35 REASONS PENTECOST
CONNECTS TO THE RAPTURE:
From Brother Keegan
Watchman in the wilderness
1.The Church began
on Pentecost (a change of dispensations at Pentecost).
2.The Law was given
at Mt. Sinai on Pentecost.
3.Mount Sinai was a
picture of God marrying the Israelites – the Law = Marriage
Contract Cloud = Huppah.
A Bride was given to
Christ with the Church.
4.Pentecost is
during the Wheat harvest.Wheat is a picture of the
saints.
5.Enoch is believed
to be taken on Pentecost.
6.The Story of
Abraham (Father) sending Eliezar (Holy Spirit) to get Isaac
(Jesus) a bride Rebecca (Church) – beautiful picture of what
happened at Pentecost.
7. “Jewish
Tradition” that King David was born and died on
Pentecost.
8.They gathered in
the upper room, a picture of heaven.
9.Boaz (Kindsman
Redeemer) & Ruth (Gentile Bride) married around
Pentecost during time of wheat harvest.
10.There are three
Spring Feasts and then a pause then Pentecost, then pause
Three Fall Feasts. Redemptive works of Christ, 2000
years then Rapture, 7 years than 2nd Coming Israel
redeemed.
11.Jews see this day
as “decorating of the bride”.
12.Jews refer to
this as a festival without a date.
13.Counting of the
Omer gives a strong anticipation of the arrival of this
feast day.
14.The Israelites
actually heard the voice of the Lord at Mt Sinai – we will
hear His voice.
15. Fifty is the
number of jubilee or deliverance.
16.
Day of
judgment for the fruit trees.
17.Feast with no
fixed date because Omer count starts morrow after the
Sabbath.
18.Sheaf of Barley
wave offering @ First Fruits the grain is not complete for
consumption / Two loaves @ Pentecost is a finished product
ready for consumption.
19.The High Priest
presents the loaves – a processed product of wheat with
yeast (sin) being baked away from the heat. There is
no other offering at any time that has leaven in it.
20.Was Shavuot fully
fulfilled? Perhaps not, Jesus was not physically
present at Pentecost. Will he be our High Priest who
presents the Church to the Father on Pentecost?
21.Pentecost
timeline fits with Song of Soloman 2:10-13.
22.Joel was spoken
of by Peter on Pentecost which is describing what will
happen in the last days.
23.Enoch who was
taken up spoke of the Second Coming Jude 12-16.
24.Dispensation of
the Age of Grace began at Pentecost, will the Dispensation
of the Age of Grace end at Pentecost?
25.Trump of God was
sounded on Mt. Sinai – Exodus 19:18-20 Note this is
not a trump of an angel.
26.Late Spring and
Early Summer harvest time seems to be the harvest most
related to the Church.
27.On Pentecost they
gathered in one place. The next time the whole church
will gather in one place is in the clouds with the
Lord.
28.Pentecost was a
gathering from various nations, tribes, and tongues. (Acts
2:5,6) At the Rapture there will be another!
29.Pentecost and
Shavuot occur at the same time … Pentecost is when
Christians celebrate the giving of the Holy Spirit (Grace)
and Shavuot is the feast when Jews celebrate the
giving of the 10 commandments (Law).
30.Ruth was married
on or during Pentecost / End of Barely and in Wheat Harvest
time - SPRING/SUMMER!!!
31.Chuck Missler on
Pentecost: “The first three [feasts] are associated with the
First Coming of Jesus The last three [feasts], with His
Second Coming. The remaining feast [Pentecost], in between,
proves to be prophetic of the Church.”
32. Gary Stearman on
Pentecost: “Better than any other ancient Jewish festival
[Pentecost]…embodies the elements that we associate with the
catching-away, or rapture, of the Church.”
33. A time of
sealing.
34. A pray day for
redemption.
35. A time of
accountability.
PENTECOST THE
FESTIVAL OF THE HARVEST!
Chuck Missler on
Pentecost: “The first three [feasts] are associated with the
First Coming of Jesus The last three [feasts], with His
Second Coming. The remaining feast [Pentecost], in between,
proves to be prophetic of the Church.” Gary Stearman on
Pentecost: “Better than any other ancient Jewish festival
[Pentecost]…embodies the elements that we associate with the
catching-away, or rapture, of the Church.”
