The Feasts of the Lord, Jesus and the Rapture

 All of the Feasts of the Lord point to Jesus:

Spring Feasts (Fulfilled at Jesus' First Coming)

These four feasts cluster closely in the Hebrew month of Nisan (and Sivan for Pentecost), mirroring the rapid sequence of events in Jesus' death, burial, resurrection, and the sending of the Holy Spirit.

1. Passover (Pesach) Commemorates Israel's deliverance from Egypt through the blood of a spotless lamb on their doorposts (Exodus 12). Points to Jesus: He is "our Passover lamb" who was sacrificed (1 Corinthians 5:7). Jesus was crucified on Passover as the sinless Lamb of God whose blood delivers us from slavery to sin and death (John 1:29; 1 Peter 1:19; Mark 14:12). His death provides the ultimate exodus from bondage.
2. Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag HaMatzot) Involves removing all leaven (yeast/symbol of sin and corruption) from the home for seven days, eating unleavened bread (matzah). Points to Jesus: Represents His sinless life and burial. Leaven pictures sin; Jesus had no sin (Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21). His body lay in the tomb during the early days of this feast—like pure, unleavened bread. He is the "bread of life" without corruption (John 6:35).
3. Feast of Firstfruits (Bikkurim) The waving of the first sheaf of the barley harvest before the Lord, acknowledging God's provision and the coming greater harvest. Points to Jesus: Jesus rose from the dead on (or coinciding with) Firstfruits as "the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep" (1 Corinthians 15:20-23). His resurrection guarantees the future resurrection harvest of believers. Paul explicitly links this to Christ.
4. Feast of Weeks / Pentecost (Shavuot) Fifty days after Firstfruits, celebrating the wheat harvest and (in Jewish tradition) the giving of the Torah at Sinai. It involved two loaves of bread baked with leaven. Points to Jesus: Fulfilled when the Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples exactly 50 days after Jesus' resurrection (Acts 2). This "harvest" brought 3,000 souls into the kingdom on that day. The two leavened loaves symbolize Jews and Gentiles being brought together into one body—the Church—despite sin (the leaven). The Spirit writes God's law on hearts (Jeremiah 31:33; Acts 2).

These spring feasts were fulfilled with remarkable precision on the exact days during the events of Jesus' passion week and beyond.

Fall Feasts (Pointing to Jesus' Second Coming and Kingdom)

These occur in the Hebrew month of Tishrei and are clustered together. Many see them as awaiting future fulfillment, with the long summer gap between Pentecost and Trumpets symbolizing the current Church Age.

1. Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah) A day of rest marked by the blowing of shofars (trumpets/ram's horns) as a memorial and alarm. Points to Jesus: Often linked to the sudden return of Christ, the "last trumpet," the gathering of believers (rapture/resurrection of the dead in Christ), and a call to awakening or judgment (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; Matthew 24:31). The trumpet blasts echo God's appearances and future ingathering.
2. Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) The most solemn day—a fast for national repentance, with the high priest entering the Holy of Holies to make atonement for sin using blood sacrifices. Two goats: one sacrificed, one (scapegoat) bearing sins into the wilderness. Points to Jesus: Jesus is the ultimate High Priest and sacrifice who made full atonement once for all (Hebrews 9–10). His death paid the debt for sin, rendering the need for repeated animal sacrifices obsolete. Future aspects may include national repentance and cleansing for Israel and the world at His return (Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11).
3. Feast of Tabernacles / Booths (Sukkot) A joyful seven-day harvest celebration where people live in temporary shelters (sukkahs), remembering the wilderness wanderings and God's provision. It includes a water-pouring ceremony and looks forward to abundance. Points to Jesus: Symbolizes God dwelling ("tabernacling") with His people. Jesus "tabernacled" among us in His incarnation (John 1:14—"The Word became flesh and dwelt [tabernacled] among us"). It foreshadows the ultimate fulfillment in the Millennial Kingdom and new creation, where God dwells eternally with redeemed humanity, with no more tears or death (Zechariah 14:16-19; Revelation 21:3).

