** The Parousia in relation to fall and winter festivals in propehcy.
Parousia: Fall and winter festivals in prophecy
I have often noticed that people who learned scripture primarily in church don’t seem to understand there is a hierarchy of “the saved” and that not all of the “saved” are “saved” from the same things, or at the same time. Sometimes, I wonder if they have any idea at all what it is they’re being “saved” from, and they don’t seem to understand what the various levels of the hierarchy are saved “for.” Worse, those who have decided that no Rabbi at any time was a spirit filled writer led by Elohim have decided to accept every teaching of the Karaites, who are unsaved, even when those teachings are contradicted by the writings of the apostles and prophets.
[See a short companion article entitled “Not everything in the Talmud is bad.”]
Enter Elohim’s calendar and the Parousia [the Greek term, better known by the Latin vulgate term: rapturo, that usually called “rapture” in English].
First off, the fact that we are told by Sha’ul that this whole program of Yeshua and his marriage to His bride being transformed into immortality is a mystery (below) unknown to the fathers should tell you right away that he can’t be talking about the resurrection of the martyrs at the time immediately at the end of the time of Jacob’s trouble and the ingathering at the beginning of the Kingdom, because everybody already knew about that – it’s described in excruciating detail in the prophets. There are tens of thousands of pages written on that in Rabbinic sources. They knew all about the resurrection of the dead and they knew all about the ingathering – and Yeshua even told them that Abraham , etc. would be seated with His followers at the ingathering – that’s what the whole liturgy of the 7 shepherds of Israel (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aharon, David, and Solomon) in the Sukkah is all about.
Mat 8:11 And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Well, we know when Sukkot is, so where is the transformation of the living into immortality? This brings us to the calendar of fall festivals:
The idea that the parousia taught in the new testament is a false idea developed by John Darby in the 1800s is based on a profound ignorance of the symbolism of Elohim’s festival calendar and an even more profound ignorance of the Talmudic writings of the Sages that confirm the date of the first resurrection as Yom Teruah– writings which predate Darby by several thousands of years.
To begin, let us look at the parable of the ten virgins. All ten girls were betrothed. Only five were admitted when Yeshua first came – the ones who did not “go out to buy oil” on the festival – that is, they were prepared in advance for the Shabbat according to halacha. In other words, the Torah observant ones. For an indepth look at why the Bride of Messiah is comprised only of the Torah observant, I recommend Eddie Chumney’s very easy read: Who is the Bride of Christ? Meanwhile, here is the parable.
Mat 25:1 “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Mat 25:2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. Mat 25:3 Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, Mat 25:4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Mat 25:5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. Mat 25:6 But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’ Mat 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. Mat 25:8 The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ Mat 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ Mat 25:10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. Mat 25:11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Adonai, Adonai, open to us.’ Mat 25:12 But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ Mat 25:13 Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
This is consistent with Yeshua’s teachings on other occasions about who will be qualified as part of His kingdom and who will not.
Mat 7:22 Many will tell me in that day, ‘Adonai, Adonai, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’ Mat 7:23 Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work Torahlessness.’
The Greek here is “anomia,” meaning without or against law. In English that would be “lawlessness.” In Hebrew, of course, it is against Torah or without Torah: “Torahlessness.”
As we will see later, Torah observance is NOT the criteria for the judgement of the sheep and the goats. And there is a resurrection of Tribulation saints, according to Revelation – uncountable millions who during the Trib put their faith in Yeshua, become Torah observant, and are martyred:
Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Yeshua, and for the word of Elohim, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Messiah a thousand years. Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
This is important to understand here: This is the first RESURRECTION because it ONLY included the DEAD, but NOT the living. It is the PAROUSIA which includes both the living and the dead. Those who are alive at the end of the Tribulation are not transformed into immortality – instead, they are part of the judgement of sheep and goats (below).
To get back to our current point, the sheep will LEARN Torah in the kingdom – they don’t have to know it beforehand.
Isa 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem.
But for now, let us return to the present age, and the upcoming fall festivals.
