Dear Doves,

Jesus says "I have foretold you all things" (Mark 13:23). Also, "ye will not believe, though it be told you" (Habakkuk 1:5). I have found a scripture in Matthew 25, hidden in plain sight, that points to a 2025 rapture. This seems to fit the category of even-if-you-were-told-you-would-not-believe-it. I am not saying this is it. I am saying this is just like God showing his hidden things to babes if indeed this is the year that we have been waiting for. The codes are plain enough to be understood by a child. There may be parts that require a calculator, but the main code can be calculated with ten fingers.

Yes, the ten virgins of Matthew 25 can be counted with your ten fingers -- the five wise virgins on one hand, and the five foolish virgins on the other hand. All ten virgins carried with them their lamps, waiting for the Bridegroom to arrive. But there was a delay and all ten virgins fell asleep. At midnight, a cry rang out. The Bridegroom came suddenly. The door was shut to the five foolish virgins who did not bring extra oil for their lamps. Their lamps went out. And they were left behind.

The Lord showed me that the number five is the key. The word five is mentioned NINE times in Matthew 25. No other New Testament chapter comes close to this frequency. John 6, the next most frequent chapter, has four mentions of the word five. Why are there so many fives in Matthew 25? Even the chapter number 25 is five TIMES five. Verse 20 of this chapter alone contains FOUR counts of the word five -- the verse with the most mentions in the entire Bible -- sharing the distinction with Ezekiel 48:16! (saving this surprise for later)


The year of the Rapture hidden in Matthew 25
Verse 20 reads, "And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more." The phrase "five talents" is mentioned four times in this verse alone. The verse is part of the account on the Parable of the Talents which follows immediately after the Parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25. It stands to reason to compare the wise virgins of one parable with the wise servants of the other parable unto whom talents have been given by their master who is on a journey to a far country. Notice the VC (verse-chapter) number of Matthew 25:20 is 2025!!!!!! In this verse, there are 4 fives; that is, a total value of 20 (4x5). Outside of this verse in Matthew 25, there are 5 fives (2 fives in Matthew 25:2; 1 five in Matthew 25:15; 2 fives in Matthew 25:16); that is, a total value of 25 (5x5). Thus, the 9 fives are divided into 20 & 25 hinting at the year 2025!!!

In the Parable of the Talents, three servants are given five, two, and one talents respectively. The first two servants are wise servants. They make five and two more talents each in trading while their master is away. The foolish servant buried his one talent, did nothing and gained zero talent. Let us suppose the five wise virgins have been given five talents each. Being wise, they trade and make five more talents each. Their master must be very happy since 25 talents generate another 25 talents. In the second scenario, let us suppose the five wise virgins have been given two talents each instead. Being wise, with the 10 talents, together they generate another 10 talents resulting in a total of 20 talents. Hence, the total number of talents (capital + return) associated with the wise servants / virgins for both scenarios is 20 talents for the 2-talent group and double 25 talents for the 5-talent group. The play on the numbers 2, 5, 20 and 25, appears to be by design.

If we consider exhaustively all the combinations of 2 and 5 talents distributed among the five wise virgins, there could be six scenarios: 55555 (all five given five talents each), 55552, 55522, 55222, 52222, and 22222 (all five given two talents each). For each scenario, the five foolish virgins receive 1 talent each: 11111, 11111, 11111, 11111, 11111, and 11111. The total number of talents given out for these six scenarios is 25 + 22 + 19 + 16 + 13 + 10 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5. This total of 135 talents can be expressed as (20+25) + (20+25) + (20+25)!!! The year 2025 may turn out to be a year of reckoning for the three groups of servants / virgins!!!!!!

Warning: Do not bury your talent.


Ezekiel's Temple
In the Old Testament, the verse with the most mention of the word five is Ezekiel 48:16, "And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred". It describes the measurements of the city of Jerusalem in which the Millennial Temple will stand. The city's dimensions are 4500 x 4500 cubits -- a square. This works out to be a total area of 20250000 sq cubits!!!!!! Its association with Matthew 25:20 is clearly by design (VC of 2025)!

The dimensions of the New Jerusalem are 1500 x 1500 miles (12000 x 12000 furlongs). This works out to be a total area of 2.25 million sq miles!!!!! Unbelievably, Ezekiel 48:16 is the 225th verse containing at least a mention of the word five!!!!!


Verse 20 chapter 25
The year of the Rapture is hidden in Matthew 25:20 as VC of 2025. Can it be that simple? Thankfully we have a powerful witness in the Old Testament -- Genesis 25:20 -- a twin scripture to Matthew 25:20. This is the scripture that records the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah: "And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian." Some think Isaac married Rebekah in 2025 or 2026 BC. Either year is interesting since in counting years from BC to AD one year is subtracted (no year zero for AD). So from 2026 BC to 2025 AD, the total number of years in-between is twice 2025!!! How appropriate too that the length of period (2 x 2025 years) is sandwiched between the two scriptures whose VC numbers are 2025!!!

Abraham typifies God the Father. Isaac typifies Christ -- Abraham's only begotten son he was prepared to offer as a sacrifice (Hebrews 11:17-19). Rebekah typifies the bride. Abraham's servant typifies the Holy Spirit. The typology fits the beautiful story of God the Father sending the Holy Spirit to find for His Son a bride. But the Rapture key is hidden in the well of Beerlahairoi. This is an intriguing well; it justifies an article all its own. Beerlahairoi means the "well of the living one who sees me". Hagar named it such because she has seen God (the angel of the LORD, the preincarnate Christ) who sees her (Genesis 16:13). We shall see Jesus face to face at the Rapture.

Beerlahairoi is mentioned three times in Scripture: 1) Hagar escaped from Sarah and came to rest at the well; she met the angel of the LORD and named the well Beerlahairoi (Genesis 16:14); 2) Isaac came the way of the well Lahairoi and was meditating in the field when he met his bride Rebekah (Genesis 24:62); and 3) The last time the well Lahairoi is mentioned in Scripture is in Genesis 25:11. We learn that it was where Isaac dwelt.

Beerlahairoi is not unlike the pure river of water of life (living water), clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. This is where Jesus dwells. When Isaac first met Rebekah in the field (in the clouds at the Rapture), he came from the well Lahairoi (Heaven). Together, Isaac, Abraham's servant, and Rebekah (Jesus, Holy Spirit, and bride) returned to the well Lahairoi (Heaven). In Heaven, the bride shall serve Jesus and see his face (Revelation 22:3-4).

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Doves, this year feels like the year we have been waiting for. Let us hope for the best that we shall see him face to face!

Come, Lord Jesus!

John