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Sunday, February 10, 2019

A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON IDENTIFYING WHO THE ISRAELITES ARE TODAY

Sticks of Judah And Joseph/Ephraim Entwined Into One Stick
Represents The Two Houses of Israel United As One In The End
A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON IDENTIFYING
WHO THE ISRAELITES ARE TODAY
By Helena Lehman of the Pillar of Enoch Ministry

Let me start this short history lesson with this radical but true statement: The Israel of Yahshua's day no longer exists. Yes, that's right. In fact, shortly before Yahshua's First Advent Ministry, the Promised Land wasn't called Israel. Instead, it was called the Kingdom of Judah before the Romans took it over. After that, it became the Province of Judea under Imperial Roman rule. This province was occupied by Israelites from only a few select tribes, as most of the other Israelites had been scattered abroad by this time, and did not choose to return to the Promised Land.

Interestingly, Israel is NOT a piece of real estate such as the Promised Land, but is the name that was given to Jacob, who fathered 12 sons that fathered all 12 Tribes of Israel. Furthermore, the Promised Land is not a square plot of ground in one particular location of the Earth, but is connected to a much larger area. The New Jerusalem itself will cover a vast territory, not just one small portion of the land allotted to the people of Israel in eternity. It is strongly hinted at in Deuteronomy 11:22-25, where the Israelites were informed that anywhere they left their footprints in their wanderings would be added to their everlasting heritage. In truth, therefore, the entire Earth will one day be their everlasting heritage, NOT just that tiny piece of land between Egypt and Syria in the Middle East!

However, Jacob's father Abraham is the first one who was considered righteous by his faith in Yahweh, and we are all considered to be children of Abraham by our faith in Yahshua. Not only that, but Yahweh promised Abraham that his offspring through his faith would be as numerous as the stars, which suggests that the entire Universe will one day be the everlasting heritage of Israel! Emphasizing its importance, Yahweh stated this Everlasting Covenant Promise to Abraham three times in Genesis:
Genesis 15:5 - “Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 
Genesis 22:17 - “...blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.” 
Genesis 26:4 - “And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed...”
Furthermore, all the born again saints are betrothed to Yahshua and will be wedded to Him one day soon, which means that they are all already considered to be children of Israel through Yahshua, and honorary Jews via both adoption by Yahweh and marriage to Yahshua. This universal tribal affiliation that is a reality through faith in Yahshua has also been made known to humanity through the Mazzaroth or Zodiac, where all Twelve Signs of the Zodiac are allegorically tied to the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and everyone born under the Sun has the potential to become an Israelite through faith in Yahshua. To understand this connection of Israel with the Mazzaroth or Zodiac better, please read the following article:

HOW THE STAR GOSPEL
IDENTIFIES THE END TIME
ISRAELITE NATIONS AND
THEIR ROLE IN THE FORMATION
OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER

The above article is a truly revolutionary look at the massive scope of our Israelite heritage in Christ, and I hope that you will take the time to read and ponder over it.

Returning to this study, it is significant that Yahweh's Covenant Promises made to Abraham mentioned the virtually numberless number of the stars in the heavens. This also ties into the fact that Abraham's faith in Yahweh was credited to him as righteousness. In fact, this is a significant point that many Christians and Messianics seem to miss. Yahweh's love of Abraham's faith in Him is a symbol of the love and trust He desires from all those who profess to love Him, and our Father God intends to make sure that there will be a virtually inexhaustible supply of spiritual giants who exercise the Faith of Abraham. This is why, in the New Testament, it is made clear that all those who place their faith and trust in Yahweh and His promised Son and Messiah Yahshua are considered to be righteous also.

Now, what is not really acknowledged in Bible studies focused on Abraham is the fact that this same man Abraham not only fathered the Israelites through Isaac, and the Arabs via Ishmael, but he also fathered most of the other people groups of the Middle East that are identified as Semitic, and these people all spoke a related set of Semitic languages including Akkadian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Canaanite, Phoenician, Persian, Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew. In fact, the descendants of Abraham peopled the entire Middle East. This was first accomplished through Sarah's handmaiden Hagar, who was an Egyptian princess. Hagar gave birth to Ishmael, and though it is not well known, Ishmael had 12 sons whose descendants formed into several distinct Semitic kingdoms, just like Isaac's son Jacob's 12 sons were destined to do both in the past, and much later in history.

Besides the population descended from Abraham through Ishmael, Abraham also peopled the Middle East through Isaac and his 2 sons. Esau was the founder of the Edomites and several other Semitic kingdoms. Then there was Jacob, who was called Israel. As already mentioned, Jacob had 12 sons that he fathered through four women. Besides the fact that Ishmael had 12 sons like Jacob, it is also not well known that Abraham had 6 sons that were born to him through his second wife Keturah, who was Abraham's Semitic concubine when Sarah was old, and whom Abraham married after Sarah died. Later, the many tribes descended from Abraham were SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WORLD. This was primarily through conquest displacements, and also during forced and voluntary migrations to different lands after defeat. This dispersal and migration of Israelites to different lands after their military defeat occurred during 4 different Diasporas.

It is also a well known fact that most of the Jews that returned to Israel after the Babylonian Captivity were from the Tribe of Judah, along with Israelites from the Tribes of Levi and Benjamin. In fact, the other tribes were only found in large numbers outside of Israel, mostly to the North in Parthia and Europe, although some Israelites settled in ancient Ethiopia and Asia also. In fact, the Kingdom of Parthia was mostly made up of displaced Israelites, and their kingdom rivaled Rome's at one time. The Wise Men that worshiped Yahshua when He was born in Bethlehem actually came from the Kingdom of Parthia during its heyday, and Parthia occupied part of the land where the ancient kingdom of Persia had been, and where my mother's ancestors are from. So it is highly likely that I am an Israelite by blood as well as by faith.

The displaced Israelites are called the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, and these people make up the populations of most of Europe, the United Kingdom and her British Commonwealth nations (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc) and the Americas today. Though they do not replace the Jews or Judah, they are nonetheless counted as an integral part of Israel. There are also small pockets of Israelite descendants in parts of Africa and Asia. As already mentioned, these Israelite descendants were scattered throughout the world during 4 different Diasporas.

The first Diaspora was when the Assyrians destroyed the apostate Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th Century BC. The second Diaspora was when Nebuchadnezzar of Persia conquered the Southern Kingdom of Judea in the 5th Century BC. The 3rd Diaspora happened when the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD, and the 4th and final Diaspora occurred in 136 AD after the Bar Kokhba Revolt. At that time, the Romans chased most of the remaining Jews out of Judea and the surrounding areas. So as far as being Israelites via ancestry or blood lineage, there are many people groups scattered all over the world that qualify.

But during His First Advent Ministry, Yahshua (and later His chosen Apostle Paul) made it clear that the true Israelites are only found by their faith In Yahshua, and by their spiritual rebirth that allows them to keep Yahshua's 2 Commandments. His Commandments call us to love Yahweh and one another, and they therefore embody all of the original 10 Commandments, as well as the Moral Law found scattered throughout the Old Testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Since true Israelites are not found via blood heritage or tradition, but by faith in Yahshua ALONE, the answer to the question of where Israel is located today is: ONLY in the hearts of born again believers that love and follow Yahshua!

Now, as for the tiny modern nation called Israel that is occupied by Christian and Muslim Arabs, and non-believing people of Jewish and Israelite descent as well as some Messianic Jews, it is indeed a prophetic fulfillment of the regathering of Israel in the Last Days. Prophetically, the tiny modern nation of Israel is known as the House of Judah. However, Judah is not the only part of Israel that Yahweh warned would be regathered in the Last Days.

There is also the regathering of Israel that is going on in ALL of the Gentile and Lost Israelite nations of the world. This worldwide regathering of the set apart Israelites out of this wicked world and into the Kingdom of God within is described in two of Yahshua's parables; the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, and the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares. The saved Jews and Gentiles and Lost Israelites that believe in Yahshua are allegorically tied to the Sheep and the Wheat in those parables. The Jews among these herds of sheep and bushels of wheat are prophetically known as the House of Judah, and the Gentiles and Lost Israelites are known prophetically as The House of Ephraim or Joseph.

According to Yahweh's prophetic words as shown on the graphic at the beginning of this article, these Two Houses of Israel are to be united in the Last Days to fight the unholy enemies of Israel that are united with the Antichrist. Yahshua also spoke of these Two Houses of Israel, identifying them as different sheepfolds in the following Scripture:
John 10:15-16  ~ “As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.”
The divinely initiated division of today's world into two different and opposing groups is being done via many diverse political and spiritual polarities that exist in all the nations of the world. These have served to divide the population of the whole world into two distinct ideological groups, one that is often too rigid in its conservative orthodoxy, and the other that is often too lax in its socialistic approach to Yahweh's Moral Law or Commandments. Today these opposing groups are identified as Liberals and Conservatives in America and elsewhere, and they are constantly warring with each other. The constant opposition and turmoil caused by this ideological war is also causing all the political chaos, and the widespread emergence of wickedness that manifests itself as unrestrained violence and rebellion in the world today.

Thankfully, this division of the world into two distinct ideological groups that hate one another because they are spiritually divided is also a sure sign that Yahshua is coming again soon to rescue all the true Israelites that love and follow Him alone. When Yahshua does come for His Bride in the Rapture, He will only rescue those who are born again from both of the Two End Time Houses of Israel. These are the Jews of the House of Judah and the Gentiles and Lost Israelites of the House of Joseph or Ephraim. But before the Rapture, and afterward, Yahweh is going to unite the truly born again members of both the House of Judah and the House of Ephraim into one mighty army in His control. This is revealed in the following scriptures, where I have added my Spirit-led interpretations in parentheses:
Ezekiel 37:19 ~ “Thus says the Lord God (Yahweh Elohim): ‘Surely I will take the stick of Joseph (Or Rod of God, Symbol of God's Authority), which is in the hand of Ephraim (Christians in the USA, the UK and other traditionally Christian Nations), and the tribes of Israel (the 10 Lost Tribes in Europe), his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah (the Jews in America and the tiny Middle Eastern nation of Israel), and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.’”
~*~ Zechariah 9:13 ~*~
“For I have bent Judah (Jews in Israel), My bow,
Fitted the bow with Ephraim (Christians in the West and elsewhere),
And raised up your sons, O Zion (Houses United Under Yahweh),
Against your sons, O Greece (Antichrist's Humanistic Rule),
And made you like the sword of a mighty man.”

The Scriptures from Ezekiel Chapter 37 and Zechariah Chapter 9 quoted on the introductory graphic and above this paragraph with my interpretations, and several other Scriptures not quoted here indicate that the Houses of Judah and Ephraim will be working together with Yahweh to fulfill some of the End Time prophecies of the Bible. In fact, this is already apparent since the USA and Israel are fairly close and well united right now. This may also be the case after the Great Tribulation, when some of the backslidden and lukewarm believers in the massive, worldwide Laodicean Church that is going to be left behind to be refined in the fire of the Great Tribulation will wake up and realize that they were left behind because of their apostasy!

This article is actually not just based on what the Bible teaches, but on the Signs in the Heavens that Yahshua created at the dawn of time. So there is not one, but Two Witnesses to its veracity. The Witness in the Heavens is found most clearly in the Sign of Pisces the Fishes, which represents the Two Houses of Israel in mortal conflict with the Humanistic (i.e. Communistic, New Age, and Atheistic) New World Order of the Antichrist. The Antichrist's Kingdom is represented by the Bands and Cetus the Sea Monster, which represents the Beast from the Sea, and the Antichrist's New World Order. The following graphic that came from my January 2019 Article about the Heavenly Signs surrounding the two Supermoons that began this prophetic year shows the Sign of Pisces or Israel as it should be prophetically understood:

Signs in Pisces and Aquarius shortly after the January 21st, 2019 Lunar Eclipse
(Click Graphic to Enlarge, or Right Click and Open in New Window for More Detail)
To understand this further, believers need to realize that the House of Judah is representative of all the Jews living in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Israel today. Likewise, the House of Ephraim is to be identified with all of the born again Christians living in the Americas, and the British Commonwealth around the world. United together as they will be in the very last moments of history before the Great Tribulation (and afterward when the apostates wake up!), they will fight on the side of Yahweh until Yahshua returns in the Rapture to take them to a place of safety in Heaven.

I firmly believe there will be a Second Rapture to accomplish this rescue of the awakened former apostates in the Houses of Judah and Ephraim that will occur when the Two Witnesses that are murdered in Jerusalem during the Great Tribulation (See the Book of  Revelation, Chapter 11) are resurrected and taken up to Heaven. This will be just as the Seventh and Last Trumpet is blown, and just before the Bowls of God's unmitigated Wrath will be poured out on the wicked around the world. These same saints that are taken up near to the end of the Great Tribulation will then become a part of Yahshua's army of angels and saints that will witness His victory over the military forces of evil and darkness in this world that are aligned against Him, as described in the Book of Revelation Chapters 18 and 19.

To that I say: "MARANATHA! 
COME, ADONAI YAHSHUA!"

With Love From
Your Sister In Yahshua
Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
http://pillar-of-enoch.com
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Saturday, November 11, 2017

WHAT REVELATION CH. 6, DANIEL CH. 9, AND 2ND THESSALONIANS CH. 2 REVEAL ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE RAPTURE

The Coming of Yahshua Is Two-Fold, First In Rapture, Then To Destroy Evil 

PLEASE NOTE: Along with the preceding Four Living Creatures article linked to below, this article was updated on February 16th, 2020, and again on March 18th, 2024. In this revision, I have removed all references to the Heavenly Signs that I was considering in 2020 so as not to confuse anyone. The facts remaining are still true and applicable, to the best of my knowledge.

Before or after reading this article, you may want to read or review the article I wrote just before it. It is entitled: “THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES: AMAZING SYMBOLIC KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING REVELATION CHAPTERS 4, 6 AND 7”, which was updated along with this article. To read it, you can click on the title name in this paragraph to read it on a new page in your browser. This preceding article has carefully shown that the Living Creatures in Revelation Chapters 4 and 6, and the Four Angels standing at the Four Corners of the Earth in Revelation Chapter 7 are targeting this current era in history. For the purposes of this study, which is essentially Part 2 of the preceding article, the connection of the Four Living Creatures with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the prophetically important years connected to the Hallel Psalms indicate that we are indeed at the threshold of the Great Tribulation.

The Blood Moon Triads that specifically pointed to 2011 and 2018, and which act as a celestial frame around the amazing Blood Moon Tetrad on Jewish Feasts that occurred between Passover of 2014 and Sukkot of 2015 and the three consecutive Solar Eclipses during Chanukah of 2020, 2021, and 2022 shows that the years 2011 through 2018 are extremely significant. These years are prophetically attached to the Hallel Psalms 111 through 118, which are read in the synagogues as part of Jewish Liturgy at Passover and other High Holy Days. Specifically, these years have significance as a time of judgment. In fact, these years may be directly tied to the opening of at least Five of the Seven Seal Judgments spoken of in the Book of Revelation. The Seventy Weeks Prophecy in Daniel Chapter 9 further validates my understanding of these years as a period of judgment, and a prelude to the Rapture of the Church and the Sudden Destruction that awaits those who are left behind.

According to a study I did in my book “The Language of God in Prophecy”, the Seventy Weeks Prophecy in Daniel Chapter 9 can be explained thus: Yahshua confirmed the New Covenant with mankind and put an end to sacrifice and offering when He died on the Cross for our sins and rose from the dead. Furthermore, the abomination of desolation was not on a wing of the temple, but was the veil inside the temple that was torn in two when Yahshua died on the Cross. This veil was between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place where the Ark of the Covenant was located, and it signified our separation from God due to sin.

