Post details: Biblical reasons that the rapture may occur around September 9th, 2010

11/19/08

Permalink 12:52:35 pm, Categories: GraceHead teaching, By Trent
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Biblical reasons that the rapture may occur around September 9th, 2010

Before I begin, I want to mention something ...
NOBODY knows the day or the hour of the Lord's return. Amen?

I discovered something this year about that phrase: "nobody knows the day or the hour." It is a colloquial phrase in the Hebrew community that has a literal meaning and another wrinkle that has to do with the Feast of Trumpets. Let me explain.

The Feast of Trumpets is the only Hebrew celebration that happens at a new moon. And the new moon can fall on different days all over the world. It can also happen on two different days in the same place in the world. A new moon is 29.5 days after the last one, meaning it might occur on the 29th or 30th day, nobody knows for sure. Which is to say that the calender may read September the 14th for the new moon in Israel, but it may not occur in the United States until the 15th or maybe it would have occurred here a day before it does in Israel. Or that in Israel alone there is always a controversy that must be resolved to determine when the celebration actually occurs.

The way the nation of Israel would determine when the feast occurred is they would deputize two men with good eyesight to stand away from the city and stare at the moon to see if they could agree that a crescent was visible. They two men would return to the priest in Jerusalem and either agree that the feast was to begin or they would wait for the next day to verify. Because the date of the feast was up for grabs, the feast became known as that which "nobody knows the day or the hour." That very phrase became synonymous with "the Feast of Trumpets" such that they could be used interchangeably.

It is interesting that this Letter came on the Feast of Trumpets, 2007. It spoke so clearly that "Today, let it be counted. For today begins that which the Lord God of Heaven and earth had declared from the beginning, that it should come" ... particularly interesting when it occurred on the very day that nobody knew the day or the hour.

We can all agree that nobody knows the day or the hour of the Lord's coming ... and at the same time be confident of this ... it is most likely to occur during the Feast that signifies this event ... just like the death of the Lord Jesus occurred during the feast of Passover.

In short, there is valid reasons to believe that the rapture will occur whenever the day or the hour happens to be during the new moon of the seventh Hebrew month in 2010 ... or in other words - "The Feast of Trumpets 2010." That is sometime between September 7th and September 10th, 2010.

That will be approximately 62.5 years after the establishment of Israel as a nation ... and still leave at least 7 more years before the time-frame expires ... the time frame being the length of years in the generation that sees the establishment of the nation in Jerusalem.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten;
- Psalm 90

"Threescore" is 60. So 60 and 10 is 70.

I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. - Matt 24

Do some google searches on the Feast of Trumpets and you can quickly verify what I have written.

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Comment from: Pam [Visitor] · http://meredevotion.com
Hi Trent,

This is an interesting post and I think it is really good for us gentiles to take the time to look at what is written in the Bible from the Jewish perspective as it adds great depth to what we learn there. This post also confirms to me how multi-layered the teaching of the Rapture is. Often, it is portrayed as an escape hatch from the tribulation for believers and it may well occur before the tribulation period but it could occur any time because it is for God's purpose, not our own, and He is the only One who knows that appointed time. Even Jesus said that only the Father knows. Still it is a good thing to live daily with the hope of the gathering of the saints in the clouds on a daily basis. It keeps us mindful of how we are living and of our purpose in remaining here. It reminds us of what a marvelous experience it is to be a part of Christ's church and of course, it is a good thing to look forward to when daily life becomes too heavy with evil to bear but it is not an escape hatch. God could just as easily leave us here through the tribulation and protect us because God can do anything. We should not spend our time here looking for a way to escape but instead, we should live boldly in Christ by being active in this very dark world. As long as we are living for Jesus and doing the work we are called to do, God will protect us and get us through whatever He has assigned us to walk through.

I used to be staunch pre-trib and you would often hear me sighing, with heavy shoulders, "I wish the Lord would come!" but then God took me through some truly evil days and taught me that I don't need to escape because I am safely tucked beneath His wing. I still dream of and long for the Rapture but to a different tune. I no longer view it as an escape hatch from the world but as a marvelous event that begins to reveal the true purpose of the church and a greater revelation of Jesus Christ to all men and women. When Jesus is fully revealed, there will be no more room for evil and the fruits of evil. We the church, will be fully redeemed when we rise in glorified bodies to meet our Savior in the air as we are the firstfruits of redemption in Christ. There will be no brighter day than the rapture for those of us whose lives are hid in Christ!

Pam
Permalink 11/19/08 @ 17:41
Comment from: Trent [Member] · http://www.GraceHead.com
Pam that was very well written and it mirrors my own life to a large extent. I suppose the escapism thing isn't completely gone ... but maybe it never is completely gone.

We know Jesus is coming, and it is nice to prepare ... and to prepare together. Reading Paul's letters, I get the since that Paul enjoyed this preparation as well, even though it wasn't during his lifetime.

Ripening,
Trent
Permalink 11/19/08 @ 22:39
Comment from: Pam [Visitor] · http://meredevotion.com
Hey Little Brother,

The greatest thing for me to contemplate is that it really doesn't matter if I don't know when because I can't mess up and not be there on the right day or be late or too early. Jesus is going to make sure we're there when the appointed time comes. No worries, hey mate?

Every once in a while the brain fog clears and I can still string a few coherent words together. Pray for me. I've got a lot on my plate right now and I'm going to go lay down and forget about that plate that needs so much prayer and rest and think about the Rapture. I have experienced a lot of emotional highs and lows in life but I don't really think I have experienced, rapture. It's going to be something else!

Pam
Permalink 11/20/08 @ 20:57
Comment from: Trent [Member] · http://www.GraceHead.com
Pam,

I'll be praying for you ... and its sleepy time for me, so I think I'll just drift off while pondering the rapture as well.

Ripening,
Trent
Permalink 11/21/08 @ 00:42

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