THE THREE IN US AND PROPHECY
 
 
    How are you doing?  Are you ready for the Lord to Rapture you into the third Heaven soon?  I hope you are because if you are a true Believer in Jesus Christ I believe you are just about to go home to meet our Savior.  I would like to talk about a fascinating subject that not only ties in with your everyday living but also very much relates to Rapture, Tribulation, and Millennium timing.  Just like this subject by nature has a progression to it, the article will also take on a systematic order.  I would like to start with the practical interpretation and go into the prophetic implication towards the end of the article.  If you don't understand the progression of what I am saying you will only have a surface understanding of the prophetic implication of some pivotal end-time prophecy verses involved in the number 3.  I think I got more out of this article than any other article I have ever wrote.  I like writing articles to edify Believers in Christ but also to invite people that don't know Jesus Christ into their hearts.  I took the reader on a journey in March when I wrote about Heaven but for me it was just an overflow of what I did know.  The article helped some people but do you know that some others basically said I don't care about God or Heaven.  It makes you think what could possibly be on this Earth that they are holding onto that is more important than Jesus Christ and His Kingdom.  I am going to talk specifically about the deception more towards the end of the article.  This present article was a search-quest for what I did not know.  This has got to be one of the most amazing subjects I have ever had the privilege of writing, yet it was the most difficult.  The subject matter is so simple yet it has some complexity to it.  I was very scared that I would confuse or lose the reader in the complexity part of this subject.  I never want to do that.  I remember the Apostle Paul saying he came to the Corinthians ( 1 Cor. 2:3)  with fear and trembling and I'll tell you if you could just see my heart right now that is what you would see.  When I present the Gospel I don't want to get in the way.  I want to point to Jesus Christ.  The Holy Spirit prodded me back to my February 5, 2005 article on Five Doves and I am just guessing that I missed some things.  Those Biblical numeric principles that I did not write about in that article will be tied in with this subject.  The article was called " A Time Prophecy for the Spring."  I took the reader on a journey with my age ( 40 full years; wilderness journey on Resurrection Day; March 27 of 2005) and my life and I show dates and coincidences ( if I really can use that word) that God mapped ( juxtapositioned) into my life.  I have found that we serve a good God.  When he sees us searching, He starts to reveal His riches in His grace.  There is no way that I am dogmatic on this but I do lay many things on the table for you to look at.  So if you would like, sit back, relax and learn a little bit about yourself and then find out how God's prophetic plan fits in with the Church, Israel and when Jesus Christ Himself is going to set up His 1,000 year rule.  I might know the approximate time when the Rapture will take place; however, this event cannot be waylaid too much longer even if I am wrong.  Prophecy in Israel and around the World is set up to a point where, in my opinion, the 7 year Tribulation ( Jacob's Trouble) is right on the horizon.  We are very close.  I am also going to explain why the Rapture and Tribulation cannot be far off-hint a Peace Covenant is just about to be confirmed ( Daniel 9:27).
The Lord has given me so much on this subject that, of course, I had to condense this " Find."  I certainly don't want to confuse anybody.  I want to make the subject more simple than ever.  Let me just give you a sneak preview of the simplicity of what the Lord showed me about the number 3.  It was there all along.  One plus two equals three-the sum of one plus two equals three.  As Believes in Jesus Christ we have to go through 1 and 2 by experience to get to 3.  Now don't get upset, I am not advocating a works oriented Salvation in any way.  We are Saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ (Eph. 2: 8-9).  It is so simple.  One (sovereign), two (division), and three ( complete).  Hang with me and I'll explain what is going on.  The mystery of any problems we struggle with, I believe is found in our make up (1) Spirit, (2) Soul, (3) Body.  The Apostle Paul says we are comprised of 3 parts (1 Thes. 5:23).  Number 3 is so important.  From a Biblical point of view, 3 denotes divine perfection.  I asked the Lord how I would explain something like this and God being faithful gave me a football analogy, and the running back will be the main feature.  For those of you that don't know about this game, trust me when I get into it you will get the basic idea.  Football in some countries could mean Soccer so hang in there with me. One thing that I have learned in life is if God does not give it to us then we don't have it.
