Like many of you I am thinking we are going home soon, that God will bring this current age to a close as He then begins the judgment years.

Some confusion has been alleviated for me when I became aware that God, in His grand plan, is dealing, not with only two groups (Jews and Gentiles or Jews and the Nations) but with three groups: New Creations, the Nations/Gentiles, and the chosen Remnant within Israel/Judah.

In the coming years and prior to Jesus establishing His millennial kingdom on earth, God will wrap up three ages, one after another, and each being about 7 years apart.  Or, to put it another way, there will be three "endings" each about 7 years apart.  What causes confusion in the watching community is folks sincerely mixing up clues in scripture for the three distinct, separate endings.  I believe this confusion has happened recently by folks thinking the Feast of Trumpets applies to us as New Creations, for example.

I do believe that the one ending that is almost upon us is for the New Creations in Christ Jesus.  Then the judgement years will formally kick off.  During that time the ending for the fullness of the Gentiles being brought in will take place.  Lastly, the ending for the chosen Remnant within Israel/Judah will happen.  Then Jesus will rule and reign on the earth.

The main verse that I believe God used to show me that New Creations are not considered part of the fullness of the Nations/Gentiles' harvest gathering is Galatians 3:26-29:

26For you are all  sons  and daughters of God  through  faith  in Christ  Jesus . 27For all  of you who  were baptized  into Christ  have clothed  yourselves with Christ . 28There  is  neither  Jew  nor  Greek , there  is  neither  slave  nor  free , there  is  [ak]neither  male  nor  female ; for you are all  one  in Christ  Jesus . 29And if  you [al]belong to Christ , then  you are Abraham’s  [am]descendants , heirs  according  to promise.

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[The promise through Abraham to us as New Creations is not that we get to be considered part of Israel but the receiving of the Holy Spirit.  Note the following:

13Christ  redeemed  us from the curse  of the Law , having become  a curse  for us—for it is written : “CURSED  IS EVERYONE  WHO HANGS  ON A [u]TREE ”— 14in  order  that  in Christ  Jesus  the blessing  of Abraham  would come  to the Gentiles , so  that  we would receive  the promise  of the Spirit  through  faith .

We as New Creations started out as being part of the "Nations" but once we received the Spirit, the blessing promised to Abraham, we are now in Union with the Godhead.  The Nations and the chosen Remnant within Israel/Judah will also come into a New Creation reality like us but it will take place at the end of the Millennium, when the Father will create a new heaven and a new earth.  At this time, we have already been "leap-frogged" to that future reality by our Union with the Spirit of Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and are only awaiting new bodies to begin experiencing it in fullness.]

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Going back to Galatians 3:26-29, note first the descriptive phrase "neither male nor female".  That is major.  Our reality as New Creations transcends physicality.  However, also observe that it does not say, "neither masculine nor feminine".   When I get my new body, I will be masculine yet without certain body parts.

Galatians also says "neither Jew nor Greek."  Our reality of being in union with Christ Jesus as our All in All, through our union with the Holy Spirit, transcends ethnicity.  We are not considered part of Israel/Judah, nor are we part of the Nations/Gentiles.  (Was the Son of God part of any ethnicity before He took on the form of a human man?)

Paul says that we are also crucified together with Christ and that we no longer live.  The "self" image I have had that I am a "stand-alone being who is apart from Jesus in my essence" is an idolatrous lie now for us as New Creations in Christ Jesus.  My Identity is the Son of God.  Not that I have Irish DNA or am a man.  See how Paul laid this out for himself in Philippians 3:1-13.

There are other clues in scripture pointing to the three group reality besides the significance of the number 3 in the scriptures in and of itself.  One place is found in Genesis 29:

1Then Jacob  [a]set  out  on  his journey , and went  to the land  of the [b]people  of the east . 2He looked , and [c]saw  a well  in the field , and behold , three  flocks  of sheep  were lying  there  beside  it, because  they watered  the flocks  from that well . Now the stone  on the mouth  of the well  was large . 3When all  the flocks  were gathered  there , they would roll  the stone  from the mouth  of the well  and water  the sheep . Then they would put  the stone  back  in its place  on the mouth  of the well .

All three groups of sheep were watered from the same well.  For the life-giving water to be available to the three groups, a stone had to be rolled away.  This is similar to a detail about Jesus in the New Testament scriptures.  I am thinking that this clue in Genesis 29 is what Jesus had in mind when He said in John 10:

"And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice; and they will become one flock, with one shepherd."

Prior, I had assumed He was only thinking in terms of two flocks total into which He will eventually bring about one flock, verses three into one.

Another place I believe we see the three groups laid out is found in Hebrews 11:

3By faith  we understand  that the [d] world (literally "ages") has been created  by the word  of God  so  that  what is seen  has not been made  out of things that are visible . 4By faith  Abel  offered  to God  a better  sacrifice  than  Cain , through  which  he was attested  to be righteous , God  testifying  [e]about  his gifts , and through  [f]faith, though he is dead , he still  speaks . 5By faith  Enoch  was taken  up  so that he would not see  death ; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND  BECAUSE  GOD  TOOK  HIM UP ; for before  he was taken  up , he was attested  to have been pleasing  to God . 6And without  faith  it is impossible  to please  Him, for the one who comes  to God  must  believe  that He exists , and that He proves  to  be  One  who  rewards  those  who seek  Him.

