40 Days to “Prepare against the Summer!”

“On Saturday morning I woke up … and I heard the Lord say in an audible voice as I am coming out of sleep. He said, ‘A storm is coming. Prepare against the summer.’” John Kilpatrick interview by Sid Roth

Like Jonah sitting under the gourd, we are watching to see what God will do to "Nineveh" America after a 40-day warning to repent. In the Book of Jonah Chapter 3 it records that the people of Nineveh did repent extravagantly--

 

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not. - Jonah 3:10 KJV

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. - Jonah 4:1 KJV

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? - Jonah 4:4 KJV

 

Jonah was so upset he wanted to die and grieved outside the city limits waiting to see if God would destroy Nineveh or not.

 

And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. - Jonah 4:6 KJV

 

The Day 40 then 41 Pattern

 

Bob Barber of ENDTIME DREAM AND VISION presents this account in his video, Sign of Jonah Convergence Coming in May 2024! Rapture Warning! where he illustrates several instances in the Scriptures where there was a 40-day period with a significant event occurring on the 41st day. The most exciting example was that after His resurrection Jesus appeared to His disciples for 40 days and on the 41st day He ascended to Heaven. 

 

Because of this pattern, Bob is hopeful the Rapture will happen on Pentecost, May 19, 2024, because America will have had 40 more days to repent then Day 41 falls on Pentecost this year. This is, of course, very possible but I see another scenario perhaps coming to pass.

 

40 Days to Repent then What?

 

Bob believes that the gourd appeared on the 41st day.  I'm guessing the gourd grew up to shade Jonah on the 40th day but then on Day 41 the gourd withered:

 

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live. - Jonah 4:7-8 KJV

 

Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle? - Jonah 4:10-11 KJV

 

On day 41 Nineveh remained unscathed. I believe God allowed the gourd to wither as a sign to Jonah that his wish for the destruction of Nineveh should also wither for their

repentance was genuine. "And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city"? 

 

Recognizing the 40 days then judgment correlation of the April 8 eclipse, there are groups interceding on behalf of America for people to repent and for a move of God to come to pass.

 

Unlike the account in Jonah, I do not see America as a nation repenting as the great city of Nineveh did—I see judgment falling on an unrepentant nation. So these prayers will be answered but repentance will only be on an individual level and as a result of a horrific national calamity of which I have already written. Many, many prophecies have warned that judgment is coming for America after the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse. (To understand why we could see judgment but not God's wrath before the Rapture see "New York, Chicago, L.A." under the subtitle, “Judgment Does Not Always = Wrath”.) But these judgment events will lead to A GREAT MOVE OF GOD!

 

Rapture before 70th Jubilee this October?

It is highly significant some researchers claim that on Yom Kippur THIS YEAR the 70^th Jubilee begins:

The 70th Jubilee counted from when the Israelites in year 1407 BC, the 50th Jubilee, entered the promised land. . . Hence, 50 + 70 = the 120th Jubilee will fall on Year AD 2024/2025 since the creation. 2024 Yom Kippur is the 7X7 Shemitah year of the 120th Jubilee since Adam – MAN-CHILD of Book of Revelation 12:5

 

Also in 2024 Israel celebrates its 76th Anniversary. The timing of Israel’s Independence Day, May 13-14, is only a few days before Pentecost. How much time does this fig tree generation have before Jacob’s Trouble? 

 

In my opinion the Rapture would need to occur BEFORE YOM KIPPUR (sunset October 11, 2024) based on the 70^th Jubilee and Hebraic timing of the judgment of the Day of the Lord beginning. IF 2024 is the Year of the Rapture, we are in the Rapture Barley Harvest Season now AND in the Reaping Decade of the 2020s when the harvest must occur prior to the Tribulation.

 

The pivotal events during and after WWII involving the Jews and Israel are a type and shadow of what will take place soon on the world stage. Amazingly, the LORD in characteristic fashion appears to be orchestrating a climactic chiasm that centers on the theme of "the birth of a nation in one day" (cf. Isa. 66:8). [Excerpt from 2021 article by Jeff at Unsealed--Shocking (NEW) Proof This Is The Final Generation]

 

If the Body of Christ must wait until the end of the Barley Harvest to be gathered—sometime in July—what can we expect to see? According to modern prophecies, we might see America cyber-attacked by China, a New Madrid fault line earthquake, and a plague of darkness—all of which will lead to a Great Awakening then the Rapture. When can we expect to see these things converge? Perhaps as soon as this summer.

But they that wait[qāvâ—to wait, look for, hope, expect] upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. - Isaiah 40:31 KJV

3 Reasons to Prepare against the Summer!

 

There are 3 reasons I suspect we will be caught up sometime during the summer. The 1^st is from the Scriptures:

 

Considering God’s propensity to fulfill His word to the letter, even the metaphors, a reasonable expectation is that the event marking the end of the Church Age will occur in the summer. T. W. Tramm

 

As I shared in The Rapture as a Harvest Type, Biblically, it is already summer and time for our Beloved Lord to take us away according to the Song of Solomon.

 

2^nd, I’ve been listening to several Brethren warning of things the Body of Christ in America might have to endure before we get to go Home. A major cyber-attack from China in June may be the first thing to come. Before I share the details of that, however, let me first share with you a prophecy from 16 years ago.

In 2008, God gave proven prophetic pastor John Kilpatrick a supernatural dream of a powerful earthquake hitting the middle of the United States. Then God told him, “A storm is coming!” A financial and natural catastrophe! Excerpt of interview can be read here.

In Major Earthquake Coming to the Heartland of America James Bailey gives a synopsis of several prophecies. One of those prophecies was given in a May 2008 interview when John Kilpatrick retold a prophetic dream:

 

. . . But I dreamed of an earthquake that took place and it was shown to me in several stages but I won’t go into all of the details of it. 

