#A137: THE RAPTURE IS A FIRST FRUIT EVENT AND ANNIVERSARY

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by Luis B. Vega
vegapost@hotmail.com
www.PostScripts.org.
 

Pentecost is not done yet. So long as Humans are still coming to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, that Prophetic 4th Feast of Pentecost is not concluded. It also corresponds to the Great Commission. That endeavor will be given over to the 144,000 Jews precisely for the witness during the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. It will no longer be the ‘Trouble’ or Tribulation the Church has had to endure since 32 AD. Pentecost is in-between the 1st 3 Feasts of YHVH and the last 3 Feasts of YHVH.
 

It is exclusively the ‘Intermission’ that has been and will be the Church Age of Grace, until that last Human surrenders and accepts Jesus’ provision for the Atonement or Payment for Sin. This is why one is convinced that the Rapture’s timing cannot correspond to a Fall Feast. However, one realizes that perhaps the most singled-out Feast for the Rapture to occur is on Yom Teruah or the Feast of Trumpets. Granted, it has amazing prophetic correlations to the Rapture. But.
 

If Prophecy is Pattern, attributing the Rapture to occur on Yom Teruah is like swapping Oranges for Apples. What pertains to the Church is a special Dispensation that apparently has been allotted 2 Days or 2000 Years. It is the time where Israel, who was given the Law did not perform nor carry-out their Commission because the Letter Kills but the Spirit give Life. Even in present-day Rabbinical Judaism, they refuse to proselytize because they see the Covenant of Moses as exclusively their own. 

It is for this very reason that the Noahide Laws will be implemented and enforced during the 7-Year Tribulation Period. This is one’s working theory. So, to that end one has researched and provided one’s rationale, evidence and interpretation as to why when the Resurrection-Rapture Event occurs, it will be as it began, on a 50 Day count and that also corresponding to a First Fruit type of crop. This is why when the Holy Spirit came down in Acts 2, that Pentecost coincided with the New Wine First Fruit. 

The issue has been, so what is that date? Most that have caught-on to this new understanding about true Pentecost calculate that it will coincide with the Month of Av. Obviously, one disagrees. One has gone over the objections before but here below is a further consideration as to why. Obviously, being circumstantial and interpretive, one can be incorrect. To help with the context, here below is what was shared about how the Month of Av is when the Grape Harvest begins. It is not the First Fruit of the New Wine by then. That alone should disqualify the timing. But that is one’s point. 

The Grapes of Wrath
The Month of Av is about the crushing of the Grapes. It is the Wrath that is symbolic of the coming Tribulation Period after the conclusion of the Summer Wheat Harvest Rapture for Israel. This is why, if one follows the Prophetic Pattern, the end of the Church Age that will be accented by the Resurrection-Rapture event cannot occur at Yom Teruah. Anything beyond the Summer Wheat Harvest typology pertains to Israel and the conclusion of its 70 Week of Wrath yet to be poured-out.

The Brethren that calculate that New Wine is on Av 9 is based on how they interpret the ‘Complete Sabbath’, after the Morrow. In that case, Shavuot is always on Sivan 15. This commemorates the arrival of the Israelites to the foot of Mount Sinai, but it was not when they received the Law Covenant of Moses. And as it has been brought to one’s attention, even though the Essenes and Temple Scroll mention New Wine being celebrated on Av 3, the same scrolls explain that it is not the true Pentecost.

Yes, one has pondered about the Sivan 15 date as some use it to calculate and say that it was the actual Shavuot of the Jews, separate from the Pentecost of Acts 2 that the Christian presume is the same, etc. Sure, if one uses that date, based on the current Rabbinical Calendar, it would be. But it is not. Then 50 Days prior was a whole week after the Passion Week. The discrepancy has to do with the interpretation of counting an extra week to qualify as a ‘Complete Sabbaths’. As noted, the day count to get to Av 9 is based on starting a whole week’s worth after Nisan 17.

In contrast, one calculates the day count from April 14 at Sunset because for the year 2025 for example, it was that Sunday after the Sabbath or the ‘Morrow’. The Sabbath was already completed. For the life of me, one does not see the logic or rationale to jump to the next subsequent Weekly Sabbath to start the 49 Day + 1 Count and then the double count of the 50 Days following. In the Exodus Timeline that one has formulated, it corroborates with one’s July 23 correspondence to being the 100th Day. This was when Moses came down the Mountain and the Golden Calf incident occurred.

This was not and cannot be Av 9. The confusion, in part is based on how the Essenes ‘commemorated’ the Feast of New Wine on Av 3 as stated in their Temple Scrolls. But it is just that, a date that was chosen to commemorate the Feast. But it was not the case when the true Pentecost actually took place. Thus, the Sivan 15 was and is neither in one’s estimation because the research into the Jewish rationale for that, is that they plainly state Sivan 15 is when they arrived at the foot of the Mountain. 

