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The Night of Seven Watches

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In the previous study, two of the Rav Sheva were compared and shown to correspond with each other. Let's build upon that foundation as we now consider the famine or "night watches" week of years!

The Shabbat Divider - 6 / 1

The pattern of six units of work followed by one of rest was extended to another type of week in Leviticus 25.

This cycle is known as the Shemittah cycle, "Shemittah" referring to the Shabbat year of rest. If you have become familiar with the subject of the Appendix, The Harvest allegory, you may note that this agricultural cycle prophesies of the redemption of the creation, including mankind!

As noted in the creation and millennial weeks, the theme of rest in the seventh day is prominent. This rest is a primary theme of the Shabbat or Shemittah night watch too. Another is the execution of judgment, where the wrath of God is visited upon the disobedient.

The following passages are often interpreted in the context of the millennial week. Do they not also apply to a literal day and to a literal year?

This year-day Shemittah will be a rest year for the saints as they are protected and cared for, but, a season of wrath for others. I believe there is a literal 24 hour kind of day most particularly appointed for the conclusion of the wrath, and that there is also a year appointed for retribution. The Lord calls this the year of his redemption.

That year will also be a year of the Lord's favor, similar to when Y'shua proclaimed its fulfillment in Luke 4:18-19 and further applying to those who would come after His kind, who will grieve in Zion and upon whom the Sprit of the Sovereign Lord is.

I will close this section with an interesting view of the Famine shabbat with the days of the week figuratively stated as calamities.

The Hebrew word for "rescue" is "natzal," meaning the same as "rapture." This is not a "pre-tribulation rapture." This truth will become very obvious through the course of this series.

The Exodus Divider : 2 ½ / 4½

A passage in Hosea that applies to the millennial week applies to the Shemittah week of years as well. Indeed, the reference to the spring rains in association with the Lord's appearing suggests that a particular week of years is the most fitting context in which this prophecy will be fulfilled.

The manner of revelation of the appearance of new resurrection life in the midst of the third day of the Shemittah week is largely that of relative chronology.

Whereas the timepieces of absolute chronology indicate hard calendar dates, the relative timepieces indicate chronology relative to a specified context. the evidence I am about to present regarding the Exodus division is some of the most exciting and dramatic revelation I have been blessed to receive! Many keys to the opening of the scroll of the book will be utilized and those of you with a hearing ear will rejoice at the grace of our Lord Y'shua who fulfill His promises in us!

Rather than distribute the presentation of the divisions of the Rav Sheva over many documents, I'm going to keep them all on this document and simply link to these other collateral studies, which you will want to read in the sequence as presented and then return here to continue.

If you have not yet read the two Appendices about the Bride, ( Bridegroom & Bride, The Bride Theft ) you will want to do so at this time because the Bridegroom's taking of a Bride is the pivotal event. The revelation of the Bride's identity was for me a breakthrough revelation because of the process of unlearning that was required. This took me some time - and may take you some time to come to the point of acceptance. I had to break through the barrier of error by a process of trusting the Lord as He confronted and shattered my belief system that had been built on the doctrines of men, which are in reality the doctrines of demons. Take as much time as you need. When you're ready - come on back! If you find you can't accept what I wrote about the Bride Theft yet, keep reading on through to the end of this series and you will see why I have such a conviction about it. The basis for it is more substantial than I know how to offer in one or two focused presentations.

Joseph and Benjamin - Part I
Joseph and Benjamin - Part II

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This vivid presentation of the Bridegroom and the Bride as represented by the two sons of Jacob and Rachel is rich. As the lessons learned in it were a foundation upon which the Lord would continue to build in my personal curriculum, so it is that we begin here. The study spans the first and second advents of HaMashiach and addresses very many of the related sub-prophecies the Author has so beautifully woven in. Here you will find in-depth presentations on subjects like the parenthetically inserted prophecy of Tamar's birth that reveals the structure of the age, and the prophetic meaning of Joseph's silver cup of divination. The time element brought forward is that the 144k sons of Israel come to accept Y'shua as their messiah after two years of the Famine week with five left remaining.

Passing Through the Iron Gate - Part I
Passing Through the Iron Gate - Part II

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This is the revelation that perhaps most dramatically changed the way I read the Bible. I began to become fluent in the language of prophecy. The account of Peter having been imprisoned by Herod but miraculously released is a prophetic picture of the Bride Theft. The transition into the new Jerusalem takes place as Peter and the angel pass through the iron gate. Peter immediately goes to a house where people are assembled, bears witness of his release and commissions them, a picture of the 144k sons of Israel receiving the witness of the Bride and being sent with the same commission given in the previous view from Genesis. The timing is also the same as what was learned in Genesis. Both occur in the context of a great famine. And further, the word for guard in verse 10 is "phulake," which is a word also translated as a night watch. In the prophetic language of Acts, having passed the first and second guard-watch equates to the same time marked in Genesis where the very same subjects prophesied of are in view! This stunning account in the twelfth chapter of Acts adds a further detail, revealing that these events took place on the last day of Pesah, which is Abib or Nisan 21 on the Hebrew calendar. The position relative to the Famine week is confirmed - and we have learned a calendar date relative to the annual feast cycle. Still, there is no anchor.

An Appendix you may want to read if you haven't done so already is What Will Their Acceptance be but Life From the Dead? This is a vital revelation about the meaning of the excerpted phrase from Romans 11, and of what I call the Jew / Gentile plan.

The Twenty-First Chapter of John

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Having a foundation of knowledge regarding the Bride and the 144k sons of Israel, I was able to understand the relationship Paul described in Romans 11 between the Jews acceptance of Y'shua and a subsequent resurrection. As this revelation opened to me, I saw in the last chapter of the book of John yet another precise and confirming prophetic scenario! When the disciple symbolic of the 144k recognized the Lord, the disciple symbolic of the bride immediately clothed himself (with immortality) and went to be with the Lord! In this account, the time element pictured agrees with the relative position in the week established in the two previous scenarios.

The Twenty-First Day of the Seventh Month

Although Haggai is a historical book about the rebuilding what had been known as Solomon's Temple with a setting in the fall, it prophesies of the rebuilding of the temple made without hands that is the Lord's dwelling in His people in the Spring of the year. The name Haggai means "my feasts," and there are several dates given in the book, some of which correspond to feast dates on the Hebrew Calendar. One in particular, the twenty-first day of the seventh month, caught my interest after having recognized the significance of the last day of pesah in Peter's Acts twelve prison escape. Because I had learned about the Bride Theft and the sealing and commissioning of the one hundred forty-four thousand sons of Israel, and their Romans 11:15 relationship, the prophetic view I found when I read the second chapter of Haggai became yet another confirmation of the time and events. I had seen the clues on the surface text that pointed to the spring Feasts, and it wasn't long before the Lord provided further confirmation from the underlying ELS codes. I've provided a supplementary page just for the Haggai ELS Codes.

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

This prophetic scenario pictures the church age as a number of about five thousand men (plus women and children) sitting on the green grass in companies of fifty. It takes place around Pesah and relates closely to the prophetic scenarios in Genesis and John twenty-one. In this prophecy, the bread and fish representing the Lord is distributed by the disciples and they are fed until satisfied. The end of the age is marked by their having eaten and being satisfied. The transition to the 144,000 sons of Israel is presented as the remnants of bread and fish are collected and seen to fill twelve baskets. This represents the revelation of and acceptance of Y'shua by Israel.

The Exodus Archetype

The Exodus models all resurrections, but one most particularly: The Bride Theft. As you come to understand the Exodus crossing on the prophetic level you will gain more insight into why it is that, time and again, reference is made in the Bible to this particular record of miraculous salvation, and, why it is standard of God's power, mercy and grace towards His people. The point is made very emphatically that the Bride Theft is no minor event on the Bridegroom's schedule of appointments!

The Jericho Scenario

Similar to the Exodus Archetype in many respects, this account of the taking of the city of Jericho presents a vivid and timely message about the judgment of the church on the last day of the seven day Feast following the Pesah. Of all the scenarios covered here and linked on this page, this one speaks to me most loudly of the destruction of the non-Bride church at the time of the Bride Theft.

Peter's Vision of the Gentile Age

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While I was studying the number three as a resurrection number, I saw that the vision Peter was given just prior to taking the gospel to the Gentiles was a picture of the whole Gentile age, culminating in resurrections. In this scenario, a fascinating connection to the sealing of the 144k is noted.

Other 2/5 Divisions Revealed in Cryptic Prophecies

When I searched for examples of how other sets of seven are divided, I found four. In these, the seven can be seen to divided into a set of two and a set of five. No kidding! Two of these accounts involve children, one, fishermen and one, food items. All are cryptic prophecies relating to the watches in the night.

She Who Was Barren has Borne Seven Children

Briefly, 1 Samuel 2 lays the foundation for Samuel as a type of the 144,000. His parents, Hannah and Elkanah represent Israel and the church. The famine week is seen in symbolism as the seven children borne by she who was barren.

The name "Hannah" means, “He was gracious.” 1 Samuel 2:21a reads, “And the Lord was gracious to Hannah;” which, expanded, reads: “And the Lord was gracious to “he was gracious.” Our attention is dramatically drawn to the verse because the meaning of the name is found there, a common device for bringing a hidden prophecy to our attention! This verse is the one in which the rest of Hannah’s children are mentioned, emphasizing an apparent discrepancy (a riddle to be solved) regarding her children!

Here’s the whole verse.

