> Kevin N
> 2017 /5777-The Divine Completion of Spiritual Perfection

> Key years all end in 7: 1517, 1897, 1917, 1947, 1967, 2017

> And what about signs in the heavens?...About 6 or 7 years ago, I asked > the Lord what were the important signs of His return. I immediately > received this word in my mind: “Signs in the heavens.” This surprised me > because I had expected that it would be something in Israel or perhaps > world conditions. “Signs in the heavens” had never come to my mind until > then. When we look at the blood moons, the total solar eclipses, and the > sign of Revelation 12 this coming Rosh Hashanah, the time of our > departure may even be sooner than we expect.

SINCE 7 MEANS COMPLETION AND PERFECTION, 2017 MAKES SENSE FOR THE FIRST-TRUMP RAPTURE

What about the predictions of Rabbi Ben Samuel in 1217? Did he predict anything for 2017?

He said, “The prophet Elijah, who will precede the Messiah, appeared to me and revealed many things to me”....

"If indeed 1217 and 1517 were jubilee years as Judah Ben Samuel believed, then his prophecy was exactly right, because exactly 400 years after the Turks took control of Jerusalem they were driven out of the city and the holy land in 1917 by the Allied forces under the command of General George Allenby – on Hanukkah, by the way.

"But it gets more interesting still.

"The rabbi also prophesied that during the ninth Jubilee Jerusalem would be a “no-man’s land.” This is exactly what happened from 1917 to 1967, due to the fact that the Holy Land was placed under British Mandate in 1917 by the League of Nations and literally “belonged” to no nation.

"Even after Israel’s war of independence in 1948-49, Jerusalem was still divided by a strip of land running right through the heart of the city, with Jordan controlling the eastern part of the city and Israel controlling the western part of the city. That strip of land was considered and even called “no-man’s land” by both the Israelis and the Jordanians.

"It was not until the Six Day War in 1967 when the entire West Bank of the Holy Land was conquered by the Israeli army that the whole city of Jerusalem passed back into the possession of Israel. So once again the prophecy made by the rabbi 750 years previously was fulfilled to the letter.

"It certainly would be significant if both 1917 and 1967 were Jubilee years, considering the significance of what happened in Jerusalem on those years. But it gets even more interesting, because Judah Ben Samuel also prophesied that during the 10th Jubilee Jerusalem would be under the control of the Jews and the Messianic “end times” would begin. If he’s right, the 10th Jubilee began in 1967 and will be concluded in 2017."
Israel Today: http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/12th-century-rabbi-predicted-israels-future/#jdQ3e37UAQAxu8w3.99

According to Rabbi Ben Samuel, the 10th Jubilee will end in 2017. Elijah would know, because he is to return to Earth at the Mid-Trib Rapture.

Mal 4:5 says, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD".

Rev 11:1-3 says, "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, RISE (i.e., in the Mid-Trib Rapture), and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2  But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3  And I will give power unto my two witnesses (i.e., Moses and Elijah), and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."

"12th-century Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel predicted 2017 as the year of Messiah."
http://www.unsealed.org/2015/11/2017-to-2024-tribulation-theory.html

I think the Church was born on Pentecost and will be raptured on Pentecost. I expect the Mid-Trib Rapture on Sunday, June 4, 2017.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ was written about "the things which are, and the things which will be hereafter" (Rev 1:19).

The Rapture is Mid-Trib, because some will be cast into GREAT TRIBULATION at that time.

Rev 2:22 says, "Behold, I will cast her (i.e., some in the church of Thyatira) into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into GREAT TRIBULATION, except they repent of their deeds."

I like what Helena Lehman wrote:

"According to the hidden symbology of the Book of Revelation also, the Rapture and appearance of the Two Witnesses are prophetically tied to the Middle of the Tribulation. This can be discerned by the fact that the Two Witnesses appear in Revelation, Chapter 11, which is the Middle Chapter in the Book of Revelation’s 22 Chapters, and they serve for 1,260 Days or 3-1/2 years.

"Furthermore, the Woman Clothed With The Sun being taken to the Wilderness or Place Of Refuge (in the Rapture) appears in Revelation, Chapter 12, and she is assigned to Her place for 1,260 Days or 3-1/2 Years! Therefore, the appearance of the Two Witnesses coincides with the Rapture of the Bride of Christ in the MIDDLE of the Tribulation!...

"But, after much study and prayer, I have come to the conclusion that many of the theories of the big-name Prophecy Teachers are incorrect, and the Rapture is a Mid-Tribulation event".
https://www.facebook.com/helena.lehman/posts/10202819640028639

I agree.

THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL WILL BE HEARD MID-TRIB

1Th 4:16,17 is clear. It says, "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with THE VOICE OF THE ARCHANGEL, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."

Rev 12:6-10 says, "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days (i.e., during the Great Tribulation). 7  And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8  And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9  And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now (arti, just now, i.e., Mid-Trib) is come salvation (soteria, rescue, deliverance, i.e., the First-Trump Rapture), and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night."

Agape,
Marilyn Agee
mjagee@verizon.net
prophecycorner.theforeverfamily.com