Re John's "Firstfruits Rapture 2007"
http://www.fivedoves.com/rapture/2007/234rapture.htm
Regarding John's well-written and
thorough article proposing this coming Firstfruits, Nisan 17, (117),
April 5th, for the Rapture.
First, I'd like to say there were several
things that I found on my own to confirm this date, as much as any
future rapture date can be confirmed, (as I believe the Word
says that we are supposed to Watch for this date, which would seem
to preclude any direct revelation). But I can't, (say that I
found them on my own). This is mainly because I ran across
the rather unusual number 717 when running the times between
April 5th, 2007 and other significant dates. Then I ran across
this same exact number again right afterward when my mind went in
a totally different direction. And I thought, I’ve seen that
number before. So Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ.
And I pray that I may be given
a spirit of wisdom to correctly interpret what it means.
That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom
and revelation in the knowledge of him: Ephesians
1:17
Which, I'm off subject but consider
the Bible is a comprehensive prophetic history of Man's seven thousand
year lease upon this planet. That Revelation is not restricted
to some future 7 year or 1260 day span of time. God did not
give us a book that leaves out 2,000 years of history.
Yet many are blind to this truth. Would the thousands upon thousands
of Reformers that gave their lives proclaiming that truth have died
in vain? That great apostasy has indeed crept into the
Church as prophesied in the last days where people do not listen to
sound doctrine. That the
woman that rides the beast is the apostate Church and the beast she
rides is Rome, for 1260 years. That the woman taken into the wilderness is
the true Church and the wilderness is away from the reach of the beast,
where she is protected for 1260 years. That the two witnesses that witness,
witness to man, bringing people into the true church, for
1260 years. Would
not that make the two witnesses the Word of God, (Jesus), and
the Holy Spirit? That these two witnesses in a sense will lay
dead for 3 and a half years at the end of these 1260 years which will
be the 3 and a half years of the great tribulation. That
the last kingdom of the earth that will continue to the end and be
shattered by His coming, as shown in Nebuchadnezzar's statue of man,
is still Rome, as still represented by Iron, although joined, and
weakened with the miry clay.
Note that the reflection of the Chiasmus
(same thing backward as forward) 717 is the Chiasmus 171, (the sum
of which is 888), while 17:1 is the start of the chapter of Revelation
that this all deals with:
And there came one of the seven
angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto
me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore
that sitteth upon many waters: Revelation 17:1
The apostate church is the great whore that
sits on many waters.
And upon her forehead was a name
written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Revelation 17:5
If there is any question
of the origin of the word Easter, Easter Eggs or the Easter Bunny
(part of the fertility rites of the wife and mother of Nimrod and Nimrod reborn (Tammuz), whose name was pronounced pneumonically, Easter).
Or who really died on Good Friday, (Tammuz), of
not eating meat of Friday because he was killed by a wild boar.
But eating ham on Easter. Of the 40 days of Lent. I
myself was quite ignorant before reading the various posts on 5 Doves
and TOTW:
http://www.truthontheweb.org/library.htm#7
I apologize for still being off subject
but the Spirit must be leading:
And here is the mind which hath
wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Revelation 17:9
Rome is the city upon
seven hills. Vatican
City, interestingly enough in a surprising
analogy to the Bible, is on an eighth.
And there are seven kings: five
are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he
cometh, he must continue a short space. Revelation
17:10
Everyone seems to get this right
in terms of Babylon-1, (Gold), Medes-2,
Persians-3, (Silver), Greece-4, (Brass). But then comes Rome
in 5-8 as various forms of iron, the Republic, Imperial
Rome, the Monarchy, and the Papal State to finish out the stature.
Rome
is the one that "is" when Revelation was written. The other,
the seventh, came afterward, the eighth, the beast, is also of the
seven as he is also of Rome.
And the beast that
was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth
into perdition. Revelation 17:11
Rome, the seventh,
as being Iron, as part of Italy, continues in the statue, and continues
for a short space until the Papal State was established in 752 AD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_State
This is all a matter of public record, so
taking 752 AD and adding 1260 years brings us to 2012 AD. Adding
3 1/2 years that the two witnesses lay dead brings us to 2015
AD when they come back to life when Jesus Christ returns as the King
of Kings.
This seems so simple. It also
supports the timeline I have set forth in various posts to Five Doves
and a book written back in 2004. However,
none of this counting forward to 2012 timing is in the book, obviously
due to blindness on my part. Instead I had counted backward
3 ˝ years from September 23, 2015 to arrive at 2012 for the start
of the great tribulation. I'm not writing any of this to
sell you the book. In fact I've attached the pdf of
the book which you are free to read at your leisure if you want
and if you are interested. Click here.