This data point is known, verified in Scripture. There were yet 3 Days before the Israelites were to appear, clean, washed and dressed, like a ‘Bride’ for when YHVH, face-to-face proposed to Israel, collectively in that Covenant that became the Law of Moses, etc. This goes the same of Sivan 6 when the Rabbinical Jews celebrate Shavuot, the ‘Giving of the Law’, etc. This is more to one’s liking because it is pegged to Nisan 15, regardless of the Day Counts afterwards. What the Jews do have ‘right’ is how they correctly count the Omer. It occurs on Nisan 15. It is because the Law or Leviticus was not yet proclaimed nor written down.
 

A First Fruit Resurrection and Rapture
One’s point is that the specific day count of counting ‘Compete Sabbaths’ and from the ‘Morrow’ had yet been given to the Jews to know when to have started the Day Count, but YHVH did and kept it. This is why the Exodus Timeline is crucial to cancel-out the ‘noise’ of various day counts that to some brethren has to stretch to Av 9 just to fit their narrative and interpretation. The Data Points are true but the interpretation is off, in one’s estimation of when Moses came down the Mountain with the Tablets and coincided with the Feast of New Wine.
 

It was not on Av 9 for the agricultural timing is off in that the Wine, by that time is no longer ‘New’. It became the occasion for Israel to already commit Adultery against her Husband, YHVH with the Golden Calf, etc. It was later, after Moses received the Tanakh that the Day Counts were codified. And even that is subject to interpretation, especially Leviticus 23:15-16 which most translations have hid this ‘Double-Count’. It was and is on purpose also in one’s estimation by the zealous Rabbinical Jews. 

One suspects that it was done to obfuscate the Acts 2 Pentecost Event and Ascension of Jesus, etc. To be fair, one does admit that the logic in the Av 9 or Av 15 typologies are significant. However, the more one studies the New Testament teaching about how the Holy Spirit is as a First Fruit and one’s last Partition of the Redemption, the Glorification of the Body is directly tied to that, then the timing justifies a July 23 assertion. Obviously, one can be wrong and every July 23 in a given year has been put to the test. 

‘We know that the whole Creation has been groaning together in the Pains of Childbirth until the present time. Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the First Fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our Adoption as Sons, the Redemption of our Bodies’. -Romans 8: 22-23 

If the Rapture’s timing is pegged to a month of Av correspondence, well it is only about 1 Week off from one’s July 23 or ‘723’ calculation. One will not complain. But until further notice from the Holy Spirit, in one’s personal case, a July 23 date is what one will go with. The following is the Cross References to why one is set or is more convinced that when the Resurrection-Rapture Event occurs, it will correspond to a First-Fruit Anniversary. 

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2 Corinthians 5:2-5

For in this Tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our Heavenly Dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this Tent, we groan under our Burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our Mortality may be swallowed up by Life. 

Ephesians 1:13-14

And in Him, having heard and believed the Word of Truth—the Gospel of your Salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the Pledge of our Inheritance until the Redemption of those who are GOD’S Possession, to the praise of His Glory. 

Galatians 5:5

But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the Hope of Righteousness. 

Philippians 3:20-21

But our Citizenship is in Heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the LORD Jesus Christ, who, by the Power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly Bodies to be like His Glorious Body. 

1 Corinthians 15:22-23

For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ the First Fruits; then at His coming, [at the Resurrection-Rapture on a First Fruit timing?] those who belong to Him. 

1 John 3:2

Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

1 Peter 1:3-5

Blessed be the GOD and Father of our LORD Jesus Christ! By His Great Mercy He has given us New Birth into a Living Hope through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead, and into an Inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in Heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by GOD’S Power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the Last Time. 

1 Corinthians 1:7

Therefore you do not lack any Spiritual Gift as you eagerly await the Revelation of our LORD Jesus Christ. 

Hebrews 9:28

So also Christ was offered once to bear the Sins of many; and He will appear a 2nd time, not to bear Sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
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Thus, if the Acts 2 Pentecost New Wine First Fruit is what defines the 7-Fold Churches of Asia Age, it is like a Menorah Pattern. And again, the Center Stem is where the Oil is poured and then branched-out to the corresponding flank of the 2 branches. Such is and has been the Church Age. It is the ‘middle’ Stem. It has been the time and place where the true Vine, Jesus has poured-out the Spirit as the Oil and it is how the other 6 Feasts and ‘Branches’ are corresponding and pivot on. So, when the Age of Grace and Mercy ends with the conclusion the Commission of the Church, that is when can truly state that Jesus ‘fulfilled’ Pentecost, but not until then.
 

This is why the Feast of Trumpets is a mismatch of the proverbial comparison of Apples to Oranges, etc. This is why then the Rapture has to follow the First Fruits of the Grapes. It is only thereafter that the Grapes of the Wrath of the Lamb will fall to complete that Sickle Harvest of Israel, post-Rapture. Already there is chatter that the Rapture Date has been given for 2025. And guess that date is that? Precisely on Yom Teruah or associated with Rosh HaShanah, the beginning of the Jewish Civil New Year. For 2025, that was September 23, 2025, which coincides with the Revelation 12 Sign. 