The
Pentecost-Rapture Scenario: The Church is “betrothed” to the
Lord on Pentecost, marking the commencement of the Church
Age. Roughly 2,000 years later, the Church is wed to the
Lord, also on Pentecost, marking the conclusion of the
Church Age. This parallels the biblical wedding tradition
that consists of two stages: The first stage is the
betrothal, or erusin, at which time the bride and groom
become legally married via a written contract (shitre
erusin) but do not dwell together. The second stage is the
fullness or consummation (nisu’in), when the nuptials are
finalized and the bride and groom dwell together.
The apostle Paul
states the following: Colossians 1:27….”to whom God willed
to make known what is the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope
of glory. So, When the Holy Spirit descended on the day of
Pentecost to indwell believers, and to commence the “Church
/ Church age”, then He “returned “, didn’t He! No, not
in “bodily form”, but in “Spirit.” And He did so in
order to “build His Church” whom He purchased at the cross.
And when Christ has completed His Church, and its “fullness”
has come, then He will come “bodily /physically” in the air
in order to remove His Church, and take it unto Himself. And
I believe that the very day of Pentecost future is a strong
candidate time for the Lord to complete His body and return
for His Church, His bride. I believe that Pentecost is a
perfect time for the Church to come to “fullness.” The
festival of Pentecost and the work of the Holy Spirit has
been operating in the world as God has been adding to His
Church daily ever since Acts chapter 2 unfolded. It makes
perfect sense to me that God would bring to and END the
Church age on the same day that the Church had its
inceptionand beginning.
It would be a
“reversal ” of Pentecost, in which the Holy Spirit who
indwells the body of Christ and His restraining power would
be removed. And so Pentecost is like “Bookends.”
This festival sits between “Passover season” and the “Fall
Festivals.” The Church was born on Pentecost, and God spoke
specifically and directly to the nation of Israel concerning
“Jesus” through the mouth of Peter.
Some Jews received
Peter’s message and believed, and were saved, but the nation
as a “whole” was not saved at that time. Now stop and think
with me here for a minute! Is it possible then that God is
going to Rapture the Church on the day of Pentecost and
bring it to “fullness” on the very day in which it began,
and therefore address the nation of Israel once again
concerning “Jesus” whom they have rejected and crucified,
just like God did in Acts chapter 2 through the mouth of
Peter? Is God going to repeat Himself and speak to the
nation of Israel once again on the very day of Pentecost
following the Rapture of the Church which perhaps will take
place and brought to “fullness” on that very day? This
festival sits between “Passsover season” and the “Fall
Festivals.” It therefore is a “parenthetical ” feast day
where the Church had its beginning, and of which I believe
the Church could very well have its conclusion. Therefore
the day of Pentecost in the first century has NOT closed
yet!
This is the verse
that i'm focussing on....
📖1 Corinthians
15:22-23
22 For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every
man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they
that are Christ's at his coming.
Paul says that in
terms of the harvest when they wave the sheef up ,Christ is
the first fruits of the dead in resurection and the full
harvest will follow 50 days later...in resurection.
Also the number 50
is about fullness, just like the fullness of the gentiles!
Now in terms of
harvests first we have the BARLEY harvest and i see that as
the dead in Christ rise first , then the WHEAT harvest that
is we who are alive and the final harvest of fruits who are
the tribulation saints!
From its earliest
days, Pentecost was known as a festival of the harvest. Long
ago, the Omer was offered by the high priest, who stood
before the Tabernacle, or later, the Temple. It was the
token of the Festival of Firstfruits. In Leviticus 23:11, it
is called, “the sheaf.” In its most common sense,
an omer was a dry measure that amounted to a little over two
quarts. The offering of the Omer marked the first day of a
fifty-day countdown to Pentecost:
The first fruits of
the Wheat harvest that was offered at Shavuot/Pentecost was
planted in the winter along with the Barley, The Barley
matured first and was offered in early Spring at Passover
and the Wheat matured about 50 days later and was offered in
the late Spring at Shavuot/Pentecost. It also
makes sense that the Wheat harvest continued after the feast
of weeks (Pentecost), into late Summer until all of it was
harvested. This is good news for the harvest
“Rapture” of the Church which could occur after
Pentecost.
When the Church
goes, then so does the"scales" over Israel's
eyes! And Pentecost is the perfect time for God to
once again "speak to the house Israel" concerning Jesus whom
they have for so long rejected, and who has just came
and taken His Church home.
The Holy Spirit
descended on Pentecost, and the Holy Spirit ascends with the
Church on Pentecost! And so we have therefore The
"bookends" festival coming to completion on the day it
began!
God bless
Bro
Keegan
Watchman in the wilderness