A Closer Look At The Rapture

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http://www.kingdomlife.com/kingdom/britton-rapture.htm The word "pentecost" comes from the Greek "pentekoste" meaning fifty or fiftieth. This word is used only three times in the Bible, and on each occasion it refers to the Jewish festival or feast of Pentecost, known in the Old Testament as the Feast of Weeks (Deut 16:16), the Harvest Feast, or the Firstfruits (Lev 23:17). Since this feast is tied in with the numbers of Noah's ark, let's look at the Scripture where God instituted it... Lev 23:15-17 "And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number FIFTY DAYS; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked WITH LEAVEN; they are THE FIRSTFRUITS unto the Lord." This was the feast of the "FIFTIETH". Seven sabbaths passed by after the resurrection of Jesus, and then on the FIFTIETH day the Holy Ghost was poured out on the waiting Church. Notice that it was a "NEW" offering. It was not just a revival of Passover, or a continuance of that feast. This was something new and separate from the experience of salvation or justification. Notice that it was baked with leaven, which speaks of imperfection. It was not the full harvest, it was the "firs/fruits", and the firstfruits of the Spirit was not given to perfect the Church. The early Church had hardly gotten out of the upper room when they began to show the marks of the leaven. Members lied to the Holy Ghost and fell dead, preachers had big arguments and split up, doctrinal disputes came up and split the churches. But in all this, they were a glorious witness to the world of a resurrected Christ. For it was given to them for a witness (Acts 1:8). Notice the "two wave loaves" of "two tenth deals". Two is the number of witness. This is the second feast, the feast of the firstfruits, the feast of witness. The final perfecting of the Church will come later, with the third and final feast of "ingathering". http://www.kingdomlife.com/kingdom/britton-rapture.htm (13 of 74) [06.03.02 09:43:47]
http://www.kingdomlife.com/kingdom/britton-rapture.htm "GOD'S FIFTY" Now what does all this have to do with Noah's ark? Notice that the ark was FIFTY cubits wide. We have already seen by the 30 and the 300 that God will have a glorious company of Sons that have come to full stature and go forth into the conflict to win a great victory for the deliverance of humanity. Now we see that they are anointed by the Holy Ghost. For the number fifty goes beyond just the one feast of Pentecost, as we will see. It speaks of the Anointing, first at Pentecost (the firstfruits), then the fulness of the Spirit without measure, as pointed out by other scriptures. The history of the Pentecostal outpouring and apostacy is told throughout the Bible in numbers. God has your number, friend. First let us look at a beautiful picture in the Tabernacle... "FIFTY loops made he in one curtain, and FIFTY loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second; THE LOOPS HELD ONE CURTAIN TO ANOTHER. And he made FIFTY taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became ONE TABERNACLE." (Exo 36:12-13) The curtains of the Tabernacle became one great wall because they were joined together by the FIFTY loops and the FIFTY taches of gold. Beloved, the thing that joins God's people together in ONE CHURCH is not the doctrine, the denomination, the name of the church, the great preacher, or the fine building. . . IT IS THE ANOINTING! When the Spirit is flowing, you find God's people becoming ONE people. Whether it be in a fine church building, a living room, a store building, a tent, or a garage...as long as the anointing is there, you'll find a people moving on in God into the oneness of the Spirit. Noah's ark was ONE vessel! Fifty cubits wide. "THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF FIFTY" http://www.kingdomlife.com/kingdom/britton-rapture.htm (14 of 74) [06.03.02 09:43:47]
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