Dear Five Doves,
Feast of Trumpets has come and gone, but I believe we should still be
watching for the Rapture to take place between October 9-13. God gave Noah a
7-day time period before the Flood began. Genesis 7:10 "And AFTER THE SEVEN
DAYS the floodwaters came on the earth." So it is possible that the Rapture
could take place anytime between October 9-10, or 7 days after the Feast of
Trumpets. Remember that Jesus said in Matthew 24:44, "So you also must be
ready , because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect
him." Many people were looking at October 4th, or Feast of Trumpets, as the
time of His coming, but few would expect Him to come 7 days later since
there is no actual Feast on that day.

October 13 is also a date to watch as it is the Day of Atonement. It is also
exactly 1290 days after the Palestinians raided the Church of the Nativity.
This could have been a fulfillment of the prophecy in Daniel 11:31, "His
armed forces will rise up to DESECRATE the temple FORTRESS and will abolish
the daily sacrifice" and Daniel 12:11, "From the time that the daily
sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up,
there will be 1290 days" and Matthew 24:15, "So when you see standing in the
HOLY PLACE 'the abomination that causes desolation'...". One of the news
articles from 2002 said these exact words: "Israel has accused the
Palestinian intruders of DESECRATING the church."

Yet another article said this: "The church's large FORTRESS-LIKE exterior
stands as a testament to its turbulent history. For centuries, it was one of
the most fought over HOLY PLACES."

All three of the the words in capitals were used in the given prophecies
regarding this event: FORTRESS, DESECRATE, HOLY PLACE. For more studies on
this, please read below the news articles regarding this event and see what
you think.

The Lord certainly has given us many signs pointing to this October. We are
certainly at the end of 6000 years so we all know His return is imminent.
Here are just some of the signs that I see pointing to the Fall Feasts of
2005:
1. Exactly seven years after the covenant was confirmed in 1998 brings you
to the end of the Feast of Tabernacles 2005.
2. Jesus said in Matthew 24:29-30, "The sun will be darkened, and the moon
will not give its light...at that time the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in the sky." There is a solar eclipse to start the Feast of Trumpets
and a lunar eclipse to start the Feast of Tabernacles.
3. In the middle of the seven years, the abomination was set up exactly 1290
days before the Day of Atonement 2005 and the abomination itself took place
exactly 1260 days before the final day of Tabernacles 2005.
4. Luke 21:25 says, "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the
earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing
of the sea." Does this not describe the situation we are facing right now,
both with the December 2004 tsunami and the terrible hurricane season in the
US?
5. On December 26, 2004, while the BIRTH of Jesus was still being celebrated
in the US (December 25), the enormous tsunami hit numerous countries in
Asia. The time period between the December 2004 tsunami until October 4,
2005, is the exact same time frame as a human gestation period would be. In
John 16:19-22 and Revelation 12, Jesus compares His return to that of a
woman giving birth.
6. There were 14,000 days between when Jesus entered Jerusalem on the donkey
and when Jerusalem was captured by the Gentiles in 70 AD. Now we have 14,000
days between Jerusalem being recaptured in 1967 and the start of the Feast
of Trumpets 2005.
7. John tells us in John 5 that the first thing Jesus did when He entered
Jerusalem was to heal a man who had been paralyzed for 38 years. Again, here
we have Jerusalem being in bondage for 38 years since 1967, when Jesus
enters the scene and brings healing.

These are just some of the very interesting signs that point to this fall as
the return of our Lord. Just because Feast of Trumpets has come and gone,
does not mean His return is still not imminent. The Feast of Trumpets could
just be the start of the countdown. Remember that Paul tells us that it is
at the sound of the LAST trumpet, which could possibly be pointing to
October 9-10, 13 or even the end of Tabernacles this year. So, let's keep
watching and see what God has planned for this season. Jesus rebuked the
people of His generation for being able to interpret the weather (how much
more can we predict weather today!) but not being able to interpret the
signs of the times and fulfillment of prophecies in His day. Let us not be
accused of doing the same in our generation!

