We do not know when the Rapture will take place and when the great 7-year Tribulation will begin. It is not our job to set dates. But Jesus himself warned us several times in the New Testament (NT) to pay attention to the times of time, to watch and be ready. There are several references in the Bible that speak of a connection between the Rapture and Pentecost, which no one can deny. However, the Day of Pentecost is only the first day of the spiritual harvest season of firstfruits (not the last), because the Pentecost season lasts until Tu B'Aw, the Feast of Great Joy; see calendar). This was the 15th day of the 5th month of Av and the holiday on which the virgins went into the vineyards on the night of a full moon to find a bridegroom. Exactly 726 days passed between the last blood moon of the last blood moon tetrad on September 28, 2015 and the famous sign from Revelation 12 in the night sky (September 22, 2017), the numerical value for harpazo, the Greek word for the Rapture. There were also several number meanings known from the Bible, which are described below in the text. But neither 2017 nor 2021 was the year of the rapture. However, there may be a symbolic connection to a year in the future and means "get ready":

It should be noted that God does not align His calendar with the Catholic (Gregorian) calendar, nor with the mathematical Jewish calendar from the 4th century AD, which is still used in Israel today (see differences in Calendars). The following text is an excerpt of the information about the Rapture, which is described in detail on the main page in an overall complex. Jesus did not say that we can exactly calculate the day and hour of the Rapture, but that we should watch and always be ready, because He comes at a time that no one expects:

• Mt 24:42-44: „Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.“
• Rom 11:25: „Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.“

We do not know on which day God will end the harvest of the spiritual firstfruits, i.e. when the last person from the Gentiles (peoples and nations) will receive the Holy Spirit and thus belong to the "Bride of Christ". Paul called this end point „until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in“. Only then can there be a rapture. It is also not stated in the Bible on which day exactly Ruth (symbolic of the bride of Christ, see below) got married in the summer at the time of the wheat harvest (Pentecost). But the last possible day of the wheat harvest on Tu B'Av is considered the most likely wedding day according to the biblical context. 

The Greek word harpazo has the Strong-number 726 and appears 14 times in the New Testament (NT) (Mat 11:12; 12:29; 13:19; John 6:15; 10:12,28,29; Acts 8:39; 23:10; 2Cor 12:2,4; 1Thess 4:17; Jude 1:23 and Rev 12:5). The English word "rapture" is derived from the Latin translation (rapio) of the Greek harpazo (=to seize, catch up, snatch away, rapture; e.g. in 1Thess 4:17). The Vulgate uses the word "rapiemur" for "we are being raptured", which is derived from the Latin verb rapio (I seize, I snatch away,I remove, I kidnap, I save, obtain by robbery) and rapto (participle of seize, kidnap). The Latin verb raptare or rapere means to rob, snatch away, seize, snatch, capture, drag away and raptura is the participle of to seize, to kidnap. In Acts 8:39 rapuit (= robbed, seized, raptured) is used accordingly and in Revelation 12:5 raptus (rapture, abduction) is used. The rapture of the church means in Latin "et raptus Ecclesiae." So the corresponding Greek and Latin word for "The Rapture" has been in the Bible for 2,000 years, and is not a modern invention, as some theologians wrongly assert. The word therefore means nothing other than being taken hastily or with haste, as if a child were hastily taken away (raptured, protected) from an approaching car, or quickly snatched or torn out of a flowing river. The chosen ones are also suddenly torn out of this world (raptured), just before the danger arises and can cause damage. 

The number 7 is the number of perfection and it is also a symbol of the church (the Bride of Christ), but the number 26 not only represents the numerical value of Yahweh (YHWH), but is also the Strong number for "agape" (G26), the perfected divine love. Consequently, the 7 and the 26 form a perfect combination. This means that the church of God that is raptured is characterized by agape love. This agape love is the light that distinguishes the Bride of Christ from the other people in the world. This is the reason why the others are left behind, because they lack this love and live in darkness.

Many Christians often quote the words of Jesus ("but concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son"; Mt 24:36) to mock other Christians who study the Bible and the Rapture more intensively. We must not let ourselves be influenced by this, because these are mostly lukewarm Christians who do not have much knowledge of the Bible and want to use pious words in a convenient way to keep away from an intensive study of the Holy Scriptures and simply do nothing. But they overlook the fact that the same Jesus asked us to watch in many other Bible verses, so that He would not come unexpectedly, "like a thief in the night." He also cited the parable of the 10 virgins (Mt 25) and made it clear that He will very well make a distinction between Christians at the Rapture. In the Bible there is no specific date (day, hour, minute) for the Rapture, this is true, otherwise keeping watch would be superfluous; but there are very many prophetic indications that greatly narrow down the possible day of the Rapture. Jesus wants us to wake and search; Satan wants us to sleep and take it all easy. Most Laodicean Christians will be surprised, but the Bride of Christ (the church) will be expecting the Lord's coming and will be ready because she has been searching, praying and has been preparing. That is just the difference.

Lk 12:35-40: „Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning, 36 and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. 38 If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants! 39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.“

In this passage of the Bible Jesus spoke of the subjunctive and spoke of the second (21-24 o'clock) or third (24-3 o'clock) night watch (see Night Watches). But in Mt 14, Jesus actually came in the 4th watch of the night (3-6 o'clock). Symbolically, the troubled waves signify the sea of nations bringing distress (problems) to Christians, and Jesus said "Come," which is reminiscent of the voice like a trumpet that says "Come up here" in Rev 4:1, which is about the Rapture to the throne of God. Thus, this could prophetically mean that Jesus could come in the 4th watch of the night and "seize" (rapture) us from the world and save us from destruction:

Mt 14:22-33: „Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. 26 But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” 28 And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” 29 He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” 31 Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him [seize], saying to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. 33 And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”“

Most Christians overread these words of Lk 12:37 and do not understand the spiritual dimension, that Jesus will serve us even after the Rapture, because love wants the other to be well in all. Already when Jesus was on earth, He showed people what serving means, so that we also treat others like that, Those who also make themselves small and treat others well in love, they will participate in the Rapture and they will also be able to estimate the time frame correctly when their Lord will come, because the Holy Spirit has revealed it to them. The Bible makes it clear: the Lord does nothing without first revealing His decision to His servants (cf. Amos 3:7). In the following, some points are listed that speak for a Rapture at Pentecost:

Table of Contents: 

  1. The meaning of the jubilee number 50, Pentecost is the day of Jubilee (the feast of Jubilee)

  2. The covenant, the foundation of the church took place on Pentecost 

  3. Pentecost means the termination of the harvest of the Firstfruits  

  4. The wave offering on Pentecost is a reference to the Rapture  

  5. Peter quotes Joel on Pentecost and preaches a resurrection sermon 

  6. The covenant with Noah was made at Pentecost

  7. Enoch was born and raptured on Pentecost  

  8. The law at Sinai was given at Pentecost with the trumpet blast, and it was said, "Go up" 

  9. At the time of Pentecost, the ark of the covenant came back to the people 

10. The two breads and the transformation to another person at Pentecost  

11. King David was born on Pentecost and died on the day of Pentecost  

12. The book of Ruth is a symbol of the rapture and wedding at Pentecost 

13. The fig tree generation and the 70-80 years until the Rapture

14. Extraordinary historical signs of God and the Rapture

- From the last blood moon tetrad to the Revelation 12 sign there are 726 days, the number of the Rapture

- From the Revelation 12 sign to Pentecost 2021 there are 1,335 days (3 years, 7 months, 26 days) 

- From the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital by Donald Trump to Pentecost 21 there are 1,260 days 

- From the recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine to the next blood moon there are 1,260 days 

- The coming of the Messiah and the 70 prophetic weeks in the book of Daniel 

- The 2,000 years between the first and second coming of the Messiah

- The Jubilee years and their connection with the Rapture 

- The blood moons and their connection with the Rapture 

15. "At the time of the last trumpet"

16. The present situation in the world and the health measures  

17. The 7,000-year plan of God and the Rapture 

This (usually little noticed) point is of great importance, because it is about the correct calculation of Pentecost, whose number 50 has a high spiritual significance. The Greek name of this feast day is derived from "pentekoste hemera", English "the fiftieth day". In Hebrew the feast is called "Feast of Weeks" (Shavuot), because according to Leviticus 23 exactly 7 weekly Sabbaths (i.e. seven weeks) had to be counted from Passover (Nisan 15) to Pentecost. Whoever makes mistakes here in the calculation of the 50th day must come to wrong conclusions.

The 50 is closely related to the number 7 and the Jubilee years. Just as the 50th year was a jubilee year, so the 50th day is a jubilee day, that is, a jubilee feast, which is expressed not only in the number 50, but also on the basis of the historical events at the first Pentecost of the first Christian church. So Pentecost is the feast of jubilee. What is the significance of the number 50? The number 7 (seven) is the number of perfection and 7x7=49 means the sevenfold perfection. The 49+1=50, on the other hand, means the final completion. This number is of great importance for God, because the 6,000 years of man's rule over the earth can be divided into 120 (12x10) parts of 50 years each (50x120=6,000) and the entire 7,000 years by 140 (14x10) parts (50x140=7,000). We often encounter the numbers 12 and 14 in the Bible and they have a numerical significance in relation to Israel (12) and the church (14=2x7; the church of the OT and NT). The number 12 stands for the physical nation of Israel, which was formed from 12 tribes. But the number 7 stands for the perfect spiritual church of God that follows Jesus and whose way of life is characterized by agape love. God commanded the Israelites to proclaim a year of jubilee after 7x7=49 years, that is, in the 50th year, in which there came a deliverance from all problems and debts and everyone received his rightful property. This also symbolizes the Pentecost as the 50th day after the deliverance (salvation) by Jesus. We are now exactly at the end of these 120 Jubilee cycles, that is, at the end of the 6,000 years (50x120=6,000); see below) of human history. Symbolically, therefore, it means that now the righteous (the firstfruits) shall come to their rightful possession through the Rapture, which no one can take away from them. The feast of Pentecost has always been a symbolic foreshadow for the conclusion of God's plan with the firstfruits, because they shall be saved from the tribulation and this was even hinted at in the Old Testament (OT). In the book of Leviticus it is described how to count:

Lev 23:15-17: Counting the Omer until Pentecost: „You shall count 7 full weeks  [literally: 7 whole Sabbaths] from the day after the Sabbath [Nisan 15], from the day that you brought the sheaf [Hebrew omer, bundle of grain] of the wave offering. 16 You shall count 50 days to the day after the 7th Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord. 17 You shall bring from your dwelling places [habitations, flats] two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord.“

According to the inaccurate Jewish calendar (which was not developed until the 4th century AD), Shavuot (Pentecost) is always on the 6th day of the 3rd month (6th Sivan). But according to God's calendar, Pentecost can fall on the 5th or 6th or 7th of Siwan. It is the only holiday that is not defined by a fixed date but varies from year to year, which is why it is called "the festival without a date." Pentecost may fall on a Sunday in a few years, but most of the time it does not (see Omer list). In 2021, the biblical Pentecost falls on Monday/Tuesday May 17/18. According to the Jewish calendar, it is one day earlier, so Sunday (but only after sunset) and Monday (until sunset) May 16/17, 2021.

Between the first (15th Nisan) to the third Jubilee (Pentecost) there are exactly 7x7=49 days and the 50th day shows the close connection to the first High Sabbath. Both feasts belong inseparably together, because Pentecost is completely dependent on this first Jubilee, just as the Church depends on Jesus. Without Passover, there is no Pentecost. And no matter on which day of the week the first High Sabbath (Nisan 15) falls, Pentecost always follows on the 50th day after. While Passover is dedicated to the Firstfruit (Firstling) Jesus, the jubilee feast of Pentecost belongs to the firstfruits (the Church) who follow the Firstfruit (Jesus) in everything. To grasp this spiritual dimension and symbolism of the feast, it is very important to correctly count Pentecost as the 50th day after the first Jubilee (15th of Nisan), as the Jews have done for thousands of years until today. Although the Jewish calendar was altered somewhat at the end of the 4th century (because the exiled Jews could no longer see the first crescent moon over Jerusalem), the counting of Pentecost (the counting of the Omer) has not changed. Since Passover falls on different days of the week from year to year, so Pentecost is also on different days of the week, but the interval to the first day feast day (High Sabbath, Nisan 15) is always the same (50 days). This is the symbolism of the Church's connection to the Lord, following Him in everything (unlike the Laodicean Christians): 

Jn 10:27: „My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.“

But if theologians follow a different calendar and start counting only from Easter Sunday, then the distance to the first feast day (15 Nisan) is different every year. Thus, the symbolism of Pentecost and the connection with the liberation of God's people through the blood of the Lamb remains hidden. There is then no longer a day of jubilee, or a false one. When the Holy Spirit was poured out at Pentecost (Acts 2), it was only with the people who were gathered on the right day and not with those who appeared either too early or too late. Unfortunately, some Christian pastors have changed God's calendar several times in recent years and are constantly confusing Christianity with new calculations of the Feast of Pentecost. They portray the Israelites as people who supposedly have always done everything wrong and do not know themselves how and when to calculate their own holidays. This arrogant attitude closes the understanding of the Bible to these Christians. Thus they have also invented a new feast "Firstfruits", by which they mean the Catholic Good Friday and Easter Sunday, which is then followed by the Catholic Pentecost Sunday. For this Catholic feast day, they erase the 7th Sabbath of the year (Shemini Atzeret) and move Pentecost to the middle of the 7 feast days of God, thus placing themselves and the Church at the center. All this is completely wrong, because the feast "Firstfruits" (Easter Sunday) has never existed in the Bible (in 3Mo 23 and in the NT) and besides, the Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) has always been the middle of the 7 feast days (High Sabbaths) of God. Day of Trumpets focuses on Jesus and His return to earth, not the Church, because the saints will accompany Jesus in the return (on Trumpet Day, Yom Teruah), but Jesus is and remains their Lord. The seven feast days according to God's calendar (see Lev 23) are arranged as follows, and Pentecost (Shavuot) was and is never in the middle:

The Jubilee symbolism with the number 50 (50 years; or 50 days until Pentecost) is of great significance. If the Rapture were to take place on a day of Pentecost, it would be the exact period from the first Jubilee (Nisan 15, Passover) to our Jubilee, on the exact 50th day (Pentecost) after the salvation of the Israelites from Egypt and our salvation from eternal death through the blood of Jesus was to be celebrated. Can there be a better time for this, especially since Yom Teruah (Day of Trumpets) rather symbolizes the feast of Jesus' return? It is the period from first Jubilee Day (which is in honor of Jesus) to the next Jubilee Day, which is for the Church, in a perfect time range of the Symbolic 50 Days, signifying completion and consummation. Once again, Passover is for the Firstfruit (Firstling) Jesus and Pentecost is for the Church (harvest of the firstfruits), but the Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) is symbolic for Jesus and us, because we will return to earth together with Jesus. 