We are about to begin the Feast schedule of the Lord for 2026 which starts soon on 4/1/26.  We know that the spring Feasts have all been fulfilled literally and we know, we remember that the same will happen with the fall Feast days.  Next up to be fulfilled is the Feast of Trumpets.  This year of our Lord 2026, let us resolve to remember what our Lord promised to do.  Let us also refrain from the overdone predictions that led to disappointment and fatigue and instead do exactly what we were told to do which is prepare.  Going into Passover this year we enter in a state of preparation.  The wise virgins of Matt 25 were prepared with oil in their lamps.  They were prepared to wait and they were prepared to leave on a moment's notice.  So it is with us.

The Lord impressed a statement about His unexpected return on this servant, He said "it is sooner than you think, and not when you expect."  That's it.  Do we expect Him "soon." Yes, He could arrive today or 6 months from now or a year from now or longer.  All of that would be "soon" in His time regime.  He told us:

Luke 12:40

You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

Last year the predictions and "confirmations" turned into clown world.  Its an example of what not to do.  The enemy loves seeing annual predictions, hour long videos with star charts, exact day counts, signs, etc, all 100% historically verifiably wrong.  What are they going to mock when we are no longer predicting, but instead preparing every day, day in and day out like Noah building the ark, and the wise virgins stockpiling oil.  Correct, then they will mock the preparation but we the Church are in a much better head space/mindset because we are better aligned with the Word and Counsel of God which never once told us to predict His unexpected arrival but told us multiple times in various ways to be prepared for it.  Good servants do what they have been told, we plan to do that.

We are in an ongoing, multiyear development process to meet the Lord in the clouds.  This has been counseled for 6 or so years now, around the time of the scamdemic the Spirit of the Lord began counseling us to begin the alignment and agreement process with His Word.  That is, the parable of the talents (not about money) and the parable of the virgins.  We are leveling up on this earth, literally, figuratively, spiritually as part of a process to be physically caught up higher into the air to be with the Lord forever.

This year of 2026 features the capstone class in this leveling up process which is love (1 cor 13 and 1 John 4).  Love brings all the pieces of the puzzle together.  Love helps us understand how many will say to Him on that day "Lord Lord we did all kinds of great things in Your Name," and He will reply away from me, I never knew you.  How can that be?  How can such a thing happen?  How devastating.  How it happens is the lack of love.  People have all kinds of motives that are not love.  It will be the lack of love that sinks their ship.  

The fact that we are learning and developing the capstone course (love) may suggest we are nearer to the Lord's unexpected arrival than we think.  Thanks to our improved process of preparation over prediction it doesn't really matter unless we've been slacking in our development.  We love our enemies, our brothers and sisters and everyone else in Him, with Him, and through Him.  It is the one and only way it can be done.  Here we start to understand why few make it.  We cant do this stuff on our own and love is non negotiable.  The love part that is critically necessary requires the closest association with our Lord because the flesh, the self cannot do this on its own.  Its impossible.

Todays note is an encouragement to continue leveling up into faith, hope and love.  Continue praying with and for all the saints.  Continue praying over all of the prayer requests, for the great awakening of 2026 and repentance and revival in the Church.

The Feast days this year go April-October:

Spring Feasts (Early 2026)

• Passover (Pesach): Begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (Nisan 14–22). This commemorates the Exodus and the Passover lamb (often linked in Christian theology to Jesus as the Lamb of God). The first and last days are holy convocations with no regular work.
• Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag HaMatzot): Begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, April 8 or 9, 2026 (overlaps with Passover; Nisan 15–21). Focuses on removing leaven, symbolizing purity and haste in leaving Egypt.
• Feast of Firstfruits (Bikkurim): Typically the day after the Sabbath during Unleavened Bread — around April 2–5, 2026 (exact day varies slightly by tradition, as it depends on the weekly Sabbath). This marks the barley harvest wave offering and, in some interpretations, points to resurrection.
• Feast of Weeks / Pentecost (Shavuot): Begins at sundown on Thursday, May 21, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, May 23, 2026 (Sivan 6–7). This is 50 days after Firstfruits and celebrates the wheat harvest and (in Jewish tradition) the giving of the Torah at Sinai.