However, Yahshua's body was broken to free us from the debt and power of sin, just as the veil was torn in two to indicate this. So it also meant that the professional priesthood was no longer necessary. In fact, everyone who loves Yahshua and follows Him has full access to God through Yahshua's Spirit - without any need for priests. Indeed, all who are born-again are royal priests in the Kingdom of God (Hebrews 9:11-15). However, this beautiful message of redemption was despised by the priests, who didn't want to lose their jobs. So there can be no doubt that they replaced the veil in the Temple with one that wasn't torn, and this became the abomination of desolation.

Looking back at my study of Daniel 9:25-27 that was originally in my book, and which was published in 2006, I saw a number of errors I had made in it. So I have copied and rewritten it here to present it in a fresh new light:

Revised Excerpt From Pages 327 through 330 in 2013
Edition of “The Language of God in Prophecy”, Revision  Start:
Daniel 9:25-27 ~ “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince (Yahshua or Jesus), there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublesome times. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks (i.e. in the 70th Week), Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then (in the 70th Week) he (i.e. the Messiah) shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering (with His sacrificial death as the Passover Lamb of God). And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate (or: and the “wing" (i.e. “VEIL") shall be an abomination that will make desolation), even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate.”
The Scripture quoted above is known as the Prophecy of Daniel's Seventy Weeks. As I have shown with the interpretations I've added in parentheses into the passages above, Yahshua confirmed the New Covenant in the middle of the Prophet Daniel’s Seventieth Week, and it is therefore strange that Prophecy teachers say that verse 27 is speaking about the Antichrist or Man of Sin. Personally, I think they are wrong. Instead, I believe that all three verses have already been fulfilled by Yahshua. Let me explain how I see this:

The first 483 years or 69 weeks of years pinpointed by Daniel’s prophecy fell between 486 BC, when the Babylonian Exile of the Jews officially ended, and the birth of Christ in 3 BC. It began in 457 BC with the Persian King Artaxerxes‘ decree allowing the Jews to return to Israel and rebuild Jerusalem, and ended with the baptism of Christ in 27 AD, just before Christ began His public ministry. The second prophetic period of the 70th week or 7 years of this prophecy is the period from 27 AD to 34 AD. These seven years began with Yahshua’s public ministry to the Jews. Now, since Yahshua was likely born in September of 3 BC, He would have been 29 years old in 27 AD. Luke confirms that Yahshua was around 30 years old when He began His public ministry in Judea (Luke 3:23) - and if we add the 9 months that Yahshua spent in Miriam’s womb - Yahshua was indeed around 30 in 27 AD!

Since the need for sacrifices and offerings in the Temple in Jerusalem were no longer required after Yahshua died on the Cross, this suggests that the Messiah was cut off after one half of a week of years, or three and a half years had passed, and I showed this to be true in my book “The Language of God in Humanity”. This pinpoints Yahshua’s crucifixion to the day before Passover in 31 AD. Most prophecy teachers seem to miss this fact, and the fact that Yahshua’s resurrection from the dead then brought the need for “sacrifice and offering” in the Temple in Jerusalem to no longer be necessary.

Now, let me explain what the "wing" of the temple is referring to in Daniel's Prophecy. The Gospel of Matthew clearly says that, when Yahshua died, the veil in the Jerusalem Temple to Yahweh was torn in two:
Matthew 27:50-52 ~ “And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. 51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.” 
This Scripture not only tells us that the veil in the Temple was torn in two, but that - at the same moment - there was an earthquake, and many tombs in the vicinity of Yahshua's tomb that contained the bodily remains of righteous Isrealites that had died before Christ's death were opened. Furthermore, shortly after Yahshua rose from the dead, many of the remains of these righteous people that had hoped in the coming of their Messiah before they died were raised from the dead in the first stage of the First Resurrection!

This veil or curtain between the Holy and Most Holy Place in the Temple served to remind men that they could have no fellowship with God without blood atonement, and no blood sacrifice could ever fully atone for sin unless it was without sin and without physical blemish. Therefore, the torn veil indicated that the need for animal sacrifice and blood atonement had finally come to an end through the perfect, forever-atoning sacrifice of Christ!

This leads to my theory that the “abomination that makes desolate” of Daniel’s prophecy was placed inside the Temple when the temple priests replaced the torn “wing" or veil with a new one. But by doing so, these wicked priests officially ignored and repudiated God’s clear message to them. This message was that mankind now had a clear way to gain a relationship with God through Christ’s atoning sacrifice alone!

If the Jews had been made to realize what the torn veil truly signified, they would have recognized that God had done away with any future need for a special priesthood, or a temple, and all the temple priests would have lost their cushy positions of wealth and authority in the Jewish Community! It is therefore likely that, in defiance of God, the Jewish Priesthood replaced the veil in the Temple and ignored a powerful sign from God that their priesthood ceased to exist when they killed their Messiah! These Jewish priests were therefore acting in the satanic spirit of the Antichrist.

Now, in the past, that seventieth “week” marking the completion of 490 years ended three and half years later, in 34 AD. This is the proposed year of the stoning of the disciple Stephen, and the first year that Saint Paul served as an Apostle. But the story doesn't end there, and this is likely why most Prophecy Teachers teach that there will be a second fulfillment of Daniel’s Seventieth Week after the Antichrist takes control, and it will not end until the seven-year Tribulation period ends. They infer this despite the fact that Daniel 9:25 emphatically states “from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks.” This means that sixty-nine “weeks” will pass before the Messiah comes in the seventieth week.

Long before anyone else was teaching this, I believed that the “sevens” in Daniel’s prophecy have a dual meaning and may also apply to years instead of weeks of years. I also believe that these years can be viewed as being measured from Pentecost to Pentecost, which is also called Shavuot or the Feast of Weeks, and which generally falls in the month of June (or around the middle of the year) on the Gregorian Calendar. In the Bible, the numbers seven, forty, fifty and seventy all allegorically imply completion, or a period of time that completes or fulfills an important part of Yahweh’s Will. Therefore, if one “seven” means one year in Daniel’s prophecy, then the sixty-two “weeks” or “sevens” would become sixty-two years, and the seven “weeks” would become seven years. Daniel’s prophecy could therefore be referring to a period of 70 years, as well as 490.

Due to the previous prophetic dates already disclosed in this information from my book  that is being updated here (i.e. 2010 AD, 2017 AD, 2018 AD, and 2020 AD), this interpretation of Daniel’s “sevens” has startling implications. In 1948, the modern nation of Israel was at peace after winning a war against her enemies. It was also finally recognized as a nation by the world, and Jerusalem could again be rebuilt. 1948 is therefore the future time when “the command to restore and build Jerusalem” was issued! Just as in ancient times, Jerusalem has been rebuilt “in troublesome times” (Daniel 9:25). With the threat of Terrorism affecting the whole world, and especially Israel, it should be painfully obvious to all that Daniel’s “troublesome times” (or time of trouble) has already arrived, but will not fully erupt into complete chaos until the Tribulation period begins (Daniel 12:1).

As soon as it became apparent that the “sevens” in Daniel’s prophecy could also be years counted from Pentecost to Pentecost, I added 62 to 1948. The date thus derived is truly astounding! When applied as years, the 62 years in Daniel’s Seventy Weeks of years yields the date of 2010 AD (1948 + 62 = 2010)! This is the same exact year that the Great Pyramid gives as a possible beginning date for a period of Tribulation that will culminate in the Rapture. Let’s further explore the ramifications of this startling revelation. Due to the nature of the Rapture, it is a time when the Messiah will be figuratively cut off in spirit, and “the prince who is to come,” or the Antichrist will appear on the scene per Daniel 9:26, as quoted above.

