Biblical Fact or Coincidence?

Psalm 27:4
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One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

John 10:22-42
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And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

Jesus spoke the following words during the Feast of Dedication or Feast of Lights or Hanukkah (Hanukkah correctly pronounced Chanukah):

John 10:27-28
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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Where the word Pluck corresponds to Strongs G726:

Transliteration Pronunciation hr-p'-z (Key) harpaz Part of Speech Root Word (Etymology) verb From a derivative of (G138) Outline of Biblical Usage 1. to seize, carry off by force 2. to seize on, claim for one's self eagerly 3. to snatch out or away

The KJV translates Strongs G726 in the following manner: catch up (4x), take by force (3x), catch away (2x), pluck (2x), catch (1x), pull (1x).

As per the story of the miracle of Hanukkah the Jews didnt have enough oil to light up the lamps in the temple. God provided that oil miraculously. When talking about oil one cannot think but of the parable of the Ten Virgins. If God provided the oil in the Feast of Dedication then we can relate that oil to the Holy Spirit which he also gives in a miraculous way to true believers. We must remember oil cannot be bought. It is a gift from God. (To be filled with the Holy Spirit is to be filled with Christ. The Holy Spirit came to glorify Christ. Therefore, if I am filled with the Spirit, I am abiding in Christ. I am walking in the light as He is the light, and the blood of Jesus Christ will cleanse and keep on cleansing me from all unrighteousness.)

Could Jesus words have been a clue to the Harpazo near the time of Hanukkah or at Hanukkah?

Lets find out.

Hanukkah is celebrated during the Hebrew month of Kislev (November or December). It begins on day 25 of Kislev and lasts for 8 days.

In 2013: November 27 - December 5 (Starting the evening of the 27)

But the word Hanukkah (dedication) reminds us of the word Chanak (dedicate) or Enoch. Strongs Concordance

h2596. chanak
chanak: to train up, dedicate Original Word:

Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chanak Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nak') Short Definition: dedicated

According to the Biblical law of First Mention the first time an important word is mentioned in Scripture, it gives that word its most complete and accurate meaning to not only serve as a key in understanding the words Biblical Concept, but to also provide a foundation for its fuller development in later parts of the Bible. Enoch is a first mention as well as the first one to be raptured!!! Is the Lord giving us another clue? Again the Lord links Hanukkah with Chanak and thus with the rapture!!!

Isaiah 46:10
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Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet

done, saying, my counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Now reading from Genesis 7:4-12

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For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
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And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
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Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of everything that creepeth upon the earth,
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There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
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And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
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And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 7:17
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And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and

it was lift up above the earth.

The above event falling again on Hanukkah!!!

Now lets look into the story of Esther In the story of Queen Esther, we see that King Xerxes called for his bride to come to him on the 7th day of a Feast. This represents the Feast of Tabernacles. She would not come. So he found a new bride, Esther, and married her on the 7th day of Hanukkah. This is a prophetic illustration of Israel rejecting their Messiah and the Laodicean Church being too busy and preoccupied and not willing to come to the Wedding Feast. Later the feast of Purim was proclaimed.

Esther 2:16-17
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So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh ye.ar of his reign.
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And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. The month of Teveth falls in December in 2013. Tradition speaks of Hanukkah when Esther was crowned!!!

We must also remember that Thanksgiving this year falls precisely at the beginning of Hanukkah.

About the Feast of Dedication:

Prior to the year 165 BC, the Jewish people who dwelled in Judea where living under the rule of the Greek kings of Damascus. During this time Seleucid King Antiochus Epiphanes, the GrecoSyrian king, took control of the Temple in Jerusalem and forced the Jewish people to abandon their worship of God, their holy customs and reading of the Torah, and he made them bow down to the Greek gods. According to the records, this King Antiochus IV defiled the Temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar and spilling its blood on the holy scrolls of Scripture. As a result of the severe persecution and pagan oppression, a group of four Jewish brothers, led by Judah Maccabee, decided to raise up an army of religious freedom fighters. These men of fierce faith and loyalty to God became known as the Maccabees. The small band of warriors fought for three years with "strength from heaven" until achieving a miraculous victory and deliverance from the Greco-Syrian control. After regaining the Temple, it was cleansed by the Maccabees, cleared of all Greek idolatry, and readied for rededicated. The rededication of the Temple to the Lord took place in the year 165 BC, on the 25th day of the Hebrew month called Kislev. So Hanukkah received its name, the Feast of Dedication, because it celebrates the Maccabees' victory over Greek oppression and the rededication of the Temple. But Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of Lights, and this is because immediately following the miraculous deliverance, God provided another miracle of provision. In the Temple, the eternal flame of God was to be lit at all time as a symbol of God's presence. But according to tradition, when the Temple was rededicated, there was only enough oil left in the Temple to burn the flame for one day. The rest of the oil had been defiled by the Greeks during their invasion, and it would take a week for new oil to be processed and purified. But at the rededication, the Maccabees went ahead and lit the eternal flame with the remaining supply of oil, and God's Holy presence caused it to burn miraculously for eight days, until the new sacred oil was ready. This is why the feast is also called the Festival of Lights, and why the Hanukkah Menorah is lit for eight consecutive nights of celebration. Jews also commemorate this miracle of oil provision by making oil-rich foods, such as Latkas, an important part of Hanukkah celebrations. Conclusion: The above examples give us clues into a probable rapture timing for 2013. They all coincide with my previous study about Comet Ison as the Sign of the Son of Man.

See 2774 Calendar:

Hebrew Civil Calendar 2774

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November

Kislev

December

Tevet

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Adar I

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Tammuz

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