Before I get into the analogy, I need to explain some background about (1) Spirit, (2) Soul and (3) Body.  We have to ask ourselves how the Tabernacle was built.  This is paramount for us to understand this because we are comprised of three parts.  When we walk through life, we are so conditioned to say (1) Body, (2) Soul and (3) Spirit, but this is not what the Bible teaches.  And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ.--1 Thes. 5:23.  Notice the order-(1) Spirit, (2) Soul (3) Body.  There was a reason why the Apostle Paul started with spirit and ended with body.  This is how the Tabernacle was constructed.  In 1 Cor. 3: 16, the Bible says we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.  When anybody really looks at the construction of the Tabernacle, God wanted to dwell not only among His people but in His people.  The Ark of the Covenant was constructed first and that went in the Holy of Holies to be covered by the Mercy Seat.  The Ark represents Jesus Christ (Yeshua).  Everything else was built around the Ark.  This is because Jesus Christ changes a person from the inside out.  The Bible says in Numbers, Chapter 2, that the Tabernacle was to be placed in the center of the Twelve Tribes.  Everything in the Tabernacle points to Jesus Christ but even more specific our Salvation, both past, present, and future are all in Him and the Tabernacle gives us a picture of this.  The outer court represents our spirit and our Salvation in the past tense ( Romans 10: 9-10).  The inner court represents our soul and our Salvation in the present tense ( Philippians 2:12).  That would be our sanctification through our Salvation in the past tense.  The Holy of Holies represents our body or our Salvation in the future tense.  When we get to Heaven our body, soul, and spirit will be one in Him.  Everything that was constructed in the Tabernacle were all symbols of the Salvation to come through the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
In Exodus 25:2, relative to the outer court of the Tabernacle God encourages the people to give with their hearts.  This involves the spirit of man.  The Brazen Altar symbolizes the Cross of Jesus Christ and the Lavor symbolizes the Resurrection.  When we got Saved, we accepted Jesus Christ into our hearts ( Spirit) because He died on the Cross ( Brazen Altar) and rose from the dead ( Lavor).  Do you see why the Apostle Paul could not say (1) Body, (2) Soul, (3) Spirit in 1 Thes. 5:23.  When we accepted Jesus Christ into our hearts, we did not do that with our body, we did that with our spirit.  The spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.  Romans 8:16.  For the most part, the World tries to find God with their soul and body but it cannot be done.  This was made of bronze and this speaks of judgment.  Our sins had to be judged ( bronze).  In Lev. 6:13, the Bible tells us the fire was never do go out.  This spoke of Jesus Christ dying on the Cross once and for all to take care of the sin problem.  When the people went into the outer court, they were very aware that blood had to be shed for the forgiveness of sins. This is exactly what Jesus did for us.  He shed His blood for our sins.  Heb. 9:22.  There are theologians that could probably take you on a complete tour of this but you probably get the basic idea of the outer court.
The inner court of the Tabernacle which involves our soul or the present tense of our Salvation as spoken of in Philippians 2:12-13 really gives us an incredible picture of our experiential walk with Christ.  There is a soulish battle that we have to go through in life and the Table of Show Bread speaks of our experience with Christ on a daily basis.  The Lamp Stand speaks of the body of Christ.  We as part of His body are the light of the World, Luke 11:33.  There was beaten gold in the inner court which represents our experiences in life.  Only the priests could go into the inner court but according to the New Testament in 1 Peter 2:5, Rev. 1:6, we are priests so we are allowed to eat of the Bread of Life ( Table of Show Bread).  We read the Scriptures and feed on the Person of Jesus Christ.  He is our daily Manna.  Since the veil of the Temple was torn in two, we can now come into the presence of God.  We obviously need that presence to go through our soulish struggles in life.  After the inner court came the Holy of Holies which is represented of our body or the future tense of our Salvation.  If the Rapture happens as soon as we think it might, then we will be air lifted ( Raptured) into Heaven ( Holy of Holies ).  The High Priest went into the Holy of Holies once a year on the Day of Atonement, Heb. 9:7.  This involves the physical presence of God.  We will have our resurrected bodies in His eternal presence.  The Ark of the Covenant was placed in the Holy of Holies.  Jesus Christ is our Ark.  In Exodus 30, the incense was in the inner court and in Heb, Chapter 9, the incense, I believe was probably moved from the inner court to the Holy of Holies because our communion is now very close to God because of what Jesus Christ did for us at the Cross.  We will be in the very physical presence of God with our new resurrected bodies after the Rapture of the Church ( Holy of Holies).  There is so much more to this subject but I have to move on.  The detail of the outer court, inner court, and Holy of Holies would probably take hours to explain.  I would like to thank some Bible experts in helping me understand the composition of this subject ( Tabernacle) so I could give you a thumb nail sketch of what is going on so you will be able to understand the deeper, practical and prophetic things I am about to write on.
