No doubt the harvests are important and symbolic of the last days, but I've always considered barley, wheat, and grapes as the main harvests to consider. The other day I was driving to work and came to a stop and there was a corn field straight ahead. Having grown up in Illinois, I can remember the old saying "Knee high by the 4th of July" and started thinking about how big a part corn played in Joseph's life. That's the primary crop he was in charge of during the famine and Joseph is definitely a type of Christ. Rosh Hashanah is coming in about 10 days and the corn has to be getting close. Came across a good article I'll paste below showing the parallels between Jesus and Joseph. There is also a parallel between the 7 year famine of Joseph and the 7 years left, Daniel's 70th week also known as the Time of Jacob's Trouble. I realize the corn harvest was in Egypt and not Israel during those times, but Egypt is representative of the world system. When trying to find the common harvest time of corn in Israel, it seems like I came across everything but corn: Wheat, barley, oats, peas, chickpeas, lentils, vetch, sesame, flax, millet, grapes, figs, pomegranates, and olives across multiple sites. Hopefully the corn harvest mirrors the rapture within days.
One other note is that if the Lord is coming "as in the days of Noah", it's possible that we may get the same 7 day warning Noah did. That would also explain the time period between the wise virgins knowing what was coming imminently and the foolish virgins asking for some of their oil.
Here's the article from Rapture Ready about Jesus and Joseph:
Types in the BibleHow they Correspond to teachingBy Don Mills
Types in the Bible are a Shadow of (GOOD things to come), and not the very image of the thing, Heb 10:1. What do these Types reveal about Christ's Bride?There are now some Christians who don't believe that the Church is the Bride of Christ as strange as that sounds. There are those who don't believe in the Pre-Trib Rapture even though it is the most widely held view among Evangelicals. These people are left with no explanation for the types in the Bible that clearly reveal a Pre-Trib Rapture for the Bride of Christ! These people can not explain why some types in the Bible only add to a Pre Trib view, and sadly, many of them don't seem to care what the scripture reveals. Their minds are made up and don't confuse them with anything from the Word. They are left trying to explain away how Joseph married, Asenath a gentile bride (before the seven years of famine) and how it means nothing! Looking at the life of Joseph, a Type of Christ in the Old Testament we see too many comparisons in his life and his Marriage to ignore. The life of Isaac and his Marriage to Rebekah is another revealing type that only shows a Pre Trib position not Tribulation for his Bride.
Joseph A Type Of Christ
Joseph was a Shepherd as is Christ, Gen 37:2 John 10-11
Joseph was 30 years old when he began his Ministry as was Christ, Gen 41:46, Luke 3:23
Joseph was “beloved” of his father as was Jesus
Joseph was sent unto his brethren, so was Jesus
Joseph's brethren refused to receive him, so did the brethren of Jesus
Joseph was sold by his brethren, so was Jesus, Gen 37:27-28, Matt 26:15
Joseph was unjustly accused and condemned, Gen 39:13-14, as was Jesus
Joseph and Jesus were silent before their accusers, Gen 39:20, Mark 15:4
Joseph was buried in prison, so was Jesus in the Tomb of Joseph
Joseph was resurrected from prison and exalted to sit with Pharaoh on his throne, so Jesus was resurrected and exalted to sit on His Father's Throne.
Joseph on the throne became the dispenser of bread to starving Egypt, so Jesus on His Father's Throne is the “Bread of Life” for a perishing world. Gen 41:57
Joseph knew his brethren the first time, but they did not know him, so Jesus knew His brethren when He came the first time but they knew him not. Gen 42:7-8
Joseph made himself known to his brethren when they came the “Second time”, so Jesus will be recognized by the Jews when He comes the Second Time. Gen 45:3-4
After Joseph's revelation of himself to his brethren, they proclaim that he hast saved their lives, Gen 47:25. So when Jesus reveals Himself to His brethren the Jews they will proclaim Him alive and the Saviour Of Mankind.
Joseph then establishes his brethren and their families in the “land of Goshen”, Gen 45:10, so Jesus will re-establish the Jews in the Land Of Palestine.
The life of Joseph clearly parallels the Life of Christ. Now, when we get to looking at (the marriage of Joseph) all these types are a shadow of GOOD things to come and they add weight to the argument for a Pre Tribulation Rapture of the Bride of Christ. To argue against this is to do damage to the beauty and harmony of what the scripture is revealing.
After Joseph was exalted he got, Asenath, a Gentile Bride, so Jesus will get a Gentile Bride after his resurrection-- The Church.
AFTER Joseph got his (gentile bride) his brethren (then) suffered a SEVEN YEAR FAMINE and they came to him for corn, so AFTER Jesus gets His Bride, His brethren, the Jews, will turn to him, during the time of “Jacobs Trouble”, “Daniel's 70th week”, the “Tribulation”, for relief. The famine in Egypt is a picture of (The World), so the type shows a 7 year period of tribulation on the known world Egypt. This shows a clear Type of Gentile Bride for Joseph and how he gets his Bride BEFORE the Tribulation on the known WORLD just as Christ will get his Bride before the Tribulation on the World.
It becomes very hard to argue with the flow and harmony of scripture when we look at the types throughout the Bible that only add clear insight for a Pre-Trib Rapture of the Church, which is the Bride of Christ. It is evident that there are many different TYPES throughout scripture that help us as believers to know the TRUE meaning of GOOD things to come. We will see these meanings revealed if we don't ignore or disregard what scripture is plainly saying.
Steve M