GOD'S PROPHETIC PLAN REVEALED IN THESE LAST DAYS!

As we close in on God's last days plan, it as if the puzzle pieces are flying into place. Everything seems to be coming more and more into focus.

It appears as if the closer we get, the more light that God is allowing to be shed on the details of His end times plan.

Recent developments seem to be further unveiling of parts of the puzzle.
 
Some of these discoveries are new realizations and others seem to be confirming previously held perspectives; as well as serving to support newly revealed information.

First, we will delve into conceptions already held by many throughout the prophetic community.

Then, in a following blog, Part 2, we will work our way into recently revealed information that appears to perfectly tie everything together.

4 years ago, in 2008, Mark Biltz discovered an astronomical phenomenon that is indeed "astronomical" in importance!

Before dissecting these amazing phenomena though, these facts need to be understood:

1)The Feast Days outlined in the book of Leviticus are not just Jewish Feast Days. They are instead, the Feast Days of the Lord. 

God stressed to us that they are HIS feast days so that ALL of His followers, Jew and Gentile, would  observe His appointed feasts and be able to recognize their importance in God's prophetic plan:

Leviticus 23: 1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
 

2)God's appointed feasts/sacred assemblies and their different names, which may be used interchangeably, are as follows:

1)PASSOVER
2)Unleavend Bread

3)Firstfruits
4)Shavout

5)Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets/Yom  Teruah)

6)Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur

7)TABERNACLES/ Sukkoth/Ingathering)

Note: Passover is the first Feast Day of the year to be observed and Tabernacles is the last Feast Day of the year to be observed.

3) A total lunar eclipse produces a "blood red moon".

4) According to NASA, four total lunar eclipses in a row is known as a tetrad.

5)God placed the sun, moon and stars in the heavens as signals of things to come:

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs (owth), and for seasons (moed), and for days, and years: Genesis 1:14
 
"owth" - (in the sense of appearing): a signal

"moed"- an appointment, a fixed time or season: also a signal (as appointed beforehand):  appointed (signal, time)

6) God's appointed Feast Days are all reckoned according to the stages of the moon. Thus, we can that the moon is rendered as both an "owth", as well as a "moed".

While collating the Jewish Calendar and NASA's eclipse website, Pastor Biltz made the amazing discoveries:

The year 2014 has two "blood red moons" or total eclipses of the moon; one occurring on April 15, 2014 (the very day of the Feast of Passover) and other occurring on October 8, 2014 (the very day of the Feast of Tabernacles).

These two eclipses are immediately followed by two additional "blood moons" in the year 2015; one occurring on April 4, 2015 (the very day of the Feast of Passover) and one occurring on September 28, 2015 (the very day of the Feast of Tabernacles).

Therefore, for two years in a row, there will be a total lunar eclipse/blood moons falling exactly on God's first, (Passover), and then last(Tabernacles), appointed Feast Days:

 
The Tetrad of 2014 through 2015:

April 15, 2014	Passover	Total Lunar Eclipse
October 8, 2014	Tabernacles	Total Lunar Eclipse
April 4, 2015	Passover	Total Lunar Eclipse
September 28, 2015	Tabernacles	Total Lunar Eclipse

After the above four "blood moons" of 2014 and 2015, there are no more such tetrads occurring on Jewish holidays in this century. In fact, there are no more for a hundred years

Biltz further discovered that there have been a total of ONLY SEVEN Passover/Tabernacles tetrads since 1 A.D:

162/163 A.D.
795/796 A.D.
842/843 A.D.
860/861 A.D.
1493/1494 A.D.
1949/1950 A.D.
1967/1968 A.D.

Thus, the 2014/2015 A.D. Tetrads on Passover and then on Tabernacles, will be only the eighth such tetrad in  more than 2000 years.

So, tetrads aligning perfectly with the Lord's Feast Days, are rare beyond belief.

Biltz also noticed that there are two solar eclipses coming in the year 2015, wherein the sun will be temporarily blocked out.

1)The first solar eclipse will occur on March 20, 2015 which happens to mark the very first day of the sacred/Biblical calendar (as outlined in Leviticus). 