Now let's go to the football analogy so you can understand this in a more practical way.  I am going to give you some examples of 3's later on but let's deal with a very intimate 3.  What could be more personal than our problems?  Let's just say this football player accepted Jesus Christ into his heart as his Personal Savior.  Obviously, God wants to mature this young man in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.  Let me make it clear that we Believers in Jesus Christ are complete in Him.  And ye are complete in Him which is the head of all principality and power.  Col. 2: 10.  However, there is an experiential process that this football player must go through.  God will mature this man to the third stage of his problems, then and only then will Jesus Christ be number ONE ( sovereign) in his life.  Remember nothing really becomes solid until we arrive at number 3.  The practical application within us is prophetic and God's prophetic plan is practical, otherwise God would not ever bother to orchestrate the events.  They both tie in with each other and I am going to explain this from the backdrop of the Biblical meaning of the number 3.  A person may say something like "I did not need that problem", but see you don't know that.  Only God knows that.  This young man who accepted the Lord into his heart is an ambitious running back, playing on the football team.  He had a couple of good games and in his mind nobody can stop him.  In his own right he thinks he is sovereign.  He really has not been tired with experience.  I am not saying that he would talk like this but he is capable of saying something like "You boys might have ate your breakfast this morning but I have been lifting weights and when I come through that line it is going to take four of your guys to take me down."  He does not have too many fears because he does not even know what they really are.  He never came face to face with them.  He just wants to strut his stuff.  He gets the football and goes through the defensive line a couple of times.  Half way through the game, he breaks his knee.  Do you remember when the Apostle Paul got Saved?  He was really excited and he started a Church in Damascus, but you never heard of those body of Believers again-why?  Because Paul probably started that Church in the flesh and they just dwindled off.  The running back thought he was independent for the most part without the help of anybody else.  Now he is in complete need.  The running back is on the sidelines, telling the coach that those defensive linemen ate their breakfast.  We are now at the number 2 level.  This denotes division and it is being highlighted in his life.  He now starts his soulish struggle. Suffering is gift from God that nobody wants.  Now this football player sees no hope.  He is knee deep in pain.  Let's say that this running back goes to a prayer meeting on Wednesday night and asks for prayer.  In Matthew 18:20, it says " For where TWO ( emphasis mine) or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them".  The number 2 is the number of division ( soulish struggle) but it can also mean as a dual meaning two Believers coming together.  What is the basic theme of prayer meetings?  The World is tough ( division) so let's gather together in prayer as Believers ( uniting).  He goes home and he is still going through his soulish struggle.  I know this is going to sound ridiculous but this is what we do in life.  He opens up with his parents, friends and others.  He says " If only the defensive linemen would be nice and gentle then just maybe I could get through this".  They try and explain to him that they are not there to be nice.  They are there to tackle and buffet you.  Then he says " But if only they would be nice."  He just does not get it.  What is God doing?  He is working on this young man.  All of the characters in the Bible went through soulish struggles.  Due to time I will just briefly mention 2 interesting people that made the Hall of Faith in Hebrews, Chapter 11.  Sarah and Samson.  Sarah spent most of her life in isolation and rejection, yet she must have allowed God to strengthen her more toward the end of her life because she is in Hebrews, Chapter 11 (The Hall of Faith).  Samson was a trouble maker among other things yet in those last 20 years of his life when he was blinded and held captive he must have let God strengthen him.  He is in Hebrews, Chapter 11 ( The Hall of Faith).  The Holy Spirit is inside of us making us stronger through the grace of Jesus Christ.  You see, even though this football player is in rehab, God loves him too much to stop there.  He sees the whole picture.  God wants to take him to the third level of experiential completeness in Him.  Like I said he is already positionally complete in Christ.  Col. 2: 10.  He understands that the World is really tough but "The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him."  Nahum 1:7.  On level 1, the football player was saying "Christianity has always been good to me."  Now he is saying " I am in pain, where is God?"  For all practical purposes let's say ( and this relates perfectly to life).  This football player has to go back onto that field as soon as possible, plus he has homework and he just broke up with his girl friend because she cannot handle him anymore.  He has pressure and he is confused.  God sees something lodged inside of him that is not good and he is learning the hard way.  