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Resurrection & Rapture of the Church
August 2026
August 2026
The most important event for Christians living at the end of the End Times is the Rapture of the Church. On Trumpets, the shofar sounds, the dead and alive in Christ rise. Both transform from life to eternal life, meet Jesus Christ in the clouds and go to heaven. Christians living at the time of the Rapture avoid death and are rescued from the Tribulation. Comfort one another with these words.
Timing of the Rapture
Scripture reveals 7000 years of earth (Exodus 20:11). The first days are 4000 years before the cross and End Times are 3000 years (Hebrews 1:1-2). Humanity rules 120 jubilees of 50 years for 6000 years (Genesis 6:3, Leviticus 25:10). See Bible Chronology. If Jesus Christ was crucified in ~33 AD, the Second Coming is ~2033. Subtract 7 and the Rapture is about 2026. Allow 7-year grace period for calendar errors. The end of the Church Age is the Laodicean period (~120), the seventh and last church (Revelation 3:14-16). World War I begins on August 1, 1914 (Kadesh Barnea, 9th of Av), when Germany declared war on Russia. August 2026 is 112 years later. Come, Lord Jesus.
The disciples of Elijah taught: The world will continue for six thousand years, the first two thousand of which were a chaos (Tahu), the second two thousand were of Torah, and the third two thousand are the days of the Messiah, and because of our sins many years of these have elapsed, still he has not come.
----Babylonian Talmud, Book 9, Chapter 1, 8th Century
The Bible reveals the Rapture day. There are seven appointed times. The spring feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits are the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. On Pentecost, the Law and Holy Spirit are given. The fall feast of Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles are the Rapture, Second Coming and coronation of Jesus Christ as King of Kings. Trumpets on the 1st and 2nd of Tishri (September/October) is the day (Leviticus 23:24-25). Tishri is beginning, the anniversary of creation and birth of Adam (Genesis 1:1). It is "the day that no one knows" since the new crescent moon occurs after the 29th or 30th of Elul. Two witnesses testify seeing the new moon before the Sanhedrin who announce the new year. The synagogue service blasts the shofar 100 times. The 100th and Last Trump is called the Tekiah Gedolah, which only occurs on Trumpets.
Timing of the Rapture
Scripture reveals 7000 years of earth (Exodus 20:11). The first days are 4000 years before the cross and End Times are 3000 years (Hebrews 1:1-2). Humanity rules 120 jubilees of 50 years for 6000 years (Genesis 6:3, Leviticus 25:10). See Bible Chronology. If Jesus Christ was crucified in ~33 AD, the Second Coming is ~2033. Subtract 7 and the Rapture is about 2026. Allow 7-year grace period for calendar errors. The end of the Church Age is the Laodicean period (~120), the seventh and last church (Revelation 3:14-16). World War I begins on August 1, 1914 (Kadesh Barnea, 9th of Av), when Germany declared war on Russia. August 2026 is 112 years later. Come, Lord Jesus.
The disciples of Elijah taught: The world will continue for six thousand years, the first two thousand of which were a chaos (Tahu), the second two thousand were of Torah, and the third two thousand are the days of the Messiah, and because of our sins many years of these have elapsed, still he has not come.
----Babylonian Talmud, Book 9, Chapter 1, 8th Century
The Bible reveals the Rapture day. There are seven appointed times. The spring feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits are the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. On Pentecost, the Law and Holy Spirit are given. The fall feast of Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles are the Rapture, Second Coming and coronation of Jesus Christ as King of Kings. Trumpets on the 1st and 2nd of Tishri (September/October) is the day (Leviticus 23:24-25). Tishri is beginning, the anniversary of creation and birth of Adam (Genesis 1:1). It is "the day that no one knows" since the new crescent moon occurs after the 29th or 30th of Elul. Two witnesses testify seeing the new moon before the Sanhedrin who announce the new year. The synagogue service blasts the shofar 100 times. The 100th and Last Trump is called the Tekiah Gedolah, which only occurs on Trumpets.
