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Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Matthew 2:1-2
The first coming of the King of the Jews to the Earth as a babe was known to wise men who saw His star ahead of time and in faith went to find Him. The time of His second coming above the Earth of the King of Kings for His Bride at the First-Fruit Rapture is upon us and those that are wise will watch for Him.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Revelation 3:3
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.Acts 20:31
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Hosea 6:2
Last
Trumpet
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. I Corinthians 15:52
Engagement
Date
May 5, 2000, on which occurred a sign in
the
sky, appears to have possibly been the betrothal for Christ and His
Bride and 555 appears related to the
rapture. Things
are repeated three times such as Holy, Holy, Holy because they
highlight
the triune nature of the trinity God, in God the Father YHVH, Jesus
Christ
His Son Yeshua, and the Holy Spirit.
This sign in the sky can be seen associated with the number 5, the number for Grace, repeated multiple times. 55 is the Hebrew numerical total for the word "bride". On 5/5/00 there was an alignment of 5 visible planets in a row within the constellation "Taurus", the bull. "Taurus" is described as the "mighty chieftain that cometh" the "most expressive symbol of Christ as the irresistible and angry judge" according to "Gospel in the Stars", Joseph Seiss, 1882.
Note
that by including May 5, 2000 in the
count and adding exactly 66 months of 30
days
(prophetic months) brings one to October 5, 2005 which
is the last day of the two day celebration of Rosh Hashana, "The Feast
of Trumpets", with the
start of the new year and observance of the new
moon for the Hebrews, the last time the trumpet is sounded. The
number 66 is associated with "Idol
Worship"
according to the book "The Arithmetic of God". That would also
make
the span of time from May 5, 2000 to October 5, 2005, (inclusively)
exactly 5.5
prophetic
years, 55 being associated with the "bride".
A
generation can be defined in general terms as the
period
from a persons birth to that persons first conception of a new life,
which
starts the next generation. It appeared to the author that this
was equal
to 1000 weeks or 7000 days.
And twice this period was the period as used from Jesus' passion to the
destruction of the temple or the time Israel wandered in the
wilderness. And 2000 weeks or 14000 days from June 7, 1967 is
October 5, 2005.
From the
Betrothal comes the Engagement that lasts for up to 12 moons in the
Jewish faith. Adding 12 times 29.530588 days/new moon to
October 5, 2005 and we arrive at the second day of the next Rosh
Hashana, September 24, 2006
Note that
taking May 5, 2005 and adding exactly 333 weeks , three standing for
resurrection, brings us to the last day in the Hebrew calendar in 2006,
September 22, 2006
Another
"generation" count is in effect
for the generations described at the start of Matthew of 14 generations
times 3 leading up to Christ's birth. Upon counting the years for
these 42 generations it appears this generation is made up of 17,640
days which is 49 x 360. Adding 17,640 days to June 7, 1967
brings one to September 23, 2015, Yom Kippur, the end of 10 days from
Rosh Hashana and symbolically the end of 10 "days" (as years) of
tribulation.
For
perhaps he therefore departed for a season,
that
thou shouldest receive him for ever; Philemon 1:15
The word "season" is found in 55 verses in the Bible (KJV)
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. Romans 8:19 (NIV) Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Romans 8:23 (NIV) Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. Luke 20:36 ...that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, and not only so for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one. John 11:51-52 (NIV) (The phrases "sons of God" and "children of God" together are found 20 times throughout the KJ Bible. Likewise "redemption" is found 20 times in the KJ Bible. Look for yourself. In addition, the referenced book "Arithmetic of God" also connects the number 20 with redemption. April 20?)
