Doves:

Dave Camp mentioned in a letter yesterday something that triggered
another look at "7:17" and where we are RIGHT NOW!!!

   Isn't it interesting that it was 40 days from JESUS' Resurrection
   to HIS "Rapture" when He ascended?

   And one more 7:17 connection:

   Gen. 7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
   increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

I went back on fivedoves and looked at some posts and found this info on
"a rare gathering of the 5 planets"....approximately 40 days ago!!!
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/19mar_planets.htm

This was found in a beautiful post by Friedrich Wenz (29 Mar 2004),
"Five planets" - "...A Gathering....in the Sky"...
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/mar2004/friedrichw329.htm

He noted here:

   MERCURY + 4: Tonight, March 29th, is the best time in years to see
   five planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. What makes
   this night special? Mercury, normally the most elusive of planets, will
   be at its greatest distance from the glaring sun and thus easy to see.
   Look for Mercury in the western sky shining like a pink star through
   the rosy glow of sunset.

   Time calculation
   From: Monday, March 29, 2004 (the number "29" means "depart")
   to: Saturday, May 8, 2004
   It is 40 days, between those dates

HOPEFULLY, the above means, "Over the last 40 days, we have been
getting ready TO DEPART!!!"  It's, also, sort of interesting that the movie,
"The Passion" opened in 2000+ theaters 73 days - 10 weeks plus 3 days -
ago (on February 25) from this weekend (5/8)....7 = spiritual completion;
10 = completion of a cycle; plus 3 days (Jesus rose on the 3rd day)!!!

GOD BLESS!!!

Calvin

P.S.:

The number "40" means: Trials; Probation; Testings
FROM:  http://asis.com/~stag/numbtabl.html