I, and
others, have written much about the Biblical
day of the year set forth in Haggai 2, THREE
TIMES, as the day of the year, for the
Sudden Destruction of World War 3. The
day of the Jewish year is Hanukkah Eve, in
some year. I believe there are very
good reasons to believe that 2012 is that
Year of Destiny (See my previous posts from
the past three weeks). Our
Day of Destiny may very well be Dec. 7--8th,
as Scripturally a very strong case can be
made that the Day of Sudden Destruction is
the Day of the Rapture of the Bride.
The
purpose of this post is to show how God has
set a pattern in His dealings with mankind,
starting from the creation of Man.
This pattern involves the number 40, and the
Lord has been consistent throughout Man's
history. The Biblical meaning of the
number 40 is trial, testing, and
probation. After giving several
examples of how God has consistently used
the number 40, when someone, or some group
of people, were under a period of trial,
testing, or probation, we will show how, in
2012, using God's same number of 40,
the Lord may be pointing us directly to
Hanukkah Eve, Dec. 7--8, 2012.
From
the time of Man's creation, he has been
under a time of testing and trial. Man
consistently failed the test. Mankind
was not capable of obeying every law every
time. Man was found wanting. Man
was found needing a Saviour. A
dispensation of Grace was needed for the
salvation of Man. Mankind had to go
through this long period of TESTING in
order to see his need for the Saviour, the
long-promised Messiah.
Jesus,
the Saviour, ended the long wait.
Mankind's period of probation, and testings
finally came to an end with the arrival of
Jesus. The promised Messiah was all
they had to look forward to. How long
did they have to wait? From Adam to
Jesus was a period of 4000
years, or 40
centuries.
Because
of their disobedience, the Hebrews were
placed into captivity by Egypt. How
long were the Jews in captivity in Egypt?
Their
period of trials and testings finally came
to an end after 400
years, or 40
decades.
OTHER
PERIODS OF PROBATION:
1.
FORTY YEARS OF PROBATION BY TRIAL
A. Israel in the wilderness
B. Israel from the crucifixion of
Christ to the destruction of Jerusalem
2.
FORTY YEARS OF PROBATION BY PROSPERITY IN
DELIVERANCE AND REST
A. Under Othniel
B. Under Barak
C. Under Gideon
3.
FORTY YEARS OF PROBATION BY PROSPERITY IN
ENLARGED DOMINION
A. Under David
B. Under Solomon
C. Under Jeroboam II
D. Under Jehoash
E. Under Joash
4.
FORTY YEARS PROBATON BY HUMILIATION AND
SERVITUDE
A. Israel under the Philistines
B. Israel in the time of Eli
C. Israel under Saul
5.
FORTY YEARS PROBATION BY WAITING
A. Moses in Egypt
B. Moses in Midian
PERIODS
OF TESTINGS:
1.
Moses was in the mountain of Sinai
FORTY days and FORTY nights receiving
the law. While Moses was gone, the
people failed the TEST, by worshipping a
golden calf.
2.
Because they failed the 40--day TEST, God
said in Numbers 14:34, "After the number of
the days, even FORTY days, each day a year,
shall ye bear your iniquities, even FORTY
years, and ye shall know my breach of
promise.
3.
FORTY days Elijah spent in Horeb after his
experience on Mt. Carmel.
4.
FORTY days Jonah preached judgment would
come to the city of Ninevah. The
people of that wicked city were given a
FORTY--day warning to Repent, or be
destroyed.
5.
FORTY days Ezekiel laid on his right side to
symbolize the FORTY years of Judah's
transgression.
6.
Jesus was tempted FORTY days and FORTY
nights by Satan. Jesus passed His
40--Day period of trials and testings.
7.
FORTY days Jesus was seen by his disciples,
after His resurrection. Acts 1:3 says,
"To whom He showed Himself alive, after his
passion by many infallible proofs, being
seen of them FORTY days, and speaking of the
things pertaining to the Kingdom of God. "
Twelve
spies were commissioned to go and search out
the land of Canaan to see if it was good or
bad. Numbers 13:25 says, "And they
returned from searching after FORTY days."
