October 13, 2018 True Columbus Day in America
THE PATTERN OF TWO CAPTIVITIES
It is imperative that all our messages be submitted for confirmation in the Bible. It is the rule by which I compare today's messages by the watchers, dreamers, prophets and visionaries of today. Not all messages are from the Lord. It is really neat when Scriptures are added to a message, for Satan is a great deceiver and we should be very careful. If a message is backed by Scripture, I accept it as true. If not, I discard it.
There is a good comparison in the patterns of the Bible between the Babylonian Exile (captivity) and the rapture of the end time Church of Jesus Christ.
It is interesting how it may be that the signs given in the Song of Songs chapter 2:10-13 go over a half year in time, from Spring to Autumn. Beginning with the spring flowers and ending with the grapes giving a (great) smell. That is at the grape harvest in the Autumn, (Fall). The passage in the Song say, “Arise my love, My fair one and come away”. That sounds like the resurrection of the dead in Christ, who are the bride of Christ. And the phrase “And come away” the second time sounds like the snatching away or the rapture. Twice that phrase is used; once for the dead in Christ and again for the living in Christ (Philadelphia Church). The time of that event should be at the last trump of the Feast of Trumpets, the “head of the year”, the end of Jubilee and the beginning of a new civil year.
I think it may be so. Consider this, that there is a great comparison to be made between two Bible events. The comparison that I am considering is the release of the Jews from the great captivity of Israel by the Babylonian empire in 456 B. C. and the rapture of the Philadelphia Church in 2018 A. D.
In the year of that horrendous captivity event, a young Jewish lad named Daniel was having his 17th birthday celebration when Israel fell to the enemy on that very day. He was herded into Babylon by hostile forces along with the other youth, while many of their parents were killed. Those that survived became slaves. Jeremiah was the weeping prophet of those days and he ordered the Temple furniture to be hidden away as the last act of the priests before the enemy took them. Daniel was then chosen by Jehovah for a special life and saw to it that Daniel gained favor with his captors through great things that he did before the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel grew in wisdom and stature in the enemy's kingdom, rising very high in government. But Daniel was a devout Jew, praying three times a day facing ruined Jerusalem. Time slowly went by and finally it was his 87th birthday. Daniel had discovered by reading the scroll of Jeremiah the prophet that the captivity was a judgment of Jehovah for the sins of his people and was to last exactly 70 years (Jeremiah 29:10). Because he was 87 on this birthday, and the captivity began when he turned 17, the time between was exactly and to the day 70 years. Daniel knew that the captivity should end now. But it didn't. So, Daniel was faced with Jeremiah being a false prophet and untrue, but he did not believe that for a second. He gathered a few friends and they went to fasting and prayer about this to God. After 21 days of this, God answered Daniel's prayer with a mighty vision.
In the vision, Daniel was struck to the ground. The heavenly messengers informed Daniel that his prayer was heard 21 days ago and the journey to free him and his people, the Jews, began then, but the mighty archangel of Satan, the prince of Persia withstood them, blocking their way, and Michael, the archangel of Jehovah came to fight this mighty archangel of Satan for them. The battle between these two mighty archangels lasted 21 earth days and that is why there was a delay then; and that is why there may be a delay of 21 days now. That very day, that is day 22, the Israelis received word that they were free to return to their holy land. You see, Nebuchadnezzar was dead, his successor Belshazzar was likewise dead, and Cyrus, the invader of Babylon was in control and had issued the freedom decree to Israel.
Why is this so important? Because Bible history has a way of repeating itself. Daniel 12:1 fits the timing of Michael the hurricane that stormed over the Florida panhandle. It came on Rosh Hashana, October 9-11 on our calendar. It is more than coincidence that the final three feasts of Israel, that is New Year (Rosh Hashana, Atonement (Yom Kippur) and Tabernacles (Sukkot) covers exactly and to the day three weeks or 21 days.
This article supposes that this great sign will again repeat in the Jubilee year which occurs in Gregorian year 2018. For the rapture to occur in the Jubilee year, it must occur immediately before Rosh Hashana (New Year), and I mean the last second before the sliver of the new moon is seen. That sighting has already occurred, thus according to the pattern, we need to be freed from the captivity of this wicked Babylon and this wicked world. And Israel is exactly 70 years old the length of the judgment of God on ancient Israel. But, we are still here, held captive in this evil nation and world as our removal did not happen. Like Daniel, we may reason that God must be lax or off in His coming for us. Like in Daniel's day, we are perhaps in a 21 days delay, a repeat of Daniel's experience.
So, we need to pray like never before. Daniel fasted and prayed. I propose that there is war heaven right now. The archangels are fighting, one to prevent our rapture and the other to open the way for our rapture. If this is occurring now, just as then, the fight should end on the last day of the Feast of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles. The last day of the epic battle should be October 31, the most evil day of the year. Halloween, the day when the demons try to prevent the resurrection of the saints on All Saint's Day, November 1, which would be day 22.
The Jewish sacred feasts are divided thus: Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits are one segment. Pentecost is another segment, and New Year, Atonement and Tabernacles is the third segment. It is 3+1+3 for a total of 7 Sacred Feasts. The last segment of 3 is exactly 21 days long. The last Feast, Sukkot (Tabernacles) has added to it an 8th day, but it is not a part of it. Added to 21 days that would be day 22. I propose that this delay is what is happening. It is consistent with Scripture and it is the way God has often done things. His way is to wait until the last moment, then act. It seems entirely proper that the last three Feasts are one unit and thus the time will not be up until the last day of the last Feast, which 3 are called the Feast of Trumpets.
So many miss an important point. The rapture is to be Rosh Hashana, the Feast of Trumpets. The point missed is the 3+1+3, that is:
Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits = 3 but all 3 together is Passover = 1
Pentecost is singular and = 1
Trumpets, Atonement, Tabernacles = 3 but all together is Trumpets = 1
1 = God, the Father and the apple of His eye is in Passover
1= God, the Son and His body the Church is in Pentecost
1 = God the Spirit and resurrection and rapture of the Body of Christ.
We thus see the Godhead which is the Almight 3 in 1
It expresses 3 1 3
The key is to realize that the last single segment of 3 Feasts is THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS and the last trump of Tabernacles is the "last trump of God".
I Thessalonians 4: 16 - 18 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, and with the voice of the archangel and with the TRUMP of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first, then we which are alive and remain shall caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
What would not surprise me at all is this:
Barack Obama made his "speech to millions on Oct 28/29, 2008, exactly ten years ago. It is 3 days between Oct 28/29 and Oct 31/Nov 1. I am thinking that this may be the 3 days of darkness during which the left behind are transformed and receive their immortal new bodies and then prepare to go out to battle for souls of the lost as was defined in the "Warning to the Bride" article. If this is so, then we would leave at the time of the center candle of the Menorah representing the 7 days of Tabernacles. This means that Barack Obama is revealed exactly on his tenth anniversary. Three days of darkness follow.
The ready and faithful ones, the Philadelphia Christians rapture may therefore be on October 28/29 instead of October 31/Nov 1. What is even more telling is that November 1, All Saints Day, will be the 8th day of Tabenacles (Sukkot). I believe it was put there to be a sort of “church day” in the Old Testament. Is it the rapture day?
In summary, our rapture came due on October 10/11 but has been delayed 21 days because of the war in heaven with Satan trying to stop our release from Babylon, a type of the world. If all of this holds true, those ready ones could see the rapture 3 days earlier, following gross darkness for 3 days during which the left behind ones known as Laodicea may be transformed and readied for service to lead the lost ones to the Lord.
Maranatha
Gerry Almond