The one inconsistency
in timing that should have bothered me back in 2004, is that the 10 days of awe are not counted excluding
2005 which would allow one to arrive at 2015, but need to
include the year. This is to be consistent with our example
of Tishri 1 through Tishri 10. To make the analogy complete:
Tishri 1 = Anytime during
the year 5767 for the Rapture which extends from September 23, 2006
– September 12, 2007
Tishri 2 = 5768
Tishri 3 = 5769
Tishri 4 = 5770
Tishri 5 = 5771
Tishri 6 = 5772
Tishri 7 = 5773
Tishri 8 = 5774
Tishri 9 = 5775
Tishri 10 = Anytime during the year 5776
for His Second Coming which extends from September 14, 2015 – October
2, 2016
But back to Rome: I’m not saying anything
new that can’t be found in the scores of books written on the subject,
quite a few who were killed for their act by the apostate church, that
have been collected at places like:
Http://www.swrb.com/Puritan/reformation-eschatology.htm
Or can be listened
to free at:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=&sermonID=111502234113
The fact I didn’t know about much of this is just
a reflection of my own growing up in an apostate church.
And I heard another voice from
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers
of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Revelation
18:4
Something that has stuck with me, (I believe I heard when listening
to one of Mr. Elliott’s book), is:
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,
nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify
himself above all. Daniel 11:37
Is letting the Bible interpret itself. This
same word, “desire”, as relating to woman is found in the original
curse of God upon man:
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply
thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;
and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 3:16
That the beast will not regard the desire of women
which shall be to their husband, but put them away instead so they
can’t marry in Nunneries.
But to get back to the original subject.
Remember when we watched last November
7, 2006 (11/7) partly because it also was linked to the amazing number
117. Many of us may have looked past Spring of 2007 because
of Shelby Corbitt's book "2007" where she puts forth the summer
of 2007. Still a careful read of this book seems to state that
she is in a swimming pool the day before the Rapture as shown to her
by God. Which she then interprets as being in the summer.
But I would think could happen before the summer. Maybe we should
call her up and see if she could jump in a swimming pool on April
4th? Anyway.
While I do not believe we will
be given 100% confirmation because we are commanded to "watch".
Which if you read the link to Vincent Tan's story in John's post,
the Angel Gabriel reiterated to Vincent Tan. And you will
also read how Vincent took the English name Vincent after becoming
a Christian which reminded me of the way many people in the Bible
took different names after being touched by God, i.e. Jacob to Israel, Abram to Abraham, Sarai to
Sarah, Simon to Peter. And Vincent's English Gematria of his
name is 717 which is a very similar to 117.
| vincent |
|
400 |
|
9 |
|
50 |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
50 |
|
200 |
| 717 |
However, for me to be convinced
of confirmation, there would need to be a connection to the number
555. Other people may be saying,
so what if April 5, 2007 can be shown to relate to the number
555. (For those that aren't familiar with the small amount I
was shown by God and arguably my own interpretation of it to the best
of my ability, it's on page 148 of the book which is 159 of the ebook
which hopefully John can attach it to this post without any problem.
The reasons behind 555 and watching 5/5/5 are scattered throughout
the book, starting of course with the next best date when I wrote
the book in 2004 I thought one should watch for the Rapture.
So I was blown away when I found.
May 5, 2005 (5/5/5) plus exactly 100 weeks
= April 5, 2007, TO THE DAY!
Also of note is that subtracting 101
weeks of weeks (101 * 7 * 7) brings us EXACTLY to September 16,
1993, when Israel officially approved the Oslo
Accord.
In addition, from May 14,
1948 to April 5, 2007 is EXACTLY 717 prophetic months, (30 day
months). That is where I had seen the 717 before. One
may note that 717 is 3 short of 720 prophetic months. And 720
prophetic months is 720 / 12 = 60 prophetic years. One may remember
an earlier post where it was pointed out that July 4, 2007 is exactly
60 prophetic years from May 14, 1948.
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/feb2007/tedp212.htm
But consider that 3 prophetic
months is 90 days which is a season. So April 5, 2007 is exactly,
to the day, a season short of 60 prophetic years which many consider
the generational age which if everyone in
the wilderness, (before Israel entered the promised land), less
than 20 lived and everyone over 20 died, and this took 40 years, brings
us to 60 years. This would make it exactly a season away from
60 prophetic years.
The word “season” is found in exactly 55
verses in the Bible. Is this the season of the rapture?
Is April 5, 2007, the day of the rapture? We shall
soon see.
To every
thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1