Friday, September 14, 2007

Yom Kippur possibilities - still hope!!!

I believe that there is still hope in looking at Yom Kippur as a potential Rapture date.

Why? For me I feel like I can personally relate. I have had numerous court appearances in protecting my children and finally after many trial dates covering years of time I was able to receive justice.

Going through this difficult time one thing I learned really well is that court is a two step process. Step one is for the Judge to “announce” his decision. Step two is when you receive in the mail a signed document putting the judgment into effect.

This is how I see the relationship between Rosh Hashanah (announcement) and Yom Kippur (signed judgment). The time between the two is a waiting time which the Jews call “days of awe”.

On Yom Kippur there are some things that relate to the Rapture.

The Orthodox men take a mikveh bath
It is tradition by many to wear only white
This is the one day the Jews are permitted to say the Tetragrammaton (God’s name such as YHWH or YHVH) and all bow at this name.

The Jews believe that this is when Moses came down from receiving the 2nd set of 10 commandments and his face was “glowing”.

Also, it is tradition to read Jonah. I think this is significant since Jonah is the book where Jonah (Jew) does not want Nineveh (Gentile) to repent. One thing I am always looking for in the Rapture models is how God would call Israel to “jealousy” since this is His next step in dealing with Israel. Do you think God could get all the Jonah’s (Jews currently not looking to Jesus) attention by a Rapture on a day such as Yom Kippur which they know as the Day of Atonement/Judgement/entry or non entry into the Book of Life? I think so!!! Also, Jesus said:

38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Also earlier in chapter 12 Jesus had said:

11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Yom Kippur falls on a Sabbath Day. Jesus was the Master of the Sabbath and it became a day of healing to Jesus, but the Pharisees rejected him as Messiah because of it. Could Jesus again heal the blind and the lame on another Sabbath forgiving sins like he did in the Gospels? Like he says above…would he pull out the sheep from the pit??? How much better a man than a sheep!!!

Would Yom Kippur be a candidate for a day to look at this happening? Maybe. Worth watching. If you watched all the way to Trumpets, may as well stay tuned. Also, the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Saturday this year since the new moon was sighted a day late.

Now I can’t really put too much on this finding but Muslims believe (found on Wikipedia) the following happenings occurred on Yom Kippur:
The deliverance of Noah from the flood
Abraham was saved from Nimrod's fire
Jacob's blindness was healed and he was brought to Joseph on this day
Job was healed from his illness
Moses was saved from the impeding Pharaoh's army
Jesus was brought up to heaven after attempts by the Romans to capture and crucify him failed.
The reason I mention them is not because I believe anything the Muslims have to say, but it is interesting to note that all the above mentioned events are Rapture models.

Blessings,

Tony

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