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CHAPTER VI
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G-D'S CALENDAR

Part V

2) G-d pitches His Tabernacle of Living Stones according to the BLUE-PRINT

For the past centuries most of the Book of Daniel and Revelation seemed impossible to under- stand, apparently written in a secret code. However, because of present day events, and the tremendous increase of knowledge, we can decode the information contained in these two books1. As a result, in our end days we can open the seal to their understanding. The Book of Revelation encapsulates the final moments of the Church as we know it, this being the “Rapture”. As presented in the book of Revelation this removal of the Church/Kehila occurs in several stages amd over a period of time.

Nevertheless, the precise sequence and timing of seven stages by which G-d removes the saints from the earth cannot be established with absolute certainty. Only the times of the Two Witnesses, of the Manchild-Company and of the Rear Guard saints can be fixed exactly. Consequently, the order I present must be regarded as a careful attempt based on the pattern, by which Moses set up the Tabernacle, as shown above. 

The first four groups are all seen standing in heaven before the throne of G-d and before the Lamb. The only group of saints allowed into the Holy of Holies during the Mosaic dispensation, into the Presence of G-d upon the Mercy Seat, between the Cherubim, were the "Cohanim", the high priests. Their consecration of most holy set them apart from the Levitical priests' consecration of holy. The Levites' consecration allowed them entrance into the Tent of Meeting after all of the most holy furniture had been covered from sight. However, their level of sanctification did not qualify them to stand in the Presence of G-d in the Holy of Holies.
 

1. First stage:  REMOVAL OF THE MOST HOLY TRIBULATION SAINTS

Rev. 7:9-17

a. they are the "first fruit" from the Great Tribulation, clothed in white robes of righteousness with palm branches in their hands.
*Rev. 14:14-16; Ex 34:22; Nu 15:19-20; 18:12-13
b. they are the hallowed portion of the Great Harvest* to come, the "first fruit" of the Lord's harvest on the earth. They are a most holy heave portion in fulfillment of the heave portion from the threshing floor in the O.T.

c. they are from every nation, people, tribe and tongue.

d. they are most holy because they are before the throne of G-d, and serve Him day and night within His temple.

As already shown, only the most holy minister in G-d’s Presence. Without fulfilling the requirements of most holy, these saints could not be seen ministering in His Presence.
 

Mt 24:40-44; Lk 17:34-35; Mk 13:26-27; Lk 17:24; Rev. 14:14-16; 
Rev. 16:15*; Zech. 14:3-5 
e. with these saints we understand the mystical words of our Lord   concerning His Coming like a thief and, "one will be taken up and  another left behind." For this most holy heave portion of His Great Harvest He comes like a thief, taking some and leaving others. For the remaining Great Harvest itself, He comes visibly upon the clouds. Then those who were left behind at His Coming  "like a thief" will be taken up while yet again others, which I call the "rear guard", or "last trumpet" saints*, will be left behind. For their removal the Lord will come again like a thief* before His final Appearance with glory and great wrath on the Mt.of Olives.
Mt 24:21; Jn 14:3; Rev. 8:3-4
f. their removal takes place between the sixth and seventh seal, during which time G-d commands 144,000 people to be sealed2.

g. with their removal the Holy of Holies is completed, for we see an angel minister at the Golden Altar of Incense with a golden censer before the throne of G-d. The Golden Altar of Incense was the  last piece of most holy furniture placed in the Holy Place directly in front of the Veil, behind which was the Ark, the "throne" of G-d.

The 1st stage [most holy] of the First Resurrection is completed!
 
 

2. Second stage:  REMOVAL OF THE TWO WITNESSES

Rev. 11:12; Zech. 4:1-14

a. they are the "two olive trees" and the "two lampstands" which stand before the L-RD of the earth; i.e., they belong to the portion of saints which are most holy (see Y for artwork).

b. like the Ark of the Testimony, these two most holy saints bear testimony against the nations and the sinners in Israel.
 

Ro 6:21, 23; Ro 7:5; 8:6; 1 Cor. 15:56
c. they are utterly undefiled when they come to bear testimony against all the corruption in the earth. Some believe the two witnesses to be Elijah and Moses, others Enoch and Elijah. Whoever the two will be3, their death and resurrection will join them to the most holy portion of the Body of Messiah, in Whose Name they will bear testimony for 3 1/2years.
Rev. 11:19
d. their "rapture" occurs just before the seventh trumpet is blown, and fulfills part of the furnishings of the Holy of Holies. Following their catching up, we see the Holy of Holies with the Ark of the Covenant in its place.
The 2nd stage [most holy] of the First Resurrection is completed!
 
 
1Daniel 12:9; Revelation 22:4
2 These are the 144,000 earthen saints, sealed in the earth andNOT in heaven. This group - in contrast to the 144,000 heavenly saints in Revelation 14 - is not raptured. No damage may be done to earth, sea or trees until G-d has set aside the foundation for the twelve tribes of Israel who, in the Messianic Reign, shall again populate the tribal inheritances. These will most probably be mortal survivors of Israel [Isa. 10:22-22] whom G-d will preserve through the wrath, as it is written in Isaiah 37:31-32 "The surviving Remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward; for from Jerusalem a Remnant shall go out, and from Mount Zion a band of survivors [Joel 2:32]."
         While these earthen 144,000 are being sealed, the Lord comes secretly like a thief, to catch up a great multitude of saints [this is the multitude of Rev. 7:9]. 
3 The author believes the two prophets to be Moses and Elijah, because a) it were these two who appeared to the Lord Yeshua during His transfiguration (Matt. 17:3; Mk 9:4); and b) both will work signs characteristic of Moses and Elijah, i.e., by these works they will identify themselves to the world. These two prophets appeared to the disciples just prior to Yeshua's  "departure" (and not Enoch), and will appear again just prior to His Return. 
           Of course, the argument that it will not be Moses but Enoch who, like Elijah, was translated into heaven, is also a valid one, as is the question, who the two anointed are who stand by the L-RD of the whole earth (Zech. 4:14). However, Scriptures barely mention Enoch, who does not figure prominently in G-d's plan of redemption, while Moses and Elijah are towering figures in this plan
Y Art (and thumbnail) used by permission by Pat Marvenko Smith, copyright 1992, from her web site "Revelation Illustrated". These beautiful paintings are Spirit-breathed and anointed. All artwork and thumbnails by Pat used on "The Electronic Tabernacle" web site are linked to her web site in accordance with her terms of use, and in appreciation of her marvellous work.

 

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