Brethren, the signs are not over for this year. I
was drawn this morning to watch What's
Going on With Jupiter? by the Youtube Channel Nemesis
Maturity—a channel I am not familiar with.
As I watched it, I began
to realize why Paul Dawson (REVELATIONCHAPTER12 YT) got so excited in his
November 13 video about what is
being dubbed as “the comet of the year”—the Comet 46P/Wirtanen. I also
remembered how Perry Stone taught on the significance of comets as signs of God
(see Perry Stone Comets). This comet, discovered by three amateur
astronomers a few weeks ago, appears to be a FIRST-TIME VISITOR TO THE INNER
SOLAR SYSTEM.
In the above-mentioned
Nemesis Maturity video, a solar conjunction involving Earth and the planet Jupiter
is explained. Evidently, beginning today—November 26—Jupiter will be behind the
Sun making it unobservable for several weeks. . . hmmmm. At the same time, here
comes Comet 46P!
There’s more! In
early December Jupiter will appear as a morning star below Venus (more on that
later in this article). And one more thing that caught my attention—Jupiter will
be visible the entire night when it reaches opposition in about 6 months. That is
the same time as Israel’s 70th Anniversary Year ends!
All this is
occurring as we near the Season of Lights, Hanukkah.
Because it seems
that Father God has ‘scheduled’ several signs
in the heavens to occur in conjunction with major Jewish holidays in recent
years to get the attention of Israel, I went to chabad.org
and found that Chanukah or Hanukkah this year begins at nightfall on December 2 continuing until
nightfall on December 10.
I do not pretend to
know what this all means, but here are some fascinating facts that could give
rise to prophetic implications:
The River of Wrath
The name of Comet 46P/Wirtanen comes from the Finnish
surname Virtanen
meaning “river”. This reminded me of what I had read in The
Witness of the Stars about Eridanus—The River of the Judge! E. W. Bullinger
writes that Eridanus is an immense constellation that issues forth from the
down-coming foot of Orion and represents “the river of wrath breaking forth for
His enemies”. (For more on Orion see The
Heavenly Signs of 2018.)
In early December the comet will appear in the constellation
Taurus at its closest approach to Earth. Bullinger writes of the sign Taurus in The
Witness of the Stars:
The picture is that of a Bull
rushing forward with mighty energy and fierce wrath, his horns set so as to
push his enemies, and pierce them through and destroy them.
It is a prophecy of Christ, the
coming Judge, and Ruler, and “Lord of all the earth”.
Remember, the seven year Tribulation/Daniel’s 70th
Week begins with “the wrath of the Lamb” (Revelation 6:16).
The Morning Star then
the Sun
Along the horizon the morning star appears shortly before
the sun comes up. Both the morning star and the sun are symbols of The Son of
God:
When
the Rapture is mentioned, when He is talking about His church, He depicts
Himself not only as the offspring of David but also as the “bright and morning
star.”
I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the
bright and morning star. (Revelation
22:16)
Now
when He is speaking to Israel, the symbol is altogether different.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of
righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow
up like calves of the stall. (Malachi 4:2)
To
the church He is the “bright and morning star.” To Israel and the Gentile world
during the Great Tribulation, He will be the “Sun of righteousness.” Dr.
J. Vernon McGee blb commentary
It would appear that Father God planned it that way because
in the end He will send The Morning Star to collect His Bride first and then after
The Tribulation have His Son return to earth as The Sun of Righteousness to
establish His Kingdom.
Many confuse the Rapture with the Second Coming especially
while reading Matthew 24.
At the Rapture, believers are removed; at the
Revelation, unbelievers are removed. At the Rapture, there are no signs; at the
Revelation, there are many signs. In fact, Matthew 24 answers
the question as to the signs of His coming to the earth to establish His
kingdom. . .
Also, we need to observe that at the Rapture there is no angel
ministry. This may seem like a very unimportant detail, but it is
noticeable.
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. (1
Thessalonians 4:16)
Now, my friend, what you have at the Rapture
is the Lord Jesus coming Himself to get His church, His bride. . . He will not send an angel to get
us; He will come for us Himself!
However,
at the Revelation there is an angel ministry. It is
mentioned in the Olivet Discourse where it belongs:
And then shall appear the
sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth
mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:30, 31)
When He returns to the earth to establish His
kingdom, He sends out His angels. Angels had ministered in the Old Testament to the Israelites,
and the Law was given by the ministry of angels (see Acts 7:53). So here at the end, God sends
His angels to gather those who will enter into the kingdom. It has
nothing to do with the Rapture, you see. It is altogether different from that. Dr.
J. Vernon McGee blb commentary
Another point to be made here is that Matthew 24:31 is
using “harvest” language that refers to the “gleanings”. I pointed this out in
an article I wrote earlier this year—Event
Horizon--The Sign of the Son of Man:
(1) Matthew 24:30 records that the tribes of the
earth SEE the Son of man with their natural eyes. This happens when Jesus comes
as KING of kings TO the earth. The harpazo or rapture is an
event when the dead and living in Christ meet Jesus IN THE AIR.
(2) The second reason I believe verse 30 is at the end of
the Tribulation period is that the following verse 31 refers to the very last
part of a Hebrew harvest:
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a
trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one
end of heaven to the other. - Matthew 24:31 KJV
The “four winds, from one end of heaven to the other”
refers to the four corners of the earth. The corners of a field were always
left for the poor to glean from (see Deuteronomy). Jesus
sends his angels to these four corners to gather together the elect—those who
believed on the Messiah during the Tribulation.