The application of Daniel’s prophecy to the past tells us that the true Messiah Yahshua’s Ministry was 3-1/2 years long, and would end when He was “cut off,” or removed from the world scene in 31 AD. In 31 AD, three and a half years after He began His ministry, Yahshua was crucified, died, and rose again. Furthermore, on the day that He rose, Yahshua also ascended to Heaven for a short visit with His Father before returning to the Earth that evening and appearing to His Apostles. In the past, “the prince who is to come” appeared in 70 AD in the form of the Emperor of Imperial Rome, who sent his legions to destroy Jerusalem. This was forty years after Yahshua ascended into Heaven. At that time, Rome's legions destroyed Jerusalem.

In the near future, another cutting off or removal of God’s chosen representatives from the world scene may occur with the First Rapture of the saints in the 70th year after Israel became a nation again. This year was 2017. However, if the ten days mentioned in the book of Revelation Chapter 2 verse 10 in connection with the martyrs in the Church of Smyrna is actually a ten year period, then my original calculation looking for a seven year period of tribulation tied to 2017 or 2018 can be extended to 2020. I recently wrote a new article that explains why I think this is a reasonable assumption. Please read it if you have time because it presents some fascinating information about the heavenly signs between 2017 and 2020. Here is the title and link to it:

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
Heavenly And Earthly Signs Possibly Marking 10 
Years Of Tribulation From The July 11th, 2010 
Solar Eclipse To The 2020 Summer Solstice Eclipse

If this is indeed what God was trying to convey by all these Heavenly Signs that I have been monitoring and deciphering for 20 years, the Great Tribulation will begin. Then, near to the end of the three and half years of the Great Tribulation, I believe that a Second Rapture may take place when the Two Witnesses are resurrected from the dead. Interestingly, the Sign of the Woman Clothed with the Sun occurred in September 2017 , and though the Rapture did not occur then like so many had hoped, I believe that it was a definite sign that we are nearing the end of the Age of Grace, and that the Great Tribulation is about to begin. Another interesting fact his that the arrival of the Two Witnesses are mentioned in the chapter before that, and they are either not here yet, or have been misidentified if the Book of Revelation is in some sort of chronological order.

Now, in (Revelation 11:11 , it says that the Two Witnesses will preach for three and a half years (i.e. 1260 days) and then they will be killed. But then they will be miraculously raised from the dead after three and a half days just as Yahshua was. Others believe that a Second Rapture will happen at the end of the Tribulation. But that is when I believe that a Second Rapture event will occur, in conjunction with the raising up of the Two Witnesses. If true, this will be the second stage of the First Resurrection, with the third stage occurring with the resurrection of the Tribulation Martyrs after the Battle of Armageddon occurs (See Rev. Ch. 20).

Most believers familiar with Bible Prophecy think that the Rapture will occur first, then the Antichrist will stand in a literal Temple in Jerusalem and declare himself to be God, after which he will seize control of the world, persecute and behead all Christians, and then attack Jerusalem. But, for the many reasons that I have already stated in regard to Daniel’s Seventieth Week, I don't believe this is the correct sequence of events at all. At the Rapture, the Holy Spirit will be temporarily removed from the Earth, along with all of God’s born-again children. In Daniel’s prophecy, this cutting off happened after the sixty-two weeks had passed. Counted from 1948, this 62nd week coincides with 2010 AD.

Now, if Daniel's Prophecy is reversed in relation to modern times and the the principles of the reversal of history are applied (see the article about this reversal linked to at the end of this article), then seven years should be added to the 62 years to equal 69 years, and to arrive at the beginning of the 70th year. If seven more “sevens” or years are added to 2010 AD, we arrive at 2017 AD, and 2017 may be the last year of the Seal Judgments and the prelude to the beginning of the Great Tribulation in 2018.

As I have shown in my last article about the Living Creatures in Revelation, a seven-year period in which five of the Seal Judgments have been released appears to have begun in late 2010 or early 2011. In conjunction with the Blood Moon Triads that frame the years 2011 and 2018, and the Blood Moon Tetrad that marked the years 2014 and 2015 as significant, it appears that the years 2010 through 2018 that correspond with Hallel Psalms 110 through 118 were targeted by Daniel's Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks as extremely significant. The graphic that I created below shows these correlations along with references to related Scriptures:

Timeline Showing Celestial Signs in Relation to Hallel Psalms 110-118 tied to 2011-2018
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Now, looking at the Heavenly Signs in relation to my old hypothesis, we see that the years 2011 and 2018 are clearly being signaled out in the Heavens with a Blood Moon Triad of three Full Lunar Eclipses or Blood Moons occurring toward the beginning, middle and end of those years, with a rare Central Lunar Eclipse in the middle of both years. A Central Lunar Eclipse is rare because it can only occur when the Earth's Shadow is directly centered over the Moon, and this particular Blood Moon will be fully visible from Jerusalem, Israel as well as Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia from Midnight until about 1:30 am. This is interesting because the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins suggests the idea that the Rapture may occur at midnight in Matthew 25:6, where it says: “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ ”

A Rapture at night is also suggested in the following verse:
Luke 17:33-36, Complete Jewish Bible Translation ~ “Whoever aims at preserving his own life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will stay alive. 34 I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed — one will be taken and the other left behind. 35 There will be two women grinding grain together — one will be taken and the other left behind.”
This Central Lunar Eclipse occurred on July 28th 2018, which was the day after Tu B'Av or the 15th of Av. A week and 2 months after Pentecost on May 20th, 2018, this Blood Moon was visible in Jerusalem in the Sign of Capricorn the Goat-Fish on the day immediately after the celebration of Tu B'Av on July 27th. Significantly, Tu B'Av is a minor holiday on the Jewish Calendar that is the equivalent of Valentine's Day, and a favorite time in Israel for weddings and engagements to occur. Also significant is that fact that a Blood Moon is considered to be an evil omen. This Blood Moon is especially ominous because it will appear in conjunction with the red planet Mars, which signifies the New Blood Covenant of Christ with all mankind, as well as the war, strife and/or bloodshed arising from broken covenants. The spiritual Star Gospel meaning of this Central Lunar Eclipse is shown below:

Full Central Lunar Eclipse (Blood Moon) Day After Tu B'Av, July 28th, 2018
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It strikes me as highly ironic if the Rapture were to occur on the minor Feast of Tu B'Av in August of 2020 or some other year since it is a special day favored for weddings, and the Rapture signifies the arrival of the Wedding of the Lamb in Heaven. Furthermore, this Central Lunar Eclipse falls in the Goat half of the Sign of Capricorn, which signifies unrepentant people as unruly goats, as well as the Nephilim that died in the Great Flood of Noah, while the fish half signifies the mercy that God showed Noah and his family. Finally, the Blood Moon in conjunction with Mars suggests the onslaught of a war in which there will be much bloodshed due to the breaking of a covenant. Also interesting to note is the way that the Sudden Destruction coming upon the wicked seeking peace is spoken of in the Bible. The wording of 1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 makes it sound as though it will occur right after the Rapture:
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 ~ “For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.”
As I mentioned earlier, the Day of the Lord is very likely meant to be a reference to the Last Great Day, or the Millennial Rule of Christ. At the beginning of this last Great Age before the New Heaven and New Earth are created, God will control the direction of history instead of mankind. Furthermore, this Day will also very likely begin with the Rapture of the Church to attend the Wedding of the Lamb. In the middle of this seven year period being marked out by the Hallel Psalm connection to 2010 through 2018, there was also a Blood Moon Tetrad, with each Blood Moon falling on either the Feast of Passover or Sukkot (i.e. Tabernacles) in both years. Do you see the incredible nature of all of this divine disclosure? Starting in 2011 - sixty-two years after Israel was re-born as a nation - it appears that God marked out a definite period of Judgment and Tribulation that is ten years long, and in which the first Five Seals of the Seven Seal Judgments may have already begun to unfold. Furthermore, this ten years will end in June of 2020.

