God the Father Himself reveals to us in Scripture the day of the rapture. Part 1
Hello John and Doves,
Dear brothers and sisters, there is one verse in Scripture that is known and quoted by almost all Christians around the world and used to justify why we cannot know the day of the rapture of the church. Mt 24:35,36: 35“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 36 But about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, but my Father only.”
Based on this verse, it is claimed that even the Lord Jesus does not know the day the rapture will occur. However, there are several misleading information in this interpretation. What does only the Father know? In verse 35, it is said that heaven and earth will pass away. This is what only the Father knows. We know from many places in the Bible that God inserts a completely different plot into some stories so that understanding must come through revelation. But the story continues in Matthew 24:37-39: 37“But as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be also at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.”
As a people who are intensely preparing for the rapture, we are to know that day. This is indicated by the story in verse 39, where it is written: they did not know until the flood came, that is, they did not know about the day of the flood. Who did not know? All the people who perished in the waters of the flood. But in Genesis it is written that God clearly revealed that day to Noah, Noah knew exactly when the day would be when the flood would begin and he would be saved just as the church would be saved at the rapture. In Gen 7:1,4 1 “Then the Lord said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation. 4 For yet seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made.” It is written that as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man, which proves that Matthew 24:36 is not about not knowing the day of the rapture, but about heaven and earth passing away.
However, if anyone still insists that Matthew 24:36 implies that only the Father knows the day of the rapture, then in the next few videos we will look at what God the Father Himself says in Scripture about the day of the rapture. If you stick around until the end, you may be surprised at how much God says in Scripture about this day. Letting God speak through His Word gives us tremendous freedom and we do not have to determine any day of the rapture ourselves. Noah did not have to determine the day of salvation either, because God Himself revealed it to him. And this is exactly the same story. Now we will patiently walk step by step to the final revelation of Scripture about the glorious day of the rapture.
In order to understand the future revelation, we must begin by teaching about the feasts that God has appointed for God’s people to observe.
In this first video, we will consider the feasts that God has appointed for God’s people Israel to observe. We know that in the time of grace, Christians do not have to concern themselves with celebrating these feasts. The New Testament gives freedom of choice in this regard, and we can safely leave the celebration of the feast to the Jews, for whom it is very important. For us Christians, however, they have one fundamental meaning, and that is the gradual fulfillment of these feasts by the Lord Jesus himself. All the main feasts established by God for Israel take place in three seasons, in spring, summer and autumn. The spring feasts have already been fulfilled. The Lord Jesus was crucified exactly on the day of the Passover feast, in the same year he also fulfilled the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Firstfruits. It can therefore be assumed that the Lord Jesus will fulfill the other feasts again on the day of their celebration, first by coming to the clouds and rapturing the church, and then by his second coming to the Mount of Olives.
In order for us to know from the Scriptures what will follow regarding the fulfillment of the feasts, we must take a close look at the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Pentecost. This is very important, and later we will understand why. Please bear with me in this introduction, for without the knowledge of the following articles it is impossible to discern from Scripture the day of the rapture that God has appointed. These two feasts differ from all other feasts in that the day of their celebration is not fixed on a specific day, but must be calculated according to the instructions given in Scripture.
Why is it important to recognize from Scripture that these feasts are demonstrably separate? This is because then we will be able to understand that the Feast of Weeks is celebrated in the spring and the Feast of Pentecost in the middle of summer. Only then will the depths of Scripture be revealed that the Bible reveals about the Feast of Pentecost as a feast that the Lord Jesus will fulfill by His coming on the clouds for His bride, the church.
The tradition of the church combines these two feasts into one and therefore their celebration on one day. However, this is not in harmony with Scripture. Here are the verses that relate to the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Pentecost. The Bible clearly states that the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot) and the Feast of Pentecost are two different holidays that are diametrically different in everything: in the way the day of the feasts is calculated, from which day the holiday is calculated, and what kind of sacrifice is offered.
Now let's explain the specific differences between these two feasts. First of all, let's clarify the differences regarding the method of calculation and the beginning of the counting of the feasts:
The Feast of Weeks is calculated as follows: from the specified day only seven weeks are counted and no additional day is added. The Feast of Weeks is always called the Feast of Weeks - Shavuot in the Bible, so seven regular weeks are counted, i.e. exactly 49 days. The counting begins from the day when the grain harvest begins in Israel - i.e. from the first day of the barley harvest. In Israel, the grain harvest begins with the barley harvest, which usually takes place before the Passover holiday, i.e. before the 14th of Nisan.
