Jukka Pelkonen wrote in message <37c139ce.24083778@uutiset.saunalahti.fi>...
>Richard Vizutti kirjoittaa ryhmässä alt.bible.prophecy:
>
>1Thess.4:16-18  ³For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
>shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
>the
>dead in Christ shall rise first:17 Then we which are alive and remain
>shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord
>in
>the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.Wherefore comfort one
>another with these words.²
>
>The subject is Rapture. The question is when will it come.
>
>1Thess.5:1-9
>³But of the times and the seasons, (Jewish festivals) brethren, ye
>have no
>need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day
>of
>the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.²
>
>Here Paul is saying that he need not write a letter explaining when
>the
>Day of the Lord comes because they already know according to the
>Jewish
>Feasts.
>
>Rosh HaShanah is Yom Hakeseh (the hidden day). It comes like a thief.
>Rosh
>HaShanah is observed for two days. It comes on the first and second
>days
>of the Hebrew month of Tishrei (usually in September or October). It
>comes
>with the sighting of the new moon which can take place at anytime
>within a
>couple of days.
>
>³For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
>cometh
>upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
>escape.
>But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake
>you
>as a thief.²
>
>Rosh HaShanah is also known as The time of Jacob's (Ya'akov) trouble
>(the
>birth pangs of the Messiah, Chevlai shel Mashiach)
>
>³Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are
>not
>of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do
>others;
>but let us watch and be sober.
>For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
>drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober,
>putting on
>the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of
>salvation.²
>
>Yom Teruah, or the Feast of Trumpets, is the only feast that we do not
>know the day or the
>hour in which to keep it. Therefore, we have to be on the alert and
>watch
>for it. According to Jewish custom, many would stay awake and not
>sleep in
>order to be sober and awake when it comes.
>
>So why put on the breastplate of faith?
>
>³For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by
>our
>Lord Jesus Christ.²
>
>God has always had a heart to warn people before He proclaims
>judgment.
>Another name for Rosh HaShanah is 'Yom HaDin', the Day of Judgment.
>The
>righteous are separated and will be with God. This is known as the
>rapture.The wicked and unrepentant will face the judgment and wrath of
>God
>during the tribulation period.
>
>                                                       -The Rapture-
>
>1Cor, 15:51,52 ³Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep,
>but
>we shall all be changed,In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
>the
>last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
>incorruptible, and we shall be changed.²
>
>This is a clear reference to Rosh HaShanah as it is called the last
>trump,
>(Yom Teruah: The Day of the Awakening Blast). Teruah means "an
>awakening
>blast." A theme associated with Rosh HaShanah is the theme "to awake."
>Teruah is also translated as "shout."
>
>                                                      -Day nor Hour-
>
>The clearest reference comes from our Lord Jesus Himself!
>
>Matt.24:36 ³But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the
>angels of
>heaven, but my Father only.²
>
>As said earlier, Rosh HaShanah is a festival that comes suddenly. No
>man
>knows the day nor the hour in which it comes. Also when Jesus states
>that
>only the father knows, this is a clear statement to the coming of the
>Bride Groom for His Church. By custom the Son does not go out to get
>his
>bride only when the father says the time has come.
>
>                                                       -Bottom Line-
>
>Just before the Tribulation begins, Rapture will take place on Rosh
>HaShanah. Then 7 years later on Rosh HaShanah, Jesus will come to the
>earth. This is known as the Second Coming.
>
>                           -So why THIS particular
>September/RoshHaShana???-
>
>               TEMPLE MOUNT FAITHFUL CLAIM CONFIRMATION OF
>WATER FLOWING FROM TEMPLE MOUNT ROCK
>May 19, 1999
>
>
>
>
>  Publications from the group known as the Temple Mount Faithful in
>Jerusalem, who are set on
>  laying the cornerstone of the Third Jewish Temple in Israel,
>reported
>this week that supposedly it has been verified that water has begun
>flowing from the holy rock of Abraham and Isaac on the Temple Mount
>which
>was in the midst of the First and Second Temples. They say, however,
>that
>Muslim authorities who control the Temple Mount area have denied the
>report and have even unsuccessfully attempted to stop the flow of
>water.
>The report said: "This special news has caused much excitement in
>Israel.
>Since the destruction of the Second Temple the Jewish People have
>anticipated this event with great desire and prayers because we always
>knew that this would be one of the signs of the last days and the
>redemption of Israel and that the Third
>  Temple is soon to be built and Mashiach ben David is soon to
>come..."
>The group¹s enthusiasm
>  is based upon Ezekiel 37:1-12 describing the conditions of the
>millennial reign of Christ.
>
>Water confirmed flowing from Temple Mount Rock
>
>Weekend News Today
>By Andra Brack
>Source: Temple Mount Faithful
>
>Tue May 18 , 1999 -- One of the most exciting events over the  last
>few
>days has been the news of the water flowing from the holy rock of
>Abraham
>and Isaac on the Temple  Mount which was in the midst of the First and
>Second Temples. According to what we now know, the water is
>definitely
>flowing from under the rock. The Arabs on the Temple Mount deny this
>and
>have tried to stop the flow  by many means but have not succeeded.
>What we
>now know is that they are trying to bring in special pumps to stop the
>flow. In any case, the water continues to flow. Nothing can stop it.
>
>This special news has caused much excitement in Israel. Since the
>destruction of the Second Temple, the Jewish People have anticipated
>this
>event with great desire and prayers, because we always knew that this
>would be one of the signs of the last days, and the redemption of
>Israel,
>and  that the Third Temple is soon to be built, and Mashiach ben David
>is
>soon to come...The water which is now coming from the holy rock on the
>Temple  Mount is again bringing a testimony from G-d. Everyone who
>loves
>the G-d of Israel, trusts and worships Him, should be strong and walk
>together with the G-d of Israel and not fear anyone, only trust Him
>and
>they will have  the privilege of seeing the accomplishment of this
>wonderful godly process of the redemption of Israel and all the world.
>This is the real significance that everyone should give to their lives
>in
>these last days. The G-d of Israel  is expecting you to do so and to
>be
>blessed by being a part of this exciting redemptional event.
>-END-
>
>
>Now if one reads Ezekiel 47. The prophecy states that there will be
>water
>that will start out as a trickle then turn into a river.
>
>3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward,
>he
>measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the
>waters were to the ankles.
>4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the
>waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me
>through; the waters were to the loins.
>5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could
>not
>pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that
>could not be passed over.
>
>Now read Revelation 22:1,2 ³And he shewed me a pure river of water of
>life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the
>Lamb.
>In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was
>there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and
>yielded
>her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing
>of
>the nations.
>
>        Surely I come quickly! Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
>
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