The Heavenly Signs of 2018

[Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name: - Amos 5:8 KJV

Laughing at the Idea

In my previous article, I shared how the earth has been preparing for a birth and that I believe God has called me to be like a doula or midwife and stand alongside the brethren as we await our deliverance out of the prophetic Egypt of the world system by way of the Resurrection/Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; 1 Corinthians 15:52-55). 

The earth’s Braxton-Hicks contractions are seen in the exponential increase in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and hurricanes.  Jacob Israel points out in his September 10, 2018, video that the three storms that have currently been forming in the Atlantic Ocean paint a prophetic picture for us. Florence, meaning “to blossom”, Isaac meaning “laughter”, and Helene meaning “light” could be interpreted as “You will blossom and laugh when the Light comes”.

Remember the Biblical account of Sarah laughing when she heard that she would bear a son in her old age? Sarah’s laughter is a foreshadowing of the name of the child who was to come—Isaac, which means “laughter.” After giving birth to her much-desired son, Sarah explains her experience with God in a play on words: “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me. . . Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have born him a son in his old age’” (Genesis 21:6-7).

Many laugh at the idea of all these signs pointing to the birth of the “man child” (the Overcoming Church), but it is going to happen for God has promised it (Revelation 12:5)! (For more on who is the “man child”, read A Study of the Man Child and Unsealed’s article Major Discovery Concerning Revelation 12.)

A woman in labor to give birth endures much; but when the child is born, when her “blossom” produces fruit, she “laughs” and rejoices! Jesus Himself spoke of the coming joyous birth of the man child:

Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. John 16:19-21 KJV

  

Orion Heralds Return of Sirius

Orion, the Coming Prince

Before the storm named Florence clouded up our Mid-Atlantic skies, I was enjoying looking up at the early morning sky and exalting at the magnificence of the constellation Orion with sparkling Sirius just below him near the horizon. This is YHWH’s reminder that Oarion, The Prince and Light of the World, is coming! Sirius, referred to in ancient times as The Morning Star, reminds us that His Overcomers have been promised The Morning Star!

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

And I will give him the morning star. - Revelation 2:26-28 KJV

(Refer to Consider the Heavens for related information.)

Sign of the Dragon

BEFORE the man child mentioned in Revelation 12 is caught up to heaven, however, first comes a Dragon!

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,

and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:1-4 KJV

Gary of unsealed.org did a study and found what may be the heavenly sign of the coming Revelation 12:4 event. Here is an excerpt:

#4 - As someone has already pointed out, the Draconids meteor shower will be at its peak on October 7th and 8th, one week after Shemini Atzeret, and the shower may be particularly spectacular this year since the moon will be almost completely dark.  The prophecy states that the dragon's tail will sweep one-third of the stars of Heaven to the earth.  The stars of course represent the fallen angels (Rev. 12:7–9), but I can think of no better visualization than shooting stars, which look like stars falling to earth.

#5 - The talk of late has focused on the Draconids, but as I was studying this I noticed that three other meteor showers will be happening at the exact same time on October 7th and 8th: the Aurigids, Orionids, and Sextantids (I wonder how rare that is?) and all three will be directly along or in the vicinity of the dragon and its tail. . .

Now let's back up a few weeks to September 11th and the Feast of Trumpets.  At precisely 2:30 AM local time in Israel on Yom Teruah, Comet 21P will leave the boundaries of Auriga—appearing to exit this doorway into Heaven.  Why does that matter?  Because it just so happens that Comet 21P is what causes the Draconids that everyone has been talking about.  It's these meteors that many have speculated represent the stars that the dragon's tail sweeps down.

Side note: It's interesting that Comet 21P was named after its discoverer Michel Giacobini, whom discovered it exactly 43,000 days (inclusive) of this Rosh Hashanah when it comes out of Auriga.  Michel = Michael and Giacobini = an old Italian variant of Jacob.  It's the archangel Michael that kicks satan out of Heaven and satan's descent signals The Time of Jacob's Trouble. . .

2. On Shemini Atzeret (or maybe one or two days later, depending on which calendar you use), just one week before the sign of the dragon, Venus stops...

And where did Venus stop?  Right below Virgo's feet, not that far from where the story left off on November 13, 2017 when Jupiter and Venus had their close conjunction (the meeting "in the air").  For the next approximately 40 days, Venus will appear to travel in reverse along the ecliptic, back towards Heaven.  Could this represent the male child being caught up?