The Lord showed me that an earthquake was going to hit in the middle part of the country right where the new Madrid fault line is. It was so real. . .  If we pressure Israel to divide their land then our land will be divided. . .  

On Saturday morning I woke up and was coming out of sleep and I heard the Lord say in an audible voice as I am coming out of sleep. He said, “A storm is coming. Prepare against the summer.” 

‘Peace & Safety’ to be IMPOSED this Summer?

 

In my April 18, 2024, article I reported that the proposal to recognize Palestine as a member state of the United Nations fell as did their hopes for a Two-State Solution. My 3^rd reason for a summer harpazo is based on how determined the nations are to “impose a solution” to the Middle East problem. 

 

Mark Hitchcock of Harbingers Daily on April 23, 2024, posted Will The Nations 'Impose' A Peace Agreement Upon Israel?:

 

An 'Imposed' Peace 

This week, Time magazine published an article titled "A Million Dollar Middle East Peace Plan," which I encourage you to read. It lays out a scenario for peace between Israel and its Middle East enemies that is chillingly similar to what the Bible predicts. . . 

The Time Magazine article insists that "the international community" needs to "impose a solution." According to the author, they must "convene a Geneva peace conference" where all the essential parties will be forced to participate and "face financial and legal sanctions if they fail to show up." 

"A conversation will take place in which all parties are heard," the author described. "But the American, European, and other international diplomats invited to Geneva will be responsible for the actual drafting of a peace treaty." 

So, nations other than Israel and their enemies will develop this peace treaty draft. . . The author concludes, "This will be an imposed peace because the global stakes are too high."

 

Mark Hitchcock goes on to say he believes, "It will be an imposed, compelled, or "take it or leave it" covenant that will be negotiated and brokered by the Antichrist, who will rise from Europe and a revived/reunited Roman Empire."

 

He may be correct; however, if such a convention was held soon, I believe it will instead result in the Two-State Solution for the Antichrist will have not yet come forth. As I explained in Lo, He Comes!:

 

The Great Shaking is likely associated with the Two-State Solution which I believe will be implemented pre-Rapture then (according to Daniel 9:27) be confirmed post-Rapture by “the prince of the people” (or the “little horn” better known as the Antichrist according to this commentary). This covenant will most likely allow for the rebuilding of the 3rd Temple. 

And he shall confirm[gāḇar] the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. - Daniel 9:27 KJV 

Gāḇar refers to confirming or strengthening something that already exists as in the waters that prevailed in the flood: 

And the waters prevailed,[gāḇar] and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. - Genesis 7:18 KJV 

The waters were already there but increased. Therefore, it is my understanding that Daniel 9:27 means the Antichrist strengthens or makes more firm an already agreed upon covenant. 

I believe the covenant that will already be in place is an agreement incorporating the Two-State Solution.

 

The Times article, A Million Dollar Middle East Peace Plan, is one man’s opinion and no such meeting has been planned, but I do believe the nations will eventually coerce Israel to give up more land including East Jerusalem as the Scriptures foretell. As I’ve reported before, the international community is adamant that something must be done—will it happen as soon as this summer?

 

If this “final solution” is imposed this summer, it will be the catalyst to fulfill the New Madrid fault line earthquake prophecies.

 

As Pastor Kilpatrick (and many others as well) prophesied, “If we pressure Israel to divide their land then our land will be divided.”

 

Because this rhema was given to an American pastor, my understanding is that the Lord was warning of a stormy summer coming to America. This was given to John Kilpatrick in 2008 but I believe the Lord could have been forewarning to be prepared for the Summer of 2024. Both the physical and spiritual realms will experience much turmoil and warfare the closer we get to the Resurrection and Rapture of Those in Christ!

 

This is to be expected since the end times are compared to a woman in labor and the closer the world gets to the birth of the Revelation 12 Man Child, the shakier the world becomes! Even though I have written persistently about the coming Great Shaking, I am not privy to all that will happen just prior to the Rapture.

 

It is possible we in America will see the beginning of World War 3—or a war that will cause the Exodus of the Revelation 12 Man Child and that will lead into the Ezekiel 38-39 Gog/Magog War.

 

Cyber War June 19, 2024?

 

On April 20, 2024, Brandon Dawson of the Tribe of Christians Ministry posted PROPHETIC WARNING CHINA PREPARING TO ATTACK UNITED STATES WW3.

 

. . . On May 17th, 2021, I had a second prophetic dream, but rather than Europe, this dream warned that not only would another war break out, but it would commence WW3. In that dream, I was near a nuclear facility in South Carolina – and was told that it was China that first attacked the United States, commencing the War. In that dream, I was given a date. I do not believe in a date setting, and it’s possible nothing may come of that date, but in the dream, a man told me that China attacked the United States on Wednesday the 19th. I was not given a year, only the day of the week. 

In 2 months from now, Wednesday the 19th will occur in June.

 

Brandon explains that he was shown this attack from China will begin as cyber warfare:

 

UNVEILING OF THE NORTHEAST COAST PROPHECIES 

Since the beginning of all these revelations in May 2021, I have seen how the attacks unfold from China. I have seen the attacks themselves, and I saw four prominent cities along the United States North Eastern Coast destroyed; they are New York City, Washington D.C., Boston, And Baltimore. 

Just recently, we had a series of major events that I believe affirm what is to come. . . 

When China launches its attacks, it will be a very different military campaign and strategy than conventional warfare. China will launch massive cyber-attacks against our nation’s infrastructure and will target key infrastructure cities. . .  

They will target communications, including the Internet, mobile or cellphone networks, and satellite companies. They will also target our energy grid, shutting down electricity around the nation . . . 

