God apparently patterned the order of the resurrection after the patterns of the harvests. The Rapture of he church can be illustrated by the barley harvest because of the winnowing by the wind[Remember what Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3, about the wind?], the softness of the shell, and its being in the first harvest season. Those believers who come out of the tribulation are illustrated by the wheat harvest because of the stiff upright neck and the crushing by the tribulum. The taking away of unbelievers for impending judgment at the end of the Tribulation in the battle of Armageddon is illustrated by the fruit of the harvest and the winepress. And the ushering of the believers out of the Tribulation is illustrated by the gleanings because they are not harvested or resurrected but they live on in the Millenium in their non-resurrected bodies. (p84 Unlocking The Secrets Of The Feasts, Michael Norten)
Understanding the Feast Times of Israel is a useful tool in getting at the Truth in Scriptures. Jesus fulfilled ALL of the Spring Feast forshadowing of Him on the actual day prescribed in chapter 23 of Leviticus. He will doubtless fulfill the Fall Feasts in the same fashion. So understanding the Feasts and what they foreshadow is a useful part of a believer's data set.
[[Understanding the Feast Times of Israel is a useful tool in getting at the Truth in Scriptures.]]
There is so much jewish history and customs intertwined into nearly all aspects of the bible, it’s incredible- We had a jewish scholar once come nad speak at our church, and the thigns he was bringing up just blew my mind- he spoke about the miracles- which we’re all ‘familiar’ with, but he showed how steeped in jewish customs and traditions they really were, and how significant the miracles truly were- EVERY Jew witnessing the miracles, or even hearing about htem knew immediately that Christ had to be the Son of God because the miracles were a dire3ct fulfillment and an exact Jewish-oriented event
in other words, they didn’t just see a miracle and go ‘oh, that’s cool’- they saw the miracles and knew immediately that the miracle was tied into Jewish tradition, and had meaning far above just a miraculous healing, or act- I wish I had kept the notes on it all- it was truly fascinating-
[[He will doubtless fulfill the Fall Feasts in the same fashion.]]
And once again when Christ comes back, the Jews will I believe immediately know He truly is the Christ because Christ will perform very specific miracles and acts which are steeped in Jewish tradition- they will immediately understand the significance of the miracles, only this time they won’t reject Him- they will fall on their knees and worship Him
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>> “Understanding the Feast Times of Israel is a useful tool in getting at the Truth in Scriptures. Jesus fulfilled ALL of the Spring Feast forshadowing of Him on the actual day prescribed in chapter 23 of Leviticus. He will doubtless fulfill the Fall Feasts in the same fashion. So understanding the Feasts and what they foreshadow is a useful part of a believer’s data set.” <<
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I see that you have been reading Mark Biltz and Michael Rood. :o)
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As far as the harvests goes, I believe at the beginning of the reign of antiChrist, only 7000 believers will recognize him as Satan and not Jesus. I don't know what the rapturists are going to think about his arrival because they expected to disappear rather than witness Jesus' arrival, whom they mistake the antiChrist for. But I think he will have a message for everyone on earth. To the rapturists he will say "come with me, so you can avoid the tribulation". To the Islamists he will say "I am your Mahdi (or twelfth imam, or whatever)", to the liberals he will be the hippy-type of Jesus that they believed in in the 60s, and anyone who doesn't follow him is a right-wing, pro-money, war-monger. The asians will fall in line. Many of the 7000 will will be delivered up to the antiChrist to be "saved" by him and then God will speak through them at their trials. And also there will be a remnant that will broadcast the truth from a place of safety.
Many will be converted at this time and these will be the harvests. The antiChrist gets furious at the 7000 and the remnant and there will be Armageddon and Hamongog. At the Seventh Trump Jesus returns and we all will be harvested at once, good, bad, everyone, and the Millennium will begin, with us almost instantly in our spiritual bodies (no need to worry about planes falling out of the sky in this scenario). The 7000 will rule with Christ over the world, teaching those in the harvests if they didn't have an opportunity to learn in their flesh life, for the Millennium.