Fall Feasts (Later 2026)

• Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah / Rosh Hashanah): Begins at sundown on Friday, September 11, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, September 13, 2026 (Tishrei 1–2). A day of shofar blasts and remembrance; often seen as pointing to future events like the return of the Messiah in some eschatological views.
• Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur): Begins at sundown on Sunday, September 20, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Monday, September 21, 2026 (Tishrei 10). A solemn fast day for repentance and atonement — the most holy day in the calendar.
• Feast of Tabernacles / Booths (Sukkot): Begins at sundown on Friday, September 25, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Friday, October 2, 2026 (Tishrei 15–21). Celebrates the wilderness wanderings with temporary shelters (sukkahs) and thanksgiving for the harvest. The first day is a holy convocation.
• Eighth Day / Shemini Atzeret (sometimes grouped with Sukkot or Simchat Torah): Begins at sundown on Friday, October 2, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Saturday/Sunday, October 3–4, 2026 (Tishrei 22). A closing assembly with no regular work.

We were given these appointed times to mechanically remember in perpetuity what the Lord has done, and what He is yet to do.  We remember and we prepare for it, knowing the One who promised is faithful and He will do what He promised to do.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

A Bunch of Stuff

 This servants hopes to remember it all:

1.  idea impressed number 1 is we have to die to ourselves to work with the Lord the way we are supposed to:

Galatians 2:20 — “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me...”

Luke 9:23 — “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”

Romans 6:6-11 — Our old self crucified... consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 5:24 — Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh...

Colossians 3:3 — You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

John 12:24 — Unless a grain of wheat dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

2 Corinthians 5:17 — If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away...

John 3:30 — He must increase, but I must decrease.

Imagine an oil lamp, the oil, the light, emanate from the center.  We are like the glass that the light shines through.  If we touch the glass, if we imprint on the glass, if we get embedded in the glass what happens to the person or people who were supposed to receive light from the lamp?  They get less light and some shadow or less than optimal, less than the best and not what we want.  Thats the idea.  We work with Him, the lamp, the oil work together to shine light and life into this world.  We have to yield to Him, die to self, offer ourselves as living sacrifices, step out of the way so He can do what He does.  We contribute by working in Him, with Him, through Him.  We do it together.

2026 is the year of spiritual awakening, repentance and revival in the Church.  This is what we are praying for.  It is the year of faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love.  The message here was tied to Ephesians 6 and we war not with flesh and blood but with spiritual wickedness.  It helps us to love our fellow humans, our enemies even when we recognize that many if not most are at a minimum under the influence of spiritual wickedness if not outright demonic evil possession in some cases.  Spirits can hop from person to person like "agents" in the movie "the Matrix" in order to rattle you, disturb you, wage war on you, etc.  Realizing this helps us to love our fellow human a little bit more when we recognize they are "under the influence" of satanic power that is directed against us.  Nobody gets into Heaven without love-we must get this right.  See 1 Cor 13 and 1 John 4 for details.  Love is not a side note, or something "nice to have."  Works go straight into the garbage can, absolutely worthless without love.  Figure it out soon if you havent already...

The next 8 months or so are going to be challenging as we can already see leading into the mid-terms.  There is alot going on, A LOT.  sorry for the caps but the entire kitchen sink is being thrown at this world right now.  As there is war on earth, there is war in the heavens.  This praying we are doing over 2026, the spiritual awakening, and repentance and revival in the Church, the binding of the satanic blindness that keeps the masses headed for hell, all of it has hell stirred up.  We are here to do our job and we do not do this alone.  We stand united, hand in hand, in agreement and alignment with our Lord first, then with each other to push back the satanic forces of anti-Christ as the Restrainer should do.  The gates of hell do not prevail against the Church.

Matt 16

and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades ^c will not overcome it. 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be ^d bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be ^e loosed in heaven.”

The enemy would love to have us believe we have not been given the keys to the Kingdom.  "They" are very happy with the masses believing they are powerless Nicolaitan "layman" who play Church once or twice a week, have great potlucks and are 99.99% ineffective in restraining the satanic power that wars against humanity.  Revelation is a revealing of things.  There are ZERO "layman" in the Church of Jesus Christ.  Show me one single "layman" in the Bible and I will gladly apologize but you are not going to find one.  We are to walk as Jesus did, doing GREATER THINGS than He did.  Sorry again for the caps but this is important:

John 14:12

Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

^^^Not your "pastor" not your priest and not your rabbi, whoever believes...