In this context, it is interesting to note that the entire Bible was written on 7x7=49 scrolls (see Structure of the Bible). But there is another scroll, namely the invisible Book of Life, in which all the names of those who will receive eternal life are written down. Thus, the complete Word of God consists of exactly 7x7=49 + 1 = 50 scrolls (see website and video egarding the structure of the Bible).

The Bible leaves no doubt about the day on which the first Christian church was founded. It was on the same day that the Jews celebrated the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot, Pentecost). It was not on the day that most Christians celebrate today as the Catholic "Pentecost Sunday," which is based on the Gregorian (Catholic) calendar. So the date is clearly fixed biblically, to the day. Peter even gives the hour at which the Spirit was poured out, at the third hour (Acts 2:15, see below). 

And it gets even more interesting, because much of the Bible has a symbolic prophetic meaning for us: on the day of Pentecost, "they were all together in one place" (Acts 2:1). This is a reminder that after the Rapture we will all be together in one place. There were "devout men from every nation under heaven" (Acts 2:5). That is very clear. Symbolically, then, it is about all the righteous throughout the earth, that is, under the heaven (atmosphere) of the earth. The first Pentecost was only a foreshadowing of what was to come when there would indeed be righteous from all the continents of the earth (under the whole heaven). "And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language" (Acts 2:6). This is a reminder that we will be gathered together with a loud noise ("the trumpet of God") and there will be no more language problems, no matter what people or nation under heaven a Christian came from. On the first Pentecost of the Church, there was no Rapture and no Resurrection yet, because there had to be the prophesied 2 days first, corresponding to a period of 2,000 (50x40) years. But these 2,000 years are now over and the starting conditions are completely different, because now there is nothing at all that should keep us here on earth any longer in terms of time. Prophetically, nothing has to be fulfilled anymore. So symbolically Acts 2 means the following: Should there be the Rapture again on a Pentecost day (or in direct connection with that day), the age of grace and the church would be over and Christians from all peoples and nations would be all together in only one place from that day on and can all understand each other in the same language. At the first Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out on believers; but at the last Pentecost, it is no longer necessary to pour out the Holy Spirit, because the righteous have already received it before. Instead, much more will happen, namely a transformation from flesh beings to spirit beings.

The improvement of the covenants: After the Flood, God made [1st] a physical covenant with Noah at Pentecost (see below), which was later [2nd] confirmed and further enhanced at Moses' proclamation of the 10 Commandments at Mount Sinai, based on physical promises (see below). But [3rd] at the founding of the church on Pentecost (on the 50th day, that is, in connection with salvation through Jesus), it was no longer a matter of a physical covenant, but of a new spiritual covenant that God made with His children (the firstfruits from all nations), based on spiritual promises and signifying eternal life. And [4th] a Rapture at Pentecost would in turn reconfirm and expand this covenant, namely our direct communion with God, which is symbolically expressed in the Bible by a spiritual wedding and describes a life in another spiritual dimension, in direct communion with Jesus Christ. The establishment of a new eternal covenant (marriage) with the transformed spiritual Bride of Christ would thus again be on a Pentecostal day. If the Rapture were to occur at Pentecost, Acts 2:1-4 would be exactly fulfilled, with the one difference that we would not only be filled with the Holy Spirit, but even transformed into spirit:

„When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound... 4 And they were all filled [transformed into spirit] with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.“

It has never been the case that all the dead should rise at the same time. No, there are several resurrection phases, depending on how people have lived. What is the meaning of life? This question is asked by many people who do not know God. For us, this question does not arise because we know. The meaning of life is to learn love. This is also the reason why God gave us His Word (the Bible), so that we would not fall for the seductions of the world, but would be able to recognize sin and differentiate between good and evil. The first (Mt 1:1) and the last (Jn 21:25) word in the basic Greek text of the Gospels is the word "biblia", which describes a collection of books. So the Gospel (the good news of God) is in the Bible and has a specific purpose:

1Tim 1:5: „The aim [or purpose, goal] of our charge [or instructions/commandments] is love [Greek: agape] that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.“

This is the meaning of life, this is what life is about. Life here on earth is for the purpose of learning for eternity, building character and learning agape love, having a pure heart and trusting in God, so that we can be inscribed in the Book of Life. It is a preparation and selection for eternity. Those who have made themselves the most small and served others the most selflessly in this agape love will be the greatest in the kingdom of God (Mk 9:35; 10:43-45; Mt 23:10-12). Thus, the physical earth is nothing more than a short-term physical training ground for spiritual eternity. It provides God with the opportunity to separate between the righteous (sheep) and the unrighteous (goats), as is evident in the parable of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46). When it says in Psalm 23:1, "the Lord is my shepherd," this does not apply to all people, because most of them reject God and His Word (the Bible) and prefer to follow religious traditions that people have made up and differ little from the masses. It depends on the way of life which resurrection a person will participate in. The day of the Rapture will reveal to all to which group a person belonged. There is a clear biblical order:  

[1] First to be resurrected is Jesus, the firstfruit of all those who have fallen asleep; [2] After that comes the Rapture, when Christ comes to collect only those who belong to Him. This refers to the firstfruits, the so-called "Bride of Christ," namely, those called from all peoples and nations, who follow the Lamb wherever He goes; but the lukewarm and unloving Christians and other people are left behind. [3] After that follows the end, that is, the time of tribulation and the final judgment after the 1,000-year kingdom, when God will reign and there will be no more violence:

1Cor 15:20-24: „But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: [1] Christ the firstfruits, [2] then at his coming those who belong to Christ [i.e. the firstlings]. 24 [3] Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.“

The barley harvest lasted from Passover to Pentecost.

The wheat harvest lasted from Pentecost to Tu'B'Av.

The grape harvest lasted from Tu'B'Av to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement).

Jesus said: "I am the bread of life" (Jn 6:35). The ceremony with bread and wine that Jesus introduced at the Lord's Supper recalls the tradition of betrothal at the Jewish wedding. Afterwards, the bridegroom went away and comes back (at Pentecost?) to take away his bride and take her to himself. This is what the Feast of Pentecost (Jubilee) stands for, which is celebrated on the 50th day after the first feast (Passover, Nisan 15), which is exactly a Jubilee period when the bridegroom was away and returns to protect his bride and take her away to a much better place from the homes. Jesus is symbolically represented the unleavened bread, but the bride is symbolically the leavened bread. As with the bread, there is also a connection with the wave offerings, which are timed exactly 50 days apart (a Jubilee period).

The Bible speaks of two different wave offerings (sacrifices that are swung into the air), both of which were offered in the morning, that is, at about 9 o'clock (at the 3rd Hebrew hour). The first, of course, symbolized Jesus (the firstfruit) and His resurrection at Passover. The second swinging offering at Pentecost symbolized the Bride of Christ (the firstfruits, the Church) being taken away (caught up) by Jesus. Thus, the age of the Church would be over, which began at Pentecost and ended again just there. Some Christians may know something about the first wave sacrifice, but most overlook the second, which is symbolic of the Christians (i.e., themselves). It is also interesting that the loaves were to be taken from the homes. Could the two loaves symbolize the Old and New Testament Christians? Some suppose that these loaves symbolize Israel and the Church; but if so, only the converts from Israel are meant, for the rest remain on earth and a part of them will be raptured to a place of safety only later during the tribulation (Rev. 12). After all, the Bible, consisting of two parts, is our spiritual bread and describes the people of God during the Old and New Covenants. Jesus also said, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Mt. 4:4). The "bringing out of the dwelling places" is comparable to the current "vir-us" quarantine, as Christians are forced by the state to stay in their homes while they eagerly await their pickup by Jesus. This is comparable to the time of Moses when the first Passover was established and all the Israelites were in their houses (dwellings) until they were delivered from the land of sin (Egypt) at night. Jesus was resurrected on the night of a Sabbath (evidence), likewise the first fruits (Bride of Christ) would then also be resurrected on a Sabbath night (Pentecost). The number of 50 days has a special significance, because it means not only completeness (7x7=49 + 1 = 50), but also the liberation and the cancellation of the debts, as it became clear with all jubilee years (all 50 years). See also the information below.

Lev 23:15-17: „You shall count 7 full weeks [literally: 7 complete Sabbaths] from the day after the Sabbath [Nisan 15], from the day that you brought the sheaf [Symbol for Jesus] of the wave offering. 16 You shall count 50 days to the day after the 7th Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord. 17 You shall bring from your dwelling places [houses, flats] two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord.“

Peter not only mentions the day of Pentecost, but he even gives the hour in which the Holy Spirit was poured out, namely at "the third hour" (Acts 2:15). It was exactly the same time that Jesus was crucified on Nisan 14 (51 days earlier): "it was the third hour when they crucified him" (Mark 15:25). So the Holy Spirit was poured out at the exact same time Jesus was crucified and at the same time the wave sacrifice had to be offered. At Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out at 9 a.m. (Acts 2), making believers children of God. But this does not necessarily mean that the Rapture must take place at 9 a.m. (Israel time), because there are also numerous other Bible verses that point rather to a Rapture at night (see examples). And even this is not a sure argument because the righteous will be raptured from all time zones of the world. While for some it is day, for others it is night. So even if we knew the exact day of the Rapture in advance, the hour would still not be certain. The wave sacrifice, which has been performed for centuries, was a symbol that something specific would happen or had already happened at some point, that is, in a specific year at Pentecost (as in the years after Jesus' resurrection). But the Rapture does not have to take place at the same time (9 o'clock), because it is a symbolic act to a coming event, which can also take place at midnight, asking the church to get ready because the Rapture is approaching. If the Rapture were to take place the night before (that is, on the same biblical day, but before morning), and people were wondering where we were, the symbolism of the wave offering would answer that question; namely, we have gone up to heaven. Conversely, the Rapture could take place after 9 a.m. and the symbolism would mean, "Get ready, your taking away (rapture) is near."

Also, the wave offering with the firstfruits sheaf of early grain (barley; symbolizing Jesus) at Passover was not offered at the exact hour Jesus was resurrected, for it was waved on Nisan 16 and was symbolic of imminent resurrection of Jesus, who was resurrected a few hours later, on the following day (Nisan 17) and finally ascended to the Father. Since in that year the 17th Nisan (resurrection day) fell on a Sabbath (Mk 16,9), on which no work was allowed, this also proves that the wave offering of the first sheaf had to be harvested and offered already the day before, because only after this ceremony of the wave offering (not before) the harvest of the early grain (barley) could be started. Thus, the wave offering on the first day of the Pentecost season is also an indication of the imminent resurrection and rapture of the Church (the Bride of Christ). Consequently, the two loaves symbolize the saints of the OT and NT, as well as the resurrection of those who have fallen asleep (one loaf) and the transformation of the currently living saints (second loaf). If there is to be a Rapture in the 2021 Pentecost season, it may be possible temporally during the entire period of the summer, that is, until the Feast of Tu B'Av on July 25/26, 2021. That is why the "watching" called for by Jesus makes sense.

In the Bible there is a multiple connection with the summer harvest and the Rapture. Those who sleep at this time, who are not vigilant and who do not expect the Lord, make a great mistake, because summertime is symbolic of the Rapture of the Bride:

Prov 10:5: „He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.“

Prov 6:6-8; 30:25: „Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. 7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, 8 she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest... 30:25 the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;“
Note: So also God gathers his firstfruits (wheat) in summer. The wise virgins (Mt 25) search the Bible and do not sleep during harvest time, but await their Lord. 

Lk 21:29-31: „And he [Jesus] told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree [=Israel, see Fig Tree Generation below], and all the trees [the other countries]. 30 As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. 31 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.“

However, there is a big difference between the church (Bride of Christ) and the people of Israel, because most of the Isarelites will not be raptured because of their unbelief and sins and will have to go through the 7-year time of tribulation, for them there is a later harvest time in the 7,000-year plan of God. Most of the Israelites slept through the time of the rapture because they did not want to be with Jesus:

Jer 8:1-22: „3 Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts.... 5 Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return. 6 I have paid attention and listened, but they have not spoken rightly; no man relents of his evil, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to his own course, like a horse plunging headlong into battle. 7 Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord [The time of the rapture and the coming of the Lord].... 10 Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. 11 They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace. 12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the Lord. 13 When I would gather them, declares the Lord, there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree; even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them... 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.” 21 For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded; I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.“

Peter's entire sermon in Acts 2:14-36 is exciting and has multiple prophetic meanings for the firstfruits. The speech "it is the third hour of the day" also recalls the third day of Jesus' resurrection. The Holy Spirit is to be poured out abundantly (v. 17-18), great miracles are to take place in heaven and on earth, even with blood, fire and smoke vapor (v. 19). It is about signs and wonders foretold by the prophet Joel (chapter 2-3) before the day of the Lord begins with the terrible events. But immediately before that, the resurrection of the dead and rapture of the firstfruits who are still alive takes place. The moon has often shown itself in the form of the blood moon (lunar eclipse), but since the last blood moon tetrad to the biblical feast days until Pentecost 2021 there are exactly 1,335 days (see below). And from the proclamation of East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine by the Muslim nations to the blood moon on May 26, 2021, it is again exactly 1,260 days (see below). The red moons were a sign that special events would take place.

• Acts 2:20-21: „The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved ... 26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. 27 For you will not abandon my [David] soul to Hades [grave, tomb], or let your Holy One see corruption [decay].“
• Joel 2:28-32: „And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 29 Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit. 30 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.“
  Note: from the last blood moon of the last blood moon tetrad (Sept 28, 2015) to Pentecost 2021 (May 17/18) is 1,335 days, and before that there was a solar eclipse at the biblical end of the year (or before of the beginning of the new year; March 20, 2015), marking both an end and a new beginning (see blood moons below).
• Joel 3:15-16: „The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. 16 The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the Lord is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.“
• Acts 13:35-17: „Therefore he says also in another psalm [16:10],‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’ 36 For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, 37 but he [Jesus] whom God raised up did not see corruption.“ 
• Ps 16:9-10: „Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol [grave, tomb], or let your holy one see corruption [or see the pit].“

What is the theme of Peter's Pentecost sermon? The resurrection! He mentions the resurrection of Jesus and also speaks of the fact that even the saints will not see decay, because in the quoted Psalm 16:10 David says "you will not abandon me [David] to the grave and will not admit that your saint sees the decay". Peter emphasizes that David has not yet ascended to heaven. This is true because David could not have been resurrected at all at the first Pentecost because all the saints are to be taken up to heaven together and at the same time at the Rapture (not before). Peter makes this clear:

1Thess 4:13-18: „But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.“ 

Once again, Peter emphasizes in his sermon the resurrection of Jesus and the coming resurrection of David and the salvation of those who will call on the name of the Lord, even though not a single believer was resurrected that day. Does this mean that he meant to imply that this would be the case at the last Pentecost? In any case, in the Pentecost sermon a connection is given to salvation and to the terrible events (blood, darkness) that are to come afterwards. It was no coincidence that such a sermon was given on a day of Pentecost, because there is obviously a prophetic connection to the Rapture, because there was no resurrection at that time. But when Peter speaks so clearly about the resurrection of Jesus and the salvation of the saints on Pentecost, it points to a possible transformation on Pentecost.

