Preeminent
Promise
The Pre-tribulation Rapture of the Philadelphian
Church, the Pillar in God’s temple is the Preeminent,
Prophetic, Promise of all time leading us to Peace &
Prosperity with our Heavenly Father for Eternity! Try saying that three
times fast and you might have your tongue fly out of your mouth!
That’s 8 “P’s” for 2008:
1.
Pretribulation Rapture
2.
Philadelphian Church
3.
Pillar
4.
Preeminent
5.
Prophetic
6.
Promise
7.
Peace
8.
Prosperity
As we approach the Feast of Trumpets “watchers” continue to
look for God’s confirmations. I consider myself to be a “watcher” and when I
find something worth passing on I do my best to get the word out. This not only
serves as communication but we are to “encourage one another” in this way, so it
is a fulfillment of Paul’s advice as the time draws near for our
departure.
Fifty
50 is a number with significant meaning that we should
pay attention to regarding the Rapture.
According to E.W. Bullinger in his book “Numbers in
Scripture” 50 has the following meaning:
“Fifty is the number of Jubilee or Deliverance. It is the
issue of 7 X 7, and points to deliverance and rest following on a result of the
perfect consummation of time.”
Further in gematria 50 has significant meaning as well (ref:
biblewheel.com):
50 + All,
Everything + The Man + Sea + Born + To you /For you + You are Mine
(Ord)
The “everything” comes from Genesis 1:31
“And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold it was
very good. And the evening and morning were the sixth day.”
At the biblewheel site describing the significance and meaning of the number 50 is the following:
The actual words written Genesis 1.31 include the so called "sign of the definite object", the Aleph Tav, which is symmetric upon the Wheel with Kol:
Obviously this looks like the number “8” which is also a
symbol for eternity which may relate to 2008.
(ref: http://www.biblewheel.com/GR/GR_50.asp
)
Stars of the Sky
A Promise of “everything” brings to mind God and Abraham. At
times we refer to the sky or heavens as everything or make a reference to the
moon – “What do you want - the moon?” God had made a promise to Abraham
regarding the stars of the sky:
Genesis
22:17
17
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as
the sand on the seashore…
Later God makes a similar promise to Isaac omitting the
mention of the sand on the seashore:
Genesis
26:4
4
I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and
will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth
will be blessed
Isaac and Rebecca lived out a well known prophetic parable in
regards to the Rapture. I believe that these references God is using are not by
accident (God never does anything by accident or without purpose).
The United States of America
Many believe that the United States and Britain have to do
with Joseph’s two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. The background for this is outside
of the direct purpose of this article so I won’t go into that subject, but it is
interesting that by splitting Joseph into his two sons many times the tribes are
counted as “13” and the United States original flag was with 13 stars in the
“field of blue”.
Further, the United States now has 50 states, which is
represented in the “field of blue” (sky) and still has 13 stripes.
Of these 13 stripes 7 are red and 6 are white. This reminds
me of this scripture:
Isaiah 1
18 Come let us reason together, though your sins are
like scarlet I will make you white as snow, though they are as crimson I will
make them as wool.
7 is the number for spiritual completion and the 7 red
stripes clearly represent Jesus and the work on the cross in that He died for
our sins.
6 is the number for man and through the 7 red stripes, Jesus’
blood he indeed makes “man” or “us” white as snow.
In the “Prophecy In the News”Magazine June 2008 issue Gary
Stearman wrote a great article called “Thirteen – Rebellion Becomes Love”.
I’ll let you read the article for yourself but to summarize 13 is a number that
reflects the title of his article. As mentioned in the article, 1 Corinthians
13:4-8 is where Paul describes love, in so doing he utilizes 13 attributes.
This contrast of love and rebellion can be seen in the
“roots” our country. Clearly the United States started out in Rebellion or
Revolution and it was through the city of “Brotherly Love” or Philadelphia in
1776 that our country came to be. I believe that the United States is the
corporate prophetic entity referred to in Revelation as the Philadelphian
Church. As such I believe the “melting pot” is a great description of who this
promise is open to – all tribes, tongues and nations.
The United States has done a lot in the way of spreading the
Gospel throughout the ends of the earth. But it is a double edged sword as I
also believe the United States is Laodicea and is responsible for all the things
Jesus has to say to this Church as well. We are at the final moments of
transition between the Philadelphian Church which is promised the Rapture and
the Laodicea Church which is “spit out”.