Thus, we can see now that all the key players are in place for the completion of the sign of the dragon.  Revelation 12:4 indicates that the dragon is waiting to devour the child, but after the child's birth in v. 5, the child escapes to safety—caught up by God into Heaven.  The fact that Venus will be under the feet of Virgo, near and parallel with Serpens (the seven heads of the dragon) at the same time as four separate meteor showers are occurring along the path of the dragon, completes the picture.  The dragon is set to strike, but instead the child is caught up and the dragon's stars "fall".

THE RED DRAGON Part II/unsealed.org

I agree with some of the comments to Gary's article that he has captured the heavenly sign we have been looking for that indicates the actual event is coming. The events of Revelation Chapter 12 are both physical AND spiritual. Just as the September 2017 Sign of the Woman is the heavenly picture of Revelation 12:1-2 and foretells the coming time of Jacob's Trouble--The Tribulation, so does the October 7-8, 2018 sign Gary so eloquently describes foretell the coming casting down of Satan at the time that Planet X affects earth with its destructive force.

Triumphantly the Scriptures proclaim that the dragon is thwarted in his attack of the man child and instead the child is caught up and the dragon's stars “fall”:

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne. Revelation 12:4-5 KJV

Revelation 12 Sign Continues

No one to this day can determine the exact hour a child will be born if it is a natural birth. God knows when that life is conceived and when that life will be born (Isaiah 66:9). So, too, only Father God knows when the Overcoming Man Child will be born resulting in the manifestation of the Revelation 12:5 Event.

This is true traditionally of the Hebrew wedding day for #Only the Father knows  when all is ready and sends his son to fetch the bride—another prophetic picture of the harpazo of the Bride of Christ. #No man knows the day and hour is an idiom referring to The Feast of Trumpets or Rosh Hashanah. Will the Revelation 12:5 harpazo occur at this year’s Feast of Trumpets?

Scott Clarke is one of many who believe the Resurrection/Rapture of the Overcoming Church will occur on this feast day, but not necessarily this year. Along with Sandy Armstrong of the Soldiers For Christ YT Channel, Scottie presents in his Feast Of Trumpets 2018 | October Surprise video that October is when The Feast of Trumpets should be commemorated this year, not September!

The Last Trump

The “last trump” is a phrase that also has become associated with The Feast of Trumpets. In Leviticus 23:24 God called for a festival where there would be a blowing of trumpets but did not define precisely how it should be fulfilled. This zikrown tĕruw`ah was to be a “remembrance memorial” of “sounding an alarm or blast of war or shout of joy”.

At around the 5:00 minute mark of his Rosh haShanah, Rapture, Yom Kippur, Tabernacles video, John Fenn explains where the tradition of sounding a shofar (a trumpet made from a ram’s horn) and not a silver trumpet came from citing Rabbi Eliezer (Pirke De-Rabbi Eliezer). When God provided a ram in substitution for Isaac (Genesis 22:13), the left horn of the ram caught in the thicket is called the “first trump” and refers to when the shofar was blown at Mount Sinai when God dispersed His Word to His people. The right horn of that ram is called the “last trump” and has to do with the resurrection of the dead because Abraham saw Isaac raised from the dead in a figure (Hebrews 11:19).

Will the Bride of Christ hear the trump to call Her home this autumn? It is, of course, possible for we are certainly in the season of the seasonable moment with the converging of world events surrounding Israel, especially President Trump’s speech to the United Nations in ten days when he is to introduce the Mideast peace plan (see The Two-Part Second Coming of the Messiah regarding how this might be associated with fulfilling Zephaniah 2:1-3).

My brethren, be encouraged, for just as Revelation 12:5 prophesies, the man child will be caught up to heaven. This refers to when those “in Christ” will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air:

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up [harpazō] together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. -1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 KJV

P.S. There are probably many more celestial happenings I am not aware of, but I wanted to draw your attention to these. If you would like to understand more about how the heavens declare the glory of God, you will find much encouragement as you read E. W. Bullinger’s book, The Witness of the Stars. 

END TIME BIRTH PAINS and PLANET X

As a Woman in Travail

In my last post on March 11, I shared a prophetic word given to me by the Spirit of Christ in which He said the Great Harvest has begun and that His people are not to fear the war and natural disasters that will also be a part of this season. In the Scriptures this turbulent time we are about to enter is compared to a woman in labor. In childbirth a woman must dilate to 10 centimeters before the baby can be pushed out.