The first feast after the Flood was Pentecost, as reported in the first book of Genesis. Noah was 600 years old when a new life began for him and his family. His 600 (or 601 as some translations state) years are symbolic of the 6,000 years of human history, after which comes the Millennium (see below), another life without the sinners who perished before. On the New Year's Day (1st day of the 1st month) a new life began, because "the waters were dried from off the earth" (Gen 8:13). On the 27th day of the 2nd month !the earth had dried out! (Gen. 8:14) and after 7 days, in terms of time, was the Feast of Pentecost in the 3rd month (on the 5th, 6th or 7th day). God made a physical covenant with Noah that there would be no more destruction by the flood and He gave the rainbow in the sky as a sign of the covenant. This is reminiscent of the spiritual covenant God made with His New Testament Church and of course this was again on a day of Pentecost. Through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, believers have received a share in eternal life, but during the Rapture, their bodies are changed to spirit and they forever escape destruction by the masses of people (flood). The rainbow is a sign in heaven of God's presence and that there will be no more suffering. These indications in the first book of the Bible (Genesis) are prophetically of great importance, because they say that God could bring us to His throne after 6,000 years on a day of Pentecost, which is made clear in the last book of the Bible in Rev 4,1-4, where the Rapture of John to the throne of God with the sign of the covenant, the rainbow, is seen. The rainbow here on earth is only a shadow of the much more beautiful rainbow above the throne of God; it is the sign of our new spiritual and eternal covenant with God. The 24 elders are symbolic of the saints of the Old and New Testament (12+12=24):

• Gen 8:13-16; 9:1-17: „In the 601st year [i.e. the first year in a new world, compare with the new life in the millennium], in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out. 15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth” ... 9,1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth... 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13 I have set my bow [rainbow] in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”"
• Ez 1:28: "Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around.“
• Rev 4:1-4: „After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were 24 thrones, and seated on the thrones were 24 elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.“
• Rev 21:1-5: „Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more...  3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” 5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”"

Enoch was the 7th generation after Adam. In various sources it is reported that Enoch was born and raptured on Pentecost according to Jewish tradition. There is never any mention of the Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) or any other day. If it were written in the Bible that Enoch was born and raptured on a Pentecost day, all Christians would always assume this day to be the day of the Rapture. That would be too easy. God has deliberately not given this indication, therefore this idea is based on tradition and assumption, but not on biblical basis. If Pentecost should be the date for the Rapture, it is quite conceivable that God actually took Enoch out of this world on that very day, as a foreshadow for us, so that we do not have to live in fear. But we cannot make a dogma out of it if we cannot prove it biblically, because God forbids us to steal or add anything to His Word. If there are any Christians who have proof of the Rapture of Enoch at Pentecost, we would be very happy to receive that information as well. Much more important was the way of life of Enoch, he is also one of the firstfruits (of the Bride of Christ) who will also participate in the Rapture. Enoch suddenly disappeared and the literature always speaks only of Pentecost, not of any other feast day of the 7 feasts of God:

• Gen 5:21-24: „When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.“
• Heb 11:5-6: „By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.“

In Heb 11 the word harpazo (Strong n. 726) is not used, but twice metatithemi (n. 3346; transferred, passed over, changed, transformed) and once metathesis (n. 3331; change, transformation, removal). In terms of sense, it is similar. The righteous Enoch was raptured already before the Flood, while the other unrighteous people were judged or punished in the waters. Enoch did not have to swim in the waters of the Flood and was not kept alive by God in the process, but he was raptured BEFORE the rain began (the punishment period, 40 days). This is a clue to the timing of our Rapture. His name translated means "follower" or "servant." And it gets even more interesting: The Hebrew name Enoch has the numerical value 84, which is 12x7=84 (see Numerical Values). The number 12 stands for the people of Israel (12 tribes) and the number 7 stands for the Christian church (cf. the 7 churches in Rev 2:1-3:22). Thus, the number 84 means the totality of all those ever called, both from Israel and from all the nations of the earth. Enoch was the 7th generation after Adam, symbolizing completion and closure. He lived to be 365 years old (Gen 5:21). The number corresponds to the number of days in a solar year. Symbolically, it means the completion of an overall plan for the Church of God until the Rapture. So the biblical mention of Enoch has a profound symbolic meaning for the Bride of Christ. It is an indication to us that it is worthwhile to live like Enoch and follow God until our resurrection or Rapture. Just as Enoch was "found no more," so the raptured elect will also be "found no more." Enoch is an image for the Church (the Bride of Christ), but Noah is an image for Israel, which has to go through the tribulation, but is also protected here.  

After the exodus from Egypt on Passover (15th Nisan), the people went through the desert for 49 (7x7) days with 7 weekly Sabbaths and on 50th day (Pentecost) the Lord came down to the people of God. On the 1st day of the 3rd month (Siwan, the month of Pentecost and the wheat harvest) the people of Israel reached Mount Sinai. But it was not until the following days that they had contact with God, but only Moses was allowed to go up to the Lord and be in contact with Him. Symbolically, it means that most people remain behind on this earth, because only a small group of the righteous are allowed to go up to God. At the proclamation of the 10 Commandments, the coming of the Lord in the cloud was manifest to all Israelites with fire and smoke, and at the Pentecost of the Church, tongues appeared as of fire over the believers (Acts 2:2-3). But only Moses was allowed to approach God, just as only the righteous of the NT were allowed to approach God, the others had to stay away. This is a reference to the two groups, namely the righteous Moses who is allowed to come near God and the people of Israel who had to stay away because of their sins. God's arrival at Sinai was accompanied with loud from the sound of the trumpet and at the Pentecost of the first church there was a loud sound from heaven (Acts 2:2). Moses approached the dark clouds, in which was the bright light (God). Just as we turn from this dark and bad world to the light of Jesus, who is our only hope. Dark clouds are coming to the world, but for us the light is coming. It could additionally be an indirect indication that the Rapture could take place in darkness (cf. Jesus' indications of midnight). What is mainly meant is the time zone of Israel, because it is the center of most of the actions of the Bible. As with the parable of the 10 virgins, this indicates that God's arrival and presence will come when it will be dark, completely unexpected by the world. 

• Ex 19:1-19: „On the third new moon [third month] after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai... 3 while Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: 4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.” ... 16  On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. 19 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder. 20 The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.“
• Ex 20:19-21: „Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off 19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” 20 Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.“

The Feast of Weeks (Shavuot, Pentecost) is always at the beginning of the 3rd month. It is the time when God revealed his closeness to his people and gave his law. The Lord comes in a cloud under a loud sound of trumpets. The "went up" in Gen 19:3.19 recalls the "come up" in Rev 4:1, when the church appears symbolically in the form of John and the 24 elders before the throne of God. As in the time of Moses, so now, only a few may ascend, most remain behind on earth. Verse 16 speaks of the sound of the trumpet. Verse 4 an excellent foreshadowing of the Bride of Christ and what will happen to her: "how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself". At the Rapture of the Church (the international Bride of Christ), there will be a spiritual fulfillment of what already occurred on the physical level with the nation of Israel 3,500 years ago. On spiritual eagle wings we will fly toward Jesus in the clouds, suddenly, at the time of the last trumpet (see the verses below). A covenant was made, which is reminiscent of a spiritual wedding, exactly fitting for the feast of Pentecost, the 50th day. Most people had to stand far away in the distance, but Moses (symbol of the church) was allowed to go up to God.

After the Ark of the Covenant (symbol of God's presence) was in the land of the Philistines for 7 months, it came back to the people of God at the time of the wheat harvest (time of Pentecost). The Ark of the Covenant is a symbol of the presence of God, so God came back to the people at the time of Pentecost, while at the same time the people lifted up their eyes and rejoiced greatly. It was not in the fall (Day of Trumpets during the wine and fruit harvest), but the people of God saw the presence of God at the time of the wheat harvest (Pentecost). The 7 (months) is the number of completeness, it means that it is time that now the Lord (Ark of the Covenant) returns to the people and stays with them:

• 1Sam 6,13: „now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. And when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, they rejoiced to see it.“
• Lk 21:28: „Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.“
• Jn 4:35: „Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.“
• Mt 24:32-33: „From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.“

In the above text, the two loaves offered as a wave offering at Pentecost were described. It is interesting that in the book of Samuel there is a connection of two loaves with the transformation to another man. This is exactly what Paul described (in 1Thess 4, 1Cor 15), because during the Rapture we will be transformed into another person:

• 1Sam 10:4-6: „And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand. 5 After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying. 6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.“ 
• 1Thess 4:16-17: „For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.“
• 1Cor 15:35-49: „But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” 36 You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat [Paul here mentions the wheat that is harvested at Pentecost.] or of some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. 40 There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. 42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. 50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.“ 

According to Jewish tradition, King David, the descendant of Ruth, was born on Shavuot (Pentecost) and died on Pentecost after exactly 70 (7x10=70) years of life (see Jerusalem Talmud Hagigah 2:3 and Wikipedia). The 70 is a number of completeness, that is why the Bible consists of exactly 70 individual books (see Structure of the Bible). If King David is taken as a foreshadow for the church, the information in the Jewish sources is quite understandable, but for the Jews it is a mystery, because they do not believe in it.

The name David in Hebrew has the numeric value 14 (D4 + W6 + D4 = 14; see numerical values). Therefore, Matthew emphasizes in his gospel that Jesus is actually - as was also prophesied - descended from the lineage of David. That are from Abraham altogether 3x14=42 generations (Mt 1:17). So Matthew mentions the number of David 3 times. It is also interesting that the Greek word "harpazo" (rapture) occurs exactly 14 times in the NT. The family tree mentioned by Luke has exactly 3x26=78 generations with God as the first life giver (Lk 3). From Adam to Jesus there are 77 generations (11x7=77).

After David had reigned for 40 years, he died at the age of 70 (7x10), which is reminiscent of the fig tree generation (see below). On his deathbed, he advises his son Solomon to walk in the ways of God, which is an indirect reference that after the 70 years of the fig tree generation, we should continue to live righteously and walk with God because we will soon fly away from here (Ps 90:10). There are other parallels to Jesus and the Rapture: David reigned 40 years before the people and then died; Jesus showed Himself to His disciples for 40 days and then was "caught up" to heaven (or ascended). If David really died at Pentecost, it points to his resurrection and rapture at Pentecost.

• 2Sam 5:4-5: „David was 30 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 40 years. 5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah 7 years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah 33 years.“
• Acts 1:1-9: „I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God...  9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.“
• Ps 90:10: „The years of our life are 70, or even by reason of strength 80; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.“

The Book of Ruth has a special place in the Old Testament. It does not belong to the group of historical books, as it is the case in the order of the Septuagint, which most Bible translations unfortunately follow, placing it between Judges and Samuel. At the time of Jesus and before, the Book of Ruth belonged instead to the list of the 5 Festival Scrolls (Megillot), that is, to the group of those books that had to be read aloud on certain feast days (see Structure of the Bible). The first book of the festival scroll was the book of Song of Songs, which had to be read at the Passover service. It describes the intimate relationship between the bridegroom and the bride. But exactly 50 days later, on the next Jubilee Feast of Pentecost, Ruth, the second book of the Festival Scrolls had to be read aloud, which describes the marriage of the bridegroom and bride at the time of the wheat harvest. This has a prophetic meaning in relation to the Rapture. The third book of the Megillot, on the other hand, is Lamentations, which indirectly indicates that after the wedding and after the bride is taken away, bad events will befall Israel and the world. Therefore, the Lamentations were always read on the 9th of Av, Israel's national day of mourning (see Calendar and Fests). So the book of Ruth is about the wedding at the time of the wheat harvest and the whole book has further spiritual clues for us:

Rut 3:8-9: „Now it happened at midnight that the man was startled, and turned himself; and there, a woman was lying at his feet. 9 And he said, “Who are you?” So she answered, “I am Ruth, your maidservant. Take your maidservant under your wing, for you are a close relative.“

When Boaz (the bridegroom) awoke from sleep (symbolizing death) at midnight, there was a great fright or amazement, but in a positive way. Bride and groom become closer, love became stronger. Boaz is the redeemer (symbol of Jesus the Redeemer) and the woman (symbol of the church) is at his feet. The story is another symbol of the Rapture of the Bride of Christ (the Church) to the Bridegroom (Jesus). Christians should keep themselves pure (verse 3:3: "Therefore wash yourself and anoint yourself, put on your best garment") and be vigilant. It will now soon be time for the wedding. 

This is a very important sign for the church, because with it Jesus has given a clear time frame, because up to now only one day of Pentecost was spoken of, without indicating which year could be meant.

Jesus' death was followed by the 2,000-year age of grace (40x50), or the age of the Christian church, in which people were called from all peoples and nations. Jesus himself said in the parable of the 10 virgins, "but while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept" (Mt 25:5). A few verses later, in the parable of the entrusted talents, Jesus said, "After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them" (Mt 25:19). Indeed, 2,000 years is a long time. The misunderstanding of the alleged Rapture at the time of the early church is based on the inaccurate translation of some verses. Thus, Rev. 22:12 also does not say "Behold, I [Jesus] am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me," but rather, "I am coming quickly or suddenly," as the Greek word tachu (Strong No. 5035) says (cf. Mt 5:25; 28:7-8; Lk 15:22; John 11:29; Rev 2:16; 3:11; 11:14; 22:7-12-20). It is therefore a matter of a sudden and rapid appearance of the Lord, which is in harmony with many Bible passages of the NT. So the "I am coming soon" really means "I am coming suddenly and unexpectedly." 

