A Prophecy Hidden in the Autumn Feasts of Israel

An excerpt from the book

“The Language of God in Prophecy”

of the Pillar of Enoch Ministry

In my book “The Language of God in Prophecy,” it was shown that the Antichrist is likely to become a prominent world leader by the end of the year 2010 AD. If so, it makes sense for the Rapture to occur before the close of that year, which may be the final year before the Tribulation period begins. Regarding the timing of the Tribulation, God showed me the way to answer an important question raised earlier about why Yahweh did not end this world system and usher in His Son’s Millennial Kingdom beginning in 1999 or 2000 AD, if that was the end of the Ages allotted to mankind.

The first great proof of the timing for the Rapture is the trio of biblically ordained religious holy days that occur in the autumn of every year. As stated previously in various parts of this book series, all the biblically ordained Feasts have a great deal of prophetic significance. The spring Feasts of Passover, Firstfruits, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and Pentecost are historically commemorative of the first Passover, the Exodus, the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, and the conquest of the Holy Land. They also served as symbolic teaching mechanisms that pointed ahead to the ministry and purpose of Yahshua’s First Advent as the Suffering Servant and Lamb of God.

When God chose and consecrated Israel for service, it led to the establishment of an earthly kingdom: the Kingdom of Israel. But even at its greatest moments during the reign of Solomon, the Kingdom of Israel was a dim reflection of the Kingdom of Heaven to come. Thankfully, however, it did lead to Yahshua’s First Advent as the Suffering Servant that delivers us from sin and death through the power of the Gospel (i.e. the unleavened bread of life), and the Holy Spirit. In this way, Christians and Messianic Jews alike are all unquestionably members of the Kingdom of Heaven or Kingdom of God. When we enter the Kingdom through faith in Yahshua, His Spirit writes God’s Laws in our hearts, which serve as a Tabernacle for the Holy Spirit (Luke 17:20-21; John 3:3-6). This is the Kingdom that Yahshua said was to be found within us. When the Kingdom of God was established on Pentecost, the Spring Feast days were completely fulfilled through Christ.

Though Israel’s spring holy days have been fulfilled, the Autumn Feasts of Israel did not find fulfillment during Yahshua’s First Advent. These Autumn Feasts begin with Rosh Hashanah (a.k.a. Yom Teruah or the Feast of Trumpets), and pertain to Tabernacle or Temple worship. Rosh Hashanah or the Feast of Trumpets is the Jewish Civil New Year, and it is traditionally kept for two days. During this time, Jews and Messianics celebrate God’s Sovereignty and goodness. They also make resolutions for the coming year and promises to God to keep them. After this, between the joyousness of Rosh Hashanah and the communal mourning and sadness of Yom Kippur are the nine Days of Awe or Repentance. During these nine days, people are meant to search their souls for any wrongdoing or inappropriate thoughts. Then they are to seek forgiveness for past wrongs and make amends whenever possible. They are also called to repent of these sins and make a solemn oath to refrain from future sin. This is all done in preparation for the tenth day after the Feast of Trumpets, which is the solemn Day of Atonement - a day set aside solely for fasting and the affliction of the soul in complete remorse and repentance.

As the one day in the Jewish year that God extends corporate forgiveness of sins to all those who repent, the Day of Atonement is a definite allusion to Yahshua’s sacrifice on the Cross. However, the sacrifice of two goats and many other animals on the Day of Atonement only extended forgiveness for a year, while those who believe in Yahshua as the Messiah and the Son of God are eternally forgiven for their sins. Nonetheless, though our sins are forgiven from the moment we truly believe in and have faith in Yahshua, we cannot enter fully into fellowship with Him until we are resurrected with incorruptible bodies. This means that Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the week-long Feast of Sukkot are holidays with an as yet unfulfilled future application. This is because they will not be fulfilled until Yahshua’s Second Advent as King of kings and Supreme Priest and Judge.

I did not realize how significant the Autumn Feast days were, however, until after submitting the first book in this series for publication. But then something happened that changed my perspective on these Feast days forever. On September 20, 2004, during the nine Days of Awe that were counted between the Feast of Trumpets on September 15th, and Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement on September 25th, 2004, I had a startling revelation. Let me explain its incredible implications. As was shown earlier in this book, the real Rosh Hashanah is likely not on the Feast of Trumpets. The true Jewish New Year is on Nissan 1, marking the beginning of the 7th Millennium on April 6th, 2000.