If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior you will probably still go thorough a soulish struggle in life but you will never get the victory.  So if you are at that place, not knowing the Lord Jesus Christ (Yeshua) in your life, hang on with this article because there is something very important I want to explain to you more toward the end of this subject.  You may not want to be in the script but you have already been scripted in ( past tense) before the foundation of the World because you were born.  You have a choice as to which side you will go on, but back to the football player for now.  Remember I said 1 + 2=3.  We have to get through 1 and 2 to get to 3.  That is what is happening right now.  God is growing this young man up so he will be able to face his next trial which might be even more serious than this present problem.  Remember this young man is already a Christian.  He is already complete in Jesus Christ positionally ( Col. 2:10); however, God is testing him so he will become aware of his completeness in Christ.  Maybe I can say it this way, many things happen to us in cycles of 3.  Since we are so close to the Rapture, I'm just for the most part interested in you understanding the principle.  I can guarantee you this football player has a sense of loneliness in this hardship journey he is going through.  Let me just say nobody will ever know some of the really bad soulish struggles that some people did and/or endured.  It will be revealed on the other side.  Somebody tries to quote some comforting Bible verses to this football player but he interprets this as trite truisms.  Remember this young man is on the second level of his journey.  Two is the number of division or difference.  It implies opposition, enmity and oppression.  He is conflicted and divided.  He might make a statement like " I can't live like this".  He finally says "I have to make a choice with God".  John the Baptist probably said it best in John 3:30.  He said " He must increase, but I must decrease", and unless we understand the increase/decrease principle, we will never allow God to take us to the third level.  When God takes us from the second to third level, it is a little mysterious.  We will never totally be able to figure it out because a work of God is mysterious.  It surpasses all understanding.  I know this because that is what the Bible says in Philippians 4:7.  By the way, I'm not saying a Believer can't go back to the soulish level of their problems.  Just because God progresses one of His children in His experiential power does not mean he or she won't go through another, perhaps more intense trial.  They probably will.  Aren't you glad that we are just about to be Raptured into the loving arms of Jesus Christ in Heaven?  Bear with me because I'm going through this whole process, so that you can have the ability to interchange the practical and prophetic so you can understand this principle. Do you know it is possible that God can take us so far into the spirit that we might actually forget what our soulish problem even was?  In Heb. 2:9, the Bible is saying Jesus was made for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor.  In verse 10, it says our Salvation is made PERFECT ( emphasis mine) through sufferings.  This perfection is level 3.  This person that I am talking about is already a Christian but God is working on him.  I just want to note that the Apostle Paul was circumstantially bound in prison at the end of his life but he was free on the inside through Jesus Christ (Yeshua).  God brought the Apostle Paul to the third complete level and I think that it is very interesting that this is when he started writing letters to the Churches.  He did not have the full wisdom of God to do this earlier in his ministry.  In Philippians 1:6, it basically says that God will continue to do a good work in our life until the day of Jesus Christ.  All right, let's say you had some bad breaks in life and it is just one thing after another, the Bible says that if you have Jesus Christ in your heart, you will go to Heaven some day (very soon/remember the Rapture).  I want you to see how different the first level is in comparison to the third level.  On the first level (it's all about me) the third level ( it's all about Jesus Christ).  God progresses us to a type of the Holy of Holies.  There is a fork in the road between level 2 and level 3.  This young man decided to trust God rather than worry.  When we trust God we are meditating on Him.  When we worry, we are giving the Devil meditation.  The Devil is not capable of granting you anything because he cannot even tell the truth.  This young man decided to trust God but what was the building block of his decision?  That soulish struggle ( the second stage of division).  God has to test our faith.  He allowed that young man's knee to break.  Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me...Psalm 138:7.  He has to go back on the football field.  That is just the way life is but he is no longer taunting the defensive linemen.  He has a solemn respect for the troubles and trials he has been going though because I believe God has taken him to a more experientially complete level in Him ( Jesus Christ).  He is saying something on this order.  I was prideful.  I went through many deep soulish trials and struggles and now I am trusting God that He will give me the strength to face the giants (the defensive linemen).