I believe these cyber attacks will be massive and overwhelming, plunge the nation into massive panic, and can last for days or weeks. 

This is exactly what happened to Israel on the day it was attacked on October 7th. Iran, China, and Hamas launched massive cyber attacks against Israel, overwhelming their communications networks. . . 

Once this is achieved, China will then launch its campaign against Taiwan and set up a blockade, cutting off Taiwan from the rest of the world. 

Once all this has happened, then there will be strikes that will hit all 4 of these cities from within and it will effectively destroy half of Washington D.C and all of New York City will be completely destroyed. 

Before you say that I’m crazy and that none of this will happen,..take a look at some of these headlines. . . 

I believe it is no longer a matter of if but rather when China will attack. I believe these attacks will destroy Washington, D.C., NYC, Boston, and Baltimore in what I have called "The Northeast Coast Prophecies." These attacks will lead into WW3, laying the foundation for Ezekiel 38 War of Gog and Magog, commencing the beginning of the 7-year Tribulation Period, the Rise of the Antichrist, and the Rapture of the Church. . .

We go Up, Missiles come Down - Rapture Confirmation Dream and the ULTIMATE TRUTH

Prophetic Dreams of War

We have been assured Jesus will come for us when the nuclear missiles come down (see TICK TOCK! When They Come Down, We Go Up!), BUT WE WILL LIKELY BE HERE BRIEFLY DURING A GRID DOWN SITUATION (related: Grid Down after the Eclipse then a 2024 Rapture?).

Crystal Love4Jesus shared how she has received several dreams of war coming. In her most recent dream, SO SCARY what God showed me coming to America, Crystal knows that God’s people were told in advance that war was coming to America. Crystal believes God wants us to know that the Rapture will occur before the Tribulation, but that we do not know how much war we will see beforehand. Her suggestion to store up nonperishable food and water is a wise one because even if you somehow avoid being affected by war, there is also very wild and dangerous weather prophesied to happen this summer (see Zack Wilkinson’s video from Outpouring Gates YTC).

 

Several years ago I believe I was given a prophetic dream, but it wasn’t time for me to share it. In the dream I was sitting on my knees in a circle of people on a huge veranda that reminded me very much of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina (a place where my husband and I used to go every July). The sky that day was a stunning color of red that gave the feeling of dusk. I was explaining to the people there about the Planet X system and the end times. The scene changed and I found myself outside in a field where it looked as though there had been some kind of bazaar or farmer’s market that now was abandoned. I saw what looked like militia carrying items up a nearby hill, so I picked up something that would hide my face and pretended to be helping so that I could get a better view at the top of the hill. If I remember correctly (as I said it was a long time ago and I’m not sure I even journaled the dream), I was trying to see if I could get a look at any orbiting bodies or at Planet X itself.

 

Although I saw militia, I had no fear—just curiosity.

 

That is how I feel today—I know this land will be torn by war, but I have no fear—just curiosity as to what we might see or endure. I realize that this might not even happen this year, but with all the celestial and geopolitical signs and the threat of nuclear war hanging over our heads, a 2024 Exit seems more probable than a 2025 Rapture. To be honest, it is difficult to believe that we might have to wait another year for the end of the Church Dispensation as the Essenes believed (see The Pretrib Rapture Explained in the Dead Sea Scrolls | Josh Peck), so I keep hanging onto the possibility of a 2024 Rapture as I watch for certain modern prophecies to come to pass.

 

Plague of Darkness 

 

In Bob's video he proposes many excellent analogies which will cause you to ponder what we will see just before the Rapture. At 11 minutes he points out that supernatural darkness fell across the land to kick off the 40 days before Christ ascended. It occurred to me that if the end time events are Genesis in reverse as Perry Stone teaches (related: The Horror of Darkness and The Everlasting Covenant), then we might see supernatural darkness come to earth again 40 days after the eclipse or soon afterwards. 

 

Will we see both the great earthquake and days of darkness that have been foretold to occur almost simultaneously? In X Marks the Year of the Rapture? I propose that:

 

IF THE PROPHESIED 2ND NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKE OCCURS IN THE SAME PATTERN—THAT IS, IT OCCURS 3 MONTHS AFTER THE CROSSING OF THE 2024 GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE—IT WOULD MEAN AMERICA WOULD EXPERIENCE THIS HORRIFIC QUAKE IN JULY 2024. 

At the beginning of this article, I mentioned that July 23 is what Luis B. Vega has suggested as a possible Rapture date. I have written several articles proposing that the Resurrection and Rapture of Those in Christ will occur around the timing of a great earthquake in America—most likely the foretold New Madrid earthquake.

 

As I wrote above, the 3^rd reason I believe the Rapture will happen in the summer—and I have great hopes it will be this summer—is because these plans of the nations to take East Jerusalem and other lands from Israel will result in the New Madrid earthquake. Remember “Volcanoes and earthquakes tend to occur just before, during, or after a solar eclipse." 

 

“And those who are watching for the Rapture know that there will be an earthquake when the Dead in Christ are resurrected. I do not know for sure if the New Madrid quake is part of the Resurrection of Those in Christ, however, in Grid Down after the Eclipse then a 2024 Rapture? The Powers That Be (TPTB) seem to be signaling that the Church will EXIT sometime after April 8. . . " [Excerpt from Earthquakes and Eclipses Alert]

It is Time—A Word for the ‘Dawn Treaders’

How to Prepare?

 

Bob is hopeful that on May 19, Pentecost, the Bride of Christ will be whisked away in a Rapture whirlwind, but I believe God in His mercy will allow one last whirlwind of Pentecost—one last Great Awakening this summer--THAT HAPPENS IN A TINY WINDOW OF TIME!