Jesus was speaking not only in the parable of the 10 virgins of two groups of people (those who were raptured and left behind), but also in other contexts. Already some verses before that he spoke of those who are accepted by him and of the others who are abandoned, that is, left behind:

• Mt 24:32-44: „From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 36 “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.“
  Note: Jesus speaks here of a completely unexpected coming for the world and only of some whom He will take away (rapture). The others will be abandoned to suffering, as the context of the whole chapter proves. Dead people cannot watch. Only the Christians who are still alive are alert and ready. They await Jesus and deliverance from this world. The fig tree generation (born from 1948) lives in our time. One of the most important characteristics of the last generation before the Rapture is the unloving and godless way of life of people on earth. It will be "as in the days of Noah" when God had to remove evil. The righteous (Noah and his family) were saved. The Rapture of Enoch (see above) and Noah's Ark are a symbolic reference to our Rapture or salvation of the righteous few. If Jesus had meant the time after the seven-year tribulation, not a single Christian would have to be awake now, since a great many prophetic events still have to be fulfilled beforehand. But with regard to the Rapture, nothing has to happen at all; it can be any time. God makes it very clear that some will be taken from the field and the others will be left behind. In terms of the time of day, note that God will rapture His elect from the entire globe: If it should be night and full moon in Israel, then it will be light in other parts of the earth.
• Lk 17:34-35: „I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. 35 There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.“
  Note: Luke also speaks of the still living followers of Jesus. They will be raptured (taken away), while the others will have to stay behind.
• Lk 21:29-36: The Lesson of the Fig Tree: „And he [Jesus] told them a parable: Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. 30 As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. 31 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 34 “But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.“
  Note: How can it be that there are people who think that the righteous will only be caught up in the Rapture after the Tribulation? Jesus himself promised that He Himself would give those who watch and pray the opportunity "to escape all these things". Jesus did not say that He would expose the New Testament Church to the same plagues as the godless world, but rather he promised an escape, or rather the Rapture and preservation, which is also clearly mentioned in Rev 3:10 (see below). What day is Jesus talking about here? Of course before the "Day of the Lord", which was already mentioned often in the Old Testament and describes the last terrible time of judgment on earth, which will take place before the visible return of Jesus. And He warned again and again that we should be awake, because a life of "eating and drinking and daily worries" could otherwise keep us from waking.
  Jesus gave a clear reference to the Pentecost season in Lk 21:29-36, because He brought the redemption in direct connection with the summer, the time of the wheat harvest, i.e. the harvest of the spiritual first fruits. According to numerous sources from Israel, the summer harvest ends on Tu B'Av, the 15th day of the 5th month (see below). 
• Psalm 90:10: „The years of our life are 70, or even by reason of strength 80; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away“ (ESV).
  Literally: "The days of of our lives in [are] 70 years and if by reason of strength 80 years and yet their pride [boast] [is] only labor and sorrow for it is cut off fast/soon and we fly away."
  Jubilee Bible 2000: "The days of our years are 70, and of the most valiant 80 years, yet their strength is labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away."
  YLT: "Days of our years, in them [are] 70 years, And if, by reason of might, 80 years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away."

Jesus spoke in Mt 24 of the Great Tribulation and the last terrible events in the history of mankind that precede his immediate visible coming. But he also made it very clear that he does make a difference between people. He said that there will be only one group that he will take care of and not leave them to the terrible events. Who are they? They are of course his followers who know Jesus and are a light in this world (Matthew 5:13-16). So that we can put all this into a better chronological order, Jesus gave us a sensational parable of the fig tree, which enables us to determine exactly which generation will be affected by the Rapture. Anyone who knows the Bible and its symbolic language knows immediately that the fig tree mentioned in Mt 24:32 refers to the state of Israel (Mt 24:32-34 and Lk 21:29-31).

Jesus spoke in Mt 24 of the Great Tribulation and the last terrible events in the history of mankind that precede his immediate visible coming. But he also made it very clear that he does make a difference between people. He said that there will be only one group that he will take care of and not leave them to the terrible events. Who are they? They are of course his followers who know Jesus and are a light in this world (Matthew 5:13-16). So that we can put all this into a better chronological order, Jesus gave us a sensational parable of the fig tree, which enables us to determine exactly which generation will be affected by the Rapture. Anyone who knows the Bible and its symbolic language knows immediately that the fig tree mentioned in Mt 24:32 refers to the state of Israel (Mt 24:32-34 and Lk 21:29-31).

In Psalm 90:10 the normal life span of a human being is defined as 70 to 80 years. To avoid misunderstanding: Psalm 90:10 describes the normal lifetime of a person in Israel in David's time. The 120 years (3x40) mentioned in Gen 6:3 refers to the MAXIMUM age of a man, but not the number of the generation, and furthermore it was even before the Flood, because before that people could live to be almost 1,000 years old (Noah was 950 years old; Gen 9:28-29). It was a huge change. This must not be confused with the age of a generation, which was mentioned centuries later by David and only his indication is related to the "we fly away" (are raptured), not the indication at the time of Noah, because at that time only Enoch "flew away" (was raptured) and he was 365 years old, which corresponds to the days of a year and means "completion". God knew exactly why he wrote this prophetic period of 70-80 years (with the "flying away"), so that we can be sure that this year is important for the church and no other.

This means concretely: According to Jesus' own words, the generation born from 1948 onwards should not pass away until everything is fulfilled (1948+70=2018 and 1948+80=2028). The last possible date according to the Gregorian calendar would be May 13, 2029, just before the 81st birthday; but since Jesus will return on a Yom Teruah (in the month of Tishrei, i.e. Sept/Oct), the year 2028 has special significance. Until then all the terrible prophecies of the Last Days will be fulfilled, which are mentioned in Mt 24, in the book of Daniel and in the book of Revelation. This means in concrete terms that the Rapture has to take place at the beginning of this 10-year range of tolerance (between 2018-2028), as 7 years of the tribulation that follows after this have to be added, that is to say between 2018 and 2022 at the latest. Important: The 73rd year does not end until May 14, 2022; so a Rapture at Passover 2022 would still fall in the 73rd birth year and would still fit harmoniously with the overall picture of the 80-year prophecy. But beware, because according to other places it sounds as if another 3.5 years were added after that, so that the Rapture would not be until 2024/2025.

In the year 2021 Israel became 73 years old according to the Gregorian calendar on May 14, 2021, which means that the rapture would have to take place in the same year 2021, in order not to exceed the 80 years, since the 7 years of the tribulation must be noticed before (73+7=80 years). That would be only a few days from the Pentecost on May 17/18 (or May 16/17 according to Hillel's Jewish calendar from the 4th century AD).

05/14/1948 to 05/14/2021 = 26,663 days, without the 1st date (73 years)

05/14/1948 to 05/14.2022 = 27,028 days, without the 1st date (74 years)

05/14/1948 to 05/14/2028 = 29,220 days, without the 1st date (80 years)

05/14/1948 to 05/14/2029 = 29,585 days, without the 1st date (81 years)

However, the foundation day (birth) of Israel on May 14, 1948 corresponds to the 5th of Iyar 5708 according to the Jewish calendar of Hillel, but the 5th of Iyar 5781 fell on April 17, 2021 (April 18, 2021 according to the calendar of God). Since April 17, 2021 fell on a Sabbath, Independence Day was celebrated two days earlier (on April 15, 2021) in order to respect the Sabbath rest. It is interesting that between the foundation day of Israel and Pentecost 2021 (on Siwan 6 or 5: i.e. May 16/17 according to Hillel's calendar or May 17/18 according to God's calendar) there are exactly 26,666 or 26,667 days. If there would be the rapture on Pentecost 2021, it would also mean that the evil (expressed by the 666) could reveal itself. On the other hand, then, with the calculation to one day later, the biblical numbers 66 (the bible has 3x22=66 books; the Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters and the OT was written on 22 scrolls; see Structure of the Bible) and 7 (the number of perfection) would be revealed. We must remember the above text, the 26 is the numerical value for YHWH (Jahweh, God). It would mean God (number 26) is picking up (snatch away, rapture aways), as it is written in the Bible (the 66 books), His Church or the Bride of Christ (number 7) to Himself. It is also possible that both symbolic numbers are meaningful at the same time, that is, that God is taking us away from the sphere of influence of the Antichrist (666). Against it stands the (still invisible) 888 (the numeric value of the name of Jesus; Greek: Iesous), because between the birth of Israel in May 1948 to Pentecost on May 17/18, 2021 there are exactly 888 prophetic months with 30 days each. Once again, according to God's calendar, the Day of Pentecost is exactly on May 17/18, 2021, so we would be talking about this exact transition if God were to rescue us from this evil and unloving world on Pentecost 2021. This would also mean our transformation from the fleshly body to the spiritual body on that specific day; and the trumpet of God at Pentecost would end the age of the church (hence "the last trumpet"), which also began on a day of Pentecost 2,000 years ago, and the harvest of the first fruits (Bride of Christ) would be finished. The Rapture would not necessarily have to occur on May 17/18, but at least the 2021 Pentecost season (until the fall holidays) suggests a turning point soon: 

14.05.1948 to 17.05.2021 = 26.666 days, excluding 1st date (73 years, 3 days)

14.05.1948 to 18.05.2021 = 26.667 days, excluding 1st date (73 years, 4 days)

Psalm 90:10: „The years of our life are 70, or even by reason of strength 80; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.“

1Cor 15:51-55: „Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written [Isa 25:8; Hos 13:14]: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?“

Let us look back in history: On Monday 14 May 2018 was the 70th birthday and on Tuesday May 14, 2019 the 71st year of Israel began. But according to the Jewish calendar the foundation day was the 5th Iyar 5708 (=Day of Independence, Jom haAtzma'ut). So the true 70th birthday of Israel was already before that, namely on the 5th Iyar 5778, which corresponds to the 20th April 2018. So the true 71st birthday of Israel was already exactly 4 days before May 14th, namely on May 10th 2019 (=5th Iyar 5779). The 72nd birthday was on April 29, 2020 (5th Iyar 5780). Many Christians have expected the Rapture exactly in the 70th year of Israel. But Jesus already hinted in another parable about the fig tree that it will not be exactly in this year, but about minimum 3.5 years after that (which again suggests 2021/2022, after the 73rd birthday):

Lk 13:6-9: „And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for 3 years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’ 8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. 9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.“

The 4th year does not have to be completely finished because, of course, it is only about the time until the possible appearance of the fruits on the symbolic fig tree. This biblical passage is interesting in two respects, because it indicates that Israel had enough time in the years after Jesus' crucifixion to repent of sins and accept Jesus. The religious leaders and the people of Israel were able to see Jesus' ministry even years after Jesus' death through the works of the apostles. Many even saw the resurrected Jesus and his ascension in person, and many more Jews saw the miracles that God did through the disciples. Yet Jesus could not detect any repentance among the people after 3+1=4 days. Symbolically or prophetically it means after 30+10=40 years after Jesus' crucifixion when Jerusalem was completely destroyed in 70 AD and the fig tree (=the state of Israel) ceased to exist because of the expulsion of the Jews. On the other hand, it means that there is still a time of patience and testing and that even if the 70 years of the fig tree generation are over, it means for us to keep watch all the more. We know the time span of 10 years until the 80th year of the fig tree generation, but we do not know exactly when the last 7 years will begin. This is precisely why Jesus spoke of the urgency of praying and watching, not only in the parable of the 10 virgins, but also in other Bible passages. We must take advantage of the extra time and recognize the signs of the times. In the Gospel of Luke, in the 21st chapter, it is mentioned that we should not only pay attention to the state of Israel (= fig tree), but also to the other states (= other trees):

Luke 21:29-32: „And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree [Israel], and all the trees [other nations]. 30 As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. 31 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 31 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.“ 

What do we see in the daily news today? It is clear to see that the other trees (states) around Israel (fig tree) are forming and getting bigger and stronger. Syria, Iran, Turkey and Russia are right on the border with Israel with their armed forces. These states have formed alliances and anyone who still does not see the signs of the times and the great international tension and nuclear threats now must be blind. There has never been a time when it was so obvious that the Rapture must occur very soon. God has given us the exact time frame; there is no excuse for the lukewarm Christians of the Laodicean church who say "the Lord is not coming for a long time" (Mt 24:48; 2Pt 3:4; Rev 3:14-22). They are the 5 foolish virgins who neither know the word of the Lord nor are sufficient light in this world. For them, the Rapture will come unexpectedly and then they will be envious of those who have been faithful to Jesus and His Word and whose way of life was clearly different from the world, and who are no longer there. Divine love (Greek: agape) makes the difference and reveals who belongs to which group. The day of the Rapture will reveal this for all to see.

God is a God of diversity, this is shown not only in nature, but also in the form of prophetically important phenomena that we can even see on television. To all the many information we find in the Bible, there are also special political events related to biblical feast days, especially also in terms of numerical statements. And there are special constellations in the sky (solar eclipses, blood moons, constellations in the night sky) that are of great importance. Of course, this has nothing at all to do with astrology, but with astronomy (there is a big difference), because it is God who created the sun, the moon and the stars, who gave us His calendar with them, and only He has the right and the power to design the constellations in such a way that they have a clear biblical and prophetic reference. We should also note the events related to the state of Israel (foundation of the state, wars...), which are described in detail later in the text. Especially the information about the fig tree generation (70-80 years after the foundation of the state of Israel) is of utmost prophetic importance, because Jesus personally gave us a time frame when to expect the rapture, the 7-year tribulation, the visible return of Jesus and the 1,000-year kingdom (millennium). And there are also clues with the number symbolism and the 726, 1,260 and 1,335 days (these are numbers that are actually for the sequence of events in the Tribulation) that actually point to the Feast of Pentecost in 2021, which is May 17/18, 2021 according to God's calendar.

On the Day of Trumpets 2017 (Yom Teruah; 1st day of the 7th month; Tishrei 1; September 22, 2017) there was a special astronomical constellation with the constellations Virgo and Leo, the Sun, the Moon and the planets Mercury, Mars, Venus and Jupiter, which reminds of the description in Revelation 12 (the woman with the 12 stars, who is threatened by the dragon, but is brought to safety by God). The special part was: Jupiter (symbol of Jesus) left the lower part of the "womb" of the Virgin 42 weeks later, which is the approximate length of a human pregnancy. Furthermore, on September 22, 2017, it was the equinox.

And now comes the exciting part, which has already been mentioned: From the Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah, Sept. 22, 2017) to the Feast of Pentecost (May 18, 2021) there are 1,335 days. We must always keep in mind that the Gregorian calendar always starts a day at the greatest darkness (midnight) and has parts of 2 nights. But a biblical day always begins after sunset and always ends after sunset, so it has parts of only one night. We must always keep this in mind when doing biblical calendar calculations:

22/09/2017 to 18/05/2021 = 1,335 days, including 1st date (3 years, 7 months, 26 days).

23/09/2017 to 19/05/2021 = 1,335 days, including 1st date (3 years, 7 months, 26 days).

That are 3 years, 7 months and 26 days. And now the question that every Christian should know who knows the inspired Greek basic text of the NT (and not only the man-made translations with errors): What is the Strong number for the Rapture? Correct, it is 726 (see text at the very top). To avoid misunderstanding, we are not saying that Pentecost 2021 will be the date of the Rapture, but as responsible Christians we must pay attention and watch for the signs of the times. Everything else is in God's hands and we have not been asleep spiritually. To avoid misunderstandings: The prophecy of Revelation 12 will be fulfilled in time during the seven-year Tribulation (not before). But this sign in the starry sky of 2017 is a foreshadow and a sign from God to prepare us for the fact that the Rapture and the Tribulation are already closer than most Christians realize. 

By the way, we published this calculation with the 1,335 days in the comment function under the You Tube videos of some well-known pastors from the USA. The result was that almost all of them blocked us. And why? Because if these pastors realised that God arranges His time calculation according to His own calendar (which God has declared in the Bible) and not according to the pope's calendar, then these pastors would all have to admit that they have always celebrated the resurrection of Jesus on the wrong holidays. So too in 2021, where Easter Sunday fell on the 21st/22nd of Nisan (see Church Opinions). This is an absolute NO GO and shows the poor Bible knowledge of these pastors and also their motivation to keep the church of God away from the calendar of God and the true biblical resurrection Sabbath and instead only orientate themselves to the calendar of the pope (the Gregorian calendar with the catholic feasts). All these pastors cannot refute us on a single point, so blocking is the easiest way not to engage in discussion and to hide ignorance. Soon these pastors will stand before God and then James 3:1 will apply: "Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness."

(Note: unfortunately we do not know who created this illustration (Revelation 12 sign) because it is used on so many websites. Therefore, we cannot link either and would be grateful for this information to give credit to the owner of this illustration).

There is still so much information that God is still providing us. Example: from the last blood moon of the blood moon tetrad (2014/15), that is, from September 28, 2015 (Sukkot) to Yom Teruach 2017 (with the sign of Revelation 12 in star constellation), there are exactly 726 days, the number of the Rapture:

28/09/2015 to 22/09/2017 = 726 days, including 1st date (1 year, 11 months, 25 days)

That is why some Christians at that time thought that the Rapture will take place on Yom Teruah 2017 (September 22/23). But this was not the case, because there is another sign which should follow, because until the following Pentecost 2021 there are exactly 1,335 days with 3 years, 7 months and 26 days. This 726, as the number of the rapture, becomes visible again.

There are more interesting facts: From the exact beginning of the 14th of Nisan (April 13, 2014 according to God's calendar) to the Revelation 12 sign in the sky is exactly 1,260 days:

13/04/2014 to 23/09/2017 = 1,260 days, including 1st date (3 years, 5 months, 10 days)

The 1,260 is in connection with the number seven: 7 x 180 days = 1,260 days and the cross sum of 3+5+10 is 28, so 4x7=28. The number 180 is the half of 360, which describes a complete circle (360°). 360 x 7 = 2,520. In connection with the book of Revelation, the following is important: The number 1,260 also means 42 prophetic months with 30 prophetic days each (42x30 days = 1,260 days), i.e. a prophetic period of 3.5 years. Seven prophetic years therefore mean 2x42 months = 84 months (84x30=2,520). This is of interest because God Himself has divided the period of the seven-year tribulation accordingly. 1,260 days + 1,260 days = 2,520 days (3,5 years + 3,5 years = 7 years), see also Rapture 2022. 

At the Passover, the firstfruits sheaf of grain had to be waved. This was a reference to the imminent resurrection and ascension of Jesus. And the two leavened breads that had to be offered again at Pentecost as a wave offering could signify the resurrection and ascension (rapture) of the Bride of Christ (the OT and NT saints). Thus, the Church would have been founded at Pentecost and a Rapture at Pentecost would signify the completion of the harvest of the firstfruits, thus ending the Age of Grace (see above).

The blood moons are a visible sign to the world and the bride of Christ that dramatic scenes will soon take place in the world. But the Revelation 12 sign in the night sky is a sign only for the Bride of Christ (not for the world, because it has no interest in it). It means that the coming of the Lord is very near and that He will soon rapture us from here to His love and under His protection. We are not saying that the Rapture will occur at Pentecost 2021, but we are pointing out the numerical symbolism revealed in God's calendar for the 726 days and the 1,335 days (3 years, 7 months and 26 days) that are between these feast days, which no man can deny. They are scientific facts.

But it gets even more exciting, because from Pentecost to Tu B'Av on the 15th of Av (Feast of Great Joy; see calendar) is exactly 70 days. It is the feast when the bachelors could find their bride. The 70 is the number of completeness in God's plan in terms of judgment and grace: examples: The Bible has a total of 66+4=70 individual books; 70 years of man's life (Ps 90:10); 70 descendants of Noah (Gen 10); the nation of Israel began in Egypt with 70 people (Gen 46:8-27); 70 weeks of Daniel's years (Dan 9); the gospel propagation began with 70 disciples (Lk 10:1,17). In 66 AD, the Roman army was sent to Israel and the Jewish-Roman war began. In 70 A.D. Jerusalem was destroyed along with the temple. Almost all the Jews were expelled from their land and scattered all over the world. Tu B'Av, the festival of great joy and bride-seeking on the night of the full moon, is exactly 70 days after Pentecost, i.e. on July 25/26, 2021 (Sunday/Monday). According to the mathematical and inaccurate Jewish calendar, this festival is already celebrated on July 23/24, i.e. 2 days too early. July 26 is not "the true Pentecost" as some Christians assume, who do not know God's calendar and calculate the Pentecost date differently every year (no Israelite would ever accept that; see Omer), but Tu B'Av is a different feast with a different symbolism and exactly 70 days after Pentecost. It should be noted that Tu B'Av already starts after sunset on July 25, 2021, but already from midnight (full moon night) July 26 is counted:

Tu B'Av is the most mysterious feast of the whole year and it reminds us of the words of Paul who spoke of a mystery or a secret in connection with the Rapture:

„Behold! I tell you a mystery [μυστήριον, musterion; a mystery or secret]. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye“ (1Cor 15:51-52). 

A mystery on a full moon night?

The Talmud considers Tu B'Av and Yom Kippur to be the greatest festivals of the year. After the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE, over the centuries this holiday went into oblivion, but has been reintroduced in Israel in recent years. There is singing and dancing on the full moon night of Tu B'Av (see calendar). In Israel today, it is called "the festival of love" and is comparable to Valentine's Day, when lovers give each other gifts. It is said to be an appropriate day for weddings. For many Jews and some Christians, this is the presumed day when Ruth and Boaz were married. It is also a reference to the Rapture and the wedding between the bride of Christ (the church) and the bridegroom Jesus. 

The 15th of Av first became a feast day in the Hebrew year 2,487 (1,274 BC). It was, in fact, the day in which the people of Israel entered the Promised Land. The entire older generation of the Exodus had been condemned to death in the desert for unbelief. But after the 40-year wilderness wandering, the mysterious passing of the older people ceased, and the younger generation was finally allowed to enter the Holy Land. This was a cause for celebration, for there was now a new beginning and the end of the strange death of the older family members (see calendar for explanation). In the territory of Israel, this day continued to be kept a day of joy because it symbolized the beginning of the grape harvest, while Yom Kippur meant the end of the grape harvest. This is also confirmed in Numbers 13:20,23, where it refers to "the time of the first ripe grapes". This would state, on the other hand, that this feast could signify the end of the spiritual harvest of summer fruits, and thus would be the perfect time for the Rapture, when the spiritual harvest of firstfruits is completed and thus the fullness of the Gentiles has come to salvation and here again (as in 1Cor 15:51) a mystery is spoken of:

Rom 11:25: „Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery [μυστήριον, musterion], brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.“ 

The Bride is not lost as long as the bridegroom (Jesus) lives, everything is in the plan. Only when the last spiritual grain of wheat (the firstfruits) is gathered, only then can it go up, not before, because our Father does not leave His own here, but picks up His complete Bride.

In the course of time a new custom developed. The special feature was that at the time of the second Jerusalem Temple (before the destruction in 70 AD) the virgins or unmarried girls of Jerusalem put on white robes on the 15th of Av and went dancing in the vineyards. They wanted to draw attention to themselves in order to find a potential husband. A man who did not yet have a wife also went into the vineyards outside the city to look for a bride. Often these white robes were only borrowed so that nobody could distinguish the poor from the rich women. Before that all the clothes were carefully cleaned. The women sang song lyrics like "do not turn your eye to beauty, but to the family and the being or God-fearing character of the woman". Here is a comparison from the Bible:

Proverbs 31:30: „Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.“

This again reminds us of the parable of the 10 virgins (Mt 25) and in particular of the 5 wise virgins who are just, who have prepared themselves and let their light shine in this dark world. It does not matter if they are rich or poor, the decisive criterion is only the presence of light (Holy Spirit and agape love).

Tu B'Av is therefore about finding the groom or the bride, about purity, about marriage and about a new life in love and harmony. Thus, the 15th of Av is one of the happiest days of the year and a contrast to the saddest day of the year, the Day of Mourning (Tisha B'Av) on the 9th of Av (just a few days before in the same month; see calendar). Judges 21:19-23 even speaks of the "snatching" (to catch, snatching away, robbing, rapture) of the bride at the dance in the vineyards, again referring to the Rapture (the "snatching away"). It is interesting that they two crucial verses in the 21st and final chapter of the book of Judges are verses 20 and 21 where the snatching away of the bride occurs, which could indirectly point to the year 2021. This fits harmoniously with the many other biblical passages that point to the 2021 Pentecost season as a possible time for the Rapture. Even the last two verses of the Bible (Rev 22) are verses 20 and 21, which again indirectly point to a Rapture in 2021. 

It is also interesting to note: From the establishment of Israel (the rebirth of the fig tree) on May 14, 1948 to the day before Tisha B'Av (July 17/18 according to the Jewish calendar) is 26.726 days:

May 14, 1948 to July 16, 2021 = 26.726 days, excluding 1st date (73 years, 2 months, 2 days)

The number 26,726 means: the number of the agape love (26), the church (7), and the Rapture (726). The next feast is after 7 days of Tu B'Av on July 23/24 according to the Jewish calendar, but on July 25/26 according to God's calendar.

In Israel, the full moon begins at 05:36 in the morning on Saturday, July 24. This means that the following night on July 25/26, 2021 (and the night at the end of the 15th of Av, which is July 26/27) would be the absolutely perfect night for dancing in the vineyards. Jesus said:

Mt 24:20: „Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.“ 

Yes, winter is over, we have summer and the Sabbath has also just passed on July 25/26, 2021. That is on the number 726, the number of the Rapture. We hope that we will not have to wait until Yom Teruah (Trumpet Day) or even longer.

There is even more information that speaks for the Tu B'Av, because from the Passover (14th Nisan; March 27/28, 2021) to the Tu B'Av there are exactly 120 days (see calendar). The number 120 is significant in several respects, because exactly 120 Jubilee cycles of 50 years add up to 6,000 years, the number of man's reign over the earth. 

March 28, 2021 to July 26, 2021 = 120 days, excluding 1st date (3 months, 28 days) 

Tu B'Av is in the 5th month and the 15th day (full moon), thus results in the number 515 and the corresponding Strong number (G515) for the Greek word "axioo" means "to deem worthy", which refers to the parable of the 10 virgins, for only 5 were worthy to be raptured. 

September 26, 2014 plus 2.520 days = August 20, 2021, Friday, excluding 1st date 

However, August 22-24, 2021 is not the 5th month (Tu B'Av), as some Christians erroneously claim (see Calendar and the barley and wheat harvest times in Israel), but it is the 6th month and has the last full moon of the Pentecost season before the Fall Festival Days, which begin with the new moon at the beginning of September (on the 8th/9th) 2021, 7 days after the full moon and is reminiscent of the 7 days of Noah's dove.

In August 2021 there are some interesting phenomena in the night sky, because the moon is in conjunction with Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter. This means that in August these four particularly bright planets are close to the Moon.  On August 10 the Moon-Mars conjunction begins, it is followed by the Moon-Venus conjunction on August 11. On Aug. 20, 2021, at 10:15 p.m. GMT, there is the Moon-Saturn conjunction, when the 95% illuminated Moon meets Saturn in the constellation of Capricorn. But even more interesting is the full moon night on August 22 with the Moon-Jupiter conjunction at 04:56 GMT (CET=5:56; =6:56 CEST). This means that the very bright Jupiter can be seen in the direct presence of the blue full moon in the constellation of Capricorn. Jupiter shines much brighter than Saturn and is so bright in August because the distance between Earth (and humans) and Jupiter is particularly small then. When the sun sets already on August 19, Jupiter is in highest opposition in the constellation of Capricorn (Aquarius was left) at about 24 o'clock (GMT). A planet is "in opposition" when it is closest to Earth while directly facing the Sun, creating a perfect alignment between the three bodies for a few hours, and Jupiter is intensely illuminated by the Sun. Thus, the Earth is in line between the Sun and the planet. Even the 100% illuminated full moon will not be able to outshine the light of Jupiter. 

GMT = Greenwich Mean Time

CET = Central European Time 

CEST= Central European Summer Time 

On December 21, 2020, at the winter solstice, Jupiter and Saturn came extremely close. But at the last full moon of the Pentecost season on August 21/22, 2021, Jupiter appears very close to Earth and shines very strongly.  The "blue" full moon on August 21-24, 2021, is the last full moon before the biblical autumn feasts and would be a possible date for the Rapture, exactly at the end of the Pentecost season and the beginning of the fruit harvest. If the Rapture does not occur in August 2021, the Biblical Fall Feast Days will soon follow, beginning with Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) on September 8/9, 2021 (new moon). This would be 40+7 days after Tu B'Av (July 26, 2021), commemorating Noah. And it would be 2,520 days (2x1,260 days = 7 prophetic years) after Shemini Atzeret (October 16/17, 2014) in the last Blood Moon tetrad:  

October 17, 2014 plus 2.520 days = September 9, .2021, Thursday 

And from the Revelation 12 sign in the night sky (September 22, 2017) to the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) on September 22/23, 2021, is exactly 4 years; it is the full moon night at the beginning of autumn (Fall Equinox), the end of astronomical summer time:

There are also Christians who assume the Rapture will take place on October 24, 2021. While this is after the biblical feast season, it has something to do with Israel's 70th birthday on May 14, 2018 and the events of Noah's time. The reasoning is this: If 3.5 prophetic years (=1,260 days) are added from Israel's 70th birthday (May 14, 2018), we arrive exactly at the 17th day of the 8th month according to God's biblical calendar. This day, according to Jewish tradition, corresponds to the 17th day of the 2nd month mentioned in Gen 7:11, that is, the day when the Flood began and the Ark was lifted up. Explanation: According to the current Jewish calendar, the year does not begin in the month of Nisan, but in the 7th month of Tishrei, so that the 8th month of Cheshvan would correspond to the second month mentioned in Gen 7:11. 

May 14, 1948 to May 14, 2018 = 25,568 days, including the first date ( = 70 years).

