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Interesting correlations

and a window, or season, of possibility

Do to errors, now corrected, much of the below is invalid; however, I am leaving this posted because of the information about Rabbi Michael Rood's claims.  Yesterday (9/21/00) I was reminded that he claims the barley became aviv in Jerusalem on May 5, 2000, which he says marked the beginning of the 7th millennium, or Day of the Lord.  I was also advised that this was the exact same date that the planets of the solar system lined up in a rare alignment, thought to be a heavenly Menorah.  If so, these two things happening on the same day could be quite significant.

See corrections below:

As you may remember, Jim Harman of Prophecy Countdown Ministries believes the Lord has shown him that the "seven sevens" (49 years) of Daniel 9:25 began when Jerusalem was officially declared the capital of Israel in January 1951. This also may begin Sir Isaac Newton's 49-year count to Messiah's return. If true, this would make 2000 the 49th year, and 2001 the Jubilee Year.

Here is an interesting development. In an e-mail this morning, Michele Kennedy is quoted by David Parker: "The most quoted scripture regarding the rapture- 1 Corinthians 15:51 "Behold, I tell you a mystery. WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED..." This is in Greek and the ADDED gematria of this sentence is 1951!!!"   (Disregard.  On 9/22/00 Michelle notified me that she discovered her calculation was off, and apologized.  I encouraged her, saying that the only people who do not make mistakes are those not doing anything!)

This is amazing! And David later noted that the rapture verse number is also # 51!

What kind of window are we looking at? If we use the modern Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah, or 1 Tishri, begins September 30. The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is October 6. That is when the Jubilee trumpet is blown. Tabernacles begins October 14.

However, in Bill Koenig's 9/17/00 Commentary, he states: "Rabbi Michael Rood, a Messianic Jew, has stated that the Modern Hebrew Calendar is off by about a month. Therefore, instead of Tishri 1 (Sept. 30th) being the beginning of Rosh Hashanah this year, it actually would begin on October 28th this year. (In Israel, by the Gregorian calendar this year, it starts at sundown on Sept. 29 and ends at sundown on Oct. 1.)"

Michael Rood bases his calculations on the actual barley harvest. I spoke with Bonnie Gaunt this morning and after a review of the Scriptures she believes the barley harvest calculation has biblical validity.

Bill Koenig goes on to say, "Rood believes this would put Yom Kippur on November 7th and Sikkott, the Feast of Tabernacles, on Nov. 14th."

So, it seems to me that we have a major window of possibility from September 29 through November 14, 2000, depending on what calendar God may be using. That is certainly not a "day nor hour" speculation, but it is a "season" of possibility.

(The part from David Parker above may be posted on the Five Doves Web site.)

CORRECTION:

In my haste I made some date boo-boos in my e-mail of September 18 titled "Interesting Correlations." Sorry. Haste makes waste, my mamma used to say. I wish I could remember that.

Misquoting Jim Harman, I said that Israel declared Jerusalem their capital in January 1951. Actually, it was January 1950.

I looked at my Jewish calendar wrong and said the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) this year is on October 6. Actually October 6 celebrates the 1973 Yom Kuppur War. But Yom Kippur (Atonement) is on October 9 on the modern Jewish calendar.

From another source, I copied and pasted some dates purportedly from Rabbi Michael Rood, which put the beginning of Jewish year 5661 (Trumpets) as October 28 instead of September 30. This was contested and I checked Rood's Web site at http://www.6001.com/images/cal7.gif. As I understand it, it shows Trumpets as I said on October 28-29, Atonement as I said on November 6-7 (beginning evening of the 6th), but Tabernacles November 11-12 (beginning evening of 11th), whereas I said the 14th. I am just reading from Rood's Web site and am not making any claims. Perhaps my original source made an error. I hope I have this correct now. If not, I reserve the right to change my mind and make another correcttion!

I hope this sets the record straight. Sorry to confuse you.

Jim