Compare this ^^^ to the doctrine of the Nicolaitans "layman" who leaves all the heavy lifting to the spiritual hirelings or "experts" that have led the Church and this world to the edge of the abyss.  We, all of us, that means you, are to walk like Jesus did, doing greater things, because He Wills it and wants it that way.  Teamwork makes the dream work.  We do it together with Him and with each other.  We are not going to have a spiritual awakening or repentance and revival in the Church if it was left up to the wolves who fleece the flock for a living and care not for the sheep nor the Kingdom:

John 10:12-13 “But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.”

Thankfully its not up to them:

Acts 2:17

“’In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

Its coming whether "they" want it or not-Glory to God.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

The Age of Grace

 We can do some top down analysis today in order to determine where we are on the Lord's timeline.  The fact that the Church remains on the face of the earth tells you alot.  It tells us we remain in the age of Grace and mercy.  It also tells us the Restrainer remains fully empowered to push back the enemy to the gates of hell.  It also tells us we have a job to do and are to be doing it.  Sitting around all day asking what the attack on Iran means while our job remains languishing on the sidelines collecting dust-is the wrong approach.  The Lord knows what the attack on Iran means, He's got those bases covered.  But what about the job we are supposed to be doing?  What about the people in and around us, right in front of our face every day?  These are the people we have been sent to.  Yes, the people around us at work, the people at the gym and the grocery store, they are our "mission field."

Each one of us has a job to do.  The Lord God has been preparing us to upgrade, rise up, level up into the best version of ourselves which revolved around the talents, skills and abilities He has given us.  And all of that stuff operates in the very center of His Will.  That is agreement and alignment.  We agree with Him and align with Him first, then with each other.

The Lord is at work saving souls in this Age of Grace and Mercy.  We are part of that.  He operates with, in and through us because that's the way He chose to do business on this earth.  We are to walk with Him first.  Our relationship with Him comes first above and beyond all other things.  The only way we can do our job which includes by the way loving our enemies is in Him, with Him and through Him.  This kind of ask "loving an enemy" can only be done hand in hand, side by side with our Creator.  Its impossible on our own which is also by design.  He never asked us to go do everything on our own without Him.  The whole purpose is we do all this stuff together with Him.  The things we are doing on this earth are basic training for eternity with Him.

We continue to pray over all the prayer requests as well as for the great awakening of 2026, with repentance and revival in the Church.  We have alot to do and all of it or most of it is right in front of our face.  Take your cares, questions and concerns to the Lord.  He does answer, in His time.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Back in the Saddle

 Thanks be to the Lord to rescued your servant from the "common cold."  Since the last post, Trump has renewed attacks on Iran but that's not really a new thing-it's a continuation of an old thing.  What has the Lord said over the past few weeks?  The same exact message as before:  level up, center in His Will, pray for the 2026 spiritual awakening, as well as repentance and revival in the Church.

The Lord provided a few mental images to help illustrate what we are doing here.  We are the lamp, the Spirit is the oil that powers that lamp.  But what happens when that lamps glass becomes cloudy, or not clear?  The light cannot pass through into the world as it should.  We must get out of the way.  We become less, He becomes more.  Our "glass" must be almost invisible or crystal clear so you don't really see the glass, all you see is the light coming through it.

We are standing in alignment and agreement with Him and then with each other.  We are living 2026 as a year of faith, hope and love.  And love is the greatest.  Read 1 Cor 13 and 1 John 4.  Nobody gets into Heaven without love.  Hate is at the vanguard of the enemy's army, Love is at the vanguard of ours.  In order to practice the kind of love we need, like loving our enemies we must die to ourselves and live in, with, and through our Lord Jesus Christ.  We can only do what we need to do in Him, with Him and through Him.  This was never supposed to be the Lone Ranger show.

This year we up our game.  Will the Lord come back this year?  Maybe, maybe not.  He never told us to predict, He told us over and over to prepare.  The wise virgins came prepared with extra oil for their lamps.  When the Lord arrives, we will be ready for Him not because we predicted the day or hour or season but because we live in a state of perpetual preparedness.  

There is a lot going on in the world right now and between now and the end of this year it's only going to increase.  The midterms are coming up, there is war and moving chess pieces everywhere we look.  What do we do about all this?  We do our job.  What did the Lord God put us here to do?  Do that.  And while we do that, we remember to do it all wrapped in love because without love everything comes to a screaming, epic halt.  People can do all the "works" they want to, without love it's all worth nothing.  If we look at how the Lord has prepared us over the past few years and how He now has us on the capstone issue of love tieing everything together, we could guess that our Lord's unexpected arrival is not far off.

Maybe getting things right at the end buys this world some more time.  Who knows, regardless of which it is-we do our job.  We work, and pray and love as thought the Lord is coming back today and we cannot possibly miss the unexpected day He arrives for us.

So, in summary this servant has heard nothing new from the Lord.  What this servant hears and sees is staying the exact same course He has had us on for months and years.  Continue to do your job while we remember that our first "ministry" or duty is to Him personally.  We are to love Him, spend time with Him, walk with Him, talk with Him-you know, stuff people do in a real relationship.  Everything else will take care of itself.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Sick For a Couple Weeks

 Feeling better now please pray for brother D.  The "common cold" really hit hard this year.  Feeling better day by day will resume posting soon.  Please continue the prayer campaign:

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Trump Ready to Announce Aliens?

 Trump Ready To Announce Aliens...

"Aliens" is the number one candidate for the great deception.  If they mainstream this soon it may not be long before our Lord pulls us out of here.  The Lord may/could possibly have us here on earth for a short while after disclosure however the clock would really be spinning on fast forward because the Church will not be here when the anti-Christ is revealed.  We, the Church, filled with the Spirit of the Lord are the restrainer that holds the anti-Christ back from being revealed.

We remain in the soft disclosure rollout phase for now.  If Trump comes out with a hard disclosure we move to the next phase and we need to have our bags packed and next to the front door ready for Heavenly evac.

Does this make sense in light of everything else the Lord has been sharing?  Perfectly.  He has had us in a continual, multi-year process of leveling up so we can be leveled out of this world when the time is right.

Again, no need for prediction, however we need to be in a daily, never ending state of preparation to leave this place when our Lord determines the time is right.

Glory to God

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Leveling Up: Walking Like Jesus Did

 1 John 2:6 (various translations):

"Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked." (or "ought to walk in the same way in which he walked," ESV; "must live as Jesus did," NIV).

Ok, great but what does that mean?  Next question is, how did Jesus walk?  Most obvious answer is: 1. He walked in love and 2. signs, wonders and miracles.  <----This is how we graduate to the next level which will take place when we either leave of natural causes or our Lord snatches us out of here.

Now for the really important part.  Signs, wonders and miracles are not just for "pastors" priests and rabbis.  You are the one supposed to be walking in these things, otherwise the command the Lord gave us is both impossible and nonsensical.  Which leads us to the demonic doctrine of the Nicolaitans which teaches that believers are somehow "lay people."  Find that in a Bible for me please?  I'm begging you really, please find it....You cant because its not in there.  Let me show you what is in your Bible:

John 14:12

Very truly I tell you, whoever (not pastors, preists, or rabbis) believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

John 14:12 is in direct alignment and agreement with 1 John 2:6.  There are no "average" believers, we were created with the intent to walk and operate as our Lord Jesus did, and do greater things (His Word, not mine).  Why?  For His Glory.

2026 is the year of spiritual awakening, and repentance and revival in the Church.  It is also a year where believers are to be leveling up into the best version of themselves which means operating at the highest level or increasingly higher levels in all their talents, gifts and abilities which includes espcially and primarily spiritual giftings, but also includes everything else.

If you have never stopped to think about what the best, 100% version of yourself looks like, speaks like, acts like.  You need to do that now.  If you are a believer that version of you is going to be aligned and in agreement with our Lord, centered in His Will.

You are the answer to someone else's problem.  Some of us have been sent after 1, some of us after 1,000s and some after millions or more.  Each of us has a vision and mission assigned to us and while that is unique, what is not unique is all of our missions work together under the framework of His grand plan.

2026 is also the year of faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love.  Nobody makes it into the Kingdom without love which is why many will say to our Lord one day "But Lord Lord we did this that and other things in your Name" and He tells them away from me you evil doers.  No love, no Heaven, no Kingdom, no future.

This is how we finish strong.  The Lord could come back at any moment.  The best way to be ready for that is preparation not predicting times and dates.  Lets spend our time doing hard things and getting better.  Lets spend our time doing the job we were put here to do in and around the people we were put here to serve.  While we do all this lets us grow our relationship and love for our Creator which is our primary mission above all else.

We are dearly loved children.  

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace