THE DIE IS CAST!

Recent Rabbinic Prophecy

Soon after writing about my dream of the dance card, I read the January 22, 2019, Breaking Israel News article titled Rabbi: Messiah Began on Sunday, Will Appear on Purim, and Will Finish With Israeli Elections.

Here's an excerpt:

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the most prominent rabbis of this generation, made a shocking statement, claiming that the Messiah will precede the upcoming Israeli elections. Several rabbis noted that the writing is on the wall and the signs that the process leading up to the Messiah has already begun…for those who have the eyes to see it. . .

The article also reported that Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky referred to the January Blood Moon over America during Tu B’Shevat as a harbinger for that nation (see my articles related to the Super Blood Wolf Moon here and here) AND that “If the conflict with Syria develops, it will become clear that the process of the Messiah began on Tu B’Shevat.”

Rabbi Kanievsky’s statement was also discussed by Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson, an expert in Torah codes, in a recent video. Using a Torah program that searches for equidistant letter sequences in the Bible, Rabbi Glazerson did a search for relevant expressions concerning Kanievsky’s announcement. He noted that the term “יבוא משיח” (the Messiah will come) appears once in Leviticus 23 adjacent to the letters “תשעט” signifying the current Hebrew year, 5779.

The rabbi also noted that included in the table was the word “מפורים” (from Purim). The holiday of Purim will fall on March 21 this year, three and a half weeks before the Israeli elections.

Also included in the table is the word “תשובה” (repentance) and אמונה (belief). Breaking Israel News

Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. The Book of Esther explains the days of Purim.

The vast majority of Jews do not believe that Jesus Christ is the Moshiach or Messiah and so are expecting what they believe is their Messiah to appear this Purim! Instead of the Messiah, however, they will be getting the Anti-Messiah.

Jesus Himself warned that during Daniel’s 70^th Week (the 7-year Tribulation or Jacob’s Trouble) the Jews will once again have to face severe persecution and possible destruction at the hands of a Haman-like monster, or more accurately “beast”. Dr. Thomas Ice explains:

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) - Matthew 24:15 KJV

Previously, we saw that Matthew 24:15 describes an event that fixes the chronological midpoint of the seven-year tribulation. Verses 16-20 describe the recommended response of the faithful who see the abomination of desolation in Jerusalem. They are to get out of Dodge as fast as they can. Why? It is because the second-half of the tribulation will be a time of persecution and great tribulation for the Jewish remnant.

This passage is saying that the moment the Jewish Remnant (the elect in Matthew 24:22, 24, 31) sees the watershed event of the abomination of desolation then they are to flee to the Judean hills. Why are they to flee instantly? It is because with the instantaneous event of the Beast (antichrist) setting up the abomination of desolation in the rebuilt Jewish Temple, he goes from protecting Israel to persecuting her. blb commentary/thomas ice

I can’t help but think that since Israel is looking for a false Messiah at this time, that God is in reality warning them they will soon lose their greatest ally (the United States) AND will be entering the time that leads to the same horrors they were subject to during the time of Esther and Haman!

I am hoping my dance card dream means as Israel is looking for their false Messiah, that instead the True One will come and harpazo or rapture those of us who are expectantly watching for Him.

Why Is It Called Purim?

Purim is celebrated in the month of Adar. The current Hebrew Year 5779 is a Leap Year; therefore, there are TWO months of Adar—Adar I and Adar II. During a Leap Year, Purim is celebrated beginning at sunset on the 13^th of Adar II and ends sunset on the 14^th , which on the Gregorian calendar translates into March 20-21, 2019 (see hebcal.com).

Purim means “lots” in ancient Persian. The holiday was thus named since Haman had thrown lots to determine when he would carry out his diabolical scheme. chabad.org (See also Esther 9:24.)

 

The Spirit of the Lord brought back to my memory that Haman cast lots or dice as I was watching one of Colleen Minter’s videos, The dye/die is cast!! Some of the etymology behind the phrase:

From games of chance in which the outcome is determined by the throwing of dice or a single die. Popularized by its use by Suetonius when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon to begin a civil war in the Roman Republic, indicating the commission of an irreversible act, whence also cross the Rubicon.

. . . The future is determined; there are no more options; events will proceed in an irreversible manner; the point of no return has been passed. wiktionary.org

Take the recent passing in the State of New York of the so-called Reproductive Health Act that allows for late-term abortions, even up to the moment of a child’s birth (limited only by vaguely-defined conditions), add the atrocities of pedophilia, mix in the homosexual agenda and top it off with the Trump peace plan which is projected to call for the further division of Israel and Jerusalem—the apple of God’s eye—and it is no wonder “the die has been cast” and the point of no return has come!

What does God mean by this? I believe He has determined the day His wrath will come upon the earth. This is bad news for the world but good news for those who love His appearing for He has promised they will be saved from wrath.

1797 Rabbinic Prophecy and the Falling Away

In his latest Mid-East Prophecy Update J. D. Farag talked about another prophecy given by a Rabbi in which this 18^th century sage singled out Russian aggression as a precursor to the coming of the Messiah. TyGreen YTC included the clip from that video in his latest titled Israeli Rabbis Expect The Messiah Before The Elections.

It is my belief, along with many other brethren, that if these prophecies come to pass and the Messiah the Jews are expecting (the Antichrist) does enter the world’s stage this Spring that means the Overcoming Church must first exit!

My belief that the Overcomers are resurrected/raptured before the revealing of the Antichrist comes from what I have learned related to the “falling away” of 2 Thessalonians 2:3:

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4

In 2 Thessalonians 2:1 the phrase "gathering together" is translated from the Greek word episunagogue and refers to the Great Assembly--a gathering together in one place of all believers (Hebrews 12:22-23).

The phrase "a falling away" is translated from the Greek he apostasia. It is quite enlightening to find that most of the earlier English versions translated he apostasia as 'the departure'. erfministries.com 

Kenneth Wuest, a Greek scholar from Moody Bible Institute added the following contextual support to taking apostasia as a physical departure:

But then hee apostasia of which Paul is speaking, precedes the revelation of Antichrist in his true identity, and is to katechon that which holds back his revelation (2:6). The hee apostasia, therefore, cannot be either a general apostasy in Christendom which does precede the coming of Antichrist, nor can it be the particular apostasy which is the result of his activities in making himself the alone object of worship.  Furthermore, that which holds back his revelation (vs. 3) is vitally connected with hoo katechoon (vs. 7), He who holds back the same event.  The latter is, in my opinion, the Holy Spirit and His activities in the Church.  All of which means that I am driven to the inescapable conclusion that the hee apostasia (vs. 3) refers to the Rapture of the Church which precedes the Day of the Lord, and holds back the revelation of the Man of Sin who ushers in the world-aspect of that period.[12] bibleone.net

The End—of the Age, that is

We’re coming into the tail end of Israel’s 70^th year. Like the brave pilot who brings a plane in for a landing when it has lost its engine, let’s warn everybody to hold onto their hats due to the bumpy ride ahead. However, those of us looking for His Appearing won’t be making a landing, we will be taking off in flight!

The days of our lives [are] seventy years; And if by reason of strength [they are] eighty years, Yet their boast [is] only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. - Psalm 90:10 NKJV