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FIRST, Thursday, May 17 will be Ascension Day, observing the day Jesus rose into heaven. "After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight" (Acts 1:9). This came 40 days after the resurrection. "He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:3). This is a type of rapture, and for that reason many believe the rapture itself will be on some Ascension Day.
SECOND, Wednesday, May 16 (overlapping May 17), will be Iyyar 28 on the Jewish calender. Possibly the most important prophetic day in 2,000 years was June 7, 1967 when Israeli forces took Jerusalem in the miracle Six-Day War. In Israel, they observe the day, called "Jerusalem Day," not according to the modern Gentile calendar but according to the Jewish calendar. On the Jewish calendar, June 7, 1967 was on Iyyar 28. Again, in 2007, Iyyar 28 will land on Wednesday, May 16.
Therefore, since that Jewish day begins at sundown on the 16th, that means Ascension Day, or the 17th, begins just a few hours later, which makes both days overlap. These two major historical dates coincide in 2007!
But that's not all! It is a once-in-history convergence!
THE TWO DATES COINCIDE ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT 1967 EVENT! THEREFORE, MAY 16/17, 2007 MARKS THE END OF WHAT MANY CONSIDER A BIBLICAL GENERATION. And it was In that war that Israel, the biblical fig tree, "sprouted its leaves" and recaptured not only Jerusalem, but the Golan Heights, Gaza and the West Bank. Jesus' words seem extremely relevant:
Originally posted by stumason
Why is the June 7th 1967 such a prophetic day? What is the significance of May 17th?
Possibly the most important prophetic day in 2,000 years was June 7, 1967 when Israeli forces took Jerusalem in the miracle Six-Day War.
Originally posted by stumason
Fair enough, if your biblically minded and believe you'll float off to heaven at some random point, you may also be daft enough to believe that 40 years is an important date.
Me, personally, I won't be sitting at the breakfast table wandering when I am going to float off through my roof. Or do you have to be outside? Can you "ascend" to heaven if your indoors?
Originally posted by fingapointa
Do you think, if I chained twenty or so of the right people together, I could float up with them? Or would I just create a Christio-dirigible? I need to know a.s.a.p. It's just that, I'm gonna have to start buying the rope and a lawn chair soon. Thanks.
Originally posted by stumason
Fair enough, if your biblically minded and believe you'll float off to heaven at some random point.
Originally posted by stumason
Here's another prophetic date for you, May 18th. My birthday. Looking good so far if all the Christians have buggered off.
That is actually not a very bad idea to meet your maker. I mean, I read about the lawn chair pilot guy in California. If someone had the resources and wanted to ascend in a certain manner physical and spiritual, you could certainly get a weather balloon and a chair and take one last ride into the thin high altitude air. It would be a beautiful sight to behold as long as you had a nice heavy coat to stay warm.
But the scary thing is your president does and takes advice on policies from these nutjobs.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
There is no such thing as a rapture.
It's not in the bible at all. It's soul-candy theology - tastes great but is really bad for you.
It was invented in the mid 1800s by failed Anglican Priest Nelson Darby.
The Rapture Cult spread through evangelical groups in the USA.
Out of 2 billion Christians, only the fundamentalists are the ones that
buy into the rapture cult.
Face to face
Sadly solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture
Originally posted by Flyer
Thats why hes doing his best to start WWIII ....