 7By faith  Noah , being warned  by God about  things not yet  seen , [g]in  reverence  prepared  an ark  for the salvation  of his household , by which  he condemned  the world , and became  an heir  of the righteousness  which is according  to faith.

  8By faith  Abraham , when he was called , obeyed  [h]by going  out  to a place  which  he was to receive  for an inheritance ; and he left , not knowing  where  he was going . 9By faith  he lived  as  a  stranger  in the land  of promise , as in a foreign  land, living  in tents  with Isaac  and Jacob , fellow  heirs  of the same  promise ; 10for he was looking  for  the city  which  has  foundations , whose  architect  and builder  is God .

Abel and Enoch were of the same "age" wherein individuals walked with God.  That describes our "age" as well.  I believe these two are a type/shadow pointing to the age of the New Creations with Abel representing the dead in Christ and Enoch representing us who are currently alive waiting for Jesus' coming, prior to world judgment.  

Noah, who was not Jewish, represents those of the Nations/Gentiles who have to go through part of the coming judgment years but will be preserved (faith wise).  Noah went through world wide judgment.

Abraham represents the chosen Remnant within Israel/Judah.  Note in the sequence laid out in Hebrews 11 that God mentions the rapture of Enoch prior to mentioning Noah and Abraham.  I believe we are at the cusp of that timing moment.  

In the end time clues in the scriptures, i believe Enoch is the one we are to place weight upon.  When Jesus mentions the "days of Noah", one thing that is part of those "days", is Enoch's son Methuselah dying just before the world wide judgment began.  Is this idea of removal on the cusp of judgment not implied by the meaning of the word "harpatzo"?  Have not many brothers and sisters over these many years of watching shared dreams/visions of us going just before destruction?

The scriptures do not tell us when Enoch was removed.  From what I have read, it does seem that in Rabbinic teaching today, it is understood that Methuselah died seven days before the flood judgment, on the 11th day of the 2nd/8th month, with the flood waters happening on the 17th day.  If this is valid, then I am thinking that this might be a clue for us per the following Biblical idea/principle/reality of Union.

I find this Union principle clearly laid out in Hebrews 7:  

1For this  Melchizedek , king  of Salem , priest  of the Most  High  God , who met  Abraham  as he was returning  from the slaughter  of the kings  and blessed  him, 2to whom  also  Abraham  apportioned  a tenth  of all  the spoils, was first  of  all , by the translation  of his name, king  of righteousness , and then  also  king  of Salem , which  is king  of peace . 3Without  father , without  mother , without  genealogy , having  neither  beginning  of days  nor  end  of life , but made  like  the Son  of God , he remains  a priest  perpetually .  4Now  observe  how  great  this  man  was to whom  Abraham , the patriarch , gave  a tenth  of the choicest  spoils . 5And those  indeed  of the sons  of Levi  who receive  the priest’s  office  have  a commandment  [a]in the Law  to collect  [b]a  tenth  from the people , that is, from their countrymen , although  they [c]are descended  from Abraham . 6But the one whose genealogy  is  not traced  from them collected  [d]a  tenth  from Abraham  and [e]blessed  the one who had  the promises . 7But without  any  dispute  the lesser  person is blessed  by the greater . 8In this  case  mortal  men  receive  tithes , but in that case  one receives them, of whom it is witnessed  that he lives  on. 9And, so  to speak , through  Abraham  even  Levi , who received  tithes , has paid  tithes , 10for he was still  in the loins  of his [f]forefather  when  Melchizedek  met  him.

Notice the principle of Union between Abraham and his great grandson Levi, that it was so strong that Levi was seen as giving tithes to Melchizedek.  

So, I am thinking, what if I use this understanding and apply the same type of Union principle/reality to the bond between Enoch and his son Methuselah?  Might that be a clue as to when we go?  I focus on Enoch yet see him in Methuselah.

Methuselah's name includes a couple ideas in its meaning.  Chuck Missler taught that it includes the idea that "his death shall bring", or "at his death it shall be sent", or "at his death it shall come".  From my simple research, it also includes the idea "the man of the dart" or "the man of the thrown weapon".  In the types/shadows of scripture, I am thinking in terms of "He who is without sin" casting the first stone on an 8th day.  See John 7 and 8 for why I say an 8th day.  (The two "8th day"'s I have currently before me are Shemini Azeret after Tabernacles, and also the "after 7 days" that the flood started, though right now I am focusing on our going before 17th of Cheshvan).

So might we go on the 11th of Cheshvan?  Methuselah's death was not an annihilation.  As we know, death is just a departure.  Might God start the judgment years in our removal per Enoch yet timed per Enoch's union-reality with his son Methuselah? and the meaning of his name?, and with the beginning the judgement years then formally starting on the anniversary of the original world-wide flood judgment?, that may begin also with the One without sin casting the first (of many) asteroids at the adulterous nation, the end-of-the-church-age Babylon?

This year, per the popular Jewish calendar, the 11th day of Cheshvan is about the 11th of November (11-11 anyone?) 

I find it interesting that a former pastor/missionary to Ukraine is currently sharing what God told him years ago, that in a future year a very severe nuclear exchange will take place between Russian and the US.  He did not know the year, but the date was November 11th.

Watching, watching, watching.