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From: B Warner:
Re: SHOULD WE EXPECT THE RAPTURE ON THE SABBATH ?

> > Colossians 2:16-17
> > "in respect to an holy feast day, or of the new moon, or of THE SABBATH > DAYS : which are a shadow OF THINGS TO COME , but the body is of > Christ."

> > SHOULD WE EXPECT THE RAPTURE ON THE SATURDAY SABBATH ?

To me, the First-Trump Rapture is most likely to come on Pentecost Sunday Mid-Trib just before the False Prophet comes to power. The church may be raptured on its birthday. A feast day is “a shadow of things to come”.

In Acts 1:11, Jesus “shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” When he ascended, Moses and Elijah appeared.

Act 1:9-11 says, “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men (i.e., Moses and Elijah) stood by them in white apparel; 11  Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”

In Rev 10:11, John said, "And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings."

In Rev. 11, we can see that Moses and Elijah come back on the day of the Mid-Trib Rapture (i.e., the "rise" in verse 1).

Rev 11:1-4 says, "And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, 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, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days (i.e., during the Great Tribulation), clothed in sackcloth. 4  These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth."

Zec 4:11-14 says, “What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12  And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13  And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14  Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

Both Moses and Elijah stood before Jesus at the Transfiguration, which pictured the Rapture.

Mat 17:1-3 says, “And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 2  And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3  And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.”

I think the First-Trump Rapture will be Mid-Trib. This was prefigured by the Christians fleeing to Pella before the Temple was burned in 70 AD.

I have been doing research on when the Christians fled to Pella (which means origin or rock). These quotes are interesting.

http://www.preteristarchive.com/StudyArchive/p/pella-flight.html
Eusebius (325)
"But the people of the church in Jerusalem had been commanded by a revelation, vouchsafed to approved men there before the war, to leave the city and to dwell in a certain town of Perea called Pella. " (History of the Church 3:5:3)

"The whole body, however, of the church at Jerusalem, having been commanded by a divine revelation, given to men of approved piety there before the war, removed from the city, and dwelt at a certain town beyond the Jordan, called Pella. Here those that believed in Christ, having removed from Jerusalem, as if holy men had entirely abandoned the royal city itself, and the whole land of Judea; the divine justice, for their crimes against Christ and his apostles finally overtook them, totally destroying the whole generation of these evildoers form the earth. (Eusebius, 3:5.)

"After all those who believed in Christ had generally come to live in Perea, in a city called Pella of the Decapolis of which it is written in the Gospel and which is situated in the neighborhood of the region of Batanaea and Basanitis, Ebion's preaching originated here after they had moved to this place and had lived there." (Panarion 30:2)

"For when the city was about to be captured and sacked by the Romans, all the disciples were warned beforehand by an angel to remove from the city, doomed as it was to utter destruction. On migrating from it they settled at Pella, the town already indicated, across the Jordan. It is said to belong to Decapolis (de Mens. et Pond., 15).

"Now this sect of Nazarenes exists in Beroea in Coele-Syria, and in Decapolis in the district of Pella, and in Kochaba of Basanitis-- called Kohoraba in Hebrew. For thence it originated after the migration from Jerusalem of all the disciples who resided at Pella, Christ having instructed them to leave Jerusalem and retire from it on account of the impending siege. It was owing to this counsel that they went away, as I have said, to reside for a while at Pella" (Haer 29:7).

"For when all who believed in Christ had settled down about that time in Peraea, the majority of the emigrants taking up their abode at Pella, a town belonging to the Decapolis mentioned in the Gospel, near Batanea and the district to Basanitis, Ebion got his excuse and opportunity. At first their abode was Kochaba, a village in the district of Carnaim, Arnem, and Astaroth, in the region of Basanitis, according to the information we have received. But I have spoken, in other connections and with regard to other heresies, of the locality of Kochaba and Arabia (Haer 30:2)... "[The Ebionites] spring for the most part from Batanea ... and Paneas, as well as from Moabitis and Cochaba in Basanitis on the other side of Adraa" (Haer 30:18).

Epiphanius (375)
"The Nazoraean sect exists in Beroea near Coele Syria, in the Decapolis near the region of Pella, and in Bashan in the place called Cocaba, which in Hebrew is called Chochabe. That is where the sect began, when all the disciples were living in Pella after they moved from Jerusalem, since Christ told them to leave Jerusalem and withdraw because it was about to be besieged. For this reason they settled in Peraea and there, as I said, they lived. This is where the Nazoraean sect began." (Panarion 29:7:7-8)

"Their sect began after the capture of Jerusalem. For when all those who believed in Christ settled at that time for the most part in Peraea, in a city called Pella belonging to the Decapolis mentioned in the gospel, which is next to Batanaea and the land of Bashan, then they moved there and stayed.." (Panarion 30:2:7)

"For when the city was about to be captured and sacked by the Romans, all the disciples were warned beforehand by an angel to remove from the city, doomed as it was to utter destruction. On migrating from it they settled at Pella, the town already indicated, across the Jordan. It is said to belong to Decapolis " (On Weights and Measures 15)

Eutychius of Alexandria (10th C)
"Qistus, governor of Jerusalem, died and the city was without any authority or sovereign to govern it.  The Jews then arose and rioted and killed James, son of Joseph, known as the “brother of the Lord”, stoning him to death (14).  Then they harassed a group of disciples and expelled them from the city.  The Christians abandoned Jerusalem, crossed the Jordan and settled in those places (15).  Informed of this fact, Nero Caesar sent word to the commander stationed in the East, named Vespasian, to rally his troops and go to Judea with orders to kill all the inhabitants, sparing none, and to destroy the houses." The Annals of Eutychius of Alexandria, ch. 9:"

In the time of the Great Tribulation that is to be shortened, believers in Judaea are to flee into the mountains again.

Mat 24:15-22 says, "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16  Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17  Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18  Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19  And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20  But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world (kosmos, orderly arrangement) to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened."

Maybe the asteroid that will destroy Babylon will impact Earth on a Sabbath in the winter.

Mat 24:37 says, "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

In those days, the windows of heaven were open for 40 days. Pentecost is the only feast that falls within those 40 days.

Agape,
Marilyn Agee
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From: B Warner
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 6:14 AM
To: Marilyln Agee
Subject: Fwd: SHOULD WE EXPECT THE RAPTURE ON THE SABBATH ?


SHOULD WE EXPECT THE RAPTURE ON THE SATURDAY SABBATH ?



Hebrews 4:1-7
"Therefore since a promise remains....for indeed the Gospel was preached to us ....for we who do believe do ENTER THAT REST ,,,,,for He has spoken ........OF THE SEVENTH DAY in this way: And GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY from all His works....since therefore that it remains that some must enter it...AGAIN, HE DESIGNATES A CERTAIN DAY ....as it has been said , "TODAY, if you will hear His voice....."


Colossians 2:16-17
"in respect to an holy feast day, or of the new moon, or of THE SABBATH DAYS : which are a shadow OF THINGS TO COME , but the body is of Christ."


It appears to me that, of the seven days of the week, that THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH is most likely THE "DESIGNATED DAY" of the week on which the rapture will occur. God's rest occurred on the seventh day of the week Sabbath, and we who are also destined to enter into His rest will likewise also enter into HIS REST  on the seventh day Sabbath.


According to Your Holy Word, come Lord Jesus !


Bruce Warner,  Scripturalist for the Lord