Summary of Bible references on the Rapture

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There are several more interesting things about Purim.

1. We are told that it (the rapture?) is an appointed day but we are also told that the Lord will turn there holiday into mourning. So it isn't one of the Lord's holy days.

Purim fits these two requirements, it isn't one of the Lord's feast days but it is an appointed day.

2. We are also told that this will be on a full moon. Again, that points to Purim, or the 15th of Av. However, the 15th of Av would be those who are rejoicing that the curse is over at the end of the tribulation, while Purim seems more appropriated for the end of the Church age.

3. Jesus said no one knows the day or the hour. Some saw that referring to the Feast of Trumpets as it is an expression used in Jesus' day to refer to the Feast of Trumpets. But the feast of Trumpets is clearly at the new moon and that contradicts other verses where it is an appointed day at the Full Moon. However, Purim fits this description. There are two different days chosen to celebrate it and there is no specificity concerning the hour you are to celebrate as there is with the Feasts of the Lord.

These are additional Bible verses that agree with Purim. So far all the verses agree with Purim, and even though each individual verse could agree with several different days, there is no other day on the Jewish calendar that agrees with every verse.

4. Then consider the season. The Antichrist is given 7 years to rule and reign. The Bible is very precise telling us it will be 2,520 days. We also know this seven year period will begin shortly after the rapture. We are told specifically that the man of sin will be revealed after the restrainer steps aside, or is removed. If you understand that to refer to the rapture then the rapture should take place prior to these seven years beginning. It seems to me that if the tribulation is a very precise seven year period it would begin on the first day of the year. As far as the Jews and the Messiah are concerned I would think the first day of the year is Nisan 1. A rapture two weeks beforehand would fall on Purim.

As you can see we have many different verses, none of which give us the day or the hour, but collectively they greatly narrow down the options.
 
Also, one more interesting thing about this Purim. It is the third year in a row that we have had a blood moon, and also the third year in a row that six planets have been lined up in a row.

One prophesy indicates that the rapture takes place after a solar eclipse followed by a lunar eclipse. It is a little more specific as the moon is turned to blood, indicating a blood moon. Not all lunar eclipses are blood moons. Still a Lunar eclipse following a solar eclipse is generally a yearly thing or at least every two years. However, to have a blood moon on Purim three years in a row, that has never happened during the church age and as far as we can tell won't happen again, ever. So we are looking at a very unique sign in the heaven that also aligns with prophesies in the Bible about the rapture.
 
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Introduction

There are prophecies in the Bible indicating that the Day of the Lord begins with a major event on "an appointed day". This major event could be the rapture, though that would be an educated guess. This appointed day is not one of the holy feast days of the Lord; rather, we are also told in the prophecies that it is a feast of the Jews (Amos 8:10) and not one of the seven feasts of the Lord in Leviticus. We are also told it is on a full moon (Proverbs 7:20). Since Purim fits those three conditions, this essay looks at Purim to see if it aligns with what we know about the rapture.

This Purim thesis is just that — an educated guess supported by numerous Bible passages and a particular interpretation. If it passes, it simply means the thesis was lacking or in error. The benefit of this study is not in guessing when the rapture date is or when the tribulation begins. Knowing either of those things doesn’t help you if you aren’t raptured. The benefit is in seeing the prophecies fulfilled, which is an encouragement and a comfort. It is encouraging to those running the race that we can see the finish line approaching, and it is a comfort to know that Jesus Christ saw all these things coming two thousand years ago. The second benefit is to look at Mordecai and Esther as positive examples for the church and to apply that example to the things going on right now in the world. When we look at Esther as a shadow of the rapture, it helps us understand the rapture better. This is the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27). Many of the prophecies have been fulfilled concerning Christ’s first coming, giving us the nature (Isaiah 7:14), time (Daniel 9:26) and place (Micah 5:2). In the same way I am looking for similar prophecies about the Lord’s second coming. Daniel 7 and Revelation 19-20 both are prophetic passages that assert that God is the sovereign one over the entire earth. Prophecy encourages us that God created the creation good (Genesis 1-2) and will restore it to that condition (Revelation 21-22). Prophecy describes our blessed hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). Prophecy gives us guidelines as to how we are to live a godly life (2 Peter 3:10-13).

Finally, I have edited this document and I am sharing it because we have been commanded by the Lord to watch and to warn.

Luke 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

The main reason I started this blog was because no one talked about the rapture and I felt I needed to know about this topic. This is precisely what I mean by the title “summary of Bible references on the rapture”. This is a collection of many of the most relevant Bible references all in one feast day. (I will provide the Pdf, but some people do not like to open links so I am also giving you this that you can cut and paste.)
 
