A
prophecy was given in the Acts of the Apostles (vs. 6-7), when the Messianic
Believers
gathered
together awaiting the Day of Pentecost, and the promised power of the Holy
Spirit.
[In
ancient Hebrew known as the RUKHA hol-HODSHUA.]
The passage reads, “When they
therefore
were come together; they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this
time restore
again
the kingdom to Israel?And
he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the
seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own power.”
Some
may use this scripture passage as an example indicating that future Believers
were
not
to know the “times and season” of Yeshua’s return; but here is a very good
prophetic example
of
the 7,000 year time-line in Revelation.It
is true Scripture upholds that “no man knows
the
day or hour” (Matt 24:36, 42), and it is true that Yeshua told these present
day Apostles/
Believers
that they are not to know what only the Father knows; but here is the key
portion
of
that Scripture, and one portion not to be overlooked:Yeshua
was speaking to theApostles
"of
the present generation," and the prophecy of the Second Coming was to come
after them
(vs.
10-11).The Second Coming was to
be a later point in history because first the Apostles had
a
mission to go into all of the world as a witness of the Gospel.This
was the time-period
represented
as beginning of the Church Age of 2,000 years, and revealed in the Feast
Days
from
Pentecost to Rosh HaShanah, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
The
Tabernacle
The
“chadar or chupah” is a very important part of the Jewish wedding ceremony
because
the
chupah is a symbolic representation of where the husband of the bride prepares
a place
for
his bride in His chamber. Even though it is written in Greek, the
entrance to the chupah is
described
in Hebrew by the “opendoor” of heaven
in the Book of Revelation (4:1).This
is
symbolically
portrayed in Moses’ Wilderness Tabernacle as the Tribe of Ephraim.
The
open door is the entrance way to the chamber prepared for the Church.It
is the
Throne
Room of the Messiah; and notice, the wedding guests are waiting and watching.Thus,
the
promises of Yeshua, Jesus Christ, reveal,“the
Spirit and the bride say, Come" (Rv 22:17).
If one reads the prophetic Revelation depicted in the 6th Age
of the Church represented by
the
Message to the Church at Philadelphia, it reveals, “...he
that openeth, and no man shutteth;
and
shutteth, and no man openeth; I know thy works:behold,
I have set before thee an open door,
and
no man can shut it:...I also, will keep thee from the hour of temptation,
which shall come
upon
all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth...Him that overcometh
will I make
a
pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out; and I will
write upon him the
name
of my God, and the name of Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from
my God...”
(Rev.
3:7-13).
The
last Age oftheChurchisdepictedinthe
Jewish interpretation of “Athid Lavo”
—The
end of the Church Age and the beginning of the Millennium known as, “The
Coming
Age.”
These events are depicted in Moses' Wilderness Tabernacle and in the Jewish
feast
days.
As
in the wedding ceremony, the “First Trumpet” blast of the shofar announces
the betrothal
of
the bride and groom (Pentecost), the “Last Trumpet” announces the wedding
(Rosh HaShanah),
and
the “Great Shofar” is blown at the closing of the gates [or doors] (Matt
25:10-12; the Day
of
Atonement).In between the days is
found the symbolic representation of the 10 Virgins, the
10
days between Rosh HaShanah and the Day of Atonement which includes the
Great Tribulation
(2daysofRosh
HaShanah,7 days (years) of Great
Tribulation, and the (1) Day of Atonement.
The
Marriage Supper is seen in the Feast of Tabernacles, “And I John saw the
holy city,
new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned
for her
husband.And
I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God
is with
men,
and he will dwell with them....” (Rev. 21:2-3).
--This is the prophetic fulfillment of Psalm 19.