Chance (18 July 2021)
"Zadok Calendar and Possible Rapture Dates"


 

Hello John and Doves,
 
Back on 27 Jun 2021, I wrote a letter to Doves about the New Wine Festival:
17 Tammuz, 9 Av, New Wine Festival/Pentecost, Nine Days, and Three Weeks - High Watch Time
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/june2021/chance627-1.htm
 
Since I wrote that letter I came across these two videos on youtube.  These are on the Sue Keith channel.
 
She brings up some very interesting points about the Feast of New Wine and it possibly being the day of the Rapture.

(541) Vid 88 Rapture In The Feast Of New Wine Pt 1 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guUoPjXXJoU
run time: 12:07

(541) Vid89 Feast of New Wine Pt 2 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHD374dLKZ8
run time: 23:51
 
In Pt 2 she talks about her research on this feast day and has looked at various calendars.  She believes that the Zadok priest's solar calendar of 364 days is the 'correct' calendar and that the Zakok priests wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls - not the Essenes.
 
The Temple Scroll (one of the Dead Sea Scrolls) tells us about the New Wine Festival - that it's on the 3rd day of the 5th month - 3 Av.  She's found several groups that follow the Zadok solar calendar - and their calendars  differ by a few days.  So she believes this feast day is around July 18 - 25.  July 18 is Sunday and July 25 is Sunday.  This is just a possible time period for the Rapture.
 
(Who was Zadok?  Zadok was a priest in the time of King David.  "Zadok established a high priestly dynasty which continued until approximately 171 B.C.E., both in the First and Second Temple periods.  He first appears, together with Abiathar, as the priest in charge of the Ark at the time of Absalom's revolt.  He and Abiathar joined David in his flight from Jerusalem, carrying the Ark with them, but the king ordered them to return to the capital to inform him of events in Absalom's court.  There they had freedom of movement and were able to deliver messages to David about the rebel's intrigues..'  Zadok and Nathan the prophet were instructed by King David to anoint Solomon king.  "For his loyal service in anointing Solomon, Zadok was made chief priest.)
Zadok
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/zadok
 
Sue has a link to a Jewish "Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Jewish Mystical Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem" Israel Studies Lecture on youtube: 
(541) Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Were They Forgotten? - A Lecture by Rachel Elior - YouTube
run time: 1:23:52
 
Sue tells us about the Feast of New Wine - it is an annual festival of the Lord:  "Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebanon."  Judges 21:19  This annual feast of the Lord is Feast of New Wine.
 
One thing she did not mention was the reference in John 2:1 to "On the third day" of the wedding in Cana of Galilee...this "third day" is the 3rd of Av - the Feast of New Wine. I believe that this is understood in the story/verse.  This is where we are told about Jesus' first miracle - changing the water into wine.
 
So much is about 'the wine', as Sue points out. 
 
The prophet Micah writes about going to the vineyards
to get a cluster of grapes to eat but he finds none - and like the grapes the good men of the earth have been snatched away - harvested.  Micah 7 
 
Peter tells us about the Believers being full of the Holy Spirit and not drunk on 'new wine'.  Acts 2.  A hint to the timing of Pentecost?  Some believe that Pentecost is also the Festival of New Wine.  New wine is wine not old enough to have fermented.
 
At the Last Supper, Jesus says, "I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until THAT day when I drink it new in the Kingdom of God."  Mark 14:25  Will this be on some future Feast of New Wine?
 
So, possible high watch dates are July 18 - July 25.
 
Ken Johnson, author of "The Ancient Dead Sea Scroll Calendar and The Prophecies It Reveals", believes July 18 is the 3rd of Av. This Sunday would be an excellent day for the Rapture!  Any day would be an excellent day!  The sooner the better!
 
There is an 'appointed' day for the Rapture.  Surely we are very close!
 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance