Solomon clearly puts the timing of when the Beloved comes for the Bride as being at a time of year, right after winter, when everything is blooming and the birds are singing.
Today I had the joyous pleasure of driving down to the beach here in Saint Augustine, parking my car, and looking up at an incredible sight. What was it? NTEB Witness Billboard #3, lifted up yesterday over the main exit road that leads to the 312 bridge connection the beach with the mainland. It asks people 'will YOU be left behind' as it references the Pretribulation Rapture. Glory to God! I want to take a moment and thank everyone who sends in donations for us to have this billboard witness program, because of your giving and praying, we can do this, and so much more.
"After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne." Revelation 4:1,2 (KJB)
NTEB has been around for the past 12 years, since 2009, so this is our 12th Springtime season that we have witnessed, and I don't know about you but to me, it feels very, very different. Now I am not setting a date or calling for the Pretribulation Rapture to be this Spring, but since the Song of Solomon points to a Springtime rapture of the Church, we are going above and beyond this year.
Take a moment and look at the Pretribulation Rapture of the Church as found in the Song of Solomon.
The Bride and the Beloved
Song of Solomon chapter 2, verses 8-14, is an amazing picture, in type, of Jesus Christ coming to snatch His Bride up and away from off the Earth in the Rapture. For starters, you will note that the bride’s beloved is pictured as being above her, as if He was coming down to get her:
“The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.” Song of Solomon 2:8 (KJB)
Secondly, He is looking at her “through the lattice” located “behind our wall”, which is exactly where Jesus is when He comes to get us. He is veiled to the rest of the world, mocking referred to as “the secret Rapture”, but He is clearly visible to us. Next, you will note that He does not come down to get the Bride, rather He causes her to “rise up” and “come away” with Him. Hmm, now where have we heard language like that before? How about right here in these two New Testament places?
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (KJB)
“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” Revelation 4:1 (KJB)
The Pretribulation Rapture Is In The Spring
Solomon clearly puts the timing of when the Beloved comes for the Bride as being at a time of year, right after winter, when everything is blooming and the birds are singing. Birds sing in springtime, I noticed their song this morning for the first time all year. Also, please note that it is not just any Spring to which he refers, but to one that also has the “fig tree” in leaf. That would mean that Israel would be back in the land.
“For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.” Song of Solomon 2:11-13 (KJB)
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