Have you entered into Heaven Salvation (John 3:16, Acts 4:12) fulfilled by Jesus Christ at Passover? Have you then received from Jesus the promised Holy Spirit clothing/immersion fulfilled at Pentecost? If not sure then keep on reading. Are you prepared to be part of the Bride that is Snatched Away? Will you be entering into the Marriage of the Lamb of God to His Bride? If not, keep reading!! Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. Revelation 19:7 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light, Matt. 11:30. But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. Mark 13:23.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God....Psalm 14:1 & Psalm 53:1
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. Nehemiah 2:20
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. Zechariah 12:10
The term "End of Age" actually has two different meanings - one is the end of this current age that we live in, commonly referred to as the Church Age or the Age of the Gentiles. The Gentile Age started when the Jews rejected Jesus as their king after He rode into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey.
Sir Robert
Anderson's classic groundbreaking work on
the
book of Daniel called "The
Coming Prince" (1895) puts this date at April 6, (now A.D. 32),
Julian with Jesus's crucifixion on the following Friday per tradition
and the then understanding of the word "sabbath". This would have
been in fulfillment of
69 weeks of Daniels 70 week prophecy. Current calculated
calendars
are available such as:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/
http://www.calendarhome.com/converter/
These show
April 6, (Julian) as a Sunday which would
make April 11th (Julian) a Friday corresponding to Nisan 11 on the
current back-calculated Hebrew calendar. However, His crucifixion
was on Nisan 14, the day before Nisan 15, Passover. We are three
days behind the calculated calendar which can be two days behind the
observed because of the postponement rules for keeping Passover from
falling on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. And with the assumed
Friday crucifixion we are two days from the Wednesday crucifixion
required by the Sign of Jonah making a total of 7 days. Which all
of these factors can be reconciled by moving forward one week to April
13th (Julian) for His triumphal entry and April 16th (Julian), April
14th, 32 AD (Gregorian), for His crucifixion.
Documention that the current calculated Jewish calendar was not in use in Jesus's day is shown below:
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/easter/eastercalculator.htm
Just a little way down the page:
The Gaussian algorithm for calculating the first day of the Jewish Passover feast (15 Nisan) is equivalent with the method currently employed in the rabbinic (or cyclic) Jewish calendar, which according to tradition was introduced by Hillel the Patriarch (Hillel II) in AD 358/359 (AM 4119). However, there is ample evidence (cf. Stern, 2001) that up to the 10th century AD several Jewish calendars existed simultaneously and textual evidence suggests that some of the underlying parameters and postponement rules currently employed in the rabbinic Jewish calendar were not introduced before the mid-9th century AD.
Also:
http://www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm
In the fourth century, Hillel II established a
fixed calendar based on
mathematical and astronomical
calculations. This calendar, still in use,
standardized
the length of months and the
addition of months over the course of a 19 year cycle,
so
that the lunar calendar realigns
with the solar years. Adar II is added in the
3rd,
6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and
19th years of the cycle. The current cycle began
in
Jewish year 5758 (the year that
began October 2, 1997).
Calculating the Jewish day oneself using the current observed is just a matter of dividing a day count by the number of days in a moon cycle which is 29.530588 one comes up with Nisan 10 as being a Saturday, that being April 10, 32 AD Gregorian and April 12th Roman. So based on the best available evidence that would place Jesus triumphal entry on Sunday, Nisan 11, April 13th Roman, April 11, 32 AD extrapolated Gregorian, Julian Day Count = 1732848.5. That would also place His crucifixion on Wednesday, Nisan 14, and His resurrection on Sunday, Nisan 18, April 20th Roman, April 18, 32 AD extrapolated Gregorian.
There has been some confusion reconciling various days of the week with Scripture. For example Jesus had to be taken off the cross before sundown:
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. John 19:31
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.II Chronicles 35:16
Jesus, the Lamb of God, was sacrificed for the sins of the world on "preparation day", the same day lambs were prepared, in other words slaughtered or killed, throughout Israel to keep the coming Passover that would begin at sundown. Their doors to their houses would have the blood of the lambs applied to them to protect them from death in rememberance of the first Passover. The word "Sabbath" means "day of rest". It does not mean the 6th day of the week although this was a day of rest. Likewise, all Holy days such as Passover were High days of rest. Passover is an 8-day celebration. However only the first two days and the last two days are full Holy Days.
