Post by nana on Apr 23, 2018 8:04:14 GMT -6
I'll take 9/23/17 + 280 days (human gestation period) for 6/30/2018. But who knows? LOLI am asking God the same thing and the only answer I am getting back is "can you not stay awake and pray for 1 year?"
But there is a book in the Old Testament IMO that is completely misunderstood and perverted by those in the world and in the church: the Song of Solomon. I think it is an eschatological timeline. Jesus was referencing it when He gave us the Parable of the Ten Virgins.
In the context of worldly sexual innuendo, it seems a love poem. In the context of terms and poetry as they are used in the Bible, I think it's more about Christ and His bride. For instance, look at this line:
13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me,
That lies all night between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms
In the vineyards of En Gedi.
Myrrh is a burial ointment that the Magi brought to Joseph and Mary. They brought three gifts that symbolize the then-future roles that the Messiah would take: gold, a gift to a King, frankincense, a gift to a priest, and myrrh, a gift to a sacrifice.
It's between her breasts, over her heart a place that has throughout history women have held that which is most dear to them. Ergo, Christ's bride holds His sacrifice closest to her heart. Salvation is not by works, but faith, and is on the promise of the atoning sacrifice that Christ made for all sins for all time.
Henna blooms were planted around vineyards to keep animals away from the vineyards. What do vineyards represent in the Bible?
Read SoS with the context that chapters 3-4 are to the wise virgins that believed in Christ, and chapters 5-8 being the foolish virgins that miss Him. Why is there 10 virgins and not two in Matthew 25?
Reread SoS and compare every term and image to uses elsewhere in the Bible. Remember when doing research that the veil that the Jews have over scripture is lifted away in Christ (2 Cor 3).
Now, where am I going with this? Read SoS 2:8-13:
13 The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes
Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he stands behind our wall;
He is looking through the windows,
Gazing through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me:
“Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away.
11 For lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
12 The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove
Is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs,
And the vines with the tender grapes
Give a good smell.
Rise up, my love, my fair one,
And come away!
14 “O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret places of the cliff,
Let me see your face,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your face is lovely.”
Read the clues in regards to the seasons. Is this allegorical, referencing a specific time in human history, or referencing a specific time of year (if we use national Israel as the reference), or both? If the latter, what time does v.11-13 indicate? What has the church celebrated traditionally around that time?
There may be a hint in Acts 1:3 IMO. Remember that Passover (Pasch) is based on the lunar calendar and moves year-to-year. The date of the rapture may have been in front of our faces for over 1700 years.
I don't mean this as another attempt at date-setting, I mean this as something to consider when determining the signs of His coming.