On Rosh Hashanah, aka Yom Teruah, all those who are sealed for “good” are inscribed in the Book of Life. In an ordinary year, that means they have been judged favorably and will receive blessings in the coming year. Rosh Hashanah is the only festival that occurs on a new moon – Tishri the 1st – so you CANNOT know the day and hour in advance. You have to wait for the witnesses in Jerusalem to announce the sighting of the new moon. It’s “a day and hour no one knows.” It is, according to the Sages, “the last trump.” (The first trump was at Shavu’ot, and the Great Trump is at Yom Kippur.)
The first trump was blown at Mount Sinai. The last trump is blown to signify “the resurrection of the just,” blown on Rosh HaShanah. The great trump will signify the Coming of HaShem [We know that’s Yeshua, crowned finally!] to wage the final war against the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 27:13, Zech. 9:14, Matt. 24:29-3I, 1st Thess. 4:16-17, 1st Cor. 15:52).Talmudic ref Talmud, Rosh Hashanah, 26b, 29b.
Sha’ul, who learned at the feet of Gamliel, knew all of this – and so did his students. So they were not baffled at all when he told them:
1Co 15:51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 1Co 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
The mystery was that living persons would also be transformed into immortality at the time of the Parousia –THAT had never been taught.
1Th 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Yeshua will Elohim bring with him. 1Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of Adonai, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of Adonai shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1Th 4:16 For Adonai himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of Elohim: and the dead in Messiah shall rise first: 1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet Adonai in the air: and so shall we ever be with Adonai. 1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
“The customary greeting for Rosh HaShanah is–”Shanah tovah tikatevu” (“May you be inscribed [in the book of life] for a good year”) and on Yom Kippur–”Chatimah tovah” (“[May you have] a good sealing [of your destiny in the book of life]“). According to the Sages, on Rosh HaShanah “Elohim opens the heavenly books and judges the people according to their works, writing in them who will die and what kind of life the living will enjoy during the coming year. The Ten Days of Penitence (Rosh HaShanah through Yom Kippur) are thought of as offering an opportunity for repentance that will influence Elohim to change these fates for the better. But on Yom Kippur these fates are fixed or ’sealed.’” (Aish HaTorah)
But there is a future New Moon coming that will be the real enactment of what we have been rehearsing all this time – that is, those who are obedient believers will receive their parousia, along with the righteous dead like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Isaiah, and Daniel whom we are told in the Tanakh will be in the kingdom. Yom Teruah is The Day of the Awakening Blast – the day of parousia. (Talmud, vol. Rosh HaShanah 166). The liturgy for Rosh HaShanah includes the story of the Akida, the binding of Isaac – whom the Rabbis associate with an actual teaching concerning resurrection from the dead. It represents “the resurrection of the just” on Elohim’s calendar. There is no doubt about this in Hebraic literature. It has been an integral part of normative Judaism for over 3000 years.
For those who did not get a favorable ruling on Yom Teruah, in an ordinary year, they have until Yom Kippur to “change Elohim’s mind” – that is, those who were on the fence between good and rebellion are given a chance to get off, preferably on the good side. This is clearly reflected in all the liturgy, all the daily prayers, all the teshuvah prayers leading up to Yom Kippur, and the liturgy for Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur itself. There is no doubt in Hebraic thought that this is the way it works during this time: two judgements, two opportunities, tribulation in between.
“On Rosh HaShanah it is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: how many will pass away and how many will be born, who will live and who will die; who will die prematurely and who will live out his days; who will perish by fire and who by water; who by sword and who by wild animals; who by hunger and who by thirst; who by earthquake and who by plague; who by strangling and who by stoning; who will have rest and who will wander about; who will be at peace and who will be tormented; who will be at ease and who will be bothered; who will become poor and who will become rich; who will be brought low and who will be raised up.” (Aish HaTorah, quoting the sages.)
Those who need to repent during the 7 days between Yom Teruah and Yom Kippur are said to be “in tribulation.” They fast and weep and pray and repent – they beg Elohim to write them in the Book of Life. (At least they’re supposed to.) Symbolically, this is called “the Time of Jacob’s Trouble.” Jacob, representing the groom, married the woman chosen for him (from the foundation of the world), and then after her 7 days were completed in the bridal chamber, he married the woman he chose himself (on Sinai). The believers are represented by Leah, followed 7 days (years) later by the House of Israel, represented by Rachel. Two weddings, one 7 in between. This is a typology for us.