May 14, 2018 plus 1,260 days = October 24, 2021, Sunday, including the 1st date.

30 prophetic days x 12 months = 360 days; 360 days x 3.5 years = 1,260 days

Already on the 10th day Noah went into the ark but 7 days later, on the 17th day the flood started. The 10th day corresponds to October 16/17 and the 17th day corresponds to October 23/24, 2021 (see also for example TorahCalendar; but October 22/23, 2021 in the Jewish calendar). October 24 is exactly 36 (3x12=36) days after the volcanic eruption on the Canary Island of La Palma, which began at 15:13 (local time) on September 19, 2021. At 15:00 Jesus died on the cross at Passover. It is also important to note: In the Balfour Declaration of November 2, 1917, Great Britain agreed to establish a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine (see Wikipedia). Many overlook this date, but it corresponds to the 17th of Cheshvan (the 17th day of the 8th month) according Jewish understanding; it was about salvation, homeland and security and until October 24, 2021 it is two Jubilee periods (2x50 years) plus almost 4 years, so 104 years (103 years, 11 months, 22 days). We remember the day Noah was saved and lifted up to salvation from the flood. However, please keep in mind: The text of the declaration was published in the press 7 days later on November 9, 1917.

         Nov 2, 1917 to Nov 23, 2021 = 37.977 days, including 1st date (103 years, 11 months, 21 days)

         Nov 2, 1917 to Okt 24, 2021 = 37.978 days, including 1st date (103 years, 11 months, 22 days) 

         Nov 9, 1917 to Okt 23, 2021 = 37.970 days, including 1st date (103 years, 11 months, 14 days)

But the 17th Cheshvan was according to the TorahCalendar on Sunday November 3/4, 1917. Thus the Belfour Declaration was in reality two days before the biblical 17th Cheshvan. And the 17th Cheshvan falls in 2021 on Sunday 23/24 October. 

But 7 days later, on Sunday, October 31, 2021, is the day when daylight saving time ends in Israel and the clocks are changed. It is the Reformation Day. It is also Halloween, a festival commemorating the dead that takes place annually on the evening of October 31. The name Halloween is short for "All Hallows' Even(ing)," which means All Saints' Eve, as it is celebrated on the eve of All Saints' Day (November 1). Saints have always been known as Hallows, derived from the Old English word hālig and related to the German word heilig, "holy".

But Halloween has nothing at all to do with Christianity; on the contrary, it is a pagan mockery of Christians. This includes the invocation and trivialization of evil spirits with their horrible appearances and the creation of fear. If the Rapture were to take place on Halloween, it would indeed be the most terrifying Halloween in history for this evil world. And it would show the difference between those who belong to God and disappear (Rapture) and those who await the appearance of evil spirits on earth. We are leaving, but they are coming.

Again, some numerical meanings are interesting here, because from Pentecost 2018 (May 21/22) to Halloween 2021 (October 31) is exactly 1,260 days (3.5 prophetic years), and from Halloween 2021 to Passover 2025 (which many assumed was the middle of the Tribulation period and the time of the two witnesses) is again exactly 1,260 days. If another 1,260 days are added again, we arrive at the day after Trumpet Day (September 20/21) 2028: 

May 21, 2018 plus 1,260 days = October 31, 2021, Sunday, incl. 1st date. 

October 31, 2021 plus 1,260 days = April 12, 2025, Saturday, incl. 1st date = Nisan 14: April 12/13, 2025 (Passover)

October 31, 2021 plus 1,260 days = April 13, 2025, Sunday, incl. 1st date = Nisan 15: April 13/14, 2025 (High Sabbath)

April 12, 2025 (Passover) plus 1,260 days = Sept. 22, 2028, Friday, incl. the 1st date.

(360 days of a prophetic year x 3.5 years = 1,260 days) 

(360 days of a prophetic year x 7 years = 2,520 days)  

It is also interesting to note that from All Saints Day (on Nov. 1, the day after Halloween) to Israel's 77th birthday is exactly 1,290 days (cf. Daniel 12:12):

Nov. 01, 2021 plus 1,290 days = May 14, 2025, Wednesday, without 1st date. 

And from Purim 2025 (March 12-15, 2025) to Day of Trumpets 2028 (Sept. 20/21) or the day after, it is again 1,290 days:

March 12, 2025 plus 1,290 days = Sept 21, 2028, Thursday, incl. 1st date.

March 13, 2025 plus 1,290 days = Sept 22, 2028, Friday, incl. 1st date 

There will be also a lunar eclipse (Blood moon) over all of the Americas on Purim, March 13/14, 2021 (13/14th day of the 13th month according TorahCalendar). 

A Rapture on the 9th of Av? There are some Christians from the USA who see the solar eclipse on Thursday, June 10, 2021 as a warning from Jonah and connect it with the Rapture. Exactly 40 days after the solar eclipse, according to God's calendar, is the Feast of Great Sorrow Tisha B'Av (Tuesday, July 20, 2021), when all the great catastrophes of the people of Israel occurred (see calendar for list of catastrophes):

10.06.2021 to 20.07.2021 = 40 days, excluding 1st date (1 month, 10 days).

The solar eclipse on July 10, 2021, may well be seen as a warning for Israel and for the whole world, but what does it have to do with the Bride of Christ? Not much, she will not be punished. It may be that there could be the Rapture on Tisha B'Av (only God knows), but symbolically much more important is the Feast of Tu B'Av on the 15th of Av on July 25/26, 2021, 7 days after that (see above; the dates refer to God's calendar, which is also shown on TorahCalendar, because according to the inaccurate Jewish calendar, the two Feasts are 2 days too early each, July 17/18 and July 23/24, 2021). Between the 9th of Av and the 15th of Av are the 7 days of preparation and transformation from sorrow to joy.

From the day of the solar eclipse to Tu B'Av there are 47 days, which refers to Noah's 7 days + 40 days = 47 days (Gen 7):

10.06.2021 to 26.07.2021 = 47 days, including 1st date (1 month, 16 days).

There was another special incident reminiscent of Jonah: On the first day after the eclipse (on June 11, 2021), lobster diver Michael Packard was swallowed by a humpback whale near Cape Code (USA). He estimated that he was inside the whale for 30 to 40 seconds before the whale finally surfaced and spat him out. This happened near the same coast where the Mayflower reached America 400 years ago (1620) and where the Pilgrims landed (Wikipedia). But Michal Packard was not the first, nor was he the only one to be briefly swallowed by a whale. In March 2019, the German filmmaker Rainer Schimpf was already swallowed by a whale in South Africa and then released.

In the overall context, there are many more arguments in favor of a Rapture on the Feast of Joy Tu B'Av (on a full moon night) and this would also be led to by this symbolic combination of the signs of Noah and Jonah. But many Christians make the mistake that, while focusing on the 40 days of Jonah's warning, they reinterpret the actual and much more important "sign of Jonah" (3 days and 3 nights; Mt 12:38-40) and thus deny "the sign of the Messiah" (see Messiah's Sign) and miscalculate the calendar days until Pentecost (see Omer). They sometimes even invent new "true Pentecost" dates several times within a year, which in reality are all "fake Pentecosts" of another spirit because it confuses Christians and leads them away from the biblical calendar of God and His timeline. And it must not be forgotten, Noah was 7 days in the ark, when the flood began and the ark was lifted up. This harmonizes with the 7-day interval between Tisha B'Av and Tu B'Av on 07/26/2021, which is 726, the number of the Rapture. The Ark was delivered from the floods on the 17th day of the second month and raised to the height above the waters (Gen 7:4-12). And from that day in 2021 (April 2021 see God's calendar) to Tu B'Av (July 26, 2021) there are exactly 88 days:  

30.04.2021 to 26.07.2021 = 88 days, including 1st date (2 months, 26 days)

20.02.2019 to 26.07.2021 = 888 days, incl. 1st date (2 years, 5 months, 6 days)

From the Purim feast 2019 (Feb 20, 2019) to Tu B'Av (July 26, 2021) there are 888 days. The 88 and the 888 could again be a reference to Jesus, whose name has the numerical value 888. Jesus is near and a Rapture at the end of the summer season and before the fall feasts in September (Yom Teruah, Yom Kippur) is very probable.

The prophet Daniel (Dan 12:11) and John (Rev 12:6) gave important prophecies concerning the numbers 1260, 1290 and 1335, which refer to the 7 years of the Tribulation, but already had a historical pre-fulfillment, because a day also corresponds prophetically to a year, as Peter said (2Pet 3:8). The year in which the construction of the Islamic Dome of the Rock (the abomination of desolation) began in Jerusalem marked a temporal turning point in relation to the end times and the last generation:

Rev. 12:5-6: „She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days."

Dan 12:11: „And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days."

2 Peter 3:8: „But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a 1,000 years, and a 1,000 years as one day."

The construction of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem took place between the years 687-691 (Wikipedia German) and 688-692 (Wikipedia English). It was completed after 3.5 to 4 years. There is an amazing fact here that no one can deny because from the beginning of the construction of the Dome of the Rock to the founding of the State of Israel is 1,260 years and to the year 2021/2022 (Rapture and possible beginning of the Great Tribulation?) is 1,335 years:

687/688 plus 1,260 years = 1947/1948 (foundation of the state, birth of Israel). 

687/688 plus 1,290 years = 1977/1978 (Camp David Agreement of September 17, 1978)

687/688 plus 1,335 years = 2021/2022 (Rapture?)  

Once again, to avoid misunderstandings: The numbers 1,260 and 1,335 will be significant at the time of the seven-year tribulation described in the books of Daniel and Revelation. But it is obvious that there is a foreshadowing for the Bride of Christ; however, only those who know God's calendar can know this and correctly place the timing of the Rapture. In the Bible, there is often the principle of duality, that is, one great event is preceded by another that serves as preparation. Also, the last blood moons (see below) on the biblical feast days reveal information that is hidden from Christians who reject God's calendar.

The following dates (of years) are not from the Bible, but from historians' sources. Many of these dates are also confirmed in Wikipedia. Since backdating is difficult, because year numbers were often made on the basis of government years (a year count like today did not exist at that time) and because these year numbers were made by humans, errors are possible. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the correctness of these dates. However, this is not a problem at all, because we are supposed to be vigilant, as Jesus wanted us to be, so it does not matter if the dates are off by one or two years, because we consider everything in an overall complex. And this is in any case clear and meaningful in terms of prophetic understanding and the approximate indication of the appearance of the Messiah. We understand by the "Messiah", of course, our Lord Jesus Christ, while the Jews will expect a completely different person and will also run after him at first, until they can see the error.

God commanded the Israelites to keep a Sabbath year (Hebrew: Shmitta) every 7th year, on which no work was allowed, as a year of rest for the farmland (Lev 23:10-11). God promised that He would give them such blessings in the preceding years that they would have enough food for this Sabbatical year. However, since the Israelites did not trust God and disobeyed God's command, God imposed a 70-year (7x10=70) punishment on them to spend in captivity.

Dan 9:24-27: „70 weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. 25 Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be 7 weeks. Then for 62 weeks [literally: "until the Messiah, the prince, there are 7 sevens and there are 62 sevens"] it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time. 26 And after the 62 weeks [lit.: 62 sevens, see definition week], an anointed one [Hebrw: mashiach, Messiah] shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

This is clearly about the calculation of the year in which the Anointed One (Messiah) was to appear publicly. There were several decrees. The decrees of Cyrus (539/538 B.C.) and Darius (519/518 B.C.) were mainly about temple building. But Daniel does not speak of building the temple, but of "building the city." Ahasuerus [Gr. Xerxes] still forbade the building of the city (Ezra 4:6,21). Only Artahsasta was the one who determined that all Jerusalem should be built, he is therefore mentioned several times in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which tell about the retreat to Judea and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. His decrees of 458/457 and 445/444 BC are therefore of particular importance. The division into 7 prophetic weeks (7x7=49 years) plus 62 weeks (62x7=434 years) makes sense, because the first 49 years refer to the rebuilding of Jerusalem in difficult times (war and famine). This was to be followed by another 434 years until the Messiah was to appear. The calculation is now exciting, because if we add to the year 458/457 B.C. the 69x7=483 years, we arrive at the year 26/27 A.D. (also the year 28 A.D. would be possible, if the decree was given at the end of each year). So Jesus would have started his ministry in the fall of 26 or 27 A.D. and would have celebrated the first Passover in 27 or 28 A.D. and would die after 3.5 years at Passover 30 or at the latest 31 A.D. (depending on the beginning of the counting) in the middle of the last 70th prophetic week. But it becomes still more interesting, because so far with the actual years was counted, but many prophetic data are determined with prophetic years with 12x30=360 days each, since each month is counted with 30 days. Therefore 360x483=173,880 days result. If now from the second decree 445/444 (the younger date) the 483 prophetic years with 360 prophetic days are added to it (=173,880 days), then the year comes out, in which Jesus entered Jerusalem and died few days later, thus: 31/32 A.D. (445/444+173,880 days):

458/457 + 483 historical years = 26/27 A.D. (appearance of the Messiah).

445/444 + 483 prophetic years = 31/32 A.D. (crucifixion of the Messiah)

Since some sources indicate the month of Nisan as the month when the second decree was proclaimed, it comes out not only the year, but also the month (possibly even the exact day). So the people of Jesus' time knew to the exact year and month when the Messiah was to appear. It is important to note this. Here we were talking about the first coming (or appearance) of Jesus and the subsequent destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD; but there is also an interesting numerical relationship of the reappearance of Jesus in the clouds to pick up His bride, because she also knows when the Messiah was to appear to deliver or rapture her from the tribulation. There is possibly an interesting double fulfillment:

After the expulsion of the Jews, Jerusalem lay deserted and fallow for several centuries. This did not change until Jerusalem became part of the Ottoman Empire, when Sultan Suleiman I (the Magnificent; *1494/95; †1566; ruled from 1520 to 1566), ordered the reconstruction of the destroyed walls of Jerusalem in 1532-1535. The present city walls of Jerusalem were carried out in 1537/1539 and 1541 (extension) and later expanded. Unfortunately, the dates of the historical sources are not consistent, so different calculations are possible. As early as 1864, the Real-Encyclopedia for Protestant Theology and Church stated: "In 1536-1539 Sultan Suleiman built the present city walls (not 1542, as usually according to Robinson; 1. Tobler, Topogr. I. p. 79)." Simon Sebag Montefiore has dated the construction and reinforcement of the city walls to the years 1539 to 1542 ("Jerusalem: The Biography," German: "Jerusalem: Die Biographie," 2013). Israeli sources and Wikipedia confirm that the Lion's Gate (one of the eight gates in the walls of the Old City) was built in 1538-1539. The golden death of the eastern city wall was not closed until 1541, according to Wikipedia. Ottoman rule lasted for about 400 years. Under Suleiman, the condition of all of Jerusalem improved significantly, and the waterworks and Dome of the Rock were also rehabilitated. The number of inhabitants increased from 10,000 to 16,000 in 1540 (see Link1, Link2). Now it is interesting that from 1538/39 (start of construction) until the year 2021 or 2022 again exactly 69x7=483 years are counted, what some Christians consider as a double or a dual fulfillment of the prophecy of Daniel. And if again from the last date (the younger date) the prophetic years are added to it, the year 2017 comes out, in which there was the sign from Revelation 12 in the night sky:

1541 + 483 prophetic years = 2017 (sign from Revelation 12 at night)

1538/1539 + 483 historical years = 2021/2022 (is 2021 or 2022 the year of the rapture?)

