Dear Doves:

 

Additional thoughts for Hanukkah came up after my previous letter was posted.
 
1) We all know that 21 fragments of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 began to collide with Jupiter from Av 9, 1994 for 7 days.
     Av 9 was the day that the first and the second temple of God were destroyed because they were corrupted.
     But what is the meaning that the collision of 21 fragments started from Av 9?
     Ron Reese interpreted 21 fragments as 21 years from 1994 indicating 2015 and 21 judgments of the Tribulation.
 
     As I wrote in my previous post, the theme of Hanukkah, the feast of Dedication fits to 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.
     And the verse "God will destroy him" could mean that God would leave him in the Tribulation.
     Thus Hanukkah could be the feast for the separation caused by the Rapture.
     For this reason, the collision of 21 fragments which started on Av 9 could be a sign indicating Hanukkah of 2015 for the
     separation between the holy temple and the defiled temple of believers.
 
2) The 7 branches of the menorah represent not only 7 days of the Creation but also the 7 feasts.
     So the middle branch represents Shavout, and there must be a reason for it.
     According to Exodus 19:5-6, Shavout was the time when God made a covenant with Moses and the Israelites.
 
     "Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.
       Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdome of priests and be a holy nation."
 
     They understood this word as a covenant of the marriage, but it was conditional.
     As it's written in Luke 5:35 "But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them,"  Yeshua came for
     them to marry.

     Yet they rejected him, and the blessing of the marriage was handed over to the Church.
     This was why the Church Age began from Shavout as the Holy Spirit came down.
 
     The Hanukkiyah (Hanukkah menorah) has 9 branches, and the middle lamp is called Shamash(servant) representing the Lord.
     And there are 4 branches on both sides.
     Is there any meaning of this?
     Could it be interpreted as Church and Israel?
     4 means "Dalet" (Door) representing Rev. 4:1.
     Could it be the message of God that the Gentile Bride enters New Jerusalem to marry the Lord first, then Israel later as like 
     Jacob married Leah first, then Rachel later?
     If it's the right interpretation, Hanukkah is the time for the Blessed Hope.
 
3) The menorah lighting ritual with pure olive oil during Hanukkah last year was indeed a significant sign in my opinion.
     I believe that it's a sign suggesting that the Bride should be filled with pure olive oil to light the temple.
     And 12 months were given from Hanukkah last year as like Esther had to prepare herself for 12 months.

     How can the Bride be filled with pure olive oil?
     Gethemane means the place where olive oil is pressed.
     It was the place where the Lord showed total surrender before the crucifixion.
     To produce oil out of olive fruits, they are crushed, pressed, grinded and squeezed.
     It shows that self of believer must die completely to be filled fully with the Holy Spirit.
     This is the way how the Bride can be filled with pure olive oil to light the temple.
 
4) According to Colossians 2:16-17, the new moon is the shadow of thing to come and the body is of Christ.
     And Esther was chosen as the queen in the 10th month of Tevet as it's written in Esther 2:16-17. 
     Amazingly both verses are 2:16-17.
     Coincidence?
     Or is it a confirmation that the new moon of the 10th month(Tevet) which is the 6th day of Hanukkah is for the Blessed Hope?
 
     "Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read:  no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate:  for my mouth it hath 
       commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them."   (Isaiah 34:16)

 

5) According to Calvin's article "Scripture, heavens, signs, numbers ALL "speak" of early December RAPTURE, THEN JUDGMENT!!!,"

    on 12/7 the moon will line up with Venus(Jesus) and Spica(which represents the "firstfruits" or "Christians") AND there is an actual

    "hiding" of Venus(a type of the rapture of the saints being "hidden" in Jesus and away from this evil world) on December 7 !!!

    He also wrote "the dates of 12/1-7 seem to perfectly describe the Rapture event (Rev. 12:1-7) alongside the takeover of the dragon

    upon this earth."  
 
 

No one knows the day or hour, but we all know it's very close.   

Maranatha!