Some Interesting Stuff...

[lds2]

The majority of the Lord’s seven Feast days or “divine appointments” were fulfilled during His first coming, i.e., on the Feast of Passover He was crucified, on the Feast of Unleavened Bread He was buried, on the Feast of First Fruits He was resurrected and on Pentecost the righteous received the Holy Ghost. We know His fall Feasts will be fulfilled with His second coming and these Feast days are the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles were the Feast days when the Jews were required to make a pilgrimage to the temple in Jerusalem. Latter-day Saints also celebrate these times similarly with April and October general conference.

Israel in the scriptures is likened to a fig tree. In the Olivet discourse the Lord told his disciples that after the fig tree put forth leaves that “this generation shall not pass away till all these things be fulfilled.” Scripturally a generation was 40 years, 70-80 years or 100 years. So the next possible fulfillment of a generation is seventy years from 1947-48 (when Israel once again became a nation) or 2017. It is interesting that a jubilee (50 years) from 1967 (when Jerusalem became part of Israel) is also 2017.

The number 50 is significant to the Lord. It marked a “pentecost” which was originally one of the Lord’s seven Feast days marking the “harvest of wheat” which was 50 days after the “harvest of barley” or Passover. Also, the Lord had Shmitas or Sabbath years where the land was left fallow and debts were forgiven (every seventh year.) After seven Shmitas or on the 50th year there was a jubilee where all lands and slaves returned to the original family and debts were again remitted.

In Genesis we are told that mankind’s days will be 120 years. If these were jubilee years that would mean there would be 6,000 years for man. This earth has a temporal existence of 7,000 years (D&C 77), or ~6,000 years and then the millennium.

It is believed by Jewish scholars that lunar eclipses are signs to the Jews and solar eclipses are signs to the gentiles. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 there was a total solar eclipse on the same day of the Jewish calendar, three years in a row! That Jewish calendar date was the first of Av which falls within the Jews' time of mourning for Tisha B'Av (which was a very significant day throughout Jewish history when both temples were destroyed and other calamities came upon the Jews.)

In 2014-2015, there will be a tetrad of “blood moons” or total lunar eclipses on Jewish Feast days falling on the most significant Feast days of Passover and Tabernacles. Also in 2015 will be two solar eclipses falling on the religious Jewish New Year and the Feast of Trumpets. The final Feast of Tabernacles will not only be a rare total lunar eclipse, but a Supermoon as well, when the moon will be the closest to the Earth that year and so will look huge in the night sky.

Rabbi Jonathan Cahn believes that 9/11/2001 was significant as a judgment to the United States of America because George Washington consecrated our country to the Lord at a chapel at ground zero on April 30, 1789. On 9/11 a sycamore tree protected this chapel from destruction and was ceremonially replaced later by a Cedar tree. Rabbi Cahn believes that Isaiah 9:10 addresses this event where it says, “The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.” His thoughts are particularly interesting regarding Shmita years and the actual Shmita day of Elul 29. This is the day debt was wiped away if the Jews were living righteously. He believes when the people aren’t righteous it becomes a day of judgment. In 2001 this day was the biggest stock market point crash in our history. At the next Shmita year in 2008, again on Elul 29, was an even bigger record breaking point crash. The next Elul 29 on a Shmita year will be the 13th day of September 2015, that is also the last of the 2015 solar eclipses, which day shares the evening hours with the Jewish Feast day of Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets.)

It is said that in the year 1217, Rabbi Judah ben Samuel prophesied that for 8 jubilees the Ottoman Turks would rule over Jerusalem. Six jubilees later they did take control of Jerusalem in 1517. He also foretold that during the 9th jubilee Jerusalem would be a “no man’s land.” During WWI the allied forces took control of Jerusalem (1917) and during the following jubilee no individual country controlled Jerusalem. Jerusalem became a part of Israel at the beginning of the 10th jubilee or in 1967 at the conclusion of the 6 Day War. Rabbi Judah ben Samuel is also said to have predicted that during the 10th jubilee, Jerusalem would be controlled by Israel and this jubilee would include the Jews' messianic “end times.” This 10th jubilee will have ended in 2018. While this translation has not been verified yet by others, it is very interesting.

Also in 2017, Jupiter “the king” planet will come from the Virgo constellation, some believe in fulfillment of Rev 12:1-2.

Edited January 11, 2014 by lds2

[lds2]

This is much of what is on the longer Feast days thread, but in summary. It is written this way in case someone here would like to share it with others in an e-mail, newsletter, blog, or ? It will fit on one page with enlarged margins and 11 point type as well.

While I can't say what it all means, it seems that things are progressing towards something significant for the Jews or for us and it would be well to know about that and to prepare as guided by the First Presidency...and then as the Spirit directs.

In 2007, the First Presidency sent a message to the Church in several ways, first they said this message was coming, then they gave it in pamphlet form to all the bishops to have the home teachers distribute to every member of the church, then they put it in the Ensign/Liahona, and they still provide pamphlets free of charge through Church distribution.

In this message from the First Presidency, to the whole Church, they say that we have been blessed with abundance and it is a commandment from Heavenly Father to "prepare every needful thing." They talk of buying three months worth of food ahead of when you will use it, and having a longer-term supply (of things that will last a very long time, just in case. In most areas less than 1 in 20 LDS families have such a supply. Bishop McMullin promised that if we had it, we could expect miracles.

https://www.lds.org/topics/food-storage?lang=eng

It is my News Year's resolution to help as many people as I can prepare. If you need any advice just ask on this forum, there are more people than just me ready and willing to help.

Currently you can just walk into a home storage center and pay with your card and walk out with enough food for your family's "longer-term" storage needs (if you can do so without going into debt.) We are asked to get as much as we can for our own family, to help our neighbor's and to help the Bishop should calamity strike, e.g., a pandemic such as the one in 1918 would require three months or more of food in your home (as trucks wouldn't be running and stores wouldn't be open), or...North Korea and some other countries who feel we are their enemy are working to create missiles in order to create an EMP blast which would take out our electric grid and almost all electronics (including those in most cars and trucks), and then there are the run of the mill calamities we see on TV most nights.

Home Storage Center Locations Map

If there isn't a home storage center near you, you can now order food storage and the Church will deliver it to your doorstep by ordering from the Church catalog. It is more expensive because the price includes shipping.

Self-Reliance - store.lds.org

The scriptures warn of a lot of things in Matthew 24, but there are some specific events we are warned of. We expect at least two wars and a future famine caused by hail. It would be well to get enough food tucked away during this time of abundance to make it through such times. The Church has said they don't have the food stored, that it must be stored in our own homes. If a neighbor were willing to share with others a whole month's supply of his food it would not go far. If it were rice it would give each person in an average 500 member ward 1/3 cup cooked rice, which is less than a side dish serving. There is a reason the Church has emphasized SELF-reliance.

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Edited January 10, 2014 by lds2

[mirkwood]

If you need any advice just ask on this forum, there are more people than just me ready and willing to help.

For my part, you don't even need to ask. Here is my advice: Easy Preparedness