J. D. Farag made this comparison in his Mid-East Prophecy Update which just so happened to also be posted on March 11. In his excitement regarding Putin's recent threats, Brother J. D. put the world prophetically at 10 centimeters dilated. To use a childbirth-related phrase, I think this dear brother is just a bit “premature”.

The Waters Have Broken

It was on March 12 I listened to J. D. Farag’s post and as I contemplated what he had said, I heard within my spirit, “The waters have broken”.

I knew the Lord was referring to the birth process when the amniotic sac breaks and a gush of fluid comes forth. I gasped as I did a mental review of what I knew about childbirth:

After the water breaks, when will labor begin?

Typically, after your water breaks at term, labor soon follows — if it hasn't already begun. mayoclinic.org

Do you see why I gasped?

I believe the Spirit of the Most High God is saying that on March 11, 2018, the anniversary of the 2011 Japanese tsunami, the prophetic waters of the world broke. This is a signal of the very, very soon travail coming upon the earth. Just as a woman’s labor typically begins soon after her waters break, so will The Tribulation begin soon!

How Soon is Soon?

There are those in the Body of Christ that claim a March 2018 rapture is imminent. The Lord has not shown me this; however, He has led me to stumble upon other videos posted by brethren that confirm the vision He gave Bob Barber of OUR LAST DAY.

To review, in Bob’s vision, he was shown a nuclear explosion, large alien (actually fallen angel or demonic) spacecrafts, Planet X, and then the rapture happening almost simultaneously.

1) Youtube Channel Mike444 posted a 6-minute video titled Dream from God given on November 4th 2017 (war is coming) in which he was shown missiles of war and space ships and then a holographic figure of a very human-like alien, which he knew was actually a demon. The alien-demon announced that all humans needed to be imprinted or marked (mark of the beast).

2) Zab Paschke also had a DREAM of Spaceships and Missiles and additionally shared a brother’s dream wherein he was shown America being invaded via nuclear war and aliens, but those who were “in Christ” were safe in the Lord’s arms.

3) Loved by the King was given a word that “Many major cosmic events will happen at once” (March 7, 2018, post). Her WOW!!! Rapture Timing Dream and vision reminded me of my three planets dream (which I later believed were 3 super moons—see Super Blue Blood Moon--Israel's Omen). In her dream she was shown a small moon or planet eclipsing the sun and then experiences her transfiguration in the rapture.

In this same video at about the 4:30 minute mark, she tells how two weeks later she was given a vision of 2 full moons separated by a skull-shaped semicolon. At first she believed the two full moons were only symbolic but then realized they could refer to the two super moons in January 2018. Later she came to the conclusion that the eclipse dream was of the partial solar eclipse we had in February 2018 and her vision pointed to the two full moons to occur this month!

She then referred viewers to a channel called step Up.

The Great Sign, Planet X, and the Rapture

4) YT Channel step Up’s dream was the most like Bob Barber’s vision. She posted it on March 10 under the title RAPTURE: WARNING; 12/25 - Nisan 1 the Dog Cries Grace is Over! She was shown the Planet X system coming into view and knew it was a sign that the rapture would occur at any moment. She then was shown a huge nuclear explosion and knew that when the nukes come down, we go up!

March may or may not be when we get to go Home. Some believe the rapture must occur on the Feast of Trumpets. I do not.

I contend that just as Jesus fulfilled the Spring and Summer feasts IN Israel, He will complete the Fall feasts IN Israel at His Second Coming to earth at the end of the 7-year Tribulation.

"SIGNS? WHAT SIGNS?"

Remember the Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015 and that it was a sign of a significant event coming for Israel. Also the Revelation 12 Great Sign was not just a big tease by God. It is THE SIGN that announced the coming 70^th week of Daniel Chapter 9/The Seven-Year Tribulation, and by default, the Rapture of the Bride of Christ.

People get ready--Jesus is comin'~

Caveat: This blog is an attempt to share my spiritual journey and my understanding of the Scriptures. In the past few years that learning curve has been mostly in eschatology or the study of the end times. I do not pretend to have this all figured out. Also, I do not necessarily agree with all the beliefs of anyone whose material I reference. I seek to be led of the Spirit of God as to the sources I use, however, even Spirit-filled Christians only 'see in part' as it says in 1 Corinthians 13:12.