To study more about these things, please read more on my website:
http://reneemoses05.tripod.com/jesusiscomingsoon/index.html

Here are more news articles relevant to the event that took place at the
Church of the Nativity in 2002 for those who are interested. You may also be
interested to read about the events that took place in the stars in 2002
that point to this event by going to

http://reneemoses05.tripod.com/jesusiscomingsoon/id22.html :

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNN) -- As many as 200 Palestinians, mostly men, are
holed up inside the Church of the Nativity here, with Israeli tanks perched
outside and Christian clergy blocked from getting in. The church is one of
the holiest sites in Christendom; it is built over a cave that some believe
was the manger where Jesus was born. One of those in the church, Anton
Salman, a member of the Antonius Society, a humanitarian group in Bethlehem,
talked with CNN anchor Daryn Kagan about the situation Wednesday.
SALMAN: I have been inside the Church of the Nativity since [Tuesday] night.
KAGAN: How did you end up inside the church?
SALMAN: In the afternoon, when the people entered the church, there were
many rumors around Bethlehem that ... there were problems inside the church.
The governor asked me to come with him to the church to see what is going on
... to solve the problem, if there were any problems.
KAGAN: How many people are inside the church?
SALMAN: It's around 200.
KAGAN: Are we talking men, women, children?
SALMAN: Yes, mostly men.
KAGAN: Are they Palestinian gunmen?
SALMAN: They are from the Palestinian police and ... mostly from the
Palestinian Authority police, who ran away to the Church of the Nativity to
implore protection inside the church after [unintelligible] was bombed and
shot at by Israeli tanks and soldiers.
And they saw their mosque, Umar, which is across from the Church of the
Nativity, bombed. They were afraid, and they looked for a place to be
secure. So they found the only way; they ran to the church and found a place
to stay.
KAGAN: They not only picked a secure place, they picked one of most holy
places in the world to Christians and put that in peril. Do they realize
that?
SALMAN: We here understand our history, and that the Church of the Nativity
[has been a sacred] place to the people during all wars. ... So from this
point, they thought that the Church of the Nativity was a safer place to
enter and ... entered the church looking for protection. They are still
inside the church.
KAGAN: What are the conditions inside the church right now, in terms of
supplies or if people are wounded?
SALMAN: The situation is very bad. It's very bad from all forms. ... The
food that is in the convent in the church is going very, very quickly. ...
Second, there are 10 injured people who are inside the church. One of them
has very a serious injury and he ... has been bleeding since yesterday. They
gave him first aid, but that's not enough. The Red Cross did not agree to
come to the church to help or to take out injured people.
KAGAN: It sounds like you are ... going to have to leave.
SALMAN: The wounded people, they need to be hospitalized.
KAGAN: But what about the others?
SALMAN: I think [the situation here] must be [discussed] on the level of the
high Palestinian political leader[ship] and the negotiators of the Israelis.
The Israelis must come to negotiate for all that's going on in Palestine.
And one of the [biggest] problems is what's going in Bethlehem.
KAGAN: But as far as the people holed up inside this very holy Christian
site, do you know if talks are going on to try to get these people out?
SALMAN: Concerning what's going on in the church, yes. It's the most holy
place in the world.
And I am Christian. I am, myself, a Christian and I am a believer. It's very
difficult for me to accept that one day people would be inside the Church of
the Nativity [like this]. It is something that I can't accept, and I will
not be ready to accept these disasters, and especially inside the church --
a place like the Church of the Nativity.
KAGAN: And so as a Christian, you understand the significance of the site
and that in a way you are holding this holy site hostage?
SALMAN: I have nothing do with all of these [problems]. I entered [the
church] to solve the problem here. I am a civilian looking to solve a
problem -- a humanitarian problem of the people are sitting here. I am not
one of the persons who entered the church, [who were] running from the fire,
but I entered after that -- maybe two hours after that.
KAGAN: And then, you went in trying to help. Why did you go in?
SALMAN: I think there is a responsibility of any civilian in any community.
When you see somebody planning to attack your church, I don't think that you
would say to me what is going on. [This is something] I believe in. You must
find a solution for that, and the way to solve this is to help them.
KAGAN: As we talk, we hear some kind of guns or some kind of explosions in
the background. Do you know what that is?
SALMAN: No.
KAGAN: You can't. OK. And just one more time in terms of conditions there,
how long do you think that the people who are holed up there can stay
without additional supplies and medical help?
SALMAN: I can't [comment] about [those] things.
MSNBC NEWS SERVICES
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, May 11 Clergy from rival Christian denominations held
hands in the Church of the Nativity Saturday and said the Lords Prayer in a
rare display of unity as they reclaimed the shrine after a 39-day standoff
between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen.
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, black-robed monks and local volunteers scrubbed the