Perry Stone does an excellent job explaining how the end
time harvest is compared to the three main crops harvested in Israel in the
video 3 PART HARVEST
OF SOULS & RAPTURE EXPLAINED IN 15 MIN!
This is why I believe Matthew 24:30 is referring to an event seen by
the people left on earth after the rapture of the Church Bride, for the Bride
meets the Lord in the air as the FIRST part of the harvest of souls which will
occur before the Tribulation begins.
Now at the Rapture the
church is raised, and those in Christ — whether they be the living or the dead
in Christ — are changed, and they enter the New Jerusalem. While at the Revelation,
the Old Testament saints and the Great Tribulation saints are raised to enter
the kingdom. The time is different. We need to recognize that. We are told in
Matthew’s record:
Then shall the King say
unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world. (Matthew 25:34)
They are to enter into the kingdom here upon
this earth, and the Great Tribulation saints are going to be included.
In the Book of Revelation John records:
And I saw thrones, and
they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them; and I saw the souls of
them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
who had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years. (Revelation
20:4)
Where did they reign? Well, here on this
earth.
But the rest of the dead
lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first
resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection;
on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. (Revelation
20:5, 6)
This is a very important passage of
Scripture, you see. It shows again that the Rapture and the Revelation are
quite different. Dr.
J. Vernon McGee blb commentary
Before the Decree
As I’ve shared before, I believe our Last Day is directly
related to The Deal of the Century. The Jerusalem Post reported TRUMP
DELAYS PEACE PLAN UNTIL FEBRUARY.
There are things going on behind the scenes in the
geopolitical realm that we common folk are not privy to unless revealed to us
by the Holy Spirit. I am hoping that that is the case as related to the Mideast
Peace Plan; and I am also hoping that the peace plan is what the Scriptures are
referring to in Zephaniah:
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Before the decree bring forth, [before] the day pass as the chaff,
before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of
the LORD'S anger come upon you.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness:
it may be ye shall be hid in the
day of the LORD'S anger.
For Gaza shall be forsaken,
and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day,
and Ekron shall be rooted up. Zephaniah 2:1-4 KJV
I have been seeing these verses mentioned by Colleen Minter and also recently by
Sharon Gilbert, a very intelligent Sister in Christ I have grown to admire who
usually appears with her husband on Skywatch TV. Sharon
brought up Zephaniah 2 as related to the future of Gaza in a recent Jim Bakker Show. Jeff's article at Unsealed.org
was the first time I saw this section of Scripture mentioned: Zephaniah
2:1–3: A Promising Pre-Trib Prophecy Hidden In Plain Sight.
Season of Lights Out?
Jeff also wrote an article last
year at this time titled Hanukkah
Harbinger--When the Light of the World Goes Out. Here are some
excerpts:
The original Hanukkah is also a harbinger of an even greater time
of distress for Jacob (Jer. 30:7; Matt. 24:21-22)—a time
that is fast approaching and near upon us. The ruthless "king of the
North," Antiochus IV, is a textbook prototype of the coming Antichrist,
right down to his self-deification and desecration of the temple in Jerusalem
(c.f. Matt. 24:15; 2 Thess. 2:4; Rev. 13:5-7, 13-14). This ancient Greco-Syrian tyrant
provides us with a template for the future "abomination of
desolation" spoken of by the prophet Daniel and reiterated by the Lord
Jesus (Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15).
. . . Today, Israel's darkest hour looms before us. This year we've already
seen the great sign of Revelation 12:1-2 fulfilled
in the sky overhead; a sure-fire sign indicating the extreme nearness of the
70th week.
Indeed, the Overcoming Church’s time here on earth is
quickly waning as the end of Israel’s 70th Anniversary Year closes in.
It is said by Perry Stone and by others who have received
insight into our Last Day that when we, who represent The Light of the World,
are harpazo-ed
the earth will be enveloped in Darkness. This explosive resurrection/rapture of
the Overcoming Church will be similar to when our Savior resurrected from the
dead causing an Event
Horizon. Like a worldwide EMP attack, the world will instantly go
black and even blacker as demonic entities descend and ascend upon the earth
and the River of Wrath will flow beginning with the wrath of the Lamb.
Jaco shares (in The RAPTURE: The Deal
of the Century about to be Revealed and its Timing) that in studying
the heavenly configuration shown in the last scene of I Pet Goat II on
Stellarium, it is pointing to the last days of Hanukkah this year, which is
also known as The Second Feast of Tabernacles. The eighth day of Hanukkah would
thus be TheLast Great Day!
And this is the Father's will
which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,
but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that
sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have
everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. - John 6:39-40 KJV
[Excerpt from BIRTHright!]
Not that the Rapture must
happen during Hanukkah—The Season of Light (or any holiday for that matter); HOWEVER, many of the brethren
have been shown a correlation of the Rapture with The Last Great Day.
Zola Levitt points out that Chanukah has to do with the eternal
light of God and that it is a symbol of the entire system of the Seven Feasts
of the Lord:
. . . This added festival clearly left a great symbol to the whole
system. Beyond Tabernacles—beyond the Kingdom—we have eternity with God.
This then is the fulfillment of
the eternal light.
As with all the Hebraic holidays, Hanukkah foreshadowed the
Messiah pointing to Him as The Coming Light of the World. The thought of The
Bright and Morning Star possibly coming for us on The Last Great Day is what I will hold
onto as we celebrate The Festival of Light. Let us enter this season shouting.
. .
The Spirit and The
Bride Say Come!