According to the principle that each one of Daniel's Seventy Weeks equals one year counted from Pentecost to Pentecost, and if the last half of that Seventieth Week which hasn't been fulfilled yet began on Pentecost in 2017, then the Pentecost in 2020 will mark the beginning of the year that could be meant to mark the last half of Daniel’s Seventieth Week. Now, if the Two Witnesses are already here and preaching without anyone recognizing them for who they really are, and we add three and a half years to the middle of 2017, it targets the end of 2020. But the Two witnesses are murdered and then raised before the worst stage of God's Wrath is poured out! So if the Two Witnesses are already here, and they will die and be raised up sometime in 2020, then the Rapture associated with the end of their ministry will have to occur BEFORE the end of 2020! Or it could be that the Two Witnesses are already here, but they are not going to begin their ministry until after the Rapture, and there will be a second Rapture event when they are raised after another three and a half years have passed. Either way, the summer of 2020 could be the targeted season of the Rapture!

So here we have a prophecy written thousands of years ago by a captive prophet named Daniel that verifies the beginning and end dates that may mark the Tribulation period before the Great Tribulation, as well as the beginning of the seventieth “week” or year in 2018! Also, although no one except God the Father knows the exact day or hour of the Rapture or Catching Away spoken of in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, sometime around the Solar Eclipse on June 21st, 2020 in the Sign of Gemini that will occur directly over Orion's upraised sword would be a more than appropriate time considering the interesting Heavenly Sign that will appear on that night. To read about what this Solar Eclipse may mean, read my article BY CLICKING THE LINK HERE, or by title and link for it further down in this article.

Of course, among other dates, the Rapture could also occur in conjunction with Pentecost, or 10 days prior to Pentecost or Shavuot, which is when Yahshua ascended to Heaven, and when the angels that appeared to the apostles afterward said He would return “in like manner” (Acts 1:9-11). Furthermore, if 2020 is the time of our deliverance in the Rapture, my understanding of Daniel Chapter 9 leads me to believe that the time of our deliverance  will be followed by the worst part of the Great Tribulation, making late 2020 the timing for the Battle of Armageddon. This is when Christ will return with His resurrected saints, and slaughter ALL the wicked that found such pleasure in abusing and killing God's beloved children.

The First Blood Moon of the Triad Marking 2018 as prophetically significant was on January 31st, 2018, and all three of those Blood Moons marked prophetically important events leading up to the Rapture and Sudden Destruction. As I've already shared, I wrote articles on this blog about the meaning behind the 2018 Blood Moon Triad and many other Signs in the Heavens since then that may lead up to the Rapture. The links to these articles can be found a bit earlier in this article. As you look through all this fascinating information, always try to keep in mind that, though we really can't pinpoint exactly when Yahshua will come for us, it sure is fun and interesting to try and figure it out. I guess I enjoy it because I love puzzles, and I love Yahshua. So I can't help myself! :-D

Remember, dear readers, that the “tribulation of those days” will occur before the Catching Away of the Bride that is also known as the Rapture, and then a far more terrible period of tribulation that we call the Great Tribulation will occur. The results of this Rapture event in Matthew Chapter 24 are described in Revelation Chapter 7. This is the chapter where the 144,000 are chosen, and a great multitude is seen in Heaven praising God. These are the saints taken out of the Great Tribulation at its beginning. For further verification, it is clear that the Heavenly Signs mentioned in relation to the catching away in Matthew Chapter 24 tie in very well with the Heavenly Signs that will appear at the opening of the Sixth Seal in Revelation Chapter 6:
Matthew 24:29-31 ~ “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
Revelation 6:12-13 ~ “I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.”
Looking back on what has been discussed here, the prophetic information hidden in Daniel’s Seventieth Week Prophecy can be summarized in two equations:
457 BC - (7 X 7) - (62 X 7) + 1 = 27 AD, when Yahshua began His Ministry as the Messiah at the beginning of a prophetic “week” of years. 
1948 AD + 62 + 7 = 2017 AD as the 69th “week” or year, making 2018 the 70th year, when Yahshua may come for His Bride and the Great Tribulation will begin.
There it is - in plain prophetic English! 2018 AD falls exactly seventy years after 1948 AD, the year when modern Israel was finally recognized as a nation on the world scene! Adding seven “sevens” or years to sixty-two, we have sixty-nine years altogether to add to 1948, and 1948 + 69 = 2017 AD! This clearly suggests that a seven to ten year Tribulation period began in 2011 AD, and since 2017 has already come and gone, this period will continue for ten years to the middle of 2020 with the Rapture ending that time of persecution for the saints who are worthy. Sometime after this, the three and half years that will fulfill the last half of Daniel's Seventieth Week may then arrive, and Yahshua will come for His Bride while the Great Tribulation rages on the Earth for three and a half years.

Another amazing fact about these two applications of Daniel’s prophecy is that the sixty-two “weeks” and seven “weeks” must be calculated in the opposite way that they were first applied for the equations to work. This suggests the reversal of history implied by the application of biblical history to the Chanukiah Menorah, as shown in this book (i.e. “The Language of God in Prophecy”)! So, in the past, seven “weeks” came first, and then “sixty-two “weeks.” In the future, however, sixty-two “weeks” will come first, and then the seven “weeks” or years of Tribulation with the Opening of the Seal Judgments. If written a simpler way, the equations to calculate the First and Second Coming of the Messiah in the Rapture are:

Past: 1 “seven” = 7 years, so  (7 + 62) = 69 X 7 = 483 years.
Future: 1 “seven” = 1 year, so (62 + 7) = 69 X 1 = 69 years.

So, applying the principle of the reversal of history that I introduced earlier, 69 years have to pass BEFORE the coming of the messiah in the 70th year. Since 2017 is the 69th year, I believe that the last half of the Seventieth Week will either happen after the ten years of Christian persecution that may have begun with the 2010 Arab Spring, or shortly after it ends in 2020. If so, then the correct year for the Messiah's rescue of His Bride might be in 2020. For more confirmation, let's look in the corresponding Psalm 118 for this year 2018 to see what it says concerning the coming of the Messiah:

~*~ Psalm 118:22-26 ~*~
“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
23 This was the Lord’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
24 This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I pray, O Lord;
O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.
26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

The first thing that jumps out is the reference to Yahshua as the Chief Cornerstone in verse 22 of Psalm 118. The second thing that jumps out at me is the reference to the Day the Lord has made. I believe that this is referring to Yahshua's 1,000-year Great Day, or His Millennial Rule. The third and most telling thing that jumps out at me in found in verse 26 of Psalm 118. This very verse was quoted by Yahshua as He lamented over the dire fate of Jerusalem that He foreknew and proclaimed in Matthew Chapter 23:
Matthew 23:37-39 ~ “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See! Your house is left to you desolate; 39 for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ” 
For a better understanding of what God means when He refers to wings in reference to Himself, please read the following article:

ABIDING UNDER THE SHADOW
OF GOD'S WINGS OR TALLIT!

This study I did about what the Bible allegorically means when speaking about wings in reference to God is also applicable to Daniel's reference to wings that serve as an abomination. This abomination refers to the temple veil that was divinely torn in two, but then was replaced by the rebellious priests. This knowledge about the connection of wings to veils makes Daniel's Seventy Weeks Prophecy far more understandable, so be sure to read it if you have not already done so.

Now, remember that when Yahshua came into Jerusalem riding on a donkey and donkey's foal just before His crucifixion, the people who gathered to welcome His arrival also quoted Psalm 118 verse 26, and this event happened before Yahshua lamented over Jerusalem in Matthew Chapter 21:
Matthew 21:6-9 ~ “So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them. 8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: 
‘Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest!’ ”
So, if the prophetic connection between the Psalms and the years are correct, then Psalm 118 is clearly telling us that we are very close to Yahshua's return - when the world will see our blessed Bridegroom returning in the clouds to retrieve His Bride and her Wise Virgin attendants. According to the Jewish Civil Calendar, the year 5778 that was tied to 2018 began on the Feast of Trumpets, which was on September 21st, 2017, right before the Sign of the Woman Clothed With the Sun appeared in heaven on September 23rd of that year. If I'm right about the fact that we are at the end of a ten year period of tribulation before the Great Tribulation ensues, the Rapture could be anytime between now and the end of 2020, or the Jewish Year 5781. Whether or not this will be the case, only time will tell. But with the Hallel Psalms, the Signs in the Heavens, and the Great Pyramid as the second, third and fourth witnesses that this is true, it is possible that we will see the Second Coming of Christ in the Rapture by the end of 2018.