church, where tradition holds that Jesus was born, clearing out trash left
behind by more than 200 Palestinians who holed up inside for nearly six
weeks.
The siege was lifted Friday after 13 militiamen were deported to Cyprus and
26 others were sent to the Gaza Strip. After the standoff ended, Israeli
troops withdrew from Bethlehem, where residents had been confined to their
homes under round-the-clock curfews since April 2.
Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, the top Roman Catholic clergyman in the Holy
Land, visited the church Saturday. In the grotto, a few steps down from the
basilica, Sabbah knelt and kissed a silver star on the marble floor, revered
by Christians as the spot of Jesus birth.
Sabbah and senior clergymen from other denominations, including Greek and
Syrian Orthodox, held hands in the grotto and spoke the Lords Prayer in
Arabic.
The various denominations often are at odds in the church where they
jealously guard their turf; the Roman Catholics, the Greek Orthodox and the
Armenian Orthodox each control different areas of the 4th century basilica.
In one incident in the mid-1980s, monks from different sects fought with
broomsticks over who had the right to clean a small section of the wall.
In Saturday's cleanup, each group concentrated on its area, but in a spirit
of togetherness. Three Greek-Orthodox monks wearing latex gloves carried a
rolled up carpet across the stone floor. Another monk wiped an icon with a
yellow rag and others cleaned smudges from the walls with sponges.
A special service was planned for Sunday, to be led by Cardinal Roger
Etchegaray, a Vatican envoy who had been involved in negotiations to end the
standoff. It will be a service of praise, redemption and reconciliation,
carrying the benediction of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican spokesman,
Joaquin Navarro-Valls, said in a statement issued in Rome.
[MAP: Bethlehem] On Friday, after the end of the siege, the basilica had
reeked of urine. The stone floor was covered with dirty blankets and
mattresses, cigarette lighters and sunglasses. Leftover food covered an
altar in the Armenian section.
Those inside the church had complained the Israelis occasionally cut the
water supply and water was scarce during the siege. There were no toilets
inside the basilica and to get to facilities elsewhere required risking
Israeli sniper fire to cross an open courtyard.
Yet the basilica emerged with little permanent damage.
Its not a church any more, its a place filled with beds and trash, said
Sandy Shahin, a local teen-ager who rushed into the church minutes after the
end of the siege Friday.
The smell is too bad. The floor is too bad. Im filled with fear, Shahin, a
Roman Catholic, said between sobs.
It seemed almost a small miracle that the Grotto of the Nativity, where a
silver star installed by the Catholics in 1717 is set in white marble over
the exact spot where Christians believe Jesus was born, was immaculate.
But the second floor of the Franciscan orders parish building in the complex
looked like a war zone. Walls were pockmarked by bullet holes and scarred by
smoke stains.
I couldn't imagine something like this, said Manal Deik, a local banker,
standing next to a bullet-riddled church wall that was also marked with
graffiti scrawled in Arabic.
We will repair it because the damage is not outside, its inside and we can
do something about that, said the 25-year-old Catholic.
Outside the church Friday, crowds of Palestinians cheered after Israeli
armored personnel carriers pulled out of Manger Square. Church bells rang
and cries of Allahu Akbar, or God is Greater rang out from the loudspeakers
of mosques.
Some of the 85 civilians, who returned to normal life in Bethlehem after
undergoing an Israeli security check in a nearby army compound, were
overjoyed at the prospect of simply taking a shower and eating a full meal
for the first time in weeks.
After hugging and kissing emotional relatives who greeted them at Beit Jala
Hospital near Bethlehem, the men said they asked themselves difficult
questions during the standoff such as when Israeli snipers would fire next
or food would run out.
The Israelis had this tower with a remote control electronic device that
fired on us whenever we were exposed. When we went outside we had to run
away from it, said Naji Abu Obeid, a 19-year-old Palestinian policeman.
Two Americans come to terms with the conflict
We each had a safe spot in the church where we would hide such as behind
columns, added Obeid, who said he used his AK-47 assault rifle to defend
himself and others.
Israel, which engaged in lengthy negotiations with the Vatican and other
interested parties over the church, strenuously denied firing into the
shrine and said it did all it could to avoid damaging the church.
The church is no stranger to conflict. Samaritans destroyed much of the
original church during a revolt in 529. Christian Crusader and Muslim armies
fought over it for many years.
The church was rebuilt during the reign of the Roman Emperor Justinian in
about 530 AD. Crusaders redecorated it and over the centuries it has been
renovated and expanded with the addition of other chapels and monasteries
around it.
And all was not immediately peaceful among the representatives of the
denominations that maintain the church. On Friday, soon after the militants
left, priests from the often bickering denominations argued over whether to
allow Israeli army bomb disposal experts in to make sure no explosives were
left behind.
The clergymen decided in favor of a sweep.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
Yasser Arafat tours Bethlehems Church of the Nativity

