Post by Joel on Dec 6, 2018 2:28:43 GMT -6
What do you guys think about a rapture on Feast of Pentecost?
In my opinion, if the rapture has to happen on a Jewish feast day, Pentecost is really the only choice. These are some points that I find the most compelling regarding a Pentecost rapture...
Also, there are two reasons why the rapture is not likely to happen on the Feast of Trumpets:
1. The trumpet is sounded by God, not by man.
2. The other feasts, including FoT, are fulfilled only by Israel (not the Church).
In my opinion, if the rapture has to happen on a Jewish feast day, Pentecost is really the only choice. These are some points that I find the most compelling regarding a Pentecost rapture...
- According to Chuck Missler, "the seven Feasts of Moses are not only commemorative, they are also prophetic. The first three, in the month of Nisan, are predictive of the First Coming of Jesus. The last three, in the month of Tishri, are associated with His Second Coming. It is this one, in between, which is associated with the Church." Of all the 7 feasts, there's only one that's meant for the gentiles (the Church), and that is the Feast of Pentecost.
- Christians associate Pentecost with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in 33 AD (when the Church age began or "was born"). Could it be that the Church is wed to the Lord, also on Pentecost, marking the conclusion of the Church Age? It could also be that the Church was conceived on the day of Pentecost, but the actual birth is still to come, also on Pentecost.
- Paul mentions the "Trumpet of God" in connection with the rapture. It is interesting that this term appears only twice in the Bible: as God descended in a cloud on Sinai on Pentecost (a foreshadowing type of the rapture) and at the rapture. Is it possible that this second sounding of the “trump of God” will, like the first, be heard at Pentecost?
- Another name for the Feast of Pentecost is the Feast of Harvest, since it is celebrated at the time of the "first harvest." It is interesting that Jesus frequently used "the harvest" as an idiom to refer to the ingathering of believers.
- Interestingly, according to tradition, Enoch was born on the day that would later become Pentecost. Thus, Enoch and the Church share a Pentecost “birthday” (Acts 2). The same traditions hold that Enoch was also raptured on Pentecost, raising the ultimate question: Is it possible that the Church might be raptured on its Pentecost “birthday” as well?
Also, there are two reasons why the rapture is not likely to happen on the Feast of Trumpets:
1. The trumpet is sounded by God, not by man.
2. The other feasts, including FoT, are fulfilled only by Israel (not the Church).