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The End Is Near Part 3: Rapture

Rapture Date Theories — Flood, Hanukkah & Yom Teruah
Three feast- and event-based theories people use to line prophecy up with the calendar. In End Times circles these are known as "high watch times"--seasons where significant prophetic events are expected to take place in the world.



Flood Date Rapture

  • Core: Tied to Genesis 7:11 — the 17th day of the 2nd month (Cheschvan) of the Hebrew civil year (Usually in November on our calendar).
  • Why: Jesus said His coming will be like the “days of Noah” (Matt 24:37) — so some match the date.
  • Typology: Noah entered the ark before judgment → church enters safety before tribulation.
⚠ Calendar matching is speculative; Hebrew calendar cycles make exact repeating dates problematic.

Hanukkah Rapture

  • Core: Linked to Hanukkah (Feast of Dedication) — usually in December.
  • Why: Hanukkah = rededication of the Temple; believers are “God’s temple” (1 Cor 6:19).
  • Symbol: Festival of lights → Jesus as Light of the World; John 10:22 notes Jesus at the Temple during Hanukkah.
⚠ Not a Levitical feast (Lev 23); prophetic linkage is more typological than prescriptive.

Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets)

  • Core: Matches the Feast of Trumpets — shofar blasts & trumpet symbolism.
  • Why: Paul connects the rapture to a trumpet (“the last trumpet”) in 1 Thess. 4:16 and 1 Cor. 15:52.
  • Rabbinic link: Yom Teruah is called the “day of hiddenness” — evocative of believers hidden in Christ.
⚠ Debate exists whether Paul’s “last trumpet” is the feast-shofar or a distinct eschatological/heavenly trumpet.
🌊 Flood Date
Genesis 7:11 | Days of Noah | Escape before wrath
🕎 Hanukkah
Dedication | Light → Christ | Temple symbolism (1 Cor. 6:19)
📯 Yom Teruah
Shofar blasts | Paul’s “last trumpet” | Day of hiddenness

Final word: These theories are symbolic attempts to read biblical signals into the calendar. None are guaranteed dates — but each points to a single practical call: watchfulness, readiness, and faith. ✨

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