Was the killing of innocent women and children on the Sabbath a 7-day warning to us of what is coming? Oh, but December 14th was a Friday, not a Saturday! Or was it? When do the Jews begin their day? At sundown. When did the sun set in Israel on December 14th? At 4:29 p.m. The Sabbath in Israel began at 4:30 p.m., which was 9:30 a.m. EST. When did the shooting begin in Connecticut? At 9:30 a.m. Did I catch your attention? A group of innocent women and children were just killed on a Sabbath right before winter starts. Does any of this ring some bells?
Is there any Biblical evidence that December 21, 2012, could be the Rapture and/or start of the Great Tribulation? Well, if we go back to what Jesus said in Matthew 24, when the disciples asked Jesus when all of these things would happen and what the sign of His coming would be, He replied by pointing them to the events that happened in 167 BC, when there was an abominable sacrifice offered at the altar, the Jews had to flee into the mountains for 3 years and the women and children were killed on the Sabbath. The Book of Maccabees tells us that this all started on the 25th of Kislev. I looked on the Rosetta Stone calendar converter and in 167 BC, the 25th day of Kislev was December 14, on our Gregorian calendar date. The following Sabbath was December 20. Rather than pointing to Hanukkah as the start of the Great Tribulation, could Jesus have been pointing to the actual dates on our calendar? Could He have been telling the Jews when He said, “pray that your flight does not take place on the Sabbath or in winter” that if they wait until the first Sabbath of winter to flee to the mountains, that it will be too late? Could He have been pointing to December 14 and December 20 as significant dates?
What happened on December 14, 2012? A group of women and children were killed. What time did this happen? At 9:30 am EST. That would be 4:30 pm Israel time. What time did the sun set in Israel on December 14? At 4:29 pm. Their Sabbath had just begun. Immediately as the Sabbath begins in Israel, the killing of innocent women and children began. Could the Lord be giving us a 7-day warning of what is about to take place? Is He reminding us of the women and children who were killed on the Sabbath in 167 BC? Could He be telling the Jews (or maybe the world if there is a pole shift coming) that if they wait until the first Sabbath of winter to flee to the mountains, that it will be too late?
When all of these things took place in 167 BC, Kislev 25 (December 14) would become the first day of Hanukkah 3 years later. Tivet 1 (December 20) would become the 7th day of Hanukkah 3 years later. Perhaps the Lord is pointing us to December 20-22, 2012, as being very significant times, and possibly even the Rapture and start of the Great Tribulation. Could the 3 days of darkness be 3 prophetic years of darkness starting on, or within a day of, December 21, 2012, and ending 1080 days later (360X3) on December 6, 2015, which is the first day of Hanukkah, the 25th day of Kislev?