THE WONDERS CONTINUE!

The Hidden Wedding Day

As I write this I am not sure whether I will bother posting it or not. I am not going to keep posting my speculations on the timing of the Rapture. As I wrote before, we are fallible humans and do not know the whole mind of YHWH but only know in part (1 Corinthians 13:12). Like Scottie Clarke and other watchmen, I don’t mind being proved wrong—I am simply seeking the truth!

According to Hebrew wedding customs only the father of the groom knows the day of his son’s wedding (see #9 under the section titled Rosh Hashanah: The Wedding of the Messiah). The Bride knows it is the season of her wedding, but does not know the exact day and hour.

Because of the idioms and themes associated with The Feast of Trumpets (one of which is “The Wedding Celebration”), many looked with great anticipation for our Heavenly Bridegroom to whisk us away this past Feast of Trumpets!

So what did we miss in our understanding?

WHEN IS THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS FULFILLED?

There are two special appointments or moedim to look at in seeking to answer the question of when Rosh Hashanah, The Feast of Trumpets, will be fulfilled—Rosh Hashanah itself and the Jubilee.

Since the spring and summer festivals were fulfilled in Israel, for a time I wondered whether the catching away of the overcoming Church was the fulfillment of the next fall festival—The Feast of Trumpets—or if it was to be fulfilled by the resurrection of the 144,000 in Revelation Chapter 14.

As I studied this I realized the 144,000 would not be in the same category as the Body of Christ nor would their rapture fit the 7-day wedding feast timeline.

The Apostle Paul told the church of Corinth, “I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.” As a result, many of us understand that the Church is the bride of Christ just as the New Jerusalem is said to be. Does Christ have two brides? Absolutely not, because that would go against the order that God forever established in His word. Thus we comprehend that the Church is the great multitude and the New Jerusalem. endtime.com

When will God turn to Israel?

The timing of the rapture of the Church Bride then must be just prior to the time when God turns His attention back to Israel. Chapter 5 of the Book of Micah holds the key to this time. It is my understanding of Micah 5:3 that the time of Jacob’s Trouble will be when God turns His attention back to Israel:

Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] she which travaileth hath brought forth . . . - Micah 5:3a KJV

Throughout Scripture the prophecy of the travailing woman representing Israel is seen. The following verse, along with Micah 5:3, is just a sample:

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day [is] great, so that none [is] like it: it [is] even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. - Jeremiah 30:6-7 KJV

These verses are referring to a time of travail for the nation of Israel that is future. It is my belief, along with many others, that this time of ‘Jacob’s trouble’ is nearly upon us! The September Revelation 12 Sign of the Woman and The International Day of Peace both are proclaiming this!

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, - 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4, 9 KJV

A second possibility of when The Feast of Trumpets (also called Rosh Hashanah and Yom Teruah) will be fulfilled is when the Jubilee is observed.

Rapture at Jubilee?

Back in May I posted an article sharing that when I asked the Lord whether He was coming to catch us away this year He pointed me to the Jubilee: 2017 The Final Jubilee? In that post I shared that the Jubilee is celebrated on the Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement is 7 days after The Feast of Trumpets which is sunset on September 30 in Jerusalem (See Torah Calendar). This reminds us of the 7-day period when God told Noah to enter the ark before the flood rains came (Genesis 7:4).

Research has surfaced that it is possible Rosh Hashanah occurs simultaneously with the Day of Atonement in a Jubilee year! Could the recent Revelation 12:1-2 Sign, therefore, be marking a similar 7-days warning period with both Rosh Hashanah and the Jubilee being observed on the same day?

Melissa of the YT Channel Midnight Hour Oil gives a good synopsis of this in her video Rosh Hashanah and Jubilee the Same Day.

The Wonders Continue

Even many of the Brethren who do not believe in a pre-Tribulation/Jacob’s Trouble rapture, DO believe that the September celestial event is the Revelation 12:1-2 wonder and that it signals the coming Tribulation. Obviously, the Tribulation did not begin September 23 but that does not mean we are not on its cusp! In fact, the wonder or sign continues and a second wonder is to follow the first one! A careful reading of Revelation 12:1-5 reveals that the second wonder—the Dragon—appears while the first wonder is still in progress!

