Taking inspiration from John’s (10 Dec 2023) "The Handwriting Is On The Wall!"
The Handwriting Is On The Wall! (fivedoves.com)
Thanks John!
Especially the very intriguing teaser, "In my next post, I will show you that the year 2023 is somehow hidden in the handwriting on the wall !!! So I had to start looking myself. Although I actually found it literally hidden in the "handwriting IN the wall". I'm sure you have something different in mind but I had to share.
We often use the idiom “The Handwriting Is On the Wall” to refer to signs that something about to occur. That something, in this case, hopefully being the Bride Theft, the Harpazo, the Rapture of the Bride of Christ.
In looking at the three instances in scripture as John points out of the Finger of God writing, one can notice patterns.
The three scriptures shown below, go in order from the 2nd book of the Bible, to the 27th, to the 43rd. In like manner the material being written on by the Finger of God goes from hard to soft, from rock, to plaster, to dirt. Likewise, the person of God whose finger appears to write goes from the Father as blinding light, to apparently the Word of God, as a preincarnate disembodied finger, and then to Jesus Christ as his own fleshly “Son of Man” finger.
It should be noted that while the Finger of God is doing the writing in all three cases, the Finger is not writing ON TOP of the material. The Finger is not leaving any part of itself behind as in the case of a pencil or a pen. The Finger is writing IN the material, moving the material from its place to leave an inscription.
This seems obvious even though in English most translations say “on” instead of “in”. Below are examples of translations where this is not the case and where “in” is more faithfully represented for the three verses in the order they are found in the Bible. Above each verse is the more PROPER “in” phrasing representation of that verse along with the PROPER ASCII numerical representation of that phrase, (first letter Capitalized). It is altogether fitting and PROPER that we do this.
But in a larger sense, we can also see we have current dates that progress starting at the first verse of 2022, then 2023, and finally 2026. The date corresponding to the ‘Handwriting In The Wall” is 2023. May that be our Redemption date. If not, then the next date, the one Jesus Christ wrote, could be pointing to 2026. Even so, come quickly.
“Handwriting In The Rock” = 2022 Proper ASCII
When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God. Exodus 31:18 NIV
“Handwriting In The Wall” = 2023 Proper ASCII
Suddenly, a person’s hand appeared and began writing on the wall. The fingers scratched words into the plaster on the wall, near the lampstand in the king’s palace. The king was watching the hand as it wrote. Daniel 5:5 ERV
“Handwriting In The Dirt” = 2026 Proper ASCII
Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, “The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone.” Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt. John 8:6-8 MSG
And regardless, Looking UP!
Shalom,
Ted Porter
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Thanks, Ted!
John