John 20.17 I am ASCENDING to My Father and your Father!!
Note to John (Tng) I have been following your wonderful Five Doves web site for many, many years, but I do not remember a time when there was so much expectation that the Rapture is drawing very near, and 2017 could be the year that we have been waiting for. It has been a marathon and I appreciate your efforts (and your family’s!). We are approaching a stadium with 2017 (5777, 5778) emblazoned on it!! We may not know exactly what lies ahead in the end time stadium, but we are nearly there.
I am grateful for your ongoing support for Israel and the Truth of the pre tribulation Rapture. Until we are caught up, I will continue to enjoy coming home from our Sunday night prayer meeting, grabbing my tablet and searching the richness of the weekly letters!!!!
It is interesting that John 20:17 contains the revelation of the ascension to Mary Magdalene. While the coincidence of the chapter and verse with this year of 2017, and thus the Jewish years 5777/5778, is not something that we would rely on, it does send a signal to our hearts. What is important is that this great Truth of the Ascension was first revealed to Mary. This reflects how individually the Truth of the Rapture is (and must be) revealed to our own hearts through the Holy Spirit and the promises in the Word of God.
The Ascension of Jesus as a prelude to the Rapture
Acts 1:9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a CLOUD RECEIVED HIM out of their sight.
In Acts 1 we read how Jesus ascended visibly into the clouds in a few moments of time. This miracle is like a prelude of the rapture, an invisible event that takes place in the twinkling of an eye - an optical muscular movement too quick to measure. Not a winking or a blinking, just a twinkling. At any time we are just a heartbeat, a twinkling from the Rapture and our ascension to the Heavenly Father.
1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. 52 in a moment, in the TWINKLING of an EYE, at the LAST TRUMPET
In My Father's House are Many Mansions
John 14 (2,3) In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself
Jesus promised us a glorious room in the Father's House. He would be involved in preparing our room, too glorious to put into words. Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into our hearts the things that God has prepared for those who love Him - and especially those Who love His appearing. Will 2017 be the year we ASCEND to the FATHER!!!
Below are excerpts from my sermon notes that go into more detail about the revelation of the Ascension to Mary Magdalene.
The Dawning of the Resurrection in the Heart (John 20)
(excerpts from sermon notes)
The Loving Voice of the Risen Christ!!
He came to HEAL BROKEN HEARTED!!
15 Jesus said (spoke) to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
The RESURRECTION Voice of Jesus - Called Her (Mary) by Name!!
16 Jesus said to her, Mary! She turned and said to Him, Rabboni! (my Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father.
The Revelation of the ASCENSION - Carried by Mary to the Disciples!!
Go to My brethren and say to them: I am ASCENDING to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God!!!! 18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.
Secret Ascension (Hebrews 9:12) Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with HIS OWN BLOOD He entered the Most Holy (Of Holies) Place once for all, having obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION!
Many More Miraculous Signs - That You May Believe
30 Truly JESUS DID MANY OTHER (MIRACULOUS) SIGNS in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe (IN THE RESURRECTION) that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that:
believing you may HAVE LIFE in His name!!!.
Witnesses to the Resurrection and the (Public) Ascension
The 500 Club: 1 Corinthians 15:6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.
Jesus Ascends: Acts 1:9-11 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a CLOUD RECEIVED HIM out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, 11 who also said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into HEAVEN will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven!!
The Rapture - We Shall Ascend in the TWINKLING of an EYE!! Caught UP!
1 Corinthians 15:51, 52 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. 52 in a moment, in the TWINKLING of an EYE, at the LAST TRUMPET.
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
The Resurrection and Salvation - Dawning of the Resurrection in the HEART!
Romans 10:9 That if you CONFESS with your mouth the LORD JESUS and
believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead
you will be saved.
(Northside Church - 25 September 2016)