This will be exactly 14 days before the "blood red moon" lunar eclipse coming on April 4, 2015 which is Passover.

2)The second solar eclipse will occur on September 13, 2015 which happens to mark the very first day of the civil calendar, which is the Feast Day of Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets.

This will be exactly 14 days before the "blood red moon" lunar eclipse coming on September 28, 2015, which is The Feast of Tabernacles.

Note that both of the below verses, which refer to the "great and glorious/terrible day of the Lord" appear to allude to either the beginning of the Great Tribulation, or else Yeshua's Second Coming.

Both verses ascribe that a darkened sun as well as a blood moon will usher in this time period:

Joel:31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

Acts 2:20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

As such, the aforementioned solar and lunar eclipses of 2014/2015 appear to be the fulfillment of these verses.

Even more astounding about these tetrads are the facts surrounding the ones just previous to 2014/2015:

The prior Tetrads tied to Hebrew Holidays are extremely significant.

They occurred two years running, right after modern day Israel became a nation in 1948 and then, right after Israel recaptured Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in 1967:

The Tetrad of 1967 - 1968   Tied to the 7 day war where Israel took Jerusalem in June 1967.:
 

April 24 1967	Passover	Total Lunar Eclipse
October 18, 1967	Tabernacles	Total Lunar Eclipse
April 13, 1968	Passover	Total Lunar Eclipse
October 6, 1968	Tabernacles	Total Lunar Eclipse

NOTE: Even though Israel declared themselves a nation in 1948,  the first permanent government didn't take office on Jan 25, 1949.  Israel had a transitional government in 1948.

In this way, the tetrad can tie to the year 1949 for the first elected office of that year and the birth year still be 1948. 

The Tetrad of 1949 through 1950 -Tied to the rebirth of the nation of Israel on May 14, 1948.: 
 

April 13, 1949   Passover    Total Lunar Eclipse
Oct, 7, 1949    Tabernacles Total lunar Eclipse                                                                  April 2,   1950  Passover    Total Lunar Eclipse
Sept. 26, 1950 Tabernacles Total Lunar Eclipse
Unbelievably, there were no tetrads whatsoever, for five hundred (500) years prior to these. Incredibly these tetrads all perfectly bookmark the inception of modern day Israel and her recapture of God's Holy City, Jerusalem. The preceding tetrad to these was 500 years prior, in 1493/1494.  These blood moons, on Passover/Tabernacles 1493/1494, for both years were tied to the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1493. Therefore, the relationship of the tetrads falling exactly on God's Feast Days, in conjunction with major events in the lives of His chosen people, Israel, is astonishingly clear! It is easy to see that the odds for these signs in the heavens, are surely nothing short of miraculous! God the creator, has set out His prophetic plans in the Heavens, as well as in His Word. Please "stay tuned" for Part 2, in which even more jaw-dropping data will be investigated!

DID WE MISCALCULATE GOD'S TIMING OF THE RAPTURE?

Foremost, it is imperative for all Christ followers to realize that the feast days outlined in the book of Leviticus are God's Feast Days. 

As such, they are not just to be observed by the Jewish people, but by all those whom belong to the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. 

The Word of God confirms to us that these feast days are "the appointed feasts of the Lord" and thus belong to the Lord and ALL those who belong to Him, Jew and Gentile.

 

Leviticus 23

Feasts of the LORD

 ¹ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.. 

Please note that the Hebrew name for feast is "moed" which means "appointed time".The Hebrew word for "convocation" is "miqra" which translated, means "dress rehearsals".

As such, God's Word even indicates to us that His appointed times/feast days were given to us as foreshadowing and actual dress rehearsals for God's plan of redemption.

Incredibly, the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus were fulfilled to the very day; falling on the first three, consecutive Spring feasts days.

The Spring Feast day immediately following these three, Shavout, was fulfilled just as precisely. 

The day of Pentecost coincided to the very day as it happened on the actual day of the feast of Shavout.

  

As we can therefore see, the appointed Spring Feast Days were fulfilled to the very days they fell on with the First Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, it is evident that the Fall Feasts will also be fulfilled with such precision, regarding His Second Coming.