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Part One: The Typology of Esther and the Rapture
Twelve Reasons Purim Is the Only Feast That Fully Shadows the Rapture
  1. We see the apostasy with Vashti (Esther 1:10-22). The apostasy is a departure from Jesus Christ as Lord, and from the word of God being inerrant. Jesus said one would be taken and one left (Luke 17:34), and the word “left” means divorced. Purim is the only feast day that signifies both the one being taken (Esther) and the one being divorced (Vashti). The 9th of Av and the 15th of Av are the only other days on the Jewish calendar that would come close.
  2. We see a beauty contest in Esther (Esther 2) — the only place in the Bible where such a contest appears. You can also say that the rapture is a "beauty contest" if you consider the criteria in Song of Songs as the criteria for this contest (Song of Songs 4:1-7).
  3. There is a depiction of Mordecai and Esther "restraining evil". We know that the rapture is when the restrainer is removed (2Thess 2:6-7). There is no other feast day besides Purim that depicts this.
  4. We also see the rapture as a "Harpazo" as both Esther and Mordecai are snatched from certain death — Esther when she goes into the king without being summoned (Esther 4:16, 5:1), and Mordecai when Haman wants to execute him (Esther 3:5-6, 5:14, and Esther 6:4). It is true that during Passover the believers are delivered from the death angel, but we don’t see it as a Harpazo as clearly as we do in Esther. In the Passover feast they are making a covenant with the Lord. In Esther they are required to act according to that covenant despite the risk to their own lives.
  5. Purim is the only feast where we celebrate believers being honored and glorified (Esther 6:1-11). Both Mordecai and Esther come into their full authority in the book of Esther (Esther 8:1-2, 7-10, 10:3). The closest Biblical example of this is Joseph becoming Prime Minister. Joseph’s story depicts the ruling and reigning of Jesus during the seven-year tribulation. In the same way we see the ruling and reigning of Mordecai and Esther during the tribulation. Genesis gives us the seeds of the kingdom and this book concludes with Joseph reigning, likewise the Bible concludes with Christ and the Church reigning and this is foreshadowed in the book of Esther.
  6. Purim is the only feast where the Antichrist figure, Haman, is revealed. Everyone knows that after the rapture the Antichrist will be made known. In Esther, after Mordecai is honored, we see Haman revealed as the son of perdition (Esther 7).
  7. Jesus and the church are likened to Adam and Eve (Ephesians 5:31-32). When Eve is brought to Adam he says "bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh." Passover reveals Jesus as the second Adam (1Corinthians 15:45-49) — that is when the rib is taken from His side — beginning the church age when God starts to build the church as a bride (Matthew 16:18). Purim takes place at the end of the year. At this time we see the church laying everything on the line to deliver God’s people. The church, typified by Mordecai and Esther, is now bone of Jesus’ bones and flesh of Jesus’ flesh. She was taken out of Him and now she expresses Him. We do not see this in any other feast.
  8. We are told that the rapture will be as the days of Noah (Matt. 24:37) and as the days of Lot (Luke 17:28-30). This is only seen in the feast of Purim. This feast celebrates being delivered from a plot to genocide the Jews. The total extermination mirrors Noah’s flood. This feast reminds us of Mordecai being snatched out of the way of certain destruction just as Lot was pulled out of Sodom just in time.
  9. Esther reminds us that the raptured saints are hidden in Christ (Colossians 3:3). The word "hidden" is a major theme in Esther, but not in any other feast. The rapture is the unveiling of the masterpiece of God (Ephesians 2:10) which has been hidden for the entire church age. We are told that the last will be first and the first last (Matt 20:16). In Isaiah 26 we are told that the raptured saints are hidden until the indignation passes away. No other feast presents such a clear picture of the raptured saints being hidden in Christ.
  10. We can refer to the rapture as our "hope of glory". Paul said "Christ in you, the hope of glory." As Christians we have a hope that at some future date we will be glorified and dwell with Jesus in heaven for eternity as kings and priests. Only in the feast of Purim do we see this hope played out.
  11. Revelation 12 depicts the Manchild being caught up to heaven and there no longer being room for Satan, who is then cast to the earth with the fallen angels. We see this depicted in Esther when Mordecai replaces Haman and Haman and his co-conspirators are hung on the gallows he built. This is the only feast that describes Satan being replaced by the "manchild".
  12. There are two books in the Bible with female names: Ruth and Esther. They both depict the rapture. Ruth’s husband, who was a Jew, died — a clear reference to Jesus Christ dying on the cross and Ruth now being dead to the law and free to marry Boaz. Esther does not have a husband; she depicts the church as the "hidden ones" and the virgin. At the start of the church age the church is seated together with Christ in the heavenlies according to Ephesians 2:6. Likewise, at the start of the book of Esther she enters the King’s palace after Vashti is divorced. This divorce is depicted in Hosea 2:2 when Jesus left the temple and ascended to the heavens. Of these two books, only Esther can depict the church during the church age. Ruth, on the other hand, depicts the Jews during the tribulation — gleaning fields, living in poverty, and shunned by others. Esther depicts those who are children of faith inwardly, living in the world.
 
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Ruth and Esther: A Deeper Comparison

There are two books in the Old Testament with the names of women, Ruth and Esther, and it is thought these two give us a picture of the Church and Israel being saved. Since Purim is tied to the book of Esther, let’s compare and contrast these two books.
Ruth is the 8th book, signifying a new beginning, and Esther is the 17th book, signifying a division between the earthly and heavenly. In the New Testament we are told the last shall be first, so we should not assume that Ruth coming first indicates she will represent those taken first. Ruth is clearly a book about the tribulation saints. It begins with those who were backsliders and died young, and then Ruth is a widow who returns in total poverty, having lost everything and living in the shame of being a Moabitess in Israel. A Moabitess is the descendant of Lot. Jesus said His coming would be as the days of Lot. This is a child of incest and it was a shame. They escaped the judgement of Sodom but had to flee to the mountains. This is precisely what happened to Israel after they rejected Jesus as the Messiah. Jerusalem was besieged and they were scattered to the four corners of the earth. It is also what is prophesied to happen during the tribulation. Esther has none of that imagery. She does not go through that tribulation because she does not backslide nor does she reject Jesus. In the story she is obedient to Mordecai, her uncle, even when her life is threatened. We do see Mordecai in sackcloth in the street, but that is by his choice — he is praying for the salvation of the people of God. According to the New Testament, Christians are being trained to rule and reign with Christ. Esther shows the completion of that process. She is a Jew, but it is hidden, she is a Jew inwardly which is how Paul describes Christians. The setting of Ruth is in Israel while the setting of Esther is in Persia.
You might wonder why Esther, who is a Jew, would represent the Gentile church, and Ruth, who is a Moabitess, would represent the Jews. In the book of Esther there is no mention of God and Esther’s nationality is hidden. She is a Jew on the inside but not on the outside — which is exactly what Paul said about being children of Abraham according to faith and not according to the flesh. Meanwhile Ruth is a descendant of Lot, Abraham’s nephew. She is related to Abraham according to the flesh, but in this book she declares "your God will be my God." She chooses to be an Israelite according to faith. The setting for Ruth to get saved is Israel — her mother-in-law and her husband are both Jews. The setting for Esther is the Gentile world. Christians are born again; we have this treasure in earthen vessels, we have Jesus dwelling within us like a hidden treasure. This is the case with Esther. Yes, she is a Jew, but it is hidden within her just as Christ is hidden within Christians.

