http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPBNo_AhkNE
http://jesusiscoming2015.webs.com/whenistherapture.htm
ESTHER MADE QUEEN ON THE 7TH DAY OF HANUKKAH
Chanukah Day 7
Rosh Chodesh Tevet
Jewish History
Esther made Queen (362 BCE)
"And Esther was taken to King Achashverosh, to his palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tevet, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won his favor and kindness more than all the virgins; he placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in Vashti's stead"
Esther 1: This is what happened during the time of Xerxes…for a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and glory of his majesty. When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days, in the enclosed garden of the king’s palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest who were in the citadel of Susa. The garden had hangings of white and blue linen, fastened with cords of white linen and purple material to silver rings on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones. Wine was served in goblets of gold, each one different from the other, and the royal wine was abundant, in keeping with the king’s liberality. By the king’s command each guest was allowed to drink with no restrictions, for the king instructed all the wine stewards to serve each man what he wished.
Queen Vashti also
gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King
Xerxes.
On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at. But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.
Since it was customary for the king to consult experts in matters of law and justice, he spoke with the wise men who understood the times and were closest to the king—Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memukan, the seven nobles of Persia and Media who had special access to the king and were highest in the kingdom.
“According to law, what must be done to Queen Vashti?” he asked. “She has not obeyed the command of King Xerxes that the eunuchs have taken to her.”
Then Memukan replied in the presence of the king and the nobles, “Queen Vashti has done wrong, not only against the king but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces of King Xerxes. For the queen’s conduct will become known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.’ This very day the Persian and Median women of the nobility who have heard about the queen’s conduct will respond to all the king’s nobles in the same way. There will be no end of disrespect and discord.
“Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she. Then when the king’s edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”
Luke 14: Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’
“Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’
“Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’
“The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’
“‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’
“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”
Through these stories, we can clearly see that Jesus invited His Bride (Israel) to come to His Wedding Feast of the 7th day of Tabernacles. She refused to come. And not just the nation of Israel, but many “Christians” who are just too busy for the Lord. They are defiled. They were invited, but did not want to come and obey the orders of their Master.
So, Esther was chosen to replace Queen Vashti. And what day was she crowned? According to Jewish custom, it was on the 7th day of Hannukah, the first day of the tenth month of Tevet. I believe the Bride of Christ will be crowned on the first day of Tevet (December 14-15, 2012).
Psalm 81:3-4: “Sound the ram's horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our Feast; this is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.” The ram’s horn (trumpet) is to sound at the New Moon. I believe the New Moon will be sighted on December 14, 2012, making the 7th day of Hanukkah, the first day of Tevet, the day we are crowned as Jesus’ Bride. The Scriptures teach that the Rapture takes place at the sound of the last trumpet.
Biblical Astronomy: Signs in the Heavens
The mission of Biblical Astronomy is to study and research signs in the heavens that are relevant to Biblical prophecy and make the research available for others to study and consider. "And God said let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and days, and years:"
GENESIS 1:14
The heavens declare
the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work
of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they
reveal knowledge.
They have no
speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice goes out
into all the earth,
their words to the ends of
the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
It is like a bridegroom coming
out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run
his course.
It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the
other;
nothing is deprived of its
warmth.
Psalm 19:1-6
If God made the stars, and they are for "signs" (Gen. 1:14), it is logical to ask, "What are the signs He is talking about?" The wise men (magi) from the east who visited the young child Jesus must have been very assured of the signs that they read in the heavens. They were convinced enough of the star they observed in the east to travel a great distance by camel. These wise men were priests from the country where Daniel and the children of Israel had been led captive. Their culture was schooled in the study of the stars. Daniel was made chief and master over all the wise men and astrologers of Babylon (Daniel 2:48 and 5:11). Daniel could have identified to these priests the promise of the coming Messiah to be born of the tribe of Judah, and out of the house of David.