Bible Chronology: Creation to Millennium
Enoch & Elijah
The Rapture occurs twice in the past. Enoch is the 7th generation from Adam who lives before the flood. He pleases God and taught the Second Coming. He went from life to eternal life (Genesis 5:24, Jude 1:14).
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God (Hebrews 11:5).
Elijah was a prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab and Jezebel. He prays to stop the rain and confronts idolatry (1 Kings 17:1, 18:21). After training Elisha, a chariot of fire takes Elijah to heaven without dying.
There appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11).
The Rapture occurs twice in the past. Enoch is the 7th generation from Adam who lives before the flood. He pleases God and taught the Second Coming. He went from life to eternal life (Genesis 5:24, Jude 1:14).
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God (Hebrews 11:5).
Elijah was a prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab and Jezebel. He prays to stop the rain and confronts idolatry (1 Kings 17:1, 18:21). After training Elisha, a chariot of fire takes Elijah to heaven without dying.
There appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11).
Noah
Noah is the ten generations between Adam and Abraham. As more people populated the earth, the more wickedness grew and more violence. God chooses Noah and his family but destroys the earth (Genesis 6:1, 5-6, 7-8). Noah went into the ark on the 10th of Heshvan and rain begins seven days later. It rains forty days and the flood lasts a year.
As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all (Luke 17:26-27).
The ark is a picture of the Rapture. God give mercy and grace to Noah's family as the ark rises above the flood. Jesus Christ is lifted up as the sacrifice for the sins of the world (John 3:14). Those in Christ are caught up but others are given seven years to turn to God. Those who choose Antichrist and take the mark die. Those who refuse Antichrist are judged (Matthew 25:32-33). After the Tribulation, there are 75 days (Daniel 12:11-12). Mourning lasts 30 days (Deuteronomy 34:8) and judgment of the nations starts in October (Noah, 10th of Heshvan) ending on Hanukkah (25th of Kislev, Incarnation).
[If God] spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished (2 Peter 2:5, 9).
Lot
Abraham and his nephew, Lot, travel to the Promised Land. When their herdsmen clash, they go separate ways. Lot pitches his tent toward Sodom near today's Dead Sea.
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy (Ezekiel 16:49).
Sodom and Gomorrah describe many cities today: pride, over fed, drunk, idle and did not help the poor. They rebel against the king, lose the war and Lot is taken hostage. Abraham intercedes to rescue the captives (Genesis 14:1-2, 14). God judges the wickedness of the cities.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all (Luke 17:26-27).
God (Jesus Christ) and two angels meet Abraham. God plans to destroy the cities but Abraham intercedes (Genesis 18:20-21, 23-24, 32). If there are ten righteous, God will not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels rescue Lot and his two daughters but his wife looks back and changes into a pillar of salt.
Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked (2 Peter 2:6-7).
Exodus
The children of Jacob (Israel) were slaves in Egypt for about 120 years. God heard their cries and delivers them by the Passover Lamb. Slavery is a picture of bondage to sin but God makes a way through Jesus Christ (Exodus 14:13-14). Christians exit earth for heaven.
Rahab
Rahab the harlot lives in Jericho, the first city conquered in the Promised Land. She hears the judgments of God on Egypt and Ammon. By faith, she hides two spies and helps them escape then ties a scarlet rope in the window which saves her family (Joshua 2:1, 9-10, 15, 21).
By faith walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she received the spies with peace (Hebrews 11:30-31).
Noah is the ten generations between Adam and Abraham. As more people populated the earth, the more wickedness grew and more violence. God chooses Noah and his family but destroys the earth (Genesis 6:1, 5-6, 7-8). Noah went into the ark on the 10th of Heshvan and rain begins seven days later. It rains forty days and the flood lasts a year.
As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all (Luke 17:26-27).
The ark is a picture of the Rapture. God give mercy and grace to Noah's family as the ark rises above the flood. Jesus Christ is lifted up as the sacrifice for the sins of the world (John 3:14). Those in Christ are caught up but others are given seven years to turn to God. Those who choose Antichrist and take the mark die. Those who refuse Antichrist are judged (Matthew 25:32-33). After the Tribulation, there are 75 days (Daniel 12:11-12). Mourning lasts 30 days (Deuteronomy 34:8) and judgment of the nations starts in October (Noah, 10th of Heshvan) ending on Hanukkah (25th of Kislev, Incarnation).
[If God] spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished (2 Peter 2:5, 9).
Lot
Abraham and his nephew, Lot, travel to the Promised Land. When their herdsmen clash, they go separate ways. Lot pitches his tent toward Sodom near today's Dead Sea.
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy (Ezekiel 16:49).
Sodom and Gomorrah describe many cities today: pride, over fed, drunk, idle and did not help the poor. They rebel against the king, lose the war and Lot is taken hostage. Abraham intercedes to rescue the captives (Genesis 14:1-2, 14). God judges the wickedness of the cities.
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all (Luke 17:26-27).
God (Jesus Christ) and two angels meet Abraham. God plans to destroy the cities but Abraham intercedes (Genesis 18:20-21, 23-24, 32). If there are ten righteous, God will not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels rescue Lot and his two daughters but his wife looks back and changes into a pillar of salt.
Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked (2 Peter 2:6-7).
Exodus
The children of Jacob (Israel) were slaves in Egypt for about 120 years. God heard their cries and delivers them by the Passover Lamb. Slavery is a picture of bondage to sin but God makes a way through Jesus Christ (Exodus 14:13-14). Christians exit earth for heaven.
Rahab
Rahab the harlot lives in Jericho, the first city conquered in the Promised Land. She hears the judgments of God on Egypt and Ammon. By faith, she hides two spies and helps them escape then ties a scarlet rope in the window which saves her family (Joshua 2:1, 9-10, 15, 21).
By faith walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she received the spies with peace (Hebrews 11:30-31).
Remember the Flood, Avoid the Fire
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness (2 Peter 3:3-5, 6-7, 9, 10-11)?
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness (2 Peter 3:3-5, 6-7, 9, 10-11)?
Jewish Wedding
l Price of the bride (1 Peter 1:18-19)
l Bride and groom are betrothed (Genesis 1:27, 2:24, Matthew 19:6)
l Betrothal contract written (2 Peter 1:19-21)
l Bride gives her consent (Romans 10:9-10)
l Gifts given to the bride (John 14:16-17, 26)
l Bride and groom share the cup of wine (1 Corinthians 11:23, 25-26)
l Bride has a ritual cleansing of baptism (Romans 6:3-4)
l Groom goes back to his father's house to prepare a room (John 14:2-3, 6)
l Bride is set apart waiting for her groom to return (Revelation 19:7-8)
l Groom returns for his bride with a shout and blast of a shofar (Matthew 25:6, 10, 1 Thessalonians 4:16)
l Wedding ceremony under the chuppah (canopy/cloud) (Exodus 13:21, 1 Thessalonians 4:16)
l Groom takes his bride to the bridal chamber for a week (Genesis 29:16, 26-28, Judges 14:1-2, 12)
l After a week, guests gather outside wait for the marriage supper (Matthew 22:8-10, 25:1)
l The bride and groom join the guests at the wedding supper (Revelation 19:9)
God follows the steps of a traditional Jewish engagement and wedding. These traditions are parts of the Christian life. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25, 32).
l Selection of the bride by father of the groom (Genesis 24:3-4, 2 Timothy 1:9)l Price of the bride (1 Peter 1:18-19)
l Bride and groom are betrothed (Genesis 1:27, 2:24, Matthew 19:6)
l Betrothal contract written (2 Peter 1:19-21)
l Bride gives her consent (Romans 10:9-10)
l Gifts given to the bride (John 14:16-17, 26)
l Bride and groom share the cup of wine (1 Corinthians 11:23, 25-26)
l Bride has a ritual cleansing of baptism (Romans 6:3-4)
l Groom goes back to his father's house to prepare a room (John 14:2-3, 6)
l Bride is set apart waiting for her groom to return (Revelation 19:7-8)
l Groom returns for his bride with a shout and blast of a shofar (Matthew 25:6, 10, 1 Thessalonians 4:16)
l Wedding ceremony under the chuppah (canopy/cloud) (Exodus 13:21, 1 Thessalonians 4:16)
l Groom takes his bride to the bridal chamber for a week (Genesis 29:16, 26-28, Judges 14:1-2, 12)
l After a week, guests gather outside wait for the marriage supper (Matthew 22:8-10, 25:1)
l The bride and groom join the guests at the wedding supper (Revelation 19:9)
Engagement
Wedding
Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: ... and the earth shall cast out the dead. Come, my people, enter into your chambers, and shut the door about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation is past. For, behold, the Lord comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth shall disclose her blood and shall no more cover her slain (Isaiah 26:19-20, 21).
End Times
Church Age, Rapture, Tribulation
We are living in the End Times, at the end of the Church Age and Laodicean period. Four horses are on the run, five trumpets have sounded, potential superpowers fight to control the world and the 10-horned Beast is healed. Time is ticking toward the Tribulation.
The 1st of Elul (Teshuvah, August) begins forty days for Jews to repent and return to God as they prepare their hearts for the high holy days of Trumpets and Atonement. Trumpets is the Rapture.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump [Tekiah Gedolah]: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (1 Corinthians 15:52).
The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
We are living in the End Times, at the end of the Church Age and Laodicean period. Four horses are on the run, five trumpets have sounded, potential superpowers fight to control the world and the 10-horned Beast is healed. Time is ticking toward the Tribulation.
The 1st of Elul (Teshuvah, August) begins forty days for Jews to repent and return to God as they prepare their hearts for the high holy days of Trumpets and Atonement. Trumpets is the Rapture.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump [Tekiah Gedolah]: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (1 Corinthians 15:52).
The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the allegiance of all people, and to lift us out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such a man and be he god or devil, we will receive him.
----Paul Henri Spaak, Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the UN General Assembly, President European Parliament
The Rapture of the Church is a rescue mission as Christians ascend to heaven, the black clouds descends to earth (Revelation 12:9, 12). Humanity is in full rebellion against God and seeks a world apart from His authority. Those who refuse God's mercy and grace receive His judgment and justice. After ten days, Antichrist confirms the covenant with many nations on Atonement (10th of Tishri) (Daniel 9:17). This begins seven years of Tribulation. While Israel builds their temple, the rest of the world see the depravity of humanity and wrath of God. Within a month, World War III begins.
First, Last & Great Trump
l First Trump: Weeks/Pentecost - Exodus 19:16, 19
l Last Trump: Trumpets/Rapture - 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
l Great Trump: Atonement/Second Coming - Matthew 24:30-31l Last Trump: Trumpets/Rapture - 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
WARNING
Specific years are mentioned. This is not a prediction of the year of the Rapture or Second Coming. Put all of what is written in context with the rest of the book. After God's time, seven churches, four horses, seven trumpets and other End Time prophecies are combined, we can better understand God's plan for our time.
References: 21st Century Revelation: World Wars, Iraq Wars & End War Chapter 10: In the Beginning, God, Chapter 11: The Feast of Trumpets, Chapter 12: Fall Jewish Feasts, Chapter 13: Minor Feasts, Major Events, Chapter 17: Basic Bible Chronology, Chapter 18: Spring Forward or Fall Back?, Chapter 19: Church Age & End Times, Chapter 20: Players in the Game, Chapter 25: Iraq War III, Appendix D - Jewish Feast Dates, Spring Feasts, Pentecost, Teshuvah, Fall Feasts, Calendar, Jewish Calendar, Bible Chronology, Revelation 12 Sign, Rosh Hashanah, Hebrew Calendar, Seven Festivals of the Messiah, Time and Date, Stellarium, Revelation Outline, Covenant, Tribulation, Revelation, 21st Century View, Daniel, America, Cities, Resurrection, Timeline of the Tribulation
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A current understanding of God's plan for our time
Copyright © 21st Century Revelation Ministry 2026