10:11:03 AM

Surrounded by black-robed priests, armed guards and journalists, Yasser
Arafat today DUCKED INTO THE CANDLELIT GROTTO (my emphasis - HE STOOD IN THE
HOLY PLACE WHERE HE DID NOT BELONG) marking the traditional birthplace of
Jesus.

The Palestinian leader toured Bethlehem's ancient Church of the Nativity,
which was the scene of a 39-day standoff between Palestinian gunmen and
civilians hiding from Israeli soldiers.

For close to an hour, Arafat, walking arm-in-arm with the priests, examined
the church compound and the 4th century shrine, divided into Greek Orthodox,
Armenian and Franciscan sections.

A few bullet holes dotted some walls, but most of the rubbish left behind by
the church's unexpected visitors was gone.

Israel has accused the Palestinian intruders of DESECRATING the church.
(My notes: This newspaper article uses the EXACT wording in Daniel 11:31 -
that the armed forces will rise up and DESECRATE the temple fortress).

Arafat's trip was his first outside of the West Bank town of Ramallah since
he was confined there by Israel six months ago.

In Bethlehem, the Palestinian leader entered the basilica through the Gate
of Humility, a small dark square entrance facing Manger Square.

THEN HE DESCENDED INTO THE GROTTO. "This place will be always and forever
inside our hearts, minds and beliefs," Arafat said.

Church bells rang throughout his visit.

Arafat walked through a courtyard where a bullet-scarred statue of the
Virgin Mary stood.

Mattresses, pots and chairs were still strewn in the yard. Upstairs, in a
medieval cloister ringing the courtyard, Arafat saw some burned out rooms.

Fires erupted twice during the siege, with Israel and the Palestinians
accusing each other of having sparked the flames.

Asked by reporters about his impressions of what he saw at the church,
Arafat said: "Real tragedy. This cannot be accepted by the world."
(My note: Isn't this what the world is crying out to the Church? The sin in
the Church is a real tragedy and should not be accepted by us or the world).

The last Palestinians left the church on Friday. Under the deal, 26 of them
were sent to the Gaza Strip and 13 others, who Israel says are senior
militants, were exiled to Cyprus, from where they are to be taken to several
European countries.

At Bethlehem's municipality, Arafat was met by relatives of those who are in
Cyprus, awaiting exile in Europe.

Imaam Abayat, a sister of one of the men, Ibrahim Abayat, called out to
Arafat: "Mr President, for God's sake dont forget your brothers who have
been exiled outside their country. Please work to keep them together in one
country at least."

