daughter) who was 12 years old when she was raised from the dead. So, in the story of the woman with the issue of blood, we have a picture of those who are "alive" in Christ being given new bodies (being healed), and in the story of Jairus' daughter we have another foreshadowing of the dead being raised after 12 years. Both of these events took place on the same day. There are no other incidents recorded in the Gospels of someone being healed after 12 years, but in this story, we have BOTH incidents (12 year old resurrecting and woman alive being totally set free from suffering after 12 years) taking place in ONE DAY. I believe the Lord is showing us a picture of the dead resurrecting and the woman (representing the Bride of Christ?) being healed after a 12-year waiting period.