When I researched this, it made me think about my problems.  Where I was and when I am and how I sometimes flip flop in different areas of my life.  God, of course, keeps working on us because He sees the whole picture.  There are so many neat examples I could give you regarding this 1,2,3 principle.  (1) Father, (2) Son, (3) Holy Spirit.  (1) Omniscience, (2) Omnipresence, (3) Omnipotence.  (1) Eternity Past, (2) Eternity Present, (3) Eternity Future.  (1) Mineral, (2) Vegetable, (3) Animal.  When the word shepherd was ascribed to Jesus Christ, depending upon where He was in eternal history, it progressed (1) The Good Shepherd ( John 10:14), (2) The Great Shepherd ( Heb. 13:20), (3) The Chief Shepherd ( 1 Peter 4:5).  This title actually progresses from death to resurrection to His glory.  One of the reasons I am laying a solid foundation is so that we will have a little more understanding of the subject of end-time Bible prophecy.  Our Lord's being is perfect and so is His office.  (1) Prophet, (2) Priest, (3) King, (Deut. 17: 18).  From the back drop of Christianity, a person (1) Becomes regenerated ( accepts Jesus Christ into their heart), (2) Goes to Church and attempts to grow in the Lord but oftentimes there are different visions of service and opinions within the Church ( soulish struggle), (3) The person hopefully becomes mature after the soulish struggle and starts to focus upon the Person of Jesus Christ and desires to unite rather than divide in the Spirit of God.  This is where we meet God in a deep way so a person at this point has his priorities right and can now focus on Jesus Christ and put his principles into action.  There is (1) Faith, (2) Hope, (3) Love.  This involves God's grace ( the number 5 is the number of grace) and I believe this is repeated 5 times in the New Testament.  From the back drop of faith (1) I think I can.  (2) I know I can.  (3) It is already done.  Do you understand the basic pattern here?  Maturity is a process of completion that God must accomplish in our lives as His children but He also must fulfill His prophetic plan because He said he would.  Obviously, I could go on and on with examples of (1) One, (2), Two, (3) Three in the Bible but I would be just be rambling.  I would like to give you just one more example.  (1) Primary interpretation.  (2) Practical application and (3) Prophetic implication.  God is not stopping at the primary and practical.  He is going into the prophetic.
I told you at the beginning of the article that I would talk about prophecy after I gave you a solid foundation of the practical meaning of the number 3.  This is so exciting!  I believe we are really close to the Rapture of the Church!  Why don't I start with the most popular passage in the Bible referring the number 3 and prophecy.  After two days will He revive us: in the third day, He will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.  Hosea 6:2.  The key phrase in this passage is "In the third day."  This is a Jewish context, talking about God completing the Jewish remnant in Israel " in the third day."  In 1948, Israel became a nation but that was at the end of the second day.  I explained to you that 2 involves a soulish struggle.  When you turn the TV on or read the newspaper, what do you read about?  Israel and their soulish struggle.  Romans, Chapter 9 talks about Israel in the past, Romans 10 (present), Romans 11 ( future).  Ezekiel 20 talks about Israel's past, present, and future.  After the Rapture in the third day, God will raise up the repentant, Jewish remnant and they " Shall live in His sight." That third day is not here yet but this could not be too far off.  The third day has got to come first before Jesus Christ (Yeshua) can rule on the seventh.  He  shall purify Himself with it on the third day, and of the seventh day He shall be clean...but if He purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day He shall not be clean.  Numbers 19:12.  Seven is the number of spiritual perfection.  Jesus will literally rule from Jerusalem in the seventh millennium.  Eight is the number of new beginnings.  On the eighth day there will be no end.  God will set up a new Heaven and a new Earth.  I think that it is interesting that one Jewish person said that he would believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah if he sees (1) The Rapture of Christians.  (2) Another Holocaust in Israel and (3) The Two Witnesses come to Earth.  This particular man had THREE requirements.  Something to think about.
