1. Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
2. The Year of Jubilee
8And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile 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. 10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
Return of Property
13In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 15According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: 16According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. 17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
23The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
Every indication we have tells us that this Rosh Hashanah (head of the year/new year) 2015 on September 13 begins a Jubilee year. Whats the big deal about a Jubilee year? Jubilee is about forgiveness of debt, returning to land, redemption of land/possessions.
Luke 21:28 tells us when these things begin to happen: 25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
then our redemption draws near. Sept 13, 2015 begins the year of redemption. We are our Lord's possessions, bought with a down payment:
1 Cor 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
2 Cor 1:22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
The year of Jubilee is about returning possessions to their rightful owner. In our case we are our Lord's possession. The thing is, the year of Jubilee is a year long. So remember if 9/13 comes and goes without any fireworks, it is the YEAR of redemption. During this year of redemption, also remember this:
Mark 13: 32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
There is a day and hour that no man knows, when the master (our Lord Jesus Christ) is coming for us. This absolutely, positively is NOT the "second coming." The "second coming" which will actually be the third or fourth coming by the time our Lord has come for this unknown day, and has also come and stood on Mount Zion with the 144,000 (Rev 14:1) will be the coming to destroy anti-Christ at the end of the 1260 days (anti-Christ is given power for 42 months, not a day more). How is anti-Christ destroyed?
2 Thess 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
So, yes we absolutely know exactly when the second coming will be. Count of 42 months from the abomination that causes desolation. The unknown day and hour are another day, another hour, a different coming completely unknown to all but the Father.
People can fight it all they want to but do they ever stop to think there is a reason the Lord put so much wiggle room into the time of the escape/rapture/kept from the hour of trial event that is coming? He said there is an unknown day that none of us will know and He meant it. How hard is it to understand?
The unknown day is a clear teaching of scripture independent of any rapture teaching but too many fight this unknown day to maintain the integrity of their pet doctrines. This clear teaching of an unknown coming of the Lord is cited in numerous scriptures,
Mark 13:32But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Matt 24:36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matt 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Why do they resist this clear teaching of an unknown day and hour? Because
it fits hand in glove with the Hebrew wedding tradition, it fits hand in glove with the idea of an escape from all (Luke 21:36) as well as being kept from the hour of trial (Rev 3:10).
I am aware of what their arguments are but their arguments have doubts cast on them by the fact that we can all agree on that the Church is firmly divided over pre-tribulation, pre-wrath, post-tribulation lines. Does anyone argue this? Why all of the division? The Lord left the gaping holes there, the seemingly contradictory information that has 3 camps divided to point to the teaching that should already be obvious: there is an unknown coming, a day and hour that no man knows. The proof of this unknown day and hour is further substantiated by the divisions (pre-tribulation, pre-wrath, post-tribulation) themselves!
To this very day as I search the scriptures to absolutely nail down the certainty of the timing of the Lord's coming, I am left with only one certainty and many strong beliefs. The certainty is the Lord will come at an unknown day and hour when we are not expecting Him. He said it, He meant it and I am preparing my spirit accordingly. Those who disregard the repetitive teaching that the Lord will come back at least one unknown time (maybe more) but at least one, are certain to be sorry for it.
Matt 25:10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
One of the worst horrors I can imagine right up there with burning in a lake of fire forever is the Lord looking at me and telling me "I don't know you." I cannot fathom in the remotest parts of my being how devastating that would be. I would not wish that "I don't know you" moment on anyone especially those who profess belief in Christ today.
I humbly entreat any and all believers especially those of the pre-wrath and post-trib camps to open their hearts, minds and spirits enough to let this clear teaching of the unknown day and hour share enough space within them that the Lord can as a righteous judge allow them to leave this place according to His own laws:
Matt 8:13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
Believers can and still do debate the pre-trib, pre-wrath and post-trib raptures going around in the same circles over and over and over again. There is a reason for this debate, the Lord never meant for the timing to be settled with certainty. Why not? To force us into certainty. The Lord certainly does teach us that He is coming at an unknown day and hour. Every single person who has ever told us "we can know" has been proven WRONG. All of them. That is a 100% conviction rate.
I see the points of view of the other side, I see the reason the issue has not been settled after years and decades of argument with 'experts' on every side. And I now see the reason the door has been left open for debate on issues that cannot be definitively settled except for the individual hearts of believers.
There is a reason the Lord called some virgins wise and some foolish. Some will not listen no matter how many times you tell them "I am coming when you do not expect me" there is always a "yea, but..." in response. That is foolish.
Conclusion
When these things begin to happen, look up. Have we already seen signs in the sun, moon and stars? What have thousands if not millions of Christians talked about for years now if not the blood moon tetrad, the solar eclipses, the comets etc? What does that mean? Look up your redemption draws near. What is Sept 13, 2015? It is the Hebrew new year and much more than that a Jubilee year, a redemption year. It is a year of possessions being returned, redeemed by their owners and He who has paid for us with His blood is Jesus Christ.
And just as this paragraph above was being written the Lord dropped another beautiful thought into my mind concerning the cycle change back to Israel. Is there any more beautiful, more seamless way to change the spiritual seasons from the Church back to Israel than to pick up right where He left off? We are turning off of "Church street" back onto "Israel street" on the drive to the finish line. The spring feasts were all fulfilled only the fall feasts remain to be prophetically fulfilled. Passover and Sukkot are book ends bracketing all of the Lord's feast days. Passover is the first, Sukkot the last. The Lord has been showing us these bookends in the heavens.
You do not read about the Church mentioned by name after Revelation 3 for a reason, because they are not there. You do read of Israel mentioned by name (by actual tribes in Rev 7) after Revelation 3 for a reason, because they are there. The time to play games with the Word is over. People need to stop trying to force square blocks into round holes because they do not fit. Shaving off the rough edges to make square blocks fit into round holes is what too many have been doing for too long. All the pieces are falling into place.
The re-emergence of the Shemitah (Leviticus) and the Harbinger (Isaiah) by brother Cahn (Jewish turned Christian) and the blood moons on Hebrew Feast days by Mark Blitz (Jewish turned Christian)(Passover and Sukkot are not Christian observances) is putting a giant spotlight again on ISRAEL. Cows with 7s on their heads (Joseph, Pharaoh, ISRAEL), the coming Jubilee (ISRAEL) is all pointing to this seamless cycle change. Have you ever seen a relay race where one runner hands the baton off to another runner so the last runner can finish the race? The Church is getting ready to hand the baton back to Israel and every sign, every signal in the heavens and on earth is confirming it.
This brother encourages you to prepare your hearts, minds, and spirits for the unknown day and hour that the Lord will be returning for us. The Lord called those who disregard the preparedness required for this unknown day and hour "fools" (Matt 25:3). Noah prepared by building an ark, we prepare through prayer and faith. What are we believing for? The Lord will do what He clearly said He would do. Its that simple.
In Matt 7 the Lord tells us up front the way we judge is how we will be judged so my judgment is this: nobody gets left behind. Pre-wrath, post-trib, mid-trib I pray that they all make it. We who do believe the Lord is coming before the tribulation should have no problem fully embracing this command to watch for this unexpected coming of the Lord.
Please remember all the brothers and sisters in your prayers. Please remember me and my family in your prayers as I remember you and yours.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