Although some of what I've written here may contradict the teachings of some of the mainstream Bible Prophecy teachers, I firmly believe that their interpretation of Tribulation events are skewed because they are ignoring three prophetic witnesses. These are (1) the witness in the Heavens, (2) the witness of the Hallel Psalms, and (3) the witness in the Pillar of Enoch or Great Pyramid.

End of "The Language of God in Prophecy" Excerpt Revision

AUTHOR'S NOTE:  Originally added on 2 August 2019, 
and updated on February 16, 2020: 
The Blood Moon Triad framing 2018 wasn't complete until January in 2019, and there was a really significant set of signs in 2019 that culminated with a Sackcloth Sun or Solar Eclipse in the Sign of Sagittarius on December 26th, 2019, in the middle of Chanukah that have all kinds of Messianic Return and Rapture overtones. I did a preliminary exploration of these signs in the following article:

WHAT THE HEAVENLY SIGNS FROM JULY 2010
THROUGH DECEMBER 2019 REVEAL 
ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE RAPTURE

However, since then, I have discovered another striking Annular Solar Eclipse will occur over the Sign of Orion on June 21st, 2020, which is the Summer Solstice, and I've written a new article explaining my theory regarding this sign and its ties to the possible ten year tribulation period that may have begun at the end of 2010. Please be sure to read this article after finishing this one to explore this exciting theory! The title and link to it were added to this article earlier on, but here it is again so you won't miss its importance:

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
Heavenly And Earthly Signs Possibly Marking 10 
Years Of Tribulation From The July 11th, 2010 
Solar Eclipse To The 2020 Summer Solstice Eclipse

(End of Author's Note)

This is what God has shown me about the first half of Daniel's Seventieth Week, and this is why I say it has already been fulfilled, making the Great Tribulation only three and a half years long - just as it says in Daniel and the Book of Revelation at least seven times (For 42 months, see Rev. 11:213:5; for 1,260 days, see Rev. 11:312:6; for a time, times and half a time, see Daniel 7:2512:7Rev. 12:14).

This view of Daniel's Seventy Weeks Prophecy basically invalidates all the opinions of the Prophecy Teachers that are trying to say this is a future prophecy about the Antichrist, who will sit in a literal rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem and declare that he is God in modern times. These teachers say that the Antichrist will put an end to sacrifice and offering after reigning as ruler of the world for the first half of a seven-year Tribulation period. But again, as I have explained, this prophecy was not about the Antichrist but about Christ at His First Coming, and it was already fulfilled by Christ. So if it does happen in modern times, I am of the opinion it will be staged to make people think a certain world government leader is the Antichrist when he is not.

However, the prophecy in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 about the man of sin confuses people to think it may have a literal second fulfillment via the Antichrist.  They believe that the man of sin who exalts himself above every god and says that he is God in the temple of God is the Antichrist, and that this prophecy will be fulfilled in the near future:
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 ~ Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin [or lawlessness] is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
I believe the confusion comes about when we do not identify the fact that the man of sin or man of lawlessness may not be referring to one person, but to any man or woman who is disobeying God's commandments, and is sinfully declaring that he or she is god through positive affirmations that are not biblical promises, but the selfish desires of one's heart. So the man of sin is not necessarily THE Antichrist, but refers to many antichrists. In other words, the temple in this passage is the temple of our bodies, where we can commune with God within our hearts if the Holy Spirit reigns there:
1 Corinthians 3:16-17Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
But if God is not reigning inside of our hearts and minds through our radical transformation as born-again believers in Yahshua, then the Devil and his demons reign there, and control our ungodly thoughts and actions that are not in keeping with God's will, but our own. This is why Paul also said:
1 Corinthians 6:18-20Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
What believers need to remember here is that God is not against pleasure or enjoyment in this life so long as we do not seek it in the wrong places. We need to uphold God's Moral Law, and we can only do that when we are born again. Indeed, we are to: Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you (Matthew 6:33).
PLEASE NOTE: I did not say that the Great Tribulation has taken place or that the the Antichrist has been revealed. I merely have shown that certain passages of Scripture have been misinterpreted to be about the Antichrist to fit someone's prefabricated and ungodly agenda, and not the Will of God. I have also shown that Daniel's Seventy Weeks Prophecy targets the year 2018 as the possible time of our deliverance. But whenever the Rapture is, it will be followed by 3-1/2 years of Great Tribulation, possibly making 2021 or 2022 the End Game called the Battle of Armageddon. For this reason, my theories are definitely food for thought. 
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AMAZING SYMBOLIC KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING REVELATION CHAPTERS FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN
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Connected Return of Nephilim, and Christ's Return!
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

THE THIRD TRUMPET:
Could We Be Further Into The Tribulation
Than Any Of Us Imagined?

By Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry (POEM)
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IMPORTANT 9-11-2013 UPDATE NOTICE: So far, there have been no reports coming out of Russia of people dying from any mysterious illnesses, as far as I know. So it appears that the Chelyabinsk Meteor Strike was another sign resembling the blazing Wormwood Star to come. 

However, this article still has some importance as it shows that many of the Judgments of the Great Tribulation may have already begun to be fulfilled, which in turn suggests that we are already in the Tribulation period, and the Pre-Tribulation Rapture is a false doctrine. It also has links so some of my most important End Time articles showing just how far into the Tribulation we may already be. 

Despite the fact that we are likely well into the seven-year Tribulation period, I believe that there will be a Rapture for the Wise Virgins, and it is tied to the middle of the Tribulation period, but BEFORE the Great Tribulation begins at the Sixth Seal Judgment. I also believe that there may be another Rapture before the Great Tribulation is over that will be for the now wizened Foolish Virgins. Links to my most important articles reflecting my current theories on the Rapture and the End Times appear at the end of this article.


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The Chelyabinsk Meteor - Burning Like A Torch!

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Above is a high resolution photo of the dramatic burst of blinding light that occurred during the Chelyabinsk Meteor Strike on February 14th-15th, 2013, in Russia. For a Bible believer like me who studies Prophecy, this Meteor Strike was not only an incredibly startling event, but a terribly ominous Sign from Yahweh God that Great Judgment is coming - and has already come - upon the Earth. The subject of this article is therefore just how late the Tribulation hour may be, and just how “great” the coming judgment might be. 

Before I continue, you should know that I think that most Prophecy teachers are wrong in teaching a Pre-Tribulation Rapture, which is just what I was doing before I woke up and noticed all the conflicting earthly and heavenly evidence. Furthermore, I think this evidence proves that we are already in the final seven year Tribulation period that is tied to the Prophet Daniel’s Seventieth Week. In fact, this article is about to show you just how late into the Tribulation we may actually be.

