"The Significance of "111""

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F.M. Riley (28 Jan 2009)
"The Significance of "111""


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Dear Brother John,

I am attaching an in-depth study on this subject of "111." It is completely different than the last study you posted for me on that subject. I think this study should be a great blessing and encouragement to you and to all the Five Doves. God bless you dear brother. I'll meet you soon in glory. Pray for me.

Pastor F. M. Riley
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Thanks, Pastor Riley!
John


“111”



By Pastor F. M. Riley



“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.”

Proverbs 25:2



Introduction



For several weeks [or months] this multiple number has been discussed on the Five Doves website. Many people have reported seeing this number over and over again in about every conceivable way. A few people have attempted to tie it in with Scripture and prophetic fulfillment. Most have just reported seeing it when they awaken at night and look at the clock, seeing it on buildings, on license plates, in advertisements, etc., and have audibly wondered if it has some “spiritual” significance?

I don’t really know if the many reports of people seeing this number are by design or by chance, but I can tell our readers that I am personally convinced that the number does have spiritual and prophetical significance. That fact is what I want to set before our readers in this study. Join us for a fascinating study…..



In the Beginning…..



The number “1” in the Bible is the number that signifies “unity” all through the Scriptures. There are many passages in God’s Word where this truth stands out, but in order to be brief I will use only one example, John 17:20-23.

In these verses the Lord was praying for His own true believers. “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on Me through their word; That they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.”

Here is the perfect example of unity [“oneness”] in Christ and in the Father. I could give many more examples illustrating that the number “1” is the Bible number for unity throughout the Scriptures, but this example is sufficient to make the point.

Now since “1” is the Bible number for “unity,” then what is the meaning in God’s Word of the multiples of this number?



The number “11” in God’s Word is the number that signifies “judgment; judgment of God (or men); carrying out of judgment; to complete or finish judgment.” There are also many examples in God’s Word to illustrate this truth, but I am going to leave it to our readers to search this out for themselves. I want to quickly move on to the next multiple of number “1.”



The very first place this number can be calculated in God’s Word is found in Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The number “111” is not stated in this verse, but it certainly glares forth from the verse for anyone who seriously studies the Word. This verse is the first verse in the first chapter of the first book in the Bible. Isn’t that three “ones?” You know it is! But that isn’t all that is in this verse.

Whether some like it or not, any Hebrew teacher or scholar that will be honest with the Word can confirm for you that the word translated as “God” in Genesis 1:1 is a plural noun. It is the Hebrew word, “Elohim,” and it is plural in the Hebrew. Our readers can confirm this for themselves by looking in any good Hebrew Lexicon. The point I am making here is that the triune “Godhead” [Acts 17:29] is set forth right here in the opening verse of the Bible, working as One God in perfect unity as the heavens and the earth were being created. Folks, I am well aware that some of God’s people [true believers] don’t believe in the Trinity of the Godhead. That is okay with me. I won’t fall out with you. I’ll just keep on loving you as a brother or sister in Christ anyway. Your unbelief won’t change the truth of God’s Word one iota. The Heavenly Father [1] plus His Son [1] plus His Holy Spirit [1] working together in perfect unity in creation still calculates out to “111,” and it is found in the very first verse of God’s Word. Glory!



The Prophetical Significance



But now let’s move forward to the prophetical relevance of this number to the very times in which we are living today. I am now going to share some truths with our readers that the Lord has graciously revealed to me as I studied and meditated upon His Word.



The Restoration of Israel



It is a documented historical fact and therefore undeniable, that the restoration of Israel in modern times began when Theodor Herzl convened the first Jewish Congress in Basel, Switzerland on August 29th – 31st, 1897. This first Jewish Congress was called together for the specific purpose of “searching out a national homeland for the Jewish people.” It was at that specific time that Almighty God began to move men and nations in order to fulfill the many promises in His Word that explicitly state that Israel would again become a nation in their own land at the end of this age. Glory!



Number 20



Folks “20” is the Bible number signifying “redemption.” Just 20 years after that first Jewish Congress was convened, the city of Jerusalem, which had been in the hands of the Turkish people for several hundred years, was redeemed from their control on December 9, 1917. It was on that date that the Turkish army fled from the city of Jerusalem in great fear and absolute panic. That is another story. That particular date “just happened” to be the “24th day of the 9th month” on the Jewish calendar, and that year Hanakkuh fell on that date. Read Haggai 2:10-23, noticing that the date is mentioned three times in these verses, and notice what the Lord explicitly promised Israel and the Jewish people in verse 19. Glory!



Number 30



Now let’s go forward another thirty years. This will bring us to 1947. “30” is the Bible number normally signifying “blood; shedding of blood; spilling of blood” in God’s Word. See Matthew 26:14-16 and 27:3-10.

