The title of your August 15 post is:
"The Rapture is THIS Rosh Hashanah......IF I were a betting man, THAT would be MY BET!"
I wrote a post a few weeks back in which I had a dream where I clearly saw the words "Away in a manger". Many of us have sung that Christmas song. I had not sung it or thought about that song in years and years. I shared my thoughts but I am going to re-share my thoughts as we are rapidly approaching the Feast of Trumpets.
I am beginning to seriously believe the Lord Jesus could very well be returning for us this Feast of Trumpets if not next Feast of Trumpets but if I were a betting woman, I would say it is this Rosh Hashannah, this Feast of Trumpets we are raptured!
So here is how I am coming to my conclusion:
It began with the dream I had almost a month ago. It was more like a vision than a dream for all I saw were the words "Away in a manger" very clear. I wanted to speak the words of the song out in my sleep but I couldn't remember them. So I woke myself up to look up the words. The song speaks of the Lord Jesus' birth as we all know. He is addressed as "Lord Jesus" throughout the song. I wondered why I saw those words. I figured Abba Father is pleased with me addressing the Lord Jesus in my prayers, and speaking to others to call upon His Name with a pure heart.
I began to remember we are soon entering Rosh HaShannah / Feast of Trumpets. I recalled that A couple of years ago, studying the 7 Feasts of the Lord and had also heard about the blood moons but I did not quite have a grasp or understanding....until NOW !!! Yahoo!!!
So running through the 7 Feasts of the LORD found in Leviticus 23, I took note of them:
1) Passover
2) Unleavened Bread
3 First Fruits
4) Feast of Weeks (50 days after First Fruits)
5) Feast of TRUMPETS
6) Feast of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
7) Feast of Tabernacles
I discovered Jesus died on Passover. He is the Unblemished Passover Lamb of God.
Jesus was in the tomb on the Feast of Unleavened Bread. (He is the Bread of LIFE)
He resurrected on the Feast of First Fruits and 50 days later, God, the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus came upon the praying people in the upper room on Pentecost.
The Lord Jesus fulfilled the first 4 Feasts Himself and in that order. (Mark Biltz does a much better job of explaining this than I can btw)
Next I learned that Trumpets have always been used in history to gather people together for an announcement especially when the King is/was going to speak, and also to warn people of war. They are also used to make a joyful noise. (I think that is why the trumpet has been my all time favorite instrument. :-) Of course, having been raised with a Mexican heritage, it is used a lot in their music and in their 'fiestas'. It is so lively and uplifting! )
Anyway we know...
1 Corinthians 15:52 says this:
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
and
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 says this:
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
These 2 scriptures speak of the Rapture.
Now....we know we are in the -season -"but no man knows the day or the hour"- right?
Here is what I learned: Jesus was/is a Jew. His disciples were Jews. They knew the OT Laws. We American Christians were not raised to study/understand Jewish history. But in these last days, the Lord has raised up some true Biblical historians who have Jewish roots and understand Jewish history. Of those 7 feasts, the only feast the Jews do not know the day or the hour it begins is "FEAST OF TRUMPETS"! So when Jesus told the disciples in Matthew 24, that of His return, no man knows the day or the hour, He was in fact letting them know He was returning on the Feast of Trumpets!!!
Most of us know The Feast of Trumpets begins with at least 2 witnesses seeing the tiniest sliver of a new moon. It is a 2 day feast. It changes every year. Sometimes Rosh Ha Shanna is in late September. Sometimes, early October and this year it is around Sept 4. Again...depending on the sighting of the new moon!
BTW, as a side bar here. In Matthew 24:26, it says: ... if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look.
Guess what ? The Muslims are also looking for their Messiah, the Mahdi and he is supposed to emerge from a well in the desert of Saudi Arabia or Iraq...(can't remember which off hand). That is why the LORD told them not to look for the Messiah in the desert !!!! Who would have thought!!! Isn't it amazing and awesome how the Lord is revealing Himself like never before?
So...Matthew 24:29-31 also says this:
the sun will be darkened,
the moon will give no light,
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.30 And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world—from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.
Being a "pre-tribber" myself I believe these scriptures do not refer to the rapture. These things happen during the 7 yr tribulation and at the end of the 7 yr Trib, the Son of Man comes on the clouds of heaven with Power and Great Glory. We come with Him by the way...riding on white horses! :-)
Interesting but pretty exciting huh?
As I am researching and studying, I pull up some you tubes. Many if not most here might be familiar with Scottie Clark's videos (eternalrhythmflow) and Mark Biltz who discovered the Tetrad blood moons in 2008. I found their teachings super-dooper amazing!! What amazed me even more is I did not have the understanding of the blood moons back then. Perhaps I so desperately believed and prayed like most of us Jesus would return in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. I sort of put the 'date watching' on the back burner in 2012. Always believing He could come for us anytime...and watching for His imminent return. Just not on the feasts as I had done previously.
This time, I paid more attention to Mark Biltz teachings on the Blood moons. I realized that 4 blood moons on the Feasts of the Lord are rare.
In 1949 and 1950, there were 4 'blood moons' that occurred on Passover, Tabernacles, Passover and Tabernacles. (Bookends mind you)
Israel became a nation again in 1948.In 1967, at the 6 day Yom Kippur (Atonement) war, Israel regained Jerusalem as their capital. That year on Passover and Tabernacles (1967) there were those lunar eclipses and again in 1968 on Passover and Tabernacles there were the other 2 blood moons.
NASA has the lunar info. In 2014 and 2015 NASA has pointed out that there will be another tetrad of blood moons. ALSO falling on Passover, Tabernacles, Passover, and Tabernacles.
The peace talks have resumed and John Kerry has given them 9 months to come to a 2 state solution agreement. 9 months from July 29/August falls in April. Passover season! Interesting.
Oh...and guess what else I discovered ??!!! In watching "understanding the end of the age with Teresa Garcia", she quoted a Biblical Historian who pinpoints Jesus' birth on the Feast of Trumpets !!! I am sure the Angels were announcing His birth with blowing trumpets!! It only makes sense He is going to return on the Feast of Trumpets doesn't it ?? !!
I do not know if the Lord will return for us this Feast of Trumpets but I am certain we will be raptured on a Feast of Trumpets. I know there are others who believe He will most likely return on Feast of Tabernacles. For me, Feast of Trumpets makes complete sense.
I am also believing that just as Noah knew 7 days before the rain came, judgment was coming and Elijah, Elisha and 50 prophets also knew the very day The Lord was going to 'rapture' Elijah (2 kings 2), we too are going to know inwardly all at the same time, when we will be caught up in the clouds with the dead in Christ to meet Jesus in the air. With certainty we will hear the Shout, the Voice of the Archangel and the Trump of God!
I believe the Holy Spirit gave me a strong 'clue' Jesus is returning on the Feast of Trumpets because I am sure when He was born, angels announced His Birth (His First coming) blowing trumpets! It makes sense to me He would be born on the Feast of Trumpets and return for us on the Feast of Trumpets. May it be this Feast of Trumpets. So it be: Come Lord Jesus. The Spirit and the Bride say "Come". Halleluiah to the Lamb of God.
Blessings to all...and Peace towards all in Christ Jesus,
Carol Garza