Let's do the math. Samuel plus three sons equals four, plus two daughters equals six children. Where's the seventh child? There's no further information anywhere to be found in the Bible, so we're left with a curiosity about the number of children. Here's my understanding of the riddle. When the prophecy is given that "she who was barren has borne seven children," the "children" are to be understood in the end time prophetic sense consistent with the context. It looks to me as though the seven are grouped into two, (Samuel and ???) and then five (three sons and two daughters).

Let's move on to the next children-as-years scenario.

Saul's Seven Male Descendants

These seven children are found in the context of the payment of the penalty for a sin. Saul had sinned against the Lord and brought a famine upon the land as a consequence. Saul is widely recognized as a symbol of the wheat/Shavuot church. These seven are his sons, sacrificed to pay a penalty for his sin and bring the famine to an end. This account is another extensive prophetic scenario like many we've seen but since the "Ritzpah" study is not yet prepared for presentation let me just show you the 2/5 split so we can continue on.

Seven children, two sons of Rizpah and five sons of Adriel; a two/five split.

Seven Fishermen

In The Twenty-First Chapter of John there is a remarkable view of the Bride Theft. In this cryptic prophetic scenario, there are seven men in a boat on the Sea of Tiberias. These seven can be divided into two categories; those who are identified and those who are not; a two/five split.

During that account, two of the disciples can be seen to have lead roles while the other five do not. This is a five/two split.

Seven Miraculous Food Items

The Feeding of the Five Thousand was a miracle accomplished with seven food items. This account symbolically illustrates of the transition of the ages that occurs at the Bride Theft. These seven items are in two categories - bread and fish.

This is another five/two split.

The First Advent Divider - 4 / 3

Now, how do we see this demarcation evidenced within the watches in the night? We should expect to find an event that compares to the creation of the sun and the coming of the Messiah. I believe we see such a thing in what is called the abomination of desolation. This event ranks alongside armageddon in popular familiarity, known to most anyone who has ever heard a sermon on Bible prophecy. We find what is perhaps the most popular warning about this event in Matthew's gospel.

Now that's the kind of dramatic transition in character we might expect to correlate with the significance of the 4/3 split seen in the other two kinds of weeks! The passage that follows shows another view of the abomination that causes desolation standing in the holy place.

An abomination has to do with idols, idolatry - the worship of something in place of God. The abomination of, or, "that causes" desolation compares to the creation of the sun and the coming of HaMashiach in this way: It is the revelation of a counterfeit sun, an anti-sun, antichrist. This is not the revelation to the Bride that will take place just prior to her departure to be with her Bridegroom but an event that will impact another people, taking place about a year and a half later.

As it was observed in Resurrection on the Third Day, the seventh day is a third day, too, counting from the beginning of the fourth day. Given this principle, knowing that there is a Shabbat or Shemittah year appointed for resurrection, I believe the beginning of the fourth day in this week of years is appointed for a significant new beginning, a very dramatic birthing time. Not a birth quite like the bringing forth of the first Adam or even the Last Adam, but of the one who will masquerade as the Last Adam -birthed from Above in awesome power. In an upcoming study about the Sign for the Bride, this matter is exposited in detail.

The Tradition of the Midpoint Division

If you ask most students of prophecy about dividing points in the seven years they call "the tribulation," the answer you will get is that there is one division in the middle after 3½ years - the abomination of desolation. As I understand it, the basis for the traditional assumption of a 3½ / 3½ split in Daniel's seventieth week is one verse of scripture.

I read "middle" in this verse and I understand what middle ( or midst) means, but the exact midpoint is not the only interpretation. Because of what we now know about the harmony of rav sheva, if a major event is going to divide this crucial week of years at its midpoint it must be marked in both the creation and millennial weeks. Unless God has neglected to uphold the integrity of this important witness, it must be so.

So, do these pattern weeks exhibit a midpoint division? No, they don't. What dramatic event can be found that divides history at the midpoint of the fourth millennial day? No event compares to events like the Flood, the Exodus or the Messiah's birth. Even among lessor events of that time, none may be found that remotely compare to the abomination of desolation. If there was such a significant event around 500 BC, shouldn't we be able to easily identify it? A review of history's time line shows that Cyrus the Great of Persia had over a quarter century earlier freed the Judeans previously held captive in Babylon. Although this was important, nothing may be found at that point in the history of the entire world that could be seriously considered a major dividing point.

Consider the fourth day of the Creation week. The most basic architectural structure of the fourth day account is a two part division; however, the second is merely a repetition of the first. (see Encoded Messages Found in the Bible's Literary Structure) No distinction in character is made in the two halves like we see in the divided third day.

With eyes that have been opened to see the Lord's calendar markers, it should be clear that the tradition of a midpoint division must be rejected as having no valid foundation. There is no division of the seven at the midpoint. The division in the midst of the Shemittah week comes at the same point of the division in the midst of the millennial week, as the fourth day transitions into the fifth.

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