Before we can
understand the signs, or understand the picture that the
Lord was trying to paint for us in the heavens in
October 2012, we first need to understand the
"characters" of the story. Here are the commonly held
beliefs among Biblical astronomers as to what certain
planets and constellations represent:
Mars
represents Michael, or war
Jupiter
represents the Father God
Constellations:
Virgo
represents the Bride of Christ, the woman who gave birth to the male child
Scorpio
The Conflict, the Serpent's coils, the struggle with the Enemy, the toiling Vanquisher of evil. The cleaving or wounding. The sting, the deadly wound.
Taurus
The coming Judge and Ruler. In Taurus, the picture is that of a Bull rushing forward with mighty energy and fierce wrath, his horns set so as to push his enemies, and pierce them through and destroy them. It is a prophecy of Messiah, the coming Judge and Ruler, and “Lord of all the earth.”
Draco
The Dragon constellation. The constellation of Draco the dragon has long been associated with the serpent who tempted Eve. It is referred to in Scripture. In Job 26:13 and Isaiah 27:1, it is called "the crooked serpent".
Stars
represent angels
Meteors/shooting stars
represent fallen angels
On October 7/8, 2012, Draco (the Dragon constellation) was spitting out shooting stars (meteors). Revelation 12: 3-4, 7-9: “Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red DRAGON with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads. Its tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. Then war broke out in heaven. MICHAEL and HIS ANGELS fought against the DRAGON, and the DRAGON and HIS ANGELS fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great DRAGON was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and HIS ANGELS WITH HIM.
So, we had the sign of the Dragon being cast down to the earth and bringing 1/3 of the stars along with him in the constellation of Draco, the Dragon. Michael is the angel in Revelation 12 that casts the dragon down. In Biblical astronomy, Mars represents war or the archangel Michael. Michael (represented by Mars) moved into the scorpion's territory on October 6, 2012, and then Oct 7/8 we have the sign of the dragon being cast down to the earth.
Not only do we have the sign of the Dragon and his angels being cast down on the 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, but we also saw the DRAGON space capsule launched on the night of October 7, 2012. CNN reported that this was the start of a "NEW ERA". October 7, 2012, was the 7th day of the Feast of Tabernacles. The Scriptures clearly pointed to that date as the Rapture of the Church. However, Haggai 2 teaches us that there is a second Feast of Tabernacles on Hanukkah if the first Feast of Tabernacles is unable to be kept. Haggai 2 points to the shaking of the heavens and the earth starting during the Feast of Hanukkah.
October 16, 2012 – The Sun (representing
the Bright Morning Star, Jesus) is
positioned right at the bottom of the birth canal in Virgo. The Moon
is under the feet of Virgo,
perfectly aligned with the stars in her feet. Saturn
(representing Satan or
the Dragon or
Cronos, the god who eats his own children) is right next
to the Sun, waiting
to devour the baby as soon as it is born. Revelation
12:4-5; 13-17: “The DRAGON stood
in front of the WOMAN
who was about to give birth, so that it
might devour her child the moment he was born. She gave
birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the
nations with an iron scepter.” And her child was
snatched up to God and to his throne. 
When the DRAGON saw that he had
been hurled to the earth, he pursued the WOMAN who
had given birth to the male child. The WOMAN was
given the two wings of a great eagle, that she might FLY TO THE PLACE
PREPARED FOR HER IN THE WILDERNESS, where
she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s
reach. Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like
a river, to overtake the woman and
sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped
the woman by
opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out
of his mouth. Then the dragon was enraged at
the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of
her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold
fast their testimony about Jesus.”
So, right
after this sign in the heavens, the Bible is telling us
that the Bride of
Christ will be taken to a place prepared
for her by God, and that the dragon
(Satan) will then go after the rest of
the Christians on the earth that did not make the
Rapture or those who accept Christ during the
Tribulation period.
October 2012 – For the
entire month, Jupiter (representing
Father God)
is in the constellation Taurus (the
coming Judge and Ruler), right between the horns of the
bull. In Taurus, the picture is that of a Bull rushing
forward with mighty energy and fierce wrath, his horns set so as to push his enemies, and
pierce them through and destroy them. It is a prophecy
of Messiah, the coming Judge and Ruler, and “Lord of all
the earth.”
