1111, Matthew 24 and the Rapture!!
Resubmit from 24 November 2019
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2019/denish1124.htm
A two year warning from transit of Mercury (Messenger) on 11.11.2019?
An encouragement to WATCH!! 1111 has been revealed to me as a noteworthy number and date, and the transit of Mercury took place on 11 November 2019. Since that date there has (already) been an acceleration of the signs of the Lord’s Imminent Coming across the world. Attempted Impeachment of president Trump, recognition of the West Bank by Trump, BREXIT, social chaos in several countries, corruption charges against Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, extreme weather events such as the once in 50 year floods in Venice and unrest and rumours of war in the Middle East. Here in Australia there is a continuing drought in many regions and serious bushfires even before Summer!!
· There are some important dates coming up (see my Five Doves letter of 10 November 2019 – link below), Will the Day of the Lord Start in 2020?
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2019/denish1110-2.htm
1111 and Matthew 24 (page 1111 in my Amplified Bible Classic)
With my interest in 1111, I felt led to check page 1111 in my Amplified Bible (Classic). I could hardly believe my eyes when I opened to Matthew 24. The first verse on the page is Matthew 24 v 27 and the last verse on the page is Matthew 24 v 50!!! Both speak of the sudden and unexpected coming of the Son of Man.
· Matthew 24 v 27 For just as the lightning flashes from the east and shines and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of man be.
· Matthew 24 v 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware.
· There are 1503 pages in my Amplified Bible, so the chance of landing on this key eschatological page is very, very low!!! (Most Bibles, except perhaps large print editions would not have 1111 pages).
Is the Sudden and Unexpected Coming of the Son of Man the Rapture?
In my early years I generally took they will be taken to be the Rapture. I moved away somewhat from this, but have recently been challenged to re-examine key verses in Matthew 24, especially (but not only) verses 35 to 42 While it may not be wise to be dogmatic, these verses foreshadow a sudden and unexpected event wherein people are taken (vanish or go missing), or the Rapture. The sense of the word for taken is taken alongside.
This is clearly different from midway through the Tribulation (the time of Jacob’s or Israel’s trouble) when the command is to flee to the mountains and not go to Jerusalem. Very much centred on Jerusalem and the timing of the Abomination that makes Desolate in the temple (see Luke 22 v 2, 21 below).
Luke 22 v 20, 21 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know and understand that its desolation has come near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside [the city] get out of it, and let not those who are out in the country come into it.
These are some of the key verses from Matthew 24 (Amplified Classic).
35 Sky and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. 36 But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For just as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, [men] marrying and [women] being given in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah went into the ark.
39 And they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away - so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
40 At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left 41 Two women will be grinding at the hand mill; one will be taken and one will be left.
42 Watch therefore [give strict attention, be cautious and active], for you do not know in what kind of a day [whether a near or remote one] your Lord is coming.
It is clearly, for me, no coincidence that page 1111 of my Amplified Bible is part of a pivotal 2nd Coming chapter, warning of the Sudden and Unexpected Coming of the Son of Man. We need to WATCH (as we Doves do).
· In Australian cricket today(in 2019) there was an outstanding performance by David WARNER!! We need to watch and warn!!
Denis in Canberra Friday, 22 November 2019 (updated with slight edits 6.11.21)