Consequently, we can hope for a rapture in the year 2021 or 2022 (because the biblical years begin in spring and do not follow the Gregorian calendar). After that, from the year 2021/2022, the 70th week of years would follow, that is, the 7-year tribulation, at the end of which Jesus will appear for all to see.

Between the 69th week and the 70th week there is a prophetic gap. After the 69th week the Messiah was indeed killed, which happened in a year between 30 to 34 AD. But this is not the end of the story, because one week (the 70th week) is still missing, which should come only at the end of days. In the middle of this last week, the abomination of desolation was to be seen in the sanctuary. In the year 70 AD there was only a pre-fulfillment when the temple was destroyed by the Romans, but the words "to the end" (Dan 9:26) can only refer to the last 7 years of the tribulation and the second coming of the Messiah after that time. This harmonizes with other Bible verses in the OT and NT. And "end" means end when the Messiah will end the reign of man and set up his kingdom. 

Dan 9;26-27: „And after the 62 weeks [lit.: 62 sevens, see definition week], an anointed one [Hebrw: mashiach, Messiah] shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed. 27 And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

Daniel 9 is interesting in many respects, because if we do not reckon with actual years but with prophetic years (i.e. 7 years x 360 days = 2,520 days, where one day corresponds to one prophetic year), we come back to the year 2028/2029 as the year in which Jesus visibly returns to earth as the Messiah. And if the 7 years of tribulation are subtracted from this, the years 2021/2022 come into consideration as the years of the Rapture. In fact, the last 7 years of the Tribulation consist of 360 x 7 = 2,520 days. That is 2 x 1,260 days = 2,520 days: 

If, according to the dates of the historians, the date of Jesus' public appearance is in the range 26 to 31 AD, then it means that between Jesus' first public appearance and his return could be exactly 2,000 years. However, we do not know exactly on which day Jesus first appeared in public, that is, from when the counting begins exactly (Passover, Pentecost, or Yom Teruach?), so we will take the Pentecost date of 2021 as the reference date, in which case, of course, the 7 years of the Tribulation must be added to it. Importantly, we must be immediately before the beginning of the last 7 years, as evidenced not only by the fig tree generation (see above), but also by the calculation of Jesus' public appearance. It should be noted, however, that the biblical year does not begin in winter (January 1), but in spring (Nisan 1, i.e. March/April).

Example: From the year 28 A.D. to 2021 (year of the rapture?) it is 1993 years and plus the further 7 years of the tribulation, after exactly 2,000 years the year 2028 would come out as the date of the visible return of Jesus:

18/05/31 to 18/05/2021 = 726.834 days, including 1st date (1990 years) + 7 = 1,997 years to 2008

18/05/30 to 18/05/2021  = 727,199 days, including 1st date (1991 years) + 7 = 1,998 years to 2028

18/05/29 to 18/05/2021  = 727,564 days, including 1st date (1992 years) + 7 = 1,999 years to 2028

18/05/28 to 18/05/2021  = 727,929 days, including 1st date (1993 years) + 7 = 2,000 years to 2028

18/05/27 to 18/05/2021  = 728,295 days, including 1st date (1994 years) + 7 = 2,001 years to 2028

18/05/26 to 18/05/2021  = 728,660 days, including 1st date (1995 years) + 7 = 2,002 years to 2028

All data according to "CE" Common Era, i.e. AD. To come on the Julian calendar, two days must be added to the first date. It would be interesting here besides the biblical feast days (and the prophetic years) to consider, because then surely also further knowledge hidden so far reveals itself. We do not have to fix ourselves on a certain year, but the most important thing is that we recognize clearly the temporal context in which we are at present and this has an unmistakable significance: THE RAPTURE COMES SOON.

The biblical year begins with the month of Nisan. But the Jubilee year was always to begin on the 10th of Tishrei, that is, on the fifth High Sabbath of the year, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur), and was to be announced with trumpets throughout the land (Lev 25:8-55). Wikipedia also reports on this in several articles: „The Jubilee year was announced by a blast on a shofar, an instrument made from a ram's horn, during that year's Yom Kippur.“ This also makes sense, because on this holy day the atonement took place and everyone received the property they were entitled to. This happened every 50 years (7x7=49, i.e. seven cycles of the Shmita (Sabbatical years). Scholars now argue whether it is the 49th or the 50th year, but the Talmud defines that it is the 50th year. The entire history of mankind can thus be divided into exactly 120 Jubilee years (120x50=6,000) and the entire period with the Millennium into 140 Jubilee years (140x50=7,000). But 40 Jubilee years add up to 2,000 years (40x50=2,000). The number 40 is of great prophetic significance because it signifies the end of a specific period of time, the end of which signifies deliverance. The rain of the Flood lasted 40 days (Gen 7:4,17). Moses was 40 years old when God sent him to Pharaoh (Ex 7:7), Moses was 40 days on Mount Sinai with God (Ex 24:18) and then descended to the people; the people of Israel were 40 years in the wilderness (Amos 2:10). The prophet Elijah went to Mount Horeb for 40 days where God spoke to him after the angel said "arise and eat" (1Kings 19:2-8). Sarah, the wife of Abraham, lived to be 127 years old (Gen 23:1), which is symbolic of the 120 Jubilee years (40x50) plus 7 extra years (number for the Bride of Christ), that is, the 7 years in heaven (after the Rapture) while the Tribulation is on earth. Isaac was 40 years old when he married (Gen 25:20). Moses was 120 years old when he died (Deut 34:7), which is 3x40 and 12x10, symbolic of the 6,000 years of human history, until the coming of the Lord (120x50=6,000). Caleb was 40 years old when Moses sent him to explore the new land (Jos 14:7), just as the Church will explore a new land (heaven) after the 40x50=2,000 years. Jesus fasted for 40 days (Mt 4:2; prophetically it means he would be without his bride for 40x50=2,000 years). Jesus was with his disciples for 40 days and promised that he would come again (Acts 1:3-11). Prophetically it means that he will watch over his church from heaven for 40 jubilee years (40x50=2,000 years) before returning to earth at the end of that period to collect his bride (church) and take her to himself. Since 40x50=2,000 it symbolically means that the church will have to go through 2,000 years of suffering until the Lord appears and ends the sorrow, it will be time for the wedding instead (which is also indicated by Isaac's age). 

The year of Jubilee is the year after seven times seven (7x7=49) Sabbatical years (reminiscent of the count up to Pentecost). In the Luther translation, the year of jubilee and the Sabbatical year are equated and generally translated as "year of remission". This is not correct, however, because the Sabbatical years (every 7 years) are also years of remission in which debts were forgiven; but a Jubilee year is more important and only occurs every 49 +1 years. The word jubilee indicates the great rejoicing and joy of the Israelites, for on this day the transgressions and injustices were atoned for and the slaves were freed and all the inhabitants got back the property due to them. The year of jubilee is only mentioned in 3 chapters in the OT (Lev 25:8ff; Lev 27:17ff; Num 36:4). A special year follows the 49 years. The 50th year is holy (Lev 25:10) and also in this year agricultural activity should be avoided. Just as the 50th year is holy, so the 50th day (Pentecost) is holy and no other day before or after it, therefore Pentecost must always be counted correctly. The name "year of sound" comes from the fact that at the beginning of the year of jubilee on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur, 10th Tishrei) the ram's horn (Hebrew jobel) was blown and the reverberation of the shofar could be heard far and wide. Since many Bible translations mention the word "trumpet", many Christians think of the trumpet or a long straight trumpet. But the biblical shofar is not a long and straight trumpet as we know it today, but a ram's horn. 

God's goal in the year of jubilee was to create an equality and a social balance, to reconcile the individual financial groups with each other after 49 years (7x7). The mortgaged property of the rich went back to the original owner or the actual heir. God Himself is the owner of the land (Lev 25:23), therefore all the rich had to follow His instruction and return the land (the actual source of income) to the impoverished actual inheritors. Although every Sabbatical year debts were cancelled and slaves set free, in the year of jubilee the law went even further, for the landed property, i.e. the family inheritance, also went back to the original owner. Families who lost their ancestral land were given it back. Thus life could start all over again from "NEW" and impoverishment of individual families could be avoided. There was a great redistribution of land (land reform) and capital. But the Jews, in their selfishness, often did not keep God's commandments (Jer 34:8-17, Isa 5:8) and allowed their countrymen to become impoverished while individuals became richer and richer. This drew God's punishment, and He also took away the possessions of the rich and made them poor as well, so that they might learn compassion (Amos 5:11-12; Zef 1:13). For the Bride of Christ, the symbolism means that after the Rapture we will receive the possessions that are rightfully ours and that no one can take away from us. Many have expected the Rapture in the Jubilee year of 2017, but they have overlooked the fact that God has built in a final warning and preparation period of about 3.5 years according to Lk 13:6-9 (see above). The fact is that there were special events in the Jubilee years:

• 1517: Judah Ben Samuel (1217 AD), a famous Jewish rabbi, correctly predicted the status of Jerusalem from 1517 until today. He predicted that the Turkish (Ottoman/Islamic) rule over Jerusalem would last for 400 years (8x50=400; 8 Jubilees, i.e. from 1517-1917), which it did.
• 1917: The 400-year Ottoman/Islamic rule over Palestine ended. On 2 November 1917, Great Britain declared in the Balfour Declaration that a "national home" for the Jewish people would be established in Palestine. This was a sensation, for it was the pre-announcement that there was to be a Jewish state again after almost 2,000 years, the restoration of the Jewish people and the recovery of the former hereditary possession in the Land of Israel began. This restitution began in a year of jubilee. Until then, only a few Jews lived in the land. It was not until the beginning of the Second World War that Jewish immigration increased by leaps and bounds. In 1948, there were about 600,000 immigrants, with twice that number of Palestinians. In November 1918, the First World War, which had begun in 1914, ended. But Jerusalem was in "no man's land" status for a jubilee year (1917-1967).
• 1967: Return of the Jews to Jerusalem. Six Day War 1967: Israel shocked the world by winning against a huge superior force. This jubilee year is a true jubilee year for Israel because it contains a historical sensation: for the first time in almost 2,000 years (after the expulsion in 70 AD), Israel has regained control of the city of Jerusalem and the Temple precinct. The inheritance of Jerusalem returns to its original owners. Despite attacks from several Islamic armies, Israel unexpectedly wins and recaptures the city of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount on 07 June 1967 (28th Iyar)! And 7 days later Israel could celebrate the first Pentecost (Sivan 6) according to the Jewish calendar in Jerusalem. This day (28 Iyar) is a bank holiday in Israel to this day. The 8th chapter of the Book of Daniel is interesting in this context. It tells of the battle of the ram (Persian world empire) with two horns (Medes and Persians) with the goat (Greek world empire), which had one big horn (Alexander the Great), which soon became 4 horns (the 4 generals who succeeded Alexander). From this reign onwards, the sanctuary in Jerusalem was to be ravaged several times. Alexander the Great began his campaign in 334 BC and the prophesied 2,300 years (Dan 8:14; a prophetic day equals a year: Ezek 4:5-6) thereafter we come to the very year 1967 when Israel was restored to Jerusalem and control of the temple precincts. But Daniel 8 contains other fulfilments and also refers to the end times. The year 1967 is a key year in Bible prophecy and this year was a year of rejoicing!    
                                                        334 BC + 2,300 years = 1967 (Jerusalem is restored)   
  Some Christians especially from the USA have expected the coming of the Messiah and the Rapture after another Jubilee cycle (1967+50=2017), i.e. in the Jubilee year 2017, but instead there was already the sign from Revelation 12 in the night sky on Yom Teruah 2017.
  
• 2017: The Messianic End Times begin, with an additional 3.5 years or so to be added as a final warning according to Luke 13:6-9 (see Fig Tree Generation above). On 22/23 September 2017 there was the well-known sign of Revelation 12 in the starry sky. And from that day until Pentecost 2021 there are exactly 1,335 days (3 years, 7 months and 26 days; 726, the number of the Rapture; see above). On December 6, 2017 the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital by US President Donald Trump took place. And from that day until Pentecost 2021 there are exactly 1,260 days (see above). This Jubilee year 2017 with the additional 3.5 (or 3-4) years points us directly to Pentecost 2021, if the Rapture takes place on this special day.

Total solar eclipses (so-called blood moons) are relatively frequent. But only rarely do they fall on the biblical holidays and very rare are blood moon tetrads, i.e. when the blood moon falls on 4 biblical annual festivals in a row. They always announce special events. God not only created the sun and the moon to give the earth light by day and night and to divide the time (calendar), but they also play a great role as signs (symbols) to announce great events. This has nothing to do with astrology or horoscopes. Rather, it is about unchangeable astronomical data created by God.