To do that, let’s look at some maps marking the approximate detonation point of the Chelyabinsk Meteor Strike over the Ural Mountains. The first one was taken from the NASA Article linked to below. The second one was taken from another web site discussing the meteor strike:

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Note that this meteor exploded over the Ural Mountains, which feed a large network of rivers and streams in Russia. For those who are familiar with the Book of Revelation, this ought to ring a bell. If not, I will shortly point out why it should. But first, let me present you with a link to the NASA article with the first map so you can read the whole article:

NASA Article About The Chelyabinsk Meteor Strike:

Concerning the size and power of the Meteor blast, this article states:
       “New information provided by a worldwide network of sensors has allowed scientists to refine their estimates for the size of the object that entered that atmosphere and disintegrated in the skies over Chelyabinsk, Russia, at 7:20:26 p.m. PST, or 10:20:26 p.m. EST on Feb. 14 (3:20:26 UTC on Feb. 15).
       The estimated size of the object, prior to entering Earth's atmosphere, has been revised upward from 49 feet (15 meters) to 55 feet (17 meters), and its estimated mass has increased from 7,000 to 10,000 tons. Also, the estimate for energy released during the event has increased by 30 kilotons to nearly 500 kilotons of energy released.”
So this 10,000 Ton Meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere and released an estimated 500 Kilotons of energy when it exploded directly over this land area inundated with rivers! Furthermore, there is no doubt that this meteor was blazing like a star when it entered Earth’s atmosphere. In fact, there are reports that the Meteor Blast was 10 times, and even 20 times brighter than the light of our Sun! So, this leads me to ask this question:
“Could this Meteor Strike be the Great Star that falls from Heaven burning like a torch that is called Wormwood, and which is associated with the Third Trumpet Judgment?”
If so, it will eventually pollute a third of the rivers in Russia in some way - probably when the snow covering the ground there melts off this spring. Furthermore, if this is the Third Trumpet Judgment, many people will begin to die after they drink the resulting polluted tap water:
~*~ Revelation 8:10-11 ~*~  Third Trumpet: The Waters Struck - “Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.”
Ominously, the Chelyabinsk Meteor seems to have been part of a larger phenomenon, as there were Meteor Sightings in Florida and San Francisco shortly after the meteor strike in Russia. I don’t know about you, but I have a feeling that all of these meteor sightings that were seen this February 2013 were a warning from God for the Church to wake up, and I think believers really need to examine all of the misinformation that they may have inadvertently been fed by the majority of Prophecy Teachers. Too many of them appear to be blind to the lateness of the Tribulation Hour, and many of them may have been just as hoodwinked as the majority of the rest of us , though I hope this article will serve to wake up more than one believer to the lateness of the End Times we are in, and to the nearness of Yahshuas soon return in the Rapture.

In my case, I woke up to the fact that the Pre-Tribulation Rapture theory that I had adhered to for so many years didn’t make sense in 2010, when I began to see numerous heavenly and earthly signs that we were already in the Tribulation period. I was also alerted that there might be a problem with the most popular Rapture theory when the highly anticipated Rapture or Catching Away of the Church didn’t occur on the Feast of Trumpets on September 9th and 10th in 2010. But I wasn’t completely sure until 2011, when the rate of earthquakes and natural disasters all over the world stepped up dramatically.

At this point all I can say is, “I hope I’m wrong.” But the facts surrounding this Meteor Strike over Russia seem to fit the description of the Third Trumpet Judgment. I guess we’ll know for certain if news starts leaking out of that part of Russia soon with reports of mass deaths being caused by some horrid toxin - especially if they finally link it to the drinking water supply. (9-13-2013; As already noted this hasn’t happened. But Chelyabinsk was still a clear warning of the Wormwood Star event to come.)

Whatever proves to be the case, I can tell you where we have already seen at least a partial fulfillment of the Sixth Seal Judgment - when the mountains and islands are to be moved out of their places in the midst of a great earthquake that will be felt around the world:
~*~ Revelation 6:11-17 ~*~  Sixth Seal: “I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.  13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.  14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place.  15 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?’” 
I believe that this Pole Shift already may have started as a result of the massive 8.8 Earthquake in Concepción, Chile on February 27th, 2010. This mega-earthquake not only moved the city of Concepción ten feet to the west, but also moved many other regions of South America out of their places. In addition, it may have moved the Earth’s axis by far more than the reported millionths of a degree, and this may be why the world’s climate patterns seem to have drastically changed since then. What made us miss it is the lack of honest reports about the amount of the pole shift, as well as the lack of reports about the widespread fear and terror this event likely caused in all of South America. For all we know, many members of the elite may have been frightened enough by the Chile quake to seek shelter in their underground bunkers for a few days - just in case that earthquake was followed by another, even bigger one.

Then there was the 9.0 Earthquake off of Japan on March 11th, 2011 that moved that island nation about 9 feet westward out of its place, drowned tens of thousands of people, destroyed many thousands of homes, businesses, boats, ships and cars, and caused several nuclear reactors to sink into the sea. There are even reports that this earthquake also caused a slight pole shift, adding to the amount of shift cause by the Concepción quake a year earlier. Here is some photographic evidence that many ships and smaller boats were destroyed that day, in addition to the thousands of people, buildings and cars that were lost;


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In addition to the loss of so many people, homes, and water and land vehicles, could a third of the sea life around Japan have died from the nuclear waste that those reactors have already leaked into the sea to date? There have been numerous unofficial reports that this is indeed the case. Is it also possible that a third of the boats owned in that part of Japan were also destroyed that day? The photographic evidence suggests that this could have been the case, and that the Japan quake may have at least partially fulfilled the Second Trumpet Judgment. In my opinion, it certainly matches the description of the disaster resulting from the Japan quake - if you view the “something like a great mountain” as the three high towers of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant:
~*~ Revelation 8:8-9 ~*~
Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck - “Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. 9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.”
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Towers, 
before being damaged in the quake
As for the First Trumpet Judgment, could it be that we’ve failed to notice it because it was deliberately under-reported to not raise the alarm? To clue you into why I am suspicious, let me tell you a little story. One summer in the mid to late 1990’s, when I lived in the Pacific Rain Forest area of Canada for a time, I noticed what happened during a severe drought in the area. Though I don’t remember the year, I do remember that it was one of the hottest and driest summers in that part of British Columbia’s recorded history. During that drought, I was an eye witness to the fact that hundreds of trees had died or were dying from the severity of the drought. I found this out when I went out hiking in one of the areas’ forests on a late summer day. As I hiked down some of the well-trodden hiking paths in the woods that I frequented, I was appalled at the irreparable devastation I saw in pockets here and there. By my estimation, at least a quarter of the trees in the area were dead, or in the process of dying, and many shrubs and grassy areas had already met that sad fate.

Now, considering that there have been numerous reports that last summer was the hottest and driest summer on record in the United States, and that many other parts of the world were hit with record heat waves that killed numerous people in 2012 and the two years prior, don’t you think that many trees and shrubs - and huge swatches of grain crops and grasslands in the wilderness areas all over the world - perished over the last few summers as a result? Furthermore, could it be that global Media outlets underplayed it all, and we just weren’t told sufficiently about the devastation it caused to become alarmed? If so, then the First Trumpet Judgment has also already partly come to pass:
~*~ Revelation 8:7 ~*~ 
First Trumpet: Vegetation Struck - “The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.”
Incidentally, there have been numerous reports of massive wildfires and record-breaking hail storms over the past several years, with cataclysmic, life-threatening storms that produced hail the size of golf balls, baseballs, and even softballs falling profusely in some areas that have caused injuries, as well as much property damage. Could these be another sign that we have already moved into the middle of the Tribulation period, without being truly aware it? If so, when did it start? And if it did, what should we be doing differently, if anything?

First let me address when I think the Tribulation may have started. My guess is that it could have started around the time of the Full Solar Eclipse over Easter Island on July 11th, 2010, or when the Full Lunar Eclipse or Blood Moon occurred over the celestial sword or club being held in the upraised arm of the messianic constellation Orion the Brilliant on December 21st, 2010. Please CLICK HERE to review a recent POEM Blog article that shows the most significant Signs in the Heavens, and what they may mean using my Tribulation Time Chart. 

At the time I noted them, I thought these eclipses could have been the fulfillment of the Solar and Lunar Eclipses that the Prophet Joel mentioned would happen just before the Great and Terrible Day of the Lord (or the Great Tribulation), and I still do (See Joel 2:31). They also may refer to the Full Solar and Full Lunar Eclipse that may have possibly been foretold in the Book of Revelation. There, it is prophesied that the Sun and Moon will be darkened AFTER a massive, pole shifting earthquake:

~*~Revelation 6:12 ~*~
“I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.”

Although the Sun and Moon can be darkened by heavy particulates in the atmosphere of our planet from massive fires, volcanic eruptions or massive explosions from Meteor or Asteroid strikes, this can also be caused by eclipses. It is even possible that God was referring to both the darkening of the sky by cataclysms as well as eclipses when He had His prophets write down His words. Incidentally, did you know that the December 21st, 2010 Lunar Eclipse was accompanied by unprecedented amounts of deep seismic Earth tremors for two days before and after? It was as if Yahweh God were shaking the entire planet in an effort to wake them out of their fallen, sin-induced slumber!