Now, if we count the year beginning on Nissan 1 on April 6th, 2000 as a year-long Feast of Trumpets, the nine years following it would correspond to the Nine Days of Awe. This means that the tenth year from then beginning on March 16th, 2010 may mark the beginning of the Yom Kippur year that will end the Church Age and precede the first year of the Tribulation Period. It also suggests that the Rapture may occur sometime before then IF there is to be a Pre-Tribulation Rapture. This is suggested by the fact that the Jews believe that all who are to be saved must have their name written in God’s Book of Life by the end of Yom Kipper. If so, those who are to be included in the Rapture must repent of their sins and accept Yahshua as their Messiah before April 5th, 2011, which will be the end the Yom Kippur Year. This is true if we follow a strict reading of Scripture, which indicates that Yom Kippur should occur on the 10th day from the New Moon.

Significantly, 2010 is the year that the prophecies in the Psalms and the Great Pyramid seem to point to as the year before the Tribulation. Therefore, since Jewish sacred years are reckoned as beginning in the spring, the seven-year Tribulation period might begin in the spring of 2011 AD. Since we are not to know the exact day or hour when the Rapture will happen or the Tribulation will begin, however, the Rapture could be anytime before the close of the year 2012. Indeed, if God intended for me to count both days of Rosh Hashanah, then the entire time line proposed here may need to be extended by one year.

As discussed in the last chapter, the Signs in the Heavens in late 2012 show that this will be the likely time when God’s Wrath will truly begin to be poured out on the unrepentant wicked - when dreadful doses of destruction and death will begin to intensify dramatically all around the world. Since most believers agree that the Rapture must occur before God’s Wrath begins to be poured out, it has to happen before the close of 2012 if - and only if - my interpretations of the amazing Signs in the Heavens occurring on December 21st, 2012 are correct and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are released then.

Why this prophetic interpretation makes sense is the fact that the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot occurs five days after Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement on the 15th of Tishri. This seven-day Jewish harvest festival prophetically depicts the ancient Jewish wedding feast that lasted seven days and alludes to the seven years of the Wedding of the Lamb. Sukkot alludes to the temporary nature of our mortal lives on Earth and shows that we have an eternal home and purpose that has not yet been realized - but that we are looking forward to with great joy and anticipation. This seven-day holiday therefore clearly alludes to the seven years when the saints will reside in Heaven during the Tribulation as well as to the Millennial Rule of Christ that will follow it.

Instead of spending seven days feasting in Sukkot booths outdoors, the Raptured Saints will spend five to seven years feasting in a heavenly banquet hall. Then they will return to Earth to rule with Christ during the Millennial Kingdom. This is why the Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot will be celebrated throughout the Millennial Rule of Christ. Yahshua’s thousand-year Kingdom is a temporary prelude to the final inheritance of the righteous in eternity. When eternity is ushered in, all Creation will inherit sinless perfection. At that time, death, evil, and sin will be totally annihilated, and the New Heaven and Earth will be created as our everlasting habitation.

In the word of knowledge that I received during the days of Awe in 2004, the five days that fall between Yom Kippur and the beginning of Sukkot can be viewed as marking five more years. These five years can be counted from April 5th, 2011 to April 9th, 2016. If this holds true, the joy that has always been associated with the first day of the week-long Feast of Tabernacles could begin anytime in early in 2016 AD. Indeed, Yahshua’s Second Coming could happen a year or more before he actually sets up His Millennium-long Kingdom in order to shorten the time of the Tribulation so that all life will not be extinguished.

Could this be one of the many purposes of God’s autumn Holy days - to show the span of actual years when many End Time prophecies will be fulfilled? Could it be that Yahweh intends to follow the timeline of the Jewish autumn holy days, but is reckoning days as years and months as millenniums from the true beginning of the year in the spring? If so, the Seventh Millennium technically began on April 6th, 2000 with the first of the two Rosh Hashanah years. Furthermore, ten years later, the Yom Kippur year began on March 16th, 2010 and will end on April 5th, 2011. This Yom Kippur year may mark the final year that God will extend His Grace and mercy toward the unrepentant wicked.

After 2010 comes to a close via the Jewish Sacred Calendar on April 5th, 2011, it is possible that God will not allow any more names to be written into the Book of Life based on their acceptance of Yahshua’s sacrifice for their sins alone. This also means that the time period for when the saints could be Raptured to Heaven to celebrate the Wedding Supper of the Lamb may occur before the close of 2010, or shortly after it begins.

