Is your wick trimmed and lamp full of oil? Be careful lest you miss the great event.................
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CHN Commentary 9-20-98
ROSH HASHANA 5759 has begun.... Is it Rapture time..??
For those who believe and teach that this is the time of the year that the
Rapture of the Church will occur, try not to be too disappointed that it
doesn't happen.
And it doesn't happen, not because this isn't the year; it doesn't happen
because Rosh Hashana is not the appointed time for it to happen. And
neither is Tabernacles, Passover, Firstfruits, Pentecost, or any other
Jewish feast.
The Rapture of the Church occurs in the time of the year when Jesus,
Himself, ascended into heaven. Jesus ascended 40 days after He rose from
the dead; and He rose from the dead on Firstfruits.
The problem with those who believe otherwise is that they do not separate
the covenant God made with the Jews from the covenant He made with Church.
The Church has been promised that "the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it", because "it is not appointed unto wrath". The Church will be
taken out of the way [2Thes 2:7].
The Jews are appointed "unto wrath", and only a remnant of them will
survive the "gates of hell". The gates that are attended by the "gate
keeper" ..... Antichrist.
But timing for the Rapture of the Church has been made "crystal clear" by
God.
God is a God whose modus operandi is to cast shadows and fulfill them
with like reflections, and only the "Ascension of Jesus" perfectly reflects
the Rapture of the Church..... i.e. ...the Body of Christ caught up in both
instances.
Once the distinction is made that God has a covenant with the Jews separate
from the covenant with the Church, then the truth of the timing of the
Rapture of the Church will erupt in one's spirit with praise and
understanding.
All believers are well instructed to hold tightly to the truth of
Ascension/Rapture, and let go of any other traditional belief [i.e. "we
can't know the day or the hour" ,which refers to the second coming and not
the Rapture] ..... for "...tradition makes void the word of God".
We call ourselves "watchers" because in Luke 12:37 Jesus said,
"Blessed are those whom the master, when he comes will find watching.
Assuredly I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to
eat, and come and serve them."
And as '''watchers" we watch daily for all the events that continue to
unfold and point us to " that time" in "that year" when the Rapture will
happen. And when it does happen, we will find ourselves sitting, and
eating, and being served by Him.
Jesus is Lord.....
Keep Watching!
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