With this logic and supporting Scripture, many believe that the Rapture of those who belong to the risen Savior, will also occur on a Feast Day.

Please see the following blog entry for further details regarding God's appointed feast days and their potential alignment with the end times and coming "Day of the Lord".

http://theworldisshaking.blogspot.com/2010/09/gods-feast-day-of-rosh-hashanahyom.html

The preceding blog entry expounds on the multiple rationales pointing to the feast day of Rosh Hashanah as a very possible designated time for the Rapture. 

For the multitude of reasons explained therein, many who heed the Lord's command to watch for His return, were exceedingly dismayed when the Fall Feast days came and went this year.

However, there has been new and exciting information regarding the timing of the Feast Days this year!

This year's Fall Feast Days may have actually been observed a month too early and therefore may have not yet officially come to pass. The following explains this valid reasoning:

God's calendar begins in the Spring with the first designated month being the month of Nisan. This year's observed Jewish and Gregorian calendars had the month of Nisan beginning 4 days before the actual Vernal Equinox. Thus, it was not officially Spring yet.

This error would likewise result in the incorrect observance of all the Spring and Fall Feast Days as it would result in their scheduled dates on the existing calendar having been a month too early.

Notable is the fact that year's observance of Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets was actually still during the summer as the Autumnal Equinox did not occur until two weeks after the feast was observed. 

Rosh Hashanah is a Fall Feast Day and therefore the dating does appear to be off as it was not celebrated in the fall, but the summer.

Consequently, this deviation moves Rosh Hashanah forward four weeks which means it would instead be observed at the coming next new moon.

According to this theory, on the Gregorian calendar, the next new moon(and possible Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets) falls on October 9, 2010.

Therefore, this coming new moon, around October 9, 2010, may actually be the correct date to observe the Feast Day of Rosh Hashanah, meaning that there is still hope for a Rosh Hashanah Rapture of those who eagerly await their Savior.

Important to note, according to God's Word, the Feast of Trumpets is celebrated with the sighting of the new moon  by two witnesses.

Therefore, the actual day of Rosh Hashanah still cannot be known for certain as the visualization of the new moon may be from October 9, 2010 to several days later.

This new astounding insight, wherein the dating of the Jewish calendar and feast days may actually be off by a month, certainly shows that though we can know the season; no man can know the day or the hour!

Mark 13:32 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

GOD'S MIRACULOUS SIGN TO US IN THESE LAST DAYS! THE SIGN OF JONAH!

Back in mid-May of this year, a gray whale, over 15 meters long, was spotted off the Herzliya coast of Israel which according to all scientific authorities, is unheard of.

"This was the first time this species has been seen in Israel, according to Israel's Marine Mammal Research Assistance Center".

."Gray whales usually live in the Pacific Ocean, and it is still unclear what the whale was doing so far away from it's usual habitat, or so close to the shoreline"

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/lost-in-search-of-lunch-rare-pacific-whale-spotted-off-israel-s-coast-1.289085

"Over a lifetime, a gray whale migrates the equivalent distance of a return trip to the moon. However, these new images show that this particular whale would have had to beat all previous distance records to end up where it has," whale expert Nicola Hodgins said."

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/05/24/2739292/israel-under-the-radar1

"A gray whale has appeared off the coast of Israel, shocking conservationists.

Gray whales are thought to be extinct across the Atlantic Ocean, so the appearance of an individual within the Mediterranean Sea is a major surprise"

  

"This discovery is truly amazing. To find one in the North Atlantic, let alone the Mediterranean Sea, is bizarre in the extreme" ~Nicola Hodgins of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8672000/8672970.stm

"It was only after returning to shore and closely examining the photographs they had taken that the researchers allowed themselves to acknowledge that what they had seen was, in fact, a gray whale. There was only one problem.

There are no gray whales off Israel.

There are no gray whales in the Mediterranean.

There are, in fact, no gray whales in the Atlantic.

None of them swim within half a planet of the Holy Land.

And yet..."

"There is no doubt that this is a gray whale, and as such the sighting is little short of astonishing,"

http://news.discovery.com/earth/gray-whale-spotted-on-wrong-side-of-world.html


The very sighting is "a little short of astonishing" by itself. Factor in other astounding facts and this may be nothing short of a miracle. 

This may even be a miraculous sign to us in these end times as it appears to coincide with the great fish (whale) that swallowed Jonah:

Jonah 1: ¹ Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ² “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” ³ But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

⁴ But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.

⁵ Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load.^[a] But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.
⁶ So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
⁷ And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this trouble has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. ⁸ Then they said to him, “Please tell us! For whose cause is this trouble upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”
⁹ So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.” 

¹⁰ Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, “Why have you done this?” For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. ¹¹ Then they said to him, “What shall we do to you that the sea may be calm for us?”—for the sea was growing more tempestuous.

 ¹² And he said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea; then the sea will become calm for you. For I know that this great tempest is because of me.” 
 
¹³ Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them. ¹⁴ Therefore they cried out to the LORD and said, “We pray, O LORD, please do not let us perish for this man’s life, and do not charge us with innocent blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You.” ¹⁵ So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. ¹⁶ Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD and took vows. 
¹⁷ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

It is important to note that the Strait of Gibraltar is the only natural gap in the topographic barriers that separate the Mediterranean Sea, in which the whale was sighted, from the Atlantic Ocean.

The Mediterranean Sea itself is about 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) long and covers about 2.5 million square kilometers (1 million square miles), while the Strait is only about 13 kilometers (8 miles) wide.

Note the narrowness of the Strait of Gibraltar in both the above map and the below aerial photo:

Please note on the map, the myriad of shorelines of the many countries that are bordered by the Mediterranean Sea.

There are various well populated resorts in the
Mediterranean Sea but none of the millions of tourists/beachgoers spotted the gray whale as it was only sighted at Israel.

There were no reported sightings of the whale from any of the other beaches or shores except at Herzliya Beach, Israel. 

Amazing to note is the fact that Herzilya Beach is located close to the modern day city of Jaffa, which in Biblical times was the seaport of Joppa, from which Jonah set sail. 

Notice that the Scripture delineates in Jonah 1:

^"Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them."

As such, it appears that land was still in sight as they were rowing "hard to return" to it.

Therefore, it appears as though the storm commenced soon after disembarking from the  ancient port of Joppa which is in an inlet close to Herzliya beach.


As such, it appears that the modern day whale sighting was in the same geographical area that the whale of Jonah was located.

This is an astounding finding as the current day whale sighting is an astonishing rarity as would have been the whale's presence in the exact same location in Jonah's time.


For both whales to be recorded to be in the same locale is phenomenal.

The fact is that the whale sightings in the Mediterranean are scientifically impractical to begin with as gray whales are "extinct in the Atlantic Ocean" from whence they would have had to exit to enter into the Mediterranean.

Factor in that both rare sightings were in the same exact location out of the 27,320 miles of the bordering coastlines (not including the shorelines of the various large islands).

Add in that both whales would have had to navigate around multiple islands while journeying 2300 miles across the Mediterranean to reach the exact same destination near Jaffa/Joppa which is the complete opposite shore from the Strait of Gibraltar.


This broad expanse of the Mediterranean Sea proves what an monumental chance it is for both whales to be sighted at the same locale. 

Out of the million square miles that compromise the waters of the Mediterranean Sea what are the odds that both would be found in the same site?


Additionally, what are the odds that both whales would enter the narrow 8 mile wide strait of Gibraltar from the ocean that they are not even indigenous to, to begin with?

So, out of the million square miles of the Sea with the all the bordering coastlines (as well as island shorelines)both whales were sighted in the same exact region with no sightings noted elsewhere.

This modern day whale was sighted from the beach, right off the shore, as was Jonah's whale.

According to the scientific authorities, it is highly unusual for a whale to be "so close to the shoreline". 

Certainly this facts shows what appears to be even more of God's handiwork.


Let us remember, that scientifically, both whales were not even supposed to be in the Mediterranean to begin with! 