One reason why I think these two full eclipses were majorly significant is because the tiny South Pacific island of Rapa Nui, which is known as Easter Island, was discovered on Easter Sunday, April 5th, 1722, and Nissan 1 - the start of the Jewish Sacred Year - fell on April 5th in 2011 - the year following these two eclipses. Incidentally, I think the Moai Statues found all over Easter Island were the product of the Sethites prior to the Flood, or could be the product of Noah’s lesser known descendents, some of whom may have settled in the Americas after the Flood. There is also written and archeological evidence that both the Pre-Flood Sethites, and Noah’s descendents through Shem were familiar with the spiritual science of Sacred Astronomy and the Gospel in the Stars. I discuss this fact in my book “The Language of God in History.”

Another reason why I think these eclipses were significant is the fact the December 21st, 2010 Blood Moon was the first of three Full Blood Moons that occurred 6 months apart, and formed a kind of celestial frame around the year 2011. In fact, another Triple Blood Moon set just like this will occur surrounding the year 2018, and these two Triple Blood Moon occurrences are exactly seven years apart!

If the after affects of the Japan Earthquake didn’t wake us up, maybe we should have clued in that the Earth’s waters were in peril during the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast from April through September of 2010. And maybe it should have become even more apparent with all of the subsequent reports of the many massive fish and bird die-offs, and blood red lakes and rivers that began occurring all over the world in 2011 and 2012.

Can anyone see the causation here? After all, huge amounts of fish have died all over the world, and many kinds of birds that often eat small fish or water-loving insects are also dying, as well as many types of birds and animals that are bitten by the mosquitoes that reproduce in water. There are also many illnesses such as Encephalitis and West Nile Virus that are borne by mosquitoes, fleas and mites that are plaguing humanity and animals right now, and these tiny creatures have been linked to some of the recent mass animal deaths. In fact, birds also eat these disease carrying insects, which may have lead to some of the mass bird deaths that have been reported.

Below is a complete list of all the bird, fish and animal die offs that have occurred since 2009. When looking it over, please note how dramatically these mass deaths increased in 2010, and have stayed high in the intervening years up to the present:

Complete List of Birds, Fish, and Animals
Dying Off from 2009 to 2013:

In summary, the evidence seems to be pointing to the fact that the seven year Tribulation has already begun as of 2010 or 2011. If true, this means that we are swiftly approaching the middle of the tribulation period, when I believe the First Rapture will occur. Immediately after that, I believe the world will see the rise of the Antichrist and the Mark of the Beast connected to commerce, and the appearance of the Two Witnesses in Jerusalem after it is annexed as international property by the New World Order so it can be trodden on by the Gentiles for forty-two months (or 3 and a half years - the same length as the ministry of the Two Witnesses and the reign of the Antichrist). 

At that time, I believe that the world will also see the appearance of the 144,000 Witnesses of Revelation Chapter 7 on the world scene. I explain these events in light of  the First and Second Rapture in the second revised article linked to below. It is entitled “Come Up Here, And Come Away!”, and I highly recommend reading it to gain a better understanding of the Rapture, as well as the timing of this momentous event at the onset, and near to the close of the three and a half year Great Tribulation.

Besides that revised article, which is published at my main ministry web site, I’ve posted links and descriptions to several more of my previous POEM Blog Articles that will hopefully give you a better feel for what I believe is happening prophetically right now, what believers need to be doing to prepare for the First Rapture, and when we can expect the First and Second Rapture. If you want to be ready for the First Rapture, please read all of these articles, especially the two that discuss biblical repentance:

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POEM Blog Article:
Have The Four Horsemen Already Been Released?
Published on 9-11-2011, this article I wrote about the possible meaning of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in connection to the Sacred Geometry of the Earth and Sacred Astronomy is still relevant today - at least for those who can understand it! If you cannot, but you want to, fervently ask God to open your eyes so you can see, and He will show you! God bless you, and Maranatha!

Have The Four Horsemen Already Been Released?

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POEM Article REVISION: Come Up Here and Come Away -
Clues Concerning Two Rapture Events In Scripture:
Article Excerpt: Since the Song of Solomon can be seen as an allegorical story about Christ’s love for His Bride the True Church, it is as if Yahshua were the King asking His Bride to join Him in Heaven, where He currently resides with His Father, not once, but two different times. This passage therefore contains a double allusion to the Rapture or catching up of the Church to Yahshua’s Father’s House in Heaven, where Yahshua said that there are many mansions built to house His saints. In addition, it suggests that there may be two separate Rapture events associated with these two harvest seasons, with one toward the beginning of the three and a half year Great Tribulation, and one near to its end.

Come Up Here and Come Away -
Clues Concerning Two Rapture Events In Scripture:

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First Repentance Article from the Pillar of Enoch Ministry Blog:
Yahshua Is Calling His Church To Repent Before His Return!
Article Excerpt: This one hour sermon is worth listening to more than once! It really drives home the point that our Messiah Yahshua expects His Bride to be faithful to Him in thought, word and deed, and to be worthy of the beautiful white raiment of light that He has prepared for His beloved. Yahshua does not want a wife full of bitterness, hatred and contempt for others, but a willing servant who loves and forgives His brethren, and calls on God to change the hearts of the lost that hurt and spitefully use her, and asks God to have compassion on those who do so in ignorance.

Pillar of Enoch Ministry Blog:
Yahshua Is Calling His Church To Repent Before His Return!

Here is another POEM Blog post calling for repentance and forgiveness that I published on Resurrection Sunday in 2012:

Second Repentance Article:
Pillar of Enoch Ministry Blog: Repent and Prepare for the Rapture!
Article Excerpt: One of the biggest problems that can keep us from being ready for the Rapture is any sort of hatred, bitterness, or lack of forgiveness. None of these negative emotions are acceptable to God in a believer, and these evil sentiments will NOT be tolerated or allowed in Heaven! Pray that the Holy Spirit would fill you with wisdom on how to rid yourself of these faults, and that God would fully prepare you for everlasting life in His Kingdom before the Rapture so that you are NOT LEFT BEHIND!

Pillar of Enoch Ministry Blog: Repent and Prepare for the Rapture!

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NEW POEM Blog Article: The Great Comet of 1680 and
Great Meteor Procession of 1913: Their Current Prophetic Significance - 
Article Excerpt: Could the near-miss Asteroid that will pass Earth on February 15th, 2013, Comet PanSTARRS (C/2011 L4) that will be visible in March 2013, and Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) that will be very bright and visible from November 2013 through January 2014 be associated with another, far more destructive meteor shower and world war known in the Bible’s Book of Ezekiel as the Battle of Gog and Magog? If so, I equate this war with the war outlined in Psalm 108, in which the USA or Ephraim, and Israel or Judah will be attacked by outside enemies, will counterattack, and will win a decisive victory against their foes after suffering some possibly serious casualties.

POEM Blog: The Great Comet of 1680 and Great Meteor
Procession of 1913: Their Current Prophetic Significance -

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Important Poem Blog Article:
UNDERSTANDING THE TWO BEASTS OF REVELATION 13 -
Article Excerpt: As explained in earlier Blog articles, the United States and United Kingdom can be directly connected with the Patriarch Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh, who are signified by the two horns of the constellation Taurus the Bull. Likewise, the body of the heavenly bull may represent the European Union. In addition, this raging, red-eyed bull that signifies the secret union of the three aforementioned superpowers has an undeniable connection with the Tribulation period, so it is a fair guess that Yahshua the Messiah will crush the global schemes of these nations and groups of nations at His Second Coming!

UNDERSTANDING THE TWO BEASTS OF REVELATION 13:

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I pray that these articles will bless you and help you to grow in spiritual understanding as we await the Rapture. In the meantime, remember that...

Yahshua is coming SOON! Maranatha!

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