Re:Daniel Matson (6 Nov 2006),"The Transit 11/8 & 11/9" - 23:23, 23:41, and 23:59 - Midnight.
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2006/danielm116.htmI had calculated a while back the midnight hour in Jerusalem on 11/8/2006 based on sunset, (4:44 PM) 11/8 and sunrise on (6:02 AM) 11/9 but don't know if had gotten around to including it in a post. Anyway, the calculation came to 11:23 PM or 23:23, which I found interesting seeing that 11 stands for Judgment and 23 stands for Death and the Death Angel came in Judgment at Midnight at the first Passover. Which creates the whole analogy in the Old Testament of the Rapture starting at the midnight hour, 23:23. What if the virgins are awakened at the Midnight hour, 23:23? The greatest transit occurs at 6+6+6 minutes later or three tenths of an hour for Mercury, the messenger, when the foolish virgins have not yet had enough time to buy more oil. That would make 23:41, the actual Rapture? And then 6+6+6 minutes later or three tenths of an hour, is the last minute of Roman day, 23:59. So the rapture could be at the greatest transit, sandwiched exactly in between the observed midnight in Jerusalem according to the sun, and the observed midnight in Jerusalem according to the calendar. God and Man meeting in the Middle.
Shalom,
Ted Porter