Message 80 Further Biblical Evidence For God's Ordination Of 3 Raptures/Harvests- Part 1
— Mark Chen April 7, 2015
Dearest brothers and sisters-in-Christ,
The Lord has been showing me further biblical evidence to show God's divine plan of 3 Raptures or Harvests in the time of Daniel's 70th Week (Great Tribulation). I know a number of you have been patiently awaiting the posting of this Rhema Word and teaching message, and I wish to thank you sincerely for your patience. This series of messages have been the most challenging that I have undertaken since the start of my Facebook ministry, not least of which can be attributed to the great animosity and condemnation from many others who have come against the 3 Raptures teaching with purported messages from God. We believe that God is not the author of confusion, but He is a God of order and peace (1 Cor 14:33, 40).
Hence, there can only be one correct teaching. Therefore, either the 3 Raptures teaching is wrong, or it is correct. Please understand that I am not here to convince you on the strength of my own wisdom, but I am here to present the Scriptural evidence which the Lord has shown me. Whether you choose to believe it or not is between you and God, but please remember to practise Acts 17:11 and 2 Timothy 2:15 always. Indeed, any of us who lacks wisdom should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you, as long as you ask God in faith and without doubt ( see James 1:5-8).
I sincerely pray that God will speak to you through these messages, and may you be blessed as I have been. Part 1 of the entire message was written down separately on March 14 and March 26, 2015. I have inserted a line breaker to show the transition between the 2 dates of writing. As the Lord enables, I hope to post Part 2 within the next 2 weeks, but I cannot make any promises. One reason why this is taking significantly longer than I had originally expected is due to the change in my ministry focus since early 2015.
Besides my family commitments, the Lord wants me to devote more time and attention to pastoral care in my FB ministry, thus I have less time to allocate to prophecy-teaching messages. I have included a brief explanatory note at the end, so please have a look at it. Please be aware that the first part of this Rhema Word is a stern rebuke from Abba to those who have leaned upon their own understanding and wisdom regarding the 3 Raptures teaching (Proverbs 18:2).
March 14, 26 of 2015
“My dear children, My son, Mark, has asked Me for permission to explain the Scriptural evidence for the Rhema Words regarding the 3 Raptures and the 3 Harvests that have been rebuked, condemned and mocked by a number of My children who believe that they are doing My Will. They claim to be hearing from Me, when they have actually been deceived by the enemy. How can this happen, My loves? Are these not My watchmen on the wall? Yes, they are indeed, but the enemy is devious and sly, and he will make use of any of My chosen ones to come against the Body of Christ when My children do not search My Holy Scriptures for the biblical evidence of what has been shared by My messengers. This is what happens when My children choose to believe in the teachings of imperfect men, than to seek Me wholeheartedly that I may reveal My end-time mysteries to them.
In many of My son’s Rhema messages, he has implored you to seek Me in prayer for confirmation, because he knows that he is still an imperfect man. Let Me ask you this question, My children: How many of you actually do this? How many of you have claimed My promise to you in Jeremiah 33:3? Do you believe that I can choose to reveal My mysteries to you by leading you to the relevant Scriptures in My Holy Word? Or are you too lazy to do so, and prefer to rely on the words of others whom you trust? What is a man or a woman, that you should trust in them? Are they not mere mortals of flesh and bones, and who live because of My breath of life in them?
Of what account are they, that you should believe them blindly, without seeking Me- the immortal Creator God who has given every one of My children the breath of life in their nostrils? Are they of greater importance than the Great I AM? Surely you can answer Me, if you are so wise! Who are My children who hide My counsel without knowledge? Which of you have uttered things which you do not understand, things too wonderful for you, which you do not know about? Be careful how you choose to respond, My children, for there is only one acceptable response for all of My servants who question My wisdom, which are the words of My faithful servant, Job: “ I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Now to those of you who wish to know what My Scriptures reveal regarding the matter of the coming 3 Raptures and Harvests, listen carefully to My Words now, for I will help you to understand this if you truly seek My counsel and wisdom. For the past days, I have been leading My son, Mark, through a series of studies regarding this important subject, which the enemy does not want you to learn about. I AM a God who speaks to My children in various ways, including the use of parallel symbolism in My Logos Word. To those who insist that there cannot be 3 Raptures during the 70th week of Israel’s chastening, as written by My faithful prophet, Daniel, I ask you to study My Scriptures relating to the return of the Jewish exiles from the former Babylonian empire. You will find these written about primarily in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. My loves, do you realise that My Jewish people had returned to the promised land in 3 waves, over a span of nearly one hundred years? Does any of you understand that just as the Jews are My chosen people, who form the body of My nation, Israel, the Church comprise My chosen saints, who similarly represent the sanctified Body of My Son, Yeshua HaMashiach, your Lord and Saviour?
Whom had I appointed as a shepherd king over My Jewish people to allow them to return to the promised land? It was my chosen one- King Cyrus of Persia. I had given My prophet, Isaiah, a prophecy concerning Cyrus of Persia over a hundred years before he was actually born into the world, and I had named him ‘Cyrus’, before he came to be in the history of the world. Do you see My sovereign Hand in all of human history, My loves? And yet there are many people who claim that God has forgotten the nations of the world, and covered His eyes and ears to the plight of the oppressed. Their claims cannot be further from the truth, My children! I AM a God who is intimately involved in the course of human history, and My Scriptures reveal this to you, do they not?
In the same way that I had anointed a shepherd king in the person of Cyrus, to allow my Jewish people to return in 3 waves to their home after many decades in exile, I had anointed My Shepherd King, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, to lead His saints back to Me in My heavenly Kingdom in 3 waves of Raptures and Harvests. As the promised land of ancient Palestine is My people, Israel’s home on earth, so is the Promised Land of Heaven the rightful home of the saints of God Most High. At the time of My Son’s Millennial Reign on earth, My saints will also have a home in the promised land of the restored earth, for that is the earthly kingdom of Zion, My true Israel. Who is true Israel? True Israel comprises both the natural and ingrafted olive branches, who are the natural and spiritual descendants of My friend, Abraham, the man of faith to whom I have credited My righteousness on account of his faith in Me and My covenant with him and his offspring.
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Dear children, many of you are familiar with the prophecy of ‘seventy weeks’ given to My prophet, Daniel. My Scriptures explain the reasons for Israel’s chastisement under My Hand for this ordained period of 70 sets of 7 biblical years. Yes, 69 sets of 7 years have been fulfilled, and the remaining 70th Week is soon to commence, as the Day of the LORD is at hand. How many of you know that I have hidden evidence and clues as to the truth of the coming 3 Raptures and 3 Harvests in this important prophecy? I have revealed this to My servant, Mark, for the knowledge of the end times that was once sealed up, is now being unsealed and disclosed to My chosen ones who seek My truth in all diligence. My Scriptures clearly indicate that the ‘seventy weeks’ began with the issuing of the decree to rebuild the city of Jerusalem, with its streets and its wall. This was fulfilled at the time of My faithful servant, Nehemiah, who served Me during the time of king Artaxerxes of Persia. I moved the heart and mind of Artaxerxes to authorize the rebuilding of Jerusalem, with its streets and wall, and his divinely-inspired decree marked the commencement of the prophecy of ‘seventy weeks’.
This prophecy of Israel’s chastening will be completed when My Son, Jesus Christ, returns to the earth at His Second Coming at the end of the final set of 7 biblical years, which My son, Mark, has often referred to as the Great Tribulation on earth. Listen closely now, My loves, for I shall reveal the symmetrical parallelism in this prophecy. Just as Nehemiah’s return to Jerusalem marked the commencement of the ‘seventy weeks’ for Israel’s punishment, the return of My Son, Yeshua, will mark the completion of the same ‘seventy weeks’ prophesied by My prophet, Daniel. Do you understand that the commencement of the ‘seventy weeks’ was connected to the third wave of My Jewish exiles’ homecoming to the promised land of Israel during Nehemiah’s time, just as the completion of the ‘seventy weeks’ will be connected to the third Rapture and Harvest of the Great Tribulation? Simply put, My children, I had ordained 3 waves of return to the promised land for the Jewish exiles from the land of Babylon to mark the commencement of the prophesied ‘seventy weeks’ of Israel’s chastening, and I have also ordained 3 waves of Raptures and Harvests for My saints spread over the time of the 70th Week in their homecoming to Me in their Promised Land- My Heavenly Kingdom.
At this point, some of My children may be wondering why I refer to the coming 3 Raptures as the heavenly homecoming of My holy saints. Many of you have correctly understood that the souls and spirits of the deceased saints of Christ have already come home to be with Me in Heaven. However, what many do not realize fully is that My complete plan of salvation for mankind is for the redemption of their soul, spirit and body. The final stage of redemption for each of these departed saints of Christ is the perfection of their salvation in the redemption of their body which rests on earth presently. This will only take place on the Day of the Lord, when what is mortal becomes clothed with immortality, and this momentous event of the harvest of the first fruits of the first resurrection, the Barley Harvest, is coming very soon, My dear saints. Just as many of the Jewish exiles often pined for, and longed to be physically back in the land of Israel, though their minds and their hearts already rested on the city of Jerusalem, My saints in My Heavenly Kingdom await with great joy and anticipation, the completion of their salvation in Christ Jesus, through the redemption of their physical bodies at the coming Rapture. This will mark their true homecoming to My Heavenly Kingdom, just as the physical return of My Jewish people from exile to the land of Israel was a true homecoming for them.
For this reason have I ordained 3 convocational holy feasts for my people Israel, from the time of My servant, Moses. These are the holy Feasts of the Passover and Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Harvest, and the Feast of Tabernacles. I have given this instruction to My people, Israel, as a lasting ordinance, for every man in Israel must present themselves to me at the appointed place of My choosing, which was subsequently established in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. I will gather each true Israelite to My House in Jerusalem 3 times a year for these holy assemblies that I have ordained, and they are to present an offering before Me, for no one is to appear before Me without a gift. Do you see the symbolism of this, My loves? In the same manner, I have ordained a Harvest each for the start, middle, and end of Daniel’s 70th Week to gather My saints to Me in Heaven, and each of them will present themselves as a living sacrifice to Me, offering songs of praise and thanksgiving unto Me, their God and Saviour. Just as I have ordained 3 holy convocations for the people of Israel to My House in the earthly Jerusalem, I have similarly ordained 3 holy gatherings or Raptures for My saints to My House in the heavenly Jerusalem. Do you see the parallel symbolism in all My ways, dear children?
- YAHWEH
Coordinating Scriptures:
Jeremiah 33:3 (NKJV)
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
Job 42:1-7(NKJV)
42 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 “I know that You can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
Daniel 9:24-27(NKJV)
24 “Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.
25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.”
Isaiah 44:24,28(NKJV)
24 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
And He who formed you from the womb:
“I am the Lord, who makes all things,
Who stretches out the heavens all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
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28 Who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd,
And he shall perform all My pleasure,
Saying to Jerusalem, “You shall be built,”
And to the temple, “Your foundation shall be laid.”’
Isaiah 45:1-6New King James Version (NKJV)
45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held—
To subdue nations before him
And loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
2 ‘I will go before you
And make the crooked places straight;
I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
That you may know that I, the Lord,
Who call you by your name,
Am the God of Israel.
4 For Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;
There is no God besides Me.
I will gird you, though you have not known Me,
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting
That there is none besides Me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other;
John 10:7-16 (NKJV)
7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep,and am known by My own. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Acts 10:38(NASB)
"You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him."
Romans 9:6-9(NKJV)
6 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, 7 nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.” 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed. 9 For this is the word of promise: “At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son.”
Romans 11:13-24(NKJV)
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.”20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
Deuteronomy 16:1-16(NKJV)
16 “Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.2 Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and the herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to put His name. 3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. 4 And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first day at twilight remain overnight until morning.
5 “You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lordyour God gives you; 6 but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt. 7 And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the Lord your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. 8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.
9 “You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. 10 Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as the Lord your God blesses you. 11 You shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow who are among you, at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. 12 And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes.
13 “You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, when you have gathered from your threshing floor and from your winepress. 14 And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates. 15 Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice.
16 “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed. 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you.
Note:
A) It is important to read the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in order to understand more clearly what our heavenly Father is explaining to us in this Rhema Word. For your convenient reference, I will summarise the relevant information of the 3 waves of return of Jewish exiles from the former Babylonian empire to Jerusalem as follows:
1) First Wave of Return (led by Joshua and Zerubbabel)
~ Ezra Chapters 1-6 [538 B.C.]
(excluding Ezra 4:6-23, which is placed in the context of time long after Cyrus, King of Persia, ie, after the death of Joshua and Zerubbabel).
2) Second Wave of Return (led by Ezra)
~ Ezra Chapters 7-10 [458 B.C.]
3) Third Wave of Return (led by Nehemiah)
~ Nehemiah Chapters 1-13 [445 B.C.]
For those who are wondering why Ezra 1:1 refers to the fulfilment of the word of the LORD spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, instead of mentioning the prophet Isaiah, please understand that this is in reference to Jeremiah's prophecies recorded in Jeremiah 25:9-12 and Jeremiah 29:10. Simply put, these 2 Scriptures in the book of Jeremiah prophesy that Babylon will conquer and rule the nations of the world (i.e formerly under Assyrian rule) for 70 years, before the LORD will graciously bring His people back to their promised land. The king whom the LORD would use for this purpose of releasing the Jews to return to Jerusalem was none other than Cyrus, King of Persia, whom the LORD had chosen and anointed beforehand as a shepherd for His people, through the prophet Isaiah. This is the same Persian rule who overthrew the Babylonian empire in 539 B.C. Babylon defeated the Assyrian empire 70 years earlier in 609 B.C. Hence, Ezra 1:1 notes the fulfilment of Jeremiah's prophecies in the 2 Scriptures which I have specified.
B) The key to understanding God's explanation in this message is to know Daniel's prophecy of 70 Weeks (70 sets of 7 years) in Daniel 9:24-27. The parallel symbolism is integrated in this vital prophecy, because the 70 Weeks are triggered by King Artaxerxes' issuing of the royal decree to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, which Nehemiah specified in his bold request to the king in Nehemiah 2:7-8.
(NKJV) 7 Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River,[a] that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which pertains to the temple,[b] for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy.” And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me.
This is important because in the earlier 2 waves of the Jewish exiles' return to Jerusalem, no such specific request regarding the rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall was made to King Cyrus (first wave), nor to King Artaxerxes years 13 years earlier by Ezra, the scribe and priest. Why is the rebuilding of the city wall so important? It is because this is one of the key indicators set down in Daniel's 70 Weeks prophecy:
Daniel 9:25 (NKJV)
“Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.
Therefore, we understand that the 70 Weeks started counting down from the time of King Artaxerxes' consent to Nehemiah's request for the issuing of a royal decree to rebuild Jerusalem, including the city wall. Abba Father has explained here that this 70 Weeks had commenced, in connection to the 3rd wave of Jewish return from Babylonian exile. The parallel symbolism is found in how Daniel's 70 Weeks will be completed with the corresponding 3rd Rapture/Harvest in the final 70th Week of Daniel's prophecy. To be clear, 7+62 = 69 Weeks have already been completed. The prophecy's clock had stopped ticking ever since our Lord Jesus Christ, God's Anointed One, was cut off at His time of crucifixion and death (Daniel 9:26). The clock will resume ticking for the final remaining 1 Week (ie. 7 biblical years) when the great and terrible Day of the LORD commences on earth (see Joel 2:30-31, Rev 6:12-17). This final 1 Week will also see the fulfilment of the corresponding 3 Raptures/Harvests.