Wise Men Learning Journey PDF

Daniel Valles gives an excellent picture of what is occurring now in the heavens in his video Visible Moon Labour. He points out that there are constellations surrounding Virgo that could fit the description of the Great Red Dragon which is the second wonder of Revelation 12. However, I do not want to discount the possibility that Planet X will be a manifestation of Revelation 12:3-4 that causes the Sixth Seal sudden destruction. Steve Olson of the WSO YT Channel poses an interesting scenario in his 4-minute video THEY ARE HIDING THE SECOND SIGN! THE DRAGON.

Brethren, let us continue to look up! 

WATCH THIS AND YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,  thou shalt be saved. - Romans 10:9 KJV

Caveat: I do not necessarily agree with all the beliefs of anyone whose material I reference. I seek to be led of the Spirit of God as to the sources I use, however, even Spirit-filled Christians only 'see in part' as it says in 1 Corinthians 13:12.

REMEMBER Lot's Wife!

While chatting with my husband about the things of God this past Saturday, out of my mouth came, “Jesus said, ‘Remember Lot’s wife’.” As soon as I spoke that I felt the Holy Spirit emphasizing those words to me.

“Jesus said that?” Tom queried.

“Yes, I’m pretty sure that is who said it,” I answered, “But I will go look it up.”

As soon as I sat down to pray and seek the Spirit of the Lord I felt as though He led me on a special path through His Word. I remembered from the Book of Genesis that:

Lot and his family were plucked out of the Sodom and Gomorrah area to save them from coming ‘sudden destruction’:

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. - Genesis 19:15-16 KJV

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. - Genesis 19:22 KJV

Notice that the angel said sudden destruction could not come until Lot and his family were escaped! [Excerpt from Saved from Wrath]

In the Book of Luke Jesus reminded His disciples of this account:

But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all.

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

Remember Lot's wife.

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Luke 17:29-33 KJV

What we are to remember is that Lot’s wife looked back at the city after being warned not to:

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. - Genesis 19:17 KJV

Lot’s wife looking back was an indication of two things—of disregard for the angel sent to them by God and of her heart’s desire to not leave Sodom!

We are living in the days of Lot. Is our heart’s desire to leave with the Lord, our Heavenly Bridegroom, should He appear this Feast of Trumpets or is our desire for the things of this world? If you were a Groom looking forward to your wedding day, but your Bride did not desire to go with you, would you want to marry her?

The Hidden Wedding Day

Holy Spirit led me to look up what ‘Lot’ meant. I was stunned when I found out that one of the meanings for that name is “concealed” (Youngs Analytical Concordance p. 622).

It reminded me that one of the names for The Feast of Trumpets is Yom Hakeseh—“The Hidden Day”—the time many believe Christ will come to catch away His Bride. In fact, another name for The Feast of Trumpets is Kiddushin/Nesu'in  or “The Wedding Ceremony”!

Isaiah Chapter 26

Next thing I knew I was in the Book of Isaiah.

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. - Isaiah 26:9 KJV

This verse reminded me again of how our desire must be for our Bridegroom for He desires us! I continued to look at the entire chapter and realized there were many parallels to the last days and the wedding of the Messiah.

Verse 1—In that Day

In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will [God] appoint [for] walls and bulwarks. - Isaiah 26:1 KJV

The Book of Micah prophesied that though national Israel rejected Jesus as their Messiah, His attention would turn back to her at an appointed time:

Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. - Micah 5:3 KJV

This, of course, points to the time of September 23, 2017, when the Great Sign will appear of the woman in travail (Revelation 12:1-2)!

Verse 2—The Opening of the Gates

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. - Isaiah 26:2 KJV

The gates of Heaven are opened on Rosh HaShanah so the righteous nation may enter (Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 26:2; Psalm [Tehillim] 118:19-20). Because the gates of Heaven are understood to be open on Rosh HaShanah, this is further evidence that the rapture (natzal) of the believers in the Messiah Yeshua will take place on Rosh HaShanah. The Seven Festivals of the Messiah

First Thessalonians chapter 5 illustrates the day of the Lord and how “they shall not escape” but those who are looking for Him will escape (Hebrews 9:28) (to learn more read By the Skin of Our Teeth).

