Another Light Coming

I see the light again.

Thirty four years ago, the Lord brought me through the “born again” experience. At the time, I struggled heavily with depression. So I asked him if he had anything that could bring joy into my life. And shortly after, someone gave me the book, “The Late Great Planet Earth,” by Hal Lindsey.

To say that brought joy into my life would be a vast understatement. I read things in that book that I had never heard of before, how that the Lord will most likely come for us in this generation. The teaching is that the re-establishment of the nation of Israel is the greatest event that has happened on the earth in  2,000 years, and signals the generation in which the Messiah will come.

I had never read the Bible before my “born again” experience, so it came as a shock to me to learn all about Israel’s history AND her future. At that time in 1974, I hadn’t even known that there WAS a newborn nation of Israel on earth. All I knew about Israel was that Jesus had been born there, lived there, and died there. So to learn all I learned about the whole Israel story was quite a shocker to me.

Jesus told his disciples what the signs of his return will be, and those signs are all present right now. He quoted wars, rumors of war, earthquakes, famine and pestilence, nation rising against nation and the most important one, the re-budding of the “fig tree,” which is a symbol of Israel. There have always been wars, earthquakes, etc. but what is to signal to us that these are the signs he’s talking about is when they happen concurrently and increasingly as “birth pains.” And that’s been happening these last few years, especially in the very recent ones.

I was born with Israel. The UN declared the land of “Palestine” to be the homeland of the Jewish people in November of 1947. I was born in November of 1947. Six months later, the newborn state of Israel was declared by David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of newborn Israel, on May 14, 1948.

So in 1974, I began watching the events shaping up toward the “last days” scenario foretold by Jesus and by the Jewish prophets of thousands of years ago. 

There is a day, known only to God, when “the church age” will close and Jesus Christ will come for his church which must leave before the clock begins ticking again in God’s “last days” program of bringing the children of Jacob into the redemption planned for them since before the foundation of the world. It will be a seven year period culminating in the return of the Messiah, who will bring forth their redemption. For anyone interested in knowing more, this period is called “the 70th week of Daniel,” and is described in the Book of Daniel in the Bible. And there’s more about it in the writings of the other Old Testament prophets.

So for the church, the believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, the next event for us is the Bridegroom coming for his bride, the church. The last seven years cannot begin until the church age has closed.

Over the years, believers have watched as though with a magnifying glass every hint of his coming. Some have made guesses based on what they have perceived in the Scriptures, in the planetary happenings, in the Jewish Feasts, and other ways and means of understanding the hints. And this has been the joy in my life, watching, straining to understand, listening to what others have come up with, and hoping that maybe this time will be it.

And I’m watching again – because of a discovery made by a pastor in Washington state. He discovered that in the years 2014 and 2015, there are going to be eclipses, and the way they appear seem to indicate they will coincide with natural disasters foretold in the Biblical descriptions of the end of the seven year period before the Messiah comes.

Now, one is not persuaded by the occurrences of eclipses. There have been many eclipses even during my lifetime. What makes these eclipses different from all others is that they take place ON the Jewish fall holy days. There’s A LOT more to it, and if anyone would like to watch the broadcast about these eclipses and all that goes with it, here’s the site:

http://www.prophecyinthenews.com/

Scroll down to “Solar and Lunar Eclipses” part 1 and part 2 

The point of it is that IF those eclipses happening on the Jewish holy days in 2014-15 ARE to coincide with the natural disasters predicted for the time just prior to the coming of the Messiah, then you have to subtract 7 years or more for the occurrence that must precede the last seven years, namely, the coming of Jesus Christ to take the believers, which finishes the church age. And of course, seven years from 2014-15 is 2008.

Another factor to consider is that this year, Rosh Hashanah which falls on September 29, begins a new sabbatical cycle, so this lends all the more credence to it.

Ok, so what do I mean when I say I’m watching this coming light?

Have you ever been waiting for someone to arrive, someone who seems late? You see a car coming so you go to the window thinking maybe that’s them. The light goes by, so you go sit back down. Awhile later you see another one coming, so you get up again and go to the window, only to see that car go by too. Regardless how many times this happens, you’re watching for this expected person.

I’ve done this very thing before. Each time I’ve seen a light coming, I get up and watch. And this is another one of those times. If this light goes by and my Lord hasn’t come, I’ll just keep watching because one of these times it WILL be him.

This, to me, is the most exciting thing that can happen in life. I’ve spent these many years studying every facet of it. I’ve even been to Israel to see for myself what God has done and is doing there, in preparation for the coming of the Messiah. This has put more joy into my life than anything else possibly could. It’s a living hope, a joyful watching, a sharing with others who have this same desire to watch.

Let me just make one thing clear for anyone who might be confused about what I’ve said. There are TWO events I’m talking about:

The first is the promised coming of Jesus Christ to take his believers out of this world before the last seven year period begins.

The second is the coming of the Messiah at least seven years later, when he comes to Israel to end the war of Armaggedon in which Israel is about to be destroyed. Instead, he saves Israel, destroys those nations that have come against her, and then reveals to Israel who he is. Then he sets up his physical Kingdom on earth, ruling and reigning upon the Throne of David from Jerusalem.

Anyone interested in discussing this further, contact me at:

pmailletblogs at gmail.com

And if you’d be interested in knowing more about this promised coming of Jesus for his believers, look here:

The “Parousia”