Hello John and Doves,
Hemi wrote a letter to Doves on 5 July 2020 - about
my quandary on 'the oil and the wine' mentioned in The
Revelation. http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/july2020/hemi75-1.htm
Chance (14 June 2020) "The Dead Sea Scrolls,,,, Do not damage the Oil and the Wine."
Chance (14 June 2020) "The Dead Sea Scrolls,,,, Do not damage the Oil and the Wine."
What Hemi wrote got me to thinking more about these
two special festivals: The First Fruits of New Wine
and the First Fruits of New Oil.
For the wine/grape harvest:
The wine represents the Gentiles.
Reminded me of Micah 7, which I have written about
to Doves before.
"For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the
gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat..."
Then he goes on, "The godly man has perished
("vanished") from the earth." Micah 7:1,2
Micah is comparing the grapes of the vineyard that
have been harvested to the godly man who has vanished
(snatched away/raptured) from the earth. The grapes
have been harvested for the new wine and the godly man has
been harvested for his new life in Heaven with the
Lord. The 'godly' man is the Christian who's day of
his watchman has arrived! Leaving the Jews to face
the evil of the world without these godly Christian
people.
For the oil/olive harvest for the oil:
The oil represents the Jewish people.
The oil is olive oil.
The emblem of the State of Israel is the olive
leaves around the Menorah. Olive oil symbolizes
light - as the olive oil was the fuel to light the Menorah
in the Temple.
Olive oil was used for anointing the priests of the
Temple and kings - it was used as the holy oil in the
Bible. It was also used for cooking and lighting
lamps and was seen as a symbol of 'health, joy, and
richness'.
So there is one special day for the New Wine
(Gentiles) and one special day for the New Oil
(Jews). A 'first fruits' day of "harvest".
Hemi wrote about two raptures: one for the Gentiles
and one for the repentant Jews in the Tribulation
perhaps?" This could be, indeed.
I was listening to this video by Dr. Barry
Awe, Jul 25, 2020 "Happy Pentecost!! This is the
Feast of New Wine!! part 2" Parts of his video
adds to the above info. He talks about the new
wine harvest (wine represents the Christians) and the
oil harvest (oil represents the Jews) and the corn
harvest or grain harvest which is barley/wheat (grain
represents Jesus). Jesus already fulfilled the
barley - corn/grain harvest. So there are these
three major harvests in the Bible)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgjezjeTTJ4&t=2422s
The most common kinds of 'corn' crop in the Bible are barley and wheat and spelt. https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/corn/
Corn Definition and Meaning - Bible Dictionary
He wonders how we could live here another
year as bad as things are, but if we are here another
year, he is convinced the Rapture will be on First
fruits of New Wine. - in the 5th month.
IF our time here is 80 years tops as per the
Psalms then 1948 plus 80 years is 2028. Next year,
2021 plus 7 year Tribulation = 2028. IF all of
this is correct...2021 would be the last year possible
for the Tribulation to have 80 years past Israel being
'reborn' in 1948.
The Essenes celebrated the Festival of the
First Fruits of New Oil on 22 Elul every year. This
year, on the chabad calendar, 22 Elul is on 9/11.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance