When will the Sealing of the 144,000 Occur?
By
Gary Primo
I am not referring to what year, but what time of the year that the 144,000 will be sealed and taken away to a place of safety. I believe it will be at the same time of year that the exodus occurred. This might mean that only those who remember to put the lamb’s blood on their door posts will be rescued – just as in Moses’ day.
And, just as the ancient Israelites escaped Egypt (symbolic of the world) at the end of the Days of Unleavened Bread, so might we, at that time, enter our “promised land” which will be the Kingdom of Yahuwah.
We know that there is much symbolism and prophesy attached to Yahuwah’s appointed days. That is why we are commanded to observe them, so that we will be prepared for the prophesied events. And, I would say it is very significant that we keep these festivals on the right date for the reasons I have already mentioned.
I previously sounded the alarm on my “Almost Daily Blog” that this year’s dates for the Passover, according to the Jewish reasoning, was off by two days. Anyone who can read can easily read the scriptures concerning when to observe the Passover. It is not something that Yahuwah has kept secret from us. From the very beginning Yahuwah tells us the reason for establishing the appointed times.
Gen. 1:14 - And Elohim said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Yahuwah does not do anything haphazardly. Everything has a prophetic purpose. Yahuwah is telling us this in the very beginning of the Scriptures.
Ex. 12:1 - And Yahuwah spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 - This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Yahuwah’s calendar is calculated according to the phases of the moon, making the moon a witness as to whether we are observing His calendar correctly. It begins with a new (first sliver) moon and ends with the beginning of the next new moon (at sunset).
The new moon that determines the beginning of the year (Abib) must occur after the vernal equinox in the spring.
Ex. 12:6 - And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 - And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 - And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
The Passover begins on the 14th day of the first month – the day before the full moon. The Days of Unleavened Bread begins at the end of the Passover day, on the 15th day of the first month, following the full moon.
Verses 7 mentions striking the door post of our homes with the blood of the lamb, obviously a refence to the blood of the Lamb – Yahushua. I believe we need to continue this practice.
Ex. 12:11 - And thus shall you eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahuwah’s Passover.
13 - And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
On this night, the ancient Israelites celebrated the night with their bags packed, shoes on and ready to travel at a moment’s notice. They marked their door posts with lamb’s blood to identify them as Yahuwah’s chosen people and save their firstborn from the death angel. Since most scriptural prophesy is dual in nature, I believe we should be read to travel when we celebrate this night also. The blood on the doorposts for us means that we belong to Yahushua, the true Lamb of Elohim. The journey we will be taking will be to the Place of Safety.
I find it humorous that today’s Elite are making plans for their own exodus (to either the moon or Mars). They are currently planning trips to both places to prepare them for habitation. It would seem they are attempting to bring about scriptural prophesy by their own means (saving just themselves, of course). Needless to say, they do not qualify in accordance to scripture. But. isn’t that the way of man?
Ex. 12:9 - And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahuwah’s law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has Yahuwah brought you out of Egypt.
Yahuwah commanded that the days and the manner in which they are observed be remembered and practiced by us for all the generations to come. This identifies us as the children of Yahuwah and will save us when the hour comes (if we are prepared and ready).
What will happen if we are not ready; or are observing the wrong days? The answer is simply the same as it would have been for the Israelites – they would not have been saved. Neither will we be whisked away to the Place of Safety if we are not prepared nor keeping the proper appointed times.
This year, the Jews observed the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread 2 days after the full moon. This is not surprising since they value the words of their Rabbis more than they do the Word of Elohim. This is obvious in their elevation of the Talmud over the Torah. They ignore Yahuwah’s word and obey the Rabbis.
Of course, Christians do exactly the same thing – obeying a long dead Roman Emperor over Yahuwah. Christians, of course, do not keep any of the appointed days of Yahuwah. Why? Because in 324 ad, Constantine issued an empirical order forbidding any Roman citizen from keeping the traditions and customs of the Jews. And in their zeal to escape persecution, they obeyed the Emperor over Yahuwah. I would guess they feared Constantine all the more and though they would please Yahuwah at some later date. Well, I hate to tell them, but that sate is never coming.
Dan. 7: 25 - And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
This verse tells us how we are to identify the Antichrist (false prophet). He will change the times and the law. Constantine’s command in 324bc did exactly that. Christians no longer kept the laws of Yahuwah. They no longer kept the Hebrew weekly Sabbath nor yearly sabbaths. They, instead, kept the holy days they had already been keeping, those of Mystery Babylon.
In doing so, they negate all of the promises of Elohim. Those promises are only for those who identify as Elohim’s children. They also continue to pray to and worship their former gods and pagan messiahs through the names they use. The name, “god’” comes from Baal-god. The name Iesous (Jesus) means Double (image of) Zeus. Unless they discover their error, no Christian will ever see the Kingdom of Elohim.
And the Jews are no better in allowing their Rabbis to change the method they use to calculate these days. In the years since I was baptized (1984), I have witnessed some who have reverted totally to modern-day Judaism, assuming that today’s Jews have everything right. They fail to obey Yahuwah’s command to search and prove all things. This is pure laziness! We absolutely must obey every word that comes from the mouth of Yahuwah if we wish to ever see His Kingdom. No man, Christian nor Jew, is wiser that Yahuwah. No man has the authority to change those words.
When the sealing of the 144,000 comes, it will likely be on the same night of the Passover in which the Israelites left Egypt (the beginning of the 15th day of Abib). Any not keeping the feast in its appointed time, will be the losers. These will be made to suffer through the Tribulation, giving them time for reflection as to why they were passed by. All who repent and commit totally to Yahuwah will come up in the latter harvest (2nd resurrection}. But we do not want to be part of that group. We want to be amongst the “firstfruits” and be counted worthy of being in the first resurrection. And, of course we all desire to be amongst those who do not have to taste death at all but are simply changed from mortal to immortal.
Conclusion
The reason the Jewish reckoning of the set-apart days is off, is because of the method the Rabbis invented for determining the beginning of the year. Instead of setting the beginning of the year by the first new moon following the spring equinox, they count backwards from Tishri 1. In doing so they reveal that they value their Rabbis over Yahuwah. In keeping Christmas and Easter the Christians reveal that they are of the synagogue of Satan. Neither one will make it into the Kingdom unless they repent and turn to Yahuwah via Yahushua. In not doing so, they make themselves above Yahuwah, as did the god they worship, HaSatan. The Jews worship the Law. Christians claim the Law to be done away with. They are two opposite sides of the same coin. True Believers alone worship Yahuwah in truth and righteousness.
Then there are the fence-sitters. These are the one’s who know the truth but prefer the praise of men. They are, perhaps the worst of all. They are the Laodiceans, who are sorely condemned in the Book of Revelation.
Rev. 3:14 - And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of Elohim;
15 - I know your works, that you art neither cold nor hot: I would you were cold or hot.
16 - So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth.
If we do not want to be spewed out of Yahuwah’s mouth and cast out as was HaSatan, we had better be about searching and proving all things according to the Word of Elohim. This is the only manner in which we can find all truth.
May Yahuwah bless and keep you in all truth.
G.P.