How often we hear the statement, "Jesus is coming soon, and it could be any day, morning, night, or noon." That is like saying Jesus could have been crucified on any day of the year or at any time of the day. It simply is not true. There are appointed times for these events to happen, and we know the appointed times during the year. There are some things that God has kept secret from us, but those things that He has revealed belong to us. Deuteronomy 29:29 says, The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.
God often hides things in plain sight. For example, Jesus' death on the cross was described in Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, and other places, but these things were hidden from the eyes of most of the people until they were fulfilled. And even then, most of the people did not see the truth or refused to see it. There is no reason to think the situation is any different today in regard to the second set of appointed times--the autumn feast days. Because the time of fulfillment is near, God is beginning to reveal His appointed times in a greater way.
The Feast of Tabernacles is called the Feast of Ingathering/Harvest.
The 7th day of Tabernacles is the LAST TRUMPET of the Fall Feasts.
The Last Day of the Feast of Tabernacles is exactly at the end of 4th prophetic year (Oct 29, 2008 +(4)360 days = Oct 7/8, 2012). The final 7 years are a picture of the 7000-year plan of God, Jesus' first coming was at the end of 4000 years, or the end of the 4th year. October 7, 2012, marks the end of the 4th prophetic year of the 7. So, His FIRST coming (firstfruits Rapture) is at the end of the 4th year. From October 7, 2012 to September 27, 2014, the next 2 prophetic years will take place. During the coming 2 years, I believe we will see the opening of all of the seal judgments of Revelation. Over the next 2 years, 1/4 of the world will die (4th seal). That's almost 2 billion people.
Then, the final prophetic year (September 28, 2014, to September 23, 2015), I believe will be the opening and fulfillment of the trumpet judgments of Revelation. At the end of the 6th year (Sept 25/26, 2014), we would have another Rapture event representing His Second Coming (2nd Rapture).
The
final year will be when the earth begins to rotate
faster and the days will become 16 hours long. There
will be demonic alien attacks (5th and 6th
Trumpets of Revelation 9), and 1/3 of the people will be
killed by these creatures.
The final year represents His wrath being poured out in full measure, followed by the final bowl judgments at the end of the 7th year.
If the "Great Tribulation" starts on October 7/8, 2012, the Final Day of the Feast of Tabernacles this year, and goes until the Feast of Atonement 2015, that would mean that the Tribulation would be 360+360+540 shortened days. After the 360+360 days, we reach Sept 27/28, 2014. Sept 25/26, 2014, is the Feast of Trumpets for that year. If the second Rapture takes place on Sept 25/26, 2014, then 2 days later something happens to the earth causing it to spin faster, the final 1/3 of the Tribulation would be shortened to only one year with 540 days of 16 hours each. So, not only would 1/3 of the day be without light and 1/3 of the night (4th Trumpet judgment of Revelation 8:12), but exactly 1/3 of the Tribulation would be shortened, the final year of God's wrath.
October 7, 2012, is a 21-day delay from the Feast of Trumpets and exactly 360+360+540 shortened days (1260 days) until the Day of Atonement 2015.