October 19, 2019
DOES THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES HOLD THE KEY TO OUR RAPTURE?
This article is inspired by a message given by email today. It is not original with me but I believe it has merit. Of course, it is speculative.
Jesus may have been born on Yom Kippur (the Feast of Atonement). If so, as some believe, then His circumcision came on the 8th day after His birth which day would count to Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) that year. Not only so, but the 8th day after Yom Kippur would be the 4th day of Sukkot. On today's calendar, that circumcision day would be Tishrei 23 which is October 23.
Tishrel 24 would be the middle candle of the minorah representing God/Jesus. It could also qualify as “that great last day” because the counting of the minorah is from the outside in, that is candle 7, 6, 5 and then the great 4 while going into the minorah is, as we count candles, that is 1, 2, 3 and then the high great one 4. This from both angles would be the mid point.
On the calendar this year, both the Jewish and Gentile calendars have the same day numbers. Tishrei 20 on the Jewish calendar is October 20 on the Gregorian calendar.
In a message by several posters, the Lord identified a minor American holiday as the time of His return. Applying that to the United States, we felt it must either be Memorial Day, May 30, Independence Day July 4 or Labor Day September 5. As each of these passed, it was felt that Columbus Day, October 12 may be in view as it was declared to be a holiday by President Richard Nixon in 1974. It was noted by some that in 2 cartoon drawings by Nicole Poon (a Five Doves poster) that the first displayed a parade going perilously close the edge of a cliff made up of the number 74, and second showed desolate ground with a tattered American flag sticking up and the side bar of the frame bore the number 74. It could be the 1974 year in which Columbus Day became a government holiday with no mail, banking and government service. But, true to government, it was celebrated on Monday, October 14 because October 12 fell on a Saturday.
It is possible that October 14 began a count of 10 days given to Silva Shirry and also posted on Five Doves. In her post, she said that the 10 days is made up of 3 days, representing the days Jesus was in the tomb, and 7 days, representing the days of alert as given to Noah at the time of his world's great destruction. If this is so, then October 14/15, plus 3 days would land on Yom Kippur or Tishrei 16/17.
Seven more days would land on Tishrei 23 (October 23), the 8th and Great Day of Sukkot or the Feast of Tabernacles.
By way of explanation of the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, it was a day attached to the Feast but not part of it. On that day, a priest chosen by lot would essentially perform all that occurred on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles. In this way, those unable to attend the Feast had a sort of make up day and this was important because it was required of all to attend the Feast. It was a very joyous day all over again for those worshipers. And many who attended the first day also stayed for the 8th or “last great day”.
In conclusion, it is possible that our great day may be Tishrei 23/24 which for us is October 23/24. It may be of note to some that October 24 in America is on a Thursday as posted by Brother Charles way back in 2014 or so.
Maranatha
Gerry Almond