50, the number of stars in the field of blue (sky) on
the flag is representative of the promise to the Philadelphian Church. Again
here is the gematria meaning (www.biblewheel.com )
50 + All,
Everything + The Man + Sea + Born + To you /For you + You are Mine
(Ord)
United States 50 years ago…
If you can “see” the significance of the United States then
it follows to wonder what happened 50 years prior to 2008 starting with the time
around the Feast of Trumpets. 50 years ago NASA was born on October
1st 1958. They are planning a “birthday” celebration this coming
October 1st.
Ref: http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/technologies/nextfest_2007.html
From 2002, NASA’s mission statement, used in budget and
planning documents, read: “To understand and protect our home planet; to explore
the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers
... as only NASA can.” In early February 2006, the statement was altered, with
the phrase “to understand and protect our home planet” deleted.
Also on December 4, 2006 NASA announced a plan to build a
permanent Moon Base.
The Moon holds huge prophetic significance in regards to the
Rapture, Armageddon and the Millennium.
Here are some points to consider:
· Israel’s
calendar is lunar based.
· The two feasts
at the ends of the Menorah would be Passover and Tabernacles – both are “full
moon feasts”.
· The Feast of
Trumpets is a dark moon/new moon feast.
· Lunar cycles
are 19 years long. 1988 is a well known year where many were watching for the
Rapture. 1989 + 19 years brings us to 2008.
· The number 19
stands for judgment.
· The first city
YHWH had Joshua and the Israelites conquer was Jericho. Jericho means
“moon”.
On December 24th 1968 the Apollo 8 mission hovered
above the moon and to the largest broadcast audience to date read from Genesis 1
“In the Beginning God Created…”
The next day an atheist sued.
Just a little over 7 months later on July 20th
1969 man landed on the moon and declared his own glory “one step for a man, one
giant leap for mankind.”
This is a very important subject but is beyond the scope of
an article. As such, I have written a 120 page eBook titled “Midnight Shout!”
that you can read for free and is available at www.midnigtshout.com
If you can see the prophetic significance of the moon – could
NASA’s 50th birthday be a “sign” to look for as it comes just after
when the Feast of Trumpets 2008 I scheduled on the calendar?
Better grab your binoculars and watch cap…
Watching anxiously!
Blessings,
Tony
P.S. I have also written an article entitled “9-11 countdown
to Rapture”. It is posted under the “Recent Additions” portion of my website:
www.midnightshout.com
Since 9-11 the U.S. Navy has reintroduced a flag that was
once used during the Revolutionary war, the “Don’t Tread on me” flag. I believe
this flag is a testimony to the rebellion of the United States which as a whole
has not heeded the warning from the happenings of this horrible
day.
Remember the prophecy after man’s fall in the Garden where
God says to Satan, the snake, that he will be bruised in the head while Jesus
would be bruised on the heal? Although I look up to our founding Father’s I
have to say that God saw the rebellion of the end times and the ultimate
collapse of the country that He allowed to win the Revolutionary War to serve
His purposes. A flag with 13 stripes which can stand for rebellion with a snake
on it that says “Don’t tread on me” can only be a Satanic symbol. Here it
is:
In 1976 it was ordered to fly this flag instead of the
50 star flag.
Also for the recent war on Terror this flag has been being
flown by our Navy:
The Secretary of the Navy issued Instruction
10520.6[3],
dated 31 May 2002, directing all Navy
ships to fly this flag as a "temporary substitution" for the Jack of the United
States "during the Global War on
Terrorism". Most vessels made the switch on September 11, 2002, the first anniversary of the
terrorist
attacks.
There is quite a contrast in the 50 star “I’ll give
you everything – the stars” compared to the rebellion of “Don’t Tread on me”.
You can see the contrast in the United States even as we near our next election
– God’s values vs. Man’s Values. We saw this contrast take place in the Apollo
programs between 8 and 11. Apollo 8 was “faithful” while Apollo missions 9-11
were about man’s glory (while the country was largely silent for fear of an
atheist’s lawsuit). Notice the numbers which match the date of our country’s
great warning and tragedy.
This don’t tread on me snake was shown cut into “8” pieces as
a political cartoon during the Revolution by Benjamin Franklin.
I was in the Navy in 1988-89 and this is when God gave me the
basis for my prophetic ministry. My testimony where God gave me the
instructions of how to watch and report are in the Appendix section of the free
eBook “Midnight Shout!” available at the website www.midnighshout.com