 

As Crystal suggested, some physical preparation for emergency situations is wise. No one knows exactly how they will act in such a situation, however, we should be praying about these things and seeing what God will show us ahead of time. Crystal kept referring to “a small window of time” which reminded me of what the Lord showed me in The dropping of HIS shoe--2 Visions, so I believe there will be but this brief window in which we will be able to witness Jesus Christ to the lost in the midst of the shaking just before we are swept Heavenward.

We must continue to trust in our Lord and Savior to be at work in us as we not simply endure to the end but obediently walk by His Spirit that dwells within us!

 

From FACING THE DRAGON IN JUNE? THEN WE FLY!--

 

We are living in unprecedented times. No other generation has lived during the transition from the Dispensation of Grace to The Tribulation! 

. . . As in the birth process, the Revelation 12 Man Child is going to experience an increased tightening--a pressuring--as we go deeper into these “perilous times” of 2 Timothy 3:1 with the Dragon overshadowing us. BUT we will NOT be destroyed as God has promised in Revelation 12:5, for our Great Deliverer shall come and the Mighty Body of Christ will not go out with a whimper but with victorious crowns in hand to throw at His feet!

 

WHAT A DAY IT WILL BE!

 

 

 

Related:

Is there REALLY a RAPTURE?

2024 the Year of the Dragon AND the Rapture?

PROPHECY FULFILLMENT ALERT!!! UN VOTING TODAY ON TWO-STATE SOLUTION!

LOOK OUT! 2ND SHOE MIGHT DROP ANY TIME NOW! 

The United Nations (UN) has stated that the only answer to the Middle East problem is a Two-State Solution. Later TODAY they will come to a decision on this!

 

In 2nd Shoe to Drop NOW then Rapture? I asked:

 

When the United Nations makes the decision for this final dividing of Israel does it mean Israel must comply? 

 

As I go on to explain, YES, the United Nations can and I believe will force Israel into giving up more land!

 

As reported in 4-8 and the Rapture Sign Line, the nations of the world are about to fulfill Scripture by dividing Israel and specifically Jerusalem and subsequently ignite the time of the end. It was reported that some time this month of April the bid to implement the Two-State Solution and give Palestine full membership will be decided by the United Nations.

 

Well, that time is TODAY! After seeing Paul Begley’s video Breaking: "United Nations" This Just IN, I went to the Security Council’s un.org web page and clicked “April 18” on the interactive calendar on that page. This is what came up:

 

18 April

10.00 a.m. - 9608th meeting - Security Council Chamber 

1. Adoption of the agenda 
2. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question

5.00 p.m. - 9609th meeting - Security Council Chamber 

1. Adoption of the agenda 
2. Admission of new members

• Letter dated 3 April 2024 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2024/286)

Announcements

• Today's open debate held under the agenda item "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question" is expected to the suspended at 1 p.m. and resumed at 3 p.m.

 

At the top of that same web page there is a drop-down tab for “News—Press Releases”. That is where I found today’s UN news article, Security Council: Middle East, including question of Palestine, with this note—

 

(Note: The final summary of this meeting will be available at a later time.)

 

Also, notice that at 5 p.m. there will be “2. Admission of new members”. As far as I know Palestine is the only Non-member Observer State requesting full membership! It is 5:40 PM Eastern Standard Time as I get ready to post this, so if anybody hears news before I do, please leave a comment!

 

Here are pertinent excerpts:

 

The Security Council met today in an all-day open debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the question of Palestine.  The Council heard an address from the United Nations Secretary-General, as well as over 60 Member States and other speakers. 

ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, Secretary-General of the United Nations, warned: . . . The international community must work together to pull the region back from the precipice by advancing comprehensive diplomatic action for regional de-escalation, starting with Gaza.  “Ending the hostilities in Gaza would significantly defuse tensions across the region,” he emphasized. . . 

The international community has a shared responsibility to do everything possible to ensure an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza; the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages; and the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid. . . 

“The ultimate goal remains a two-State solution…” including establishment of a fully independent Palestinian State, with Gaza as an integral part, he said, stressing:  “The international community has a responsibility and a moral obligation to help make this happen.” 

 

As we’ve discussed before, Passover (which on the Hebrew calendar starts at sunset on April 22, Monday) marks the beginning of the window of time for a Barley Harvest Resurrection/Rapture. Also the Spirit of the Lord has shown we are to:

 

"Watch Passover for Passover will become a time of even more acceleration. . . MY SON'S RETURN FOR THE BRIDE IS IMMINENT!" From PASSOVER ACCELERATION--"MY SON'S RETURN FOR THE BRIDE IS IMMINENT"

 

Beloved in the Lord—BE ON THE ALERT AND IN PRAYER because today might be the day the nations—even the United States—could come together to fulfill the Scriptures resulting in the possibility of us seeing modern day prophesies come to pass that will lead to the Rapture!!!

 

UPDATE: After posting this alert, I saw at The Times of Israel that the proposal to recognize Palestine as a member state of the United Nations fell:

 

The US follows through on its pledge to veto a Security Council resolution to grant the Palestinians full-member status at the UN. . . 

The Biden administration has long opposed Palestinian efforts to unilaterally secure statehood status at the UN, arguing that the goal should be achieved via direct negotiations with Israel. 

More recently, US officials have said such efforts harm the administration’s active pursuit to achieve a two state solution through a broader regional initiative that would start with a hostage deal, following by a permanent end to the war, Arab involvement in the rebuilding of Gaza with assistance from a reformed PA, a Saudi normalization with Israel and a bolstered Mideast front against Iran.

 

Our Wild Ride may come “at the last minute”!

The Rapture as a Harvest Type

 

Harvest = Gathering/Resurrection

 

It is well known that our Lord came to fulfill all things pertaining to the Levitical law through His life, death by crucifixion, and victorious resurrection.

 

We celebrate His resurrection during the springtime in America, but in Israel it is already summer. The seasons of the Bible—winter and summer—match Israel’s climate:

 

Israel, therefore, has two unique climates: a long dry season called Summer or Kayitz and a short wet season called Winter or Horef. Source

 

Summer is marked by the vernal equinox in March and ends at the autumnal equinox in September; so Biblically, it is already summer and time for our Beloved to take us away:

 

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines [with] the tender grape give a [good] smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Song of Solomon 2:10-13

 

Beginning with the resurrection of Jesus and the Old Testament Saints as the Firstfruits Barley Offering we see the beginning of a Pattern of Resurrection Paralleling the Harvest Cycle of Israel.

 

But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept. - 1 Corinthians 15:20 KJV

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. - 1 Corinthians 15:22-23 KJV

 

In my studies I have seen that if the Gathering of Those in Christ is a Harvest—and I believe it IS a harvest—then it is represented by a BARLEY HARVEST.

 

. . . My friend and excellent eschatological researcher Luis Vega makes the point that YHVH does not fulfill prophecy on random dates: 

One cannot know or say for sure, 100% when is the Rapture. No one can and that is one’s point. These Arguments below are only to show where and why, one ascertains the Rapture to be a Summer Prophetic Fulfillment.

And that it is from a point of view of Prophetic ‘Typologies’, Patterns, Symmetry, Menorah Pattern, clues from Jesus’s Teachings and Astronomical Linkage, as that is how Agricultural Cycles are pegged to, etc. [Postscripts #618 excerpt] 

Lu agrees that every other feast type also has clues as to Rapture timing, however, the typology of a Harvest began on a Pentecost and he presents a strong case that it will likely end on one. From BY SUMMER’S END NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP!

 

I appreciate my friend and Brother in Christ, Lu, admitting that no one knows 100% when the Rapture will happen; for I believe this also and that the Rapture of the Bride of Christ will parallel a Hebrew wedding in that although we see the Day approaching, we will not precisely know the Day of our Catching Away as the Father of the Groom makes that decision:

 

Before the bridegroom could go and get the bride, the groom's father had to be satisfied that every preparation had been made by the son. Only then could he give permission to the son to go and get the bride. In other words, while the bridegroom was working on the bridal chamber, it was the father who "okayed" the final bridal chamber. The bridegroom did not know when his father would declare the bridal chamber fit and send him to go get his bride. This is exactly what Yeshua was referring to in Mark 13:32-37. The Seven Festivals of the Messiah

 

In that same spirit, I would like to present some thoughts not to be argumentative but simply “iron sharpening iron” regarding how the Rapture of the Bride of Christ might mirror the Barley Harvest rather than the Wheat Harvest.

 

As I put forth my findings, though, we will discover that the Rapture may indeed be a “Summer Prophetic Fulfillment” as my professor friend Luis B. Vega suggests.

Typology Pattern

 

First of all, Lu is correct in that the typology of offering up Firstfruits of a Harvest began on Pentecost, however, Jesus and the Old Testament saints were offered up to God during the Passover season which could supercede that and mark Passover as the starting point for The Typology Pattern of a Resurrection Paralleling the Harvest Cycle of Israel:

 

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

And came out of the graves after his resurrection,

and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matthew 27:50-53 KJV

The Harvest and the Rapture

 

Harvest imagery is throughout the Scriptures and it is something I have studied off and on for years and have written about (for example, The Rapture Mystery), for the harvest serves to illustrate the Resurrections of the Bible and the Rapture.

 

The explanation given at gotquestions.org summarizes my belief and parallels that of Don Stewart who wrote, “The first resurrection refers to the resurrection of all believers, though separated in time”:

 

The first resurrection takes place in various stages. Jesus Christ Himself (the “first fruits,” 1 Corinthians 15:20), paved the way for the resurrection of all who believe in Him. There will be the resurrection of “the dead in Christ” at the Lord’s return (1 Thessalonians 4:16) and the resurrection of the martyrs at the end of the tribulation (Revelation 20:4). The Old Testament saints will also be raised at the end of the tribulation, and they are also part of the first resurrection.

 

The Book of James calls Those in Christ “a kind of firstfruits”:

 

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. - James 1:18 KJV

 

a kind of first-fruits--Christ is, in respect to the resurrection, "the first-fruits" ( 1Cr 15:20, 23 ): believers, in respect to regeneration, are, as it were, first-fruits . . . that is, they are the first of God's regenerated creatures, and the pledge of the ultimate regeneration of the creation. . . [From Commentary/jfb]

 

Our Lord was the Firstfruits of the Barley Harvest—the first grain harvested in Israel.

 

Are You Barley, Wheat, or Grapes?

 

There are three major crops harvested in Israel: Barley, wheat, and grapes. . . 

So, we see that the harvest of the grain and grapes represent harvests of souls for different people groups, and we will shortly determine which people groups they represent. Reaping the soul harvest ends in death, but Jesus is the first fruit of the resurrection to life of the souls harvested for those saved in Him: 

1 Corinthians 15:20-24 - But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming. Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 

Note that there is an order of resurrection of the just, or the righteous, starting with Christ's resurrection and ending when He returns to deliver His earthly kingdom to the Father, thus proving that there is more than one event of saints rising from the dead in the first type of resurrection to life that spans at least 2,000 years. Similarly, the reaper harvests the grain over the course of time, over weeks or months, because crops do not all ripen at the same time. 

Under the Mosaic Law, the Lord commanded Israel to offer the firstfruits of all the produce they harvested in the land (Deuteronomy 26:1-3, 10). In the first harvest of souls, the Old Testament saints were resurrected right after Jesus rose from the dead, and many were seen in Jerusalem: 

Matthew 27:51-53 - Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. 

. . . Since Christ fulfilled all things in the Mosaic Law, then it makes sense that He offered these saints at the heavenly tabernacle as firstfruits of the first harvest of souls. . . 

The first harvest in Israel is the barley harvest. Therefore, the firstfruit of the barley harvest represent the Old Testament saints, the general harvest of barley represents the souls who have died in Christ since the cross, and gleanings of the barley harvest represent those who are alive in Christ when Christ calls the Church saints to Heaven in the rapture before the Tribulation. . .

 The following passage shows that the dead in Christ, or the souls reaped in the barley harvest, will precede the souls in Christ that were not reaped and are still alive as gleanings at the end of the barley harvest, when Christ calls the Church saints to Heaven in the rapture: 

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 - For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 

. . . In the parable below, Jesus shows that the wheat harvest represents those who become believers in the Tribulation and enter the kingdom at the end of the harvest. . . Source: trackingbibleprophecy.org/The PreTribulation Rapture/page 3

 

The above referenced web page goes on to give a very compelling perspective of how the Wheat Harvest Offering—the two loaves of leavened wheat bread—is to be fulfilled by the Two Witnesses and the Gathering of the 144,000.

A tribulum was a Roman tool used for threshing wheat and was probably pulled by oxen. It resembles a sled with the bottom studded with teeth of stone or iron. They are still in use in some remote rural areas of the world today as demonstrated in this brief video.

Barley is a soft grain so its threshing process is gentle compared to wheat and grapes. The wheat crop is trampled upon with a tribulum to separate the hard wheat grain from its chaff (tribulum = tribulation). The tribulum process for the wheat, like the Tribulation itself, is torturous; but no one should want to be part of the end time Grape Harvest, for they will be crushed:

 

And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs. - Revelation 14:19-20 KJV

 

The Sign of the Woman

 

This brings me to the subject of the Mazzaroth—specifically the constellation Virgo, The Woman. Virgo marks the starting point of the history and redemption of the children of Israel as revealed in the 12 signs of the Hebrew Mazzaroth (or Zodiac).

 

Because Virgo represents Israel (Isaiah 66:7-8) and in her hand she supposedly holds a sheaf of WHEAT, I at first thought that those who believe on the true Messiah during the Tribulation (mostly Jews) are represented by Wheat. However, Virgo holds a Branch in one hand and a Sheaf of Grain in the other—both representing Jesus the Messiah (Jeremiah 33:15-16).

 

We see Jesus as represented by what is assumed to be a Sheaf of Wheat in this constellation, yet Jesus was resurrected as the Firstfruits of the Barley Harvest along with the Old Testament saints (Matthew 27:52-53; 1 Corinthians 15:20-23). Therefore, I wonder if the Sheaf of Grain held by Virgo represents the ENTIRE Grain Harvest—ALL those who come to Christ. This would make sense since the grain harvests overlap but are ALL celebrated at The Feast of Tabernacles or Ingathering (Leviticus 23:33-44).

This line of thinking parallels the fact that the name Spica is “from Latin literally ‘ear of grain, spike or head of a plant’. . . corresponding to Greek stakhys”.  The general connotation is that Spica refers to an “ear of wheat,” but could represent any grain. Additionally—

 

The star Spica – aka Alpha Virginis – is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo the Maiden. . . Spica consists of two stars and maybe more. . . And the two stars in the Spica system are individually indistinguishable from a single point of light, even with a telescope. Only the analysis of its light with a spectroscope – an instrument that splits light into its component colors – revealed the dual nature of this star. earthsky.org

 

Thus the star representation of the Sheaf of Grain contains more than one star potentially symbolizing more than one type of grain!

 

Wheat Harvested at End of Which AGE?

 

It is my belief that the Body of Christ identifies with the Barley Harvest instead of the Wheat Harvest, HOWEVER, my conjecture dovetails into the timing our Brother in Christ Luis Vega surmises.  

 

“The key to the whole issue is to remember that there were and are TWO wheat harvests in Israel. . . Not only does Israel have winter and spring wheat but they also have winter and spring barley [so TWO barley harvests], oats, rye, etc. Winter wheat is sown in the fall and harvested in the spring, about two weeks after the winter Barley harvest. The spring wheat is sown in the spring and harvested in the summer about four months later -- and this is the harvest found in Scripture for Pentecost wheat. We hope this information will help you to understand that there is a SECOND wheat harvest in Israel that is harvested about 50 days after the first wheat harvest -- and goes almost completely unnoticed because of the traditions of men.” [Excerpt from hopeofisrael.org. Emphasis and notes in brackets added by me.]

 

Barley matured faster and would be harvested sooner than the wheat. The firstfruits of grain offered during the Festival of Unleavened Bread would have been barley (Source: archive.gci.org/articles/harvest-seasons-of-ancient-israel). Jesus and the Old Testament saints resurrected at the time of our Lord’s resurrection would have fulfilled the Barley Firstfruits Offering. The barley harvest lasted from Passover to Pentecost. As recorded in the Book of Ruth, the Barley Harvest overlapped into the Wheat Harvest. (For more information on this read The Harvest and the Wedding.)

 

Luis Vega has presented his belief the Wedding of the Church will occur when Boaz and Ruth’s wedding occurred—when the wheat harvest would be concluding and the grape harvest is beginning:

 

One surmises that the Pentecost of Acts occurred in the Feast of New Wine. . . This New Understanding is predicated on their being a ‘Double Count’ and Interpretation of Leviticus 23:15-16. 

