Steve Mullin (6 May 2005)
"The Last Trump"
There have been a lot of good points made about a spring rapture such as Ruth, Noah, the feasts, fig tree, marriages, etc. I know how the "last trump" could fit for Rosh Hashanah, but since the dead in Christ are risen at that trump followed by the "come up hither", is there one that fits with the Spring? Does anyone know any good articles or teaching on that?Steve, the answer is YES! Pentecost! Read: It is interesting to note that: Religious Jews to this day, traditionally always read the book of Ruth as part of their Pentecost feast activities! More significance of Pentecost: Law Given to Moses at Mt. Sinai on Pentecost, when there was a sounding of a long Trumpet blast from God! (Note this was God's trumpet blast, not man's! God did it! I think this is key!) Shabout: 6th of SivanLaw at Sinai: 6th of Sivan According to ancient rabbinic tradition, the Law was given to Moses on Pentecost, on 6th of Sivan. We know that the Israelites heard the Trump of God then at Mt. Sinai, which frightened them. 2 times in the bible is there a reference to the "Trump of God" at Sinai (Exodus 19) GOD sounded this Trumpet....not man......and at the Rapture (1 Thes. 4:13-17; 1 Cor.15:51-52)Exd 19:13 ...when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.Exd 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled.Exd 19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.Rapture references to the Trump of God....not a trump from man:1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:1Cr 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.EVEN More significance of Pentecost: Enoch also possibly a type (he was raptured): 3 Groups relative to the Great Flood: Those that perished in it Those that were preserved through it Those removed prior to it Rabbinical Traditions: Enoch born on 6th of Sivan, on Pentecost Enoch raptured on 6th of Sivan, on Pentecost Compare with church: Church promised escape of the wrath to come (the Wrath of God, the Day of the Lord) Church born on Pentecost Church to be Raptured on Pentecost?More at:
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/may2005/deborah52-6.htm
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/may2005/deborah52-7.htm http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/may2005/deborah52-8.htm
Maranatha!
Deborah
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