"...the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord...any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people." [Lev.23:27,29]

The Day of Atonement, on September the 30th, 2017, is when the Lord is going to gather us together, in heaven, in our glorified bodies. Hence we read that the Day of Atonement will be "a holy convocation" for us. According to the Scriptures, in order for us to be included in this holy convocation, we must first afflict our souls and then offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It's important we understand what this all means because "...any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people." In other words, anyone who doesn't afflict their soul will not be included in the Rapture, which is what a holy convocation on the Day of Atonement represents!!!

To afflict our souls means we must crucify our flesh in order to do good, fulfill the Law of loving one another and speak the truths of the Word. The Holy Spirit, Who proceeds from the Lord Jesus Christ, continuously flows into our hearts with the holy fire of God's love and causes these three virtues to manifest through us, ONLY if we're willing to crucify our flesh."...the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us." [Rom.5:5] "...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. [Gal.5:22-25] 

"To those who seek glory, honor and immortality by perseverance in doing good, he will pay back eternal life." [Rom.2:7] "So let us not grow weary of doing what is good; for if we don’t give up, we will in due time reap the harvest." [Gal.6:9] "...don’t forget doing good and sharing [truths] with others, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." [Heb.13:16] "Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good." [Rom.12:21] "Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. [John 5:28,29]

"Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,”and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law." [Rom.13:8-10]"But speaking the truth in love [in all things—both our speech and our lives expressing His truth], let us grow up in all things into Him [following His example] who is the Head—Christ." [Eph.4:15][AMP]

Because we have the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit all the good things we say and do originate from the Lord Jesus Christ and must therefore be returned to Him as offerings. The Lord can only receive back to Himself the things that originated from Him in the first place. This is what the Lord will be looking for in us on the Day of Atonement! Will He find His life of righteousness and truths? Or will He find our own life of wickedness and untruths? Within our hearts are stored up all the good things we've said and done by the Spirit of God throughout the course of our entire lives. For now we house them in our natural bodies. And we'll be offering them up to the Lord on the Day of Atonement. Because we ourselves are the offerings and cannot be separated from them, on the Day of Atonement, the Lord will gather us up into heaven by first transforming our natural bodies into glorified ones! This, my brothers and sisters, is what we've all been eagerly waiting for! It's now just days away from happening!!! "But [we are different, because] our citizenship is in heaven. And from there we eagerly await [the coming of] the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body." [Philippians 3:20,21][AMP] See you all at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb!