Obediently Watching
     "Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the Master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning.  
     Lest coming suddenly He find you sleeping.
     And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch." Mark 13:35-37.  

     May 14, 2017 was the 69th anniversary date of the establishment of Israel as a modern nation among the nations of the world.  This was the 18th day of Iyar on the Jewish calendar.  Iyar is the second month on the calendar assigned to Israel by the Lord God in Exodus 12.  "2" is the number in the Bible which signifies "to separate; to divide; to call out."     "69" is the number in the inspired Word which signifies "to end; to stop; to cut off."  And oh yes.....May is the fifth month on our Gentile Julian calendar.  "5" is the number in the Scriptures which signifies "THE GRACE OF GOD."
      Draw your own conclusions!
 
     May 26, 2017 is the first day of the Jewish month of Sivan.  Sivan is the third month in the Jewish calendar given to Israel by the Lord God in Exodus 12.  So here we have the fifth month and the 26th day on our Gentile calendar, which is the third month and the first day of the month on the Jewish calendar.
     I have already given the Scriptural significance of the number, "5," as noted above.  "26" is the number in the Bible which signifies "The Gospel; the Good News; the Word of God."  Then looking at the correlation with the Jewish calendar, "1" is the number in the Bible signifying "unity; to be united."   Then "3" is the number in the Bible which signifies "the resurrection; the rapture; to be resurrected or raptured."
     Draw your own conclusions!

     Oops!  The Jewish holy day of Pentecost this year is placed on June 4th on our Gentile calendar, but on the Jewish calendar it falls on Sivan 6th, which on our Gentile calendar is May 31st.   Obviously someone is very wrong about the date this year.  Who is wrong?
     I will not be at all dogmatic on this, but by actual count from "the morrow after the sabbath following Passover, Leviticus 23:15-16, the count falls on June 4th of this year.  
     If we go with what the Jews are claiming, then Pentecost will occur on May 31, 2017.  This will be the 5th month and the 31st day on our Gentile calendar.  As previously noted, "5" is the number in the Bible signifying "the Grace of God."  "31" is the number in the Bible which signifies "children; offspring; to bring forth children or offspring."  
     Every serious believer knows that it was on the Day of Pentecost, following the resurrection of Christ, when the Holy Spirit of God was poured out upon the Lord's Church in a mighty demonstration of the power of God, Acts 2.  At that time, the  pouring out of the Holy Spirit was a "sign" of transferring authorityt to serve as  God's representaive upon the earth, from ancient Israel, who had rejected and crucified the Lord as their Messiah and Savior,  to the Lord's New Testament Church.  
     Is it then "possible" that on the Day of Pentecost this year, [which ever day is correct] that authority to serve as the Lord's representative on earth,  will be transferred from the Lord's church back to the nation and people of Israel? Israel is still God's chosen people by an everlasting covenant made with Abraham some 4,000 years ago, Genesis 17:1-8.  And how would this transfer of authority to represent Almighty God upon the earth among mankind be signified?  By the resurrection and rapture of all true New Covenant believers from off the earth to glory, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.  We believers today are living in one of the most exciting times in human history.  
     Draw your own conclusions!   

                        Pastor F. M. Riley
                        fmr7glrybd@yahoo.com