It is written in the Scriptures: Deut 16:9: “Count seven WEEKS. Begin counting the seven weeks when the SICKLE IS FIRST PUT INTO THE UNHARVED GRAIN”.
The Feast of Pentecost is counted as follows: The counting begins at the time of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, specifically from the Feast of Firstfruits on the 16th of Nisan. First, seven full weeks are counted (this does not correspond to a mere sum of 49 days) and then another 50 days are added to the calculated day, which brings the Feast of Pentecost into the summer period. In Leviticus 23:15,16 it is written: “From the day that you brought the sheaf as a wave offering, from the day after the Sabbath you shall count off seven weeks. They must be complete. TO THE DAY AFTER THE SEVENTH DAY OF sabbath YOU SHALL CALL OFFER FIFTY DAYS, and then you shall bring a new grain offering to the Lord.” We will return to the subject of counting the Feast of Pentecost in detail in a future lesson.
The fundamental difference between the feasts is also in the offerings offered, we will emphasize only the grain offering. At the Feast of Weeks, fine flour mixed with oil is offered to God as a grain offering, as stated in Numbers 28:28. At the Feast of Pentecost, two loaves of bread made from two tenths of fine flour are offered as a grain offering, which must be baked with yeast, as stated in Leviticus 23:17. Only at the Feast of Pentecost is a leavened offering commanded by God, at all other feasts grain offerings must be unleavened. This is also a fundamental difference between the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Pentecost.
The Feast of Weeks is a pilgrimage feast, unlike the Feast of Pentecost, which is not a pilgrimage feast. God appointed three pilgrimage feasts, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. when every male must appear at a place that God chooses, mainly the temple in Jerusalem.
In Ex 34:22 it is said: “You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest ...”. The Feast of Weeks is therefore the feast of the firstfruits of the wheat harvest. We know that the firstfruits in everything is the Lord Jesus Himself. On the 16th of Nisan, on the Feast of Firstfruits, He was resurrected from the dead, and on the Feast of Weeks, the Lord Jesus could have been taken up - raptured into heaven as the firstfruits of the wheat harvest. Future videos will demonstrate that the Feast of Pentecost is at the very end of the wheat harvest, when the rapture of the church could take place. The firstfruits of the wheat harvest represent the rapture of the Lord Jesus, and then the completion of the wheat harvest represents the rapture of the church. Why can it be deduced with great probability that the Lord was raptured into heaven on the Feast of Weeks? If we assume that the first day of the barley harvest began about 7 days before the beginning of the Passover holiday, that is, before the 14th of Nisan, the Lord Jesus was resurrected on the 16th of Nisan and after his resurrection he appeared on earth for 40 days. The sum of these days gives us the number 49, which falls on the day of the Feast of Weeks. We know that the Lord Jesus will personally fulfill all the feasts. If the ascension, that is, the rapture of the Lord Jesus, had taken place outside the Feast of Weeks, this feast would have remained unfulfilled by Jesus, but given the text in Exodus 34:22 that the Feast of Weeks is the feast of the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, the fulfillment of this feast by Jesus is highly probable.
I believe that the facts presented here are interesting and I recommend that everyone study these things well. When you do this, you will realize for yourself that connecting these two feasts is a fundamental mistake and, I would say, someone's intention. The Church massively accepts the combination of these two holidays, and this shows that someone has tried hard to conceal the true date of the Feast of Pentecost. By moving the Feast of Pentecost from summer to spring, the facts given by God in Scripture about this feast and its meaning are completely hidden. When the Church, due to tradition, expects the day of Pentecost in the spring, it is not possible to understand all of God's wonderful revelations about the Feast of Pentecost from Scripture. Only by the correct biblical timing of the day of Pentecost in summer can these revelations of God from Scripture be understood. No one would dare to combine two other feasts into one, such as Yom Kippur with the Feast of Tabernacles, but this has happened with the Feast of Weeks and Pentecost.
In future studies, I will cover the Feast of Pentecost in detail, including how the day of its celebration is calculated, how it is connected to Israel coming under Mount Sinai, how it is connected to the book of Ruth, and we will list the many verses that are on this topic in the Bible. So in the following videos, we will only cover the Feast of Pentecost in detail.
The above lesson can also be viewed on video. The video is in Czech, but if you use automatic translation into English, it will be easy to understand. Automatic translation cannot be set on a mobile phone, but only on a laptop or computer.
Here is the link to the mentioned video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxQ0oxOgGwA
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Maran atha