One is of the Opinion that if and when the Rapture of the Bride of Christ is to occur, it will be during a Harvest Feast. And this Feast will be emblematic of how Jesus qualified it as so. The only Feast of YHVH that falls within in parameter is when the Church Age 1st started, Pentecost.

Jesus throughout His Ministry used the Metaphors and of a Wheat Harvest Time to convey the End of the Age. Source: Summer White Wheat Wedding Pentecost New Wine Rapture and End of the Church Age pp. 2 and 21

 

If God once again shows Himself to be a “Last-Minute Rescuer”, and since the Barley Harvest lasted through Pentecost, it would be possible for the Rapture as a Barley Harvest Type to occur “when Pentecost is fully come” thus fulfilling the Main Barley Harvest and Gleanings as outlined in trackingbibleprophecy.org.

 

Even if there was additional Barley to be harvested after Pentecost, the entire grain harvest was celebrated at Pentecost:

 

In Galilee, for example, part of the grain harvest would be completed after Pentecost, especially in years in which Pentecost came as early as mid-May. Even though all the crop might not be harvested by Pentecost, Pentecost celebrated the entire grain harvest, including the small amount of grain to be harvested shortly after the festival. gci.org

 

Church Age or Age of Man?

 

Lu Vega states, “Jesus throughout His Ministry used the Metaphors of a Wheat Harvest Time to convey the End of the Age”—BUT WHICH AGE IS JESUS REFERRING TO? It can’t be the Church Age. (Remember His audience was Jewish—Matthew 15:24—the Dispensation of the Church Age of Grace had not yet begun.) When Jesus explains the parable in Matthew 13:38-39, he says that the field that contains wheat and tares is, not the church, but the world. And the good and bad seed will be separated on the last day of the Age of Man:

 

The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one]; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world[aiōn-period of time; age]; and the reapers are the angels. 

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world [aiōn-period of time; age]. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. - Matthew 13:38-42 KJV

 

So which “age” is Jesus referring to then? Without going into a deep dive on the different “Ages of the Bible”, it is my understanding that Jesus used the Wheat Harvest Time to convey the End of the Age OF MAN—NOT the End of the Church Age (which is more accurately a Dispensation). So the harvest is the end of the world and will come at the end of the 6,000 year long Age of Man; whereas, the Harvest of the Righteous when Those in Christ are Resurrected and Raptured will occur 7 years prior!

 

The above chart displaying the Dispensations, in my opinion, would be more accurate if the 6,000 years were shown to end not with the Church Dispensation but 7 years later when The Tribulation ends because man will still be overseeing the earth but led by the Antichrist as God’s wrath falls.

It is this misunderstanding of which age Jesus was referring to that I believe influenced T. W. Tramm’s thoughts years ago in Ruth’s Wedding and the Timing of the Rapture:

 

“3. The entire summer harvest season, the period intervening the spring and fall festivals, may be seen as representing the Church Age. The Church Age began with the “betrothal,” via the sending of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost 2,000 years ago. The Church Age will end with Jesus coming to gather the bride on a day no one knows, possibly around the conclusion of the agricultural wheat harvest. Harvesting the Church at the end of the wheat season symbolically allows the most possible time for believers to mature or “ripen.””

 

Jesus and the Old Testament saints were Resurrected or “Harvested” as the Firstfruits of the Barley Harvest. Since Pentecost completes the Passover Season and we identify as having Christ IN us, it seems to me then the Resurrection and Rapture of the Church would be a Barley Harvest. Therefore, harvesting the Church at the end of the Barley Season “symbolically allows the most possible time for believers to mature or ‘ripen’”:

 

“These four spring festivals are joined together as an interrelated unit. . . The season of Passover (Pesach) is not considered totally over until Shavuot (Pentecost) is completed.” [From The Seven Festivals of the Messiah | Chapter 2]

 

I could be misunderstanding this, but to me this means the Rapture cannot be the Wheat Harvest.

 

The Holy Spirit seems to confirm this and perhaps mark it as a foreshadowing of the Gathering of the Bride of Christ as a Barley Harvest to occur 7 years before the end of the Age of Man in the account of Ruth. I shared this in The Harvest and The Wedding:

Also he said, Bring the vail that [thou hast] upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid [it] on her: and she went into the city. - Ruth 3:15 KJV

 

Six Measures of Barley

 

. . .Notice that Boaz accepted Ruth’s request for marriage and gave her six measures of barley:

 

And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. Also he said, Bring the vail that [thou hast] upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six [measures] of barley, and laid [it] on her: and she went into the city. - Ruth 3:14-15 KJV

 

And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. - Ruth 3:17 KJV

 

The Bible specifically gives the number, even though it doesn’t tell the size of the measure. What is it about the number six and what is it about barley rather than wheat that the Bible is trying to tell us? The number six, according to EW Bullinger, “…has to do with man; it is the number of imperfection; the human number; the number of MAN as destitute of God, without God, without Christ.” As he says, “it is certain that man was created on the sixth day, and thus he has the number six impressed upon him. Moreover, six days were appointed to him for his labour; while one day is associated in sovereignty with the Lord God, as His rest.” 

Insightful as ever, Bullinger rightly tied the number six in with labors and that at the end of the labors there is the anticipation of “the Lord God, and His rest.” It is exactly what Naomi was seeking for Ruth, and thus implicitly, for herself through Ruth.” One cannot enter rest until the work is done. . . 

In an astute observation, Lange gives us these words to consider concerning what this is showing us – “Naomi receives what she may take as an intimation that the time has come, when after long labor she must let Ruth go out free. The day of rest is at hand.” 