Referring to my research into the heavenly End Time signs that are fully explored in the last chapter of this book, the worst years of the Tribulation period may begin in 2013 - after the December 21st, 2012 Anti-Peace Sign forms in the heavens above the Earth (See Chapter 11). Therefore, the First Rapture could also be as late as that - if there is to be a First Rapture. If not, what I have been calling the Second Rapture, which falls at the Mid-Tribulation point, would be the only Rapture time possible. However, I firmly believe that there will be two Raptures, and I will continue to believe it until shortly after December 21st, 2012. If the True Church is still on Earth at that time, I will have no choice but to accept the idea of a Pre-Wrath Rapture, which has almost as strong a support in the New Testament as the idea of a Pre-Tribulation or early Tribulation Rapture.

Based on the idea that there will be two Raptures, here is a summary of what I believe the autumn Jewish holy days allude to prophetically in regard to the time period between the years 2000 and 2017:

· Two Year-long Days for Rosh Hashanah beginning on Nissan 1 on April 6th, 2000 AD through to Nissan 1 on March 14th 2002 - The Day of Trumpets is traditionally celebrated for two days, so God gave mankind two years to repent of sin, thank God for His goodness, and resolve to become better people in the years ahead.

· Nine Year-long Days of Awe or Repentance lasting from Nissan 1 on April 6th, 2000 until Nissan 1 on March 16th, 2010. Since these nine years correspond to the Nine Days of Awe, they were meant to be a time of solemn reflection and repentance just like the nine days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. If this year for day connection is true, then this suggests that - if there is to be a Pre-Tribulation Rapture, it may occur anytime in the next year between March 16th 2010 and April 5th, 2011.

· 1 Year-long Day for Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement beginning March 16th, 2010 through April 5th, 2011 - The Tribulation will likely begin between the Lunar Eclipse of December 21st, 2010 and Nissan 1 on April 5th, 2011. This Yom Kippur year will be the last one that unbelievers and apostates can seek forgiveness from Yahshua before the Book of Life is closed and the unrepentant wicked are marked for God’s Wrath. Sometime around the close of the Yom Kippur year, the True Church may be removed from the world scene, allowing the Antichrist to take control of the world.

· 5 Year-long Days between Yom Kippur and Tabernacles beginning on April 5th, 2011 and ending on April 9th, 2016. April 5th, 2011, which may be the first day of the first year of the Tribulation period, is tied to the discovery of Easter Island on April 5th, 1722. This remote island is tied to many End Time Signs in the Heavens (See the last Chapter for more). These five years account for the five days between Yom Kippur and the Feast of Sukkot or Tabernacles. In the middle of this period, the Second (Mid-Tribulation) Rapture may occur - along with the resurrection of the Two Witnesses. This may be in the autumn of 2014, which will be three-and-one-half years after April 5th, 2011.

· April 9th, 2016 brings us to the Jewish start of the year 2016, which may be when the Tribulation will end - a full year earlier than its seven allotted years. However, there is the possibility that God will not shorten the time period of the Tribulation, but will instead speed up the days so that they will be much shorter than 24-hours. This would end the Tribulation without altering God’s heavenly calendar, giving an end date for the Tribulation sometime around the first day of Nissan on March 28th, 2017. However, if the lengths of each day are not altered by a shift of Earth’s poles or some other cataclysmic event, the Tribulation may end a full year before it was meant to. This early end date would be around Nissan 1 or April 9th, 2016. In either case, the Tribulation would still serve to be shortened. This shortening is necessary because, as Yahshua indicated in Matthew 24:22, the time of the Tribulation must be shortened or no life will survive it.

If the time period of the Tribulation is shortened rather than the length of the days, Yahshua may triumphantly return to conquer the wicked at the Battle of Armageddon sometime in 2016. Then Yahshua would also complete the last stage of the First Resurrection at that time. In any case, after all the saints return with the King of kings and the Apocalypse is over, Yahshua will set up His Millennial Kingdom on Earth. This may be sometime in 2016, or may not be until sometime in 2017 if the days are speeded up during the last years of the Tribulation.

This is the revelation that Yahshua showed me during the Days of Awe in 2004. I hope many will heed its warning and repent of their sins before it is too late to be included in the Rapture. This revelation shows the timing of End Time events based on the prophetic nature of all the Jewish Feast Days found in the Bible. Since all of these Feast Days were intended to show us the nature and timing of the prophetic events on God’s calendar, and I was given this revelation during the actual Days of Awe in 2004, I believe this revelation is a true word from God. Ultimately, however, all those who are reading this must judge the truth of these words for themselves. With that in mind, remember to ask the Holy Spirit to guide all of your decisions, and pray that you will not be led astray by anyone’s teachings.

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