• 1493/1494: War and hatred against the Jews: From 1492 expulsion of the Jews from Spain by Queen Isabella I. In the following years the Spanish Inquisition took place. Discovery of America by Columbus (1493 arrival in Spain and second voyage in the same year) and associated later emigration of many persecuted Jews.
• 1949/1950: War in Israel (War of Independence, Armistice Agreement of 1949). Israel becomes a nation! On 14 May 1948 (Jewish date 5 Ijar 5708) Ben-Gurion had read the Israeli Declaration of Independence, a separate state of Israel was reborn after almost 2,000 (40x50) years. Shortly afterwards, Islamic states attacked Israel from several sides. The battle dragged on regionally for several months and was only ended in the course of 1949 by the signing of several peace treaties with Israel's neighbours. The United Nations accepted Israel as a new state. As Israel emerged victorious, territorial gains were added and the state's borders were established for the first time in 1949. But Jerusalem was not yet under Israeli control (this was only in the Jubilee year 1966/1967). As a result of the war and the expulsion of Jews from Arab states, there was a great wave of immigration to Israel from 1949. In 1949/1950, the world divided into two camps (East-West conflict) and the Cold War increased significantly, leading to the dramatic emergence of two German states in 1949, right in the middle of the two global blocs. In 1949/1950 all 4 blood moons were visible over Israel. And there is a reason for this! The most important event was that through the peace treaties of 1949 Israel regained its own state border and began to live as its own independent state and was recognised by other states. The founding of the state is not only a temporal sign for Israel, but also for the whole world: The Bible compares Israel several times to a fig tree (cf. Lk 13:6-9). Jesus worked for 3.5 years to get the Jews to turn to God, but they would not and had him killed. Therefore, the fig tree was cut down by the Romans in 70 AD (Lk 13:6-9). The cut fig tree of Israel sprouts from 1948 and in 1949/1950 the sprout is consolidated (Mk 13:28-29; Is 11:1 literally speaks of a tree stump) and this new generation should not pass away until the events mentioned by Jesus in Mark's Gospel are fulfilled (Mk 13:1-30). So either 70 years (as some think) or more likely 80 years (1 generation) must be added to the years from 1949/50 onwards, so that the horrific sequences of events of the last days must be completed by 2019/2020 (after 70 years) or by a maximum of 2029/2030 (after 80 years), which will end with the return of Jesus and his followers. In Israel, the average life expectancy is about 80 years and this also coincides with Psalm 90:10: "Our life shall be 70 years, and when it is high, it shall be 80 years." The year 2018 is 70 years after the proclamation of the founding of the state in 1948. From the proclamation of the founding of the state in 2017. The fig tree (prophetic symbol for Israel) already has its branches and leaves! From the end of September 2017 the 70th and last year of Jubilee will begin and from that time great events will take place.
• 1967/1968: War in Israel (6-day war, June 5-10, 1967). Israel gets Jerusalem back! Israel wins unexpectedly against a great Muslim superiority. After 2,000 years, the city of Jerusalem with the Temple Mount comes back into Israeli hands. The year 1967 was also a so-called Jubilee year (for more info see above), the penultimate to the beginning of great events. There were 42 days from the first blood moon on 24 April 1967 (14 Nisan according to the Jewish calendar) to the start of the war on 5 June.
• 2014/2015: It is the last blood moon tetrad before the rapture and here it is interesting to see that from the last blood moon to the sign of Revelation 12 is exactly 726 days, the time of the rapture. But from that very day to Pentecost 2021 (May 17/18), it is again 1,335 days, as has already been explained in detail above in the text. These are not coincidences, but signs for the Bride of Christ.

What is remarkable is: the astronomical data are unquestionable, in less than 70 years there have been more blood moon tetrads than many centuries before. These celestial signs always announced special events for Israel and for the world.  Between 1949 and 2015 there are exactly 66 years (3x22). The 22 is the number of the Hebrew alphabet from Aleph to Taw and also the Bible has 66 books (3x22), a number of perfection and completion (see Structure of the Bible). There will never be a similar constellation again. The 2014/2015 tetrads are impressive, because exactly on Elul 29 (the end of the biblical year) there was a solar eclipse, which means termination and new beginning. Then followed the blood moons on the biblical feast days of Passover and Sukkot, which were widely seen from the USA to all over Europe, predicting war and stock market crashes.

In the Israeli press, the Pope was hailed as "His Holiness", although it is known to all that many Catholics were involved in the Holocaust of the Jews. Exactly from this May 26, 2014 to the proclamation of Jerusalem as the capital by President Donald Trump on December 6, 2017 (see above) is exactly 1,260 days. As described above, only 7 days later (on Dec 13, 2017) the Muslim nations recognised East Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. And until the blood moon on May 26 2017, it is again 1,260 days.  

26/05/2014 plus 1,260 days = 06/12/2017 (Recognition of Jerusalem)

13/12/2017 plus 1,260 days = 26/05/2021 (Blood Moon over America).

There have been many blood moons in history, but only those related to God's calendar (especially the tetrads) were of special prophetic significance. Especially important is the blood moon (September 28, 2015) of the last tetrad on the biblical feast days, because this was clearly visible from Israel over Europe to the USA and from this day until the sign from Revelation 12 there are 726 days and from this point on there are again 1,335 days with 3 years, 7 months and 26 days. The 726, the number of the Rapture, is symbolically linked several times with the astronomical and political events. We must always keep in mind that the 1,335 days mentioned in the Bible always add up to 3 years, 7 months and 26 days. And 1,260 days add up to 3 years, 5 months and 14 days. But 1,260 prophetic days (with 30 days in each month) are 42 prophetic months, i.e. 3.5 years.

Daniel 12:12: „Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.“

There are also loud trumpets at Pentecost, but not for everyone. In the text above it has already been described that the proclamation of the law at Mount Sinai on Pentecost took place under the sound of loud trumpets (Ex 19:19-20). The Lord came down. It was certainly no coincidence that it was on this day of all days, because Moses was supposed to go up at the same time, precisely on this and no other day.

Ex 19:18-20: „Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. 19 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder. 20 The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.“ 

Also when the Christian Church was founded (Acts 2:1-3.6), again a loud noise came from heaven. But this sound was only ever heard by the people of God (not the Egyptians and not the Gentiles). Thus it can be assumed that the "last trumpet" Paul describes can also only be heard by the firstfruits, the Bride of Christ, but not by the world, because the Rapture is only for the converted, for only they have received the Holy Spirit. It is true that a blowing of the trumpets on Shavuot (Pentecost) is not expressly prescribed (in contrast to the Day of the trumpets, Yom Teruah), but this is also no wonder, because this "trumpet of God" that Paul mentions is not intended for the people of Israel, but only for the Bride of Christ, that is, only for the elect from all peoples and nations. They will often be mocked and ridiculed by the Israelites, for some Jews claim that Christians are running after a supposed "failed Messiah". This is false, for the Bible reveals that the Messiah was to come to earth not once, but twice; once to die as a lamb for the sins of the people, and the second time as a lion to save Israel and the world from destruction (see the Rabbi Kaduri note on this).

The Bride of Christ will not hear the sound of a trumpet of men (hence there is officially no trumpet blowing on Shavuot), nor will she hear the trumpet of angels, but the unique and singular "trumpet of God". The world, on the other hand, will soon hear something completely different, namely the voice of alleged aliens (extraterrestrials) who supposedly want to save the world, but in reality will seduce and destroy it. This "trumpet of God" must under no circumstances be confused with the "last trumpet" from Revelation 11:15, because this will only sound 7 years after the Rapture.

• 1Thess 4:16-18: „For the Lord [=Jesus Christ] himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up [Strong no. 726; Greek harpagēsometha = will be raptured, will be caught away] together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.“
• John 10:27-30: „My sheep hear my voice, and I Jesus] know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.“
• 1Cor 15:50-53: „I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.“
• Rev 4:1-4: „After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. 4 Around the throne were 24 thrones, and seated on the thrones were 24 elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.“

This "last trumpet" is a very special and unique trumpet that differs from the others (see List) in one respect, for it is explicitly emphasised in that it is the "trumpet of God" (not of Jesus) that is for the deliverance of the Bride of Christ. This trumpet shows the final completion of the harvest of the firstfruits (of those first called from all nations, that is, the complete "Bride of Christ") when "until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in" (Rom 11:25). This trumpet reveals to the whole world who really belongs to Jesus and who does not (cf. parable of the 10 virgins). The Father hands over the Bride to His Son who comes to fetch her in the clouds. It is a special and historically unique trumpet of liberation (or the "wedding trumpet"). Importantly, because this spiritual "trumpet of God" is specifically dedicated to the spiritual "Bride of Christ", it does not necessarily have to sound on one of the biblical feast days, but can sound at any time; the spiritual bride of Christ can be raptured at any time. But a connection to Pentecost seems to be given, as can be shown by the many other biblical passages. That is why Jesus told us to watch and be ready at all times and not only on the biblical feast days. Although the feast days provide a good orientation, special political, economic, health (dangerous vaccination) or religious events in the world can also lead to the Rapture of the Bride of Christ. The seven Penal Trumpets of Revelation and the "seventh (or last) trumpet" that follow no longer concern the Bride (Rev 4), but those left behind on earth, for the Bride is no longer there. Even after the Rapture and in the Millennium there will be many more trumpets (see List of "last trupets"), but "the last trumpet" for the firstfruits (i.e. for the Bride of Christ) will only occur once in the history of mankind and never again thereafter (see the list of the "last trumpets"). 

In this context it should be mentioned that in the media and on TV it is reported again and again that supposedly extraterrestrials will come to earth. Some will claim that the raptured ones were taken away by them because they were against the World Unity Plan. The Bible is so clear: We will hear the voice of the archangel and not the voice of aliens. We shall hear the trumpet of God and not the trumpet of aliens. The dead in Christ will be raptured together with those who are still alive, and this will be done by Jesus and not by the aliens. We know Jesus and follow Him and not the aliens. We will meet the Lord [Jesus] in the clouds and not the aliens. We will be with the Lord and not with aliens. We will receive eternal life from God and not from aliens. No aliens can snatch us from the hand of God. Therefore, we will not be in the spaceships with the aliens, but we will be in spiritual heaven "always be with the Lord" (1Thess 4:17), together with Jesus Christ. We will receive eternal life in the spiritual dimension and not a short life as humans in ugly and destructible spaceships. The aliens are not above us, but we are above the aliens and will judge them later, when we will sit on the thrones together with Jesus. In other words, we will reign over the earth in the millennial empire together with Jesus, while the aliens will be in prison (Mt 19:28; 1Cor 6:2-3; Rom 16:20; Rev 2:26-28; 3:21; 20:1-3.10). It is impossible to say this more clearly. But people watch too much television and read too little in the Bible, so they believe all nonsense and let themselves be seduced. They will wake up when it will be too late.

At the feast of Pentecost (Acts 2) the Holy Spirit came down to earth and dwelt in the Christians. But at the Rapture the Holy Spirit who is in the converted Christians is taken out of the earth and goes up into heaven. This has dramatic consequences for the earth, because now evil can spread unhindered. But after the Tribulation, at the visible return of Jesus, the Holy Spirit will come down again, reach the entire earth and establish the Millennial Kingdom of Peace.

Thus it becomes clear that Christians who have already died and those who have been raptured alive will be transformed and given a spiritual body. Life here on earth is for the purpose of learning for eternity, building character and learning love, so that we can be inscribed in the Book of Life. It is a preparation and selection for eternity, because not all will receive eternal life as a gift from God, but only the righteous who walk the path of love and reject violence, injustice, selfishness and lies, who are redeemed by the sacrifice of Jesus. Why does Paul speak of a mystery? Quite simply because the Old Testament did not yet reveal the Rapture of converted Christians from all the countries of the world. At that time it was not yet known that God would also take care of all the Gentile nations, because the OT focuses mainly on Israel. The Rapture was only hinted at in the OT (see Bible passages). As Paul also makes clear here, the Rapture will not be a slow process, but will happen completely unexpectedly and in a split second: "suddenly, in the twinkling of an eye" (1Cor 15:52). On the "last trumpet". Paul makes it clear that there will indeed be people who will never die (fall asleep) but will be immediately changed from the physical (bodily) to the spiritual state (see also 1Thess 4:13-18). All the righteous will be transformed together, both those who have already died and the Christians who are still alive, when the Rapture will take place. Together they will go up. This takes place extremely quickly and in a whole new spiritual body, as the verses before in the 15th chapter prove.

The Church was founded 2,000 (40x50) years ago on a day of Pentecost with a loud noise from heaven (Acts 2:2). So if the Rapture were to take place again on a day of Pentecost, the trumpet of God would indeed be the "last trumpet" because from that day on the harvest of the firstfruits (the Bride of Christ) would be finished forever. We must distinguish between the "last trumpet" which is only for the Bride of Christ and signifies salvation (Acts 2; Rev 4), and the "last trumpet" for the ungodly world (Rev 11) which signifies punishment because the other 6 punitive trumpets preceded it; but at the same time the 7 trumpet also signifies salvation because Christ's return will end all suffering. 

No Christian can determine the exact time for the Rapture of the church. Every Christian must always be ready and alert. But it stands to reason that this could take place on one of the 7 biblical feasts, because God has his own Luni-Solar calendar and He is the creator of time. The seven feast days of the Bible are closely related to God's 7,000-year plan with humanity. It begins with the Passover and the blood of Jesus (salvation from the death penalty) and the establishment of the church after 49 days with the 7 Sabbaths of Pentecost (Shavuot, the 50th day) and the Age of Grace. The Rapture is the end of the Age of Grace. These were the first two harvests of the first fruits (Jesus and the Bride of Christ). But in the autumn the spiritual harvest of the late fruits continues: the Second Coming of Jesus follows after 2,000 years (and after the 7-year Tribulation) on the Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah), then comes the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) with our reconciliation with God and the capture of Satan (the root of all evil). After that comes the Millennium (Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles) where we will reign together with Jesus and finally the Final Judgement and the Last Great Day of Assembly (Shmini Azeret). This is followed by eternity in agape love, without suffering and tears, in a spiritual world together with God, our Papa. In God's plan, the meaning of life is revealed. Life here on earth was a training for eternity so that we learn love and God can separate the righteous from the unrighteous. However, life here on earth is not only a training to learn righteous character, but also a selection, for God sees whoever best implements His way of love will also have a higher rank in the Kingdom of God, for He has something that the world does not know, agape love. Those who have made themselves the smallest and served others in agape love will be the greatest in the kingdom of God. At the latest then all will realise that it was worthwhile to follow Jesus. We are now living right at the end of these 6,000 years. The next great event will be the Rapture, followed by the 7 years of tribulation, which will end with the return of Jesus, when Jesus will establish the 1,000-year kingdom, the 7th Millennium:

As has been clearly shown, there are many indications that speak for a Rapture on Pentecost. And there are also indications in the number symbolism and the 726, 1,260 and 1,335 days that actually point to the feast of Pentecost in 2021, i.e. to 17/18 of May 2021 according to God's calendar.

If the Rapture does not take place in 2021, it will hopefully take place in 2022-2024 because that would still harmonize with the prophetic dates. The year 2021 would be the first possibility, but the year 2022 is of special significance, because the 73rd year of Israel's birth (of the fig tree generation) ends here. It would therefore be the last possible option that God could choose and 2022 would then also be the end of the age of grace. With the beginning of the 7-year great tribulation (apparently starting in 2022), hell would literally break loose over the earth. But there is still a happy ending, because we will return to this earth together with our Lord Jesus Christ after these 7 years of tribulation and will provide peace and harmony forever. The Millennium (the Millennial Kingdom) will be beautiful and we will no longer think about suffering. The Bible informs about bad events, but it has a joyful gospel for mankind. 

For all those who read this text before or after the Rapture, the most important thing should be said in a few words:

Acts 4:10-12: „Let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.“ 

„But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end.

Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.“

(Daniel 12:4)

 „Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil“

(1Thessalonians 5:21-22)

„Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them“

(Epheser 5:11)