Jesus would have been put taken down from the cross right before sunset on Wednesday and buried probably around midnight. He would have been in the ground that night and then the next day (Passover - 1/2 Wed night, Thur day), and the following night and the next day (Day after Passover, still a High day of rest - Thur night, Fri day), and the following night and the next day (Saturday Sabbath - Fri night, Sat day). Then 1/2 of Sat night. (As the Romans measured 24-hour days starting at midnight that didn't distinguish nights this would have been all of Thur, Fri, and Sat.) This was three nights and three days to fulfill the sign of Jonah.
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:40
Sunday, the first day of the week, starts at sundown on Saturday for the Jew. This would be the first non-Sabbath day since Wednesday before sunset. Jesus would have arose from the dead at midnight, the start of Sunday morning, around the same time that he was laid in the grave the previous Wednesday evening to exactly fulfill three nights and three days. Mary Magdelene, after sundown, anxious to anoint the body with spices and ointments as soon as the Sabbaths had passed, on the first day of the week not waiting for daylight, then found the grave empty.
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. John 19:31
In the
Roman calendars of the day then His triumphal
entry
would
be Sunday, April 13th and his resurrection would be
Sunday,
April 20th. In the calendars of today, this would have been
respectively Sunday, April 11th, 32 AD and Sunday, April 18th, 32
AD.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. Luke 21:42
This prophecy was fulfilled in 70 AD in one way at the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple as it burned from Av 9 to Av 16 on the Jewish Calendar. From this verse we know the lower bounds of how long a generation shall live. From the Exodus we know that a generation was not counted until they were around 19 and apparently 2 times or around 38 years after that was the length it took for that generation to perish in the wilderness. Confirmation of the around 38 years from 32 AD to 70 AD.
And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. Deuteronomy 2:14
In my opinion, one hundred of these around 19 year generations to generations could define one Age.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Isaiah 66:8
The Gentile Age, although not the End of the Age before the Millennium, in some peoples minds ended when the modern nation of Israel was born in a day as fortold in Isaiah 66:8 on May 14/15, 1948. "Who had heard of such a thing happening before?" From the Spring Equinox in 32 AD to the Jewish New Year in 1948 which was on October 4, 1948 works out to exactly 100,000 weeks.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalms 90:12
The Times of the Gentiles can be said to have been fulfilled at just under a generation after May 14/15, 1948 (in other words just under 1000 weeks) when Jerusalem was no longer trodden under foot by the Gentiles following the 6 day war on June 7, 1967.
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.Luke 21:24
However, Jerusalem after June 7, 1967 is still a divided city. The temple mount is still controlled by the Arabs. Israel does not have dominion over the entire city. Jerusalem is still trodden down by the Gentiles. We have seen only a type.
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The other meaning of "End of Age" is the end of aging or growing old. This can only happen after we have inherited our resurrection bodies. This is the physical meaning. I do not wish that you be ignorant of these thing but I also wish that you not be swayed by every wind of doctrine that comes along. Therefore, search the scriptures and pray without ceasing. But be convinced of the following based on the Holy Scriptures:
1. Jesus the Christ is Coming
Soon
2. You Must be Watching for Him
3. You Must be Prepared for Him
4. Watch your Head.
Who are the Bride of Christ that Escapes?
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.Matthew 25:1-12
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. I Samuel 16:13. The Bride of Christ are those in the Church who are indwelt, full measure, and running over with the Holy Spirit. For: "Following Worrell's very correct rendering of the original in Acts 1:4,5, we read: And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, "Ye heard from Me; because John, indeed, immersed in water, but ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence." Note that it is not a promise, but the promise, the great mountain-peak promise which towers above all the rest of the Father's promises following the fulfillment of the promise of the Messiah." "Bible Doctrines" by P.C. Nelson (1948)
The Bride of Christ are those who are the Temple of God, the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Know ye not that ye are thetemple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? I Corinthians 3:16, What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? I Corinthians 6:19. Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body. John 2:19-21.
