For as long as
I've seen the approach of this day, it still seems almost
surreal to finally announce its arrival, but folks, we're
here. I can't say when the Lord's clock actually ticks
over at the sighting of the new moon whether or not some
tangible difference will be felt. Certainly, other
transitions have been felt, where, in a moment, something
perceived in the spirit was markedly different. With Yom
Teruah, it is my testimony that what is popularly referred
to as the seventieth seven (Daniel 9:27) arrives.
This, my friend, is a V E R Y big deal!
There is a benefit to watching in this season and coming to
a sure knowledge of the times. The apostle Paul had this
revelation insight to share, which is specifically appointed
for a day not now very far off.
1 Now as to the times and
the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be
written to you. 2 For you yourselves know full well that
the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the
night. 3 While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then
destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor
pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.
4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day
would overtake you like a thief; ~ 1
Thessalonians 5:1-4
Those who, in that day, will still have the need to be
written to concerning times and the epochs will obviously be
ignorant of some essential provision, and this ignorance
will be very costly. I want you to think hard about the
subtle implication of the example used. Women who are near
term in their pregnancy are generally pretty well aware of
the impending labor, right? When the calculated due date is
near, you could say labor and delivery is imminent. That's
the language many folks today use about “the rapture.” Many
folks interpret Matthew 24:36 to mean we can't know the day
or hour of our Lord's coming, but we can know the season.
Let me tell you that a woman with child knows full well the
season of labor pains. The revelation given to Paul is a
clear declaration that, hey, that's not good enough. I'm
betting he's right. Matthew 24 is esoteric, and those who
get it know the day and hour will be known by some.
Take a hint from the passage presented above. Until you know
confidently by revelation insight that confirms what is
being written concerning times and the epochs, you're still
in darkness. Get the hook-up. Some of you need it. Is the
rapture tomorrow? If you find something like that crossing
your mind, you're still in darkness and the light is a long
ways off.
Matthew had some very pertinent insight for us.
45 “Who then is the
faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in
charge of his household to give them their food at the
proper time? 46 Blessed is that slave whom his master
finds so doing when he comes. 47 Truly I say to you that
he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ~
Matthew 24:45-47
The food has been prepared and is being served. The fit food
for the time is being served at the proper time. Some of
this food service involves the writing about times and
epochs. Get it while it's hot, folks.
Call me an arrogant nutter if you like, but I believe that
certain key times and seasons of the end have been made
known to me, and that this is as the grain of salvation that
was stored then distributed by Joseph in Egypt. It is “meat
in due season,” as described in Matthew 24. This is the
instruction about the day of the Lord that will come just
like a thief in the night, as described in 1 Thessalonians
5. Am I the only one serving? I've always tended to think
I'm not, but that's the Lord's business. It's of no concern
to me one way or the other. The Lord has the matter well in
hand and I'm content knowing that.
There is value in knowing when a thing is, and much of that
value is in knowing when a thing is not.
For many years I've heard and read many claims of those who
assert that we are now in the tribulation, or “the rapture”
will be a week from Tuesday. Almost always there's reams of
data presented as convincing evidence to support the claims.
Family Radio's Harold Camping was a recent and widely
publicized example of such, who proclaimed the end was
coming in 1994, who subsequently repositioned himself to
repeat in 2011. A popular wave had come not long before
through the promotion of a book by Edgar C. Whisenant, “88
Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988.” That failed
prediction was followed by a number of repeats. In 1988, the
Lord had not yet approached me with revelation about the
chronology of the end times and I was isolated from the
community of saints who fed at the trough of Whisenant's
reasons, and I was wholly oblivious to all that activity. By
1994, however, I had begun to be educated at the Lord's feet
about such matters, and Camping's reasonings appeared to me
as completely bogus. There is value in knowing when a thing
is not, and so, even though demands were being made on me
with regard to a response to Camping's claims, I was able to
keep from being distracted by the noise. I didn't know all I
know now but I knew enough about when things would be to
dismiss what did not align with it.
Many claims have been presented to me over the years from
very sincere folks, and with the huge benefit of knowing
something about when a thing is, I have quickly dismissed
them. I have watched and noted a trend. Claims are getting
closer. This observation might be viewed from the
perspective of, oh, good, folks are catching on, but that's
not what I get from the spirit of God about it. The
counterfeits are getting closer with the result that more
and more people will be deceived as the key times draw near,
even every single person who is not accounted among the very
elect. These theories, however close they are to the truth,
are a filter mechanism. If you can be deceived, you will be.
The Lord has assured it.
Part of the value in finding a thing is in no longer having
to look for it. OK. Captain Obvious here,
reporting live on location. When you know you found
something, the search is over, right? You confidently move
on to the next thing. This is a legitimate benefit and is
how I've been able to focus so intently on the varied
subjects of this blog during these past nearly 3 years.
Give the following passage some consideration from the
perspective of the level of confidence that will be had with
regard to the sign described.
1 Now we request you,
brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2 that you not
be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed
either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from
us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 3
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come
unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of
lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, ~
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3
Do you realize this passage is not really a general message
for the instruction of a broad range of folks? It's a
targeted message for a particular people at a specific time.
What is relayed to us about what will deceive is not just
some vague similitude but revelation insight into what will
be happening in that very day. I've addressed the bad
translation in verse 3 at length, and those for whom that
passage is specifically intended will understand with no
confusion whatsoever. Like I wrote earlier, there is value
in knowing when a thing is, and much of that value is in
knowing when a thing is not. That's going to be crucial.
It must be known that there is more to times and the epochs
than just learning to parrot dates. It's a character issue.
It has to do with coming to be trusted by the Lord, brought
into His confidence and granted access to the most well
protected knowledge about His appointment book. Being privvy
to the times means we're privy to the relationship between
events and, understanding the dynamic, the bigger plan
within which they unfold. Without gaining the necessary
level of security access, even though the truth may be right
out here in plain sight, folks don't see it. They pass right
on by. As it must be. This is not an academic or
intellectual challenge. It's a trust challenge.
So, with all that said, let me continue with a little
overview, kind of continuing on from what I shared a few
posts back, in Oh Oh. September 7?
Only Ten Shopping Days Until Christmas!
- A celestial sign was given, as cryptically described
in the Bible. This has a precident at the 1st advent.
- A few key events were revealed with their timing
identified by positioning within a single week of years.
- That week was identified relative to the celestial
sign by a pattern that declares the span of years
between them.
It's pretty simple, but that's how the Lord has given it to
me.
The celestial sign marked Yom Teruah in 1991. That marked
the transition of Shemittah, accounted from when it was
first established on the first day of the accounting of
biblical history. The focal week of years did not begin
then, but after three full Shemittah pass, 21 years after
1991. This 4th Shemittah is the one, beginning now and
ending in 2019. Now that we've arrived, the pre-echoes of
the heptadic cycles are useful as shadows that illustrate
the form of what casts them. The biblical patterns that
illustrate this Shemittah in type are going to unfold beyond
what has even already been revealed. We have arrived at
quite an awesome time, my friend.
I didn't figure this stuff out because I'm smarter than
anybody else. The Lord chooses whom He wills for His own
reasons. I'm just smart enough to realize that. Am I
deceived about all this, and a deceiver? You call it as you
see it. Documentation is provided for most of that on theopenscroll.com, and
mostly in the collection of “Beyond the Veil