03/31/25 ~ How I See the Biblical Harvests

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I'm currently working on a couple of very time consuming chronologies that are not yet visible to the public. But, while I whittle away at completing those timelines, I want to leave this here (with a few additional tweaks from what I've posted on my Facebook, Telegram, and elsewhere) as a testimony & 'heads up' for future reference by whomever God will lead to see it. 

IF you aren't ready to meet the Lord by the MAIN barley harvest (Passover), then I hope & pray -you will be- by the time of the MAIN wheat harvest (Pentecost/Shavuot)! Yes, I feel I now understand the season ...but not the year... so wisdom says, be ye always ready! 

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FIRST we know that the unleavened loaf of the barley FIRSTFRUITS offering has already happened at the beginning of the season of aviv barley (Matthew 27:50-54 KJV) ...but... the MAIN barley harvest has not yet occurred, it seems to me that that has to happen first (Revelation 7:9-17 KJV pre-tribribulation & pre-wrath - barley bows it's head and is winnowed in the wind: tossed up in the air where the wind easily blows away the outer covering called "chaff") - Passover. !!!WE ARE HERE!!! 

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THEN comes the first 1/2 of the tribulation (3-1/2 years?) ... post-rapture ... being the seven trumpet judgments: including the two leavened loaves of the wheat FIRSTFRUITS offering (the two witnesses - because they are coming back in their mortal flesh in Revelation 11 KJV and will die and then be resurrected just prior to mid-tribulation) - AFTER THAT comes the full MAIN wheat harvest (Revelation 14:14-16 KJV mid-tribulation & pre-wrath - wheat was crushed under a tribulum: a board with rocks studding the bottom of it, very hard, used to crush the hard outer shell of the wheat) leaving only the corners & gleanings for the poor to harvest from - Pentecost/Shavuot. 

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AFTER the grain harvests comes the last 1/2 of the tribulation  (3-1/2 years?, including Jacob's trouble) being the seven vial judgments with the "grapes of wrath": grapes are crushed to get the juice to make wine (the 'blood' of grapes).

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Seals 1-6 duration = 2000 years: ending with the MAIN barley harvest of the ready bride (Matthew 25:1-13 KJV)

Hear ye! Hear ye! You can't read the CONTENTS of a scroll until all its seals are broken at Seal 7, leading into: 

- Trumpets (duration 3.5 years?) - the "wrath of the Lamb" ... culminating in the rapture of the MAIN wheat harvest of the "tribulation saints" (mid-tribulation) BEFORE the last three trumpets, called the "Three WOES", through to Trumpet 7, leading into: 

- Vials (duration 3.5 years?) - the "wrath of God" ...
those 'sheep' that survive that time will go into the millennial kingdom at Jesus' second coming.

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You can't have a firstfruits harvest without fully harvesting the crop thereafter (barley - Passover; and four months later - wheat - Pentecost/Shavuot). EX: firstfruits, followed by full harvest (barley) ... firstfruits followed by full harvest (wheat) ... grapes of wrath followed by Jesus' second coming.

The past 2000 years have been the first six seals of the Book of Revelation including 2000 years worth of martyrs for Jesus (not just a mere future 3-1/2 or 7 years of upcoming tribulation &/or great tribulation & Jacob's trouble).

Oh, and am I saying 'for sure' the tribulation period is seven years in duration? NOPE. But, we're already in 2025 and if 2033 is the latest for Jesus' second coming (considering from the latest of His possible death year being in 33 AD) then the tribulation may only be a total of 3-1/2 years and not a full 7-years, which of course would result in my trumpets/vials years being reduced accordingly. We simply don't know for sure how long the tribulation will last at this point in time! We will know once the rapture has happened but until then it's all guesswork! 

For now, I still believe in both the pre-tribulation & pre-wrath rapture and that the entire length of the tribulation period that follows is a full 7-years long.

Thanks for reading. Be blessed and keep looking up for our redemption draws nigh ;o}

 

 

040823 ~ The 3 Harvests of God Almighty

No, I don't have all the answers but here is what I believe based on my studies ...


.:: FIRST HARVEST ::.
This one has already occurred, these were resurrected after Jesus' resurrection - on the third day after His death/burial. Jesus is the first of the firstfruits and "the many" are the wave offering.

"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God." {Matthew 27:50-54 KJV}


.:: SECOND HARVEST ::.
This is the resurrection of the dead in Christ followed by the change to immortality of the living in Christ and the rapture of the church! These are the "winnowed" barley harvest. This happens just before the "wrath of the Lamb" (the 7 trumpet judgments).

"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." {Revelation 7:9-17 KJV}

There is NO SIGN of a resurrection nor rapture in Revelation 4 ... NONE. We are at the fifth seal NOW, the martyrs have been ongoing since Jesus' death/resurrection, as has earthquakes, famines, pestilences, wars & rumors of wars, et al {Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 17 & Luke 21}.


.:: THIRD HARVEST ::.
WOW - ?how did I miss this? - chapter breaks, that's how! I've known of Rev 14:14-16 being the "tribulation saints" for a couple of years now, but, until today, I didn't realize that carried into Rev 15! This happens just before the "wrath of God" (the 7 bowl/vial judgments). This is the "wheat harvest" (tribulation saints), they have endured the "tribulum" (first half of the tribulation period) and are taken up to Him before the "grapes of wrath" begins (last half of the tribulation period - great tribulation - Jacob's trouble).

"And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped." {Revelation 14:14-16 KJV}
***CONTINUED***
"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled." {Revelation 15:1-8 KJV}


.:: AFTER THE "GRAPES OF WRATH" ::.
There are no other harvests that I can find in the bible aside from the three as shown above. At the end of the tribulation, which most Christians believe is a seven year period, Jesus will return to rule and reign in Jerusalem for 1,000 years, and His resurrected immortal followers will help Him to rule worldwide. Those that make it through the tribulation, alive, will be the ones to repopulate the earth.

Maranatha to our Bridegroom King, Jesus/YeshuaH!

See also ... https://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2020/06/062920-revelation-explained.html ... and further links at the bottom of that page ;o}

05/24/21 ~ "four months" then the harvest ...

"So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean
unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest;
and dwelt with her mother in law." {Ruth 2:23 KJV}

My notes concerning the following scripture ... "Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest." {John 4:35 KJV}

"four months" ===> https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G5072&t=KJV
Strong's Number G5072 matches the Greek τετράμηνος (tetramēnos),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV

tetramenos:
===> "TETRA" means: "four"
===> "men" means: "month" or "new moon"
===> "os" is plural so "menos" means: "months" or "new moons"
{I believe the FULL moon is the true "new moon", not the crescent}

vvv - investigating the *meaning* of "four" ...

"four"
Strong's H702 - 'arbaʿ
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H702&t=KJV
The KJV translates Strong's H702 in the following manner: four (265x), fourteen (with H6240) (19x), fourteenth (with H6240) (23x), fourth (5x), forty (2x), three score and fourteen (with H7657) (2x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
I.    four

vvv - which can also mean "fourteen" ...

"fourteen"

https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=%22three+score+and+fourteen%22+H7657+H702&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1    
KJV Strong's H7657 matches the Hebrew שִׁבְעִים (šiḇʿîm). <=== "seventy" = 70 (+ 4)
KJV Strong's H702 matches the Hebrew אַרְבַּע ('arbaʿ).
"three score and fourteen" AND "H7657" AND "H702" <=== "sixty and fourteen" = 74
occurs times in 0 verses in the KJV.
There are no concordance results for "three score and fourteen" AND "H7657" AND "H702" in the KJV.

vvv - which leads me to investigate H7657 "seventy" & "threescore and" fourteen (60+14) ...

"threescore and" = 60 + (10 + 4 = fourteen) = 60 + 10 + 4 = 74
"threescore and ten" = 70 + 4 = 74
"three score and fourteen" = 60 + 14 = 74

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H7657&t=KJV
The KJV translates Strong's H7657 in the following manner: seventy (58x), three score and (ten, twelve, etc...) (33x).
Outline of Biblical Usage [?]
I.    seventy
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁבְעִים shibʻîym, shib-eem'; multiple of H7651; seventy:—seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).

vvv - doing the math, with potentially related scriptures ...

60+14=74    <=== "threescore and fourteen" (60 + 14 = 74)
7x70=490    <=== Matthew 18:21-22 KJV
490x4=1960    <=== John 4:35 KJV
+30=1990     <=== Jesus died/resurrected in 30AD
2021-30=1991    <=== 2021AD - 30AD = 1991 years, Israel begins her 74h year
70+4=74    <=== Israel began her 74th year on May 15, 2021
{her 73rd year ended on May 14, 2021}

"Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven." (490) {Matthew 18:21-22 KJV}

"Say not ye, There are yet four months,[G5072] and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest." {John 4:35 KJV}

How *might* the above tie into 2021 AD and the rapture?
===> As of today, May 24, 2021AD, which is the 74th year of Israel (from May 15th) ...

"four months" = 120 days

-IF- Nisan/Abib is from (depending on when one starts the biblical year and under what conditions) ...
1=Feb/Mar; 2=Mar/Apr; 3=Apr/May; 4=May/Jun -or-
1=Mar/Apr; 2=Apr/May; 3=May/Jun; 4=Jun/Jul -or-
1=Apr/May; 2=May/Jun; 3=Jun/Jul; 4=July/Aug

Four months, 120 days, from Passover (rather the firstfruit offering) until Pentecost (Shavuot) - Ruth, who was a Gentile, being a typology of the church (living with her mother-in-law, Naomi's, who is a type of Israel - whereby her God is our God, etc, see Ruth 1:16-17 KJV) gleans the harvest until the END of the barley AND the wheat harvests ...

"So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law." {Ruth 2:23 KJV}


WOW, have we finally arrived at the year of our redemption? We can't know for sure ...but... I sure hope so! Keep looking up!

 

06/08/16 ~ Left Behind?

My walk with the Lord has been quite a journey and as time goes on my understanding of many things is becoming clearer and more settled in my mind & heart. One such understanding has been to try to figure out when and how the resurrection (yes, that's singular) will come. I went from believing what I was taught, that being a "pre-trib rapture", to studying my bible (several years worth of studying now) and then changing my mind to a pre-wrath belief. 

I defended both views during the times I believed them with much scripture quoting and passion, until recently. Now I believe differently, BOTH views and pretty much all in between are true. My article, http://thelambswife.blogspot.com/2016/06/060116-three-harvests-resurrections.html, which is still a work in progress (WIP), explains my position on that. I now believe that the resurrections (yes I said it plural) of the saints is in more than one phase ...  all part of ONE resurrection  but in three phases or timings that align perfectly with Israel's holy feasts, or more correctly their three main harvests. Since I've already done an article on that concept I'll not repeat it here. 

God clearly loves the number three (3): of His One Being, He is three parts (Father, Son, Holy Spirit); we are also three parts in one (spirit, body, soul) being made in the image and likeness of God; and He does things in threes when they represent something of the Spirit, such as the three main harvest seasons in Israel {Spring=Barley, Summer=Pentecost, Fall=Grapes & gleanings of the corners}. Those harvests are a type and shadow from ancient time that were foretelling of things to come in the future. In relation to the resurrection of the just (righteous) and it's three phases, one has already been fulfilled (barley harvest/resurrection), two are yet to be fulfilled (the summer wheat harvest at Pentecost, and then the fall grapes -n- gleanings harvest of the four corners at the Feast of Trumpets). You can read more about those from my article link above.

The idea of this present article is to challenge those that don't understand three harvests = three resurrections (aka: raptures, catching away). I don't believe we'll simply be "caught away" (raptured), I don't feel that adequately describes what will actually happen, it's only part of what occurs. Yes, many believers will be caught up to be with the Lord forever more, and where ever He is we shall be also ... but we must remember that our blessed hope also includes a new body. This is what resurrection truly is, not the raising of the dead in their current physical body only to die again at some point, or just our spirits go with Him but our bodies stay/die here on earth ... no ... resurrection is about us receiving our new body! We aren't simply caught up in the Spirit ... we are CHANGED, we receive our new resurrected bodies at the time of our departure off this earth. 

Well, this article isn't about that either. Rather, it's a challenge to all the pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib, pre-wrath, pan-trib (it'll all pan out in the end), no-trib, preterists, and amillennials, etc, to FIRST read my article above; and THEN consider these scriptures carefully. These are the scriptures that put me on the path to understand that there will be three harvests in their exact seasonal timings. The church is going up in the air to be with the Lord forevermore, in a new resurrected, glorified body like Jesus' body. 

But, now for the stark warning ... some (possibly half or more of the church) will not make it in the next resurrection because they're not ready (their lamps are not lit, they have no oil)! Read and understand what Jesus Himself is saying to His people! Yes, some will be *left behind*, Matthew 25's "parable of the 10 virgins" spoken of by Jesus makes it clear that they'll be left; perhaps they'll be ready by the time of the Grape Harvest in a future fall season ...

{Mat 24:40-42 KJV} Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. {The ones taken are the Lord's ready bride, the ones left are the foolish.}

{Mat 24:48-51 KJV} But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;  And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;  The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he is not aware of,  And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. {Those foolishly not watching will be appointed their portion with the hypocrites and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth for those *left behind* because they will have to go through the coming wrath of their fellow man and satan.}

{Luk 12:45-48 KJV} But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;  The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.  And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not [himself], neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes].  But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. {Notice the servant that is not actively watching for the Lord will be "appointed his portion with the unbelievers" (left behind). Notice also what the following terms mean: "beaten with few stripes" ends with the summer harvest, "beaten with many stripes" ends at the grape harvest.}

{Mat 25:1-13 KJV} Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.  And five of them were wise, and five [were] foolish.  They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:  But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.  While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.  And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. {The bridegroom here is Jesus, the virgins are the waiting brides.}

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.  But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.  And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. {the door? what door??? the door in heaven where Christ the bridegroom takes His bride the ready church/believers for the marriage!}

Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.  But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.  Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. {Jesus often used the term: "the Son of man" as referring to Himself. Jesus IS the "Son of man" (born of the virgin Mary) AND the Son of God through the Holy Spirit, and also the Bridegroom for His waiting (wise virgins) church.}

{Luk 12:35-40 KJV} Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning;  And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. {Notice here we get a little more info. At Jesus' 2nd coming when He actually comes to the earth (not just in the air) to rule and reign ... He is returning from a heavenly wedding ... and when He comes and knocks the next time (grapes & gleaning fall harvest) it is His wish that those at that time will open up to Him immediately ... in other words, by that time those that weren't ready at Pentecost summer wheat harvest (ready wise virgins) should be ready by the Trumpets/Tabernacles fall grapes/gleaning harvest (foolish should by then become wise).}

Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.  And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.  And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.  Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

I'm hoping you get the idea now. Some (ready virgins/bride) are taken to be with the Lord and enjoy a marriage supper, while others (foolish virgins) are left to suffer what's coming on this earth (some people call them "tribulation saints" ... time will tell whether they then pursue the Lord with their whole heart or leave Him altogether).

{Luk 21:36 KJV} 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.

If you are not a believer in Jesus ... that He is the Son of God, He was born of a virgin (Mary) and lived a sinless life and died for YOUR sins (an atonement for your offenses against God), and resurrected on the third day after His death and is now seated at the right hand of God in heaven awaiting His Father's command for Him to come and get His bride ... consider giving your heart & life to Him, in faith. He is coming! Be a part of this next great summer harvest. Whether this summer, or next, or the next, He is coming, He has so promised. Don't put off until tomorrow what you should do today because where you will spend eternity is at stake. 

{Jhn 14:2-3 KJV} In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.

If you have strayed away from the Lord please come back now, while there's still time. It's not that He has forsaken you, but you that forsook Him, He is still with you and waiting ...

Trust me when I say, you DON'T want to miss the upcoming Pentecost summer harvest of wheat (ready & wise bride).

Maranatha Lord Jesus! I'm ready & watching!!!





{Curly bracket comments are mine. Red text is Jesus speaking.}
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