Mordecai is descended from King Saul, who failed because he ruled and reigned according to his own opinion and good ideas — he chose to keep the good things of the flesh and only deal with the bad. Mordecai is now going to make things right by standing absolute against the flesh and the antichrist figure we see in Haman. He is not Esther’s father, but her uncle. Benjamin would have been an uncle to Joseph’s children. The story depicts the church as Joseph, and it also depicts the redemption of Benjamin after the failure of King Saul.

In this book Haman’s evil plot and identity is not revealed until after Mordecai is glorified — a picture of the rapture. But unlike Ruth, which concludes with her being married to Boaz and being blessed. According to the book of Revelation the tribulation ends with Israel being saved and marrying Jesus. The book of Esther does not end with Mordecai being glorified. After the rapture of Mordecai in figure, they still must fight against Haman the antichrist, foreshadowing the tribulation period. Mordecai is honored prior to the tribulation.

There is a clear reversal of fortunes in the book of Esther comparing Mordecai and Haman. When asked what would be the best way to honor someone the king wants to honor, Haman desires public adoration — a parade in his honor. However, Mordecai is the one paraded around, and you get the feeling that it didn't matter to him at all; what he was concerned about was the impending destruction of the children of God. We also see a direct connection with what happens to Mordecai and the Greek word "Harpazo," which means to be snatched out of certain death, the term we use in referring to the rapture. Haman was going to the king to get permission to put Mordecai to death when instead he was told to honor him. The gallows were already prepared to kill Mordecai in a very public way when instead he was snatched up, dressed in the King’s robes, and paraded around. It is a precise picture of the Harpazo depicted in the New Testament.

One might wonder why Mordecai being glorified is a type of the rapture, since there is no "going to heaven" in the book of Esther. But if you agree that Haman is a type of the Antichrist with his plot to kill the Jews, then that is a picture of the tribulation. This book begins with Esther being taken to the King’s palace — a picture of the church being seated together with Christ in the heavenlies, which Paul in Ephesians tells us is already the case. Therefore the palace and the throne in the book of Esther depict heaven. Mordecai represents the church on the earth, filled with the Holy Spirit to restrain evil, while Esther depicts the church in heavenly places seated with Christ. After Mordecai is glorified he returns to his sackcloth, fasting and prayer. Mordecai does not simply signify the raptured saints — he signifies the church on the earth. Some are raptured, but most will go through the tribulation with Haman trying to kill them.
There is also a contrast between Esther and Vashti, the former queen. In Ruth, Ruth lost her husband but then married Boaz. In Esther the king lost his queen but then married Esther. When Jesus was rejected as the Messiah by the Jewish leaders, that was analogous to Vashti rejecting the King’s call for her to come into the banquet, leading to her being divorced and the King looking for a new bride. In the same way, Jesus was crucified and so raised up the church as a new bride. Esther, who is a Jew, represents the Gentile church; Ruth, who is a Moabitess, represents the Jews who get saved as a nation.

If we look at the church age as "one year," this year begins with Jesus’ ministry, which led to His crucifixion and resurrection. This is when He instituted a new covenant in His blood. This is the spring time when all the seeds of the kingdom are planted by the apostles and when the New Testament is completed. Later the crops were harvested, and by the end of the year we have the church ready to rule and reign — as demonstrated with Esther and Mordecai. Following this we see the revealing of the false Christ, the counterfeit, depicted by Haman and his evil plot to kill all of God’s people. This contrast between Jesus Christ and the Antichrist will help all those left behind to realize they need to be absolute for the Lord, and it will bring in a great harvest. This is what we see with Ruth, who is married at the harvest and is blessed to be the great-grandmother of King David.
 
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Additional Typological Connections to the Rapture

Reverse the Curse

In Esther there is a decree given to reverse the damage done by Haman, who is an Agagite, a descendant of the king of the Amalekites. When Jesus died on the cross, the curse was reversed — but it wasn’t fully reversed. It will not be fully reversed until the Manchild is caught up to heaven to rule and reign with Jesus Christ the head over all, and when Satan and the fallen angels are cast out of heaven.
Therefore what happened when Jesus rose from the dead is half the story; the other half is what happens in the book of Esther. In Noah the ark comes to rest on the mountain whose name means "reverse the curse." Jesus told us the rapture would be as the days of Noah. Jesus rising from the dead is half of that story, and Esther and Mordecai standing against Haman is the other half. This mystery is great, it refers to Christ and the church with the church being in the image and likeness of God, the flesh and bones of Jesus Christ.

The Son of Perdition Being Revealed

Based on Jewish tradition and gematria (Hebrew numerology), the statement that removing a letter with a numerical value of 70 from "Gog and Magog" relates to the Amalekites is true in terms of symbolic and numerical interpretation, though not a literal letter-for-letter substitution.
Here is the breakdown of this Kabbalistic/Midrashic connection:

  • Gog and Magog (גוג ומגוג): The total gematria of "Gog u'Magog" is generally calculated as 70 (or 71 depending on if the 'u' is counted, but 70 is commonly cited to represent the 70 nations).
  • The 70 Letter (Ayin - ע): In Jewish tradition, the letter Ayin (ע) has the numerical value of 70. The letter Ayin is often associated with the "evil eye" (Ayin Hara).
  • Amalek and Doubt: The name Amalek (עמלק) begins with the letter Ayin (ע) and has a total gematria of 240, which is the same value as the Hebrew word safek (ספק), meaning "doubt" or "suspicion".
  • The Connection: The concept is that the "evil eye of doubt" (Amalek) is hidden within the 70 nations (Gog and Magog). Removing or conquering the 70 (representing the worldly, opposing forces) reveals or eliminates the root of Amalek (doubt/direct evil).
Summary of the Truth:
It is not that you take the phrase "Gog and Magog," remove a specific letter like a puzzle piece, and get "Amalek." Rather, it is a gematria-based teaching that the spiritual essence of Amalek (the 70-value Ayin of doubt) is the animating force behind the battle of Gog and Magog. Both are considered the ultimate enemies of Israel, representing the final, total removal of evil.
Remove the saints in the rapture and we get the Gog Magog war from Ezekiel 38. Right now we know what is restraining Gog and Magog from becoming Amalekite — it is the saints who are filled with the Holy Spirit. Remove them and nothing will be restraining Gog and Magog anymore.

Esther, Joseph, and the Memorial of the Messiah

Esther 9:28b says "and their memorial is not ended from their seed" (Young’s Literal Translation). This does not match the Hebrew as rendered in the KJV. One equally valid reading is that one descendant of the Jews — their "seed" — shall never be forgotten. In other words, Jesus Christ the Messiah, who was typified by Joseph, shall never be forgotten. In Genesis we learn that many years after Joseph was sold into slavery, no one from his family had forgotten him. So Purim is a memorial not just of what the Amalekites did, but also of what Jesus did for us.

You have to connect Esther with the story of Joseph in Genesis. Joseph was sold into slavery, framed for crimes he didn’t commit, put into prison, and from there came to rule and reign over Egypt. Esther and Mordecai come from a people who had been sold into slavery, are scapegoated for crimes they didn’t commit, and are slated for execution — and from there they come to rule and reign over Persia. Esther and Mordecai are bones of Joseph’s bones and flesh of Joseph’s flesh. Mordecai is a descendant of Benjamin, but Esther is not his daughter, she is his niece — indicating she is likely a descendant of Joseph. Her father has died, which is why Mordecai raises her, and in this story Joseph is a type of Jesus Christ. In Esther she hides who her family is; in Joseph’s story he also hides who his family is from his brothers.
 
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Where Do the Other Feasts Fit?

That is an overview of the rapture being depicted in the book of Esther. But there are other feasts. Paul talks about the rapture being at the last trumpet, and some have related that to the Feast of Trumpets. Others have related Pentecost, the 9th of Av, and the 15th of Av to the rapture. Where do these events fit in, which are a shadow of things to come according to Paul in the book of Colossians?

Feast of Trumpets: Joel describes what takes place right before the day of the Lord. The Hebrew word he uses means "next door." He describes a global pandemic from a bug created in a lab made from five different bugs that attacks the economy. God says that what is happening is He is declaring a sabbath for people to fast and pray. The book begins by saying this has never been seen before. The only time in human history we had a global shutdown of the economy was during the Pandemic. The Feast of Trumpets is when you blow the trumpet to announce the coming of the king. You blow the trumpet on the first day of Tishrei but the day of Judgment is not until the 10th day and the wedding is not until the 15th day. The Feast of Trumpets is called "the longest day" because it can span a two-day period. If 2019 was the start of the Feast of Trumpets, we can conclude that 2029 will be the start of the day of Judgment. Seven days after the Feast of Trumpets the high priest is taken into the chamber of the temple to be kept safe and to prepare for the day of judgment — a picture of the pre-tribulation rapture (Isaiah 26:20: "Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.") In Joel it says to “blow the trumpet” as an alarm to indicate that the Day of the Lord is at hand. I would argue that the Pandemic was the fulfillment of the Feast of Trumpets and that it does not depict the rapture. Rather on the seventh day, the day the High Priest is taken into the chambers of the temple, that is the picture of the rapture. The start of Covid19 epidemic in the US coincided with the Feast of Purim, March 9-10, 2020. If that is the first day, the seventh day will be Purim of 2026.

Pentecost: Christianity has given the wrong date. The correct date for this feast is the Feast of New Wine, which is 50 days after the date that Christianity celebrates. Jesus said when He was crucified that He would not drink of this wine again until He drank it new (Matthew 26:29). This word is spoken in Matthew, which has an agenda for the Jews who will be saved as a nation, just like Ruth. It suggests a reference to the Feast of New Wine. But this word is not in Luke, which is written with the agenda of the pre-tribulation rapture, just like Esther. This suggests that the rapture of the Jews as a nation takes place on the Feast of New Wine, which is the 8th of Av — again signifying a Harpazo, being snatched right out of the way of certain death.

The 9th of Av is when those who gave a bad report and those who embraced the bad report were cursed to die in the wilderness. Both temples were destroyed on this day. It is likely the day of Armageddon and may be the day Antichrist sets up the abomination of desolation in the temple and the Jews have to flee. The 15th of Av is the day they realized the curse was over. Neither of these days would signify the pre-tribulation rapture, because these are the ones who are saved out of the tribulation.
Hanukkah is also a story that depicts being saved out of the tribulation. Antiochus Epiphanes is a type of the Antichrist; he persecutes the Jews, they flee to the mountains, they fight and ultimately they prevail. But again, it is not a shadow of the pre-tribulation rapture. Esther is clearly the book that depicts the rapture prior to the tribulation, and Purim is the holy day that is the dress rehearsal. This is the only story where the shadow of the rapture — Mordecai being Harpazo’d and glorified — takes place before the Antichrist is revealed along with his plot to kill the people of God.

Additional Criteria That Only Purim Satisfies

Even though Purim is the best shadow of the pre-tribulation rapture, we still don’t know the day — we have had almost 2,000 Purims since Jesus was crucified. But there are several additional biblical criteria worth noting. So far, all the verses agree with Purim, and even though each individual verse could agree with several different days, there is no other day on the Jewish calendar that agrees with every verse.

First, we are told that this appointed day is not one of the Lord’s holy days, yet the Lord will turn their holiday into mourning. Purim fits these two requirements — it is not one of the Lord’s feast days, but it is an appointed day and it is a day of rejoicing.

Second, we are also told that this day will be on a full moon. Again, that points to Purim or the 15th of Av. However, the 15th of Av would be those who are rejoicing that the curse is over at the end of the tribulation, while Purim seems more appropriate for the end of the Church age. Notice how Purim and the 15th of Av are exactly 42 months apart (the Jews have a leap month approximately every three years, this adds a thirteenth month to the year. As a result the 15th day of the 5th month will be 42 months after the 15th day of the 12th month). This is important because Revelation 11:3 tells us the two witnesses, the olive trees, the ones selling the oil during the tribulation, have a ministry that is exactly 42 months or 1,260 days.

Third, Jesus said no one knows the day or the hour. Some see that as referring to the Feast of Trumpets, as it was an expression used in Jesus’ day to refer to that feast. But the Feast of Trumpets is clearly at the new moon, which contradicts other verses where the appointed day is at the full moon. Purim fits this description — there are two different days chosen to celebrate it and there is no specificity concerning the hour you are to celebrate, as there is with the Feasts of the Lord. So technically no one knows the day or the hour of Purim.

Fourth, consider the season. God punishes those who are left behind for seven years (Leviticus 26:18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.) — precisely 2,520 days. This is a precise, legal punishment. We are told specifically that the man of sin will be revealed after the restrainer is removed. If the tribulation is a precise seven-year period, it would be logical if it begins on the first day of the year. As far as the Jews and the Messiah are concerned, the first day of the year is Nisan 1. A rapture two weeks beforehand would fall on Purim. Here is the interesting twist, we can use the same logic for the rapture. If the year begins with Jesus being raised from the dead we can logically assume the year ends with the church being raptured. Our year, as born again Christians, begins with the crucifixion of Jesus, which was the 15th of Nisan. For the “year” of the church age to conclude on the 15th of the 12th month is logical.
 
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Part Two: Prophecies Converging on Our Generation

But still, even though Purim is the best shadow of the pre-tribulation rapture, we have had almost 2,000 Purims since Jesus was crucified. The question is whether we have reason to believe this particular Purim is significant. The answer is found in a convergence of fulfilled prophecies pointing to our generation as the one that will see the Day of the Lord.

Purim 2020 “The Day Everything Changed”

Joel tells us the Pandemic was a sign that the day of the Lord was "at hand" or "right next door." Since Joel also tells us this is the Feast of Trumpets, it gives us a timeline of ten years. March 11, 2020 is called "the day everything changed" — the WHO declared a pandemic, the NBA shut down its season, and President Trump banned travel from Europe. Interestingly, Purim was March 9th and 10th in 2020. This Purim is therefore the seventh anniversary of "the day everything changed."

You can tie the pandemic directly to the Feast of Trumpets.

It is very possible that the bug was first released from the Wuhan bioweapons lab on the Feast of Trumpets in 2019; in 2020 at the Feast of Trumpets the WHO declared a global pandemic; and at the Feast of Trumpets in 2021 the US and others were mandating an experimental vaccine. The Feast of Trumpets is called "the longest day" because it can span a two-day period — in this case it spanned two years. From the fall of 2019 to the fall of 2021.

If 2019 was the start of the Feast of Trumpets, we can conclude that 2029 will be the start of the day of Judgment. In 2029 we have a comet coming extremely close to earth that may hit it. This could be Wormwood, which is prophesied in Revelation and kicks off the Great Tribulation.

Psalm 83 and October 7th, 2023

The Psalm 83 war never happened previously in human history — never before had all those specific groups been aligned in a war against Israel with the explicit goal that "the name Israel be remembered no more." The Psalm concludes with Gaza becoming chaff in the wind, and this configuration never happening again. I believe this took place in 2023 and 2024.

