Hello Jean Stepnoski, John and
Doves,
She wrote
about the 'season of Shavuot' and the 'season of
Pentecost '- the end of
Shavuot, the end of Pentecost and the end of the month
of Elul. By the end of Elul, these seasons are
"complete" and "fulfilled".
The Torah calendar has 30 days in
Elul, So does the Essene. Others, I've seen,
have 29 days.
The
Torah Calendar is a month earlier than some other
calendars - it has Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets) 1
Tishrei on Sept 4/5. This probably is the day they
are expecting the sighting of the new moon. And
the month of Elul is 30 days long, ending on Sept 3/4.
Torah
Calendar
There are other Hebrew calendars
that are a month off from the Torah calendar, some do not
use the sighting of the new moon, some differ in the
number of days in a month.
(The prophetic
count of 1260 days is 42 months - where each month is 30
days long. Maybe that's what we should see in the
Hebrew calendar. I believe the months should start
with the sighting of the new moon.)
But in general - we're looking at the end of
Elul. Jean is directing us to the end of Elul.
In this month, the Jews believe
that the King is in the field and He calls out to all to
come meet with Him. And He will call you His
beloved. Elul is Hebrew 'betulah' for maiden or
virgin. This is the month of coming close to God - of
seeing Him face to face.
The month following Elul is
Tishrei with Yom Teruah/Feast of Trumpets/Rosh Hashanah -
the Jews believe this is the day for divine judgment of
all humanity.
I see an interesting picture of
the Rapture sometime during the last days of Elul before
'the divine judgment' begins on Rosh Hashanah.
I remember reading Jean's
9/13/2023 letter last year. This is very interesting
to me because Jean listed "25 motifs, 25 reasons why Elul
30 shall be noteworthy LAST DAY." Jesus
promised He would 'raise us up on the LAST DAY'.
Jean asked, "The LAST DAY of what?"
Jean lists the 25 "Last Day"
themes for the month of Elul. The Last Day before
the Last Trump?
The Last Day of Elul is the
completion of the Pentecost Season. It is the
completion of the Shavuots also.
Jean also wrote this letter:
ELUL
30: LAST DAY
"Last Day of Elul: Last Day of the Teshuvah
(repentance), Last Day of the season of Pentecost -
Pentecost "fully come"; Last Day for judgement day of
Yom Teruah; Last Day before Heaven's Gates open for the
Days of Awe; Last Day before the shofars are blown on
Yom Teruah; the Last Day for the summer fruit and wine
season; Last Day for The Age of Grace; Last Day for "the
bringing in of the fullness of the Gentiles.."
etc. (more at the link)
There are some here who
believe, using a different calendar, that we still have
the Feast of New Oil - the last Shavuot - in our future.
The Torah calendar has August 5
to 6.
The new moon of Tishrei is
expected on September 3 at 0456 Jerusalem time.
This is NOT the sighted moon. Probably won't
be sighted until September 4. This would put the
chabad.org plus off one day...so the last day of Elul
would be October 2/3 With Rosh Hashanah on October 3/4.
The Shavuot
Festivals:
There are three Shavuot festivals
in the Qumran: Wheat, Wine and Oil.
Feast of Firstfruit of the New
Wheat/Shavuot 1
Feast of Firstfruits of New
Wine/Shavuot 2
Feast of Firstfruits of the New
Oil/Shavuot 3
The word "shavuot" means "weeks"
in Hebrew.
Each of these feasts is found by
counting weeks - 50 days. Each of these feasts
involves a bikkurim (first fruit) offering to the Lord.
On each shavuot, the Jewish
people would bring the bikkurim or "first fruits" to the
Temple in Jerusalem. These firstfruits were offered
to the Lord.
So, the "season of Shavuots" ends
with the last Feast of Firstfruits - New Oil. Which
is on the last day of Elul or very near to this last
day. Remember, the last trump for Elul is blown on
29 Elul. (using a 30 day month of Elul)
The Month of Elul:
This article has some very
interesting information about Elul:
Elul is made up of the Hebrew
letters "aleph, lamed, vav and lemed" - they are an
acronym for "Ani l'dodi v'dodi, li" which is a verse in
Song of Songs: "I am my beloved and my beloved is
mine."
"Traditionally, the shofar is
blown each morning (except on Shabbat) from the first day
of Elul until the day before Rosh Hashanah." So, the
next to the last day of Elul could be "the last trump"?
"Elul is also a time of year
during which Jews traditionally visit the graves of loved
ones." On the day of the Rapture, the dead in Christ
are raised from their graves.
Feast of New Oil in the
Month Of Elul:
There have been several letters
recently about the Feast of New Oil. And this feast
has been counted out to the Last Day before Yom
Teruah. (other Feast of New Oil dates are close to
this Last Day - near the end of Elul.)
Could Feast of New Oil
also be the Last Day? I counted out 50
days to October 2 - the day before Rosh Hashanah on
certain calendars.. (see link below)
September 11, September 25,
October 2.
This article notes that these
firstfruit days end three days before the seventh month
starts...so that would be 27 Elul.. So Feast of New
Oil is on 27 Elul. ?
This would put Feast of New Oil
three days before Rosh Hashanah. So this date would
be about 27 Elul.
The Last Day of Elul is the day
before the month of Tishrei begins - many believe that
Feast of Trumpets will be the start of the Tribulation.
The Essenes have 22 Elul as Feast of New Oil
- September 8.
Once the new moon is sighted in Jerusalem
for Elul it will be pretty easy to count to 22 or 27 or
29 or 30..... (IF we are in the month of
Av now.)
As I wrote in my last week's letter - Dr. Awe has
talked about the Feast of New Oil; in his latest youtube
video he says he's looking for the Rapture from now
through Feast of Tabernacles. He said that "the
Feast of Oil could be the only feast that the Lord has yet
to fulfill...that is the day before the Feast of
Trumpets." (October 5, 2024)
YHVH
lifted Moses "drawn from the waters" up out of the world
on Elul 1 - YouTube
Rosh Hashanah, 1 Tishrie is the 'beginning' - The
Torah starts with "In the beginning" - bereishit - which
is the reverse of the word of 1 Tishrie. So, "in the
beginning" is 1 Tishrei. "On 1 Tishrie, God created
the heavens and the earth."
The Last Day or a day or two or three before Rosh
Hashanah (Day 1 of Tishrie) - could be a very good
possibility for the Rapture - when the Believers would
start their first day in Heaven but the world would start
their first day in the Tribulation. A very
significant day for all. A new "beginning" for all.
And it's possible the Feast of New Oil falls at the
end of Elul - possibly being the last day in Elul when the
shofar is blown - on Elul 29 (or on the Last Day,
itself). This would fulfill the Feast of New Oil in
the cycle of feasts with Jesus at His coming in the clouds
in the Rapture.
Thank you for your letter, Jean. Even though
I've written about Feast of New Oil with a different
calendar - your information on the Last Day of Elul is
pretty coincidental with the Feast of New Oil count to the
day before Rosh Hoshanah. No matter which calendar
is used.
I'll be watching for the new moon sighting in
Jerusalem for this next month of Elul. And I will
count out the days. Unless something happens in
September!
And note: Jean put her letter out last week as
"Supreme Importance" - Jean has the
Last Day of Elul on the Torah calendar as
sunset September 3 to sunset September 4
- not that far in the future. Feast of New Oil on
the Torah Calendar, 22 Elul is sunset August 26
to sunset August 27. Or if Feast of New Oil IS on the
Last Day that would be Sept 3/4.
Torah
Calendar
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance