Pre-Tribulation Rapture: Part 3 Feast of Tabernacles

Rosh Hashanah is a good time to look up for the Lords coming. There have been those who preached the "Imminent Return of Christ." They still preach it. It means that Christ could come at any moment. They could be right. In another way, other then being raptured, He could come for us at any moment if we should happen to die. That would be an imminent coming for many of us and a surprise, if we are not prepared for it.  

In a way, I believe in the Imminent Return of Christ. No one knows the exact date. But I also believe that we might be able to narrow it down a little as to when He might come.

Everyone has an opinion about end-time events. I don't think we need to fight over our interpretations of Scripture about when the Lord might come. We know that He is coming and that should be good enough to bring unity among all Christians.

There is a good chance, however, that the Lord will return at Rosh Hashanah.

  http://watchmansview.com/Commentary_-_Rosh_HaShanah_and_its_Link_to_The_Bride_of_Christ.html

I want to show you something different that is not repeated from another's teaching on the rapture. Let's go back to the rapture in Revelation 7 and the appearing of all the saints at the throne of God.

After the rapture this scene unfolds:

"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands" Revelation 7:9

They had palms in their hands. Did you know right after Rosh Hashanah is the Feast of Tabernacles? Sunday Evening, September 27 - Monday, October 5.

Here is some help on Jewish months which are different than our calendar.

http://www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm

"Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days" Leviticus 23: 39-40

Lulav: [lolav]; Hebrew: לולב‎) is a closed frond of the date palm tree.

"While standing, the person picks up the lulav with its attached willows and myrtle in his right hand, holding the lulav so that its spine is toward them. The etrog is picked up in the left hand, next to the lulav, with its tip (pitom) pointing down. The blessings are said: “Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us by His commandments, and instructed us concerning the waving of the palm branch.” Then the shehekeyanu is said: “Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, for keeping us in life, for sustaining us, and for helping us reach this day.” The etrog is then turned right side up and shaken with the lulav. Each day of the Feast of Tabernacles, the people in the Temple courtyard would hold their lulavs and make a circular procession around the altar. During the procession they would pray a prayer that came to be known as Hoshanos. It is a prayer for God’s blessing, ending each phrase of the prayer with the word hoshana (“Please save” or “save now!”). On the first six days they would march around the altar one time. On the seventh day they marched around it seven times. Traditionally, Psalm 27 is recited at the service of the Feast of Tabernacles. Bible prophecy tells us that people from the nations of the world will come up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles with the Jewish people in Jerusalem."

http://bible-truth.org/Feasts-Tabernacles.html

In Revelation 7 what are the people doing around the throne?

"And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen" Revelation 7: 10-12.

It sounds to me like they are worshiping and saying words like in the "shehekeyanu."

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If you are into blood moons there is one coming this year in September.

 "Some people believe that the tetrad has special significance because the eclipses coincide with important Jewish festivals. The two April lunar eclipses in 2014 and 2015 occurred at the same time as Passover, while the October and September eclipses occur during the Feast of Tabernacle. This, they suggest, is connected to a biblical prophecy of the end of times."

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/blood-moon.html

Is God trying to get our attention? He might be. Just like there was a sign given at the birth of Jesus (the Bethlehem star) there are signs perhaps given to us as to the time of Christ return.

There is more. This Jewish year is a jubilee year. It starts on September 23:

https://hebrewnationonline.com/blog/are-we-coming-into-a-jubilee-year-in-fall-2015-what-does-it-mean/

"Recall that in a Jubilee year it is a great BLESSING to those who are humble, repentant, who are seeking to SHEMA, to hear and obey by the Holy Spirit. It is the year of RELEASE of the captives, return to your homeland, canceling of debts…freedom for the slaves…

But, for those who are unrepentant of sin, the Jubilee year is a JUDGMENT. The Jubilee year brings both great BLESSING and RESTORATION and LIBERTY and it also brings JUDGMENT, all rolled up in one, happening at the same time….."

Will Christians be released from their captivity on the earth? Will we return to the Lord as His possessions?"

We are God's possessions: 

 Clarke's Commentary on Ephesians 1:14

"Which is the earnest of our inheritance - This Holy Spirit, sealing the soul with truth and righteousness, is the earnest, foretaste, and pledge of the heavenly inheritance. And he who can produce this earnest - this witness of the Spirit, in the day of judgment, shall have an abundant entrance into the holiest. On the αρῥαβων, or earnest, see the notes on Genesis 38:17 (note), etc., and on 2 Corinthians 1:22 (note).

The redemption of the purchased possession - That is, till the time when body and soul are redeemed from all their miseries, and glorified in the kingdom on heaven.

The redemption of the purchased possession - Απολυτρωσις της περιποιησεως is variously understood; and indeed the original is variously translated. Dr. Whitby has observed that the verb πεειποιειν signifies to save alive; and he refers the περιποιησις, here, to the redemption of the body from corruption, and to its final glorification with the soul.

All those who believe in Christ Jesus are considered as his peculiar people and property, and to them eternal glory is promised. The Spirit of promise, which is given them, is a pledge that they shall have a resurrection from the dead, and eternal blessedness; the redemption, or bringing to life of the body, cannot take place till the day of judgment, but the Holy Spirit promises this redemption, and is now in their hearts an earnest or pledge of this complete restoration at the great day, which will then be, in an especial manner, to the praise of his glory, viz. of Christ, who has bought them by his blood."

http://www.godvine.com/bible/ephesians/1-14

It is an interesting time of the year. I like the coolness of fall. Perhaps the Lord will come this September. But if He doesn't look up anyway, 

"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." Luke 21:28.