Arafat did not say anything in reply but kissed the womans hands.
Despite Sunday night's resolution against the formation of a Palestinian
state, Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity was the scene of jubilation this
morning as a throng of supporters greeted Arafat.
The Palestinian leader arrived in the biblical town in a Jordanian air force
helicopter. His own helicopters were destroyed in December by the Israeli
military, and he was confined to his compound for more than a month when it
was surrounded by the Israeli military in late March.
In his trademark black-and-white headscarf, Arafat addressed the gathering
at one of Christianity's holiest sites, believed to be the birthplace of
Jesus Christ, declaring: "This place will be in our hearts and minds
forever."
His visit came three days after the end of a tense standoff between the
Israeli army and Palestinians holed up in the church from April 2 to May 10.
The standoff ended after negotiators agreed on the exile of 13 suspected
Palestinian militants, who are on Israel's most-wanted list. The 13 men were
flown to Cyprus, where they were granted temporary exile until their fates
were decided. European officials met today to discuss the group's future.
Amid tight security, Arafat toured Bethlehem's Manger Square, shaking the
hands of clergymen at St. Catherine's church, which is adjacent to the
Church of the Nativity, and bowing low at the carnation-bedecked altar.
Arafat was also expected to visit Jenin, the site of the heaviest fighting
during the recent Israeli incursion into the West Bank, but his helicopter
did not land at the devastated Jenin refugee camp due to security reasons.
The Palestinian leader also visited Nablus, the most densely populated West
Bank city. "To Jerusalem we are headed. Jerusalem is the capital of our
independent state of Palestine, never mind who agrees or does not," Arafat
told a crowd there.
Although Israel had earlier declared its intention to pressurize Arafat in
what it said was an attempt to crack down on terrorist networks, the
Palestinian leader's confinement was lifted earlier this month as part of a
U.S.-brokered agreement.
The Church of the Nativity in the heart of Bethlehem marks one of
Christianity's most sacred sites - the birthplace of Christ.
Situated on Manger Square 8 kilometres (5 miles) from Jerusalem, the church
is built over a GROTTO where the Virgin Mary is said to have given birth to
Jesus. The church's large FORTRESS-LIKE exterior (my notes: remember Daniel
11:31 refers to it as the temple fortress) stands as a testament to its
turbulent history. For centuries, it was one of the most fought over HOLY
PLACES (my notes: Matthew 24:13 - standing in the HOLY PLACE; again, the
EXACT words that Jesus used). It was seized and defended by a succession of
armies - including Muslim and Crusader forces.
It is controlled jointly by three Christian denominations - the Armenian
Church, the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Orthodox Church.
The Grotto of the Nativity contains the manger that is believed to be the
place where the baby Jesus was laid after he was born. The grotto is encased
in white marble.
The site of the birth is marked by a 14-point star on a marble stone.
The High Altar standing above the Grotto.
The site has been venerated by Christians since St Justin Martyr identified
it as the site of Jesus' birth in the second century.
The Altar of the Nativity sits below a silver and gold chandelier. Stairways
on either side of the main altar lead to a grotto. A fourteen-point silver
star embedded in white marble indicates the birthplace of Christ. An
inscription reads, Hic de Virgine Maria Jesus Christus natus est ("Here
Jesus Christ was born to the Virgin Mary"). Fifteen lamps burn around the
spot. Nearby is the Chapel of the Manger, where Mary placed the baby Jesus.
Like the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, various Christian denominations share
control over different parts of the church. The grotto is under the
jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Place of refuge
In 333 AD the Emperor Constantine completed the basilica, which attracts
thousands of pilgrims from around the world every year.
The original structure was completely destroyed in the early 6th century.
It was rebuilt in its present form in 527-65 AD during the rule of Emperor
Justinian.
Over the years, the site has been expanded.
The church's compound covers and area of approximately 12,000 square metres
and includes, besides the Basilica, a Latin convent, a Greek Orthodox
convent and an Armenian convent.
Speaking recently, the current Latin patriarch of Jerusalem and head of the
Catholic church in the region, Michel Sabbah, described the church's
basilica as a "place of refuge for everyone".
He added that this meant Israelis as well as Palestinians.
Pilgrimage
The main access to the basilica is by the very small Door of Humility, which
visitors must enter bending over, as if entering a cave or grotto.
It was said to have been made during the Ottoman era to prevent mounted
horsemen from entering the basilica.
The Palestinian Authority was given control over Bethlehem in December 1995,
when Israeli troops pulled out.
Bethlehem is mentioned in Genesis as Ephratah, the burial place of Rachel -
a place of pilgrimage for both Jews and Muslims.
It is also referred to in the Old Testament as the home of King David's
family.
 