FORTY
years, Moses was in the land of Egypt, then
FORTY more years in the desert, and then
FORTY more years in the service of
God. These were each FORTY--Year
periods of trials, testings, and
probation. It took FORTY years for
Moses to find out he was "somebody".
Then it took FORTY years to find out that he
was a "nobody". Then, finally, during
his last FORTY years, Moses discovered that
God was "everybody".
As in
the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the
days of the Son of Man (Jesus). It
rained for FORTY days and FORTY nights upon
the earth. After the FORTY--Day
period, the Ark was lifted up from the face
of the Earth. Is this lifting up from
the Earth a symbol of the Rapture, where we
are lifted off the face of the Earth?
Should we be looking for a 40--Day Warning
before the Rapture, as in the Days of Noah?
Jesus
told us that no sign would be given to the
evil and wicked generation, except the Sign
of Jonah. He further explained that it
would involve the sign to Ninevah.
Ninevah was given a FORTY-DAY WARNING,
before judgment would strike their
land. Is this further evidence of a
likely FORTY--DAY WARNING BEFORE THE
JUDGMENT OF THE SUDDEN
DESTRUCTION/RAPTURE???
The
Jews were rescued from Turkish rule, AFTER
40 YEARS ON THE FIRST DAY OF HANUKKAH, IN
1917!!!
The
following links to posts that I have
recently written show why I believe that the
timing of Superstorm Sandy, MAY have shown
us that this Superstorm, MARKED THE DAY OF
OCTOBER 29, 2012, RIGHT TO THE MINUTE, AS
THE 4--YEAR MARKER OF THE FINAL 7 YEARS:
As
mentioned in previous posts, it NOW appears
that the Final 7 Years is a type, or
parallel, of the 7000-Year plan for
mankind. Jesus came the 1st time at
the end of 4000 years, or FORTY
centuries. If Jesus marked the day of
Oct. 29, 2012 RIGHT TO THE MINUTE, as the
4--Year marker, then why did Jesus not
Return for us on that day?
When
Jesus came the 1st time, there was a
400--Year gap, between the writings of the
Old Testament, and the sending of Jesus to
this earth, for our salvation. The
Jews had to wait 400 years, or FORTY
decades, a time of trial, testing, and
probation, before their Messiah was sent to
the Earth to save mankind. There were
no prophets, no messages from the Lord,
during these 40 decades of waiting.
These were known as the SILENT YEARS.
The significant part for us today is the
length of time they had to wait--400 years,
or FORTY decades.
Does
this not strongly imply that before the 2nd
Coming of Christ, another period of time,
involving the number 40, will have to take
place? If the Final 7 Years are a
type, or parallel, of the 7000- Year plan
for mankind, then the answer should be
"YES". Has the Lord already given us
His FORTY--Day Warning? Are we
currently living in our 40 days of testing,
trial, and probation? Has the Lord not
given us enough evidence throughout his Word
of how the number FORTY is always his number
of trial, testing, and probation?
One of
my favorite days each year for the potential
Rapture/Sudden Destruction is Hanukkah Eve,
which is the 24th day of the 9th Jewish
month. This future cataclysmic day of
God's Judgment is emphasized THREE TIMES in
Haggai 2. Grant Jeffrey preached this
day of the year, for about the last 20 years
of his ministry, before he passed away
earlier this year.
Please
read, or re-read, the above two recent links
as to why the EXACT TIMING OF SUPERSTORM
SANDY WAS SO SIGNIFICANT. I am still
convinced that the year of 2012 is the Year
of Destiny. There remains NO doubt in
my mind that Barack Hussein Obama is the
Antichrist. The extreme significance
and magnitude of his re-election cannot be
overstated, or over-emphasized. He
will move quickly to destroy our
country. He will be complicit, and
probably involved, in any attack on our
country.
We
MUST ask ourselves these questions:
1.
If the EXACT TIMING OF SUPERSTORM SANDY, IS
THAT IMPORTANT TO GOD THAT HE WOULD MARK THE
DAY AND EVEN RIGHT TO THE MINUTE, THEN CAN
IT BE JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT THE DATE OF
THIS STORM, OCT. 29, 2012, IS EXACTLY 40 DAYS FROM
HANUKKAH EVE, DEC. 7--8TH???
2.
Why did Obama, the Antichrist, initiate a
mock celebration of Hanukkah, two weeks
early in December of 2011? No
explanation was ever given for the early
mock celebration date. Guess what date
in 2011, Obama made a mockery of Hanukkah,
and Jesus? It was the very same day of
the year, DEC. 8TH. Were they
giving us a ONE--YEAR WARNING of the Day
of Destiny?
3.
Is it just another coincidence that this
40--Day period, starting at Oct. 29th, ends
on the very same day of the year, Dec.
7--8th, that the Millennium will begin in
2015. And in Dec. of 2015, this very
same day of the year, once again, is
Hanukkah Eve. This is the day of the
year when the Jews celebrate the
re-dedication of their Temple. What a
perfectly appropriate day for Jesus to begin
His 1000--Year reign in Jerusalem, in His
New Temple! What a God of order and
precision!
So, is
Jesus Returning for the Bride of Christ at
the end of 4 Years, plus 40 days? At
the 1st Coming of Jesus, the world waited 40
decades, before Jesus came to save
them. Is our waiting period 40 days,
before Jesus comes to save us from the
Sudden Destruction at the 2nd Coming?
Point # 3 above shows us that the potential
Day of Destiny, in 2012, is EXACTLY
three years from the start date of the
Millenium, on Dec. 7--8, 2015. This
would show an EXACT 4--Year--3--Year split
of the Final 7 Years, with a FORTY--Day
Warning in between (to allow for the
difference in calendars and the extra 75
days in Daniel 12). Once again, this
MAY show us what a God of order and
precision He really is!
My
conclusion of all of the above is that we
have every reason to consider Hanukkah
Eve, Dec. 7--8, 2012, to be a VERY HIGH
RAPTURE/SUDDEN DESTRUCTION ALERT DAY!!!
Haggai
2, which Grant Jeffrey says is just another
description of the Battle of Gog and Magog,
in Ezekiel 38--39:
Verse
10 says, "In the FOUR AND TWENTIETH DAY OF
THE 9TH MONTH (HANUKKAH EVE), came the
word of the Lord..."
Verse
18 says, "Consider now from this day and
upward, FROM THE FOUR AND TWENTIETH DAY
OF THE NINTH MONTH (HANUKKAH EVE), even from
the day that the foundation of the Lord's
temple was laid, consider it."
Verses
19--20 say, "FROM THIS DAY WILL I BLESS
YOU. And again the word of
the Lord came unto Haggai, IN THE FOUR AND
TWENTIETH DAY OF THE MONTH (HANUKKAH
EVE)..."
Verses
21--22 say, "I will shake the heavens and
the earth; and I will overthrow the throne
of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength
of the kingdoms of the heathen, and I
will overthrow the chariots, and those
who ride in them; and the horses and their
riders shall come down, every one by
the sword of his brother". (Similar
wording is found in Ezekiel 38--39.)
Verses
6--7 say, "I will shake the heavens,
and the earth, and the sea, and the dry
land; And I will shake all nations, AND THE DESIRE OF
ALL NATIONS SHALL COME, and I will fill
this house with glory, saith the Lord of
hosts."
The DESIRE
OF ALL NATIONS is Jesus. In the
very same chapter which talks about World
War 3 and mentions THREE TIMES, the 24th day
of the 9th Jewish month, the day of Hanukkah
Eve, it says JESUS SHALL COME.
This is one more piece of possible evidence
that the Sudden Destruction and the Rapture
are the very same day. Is Hanukkah
Eve, Dec. 7--8, 2012, that day???????
Jesus
said we COULD KNOW when His Return was near,
EVEN AT THE DOORS! Behold,
our Lord comes quickly!
Jesus
commands all end-times Christians, in Luke
21:36, "WATCH ye therefore, and pray always,
that YOU MAY BE ACCOUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE
ALL these things that shall come to pass,
and to stand before the Son of man (Jesus)."
If you
desire to be part of the Bride of Christ,
you MUST prepare yourself spiritually
for the Wedding Day. That Day is
rapidly approaching! BE READY!
Maranatha!
Ron
Reese