The Psalm 83 Coalition: The psalm lists a specific confederation — Edom, Ishmael, Moab, Hagarenes, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, Tyre, and Assyria. The October 7th attack involved Hamas from Gaza (ancient Philistia), Hezbollah from Lebanon (ancient Tyre and Gebal), Houthi involvement from Yemen (connected to ancient Ishmael and the Hagarenes), Iranian backing representing Assyrian geography, and broader Arab and Palestinian nationalist participation mapping onto Edom, Moab, and Ammon. Never before in history had that precise combination of groups simultaneously coordinated against Israel with that explicit eliminationist intent.
The Gaza as Chaff Conclusion: Psalm 83:13–15 specifically asks God to make them like chaff before the wind, like tumbleweeds, like a forest consumed by fire. Gaza’s current condition following Israel’s military response is historically unprecedented in its totality — the physical infrastructure essentially destroyed, the population displaced, Hamas as a governing entity effectively dismantled. Once Psalm 83 is fulfilled it clears the stage for the next prophetic act, which most scholars identify as the Ezekiel 38–39 Gog Magog war involving a completely different coalition of nations.

The Sequential Prophetic Logic: Psalm 83 and Ezekiel 38 involve notably different coalitions. Psalm 83’s groups are Israel’s immediate neighbors — the inner ring. Ezekiel 38 involves Russia, Iran, Turkey, Libya, and Ethiopia — a much larger outer ring conspicuously absent from Psalm 83. The standard explanation is that Psalm 83 must precede Ezekiel 38 because the inner ring nations need to be neutralized before the outer ring moves. If October 7th and its aftermath represent Psalm 83’s fulfillment, then the geopolitical stage is currently being set for Ezekiel 38.

The Abraham Accords Connection: The Abraham Accords represented unprecedented normalization between Israel and Arab states. Daniel 9:27 describes the Antichrist confirming a covenant with many — some scholars see the Abraham Accords framework as the existing diplomatic architecture that gets "confirmed" or upgraded into that seven-year covenant. The sequence would then be: Psalm 83 clears the inner ring, Abraham Accords’ framework provides the covenant structure, Ezekiel 38 brings the outer ring nations against a temporarily secure Israel, and the Antichrist emerges from the aftermath.
 
Breaking the Bow of Elam: Jeremiah 49:35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. Elam is in Iran and is where there nuclear underground facilities are located where the US destroyed with MOAB bombs, fulfilling this prophecy.

Ezekiel 38 and the Impending War with Iran

The BRICS coalition is trying to replace the US dollar as the reserve currency with a gold-based standard. In order for that to succeed they must be able to buy oil with their currency. Trump is putting a stop to that by his actions in Venezuela and the war brewing with Iran. If he can cut off Iran and Venezuela then BRICS will collapse. Russia is responsible for protecting Iran. In Ezekiel 38 it says that God will put hooks in his jaw and draw Russia down with their troops — a reference to the covenant they have made for this BRICS coalition. Ezekiel 38 begins by saying that Russia will be turned back militarily. I think that refers to Ukraine. They will have to leave off this war to go and defend Iran.

The BRICS Petrodollar Threat: The dollar’s reserve currency status rests almost entirely on the petrodollar system established in 1974. BRICS replacing that with a gold-backed alternative currency would be the single most devastating blow to American economic hegemony. Iran and Venezuela together represent enough oil supply outside dollar settlement to potentially make a BRICS currency viable. Without them the alternative system lacks the critical mass of oil backing to function as a genuine reserve currency replacement.

The Hooks in the Jaw: The traditional reading identifies the hooks as God sovereignly compelling Russia southward without explaining the mechanism. But Ezekiel’s language implies something that was already pulling Russia in that direction — a commitment, an obligation, an entanglement that God then uses as the instrument of compulsion. A formal BRICS mutual defense and economic covenant with Iran fits that description precisely. If Iran is threatened existentially, Russia faces a choice between abandoning the entire BRICS project or fulfilling its covenant obligation and moving militarily. God doesn’t need to override Russia’s will — He simply tightens the hook of a commitment Russia already made.

Ukraine as Ezekiel 38’s Opening: Ezekiel 38:4 says God will turn Russia around — the Hebrew suggests a reversal of current direction. Russia is currently committed westward into Ukraine. For Russia to come down into the Middle East theater in force, it must first disengage from or conclude the Ukraine conflict. A negotiated settlement or frozen conflict in Ukraine would free Russian military assets for redeployment southward. What looks like a diplomatic resolution of Ukraine may actually be the prophetic pivot point that repositions Russia for Ezekiel 38. Trump’s pressure for a Ukraine settlement takes on additional prophetic significance — he may be unwittingly or providentially facilitating the very repositioning Ezekiel described.

The Timing Relative to the Rapture: Most pre-trib scholars place Ezekiel 38 either just before the Tribulation or at its opening. The destruction of the Gog Magog coalition by supernatural intervention is so overwhelming that Israel spends seven years burning the weapons for fuel — a period that aligns with the Tribulation period itself, suggesting the battle may open the Tribulation rather than precede it. If that’s correct, then the sequence would be: Joel’s pandemic warning 2020, Psalm 83 fulfilled 2023–2024, Elam’s bow, the chief of their might is broken, BRICS petrodollar conflict escalating now, Ukraine settlement freeing Russia, Iranian crisis drawing Russia southward, Ezekiel 38 triggering at or near the Tribulation’s opening — with the Rapture snatching the remnant at the precise moment the hooks are set and the gallows are completed.
 
12 Reasons Why Purim Is the Only Feast That Is a Complete Shadow of the Rapture (7)

Biblical Mathematics: The 1,290 Days

The Bible provides very specific numbers of days with regard to the last seven years known as the Tribulation, and this gives us a striking way to examine the Purim thesis.

From Purim in 2026 (March 2nd/3rd) to the Feast of Trumpets in 2029 is exactly 1,290 days.

Daniel 12:11 — "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days."