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. - 1 Thessalonians 5:3 KJV

The festivals will, beyond a shadow of a doubt, tell you that the resurrection of the dead precedes the time of Jacob's trouble (the tribulation). Sharing Biblical Truth 

Verse 17—As a Woman with Child

Like as a woman with child, [that] draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, [and] crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. - Isaiah 26:17 KJV

Here again we are given the picture of the woman in labor as is depicted in Revelation 12:1-2 and being fulfilled on September 23, this Saturday. This time of travail is referred to as Chevlai shel Mashiach—The Birthpangs of the Messiah—and is yet another reference to The Feast of Trumpets!

Verse 19—Resurrection in Christ

Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. - Isaiah 26:19 KJV

This, of course, speaks of resurrection. Notice the phrase “together with my dead body shall they arise”—this reminded me of how Christ as the Head of the Body has already arisen but one day the “dead in Christ” (His Body) will arise!

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. - 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 KJV

From the rib of Adam, G-d made Eve. Likewise, by the death of Yeshua and faith (emunah) in Him, G-d established the assembly of believers known in Hebrew as the kehilat. The believers in the Messiah, His bride, become wedded to Him by faith (emunah) …

Adam is a type of the Messiah Yeshua. Adam was made after the likeness of Yeshua (Romans 5:14) …

G-d gave the wedding customs, service, and ceremonies to the Jewish people (Romans 3:2; 9:4) to teach us about the Messiah Yeshua (Colossians 2:16-17) …

In the mind of the bride, the bridegroom could come at any time, even in the middle of the night or at midnight. Therefore, she had to be ready at all times. Yeshua referred to this in Mark 13:32-37 and Matthew 25:1-13. The Seven Festivals of the Messiah

It is my belief that the Bride of Christ is represented by His rib. Just as Eve was formed from Adam’s rib, so does the Bride come from Christ’s Body. The Bride of Christ is the overcoming remnant of the Church Body who is caught up by the Bridegroom.

Verse 20—The Shout, the Trump, the Chamber

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. - Isaiah 26:20 KJV

The time of the return of the bridegroom was usually at midnight. When the bridegroom did come, he came with a shout (Matthew 25:6) and with the blowing of a shofar (trumpet) (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 4:1)

… He would abduct his bride, usually in the middle of the night, to go to the bridal chamber where the marriage would be consummated. This is the full marriage, known in Hebrew as nesu'in …

The marriage between the bride and the groom will take place under the chupah or wedding canopy. Since Heaven is a type of chupah, we can see that when Yeshua gives a shout for His bride, accompanied by the blowing of a shofar (trumpet), the marriage between Yeshua and His bride will take place in Heaven …

… The bride and groom will go to the wedding chamber, or chadar in Hebrew, where the marriage will be consummated. They will stay in that wedding chamber for seven days, or a week …

The word week in Hebrew is shavuah. It means a "seven." It can mean seven days or seven years. An example of the Hebrew word for week (shavuah) meaning seven years can be found in Daniel 9:24 … The week referred to in Daniel 9:27 is known to Bible believers as the tribulation period. The Seven Festivals of the Messiah

The abduction of the Bride reminds us of the harpazo of 1 Thessalonians 4 or the snatching out of the path of danger which is to occur “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” (1 Corinthians 15:52 KJV).

Verse 21—Indignation to Inhabitants of Earth

For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. - Isaiah 26:21 KJV

The end of verse 20 reads “until the indignation be overpast”. The word “indignation” is translated from the Hebrew word zaam. It is the same word as used in Psalm 78:49 referring to God’s punishment to Egypt when their pharaoh refused to free God’s people!

It appears to me that God is indicating in this chapter of Isaiah that those who are hidden in Christ will be taken out of harm’s way before God punishes the inhabitants of the earth just as Lot and his family were taken out of harm’s way before the sudden destruction of Sodom!

Verse 8—We Wait for Him

IF WE REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE AND NOT LOOK BACK, BUT LOOK FOR HIM (Hebrews 9:28), HE WILL REMEMBER US on Yom HaZikkaron, the Day of Remembrance—yet another name for The Feast of Trumpets!

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. - Isaiah 26:8 KJV

Caveat: I do not necessarily agree with all the beliefs of anyone whose material I reference. I seek to be led of the Spirit of God as to the sources I use, however, even Spirit-filled Christians only 'see in part' as it says in 1 Corinthians 13:12.