There is a day coming – a new moon when the real Shofar is blown and the voice of the archangel cries out declaring the real Yom Teruah – when most people are going to be absolutely horrified to see that they were one of the foolish virgins – who have not been sealed for life and taken to the wedding supper of the lamb. They were not chosen, because of their disobedience. The door was shut in their face! Talk about motivation – they’ve now got it. But they now must endure 7 years of tribulation, not just seven days, to demonstrate that no matter how bad it gets, even unto death, that they choose to obey Elohim and have faith in Yeshua.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the holy ones, those who keep the mitzvot of Elohim, and the faith of Yeshua.”
Now, we need to study carefully the events of the tribulation, because the conditions at the end of the tribulation are nothing like the conditions at the beginning.
If you look carefully at the examples Yeshua gave us of the “last days,” you’ll notice that He said that two would be grinding grain, working in the field, or sleeping in their beds when one would be taken and the other left. That people all over the world would be marrying and partying and going along with no idea what was going to happen to them, as in the days of Noach.
Now, at the end of Revelation, when we get all the way to Armageddon at the end of the 7 years – all the grain has been burnt up, the sun is scorching people so they can’t go outside during the day, and according to the prophets “few men are left” and “people will be more scarce than pure gold.” So much for gardening, happy parties and marriages.
One more time, look at the scripture and at conditions near the end of the Tribulation – are these like “the Days of Noach?”
Rev 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
You do know grains are grasses, don’t you? And what about being outside working in the field?
Look at 16:9 again. The earth is scorched – no gardens, no out working in them. How about marriages?
Isa 24:4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. Isa 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Isa 24:6 Therefore has the curse [of Deuteronomy] devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Isa 13:11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Isa 13:12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Looks to me like there will be a definite shortage of eligible men. There is no way possible that the “Days of Noach” are at the end of the Tribulation. And the clincher is that Yeshua repeatedly tells us that we won’t know what day or hour He will first appear to us.
But if we read in Daniel, we can see that at the midpoint of the Tribulation, when the abomination of desolation occurs, Daniel gives us EXACTLY how many days are left until the end (below). So of those who are left behind to endure the tribulation, anyone who can read and who can count will know TO THE DAY when Yeshua will arrive with his army of saints to defeat the false messiah. It’s right there in black and white.
That is Yom Kippur – the real judgment day, Battle of Armageddon and all that. The return to earth of Yeshua, crowned, now YHVH, and His Bride, now immortal, to rule the earth as kings and priests. It is Tishri the 10th. During an ordinary year, this is when prophetic years are counted, according to Torah. This is the time when a Sabbath year (every 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, 35th, 42nd, and 49th year) is declared, and when the Jubilee year is declared (every 50th year).
Lev 25:8 And you shall number seven Sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be for yourself forty and nine years. Lev 25:9 Then shall you cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. Lev 25:10 And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land for all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and you shall return every man to his possession, and you shall return every man to his family.
This will be the day of the second advent of Messiah:
Joe 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: Joe 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Joe 2:17 Let the priests, the ministers of YHWH, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, YHWH, and give not your heritage to [them that] reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, “Where is their Elohim?” Joe 2:18 Then will YHWH be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
When does this happen?
Zec 14:1 Behold, the Day of YHWH comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you.
Zec 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Zec 14:3 Then shall YHWH go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
AFTER the city has fallen – when the people are crying and begging for Elohim to have pity on them – THEN YHVH and his Bride come forth. Where is their Elohim? There He is – come to fry their enemies and restore Jerusalem and begin His kingdom.
Next, Sukkot – the Ingathering. All of the mortal survivors of WWIII will be subjected to the judgment of the sheep and the goats.
Mat 25:31 “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. Mat 25:32 Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. Mat 25:33 He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Mat 25:34 Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; Mat 25:35 for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; Mat 25:36 naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’ Mat 25:37 “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Adonai, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? Mat 25:38 When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? Mat 25:39 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’ Mat 25:40 “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ Mat 25:41 Then he will say also to those on the left hand [the goats], ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
Faith and good deeds during the tribulation will allow a person to be a subject in the Messianic Kingdom, presuming they live through the tribulation – the other option is the lake of fire. Yeshua says nothing about Torah here. In order to be a king and priest, however – a ruler in the kingdom – one has to be part of the Bride of Messiah, the Torah observant believers included in the Parousia: the transformation and resurrection of the just on Yom Teruah, 7 years earlier.