You have to cut me a little slack on this next part because I simply do not like talking about myself.  Call me insecure but I just feel very uneasy.  I just don't feel I should keep this to myself.  There are a lot of people talking about a Passover Rapture in 2005.  I will get to some details on this in just a moment.  In the beginning of this article, I talked about my previous subject regarding my age and I told you I would delve into this a little deeper.  From my 41st Birthday ( March 27th; 40 full years; wilderness experience) to Nisan 18, there are 30 days.  Nisan 18 is April 27th.  This is the middle of a seven candlestick Passover menorah.  Jesus Christ is always represented by the middle candlestick.  He is not bound by time.  So I asked myself what does the number 30 mean?  Three ( divine perfection) times ten ( ordinal perfection or the perfection of divine order) would obviously indicate a higher degree of perfection in the divine order.  Jesus Christ Himself started His ministry at the age of thirty which has overtones of the right moment.  A higher degree (Heaven), the right moment ( Rapture).  I don't know.  Only time will tell.  Moses went up the mountain three different times for 40 days.  God's 40 was complete for Moses after the third time.  I was looking at the number 30 and I know in Math a Zero is just a place holder.  If the Zero were to be thrown away, there would be the number 3 in and of itself.  Three is the number where something or somebody becomes complete.  I am just going to ask a question.  Am I going to my Holy of Holies after my full forty years on the 30th day to be made complete by God with my new resurrection body?  I don't know but I do know that there have been at least 10 mathematical Hebrew gematria clues and indications pointing to the general Passover area in the year 2005.  Maybe 50 clues or who knows maybe even 100.  Five Doves and other web sites are open to explore these discoveries and believe me they are in print.  I think my favorite clue was when a man took the word Passover and calculated the Hebrew gematria value of the word.  The value is 148.  He divided 148 into 5772 ( 2012) and the number 39 came up.  The Jewish Law states that a man could only whip another man 39 times, one shy of 40, lest he perhaps would kill the man.  He pointed out that if the Second Advent ( Second Coming of Jesus Christ) were to be postponed another 7 years, then God would be whipping Israel with 40 stripes.  God cannot break His own Law.  If you don't mind, I would like to throw some of my own observations in this discovery.  I know this man went seven years after 5772 ( 2012) because he was thinking of the Sabbatical cycles for Israel and the Menorah design but do you understand that if you were to divide the numeric gematria of Passover ( 148) into 5773, ( 2013) that would equal 39.006756.  That is still over 39 stripes, and God can't even break His own Law to a fraction of a degree.  This is perhaps another indication that the Second Coming will be in 2012.  The Rapture takes place 7 years earlier.  See how close we could be to the Rapture?  God can only whip Israel 39 times in judgment.  If God goes over 39, He would be breaking His own Law.  Remember this coming judgment is so Israel will come to know their true Messiah, Jesus Christ (Yeshua) that they rejected for approximately 2,000 years.  Jer. 30:7 calls this time period Jacob's Trouble.  Jacob's name was changed to Israel.  Then this man added the Hebrew word Hay ( a value of five; grace) which means a shout to 148 ( Passover) and of course, he came to the number 153.  This number is ascribed to the Church.  Jesus caught 153 fish after the Resurrection.  John 21:11.  This number is probably the most perfect number in the Universe.  Many reasons for this...I just don't have the time to get into it.   The year 5772 minus 7 equals 5765 ( 2005).  This would insinuate the time and the year for the Rapture.  You have to understand that there is a running debate on the meaning of the Greek word in that passage where Jesus says "No man knows the day or the hour"  Matt. 24:36, among outstanding scholars that adhere to sound doctrine and eschatology.  I am not a theologian, so I just listen.  Remember, there are 24 times zones in the World.   I am not trying to create a Dogma that Jesus is coming for His Church this Passover area in the year 2005.  I fully understand that what God is saying and what we are interpreting could be two different things, but if you have not accepted the Lord into your heart, would you want to take a chance in being left behind after the Rapture of the Church?  I am excited about this possibility!!