Also, of special notice in October 2012, is that the constellations representing the Eagle and the Swan can be seen throughout the month of October. The Eagle of course reminds us that we are being given Eagle’s wings to fly to a place prepared for us where we will be protected. The Swan, as seen in the picture, forms the shape of a cross, and spreads its wings to fly. The Church is getting ready to fly away.
November
2012: The
next sign we are to watch for is a solar and lunar eclipse, where the sun and
moon are darkened. There was a solar eclipse
taking place on November 12,
2012, and a lunar eclipse
on November 28, 2012.
Isaiah 24: The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake. The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is violently shaken...The moon will be dismayed, the sun ashamed; (solar and lunar eclipse Nov 2012) for the Lord Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders—with great glory.
Isaiah 13:9-11 See, the day of the Lord is coming - a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger - to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light (solar and lunar eclipse Nov 2012). I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
December 2012: GEMINI,
CASTOR AND POLLUX: the last sign?
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/radiant-point-for-geminid-meteor-shower
The 2012
Geminid shower comes on strong around December 12 and 13
every year. In a moon-free sky, you could possibly see
as many as 50 meteors per hour in the wee hours after
midnight. Fortunately, the new moon guarantees dark
skies for the peak nights of the December 2012 Geminid
shower. If the forecast holds, the Geminids will be
falling most richly on the night of December 13, though
the nights of December 12 and 14 should also be good. Generally, the most Geminids fall
the wee hours after midnight, from about 1 a.m. to 3
a.m. local time. In
other words, the morning of December 14 will
probably be best for watching this year’s 2012
Geminid shower.
And after three months we departed in a ship of
Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor
and Pollux. Acts 28:11
December 14-15, 2012, is the first day of the fourth
month counting from Trumpets. Paul mentions in Acts
28:11 that AFTER 3
MONTHS, they DEPARTED ON A SHIP
and the sign of the ship was Castor and Pollux.
I know what you are thinking. What does this have to do
with the Rapture? Well, Castor and Pollux are the twin
heads of the constellation of Gemini. Right on December
14, 2012, we have the best time for watching a meteor
shower in the constellation of Gemini. People everywhere
will be “lifting up
their heads” to watch the meteor shower.
Jesus told us when we see all these signs of His return,
to “lift up our 
heads,
because our redemption was drawing near.”
Could this be a clue from the Lord that when we look up
to the sky to watch a meteor shower in the constellation
of Gemini, whose twin heads are Castor and Pollux, that
this is the time of His coming to get His Bride, on the
7 th day of the Feast
of Hanukkah? This just happens to be the first day of the fourth
month since the Jewish New Year began on
the Feast of Trumpets. Paul says – “AFTER THREE MONTHS
we DEPARTED ON A SHIP”. Could this ship
be a UFO on the first day of the fourth month of the
Jewish New Year when people are lifting up their heads
to the constellation where Castor and Pullox are
located? Jesus told us that there would be signs in the
sun, moon, and stars. We just had a solar and lunar
eclipse take place in November 2012. That was a sign in
the sun and moon. Then we have another sign in the stars
pointing right to December 14/15, 2012,
the 6th/7th day of Hanukkah.
Revelation 12
Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
“Now have come the
salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his
Messiah.
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters,
who accuses them before our God
day and night,
has been hurled down.
They triumphed over him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their
testimony;
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death.
Therefore rejoice,
you heavens
and you who dwell in them!
But woe to the earth and the sea,
because the devil has gone down
to you!
He is filled with fury,
because he knows that his time
is short.”
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach. Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus."
I believe we may be seeing a literal fulfillment of Revelation 12.
1. On October 7/8, 2012, we had Draco (representing the Dragon) hurling out shooting stars (representing fallen angels).
2. We also saw the “Dragon” space capsule launched on October 7, 2012.
3. On October 16, 2012, we had the sign of the woman with 12 stars (Virgo) giving birth to the Sun (representing Jesus) and Saturn (representing Satan) was there ready to destroy the child and the moon was under the feet of Virgo.
4. On October 28, 2012, we had the “Dragon” space capsule hurled to the earth.
5. Solar eclipse on November 12 and Lunar eclipse on November 28.
6. December 14/15, 2012 - Meteor shower in GEMINI: the last sign?