I feel I should begin by mentioning that I believe anytime between now and July 22 is an interesting "watch window" should the following not come to pass...

DO ALL THREE WEEK-LONG FEASTS START AT THE FULL MOON?

What if 15 Sivan is the true beginning of the Feast of Weeks? See Tony Ellsworth's post mentioning Jacob in Jubilees 44 at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2009/tonye64-1.htm. It's the date God made a covenant with Moses (the rainbow). From http://www.answers.com/topic/shavuot: "The covenant renewal feature of Shavuot is thus attributed to this first covenant. Subsequently, it was observed by Noah until his death but revived again by Abraham (Jubilees 15:1), and after Abraham's death it was forgotten again until Moses restored it once more."

While not in agreement that Pentecost falls past 12 Sivan, the study at http://www.keithhunt.com/jesse/10com-not50.htm states: "God spoke to Moses on 15 Sivan and said the people were to prepare themselves that day, the next day, and on the third day the Lord come to them. So we are talking about the 15th, 16th, and 17th of Sivan, and the Ten Commandments were given on 17 Sivan."

If all of the above are accurate, it would make sense that these events took place at the beginning of the week-long Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost.

What if the 7 Sabbaths are to either be counted beginning the Sunday after Easter Sunday/Firstfruits, or the 7 Sabbaths are to end on the 8th Sunday after Easter Sunday/Firstfruits? This would make Sunday, June 7, 2009 the actual date of the beginning of Pentecost/Feast of Weeks. Here's why I think this is a very possible scenario: The other two week-long feasts, Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles, both start at the full moon on the 15th of the month. Why then wouldn't the third week-long feast? Maybe all three week-long feasts were meant to run from the 15th to the 21st/22nd of the month.

It is possible that Jesus ascended into Heaven 7 weeks after the resurrection (17 Nisan to 8 Sivan) and 7 days later, the Holy Spirit descended on the 15th of Sivan, at the beginning of the true Pentecost feast?

If this is the case, then true Ascension Day was the day we celebrated Pentecost on May 31, 2009 and the Feast of Weeks/Pentecost started on June 7, 2009 and will end on the 7th day of the Feast of Weeks/Pentecost, Saturday June 13 (a Sabbath day), or 21 Sivan (some have seen "21" in dreams). Fortunately, this falls before the beginning of summer, allowing for a spring rapture on the last day of the feast.

Interestingly, the 40th day after June 13, 2009 is July 22, 2009, the date of the longest total solar eclipse of the century, not to be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132 -- exactly 123 years after June 13, 2009!

THE NISAN/TISHREI CONNECTION

With this idea in mind, there seems to be a perfect connection between the First Coming events of Nisan and the Second Coming events of Tishrei, and a possible difference of one week from the end of Daniel's 70th week at the Second Coming, and the end of Daniel's 2300 days, when the "sanctuary is cleansed."

Maybe Jesus' Second Coming is on 10 Tishrei/Yom Kippur, just as he entered Jerusalem the first time on 10 Nisan. The Second Coming on 10 Tishrei/Yom Kippur, or Sept. 23, 2015, ends Daniel's 70th week that started on Oct. 29, 2008 with Obama's 30 minute special. It also ends the 49 prophetic years to the day since Jerusalem was recaptured on June 7, 1967.

Then, five days later on 15 Tishrei or Sept. 28, 2015, the date of a total lunar eclipse visible in Jerusalem, Satan is defeated at the Battle of Armageddon. On 15 Nisan, Jesus was "cut off" and there was a total solar eclipse. On 15 Tishrei, Satan is cast out and there is a total lunar eclipse.

Finally, one week after the Second Coming, the "sanctuary is cleansed" on 17 Tishrei, just as it was spiritually through Jesus' resurrection on 17 Nisan/Easter Sunday. This ends Daniel's 2300 days on 17 Tishrei, or Sept. 30, 2015, which just happens to be 2300 days after June 13, 2009, the possible last day of the true date of the Feast of Weeks in 2009.

AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH: 42 DAY PERIODS AND RECENT EVENTS

The periods of 42 days tied to Enoch and Noah and recent events in Israel still apply to this Saturday, but some will begin to fall out of the window soon:
June 13, 2009 is:
42 x 365.4 days after the recapture of Jerusalem's Old City on the morning of June 7, 1967 -- Enoch was 365 years old when raputred
42 x 531.2 days after Israel's first full day and Sabbath day as a nation on May 15, 1948 -- The flood came 531 years after Enoch was raptured*
42 x 310.3 days after Yom Kippur War on October 6, 1973 -- Enoch was 310 years old when Adam died and Seth became the second king over all the Earth**
42 x 234.98 days after 1982 Lebanon War begins on June 6, 1982 -- Enoch's father, Jared, died 234 years before the flood***
42 x 243.6 days after the Israel's Destruction of Iraq's Nuclear Reactor on June 7, 1981 -- Enoch's son, Methuselah, lived for 243 years before Adam died
42 x 565.4 days after D-Day in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 -- Lamech lived 565 years after Noah's birth****
65 solar years plus 7 days after D-Day in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 -- When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah
910 solar years plus 6 days after the start of the Siege of Jerusalem during the First Crusade on June 7, 1099 -- Enoch's great grandfather, Cainan, died at 910 years old
365 solar years plus 7 days after the capture of Beijing China by the invading Manchu army on June 6, 1644, which marked the beginning of the Qing or Manchu Dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China (Thanks to Ted Porter for this one)

* http://www.biblebell.org/mbag/mailbe.html
** http://www.sentministries.com/enochpb.html
*** http://www.iamhossboss.com/godslesson.cfm?id=1
**** http://www.wcg.org/lit/gospel/born/lxx.htm
***** http://www.sabbatarian.com/SacredCalendar/Calendar.html

Maranatha!
B Young