Dear Doves,

      In Micah Chapter 7 is the following. "Woe is me. I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first ripe fig that my soul desires." When are the first ripe figs ready for harvest then gone? Please see the chart at http://www.wcg.org/lit/law/festivals/harvest.htm. For modern Israel when do the first ripe figs come due? They are listed at August and September. The first ripe is August! Grapes come due from June to September. Pomegranates come due in August and September. Olives come due from September to November. The telling clue is about the figs when they are first ripe for harvest,  the first of the first ripe is in August!

      When is Elul 1 this year according to the Hillel calendar? It will be on 8-11, nearly mid Summer exactly. It is a day of potential consequence according to Daniel Matson. Elul 1 begins the last and a very important month of the Scriptural year for the theme of repentance. With it begins 30 days of Teshuvah, then the 10 Days of Awe, from The Feast of Trumpets until The Solemn Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.This is a total of 40 days. What day, in theory, would have immense meaning for the beginning of the 1260 days of witness of the 2 Witnesses? Might it be Elul 1? They will appear dressed in sackcloth,  which will signify repentance! From Elul 1 through Yom Kippur, the adults of the 12 tribes are in a no marriage period, even more than from Tammuz 17 to Av 9! Could The Master come for His bride on a day of solemn repentance, yet one of sublime joy, when the 2 Witnesses appear? Might Elul 1 be a day you think not?

      I agree with Barry Amundsen, seeing the times of Noah and the theme of water linked to worsening conditions in the Gulf. When might the methane bubble reach the point of absolute crisis and something has to give? Elul 1 on 8-11 will be day 115 since the crisis began on 4-20. Some knew about the danger, days in advance, to place bets on the stock market? How many days? Shall we estimate 5? That backs up the crisis to 4-15 and 120 days later is 8-11! Some believe that the Noah family had 120 years to build the ark, to prepare for the Deluge and the Great Flood. Will there be 120 DAYS OF PREPARATION AND WARNING related to daily worsening conditions in the Gulf, before momentous events on 8-10 or 8-11? The Blessed Hope?

      Each day now, may we repent, pray, and WATCH for the arrival of The Groom of Grooms and The Wedding of the Ages!

 

With Love and Shalom,

Jean