When the Law met Grace

Apparently a Man from Africa stated that he had a Near Death Experience. No problem. But in that event, the Man states that he was taken to the Throne of GOD where Jesus ‘told’ him specifically that the Rapture Date is going to be on September 23, 2025. And that Jesus’ 2nd coming will be on September 15, 2032. Wow. OK then. This September 23rd is significant because it is the 8th Year Anniversary of the Revelation 12 Sign.

And back in 2017, the sensationalism was over how it had the ‘Harpazo’ DNA about it that most if not all that subscribed to it were expecting. Now it appears that this notion has come around again and here we are and go again. So, which is it? The Rapture on a Frist Fruit Festival or on Yom Teruah, the Feast of Trumpets? A further clue is possibly given concerning the event in Acts 2 pertaining to when the Church Body was infused with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
 

It has to do with the phrase, ‘When had Pentecost fully come’? It has been a phrase of mystery as to its meaning. Most consider it just a Jewish Idiom perhaps. Obviously it is significant and prophetic. One suspects that the meaning has been ‘Lost in Translation’ a bit.
 

Here is a portion of research that one came across that also captures this notion of how Shavuot was the ‘Lesser Pentecost’ but then the 50th Day thereafter, would correspond to the Greater Pentecost or the one what would be the complete of the whole. Very interesting. So, this supposition of Pentecost having to be fully come is indicative of how Shavuot was not and cannot be the Pentecost of Acts 2 and so forth.

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HISTORICAL TEXTS

Notice what Philo, an Ancient Jewish Sage said about the Feast of Weeks that the Jews presently call ‘Shavuot’ and the Christians erroneously call Pentecost. What this will show and prove, in one’s Mind is that the Ancient Jews knew that Shavuot is in June. And that there was then an anticipation of the True and Complete Shavuot or Pentecost.

‘The Solemn Assembly on the Occasion of the Festival of the Sheaf [June Shavuot] having such a Great Privileges, is the Prelude to another Festival of still Greater Importance [Acts 2 Pentecost/New Wine]; for form this Day the 50 Day is reckoned, making up the Sacred Number of 7, 70s, with the additions of a Unit as a seal of the Whole’.

SOURCE: THE WORKS OF PHILO

The Special Laws, II, the 7th Festival, XXX (176), Page 584.

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Lastly, in one’s opinion, ‘When Pentecost Fully came’ and because it was coinciding with the First Fruit of the New Wine, it was a time of joy, gladness, celebration, expectation, etc. This cannot be said if the Feast of New Wine is made to correspond with the 9th of Av, which is totally diametrically opposed to the New Wine Festivities, etc. It makes perfect sense in that the First Fruits of the Barley and the Wheat were and had to be fulfilled by Jesus, under the Law. 

The Door of Escape
But when the time came for the Acts 2 Pentecost, that is where the Law ended and the Grace began with the Spirit. Technically the Sin Debt was paid at the Cross of Calvary but as is understood by some, the changes in Dispensation or Covenants occur on Pentecost, i.e., Noah (Presumed), Sinai and then Pentecost of Acts 2. So, the natural and logical pattern to follow, if Prophecy is Pattern, is that on a Pentecost, the Church Age of Grace will end and that is when the Law of Moses will begin as Israel will revert back to.

They so desperately want to come back under it, sadly. And the verse from Galatians 4:4 lays it all out. It is about where the Law was fulfilled and met Grace. That year, as one calculates it was 32 AD. Thus, if 70 Years from 1955, being 7 Years from 1948 or 1 Sabbath Count of the Land like it was when Joshua crossed over into the Promised Land, then 2025 has to be the year in which Grace ends and the Law begins again.
 

A further clue as to the Rapture’s Timing is not new but insinuated by the ‘calling-up’ of John in the Book of Revelation. It occurs in chapter 4 which corresponds to the Dalet or the Door. John is taken in the Spirit at the sounds that also occurred at Sinai and in Acts 2. In the vision of John, upon turning around, he sees Jesus ‘in the middle of the Menorah Motif’. Jesus is that Servant Stem, the center stock, the Vine. One wonders if this ‘Rapture’ of John, a type of the Bride of Christ occurred on a corresponding New Wine First Fruit correspondence.

But this is what will occur, precisely at the Resurrection-Rapture event. When the Bride of Christ is called-up, at the sound of rushing waters and a Trumpet Voice, as she turns around, she will see Jesus. And that it has been Jesus that had been tending to the 7-Branch Menorah Church Age. Faith and Believe will have turned to sight. This is why one is more convinced that when ther Rapture Call comes, it will be during the 4th Branch of the Menorah Prophetic Pattern. And that Center Stem corresponds to the end of the Summer Wheat Harvest and the beginning of the New Wine Harvest, July 23 in the modern Gregorian Calendar.
 

As Jesus came under the Law of Moses to fulfill it, in so doing has provided the New Covenant. It is the better one that allows not only those that were under the Law to be redeemed but non-Jews to be grafted into the ‘Commonwealth of Israel’ through Adoption. Those living in this Last Generation are truly blessed and privileged to have lived during this Church Age where the Spirit of Grace and Mercy in Jesus alone has triumphed over the Law that kills.
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