(This is based on the Hebrew calendar but I don’t think it accounts for the leap month. If you do that then the 15th day of the 5th month would be 1,260 days after Purim. This would mean that 1,290 days is the 15th of the sixth month. The 10th day of the sixth month is when Noah released the Raven from the Ark, this could be a reference to the Antichrist being released on the 10th of Elul and setting up the abomination of desolation in the temple on the 15th of Elul.)

We have always interpreted "the daily sacrifice being taken away" as referring to the Jews. But why would we? Since Jesus has been sacrificed, is God really going to consider the daily sacrifice of sheep and goats? Could this term "taken away" refer to the rapture — and could the raptured saints be the ones who were making a daily sacrifice? So yes, the oblations and sacrifices of the Jews will cease. But the day count of 1,290 days might be from the rapture to the idol being placed in the Holy Sanctuary.

The 70th week of Daniel often equated to the seven year tribulation is a very specific, legal period of time. This period is based on God’s law in Leviticus. If you punish those left behind for 7 years, it does not make sense for it to start on any day but the first day of the year and to end exactly 2,520 days later. Since this is based on the law in Leviticus, you have to use the Hebrew calendar. The year that would be most significant is the religious year, which begins on Nisan 1. Daniel and Revelation are remarkably specific — 42 months, 1,260 days, time times and half a time — all pointing to the same 2,520-day total using the 30-day prophetic month. This is not approximation language; it is covenant legal language, the kind used in binding agreements. The precision implies a specific start date matters enormously.

The Counterfeit Messiah Logic: If the Antichrist is specifically counterfeiting the Messianic role, he must operate within the Messianic calendar framework. Nisan 1 as the religious new year — the calendar God himself established in Exodus 12 saying "this month shall be the beginning of months for you" — is the only starting point that makes covenantal sense for someone claiming Messianic authority. A rapture two weeks beforehand would fall on Purim.

The Generation Timeline: Jesus said "this generation shall not pass away until all these things are fulfilled." According to Psalm 90 a generation lasts for 70 years, 80 if it is strong. Whether the clock starts with Israel’s founding in 1948 or the UN’s formation in 1945, these timelines converge on a very narrow window. The attack on Israel by Hamas began when Israel was 75 — the start of the decade of being 80. The Pandemic began in 2020 when the UN was 75. According to Revelation the UN passes away during the first half of the seven-year tribulation, meaning all things would need to be fulfilled by May of 2032. If the tribulation begins on Nisan 1 in 2026 and lasts for seven years it would end in 2033, fitting with Matthew 24 and Hosea 6, which indicates that Jesus returns at the end of two days (two thousand years). This timeline will expire if the tribulation begins in 2027 or later.

What Would Need to Happen First: For the Tribulation to begin on Nisan 1 of this year, several things would need to fall into place rapidly — the Rapture of the remnant, the emergence of the Antichrist as a recognizable figure, and the confirmation of a covenant with Israel as Daniel 9:27 describes. If the Rapture is 1 in 850 people globally, that’s roughly 9 million people disappearing — significant enough to cause chaos but small enough to be explained away, especially with AI-assisted narrative control already in place. Daniel 9:27 does not say Antichrist establishes the covenant, rather he “confirms” it or “strengthens” it. If the world were facing a global crisis in which “everything changed” then people would be willing to give up freedom for security. The reason they are promising peace and security is so that people will forfeit their freedoms.

The Red Heifer and the Temple

There is a very clear word that the oblations and sacrifices will cease in the middle of the seven-year tribulation. This indicates that they must be restarted. Also we are told that the abomination of desolation will be put into the "temple" — a word that actually means "Holy Sanctuary" and has caused confusion, as some Christians think the physical temple needs to be built. That is not true. The only prophecy relevant to this says the Tabernacle of David will be raised in Shiloh (Amos 9:11). For Israel to restart the oblations and sacrifices, the first step is to sacrifice the red heifer. They need the ashes to do the purification.

On July 1, 2025, a red heifer was slaughtered and burned in a ceremony in northern Israel. While some reported it as a genuine sacrifice and others as a rehearsal, it was confirmed that out of the five red heifers they had, two were certified, and they sacrificed one of the two certified ones. This does not fit the "official" narrative that it was simply a practice run. It was later explained that this was done according to the Torah. The difference is the Talmud says the Red Heifer must be sacrificed on the Mount of Olives, while the law of Moses does not say this. Additionally, the threat of Israel sacrificing the Red Heifer was what prompted Hamas to attack in 2023, so it is reasonable they are trying to downplay this event. First-hand reports recorded on the Prophecy Watchers YouTube channel from those who were there confirm that they sacrificed a certified red heifer, gathered and kept the ashes, and that this was done according to the Torah.

Amos 9:11 — "In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old."

Reference:
— Clearing the Red Heifer Conundrum! | Mondo Gonzales

There is no Biblical requirement for a physical temple to be built — only that the sacrifices and oblations be started. There is no prophecy anywhere in the Old or New Testament that says the Jews will rebuild a temple on the temple mount during the seven-year tribulation. The final issue with the doctrine that the Jews must rebuild the temple first is that it doesn’t make sense — no one knows the day or the hour of the rapture, and the world will be taken by surprise just as on Noah's day. How would anyone be taken by surprise if Israel had rebuilt the temple? In conclusion, David’s tabernacle has been raised in Shiloh, which has now happened with the sacrifice of a certified Red Heifer by a Priesthood according to the Torah.
 
12 Reasons Why Purim Is the Only Feast That Is a Complete Shadow of the Rapture (8)

Part Three: Signs in the Heavens

What really alerted people to this particular Purim are the remarkable signs in the heavens converging on it. The Bible tells us clearly that God put the sun, moon, and stars in the heavens for signs. It would be foolish to think what follows is simply coincidence.

