Hello, John and Doves,
As
we [some of us, at least] celebrate the eight days of Hanukkah, we are
reminded of a familiar passage in the Brit Chadashah [New Covenant].
See the article below for modern Jewish practice today:
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/103868/jewish/Menorah-Lighting-Guide.htm
It is written,
Further Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims
22Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24The
Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you
keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30I and the Father are one.”
John 10:22-30 NIV
What about the timing of the Rapture???
Here’s an intriguing clue.
It is written,
8Ah, I hear my lover coming!
He is leaping over the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9My lover is like a swift gazelle
or a young stag.
Look, there he is behind the wall,
looking through the window,
peering into the room.
10My lover said to me,
“Rise up, my darling!
Come away with me, my fair one!
11Look, the winter is past,
and the rains are over and gone.
12The flowers are springing up,
the season of singing birds
has come,
and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.
13The fig trees are forming young fruit,
and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming.
Rise up, my darling!
Come away with me, my fair one!”
Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Three things are possible—or not!
Thing the first:
The Rapture could occur in Spring.
Thing the second:
Yeshua will come on time—on or about Yom Kippur 5776, but His Reign has
been counted from the year 3794 [which included Hanukkah of 32AD, as
well as Pesach (Passover) of 33AD].
Or maybe
His reign was counted from Nisan, six months after He turned 30 (that
would make the date the Spring of 31AD—six months after Sukkot 3793).
That would mean that He died before He reached 33 years old!!!
He has yet to come into His inheritance!
But wait! Maybe I’ve been wrong, and Rebbe was conceived in an acceptable year, 3759—the 537th Sabbath year since Creation. That would make His Huledet on Sukkot of 3760, or Saturday, 13th
December 2BC (or thereabouts. That would make it on the evening of the
Sabbath [the first part of the Sabbath, after the sun has set].
“But the child who is born on the Sabbath day
Is fair and wise and good in every way.”
So goes the last line in a modern rendition of the poem, “Monday’s Child.”
Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach would have been 33 ½ years old when He died on the Cross, also in an acceptable year, 3794—the 542nd Sabbath year since Creation.
537 = 3 X 179. 179 is the 41st prime. 41 is the 13th prime,
meaning that Rebbe Yehoshua HaMoshiach was born to die. 13 can be seen
as “Within the One is the Three (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The
meaning of these mathematical facts is in Colossians 2:9.
It is written,
For all The Fullness of The Deity dwells in him bodily.
Colossians 2:9 Aramaic Bible in plain English
542 = 2 X 271. 271 is the 58th prime. 58 = 2 X 29. 29 is the number of departure.
At
any rate, look for a major renaissance of faith from Pesach 5775
[Passover 2015] to Sukkot 5776 [Tabernacles 2015-- Yom huledet sameach,
Yehoshua!].
That
works out to the evening of 3 April 2015 [the same Gentile day that
Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (Master, King, The Messiah) died on the Cross
to pay for our sins 1982 years ago (Isaiah 53:6 7,12; Leviticus 16:22)]
to the evening of 5 October 2015 (the end of Shemini Atzeret). http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Shemini_AtzeretSimchat_Torah/History/Shemini_Atzeret_Development.shtml
1982 = 2 X 991. 991 is the 167th prime. 167 is the 39th prime.
39 = 3 X 13. These mathematical facts point to a certain passage in Isaiah.
[We
were looking for one verse that speaks of triply bad karma (to borrow a
Sanskrit word). Verses five and six below tells us plainly that He
took our sins upon Himself.]
It is written,
4Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:4-6
Again, it is written,
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21 NIV
This
season of faith [for those who respond] may last even until and through
Hanukkah 5776, of which the eighth day ends on the evening of 14
December 2015 [Yehoshua was conceived on one of the days of Hanukkah—the
first day, I think.]
But He is the King eternal, from everlasting to everlasting.
So, maybe
His reign was counted from when He was born, in 2BC (in the year
3760—thus rendering it impossible that by any means He might have been
killed when He was but a babe or toddler. [Isaiah 9:7, Hebrews 6:18]
Well, one thing is for certain:
10
Nisan 3794—May 29-30, 33AD—marked the day that Yeshua HaMashiach [the
same One who is the Lamb of God (Isaiah 53, John 1:29, Revelation 6:16)]
was hailed as King of the Jews. Palm Monday was the daytime portion of
Nisan 10. Four days later, on Friday, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was
crucified. Yom Shishi—the sixth day—is the Preparation Day for the
Sabbath. No fire is allowed to be kindled on the Sabbath [Exodus
35:3]. 14th Nisan has two evenings, so Yeshua was able to eat Passover with His friends as 13 Nisan became 14 Nisan, as per Scripture.
God invented the legal loophole, don’t you know!
It is written,
In
the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the
evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
Exodus 12:18 NIV
When does a Jewish day begin?
It is written,
God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.
Genesis 1:5 NIV
Keeping Genesis in mind, we look at Abraham and Isaac, in particular,
Genesis 22:6 and 22:14.
It is written,
17And
carrying by himself HaEtz (The Tree) [BERESHIS (Genesis) 22:6; DEVARIM
(Deuteronomy) 21:23], he went out to the place being called Mekom
HaGulgolet (Place of the Skull), which is called in Aramaic Gulgolta. 18There
they hanged Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach on HaEtz and with him two others
on this side and on that side, and, in the middle, Rebbe, Melech
HaMoshiach. 19And, also, Pilate wrote out an inscription and had it placarded on top of HaEtz (The Tree). And what it said was, YEHOSHUA, THE ONE FROM NATZERET, MELECH HAYEHUDIM. 20This inscription, therefore, many of those of Yehudah read, because the place where Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was hanged on HaEtz was near the Ir (City). And it had been written in Ivrit, in Latin, and in Greek. 21Therefore,
the Judean Rashei Hakohanim were saying to Pilate, Do not write Melech
HaYehudim. Rather write, That one said I am Melech HaYehudim. 22In reply, Pilate said, What I have written, I have written [1Chr 21:17; Isa 53:8].
John 19:17-22 Orthodox Jewish Bible
Thing the third:
Je ne sais quoi.
Site for the schedule of Passion Week, long ago:
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/the-triumphal-entry
~Blessings,
Mike