If the Church were to be taken in the Passover area, think about the original context of what happened in the Old Testament.  The Death Angel passed over those people who had lamb's blood on their door posts.  Exodus Chapter 11.  If we accepted Jesus Christ into our hearts, we are covered by His Blood.  Heb. 9:22.  I think it would be very interesting if the Lord decided to take His children home right around this time frame.  We are only protected from God's future wrath if we are washed in the Blood of Jesus Christ, and all one has to do is sincerely accept Jesus Christ into ones' heart as their personal Savior.  Then and only then will your ears be tuned to the trumpet shout.  I won't be disappointed if the Rapture does not happen in the Passover area of 2005 but there will be many mysteries running around in my head if God decides to postpone this event after Passover.  Only God can answer those mysteries.
Twenty-two nations gathered together represented by their leaders to talk about a peace covenant for the Israelis and the Arabs.  A lot of people are not really happy with this deal.  At least at the time I am writing this, they offered Israel their pre-1967 boarders but Israel has to give back the first part of their inheritance which is the city of Jericho.  At this time they are evacuating.  Remember Israel conquered Jericho in Joshua 6:20, so now the reverse is taking place.  This is a huge prophetic development, not only because of the reversal but when you compare what I am talking about in light of Daniel 9:27, I can only conclude we are very close to the start of the seven year Tribulation, especially in light of all the other prophetic developments.  And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week..and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease...Daniel 9:27.  Is this the seven year peace agreement spoken of by the Daniel the prophet?  Well, obviously the wheels are in  motion.  Twenty-two nations gathered together.   Stop and think about that number 22.  Eleven times two is twenty-two.  Eleven is the number of confusion times two would be double the confusion.  This number speaks of disorganization and disintegration.  Something else catches my eye about the number 22.  There are 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, so here the pure revelation of God is being given to human beings but because we are sinful by nature it would be subject to the original meaning of the number ( disorganization and disintegration).  There were 22 nations gathered but there are also 22 Chapters in the Book of Revelation.  The correlations seem to be very present.  The peace covenant according to Daniel 9:27 will be confirmed for seven years because a "Week" in Scripture is that amount of time.  This could be the beginning portion of the gathering to confirm the future covenant which starts in Revelation 6:2 and ends at Revelation 19:21.  The covenant won't be signed until the Rapture takes place but shortly after that notice that Jacob's Trouble begins with the confirming of this peace covenant which starts in Revelation 6:2 with the unsealing of the white horse.  The number 6 ( Revelation, Chapter 6) is the number of man without God, destitute as it were.  It starts in Chapter 6 ( man without God).  After the Rapture, a peace covenant is confirmed and it specifically starts in verse 2 ( the number of division).  Even though there is a peace covenant, even the number suggests that there is a lot of enmity between both sides.  This seven year time period ends in Revelation, Chapter 19.  Ten plus nine equals 19.  The number 10 signifies divine order but it is completed with judgment (9).  I think it is very interesting that this seven year time period ends with Chapter 19.  Obviously, there are so many Christians reaching out to other people so they will have the opportunity to accept Jesus Christ into their hearts, so they can be a part of the Rapture and miss the events in Revelation, Chapter 6 to 19.  It is going to be a horrible time period.  I would recommend the reading of the whole Book of Revelation.  I think that it is also interesting that Jesus Christ sets up His 1,000 Millennium reign in Revelation, Chapter 20.  In the Bible, the number 20 is the number of expectancy.  This will be the expected 1,000 reign that the Jewish faith has been looking for in past years.  Jesus Christ (Yeshua) will then, at that point, rule.
At the beginning of the article, I was talking about people that listen to the things of God but just don't care.  If you are trying to build any kind of Utopia on Earth, I just gave you a brief look at the 14 Chapters between Revelation 6-19.  God obviously has something bigger for you through His Son, Jesus Christ.  I am not sure when this article will be read but it is now right around the time that Jesus Christ died on the Cross and rose from the dead.  Since my article is about the number 3, I would like to quote Luke 24:7.  " Saying, the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be Crucified and the third day, rise again".  Jesus conquered death by raising from the dead on the third day and He is just about to come.  I don't see how anybody could refuse this invitation.  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord, Jesus, and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (10) for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation.  Romans 10:9-10.
 
Love, In Christ
Bob D.