LIFT UP / FLOODGATES OF HEAVEN
Nasa - Hebrew for "lift up"
James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up (nasa).
Exodus 19:4 You yourselves have seen what I
did to Egypt, and how I carried
(nasa) you on eagles' wings and brought you to
myself.
Genesis 7:17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted (nasa) the ark high above the earth.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. After 40 days and 40 nights, the FLOODGATES OF THE HEAVENS CLOSED.
The Jewish people were told to start
counting the days of their month when they saw the New Moon
sighting in Israel. Because of this, there are times when
their months can be a day or two shorter or longer than the
normal 29/30 days in the lunar cycle. So, we cannot be
completely sure on which date the floodgates of heaven
closed, but it was definitely during the time that falls on
the Feast of Hanukkah. The floodgates of heaven opened on
the 17th day of the second month and closed 40
days later, which could fall between Kislev 
26-30. At some point between those
dates, the rain stopped, and the ark was LIFTED UP to its
highest point above the earth.
Isaiah 24 is a description of God’s judgment against humanity, and also a picture of the Rapture. Isaiah 24:18 “The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.” It is very likely that the Lord will open the floodgates of Heaven on or near the same day that He closed the floodgates during Noah’s day. Only this time, when He opens the floodgates, Isaiah 24 tells us that the earth dries up and withers.
Isaiah 24:
See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth
and devastate it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter its inhabitants…
The earth will be completely laid waste
and totally plundered.
The Lord has spoken this word.
The earth
dries up and withers,
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens languish with the earth.
The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.
The new wine dries up and the vine withers;
all the merrymakers groan.
The joyful timbrels are stilled,
the noise of the revelers has
stopped,
the joyful harp is silent.
No longer do they drink wine with a song;
the beer is bitter to its drinkers.
The ruined city lies desolate;
the entrance to every house is
barred.
In the streets they cry out for wine;
all joy turns to gloom,
all joyful sounds are banished from
the earth.
The city is left in ruins,
its gate is battered to pieces.
So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is
beaten,
or as when gleanings are left
after the grape harvest.
They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
from the west they acclaim the
Lord’s majesty.
Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
exalt the name of the Lord, the God
of Israel,
in the islands of the sea.
From the ends of the earth we hear singing:
“Glory to the Righteous
One.” (These are the Raptured Christians)
But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!
Woe to me!
The treacherous betray!
With treachery the treacherous
betray!”
Terror and pit and snare await you,
people of the earth.
Whoever flees at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.
The
floodgates of the heavens are opened,
the foundations of the earth
shake.
The earth is broken up,
the earth is split asunder,
the earth is violently shaken.
The earth reels like a drunkard,
it sways like a hut in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion
that it falls—never to rise again.
In that day the Lord will punish
the powers in the heavens above
and the kings on the earth below.
They will be herded together
like prisoners bound in a dungeon;
they will be shut up in prison
and be punished after many days.
The moon will be
dismayed,
the sun ashamed; (solar and
lunar eclipse Nov 2012)
for the Lord Almighty will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders—with great
glory.
Isaiah 13:9-11
See, the day of the Lord is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.
The rising sun will be darkened
and the moon will not give its light. (Solar and lunar eclipse Nov 2012)
I will punish the world for its evil,
the wicked for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
and will humble the pride of the ruthless.