It would surely seem that statistically the odds of the ancient whale of Jonah and the gray whale recently sighted, being in precisely the same area, would be astronomical.


This surely constitutes a miracle and thereby may be the sign of Jonah that Jesus spoke of:

"An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" Matthew 12:40

Just as the Lord sent the ancient whale to swallow Jonah, He may have also sent this modern day whale for the purpose of signaling to His children, the closeness of the His return in order to remind us that we need to return to Him.

Our God so loves us that He provided us Biblical prophecies in order to understand the times in which we live and to realize that we are now entering the last days.

The religious leaders of Jesus's day, the Pharisees, ignored the ancient prophecies and were not watching for His first coming. 

They were much too comfortable with their earthly, exalted position. They did not necessarily desire the Messiah to come at that time as it would interfere with their role in the religious community.


Had they been watching according to the words of the prophets, they would have known to the exact date, the day of His visitation.

Since they did not, they missed His first coming just as many in the modern day church may miss His second coming.

The majority of the Church and the Church leadership have not heeded the dictates to "watch" and are therefore unaware of the the closeness of His return in these end times.

If the Pharisees had been watching for the prophetic fulfillment of the Scriptures they would have realized that it was the time for the visitation of their Messiah.

The book of Daniel actually provides the timeline for the advent of the Messiah:

 ²⁵ "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. ²⁶ After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing.

Historically, the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem came in 445 BC on March 14th. The Biblical calender is based on the lunar cycle and has 360 days in a  year. 

From the decree of March 14, 445 BC until the time that the "Anointed One will be cut off" which is referring to the first coming of Jesus, Daniel prophesied it to be an interval of 62 weeks + 7 weeks =69 weeks or a total of 69 seven year periods.

69 weeks x 7 years= 483 years

483 years x 360 days annually=173,880 days

Taking the date of the decree of March 14, 445 BC and adding 173,880 days lands exactly on the date of April 5, 32 AD, the date recognized as when Jesus, as King of Kings, rode into Jerusalem on the donkey fulfilling Zechariah 9:

 The Coming King

    ⁹ “ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you;  He is just and having salvation. Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey. 

The Pharisees, who Jesus called a wicked an adulterous generation, completely missed their Messiah since they chose not to watch even though it was clearly outlined for them in the Scriptures.

Just as today, many professing Christ followers and the "leaders of the flock" are missing the signs of His second coming because they have neglected to watch for the signs of the times that Jesus commanded us to watch for.

Many today appear way too satisfied with this life on earth to even want to listen when they are approached with the blaring signs of the return of Jesus (including the leaders of the church).

As such, a majority of the modern day Church of Jesus Christ can be equated to be modern day Pharisees.


Remembering what Jesus thought of the Pharisees should cause us to not want to be guilty of the same:

Matthew 23: ²⁷"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. ²⁸In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from men; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in." 

³³"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Those who ignore the prophetic Scriptures and the signs of the times will miss the return of our Messiah just as the Pharisees did His first visitation.


This may also be what the "sign of the prophet Jonah" alludes to as Jesus was addressing the Pharisees of His day for their disbelief, which resulted because they were not watching and were thus not aware even though Scripture provided them the exact timing, just as it is also signaling to us in these last days.

The prophet Jonah had been sent to Ninevah to warn their wicked society to repent, lest they face judgment. 

Perhaps this bewildering modern day sighting of yet another whale is also a warning. The people of today's society in which evil abounds, may be being warned that it is time to repent as God's judgment is soon coming.  

Just as Jonah remained asleep during the "tempestuous storm", so are many Christians remaining asleep through the tumultuous end time events that surround us. 

It is time for the Church to wake up to all the many signs of the times that the Lord Jesus warned of and commanded us to watch for.


It appears that we have been presented with the prophesied "sign of Jonah" to forewarn us of just how very close we are, as we rapidly approach the end of the age.

May we allow this amazing sign to help us to realize that it is time to release our grip on the things of this world and instead focus on eternity, making sure we have repentant hearts and are covered by the blood of the Lamb, Yeshua Ha Mashiach.