. . . That explains the number six, but why barley? The reason for specifying barley is because of what barley pictures. First, it is a picture of the resurrection of Christ because barley was what was presented at the Feast of Firstfruits. [Excerpt from a 2014 article by Charlie Garrett  superiorword.org]

 

As Mr. Garrett pointed out: Bullinger rightly tied the number six in with labors and that at the end of the labors there is the anticipation of “the Lord God, and His rest”.

 

This, of course, brings to mind how 6 days is 6,000 years that man will toil and have dominion over the earth (related teaching: The 6000 Year Earth Lease by Charles Capps). Seven years before the completion of the 6,000 years, Jesus has promised to come and whisk the Church Bride away to a place He has prepared for us and to our wondrous wedding!

The Great Shaking

 

It has been promulgated that the Barley is only winnowed (tossed into the air) to separate the grain from the chaff. Even if Those in Christ identify with Him and the Barley Harvest, there is threshing; and, therefore, shaking involved in the barley harvesting process before the winnowing, Beloved in the Lord! A flail was used for threshing small quantities of grain. Ruth must have used such a wooden instrument. "And beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley" (Ruth 2:17).

Jesus warned in John 16:33 we would have to endure tribulation with a small “t”, but promised that we are saved from Tribulation with a capital “T” or Wrath. Nobody, including myself, wants to think about being shaken, yet God is allowing a Shaking just prior to the Rapture to awaken the sleepers! Those who do not enter the “ark of Jesus Christ” will be left on the threshing floor.

 

The threshing floor is symbolic of judgment in the Bible. . . Of the nations who will come against God during the end times, the prophet Micah says "they do not know the thoughts of the Lord; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor." Source: compellingtruth.org

Wheat is a harder grain than barley and must be trampled to separate the grain from the plant (makes me think of hard-headed people). Those in Christ will not be subject to the crushing tribulum of the Wheat Harvest, but we will be subject to the TRANSITIONAL SHAKING PERIOD of which I have written before (see the section titled “The Feasts & Shakings Pattern” in BUCKLE UP! Final Puzzle Piece Before Rapture).

Summertime Rapture Hopefully!

 

We see that the Resurrection and Rapture of Those in Christ is modeled after the Harvest Cycle of Israel, but what part of the summer will our Beloved come for His Church Bride? Will it be early summer around Passover (according to the Biblical seasons) or later when Pentecost is fully come at the New Wine Festival (at the last minute) giving the Bride of Christ a midsummer wedding?  

 

I’ve seen in the Scriptures (e.g., the Israelites crossing the Red Sea) as well as in my own life where God comes to the rescue at what seems like the very last minute (or at the last atomos)! The New Wine Festival could mark “the last minute” for a Pre-Tribulation Rapture. The Time of Wrath may begin this year or later, but according to Hebraic understanding Rosh HaShanah or The Feast of Trumpets is the cut-off date before The Tribulation days of Jacob’s Trouble. 

 

In "X" Marks the Year of the Rapture? I write about the prophetic connection of the total solar eclipses over America during the 1800’s with the modern day eclipses and the prophesied New Madrid earthquake:

 

IF THE PROPHESIED 2^ND NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKE OCCURS IN THE SAME PATTERN—THAT IS, IT OCCURS 3 MONTHS AFTER THE CROSSING OF THE 2024 GREAT AMERICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE—IT WOULD MEAN AMERICA WOULD EXPERIENCE THIS HORRIFIC QUAKE IN JULY 2024. 

At the beginning of this article I mentioned that July 23 is what Luis B. Vega has suggested as a possible Rapture date. I have written several articles proposing that the Resurrection and Rapture of Those in Christ will occur around the timing of a great earthquake in America—most likely the foretold New Madrid earthquake.

 

If our Heavenly Father decides the Rapture will occur around July 23, it would fit our Brother Lu Vega’s New Wine Festival timeline and fulfill the promise Jesus made:

 

But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. - Matthew 26:29 KJV

 

The Messianic fulfillment of Pentecost was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, so the scenario the Spirit has revealed about God sending a wave of glorious outpouring in the last hours the Church is on earth would seem appropriate just prior to catching away the Bride.

This leads me to have great anticipation that beginning at Passover (according to the Hebrew calendar) but no later than this Summer of 2024 could be when Those in Christ will be harvested.

 

The Resurrection and Rapture of the Ecclesia will be a harvest, but will it be on a particular Feast Day or will the Wedding of the Heavenly King and His Bride be on a Day that Father God deems unique (as the day Jesus ascended which did not fall on a Feast Day)?

 

We may not know the precise timing of our escape, but I believe The Watching Church will KNOW when the Rapture will be next because of the Final Puzzle Piece Before the Rapture. Also—

 

Before war comes to America, I believe God—IN HIS GREAT MERCY—will allow Her to experience some type of national calamity. It most likely will come as an apparent natural disaster. [From The dropping of HIS shoe--2 Visions]

Perhaps that is what the two angels meant who gave an exciting message to a young girl recently. The angels appeared to her and said they had come to protect her and her family because—

 

“Something very big is about to happen and we are waiting on the order from God to collect the harvest.”

 

Related: Harvest models UNLOCKED! HOLY SPIRIT unfolded major insight! Rapture possible THIS MONTH! Our Brother Will at Worship and Watch YTC also shares how he was shown that Those in Christ are part of the Barley Harvest!

2nd Shoe to Drop NOW then Rapture?

My Least Favorite Word from the LORD--Many of Those in Christ have an expectancy for certain Rapture “watch dates” coming up. . . What I believe He is encouraging us to do is what I learned in my youth when I ran hurdles in track--that you continue to give it your all past the finish line. You did not slow down as you approached the finish line—you PUSHED as hard as you could until you passed it!

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, - Hebrews 12:1 KJV