However, this number is also undeniably connected with Israel. In ancient Jewish society [and maybe even today?] no Jewish male was considered “a mature man” qualified to speak out in the Jewish synagogue and teach other men, unless that man was thirty years of age. This is why Luke 3:23 explicitly states, “And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being…..” It was at the age of thirity that the Lord Jesus Christ began His public ministry, for He knew that He wouldn’t be regarded as “a mature man,” and would not be permitted to speak out in the Jewish synagogue, and that no Jewish man would listen to or take seriously anything He had to say, until He was thirty years of age.

I am emphasizing this to point out the fact that in the year following the deliverance of Jerusalem in December of 1917, the doors to Jewish immigration back to the Holy Land were thrown open for the first time in 1848 years; 1918 – 70 A.D. = 1848 years. But from the time Jerusalem was freed from the Turks in 1917 until the time the United Nations Security Council voted to partition the “Land of Palestine” into two separate states, one for the Jews and one for the Arabs, was thirty years. The Jewish people in the Holy Land had become “mature” enough to take their place as “a nation among the nations” after they had been in the Holy Land for thirty years. Glory!



Number 50



But let’s get the whole picture….. On what date did the United Nations Security Council vote to partition the “Land of Palestine” into two states. August 29, 1947! This was fifty years to the day after Theodor Herzl had convened the first Jewish Congress on August 29, 1897. Is this significant? What a question! Do cows give milk? Do birds fly? Do apples grow on apple trees? Glory!

Folks, number “50” is the Bible number signifying “the Holy Spirit; the giving of the Spirit; the work of the Spirit.” Every serious Bible student knows that the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Jewish church fifty days after the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. See Acts 2.

But “50” is also undeniably connected with “the Jubilee” in God’s Word. See Leviticus 25, 27, and Numbers 36:4. Now what is the Jubilee and what is so significant about it? Study these chapters carefully and they will reveal that the Jubilee was a very special 50th year that was to occur after “seven sabbaths of years,” Leviticus 25:8 [49 years]. When this 50th year arrived “liberty” was proclaimed throughout the land. All slaves were set free, all debts were cancelled, and “every man” returned “unto his possession,” Leviticus 25:13.

It is then obvious that the hand of God was working on behalf of the Jewish people, when on August 29, 1947, exactly fifty years to the day after the first Jewish Congress had been convened to “search out a national homeland for the Jewish people,” the United Nations Security Council voted to partition the Holy Land into two states, and the Jewish people “returned to their possession.” Glory! Glory to God! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! What an awesome God and a wonderful Savior! Lift up your voices in praise to His Great and Holy Name.



Number 70



But now let’s go forward another twenty years to 1967. We have already pointed out the significance of the number “20,” so I won’t go back over it. It is sufficient to say that in the Six Day war of 1967 the whole city of Jerusalem was redeemed from the hands of Israel’s enemies, and once more came into the possession of the Jewish people.

What I do want to emphasize is that the return of the whole city of Jerusalem occurred in the seventieth year after the first Jewish Congress. From August 29, 1897 to August 29, 1967 is seventy years. 1897 + 70 = 1967.

This again is very prophetically significant, for “70” is the Bible number signifying “the restoration of Israel.” There are many examples of this truth all through the Old Testament Scriptures. There was no way that Israel could be completely restored as a nation in the Biblical and prophetical sense until they had regained possession of their most holy city; JERUSALEM. And in the Six Day War of 1967 the Lord God of Heaven redeemed Jerusalem from the hands of Israel’s enemies and restored their beloved city back to the Jewish people. Glory! Glory! Glory!



Before leaving 1967 and the Six Day War, I would also emphasize that the very day Jerusalem was restored to Israel marked the beginning of “the generation” that will not die off or “pass away” until “the kingdom of God” is established on this earth. See the Parable of the Fig Tree given by the Lord Himself in Matthew 24:32-35, Mark 13:28-31, and Luke 21:29-33. A detailed exposition of this parable is contained in my study entitled “Why? Here’s Why…..” I will be glad to send a copy of the study to anyone requesting it.



Numbers 6, 13, 42, and 76



Now let’s go forward six more years to 1973. “6” is the Bible number that signifies “man; man’s sin nature; Satan’s influence over man.” Mankind was created on the sixth day of the week as recorded in Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7, and 2:18-25. It is therefore more than coincidence that just six years after Jerusalem had been restored to Israel, Israel’s enemies launched a surprise attack on Israel on Israel’s most revered holy day, Yom Kippur, [the Great Day of Atonement]. But let’s not omit other important details about this year; 1973.

The year, 1973, was one of the most fantastic years in modern history. Yet that year is sadly neglected or overlooked by most Bible students. What happened in 1973 to make it such a special year? Let’s see…..

In late 1972 or early 1973 a gigantic comet appeared in the heavens passing through our solar system to which the astronomers gave the name, Comet Kohoutek. I don’t remember the exact date that it first appeared or was announced to the public. What I do remember was that it was expected to be one of the brightest comets to appear in the night sky for hundreds of years, and that it would be seen for several months in the night sky. