Comments for The Jewish Calendar at http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5 , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:06:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5/index.php/bible-studying/the-jewish-calendar.html#comment-400 A note: Passover represents redemption Pentecost represents baptism Tabernacles or Ingathering represents resurrection The Passover Feast has the Barley. The firstfruits are the overcomers. The Pentecost has Wheat that is hard, so it needs a tribullim board to beat the hard shell. Tribullim board = tribulation Ingathering has the fruit. The seven (7) fruits represent the 7 major continents. - Rohn Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:45:04 +0100 http://www.biblearchive.com/mambo4_5/index.php/bible-studying/the-jewish-calendar.html#comment-398 I have heard a study where the barley and the harvest protocol itself is compared to the rapture. The barley is representative of the overcomers, the ones that really have a fire for God. The second harvest would be wheat, which represents the church or Christians who aren't on fire for God. The last is the grape harvest which represents the non-believers. I'm not sure about this. The harvest of the grains itself included gathering the first fruits or gathering the first areas to ripen, as some stalks will produce heads before others, depending I guess on the moisture and fertilization of the soil. This first to ripen group would be presented to the priest as a tithe and he would then sanctify the rest of the harvest. Then the rest of the field would be gleaned except for the four corners which were left for the widows and orphans and such. So how does this all play out when compared to the rapture. Some will go up first, the ones with fire in their spirit. Then the masses who are back slidden or whatever. Then supposedly the corners represent the Jews who have been scattered to the four winds. The value of the barley is interesting. A homer of barley is worth 50 shekels and 50 seems to be an important number. The 50th day represents Pentecost and the 50th year Jubilee. So in conclusion, if there will be 3 different groups that will be "caught up" into heaven, do these harvests represent these waves? Will the dead in Christ and the living believers go up first? Then the not so sure Christians will go. Then the non-believers will be given a chance? It's all in how you see this I suppose. If anyone could elaborate on this I would appreciate it. - Rachel Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:47:26 +0100