But the fruit of the Spirit
is love, joy,
peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:
against
such there is no law. Galations
5:22-23
Commanded
to watch with a very severe
penalty
for disobedience, namely going through the worst time of human history.For
then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the
beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Matt.
24:21
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.Luke 21:36
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. Rev. 3:3
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Matt. 24:42
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Matt. 25:13
But of that day and that
hour
knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the
Son,
but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know
not when the time is. For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far
journey,
who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every
man
his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye
therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at
even,
or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming
suddenly
he find you sleeping.
And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Mark
13:32-37
NARROW WAY
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.Acts 8:30-31
Read the 5
Doves posts referenced at the top of the
screen.
Watch for exact wordings in the Bible such as it doesn't say "makes"
the
covenant but "confirms" the covenant. And it doesn't say "till
one
generation has gone by" but "till one generation has passed
away".
Know the signs of the times. Time Israel was reborn in a day
(5/14/48)
Start of first Jewish year after Israel reborn, (10/4/48, Tishri
1).
Time when Jerusalem was reunified with Israel (6/7/67).
Time
of Jewish Peace Treaty Oslo Accord, signed (9/13/93) and agreed to by
Israel (9/16/93, Tishri 1). Time of Jewish confirming of Jewish
Peace
Treaty at Wye River agreed to by Israel (11/11/98). How long is a
"time"
or a prophetic year? (Daniel & Revelations both seems to reveal 360
days) How long is a year? (365.242199 days) How long is a
lunar
month? (29.530588 days) How long is a prophetic
month?
(Revelations seems to reveal 30 days). How long is a
"generation"?
(1000 weeks or 1000 weeks minus 2 days or 39 prophetic years or 40
calendar years or 49 prophetic years?) How long till a generation
passes away
(dies)? (2000 weeks or 40 years?) How long is an "age"? (2000
years, prophetic or otherwise?). How long is a Jubilee (50 Jewish
years).
How
long is the counting of the omer? (50 days). When did the Jewish
age end? (the day Jesus went into the second temple in Jerusalem
and they did not crown him king, Nisan 11, 32 AD?). When did
second
temple get destroyed? (Av 9, 70 AD?) Bible resources:
members.aol.com/bibleplus
and Hebrew Calendar: http://www.calendarmaven.com/
and Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible..
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of Creation Bible
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is Believing Last
Days World Watch
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:Deuteronomy 16:16
Passover (unleavened bread) - Jesus
Christ is
our
Passover Lamb who payed our blood ransom, saving us from Eternal
Death.
This promise of Salvation is to all that repent and turn away from
their
evil sin nature, confess with their month that Jesus is Lord, and
believe
in their heart that God raised him from the Dead.
To understand Salvation see: I John
1:9, John
3:16, Romans 10:9,10,
http://www.thekristo.com/
Pentecost (weeks) - Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit to Comfort Us, Fill Us, and Give Us a New Tongue. This promise of internal peace and a new tongue is to all that have first been Saved and then to all that ask Jesus (who they now have a relationship with) to be immersed in His Spirit and then speak out in faith in a new tongue. Sometimes prayer and the laying on of hands of the presbytery is required for those who lack the faith so small as the size of a mustard seed. See: Acts 8:14-18, Acts 11:16, I Timothy 4:14, Hebrews 6:2. Also:I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Matthew 3:11 (Also in Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, John 1:33) John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. Acts 1:5 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. II Samuel 23:2 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2:4And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.Acts 19:6 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. I Corinthians 14:2, For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.I Corinthians 14:14
--Church Age--
Bride of Christ Snatching Away - How then can we be found worthy to be part of the Bride that is snatched away? By being not only virgins, being justified by the blood of Christ, and living a santified life, but that the oil in our lamps is overflowing with the Holy Spirit, and being faithfully watching! Redeeming the Bride of Christ? / Glorifying the Body of Christ? / Revealing the Sons of God?
--Great Tribulation--
--2nd Coming of Christ - Judgement Day - Fulfillment of all of Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21
End (last day) of Tabernacles
(booths/ingathering) which
has yet to be fulfilled - Jesus Christ will present His
virgin
Bride to His Father (God the Father) to be adopted as Sons and
we
will cry Abba, Daddy, Father. Jesus will be His Bride's
tabernacle
or covering in the Marriage of the Lamb. This promise is only to
those who are chosen, having first being Saved and second being filled
or immersed in His Spirit, and then walk blamelessly in His sight. Let
us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the
Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Revelations
19:7
Deuteronomy 16:13-15, Leviticus 23:34, John
7:37-39,
Zechariah 14:16
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.Zechariah 14:16
Are you in
right relationship with all three
persons
of the Godhead, first the Son, then the Holy Spirit, and finally the
Father?
What Happens After the Bride Escape?
What happens after the Bride Escape? To put it quite bluntly and literally, "All hell will break loose". O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?I Corinthians 15:55
While the Church at Philadelphia in Revelations represents the Redeemed Bride, the Church at Smyrna would represent those that get right with Jesus within it looks like 10 days after the Great Escape and are faithful unto death. And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. Rev. 2:8-11 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. Rev. 20:6
The other 5 churches, which would represent the rest of the people left in the Churches to endure the tribulation, Jesus has condemnation for in Revelation. So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. II Samuel 24:13
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 which had not worshipped 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. Revelations 20:4
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Much has been written on the tribulation but I think one of the major events is that the AntiChrist, which had been restrained till the Bride of Christ had been taken out of the way, will be revealed. I had a personal experience which was a mental picture that was in color one morning in early May 2000, very likely May 5, 2000 while awaking. I have since searched the scriptures to where I believe that whether the picture was from God or my imagination, it matches up with scripture and can be relayed.
There was a wall of deep rich crimson color. Suspended away from this wall with no visible means of support were three-dimensional letters making up the word 'SOLOMON'. The three dimensional letters were composed of solid gold serpents or snakes. They were clearly engraved with scales and the tails came to blunt points while the heads were fashioned wider than the rest of the body with eyes jutting out on top and mouth closed. The head was likewise engraved to show scales and the eyes with the indentions being a darker color than the rest of the gold. The gold was not shiny. Likewise the snakes that made up the O's did not meet at the top of the O but the snakes head met the left side of the O almost the middle of the way down. This made the O's instead appear as 6's.
Meaning?
I searched the Hebrew number of the Hebrew name "Solomon" since that was what was suggested to me by the mental picture and found the following:
Solomon –
number of his name is 375 in Hebrew
(sheen+lamed+mem+he=300+30+40+5=375)
Solomon is derived from the word Peace by adding
an h
in Hebrew
Peace – number of Salem or Shalom is 930 in
Hebrew
(sheen+lamed+mem(final) = 300+39+600=930)
It struck me as unusual that adding the h, which often represents the Breath of God or the Holy Spirit such as when the letter h was added to make the names Abraham and Sarah from Abram and Sarai, decreased the numerical meaning by 555.
Now since significance can be attached to the numbers 222 (Israel Reborn), 333 (Jerusalem Restored), 444 (Damascus Destroyed), 666 (Antichrist Worshiped), 777 (Cross - Day of Judgement), and 888 (Jesus Reigns), that left 555 for which I have seen no explanation expounded. Now the number of the word "bride" is 55 as recently brought up on 5 Doves site June 2000 posting. I would like to postulate that the meaning of 555 is the Great Escape of the Bride of Jesus Christ or Bride Snatch. Taking away the Bride (555) will take Peace (930) from the earth and leave either the son of Solomon (375) or an antichrist having the spirit of Solomon, or even if that were possible, the incarnation of Solomon. In any regard the antichrist appears destined to having the wisdom of Solomon to be able to fool even the elect, if that were possible.
