In Scripture
we find many words, phrases, and sentences. We find
historical accounts, parables, and poems. All these, and many
other structural pieces, are used by Yahuweh to speak various messages
to various people today.
There are many messages,
hidden throughout the Scriptures, addressed to the
Bride-Candidates. These messages are given by Yahuweh as
little love-notes, so that the Bride-Candidates might be greatly
encouraged, and might attend fully to their preparation for the
Bridegroom.
Who Will Know the Hour of the Bridegroom's Return?Today
there are many who claim that the hour of the Bridegroom's return can
not be known. This statemant is popular among nominal Believers,
but is based on mis-reading of the verb tenses within Matt 25:13.
Likewise, if that notion were true, it would contradict
Scripture elsewhere. Notice the following message
in Luke 12:
39 And this know,
that if the goodman of the house had known what hour
the thief would
come, he would have watched, and not have suffered
his house to be
broken through. (Luke 12:39) Here,
we see that first the Bride-Candidates are told that they should know
the hour,
and second, that they should "Watch."
Likewise in
Revelation, the Bride is warned that if she will not "Watch" the
resulting punishment is that she will NOT know the "hour, time, and
season" in which the Bridegroom will come:
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Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and
repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will
come on thee as a
thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come
upon
thee. (Revelation 3:3) An
additional bit of information for the Bride, along with a warning, can
be seen in Luke 21:
34 And take
heed to yourselves, lest ... that day come upon you
unawares. 35
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell
on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray
always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these
things that shall come to pass... (Luke 21:34-36) In
these verses, we get two additional hints concerning the
Bride's
removal. First, her removal constitutes the escaping of "all
these things." The word for escape, Strongs number
<1628> ekpheugo,
means literally "to out-flee, to escape by flight." Since the
whole earth will experience the snare, the escape must be from the
earth itself.
Second, the Bride removal appears to
mark the
beginning of the snare events. In verse 34 above, we also see
that the day will come to many unawares - suddenly, and without public
knowledge or fanfare.
From
all the above passages, we get the message loud and
clear - that the we are to know the "hour, time, and season," and that we
are to "watch." Perhaps Yahuweh knows we will be more earnest
in watching when we know exactly when His return will be.
To
those who are not Bride-Candidates, however, knowing the Day and Hour
in advance is not possible until the very day of the Bride's
departure. These non-Bride
candidates have been convinced by their leaders that "no man will
know the day and hour" of the Bridegroom's return. And so, because
they have not taken heed, and watched, they will not know the
hour, and will not prepare themselves.
Like the Sons of the Prophets, who knew of Elijah's departure on the
very day, these non-Bride-Candidates will not have enough time to
prepare. These are the ones that will hear, "I never knew
you."
When Will the Bridegroom Return?
Two or Three Witnesses Will TellMany today have
sought the Scriptures, to determine the possible time of the return of
the Bridegroom. It is certain that Yahuweh has hidden within
Scripture many different messages, all telling the Bride-Candidates
just when His return will be. Many are counting days, weeks,
and years; many are counting Shabuwas, Jubilees, and epochs.
With so many possible clues to the time of His return, why do we
conclude so many different "dates" from the Scriptures? Since
it appears that Yahuweh does indeed intend for His Bride to know the
hour of His return, why is there so much lack of agreement on the date
of His return? Is it possible that there has been a
calendar-activated lock on the Scriptures, so that men will not know,
until the time is right? Does Yahuweh use a time-activated
lock on understanding of Scriptures?
When
we do begin to know and understand the day and hour of His return, it
is certain that there will be abundant witness in Scripture, and there
will be agreement of two or three of these witnesses. For
something so important, it is probable that Yahuweh will provide many
more witnesses, even scores of Scriptural witnesses, to give
confirmation and agreement.
There are many phrases
in Scripture describing certain hours, days, times, and
seasons. Some of these phrases may become witnesses of the
time of the Bridegroom's return. One of these is the phrase,
"the tenth day." This phrase "tenth day" is highly
significant to the Bride, so we will look at two of them in
Scripture.
The Tenth Day -
Scripture
Scenario 1We recall from Scripture two things that happened
on the tenth day of the First Month:
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Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day
of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to
the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
(Exodus 12:3) In the
above scenario, we see that it was on the Tenth Day of the
First month, that the lamb is to be "taken" into the House.
This word "taken" is Strong's number <03947>.
Notice carefully the Strong's Definitions for this word:
03947
laqach {law-kakh'} a primitive root; TWOT - 1124; v
AV
- take 747, receive 61, take away 51, fetch 31, bring 25, get 6,
take out 6, carry away 5, married 4, buy 3, misc 26; 965
1) to
take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy,
bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take, take in the hand
1a2) to take and carry along
1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away
1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of,
select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept
1a5) to take up or upon, put upon
1a6) to fetch
1a7) to take, lead, conduct
1a8) to take, capture, seize
1a9) to take, carry off
1a10) to take (vengeance)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be captured
1b2) to be taken away, be removed
1b3) to be taken, brought unto
1c) (Pual)
1c1) to be taken from or out of
1c2) to be stolen from
1c3) to be taken captive
1c4) to be taken away, be removed
1d) (Hophal)
1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto
1d2) to be taken out of
1d3) to be taken away
1e) (Hithpael)
1e1) to take hold of oneself
1e2) to flash about (of lightning)
Dear
Bride-Candidate, as we look at some of the definitions above for the
word "take," we see several of these that could describe the Bride.
Might the above Tenth Day
scenario be a
description of the Bride, as a lamb being "fetched,
taken, seized, snatched, and
brought" into the Heavenly Father's House on the Tenth Day of the first
Month?
The
Tenth Day - Scripture Scenario 2Let's notice the second
instance of the Tenth day:
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And the people "came up" <05927> out of Jordan on the
tenth day of the first month, and encamped in
Gilgal, in the east
border of Jericho. (Joshua 4:19) In
the above passage, we see from the Strong's definition of the Hebrew
word <05927>, that the people literally "ascended" to
the Promised Land, from out of the Jordan - where they went over "dry"
- speaking of being free from the waters of "death." Might
this be speaking of the Bride, "ascending" on the Tenth Day of the
First Month - as the first fruits of the Harvest?
So
we see clearly that the Tenth Day of the Biblical First Month
is, in some way, highly significant to the Bride.
With
regard to knowing the hour, is it mere coincidence that the Greek word
for hour in the NT, hora -
Strong's Number <5610>, meaning "hour, time, and
season" - is
used 108 times in Scripture? This number 108 reminds us of
Psalms 108,
which may speak prophetically of the Julian-year 2008. (See Numbers
in
Scripture).
One
by one, the two or three witnesses of Scripture will establish every
matter, including the date of the return of the Bridegroom for
the
Bride.
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