There are 5 verses in the Bible that talk about the abomination that causes
desolation. Here they are:
1.
Daniel 9:27 "He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven'. In the
middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a
wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation
until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
2.
Daniel 11:31 "His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress
and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination
that causes desolation."
3.
Daniel 12:11 "From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the
abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1290 days.
Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1335 days."
4.
Matthew 24:13 "So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination
that causes desolation spoken of through the prophet Daniel let the reader
understand then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."
5.
Mark 13:14 "When you see the abomination that causes desolation standing
where he does not belong let the reader understand then let those who are in
Judea flee to the mountains."
It could be argued that 2 Thessalonians 2 is also referring to the
abomination that causes desolation, but since Paul does not specifically
mention that that is what he is referring to, then we cannot say for certain
that Paul is indeed talking about this event. The above five verses
specifically mention the abomination that causes desolation so that is what
we will use to examine whether this event took place in the Spring of 2002,
3 ½ years after the confirming of the covenant.
WAITING AND WATCHING...
I was waiting for this event and watching, wondering how its fulfillment
would happen. I could see that there were actually three events here; the
first was the setting up of the abomination, the second was the abomination
itself, and the third was the desolation of Judea. The setting up for the
abomination would involve armed forces going to a temple fortress,
desecrating it, and stopping a daily sacrifice that was taking place within
the temple. This event should take place 1290 days before a significant
date, probably one of the fall feasts in 2005. Sometime after that, as a
result of what happened with the armed forces (i.e. they would set it up),
the abomination itself would take place which would have to involve someone
going to this holy place, a temple fortress, and standing where he does not
belong. The result of this event would eventually be desolation, which
apparently would take place somewhere in Judea since Jesus said that when
this event happens, people should leave Judea.
The other thing I could deduct from Daniel 9:27 was that this person would
almost certainly be one of the people who confirmed the covenant, since it
seems to be referring to the same person (i.e. HE will confirm a covenant
for one 'seven'. In the middle of the 'seven' HE will...).
On April 2, 2002, the Church of the Nativity, a temple fortress, a holy
place that for many centuries has been believed to be the actual birthplace
of the Son of God, was raided by some of Arafat's armed forces. Yasser
Arafat was one of the three men involved in confirming the covenant. They
desecrated the place and stopped the daily communion that was happening in
the Church, which represented the sacrifice of Christ. The day that this
took place was EXACTLY 1290 days before October 12, 2005, the Day of
Atonement. Daniel 12:11 "From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished
and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1290
days."
They set up for Arafat to come to the Church, which he did on May 13, 2002,
immediately after Israel released him from house arrest. He went to the
Church of the Nativity and stood in the "grotto" which is the cave where
Christ is believed to have been born, the most HOLY PLACE in the Church. I
believe that this event was such an abomination to God, that it is the cause
for God allowing such violence to take place in the Middle East. I also
believe in the near future, we are going to see the desolation that Jesus
talked about take place in Judea. I do not know if it will be in Jerusalem
or Bethlehem, or another part of Judea, but I believe that the event that
took place on May 13, 2002, was such an abomination to the Lord that His
hand of protection was lifted off of Judea and that there will be a
desolation occur (i.e. the land will be left desolate) because of that
event. It was "the abomination that CAUSES desolation". For every action,
there is a consequence, whether blessing or judgment. I believe this action
was so offensive to the Lord, allowing Arafat to enter into the very holy
place where His Son made His first appearance on the earth, that God will
bring judgment to the land of Judea. I also believe this event is symbolic
of what we see in the Church - allowing sin to corrupt us, even embracing
it, instead of seeing sin as the evil that it is. Too much of the world is
in the Church and God's judgment begins first in His house. I believe God is
trying to do a "housecleaning" so to speak, of His body bringing conviction
of sin and trying to purify our hearts for His return.
1260 DAYS
Another interesting note is that May 13, 2002, the day that the abomination
took place, is exactly 1260 days before October 24, 2005, the last (8th) day
of the Feast of Tabernacles, the Second Coming of Christ. There are numerous
references in Revelation to a 1260-day period in which God takes care of His
people and His Church (the two witnesses) walks in a tremendous anointing
and power. I do not believe this is the total fulfillment of these
prophecies, I believe there are other fulfillments as well, but it is just
something to consider and think about. I believe that the 1260-day periods
probably also represent 3.5 years, or 3500 years, of time since the time
that the Israelites left Egypt until the present time.