Eze 34:11 For thus saith Adonai YHWH; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. Eze 34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. [i.e. the Day of YHWH – the Tribulation] Eze 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
It is clear here that the sheep are gathered out of the “Day of Darkness” which we know is used of the Tribulation in several texts. The sheep enter the kingdom as subjects – the goats are cast into “eternal fire” according to Yeshua. They are not innocent and not invited to be part of the covenant people.
So how, then, is the Day of Darkness” like “the days of Noach” when nobody is aware of what is happening? In the days of Noach people were caught completely unaware. So it can’t be the goats who are taken in the “days like Noach.” They are clearly killed at the end of the tribulation. And you’d have to be a complete idiot to not know you were in the second half of the tribulation after the abomination of desolation. They are not surprised when Messiah comes – and they KNOW Elohim is responsible for all the tribulation on earth! Even Revelation says:
Rev 9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
Rev 9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Rev 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Rev 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Rev 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Rev 16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
They aren’t unaware – these are the willfully disobedient, not ignorant innocents.
Only the sheep enter the kingdom – and they are ordinary mortals. They live a long life, can get sick, marry and have children, get old (eventually) and die – there are dozens of descriptions by the prophets of how nice life will be in the Messianic Kingdom. [Not enough space to quote all these, but you can find them easily.] The Sages also agree that life for ordinary people there will be an ordinary, mortal life. It is during this time, I believe, that everyone’s “inheritance” is given to them – their allotment of land in Eretz Israel or in the nations.
After this, what follows on the calendar is the water pouring Ceremony – Hosanna Raba – where the river of life proceeds to flow from Jerusalem. This is described by Ezekiel and Revelation. Simchat Torah is next – the living people begin to be taught Torah, from the beginning – a new Torah cycle that every one of the survivors of WWIII will learn. Chanukkah follows – the Millennial Temple will have been completely cleansed and will be rededicated. The Shekinah will return. This is the day that Daniel said anyone who survived to see would be blessed indeed: 3 ½ years, Nisan 10th to Yom Kippur + 75 days = Kislev 25th.
Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up [the midpoint], there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. [3 ½ years] Dan 12:12 Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. Dan 12:13 But go you [Daniel] your way till the end be: for you shall rest [in the dust], and [then] stand in your lot at the end of the days.
This is the Hebraic understanding of the festivals.
You can see the flow is logical and well established in liturgy. This liturgy is based on interpretations of scripture by scholars who have studied the Tanakh and writings of the sages of the past as far back as they go, literally thousands of years of study – and it is quite a load of chutzpah to say Elohim has made us rehearse things in the wrong order for some +/- 3500 years now, as those who deny the pre-trib parousia claim. A day represents a year on Elohim’s prophetic calendar. This proves to us that the parousia/resurrection is about two years prior to the beginning of the Tribulation.
To recap the fall festivals:
Elul 1st – begins the 40 days of repentance, represents the Birth Pangs.
Elul 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 – Days 1-5 of Creation. Ironically, it represents the very last days before the Trib, when men decide there was no creation by Elohim – they teach evolution instead.
Tishri 1st – (the 6th day of creation) Yom Teruah, the Day of the Awakening Blast, aka Rosh HaShanah – the “sealing” of the righteous into the Book of Life, representing the Parousia.
Mat 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of Elohim in heaven.
Tishri the 1st is the Parousia. Every believer dead and alive is here made Immortal and unable to marry, have children, grow old, be accursed, or die. Since we know the goats are destroyed and not allowed to enter the kingdom at all, there is no way this can be at the end of the tribulation. So it is impossible for the Parousia to be at the end of the tribulation, since all those dead and alive would be made immortal, and the entire rest of prophecy – the marriages, children, growing to an incredible old age, dying, etc., could not be fulfilled.
Tishri 2nd – the anniversary of the 1st Shabbat (7th day of creation), celebrated together with Yom Teruah as “one long day” called Rosh HaShanah. Construction of the 3rd Temple may begin during this time, after the Parousia. The 144,000 Israelites may be sealed during this time.
Tishri 3rd – a minor Rabbinic fast, represents the 1st day of Tribulation. The Two Witnesses appear.
Tishri 4th – Day 2 of Tribulation
Tishri 5th – Day 3 of Tribulation
Tishri 6th – Day 4 of Tribulation, including the midpoint (the 3 ½ year point that occurs over the Pesach preparation and festival period of time starting on Biblical Nisan the 10th, when the world chooses the False Messiah as their savior). The False Messiah (aka the Beast) is then assassinated (Nisan 14th) and undergoes a fake resurrection (Biblical Nisan 17th, First fruits, a “Sunday”) when his body is indwelt by Hasatan, who was just cast out of heaven. This begins “The Great Tribulation” when the Beast prevails against the saints for 3 ½ years.
Dan 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
The “woman” of Rev. chp. 12, who gave birth to Messiah, (that is, Torah True Judaism, not Rabbinic Judaism!), flees to the wilderness (probably Petra and environs – Southern Jordan, per Zechariah) when the abomination of desolation is set up at the Temple. Sacrifices are ended. Many Christians mistakenly believe that this represents believers who are protected during the Tribulation, but that is not the case. The Mother of Messianic Judaism is Torah True Judaism, not Catholicism.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of Elohim, and have the testimony of Yeshua HaMashiach.
It is now the Great Tribulation, the middle of Tishri 6th on Elohim’s calendar.
Tishri 7th – Day 5 of Tribulation, the Great Tribulation continues.
Tishri 8th – Day 6 of Tribulation, the Great Tribulation continues.
Tishri 9th – Day 7 of Tribulation, the Great Tribulation continues, erev Yom Kippur: the 7 day “last chance” for the fence-sitters to declare for Messiah draws to a close.
Tishri 10th – Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, represents the 2nd advent (aka the Glorious Appearing), the battle of Armageddon, Defeat of the False Messiah and False Prophet and the chaining of Hasatan for 1000 years, and the Resurrection of the Tribulation Saints (to immortality!).
Also, during the days between Yom Kippur and the Ingathering, I believe this is when Yeshua, as YHWH, pleads face to face with the woman who fled to the wilderness (Torah True Judaism):
Eze 20:33 As I live, says Adonai YHWH, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: Eze 20:34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. Eze 20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Eze 20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, says Adonai YHWH…
Tishri 15th – The Ingathering, judgment of sheep and goats begins – first Israel, then the nations.
Eze 20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: Eze 20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am YHWH.
They’re removed from the lands where they were, and denied entry to Israel. According to Yeshua, the rebels (goats) are cast into fire.
Tishri 21st – 7th day convocation, with Hosanna Raba, the water pouring.
Tishri 22nd – Simchat Torah, the new Torah Cycle Begins
Kislev 25th - Chanukkah begins, Shekinah returns, etc.
We rehearse these every year to teach us Elohim’s plan for our redemption. This is their purpose – not just to commemorate things from our past. It is important for all obedient believers to learn and observe these festivals and to understand what they represent. Isaiah sums it up for us very nicely:
Isa 26:15 You have increased the nation, YHWH, you hast increased the nation: you are glorified: you had removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
These are the Diaspora, first and second – the second being to the ends of the earth.
Isa 26:16 YHWH, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was upon them.
Isa 26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, YHWH.
The birth pangs, of course.
Isa 26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, [but] we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the [evil] inhabitants of the world fallen.
Neither Judaism nor believers in Yeshua, Messianic or otherwise, have accomplished their mission on earth.
Isa 26:19 Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
This is the Parousia and the Resurrection of the Just – in which Isaiah himself expects to be included!
Isa 26:20 Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about yourself: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
This is the seclusion of the Bride of Messiah in the “many mansions” prepared for her in Heaven for the duration of the 7 year Tribulation.
Isa 26:21 For, behold, YHWH comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Or, as Yeshua, YHWH Incarnate Himself, tells us in Revelation:
Rev 3:10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Outside of time and outside of the earth – inside our bridal chambers in Heaven. Class, repent from your sins (your violations of Torah, 1 John 3), and become obedient believers. You don’t want to be here when YHWH pours His wrath out on the earth. Don’t be on the fence – be sealed on Yom Teruah and be saved from the Tribulation. Be a king and priest in the Kingdom, not a mere subject. The choice is yours. Choose Life!
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