The Final Countdown Part 2 (Signs in the Sun, Moon & Stars)
The Jewish people unbroken record observed 7-day Sabbath over 3,000 years. If you've had doubts about the pretribulation rapture or God's providence over Jews & Christians, here's a visual post.
| Coram Deo in Latin means: ”Before the Face of God.” Coram Deo Hawai’i is a teaching ministry of Pastor Gary Crowell, serving the people of God for 24-years, officially retired but still actively teaching via Zoom livestream.
Monday, 18-Sept-2023
Dear Friends & Family,
Aloha E-komo Mai!
A gentle reminder, if you haven’t watched the video Messiah 2030 (16-Sept-2023) it’s the first post and an excellent primer. The video follows a logical and systematic theology to help people understand where we are in God’s timetable. The material is essential to understand God’s plan of salvation and where we are as a prelude to the saints of God who are about to be caught up to heaven. Based on the model, it implies that we are practically running out of time before the start of the seven year pretribulation rapture.
The Gospel of Luke 3:23 says, “Jesus Himself was about “thirty years old” when He began his earthy ministry.” By sheer providence, according to the previous video, when we add 2,000 years to the age of “thirty” (a day equals a thousand years) we arrive at the future date of Y2030. The Messianic 2030 video Part-1 outlines numerous passages alluding to Y2030 ─ sadly a majority of Christians don’t believe in the sudden rapture of the saints, but imho we believe it strongly points to this year in 2023! God is showing multiple signs and wonders in the heavens, but few are paying attention and are in danger of being left behind! Here are a series of visual data in graphical images.
For more than three millennia (or 3,000+ years) the ancient Israelites since the time of Moses & Aaron (Aaronic priesthood) including the modern nation of Israel were commanded to observe the 7th Day Sabbath. It included specific festivals to commerate their freedom from slavery to commune and worship the God Jehovah. Again, the Jews have an unbroken record of observing the Sabbath and special feast days approx. 1450-BC. These commandments are listed here Exodus 12; Leviticus 23; Numbers 28; Deuteronomy 16 and elsewhere in the bible.
It was also a sign from God that they were his very own special people.
The Sign of the Sabbath
12 And the LORD said to Moses, 13 “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 14 Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people. 15 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
16 The Israelites must keep the Sabbath, celebrating it as a permanent covenant for the generations to come. 17 It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ” Exodus 31: 12-17 BSB (Berean Study Bible)
God also promised that if they kept his Sabbath and feasts ─ that they would be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation, his very own possession.
Continued: 5 Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. 6 And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.” Exodus 19: 5-6 BSB
The Lord also gave the Israelites signs from heaven with the sun and the moon to guide and remind them of their covenant.
Here’s a recent example where the Lord gave signs via the Blood Moon on Passover and Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). Notice the symmetrical alignment to the center illustration of a solar eclipse on the Jewish month of Adar 29, 2015. But there’s more…
What are Blood Moons and what are its significance? Blood Moons occur during a lunar eclipse when the sun’s rays are blocked with the earth inbetween the sun and the moon illustrated below.
Here are a set of four Blood Moons that occured as recently on Y2021/2022
Notice the symmetry design of three sets of Blood Moons below. You should get the idea that this natural phenomenon is not out of the reach of an intelligent designer & creator who claims that he created the heavens and the earth! Do you know who this creator is? The bible reveals the source of this creator in numerous passages…
To get a visual perspective of who controls the destiny of the universe here’s a macro view of this phenomena below illustrating precision, symmetry, and original design with mathematical precision. Contrary to popular opinion it's not aliens or the mythical gods of Zeus, Apollo, Diana, or Nepture or any other gods. This one revealed himself in God’s word the bible.
Notice not only the symmetry but equi-distant day counts that only a divine intelligent designer could accomplish. Apart from the God of the bible, no human, country, empire, nations, priests, popes, including other religious gods are able to design, create, sustain, and navigate the trillions of objects: sun, moon, comets, asteroids, planets, stars, even the constellations dotting the entire expanse of the universe. Notice the bible verses that reveals who the creator and sustainer of the universe is below. . .
[Genesis 1:1] (written by Moses who wrote the first five books of the bible aka the Torah and who God chose to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt from bondage):
The Creation:
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
[John 1: 1-5] (written by the Apostle John, an eye-witness to the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. John also authored 1-2-3 John including the book of Revelation.
The Beginning:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
[Hebrews 1: 1-14]
Faith and Assurance:
1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. 2 This is why the ancients were commended.
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
[Colossians 1: 15-20] (written by the Apostle Paul who wrote most of the books in the New Testament)
The Supremacy of the Son:
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence. 19 For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
The final visual post for today!
In summary, as we rapidly approach the end of the age, God is pouring out numerous signs and wonders in the heavens if we only pay attention! But, there’s more data points from watchers’ around the world. However, as great and exciting these stellar events are occuring, the most important thing the author wants you get out of all these illustrations is the biblical record of who God is. God is reveals by the “Word” who was the manna from heaven, and revealed himself as the Messiah, the Christ born and conceived of the Virgin Mary, and died for the world’s sins.
With that, it is appropriate to leave today’s post with one of the most endearing and passionate verses from our creator:
“For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only Son, that whoever shall believe in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is stands condemned already because they did not believe in the name of God’s one and only Son.” John 3: 16-18 NIV
Mahalo & Aloha!
Pastor Gary & Risa Crowell
Coram Deo Hawai’i
The next assessment in Part-3 will contain more detailed, mind blowing signs - stay tuned.