If the Lord enables me, I shall try to explain (in a subsequent message) the corresponding symbolism of the First Wave of Return with the First Rapture, the Second Wave of Return with the Second Rapture, and the Third Wave of Return with the Third Rapture. For now, please understand the beauty of God's ordained plan in revealing the parallel symbolism of these biblical events, as can be observed from a Jewish 7-candle menorah with a middle upright candle-holder, and 3 candle-holders branching out on the left arm and 3 candle-holders branching out on the right arm of the middle stem. The middle stem represents the Anointed One, Jesus Christ, while the 3 branches on the left arm can be said to symbolise the 3 waves of return fro the Jewish exiles from the former Babylonian empire, and the 3 branches on the right arm can be said to symbolise the coming corresponding 3 waves of Raptures/Harvests. What a beautiful imagery that God has provided for us in the Jewish menorah, along with His Logos Word. Hallelujah!
C) Our heavenly Father has also talked about the 3 convocational holy feasts of Israel (see Deuteronomy 16:16). An online dictionary has explained the word 'convocation' as follows:
A convocation (from the Latin convocare meaning "to call/come together", a translation of the Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia) is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose, mostly ecclesiastical or academic.
A quick search in Strong's Greek Concordance reveals to us the following information about the Greek word, ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia) --
Definition: an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.
1577 ekklēsía(from 1537 /ek, "out from and to" and 2564 /kaléō, "to call") – properly, people called out from the world and to God, theoutcome being the Church (the mystical body of Christ) – i.e. the universal (total) body of believers whom God calls out from the world and into His eternal kingdom.
Dear saints, can we see now the parallel and prophetic significance of what God has done in instituting these 3 convocational holy feasts for Israel? These 3 feasts foreshadow the coming 3 Raptures/Harvests in the final Week of Daniel's 70 Weeks. We, the saints of God, by faith, repentance and obedience in Christ Jesus, will be 'called out from the world and to God' in the respective 3 Raptures. Which Rapture or Harvest we belong to depends on the point in time that we are born again by confessing Jesus as our risen Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9-10), and how seriously we choose to take our journey of new life in Christ Jesus on the narrow road that leads to life (Matt 7:13-14). Once again, the 3 convocational holy feasts that the LORD has instituted for Israel paints a beautiful parallel imagery of the coming 3 Raptures/Harvests for those of us who are members of true Israel, ie. the spiritual Jews and descendants of Abraham.
Finally, I wish to add a note that the holy feasts often have multiple names, but they refer to the same event. For instance, I have chosen to refer to the second convocational holy feast as the 'Feast of Harvest', which is the same event as the 'Feast of Weeks' or the 'Feasts of Pentecost'. Please be aware of the interchangeability of the names for certain feasts in general. This applies to the 'Feast of Tabernacles' or the "Feasts of Booths' as well.
Conclusion:
I pray that my explanatory note here (with Abba's help) have helped to clarify your understanding further regarding what our heavenly Father has graciously explained to us in His Rhema Word. For those who may have questions, I recommend that you seek the Lord in prayer to confirm this message first, and ask for Him to guide you as you investigate the given evidence in His Holy Scriptures. This should be your first and best option, because there is no better teacher than the Holy Spirit of God (John 16:13). In the event that you still need further clarification, you can try the second and lesser option of asking me by posting your comment on this thread, because I am an imperfect man, just like any other Bible teacher. However, i shall try my best to answer your questions when I am able to do so. Please forgive me if I cannot respond to you promptly.
Shalom, and God bless!
In God's Truth,
Mark Chen