Hello John and Doves,
The month of Elul is the sixth
month of the Jewish religious calendar. The month starts on
August 17 sunset to August 18 sunset - 1 Elul.
On the chabad/torah calendar.
The astral sign of Elul is the
sign of betulah ("virgin"). Elul is the month of the
bride. (Which reminds me of The Parable of the Ten
Virgins.)
The sliver of the new moon will
probably be seen 24 to 48 hours later.
22 Elul is the First Fruits of New
Oil. Sept 7/8 on the chabad/torah calendars.
There is a rare super blue moon
August 30-31. (The last super blue moon was December
2009.)
And the Perseid meteor shower will
finish up around August 24.
The month ends on 29 Elul (Sept
14/15) - the eve of Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets as the
next month of Tishrei begins, September 15/16.
run time 7:50
Near the end of this dream Dana says he saw the
Heavens open and he saw the Lord with His angels; and the
Lord said "Arise My bride, arise My bride and prepare to
pray. Arise My bride, arise My bride and prepare for
battle. And last He said "Arise My bride, arise My
bride and prepare to see My face for I am coming soon and
My reward is with Me"; he then hears the sound of a
thousand shofars being blown all at once. He awoke
after this.
Pastor Dana thinks battles are coming. He
also said that the Lord only calls us His bride when He's
ready to come get us. He says he is not setting a
date for the return of the Lord. He says the Lord is
waking the church up.
"It is customary (during
the month of Elul) to blow the shofar every morning
(except on Shabbat) from Rosh Hodesh Elul (the first day of
the month) until the day before Rosh Hosahanah....Many
Jews also visit the graves of loved one throughout the month
in order to remember and honor those people..."
Elul - Wikipedia
So the shofar is silent on the last
day of Elul - so the "last trump" of Elul would be 28, Sept
13/14
"..the custom of blowing the shofar
is a wake-up call to sleepers..." 'Sleepers' reminds
me of 'those who sleep' - are dead. 1 Corinthians
15:51 "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed."
"...the Hebrew letters that make
the word "Elul", aleph, lamed, vav and lamed are an acronym
for the phrase (from the biblical Song of Songs) ani l'dodi
v'dodi li, which mean "I am to my beloved and my beloved is
to me."...which represents our relationship with our
Creator, which is often paralleled to that of a husband and
wife, a bride and groom..."
"The Zohar explains that at the
beginning of Elul we are 'achor el achor', meaning "back to
back", and by the end of Elul we are 'panim el panim', "face
to face." "...this is the month in which - "the King
is in the field"...Is it not the month when G-d is more
accessible than ever, when He is waiting for us to greet
Him, when He is there for us in the "field" of our everyday
lives?"
The
Jewish Heart - The Secret of Elul - Chabad.org
"The King is in the field"
denotes the harvest. Maybe the 'harvest' of
dead and living Believers at the 'last trump'?
Elul means harvest. It "originated
from the Akkadian word for "harvest".
run time 8:12
"The expression, "no man knows the
Day or the Hour" was a Hebrew idiom telling those who
understood, the very day He was coming back on."
"The Day and Hour no man knows' was a riddle, not a
command."
The Vine -
sightedmoon.com
Is it possible that Believers will
know the day of the Rapture? I believe so. We
are told to watch. It's not a random order - it's a
command from Jesus - it's for a specific day. I
believe that day will be revealed. We are watching for
IT.
Elul contains several 'interesting
possibilities' for the Rapture. The new moon, 1 Elul;
the Festival of New Oil, 22 Elul; the last trump of Elul, 28
Elul.
Dr. Awe and Aaron also have this
interesting video of encouragement:
run time 1:04:06
One day we will meet Him face to
face. After the harvest of the dead and living
Believers.
"Blessed are those servants whom
the master, when he comes, will find watching. Luke
12:37
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance