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By Pastor F. M. Riley
May 3, 2020
THE YEAR
This is the Gentile year of 2020, and the year of the Lord’s coming in the air to resurrect and rapture all true Gentile believers unto Himself, John 14:3.
This is also the Jewish year of 5780, and the year of the Lord’s coming in the air to resurrect and rapture all true Jewish believers unto Himself.
It was the Lord Jesus Christ who explicitly said, “And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man,” Luke 17:26. In the “days of Noah” wickedness, violence, and evil dominated apostate mankind on the earth, Genesis 6:5; 6:11-12. Due to such wickedness, God graciously gave mankind a 120 year warning of judgment to come, Genesis 6:3.
Today wickedness, violence, and evil is again dominating mankind on the earth. And once again, God graciously gave a similar 120 year warning to apostate mankind on the earth. The count of years began in 1900 or 1901, and ended in 2019 or 2020.
Significantly, “20” is the Bible number signifying “redemption.” There are two 20’s in this year number on our Gentile calendar. The Jewish calendar of 5780 also adds up to “20.” This signifies
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redemption for all true New Testament believers, whether Jew or
Gentile. When? In this year of 2020 and 5780. R U Ready?
THE SEASON
King Solomon, one of the wisest men who has ever lived in human history, strongly believed in, loved, served, and worshiped the Lord God. He was inspired of God to write “The Song of Solomon,” the 23rd book in the KJV of the Bible. In his inspired book, in 2:8-13, Solomon made it very clear that there would be a future “rising up” [resurrection], and a “coming away” [rapture], which would take place IN THE SPRING OF THE YEAR.
Dear readers, we are living today in THE SPRING of 2020 and 5780. R U Ready?
THE MONTH
On our Gentile calendar we are living in the month of MAY, the fifth month of the year. “5” is the Bible number signifying “GRACE.”
This month usually has the nicest SPRING weather of the entire year.
On the Jewish calendar, this is the month of Sivan, the third month of the year. “3” is the Bible number signifying “RESURRECTION or RAPTURE.”
Now isn’t this an interesting “coincidence?” Yeah! When donkey’s fly! The Jewish rabbis claim there are no “coincidences” in God’s plan for mankind. R U Ready?
THE DAY
In Leviticus 23 the Lord God appointed to Israel the “holy days” He wanted them to observe during the course of a year. Readers should carefully STUDY these holy days appointed by God Himself.
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It is easily noticeable that the appointed “holy days” correspond with the harvest seasons of Israel.
At the holy day of PASSOVER, a lamb was sacrificed. Originally the blood of the lamb signified Israel’s deliverance from bondage in the land of Egypt. The PASSOVER still signifies the sacrifice of Christ to pay the sin debt of mankind, and set free from the bondage of sin, every soul who will receive Christ as their Savior through repentance and faith.
However, as time passed, the Israelites sacrificed the lamb while asking God to bless them with AN ABUNDANT HARVEST. PASSOVER marks the beginning of the harvest season in Israel. Israel’s harvest season begins with harvesting the BARLEY.
The Israelites were to bring an offering of sanctification to the Lord while harvesting their crops. This offering was to begin with an homer of BARLEY being brought to the priests each day for forty-nine days, Lev. 23:14-16; 27:16. It was the period of days between PASSOVER and PENTECOST. On the fiftieth day they were to bring two wave LOAVES of bread baked from their newly harvested crop.
What is the significance of this? The crop they were harvesting between PASSOVER and PENTECOST was BARLEY. And in the inspired Word BARLEY typifies the Gentile peoples. Carefully STUDY the Book of Ruth. The Jewish people are typified as WHEAT, Matthew 13:24-30. Dear readers, the BARLEY harvest ends at PENTECOST, and the WHEAT harvest begins at PENTECOST.
Therefore, the DAY on which the Lord will come to rescue and
rapture His Gentile Bride; His church, will occur, either on the DAY
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OF PENTECOST, or at some point during the fifty days preceding PENTECOST. Count on it! R U Ready?
PENTECOST
I remind our readers that it was on the DAY OF PENTECOST some 2,000 years ago, when the presence and power of the Holy Spirit came upon the Lord’s Church, as recorded in Acts 2. This perfectly fulfilled the Lord’s prophecy and PROMISE to His Church in John 16:7.
It would then be quite fitting if the Lord comes for His Church on the same day of the year He empowered her to go forth witnessing and proclaiming the gospel to all of mankind, to the uttermost parts of the earth, Matthew 28:19-20 and Acts 1:8.
This year the DAY OF PENTECOST comes on May-31st on our Gentile calendar. As I write that date is only 28 days from right now. However, the Lord will come on any date He chooses. Since all the inspired prophecies of the end-time are now converging, I cannot help but believe that PENTECOST is the most likely day for our Lord to come for His Church and believing people.
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