Three Blood Moons on Purim

This is the third year in a row with a blood moon on Purim — and also the third year in a row that six planets have been lined up in a row. A blood moon is understood by the Jews to be a judgment on Israel. A blood moon on a feast day of Israel is considered even more significant. Since only a third of full moons in a year occur on a Jewish feast day, this is less likely to begin with. For them to occur three years in a row on the same feast day is exceedingly rare — it is very likely this is the first time since Jesus was crucified that this has happened on Purim. Some have claimed that when Jesus was crucified it took place on a blood moon, the third in a row taking place on Passover. As signs go, this is extraordinarily significant.

One prophecy indicates that the rapture takes place after a solar eclipse followed by a lunar eclipse (which fits with this year) — and is more specific in that the moon is turned to blood, indicating a blood moon. Not all lunar eclipses are blood moons. A lunar eclipse following a solar eclipse is generally a yearly or every-other-year occurrence. But to have a blood moon on Purim three years in a row — that has never happened during the church age and, as far as we can tell, will not happen again, ever. We are looking at a very unique sign in the heavens that also aligns with prophecies in the Bible about the rapture.

The Writing on the Wall

The second major sign in the heavens is what can be called the Writing on the Wall sign. From 2017 to 2024, three solar eclipses crossed the US from one coast to the other. For this to happen once is rare (for a solar eclipse to go from one end of the continent of the US to the other); to happen three times in seven years is unheard of — perhaps the first time in human history. Moreover, these three eclipses wrote out the Hebrew letters Aleph and Tav — in Greek, "Alpha and Omega." Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, and this was His putting His initials on the United States.

In Daniel, when the writing on the wall appeared, they called Daniel to interpret it. If we consider that interpretation to have taken place the following year in 2025, that would be very significant — because in the same evening that Daniel interpreted the dream, Babylon was overthrown (according to Nisan 1 being the first day of the year this Purim is still 2025). Esther describes a hidden plot against the king, and this sign indicates a hidden plot against the king of Babylon is about to take place.

Conclusion

As you can see, we have many different lines of evidence — typological, geopolitical, calendrical, and astronomical — none of which give us the day or the hour, but which collectively narrow down the options considerably. No other day on the Jewish calendar agrees with every verse and every criterion examined in this essay.

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Failed predictions concerning the Lord’s return should make us cautious, but we should also see them as a fulfillment of prophecy — the Lord told us this would be the case. In fact, since we have had numerous failed predictions, that is one more prophecy that has been fulfilled. The problem with previous predictions like "88 Reasons for 1988" was not just that they were wrong, but that they were missing crucial unfulfilled prerequisites. We didn’t yet have AI, quantum computers, Starlink, or the technology to implement the mark of the Beast or the image of the Beast. We did not have certified Red Heifers that had been sacrificed, making way for the priesthood to restart the sacrifices and oblations. The Tabernacle of David had not been raised in Shiloh. The bow of Elam had not been broken.

Revelation 3:3 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.

The honest tension remains: Jesus’s words about no one knowing the day or hour should keep any specific date identification held with humility rather than certainty. Many careful prophetic students across history have identified compelling convergences that didn’t culminate as expected. However, this is also a fulfillment of prophecy.

Luke 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

That said, what we are observing is a remarkable convergence of independent prophetic, calendrical, geopolitical, and astronomical lines pointing toward a very narrow window — one that, unlike any previous window, is accompanied by the fulfillment of every prerequisite.

The benefit of this study is not ultimately in the date. Knowing the date doesn’t help you if you aren’t raptured. The benefit is in seeing the prophecies fulfilled as an encouragement and a comfort — and in looking at Mordecai and Esther as positive examples for the church in this hour. We can see the finish line approaching. And it is a comfort to know that Jesus Christ saw all these things coming two thousand years ago.
 
Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Jesus is our Passover, that is the first feast of the year, it is one of the Lord's feasts. He is also Purim, the last feast of the year, it is one of "our" feasts. We have nothing to do with what the Lord accomplished on Passover, that was all Him and none of us. However, Purim is "Christ in us, the hope of glory". This is something we accomplished as a result of our faith, hope and love in Jesus Christ.
 
Prophetic Dreams & Visions from My Lovely Jesus
More prophecies and conversations released on a prior website starting in 2019 not since released until now for the glory of Father God in Jesus Christ's Name. Kim Jong Un 12-26-19@8:09 AM Words God spoke to me while praying, “Kim Jong Un is only a small part of America’s problem, for when a nation as a whole forgets Me, forgets God, then My favor is no longer upon this nation nor will they hold favor with the people of other nations. WAR IS COMING TO YOUR NATION Child. As the enemies of America begin to unite, so shall the downfall of your once great nation begin, helping to pave for antichrist to arrive on the scenes of life.” A House Divided 12-29-19@2:59 AM Words spoken to me from God, “This country is divided within itself and it shall fall and the fall shall be great. For a house divided within itself shall not stand!” Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
 
Deuteronomy 25:17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

Lord Jesus we remember what the flesh, and what the occult, and what the Satanists have done to the church, they targeted saints with this "new age" paganism. They targeted the hindmost of Christians, the feeble, the faint and the weary. They have not feared God. They have not feared Jesus Christ, who is sitting on the throne, designated by God to be Lord of all. So Lord Jesus and Father God we pray that You would blot out the remembrance of these occultists, fleshly, lascivious, fornicators, adulterers, liars and cheats. Lord You shall not forget, we have not forgotten, and so we pray that You would arise.

Psalm 45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
 
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