Hello John and Doves,

 

Operation Shield And Arrow:

 

If this is any indication where we are in Bible prophecy. ......Israel is preparing for a multi-front war.  This means Netanyahu knows this fighting going back and forth between Israel and Gaza could escalate to Lebanon, Syria, and direct confrontation with Iran.

 

Fay is always reminding us to watch Israel.  And we are seeing a big heads up with this IDF recent operation:  Operation Shield and Arrow!  Especially in light of everything else going on in the world.

 

"Israel has been on high alert" following IDF airstrikes on Gaza.  On May 9, the IDF hit over a 100 terrorist group targets in Gaza - focusing on Islamic Jihad.  Killing over 20 Palestinians.
Operation Shield and Arrow: IDF strikes over 100 targets in Gaza - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post

 

And messages coming out of Gaza are saying "Gaza is preparing for war."  And "Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army to prepare for a multi-front military campaign".  And Hezbollah is warning Israel not to target Palestinian resistance leaders in Lebanon, or Hezbollah will retaliate against Israel.

 

Netanyahu said that Iran is "seeking to open a multi-front campaign against Israel."  And Israel is trying to prevent Iran from turning Syria into another Lebanon.
Netanyahu: Iran seeking 'to open multi-front campaign' against Israel | The Times of Israel

 

As of Thursday, more than 800 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel.

 

"A four story apartment building located south of Tel Aviv was hit by a rocket causing the first Israeli death.
Israel suffers first rocket death in clash with Islamic Jihad that has left at least 28 Palestinians dead

 

This could be it.  The start of escalations that lead right on into the Tribulation period.

 

So my next calendar day for a Rapture Watch day is soon:

 

ASCENSION DAY 2023:

 

Ascension Day is coming up May 18.
Ascension Day 2023 - Calendar Date

 

Ascension Day is celebrated 40 days after Easter, and on a Thursday.

 

But when was the Feast of Firstfruits (actual Resurrection Day) this year on the Hebrew calendar?  According to Leviticus:  In the first month - The 14th day is Passover, the 15th day is Feast of Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits would be the 16th day.  On the Torah calendar, the Firstfruits (Resurrection Day) was April 6/7 - so counting 40 days from this would take us to:  May 16/17 or the 26th day of the second month- "Aliyah of Messiah".  It is also Omer Day 41.

Torah Calendar

 

Aliyah means "ascent" or "going up". 

 

There is another way to look at Leviticus 23 for Firstfruits - it is the first day "after the Sabbath" following Passover...so it would fall on the calendar on a Sunday.  Per Leviticus 23:9  This would be April 8/9..so 40 days from this would be May 18/19 (right before the weekly Sabbath).  The Rapture could occur on the day that Jerusalem was reunited to become one city - on Jerusalem Day, May 19.

 

May 19 is Jerusalem Day - Yom Yerushalayim - "the day that commemorates Israel's re-gain of control over the city in 1967."
Jerusalem Day Events in Jerusalem. May 18-19, 2023. - Tourist Israel

 

On this day, the divided city of Jerusalem became one.

 

 May 19 is the 28th day of Iyar - "an Israeli national holiday that commemorates the "reunification" of East Jerusalem (including the Old City) with West Jerusalem following the Six-Day War of 1967....It is celebrated annually on 28 Iyar on the Hebrew calendar, and is marked officially throughout Israel with state ceremonies and memorial services."
Jerusalem Day - Wikipedia

 

So, Ascension Day could be somewhere in the May 16 to May 19 range.  

 

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

 

Maranatha!

 

Chance