That left me to ponder that Jesus Christ, although required by sacred Scripture to be a son of David could not or would not be a son of Solomon. Matthew shows Jesus' legal lineage through his step-father Joseph which goes through Solomon. However, Luke shows his true human lineage through his mother Mary which shows Jesus as a son of David but not a son of Solomon.
There is a book called "The Pattern & the Prophecy" by James Harrison which reveals how to reduce numbers by something called the trinity factor which is done by taking the component integers of any number, cubing them, and adding them back together. For those not familiar with this reduction function take for example the number of fish caught in John 21:11"Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.". Turns out that taking the number 153 and reducing it like 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3 = 1 + 125 + 27 gives back the same number 153. Also turns out that applying this reduction function repeatedly to all the known numbers in the universe, and this has been proved mathematically, exactly 1/3rd of the numbers reduce to 153. We are called to be fishers of men and both Jew and Christian use the fish as their symbol and 1/3rd of the angels fell. Makes one think but I digress but you can see where I am going. Reducing the number 555 by the trinity function = 3 * 5^3 = 3 * 125 = 375 = number of Solomon.
Biblical linking of Solomon with 666 and therefore the AntiChrist can be found in I Kings 10:14 which states that 666 was the weight of gold in talents Solomon received yearly. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, I Kings 10:14. For further commentary on Solomon's "tragic figure of apostasy" and for me, confirmation, see either "The Pattern & the Prophecy" by James Harrison or "Cosmic Codes" by Chuck Missler.
Also the following was on page 8, of P&C 520, 5/30/00, M.J. Agee's Web Site anonymously:
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. Isaiah 14:29,31
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me,saith the LORD. And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. Isaiah 66:22-24

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.Revelation 21:1-3
And the
city lieth foursquare, and the length is
as
large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve
thousand
furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
And
he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits,
according
to
the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. And the building of
the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto
clear
glass.
Revelation 21:16-18
When is the next Bride of Christ Great Escape to Watch?
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. II Peter 3:9
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Genesis 3:14-15
This promise concerning the woman and her seed, (not the man's) and the serpent satan saw it's fulfillment 4000 years later with the crucifixion of Jesus and then the resurrection of Jesus where Jesus crushed Satan's power over death and the grave and provided us a way to eternal life. If this promise took 4000 years to fulfill, although 1000 years is like a day unto God, can we be even more expectant if it looks like Jesus will fulfill His promise to come again in half the time?

DROSS
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
but the
honour of kings is to search out a matter. The heaven for height,
and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a
vessel
for the finer. Proverbs 25:2-4
A major age old matter, since this age
began, is how
soon
is Christ coming for His Bride?
He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely
I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Revelations
22:20
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. James 5:7-8
Searching has occurred by kings and laypeople watching to see signs of Christ approaching. However, when He fails to appear when expectant the timing becomes dross but the signs serve to refine our Spirit to see in advance His true coming.
Jesus arose on the "third day"
The phrase "third day" occurs in exactly 55 Bible verses in the Bible. (Prove it yourself - Use a Bible search tool such as Bible Plus: members.aol.com/bibleplus previously referenced. Then look at the many references to being lifted up or raised up) Again, 55 is the numerical representation for "Bride". As shown before, 555 represents the Bride of Christ snatching away.
What about, "And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: ", John 2:1? Just as Jesus' body was buried corruptible and raised incorruptible on the third day, we, the Bride, shall be given new resurrection bodies and raised incorruptible. Water, which was not in those days preserved with chlorine, was corruptible and could make people sick by drinking of it, was changed into wine, incorruptible, by Jesus, in his first recorded miracle. Often times corrupted water was mixed half and half with wine to purify it. We, the corrupted water, have been mixed with the incorruptible wine, the blood of Jesus, and have been purified.
So we must constantly be watching to
see what is
approaching.
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They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. Luke 8:13
Do not be like the seed that fell upon the rock
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: I Thessalonians 4:16
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Matthew 24:24
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. I Thessalonians 5:2-4
Peace (Shalom!) and God Bless!
...and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Mark 13:34
I pray
that this porter has been obediant.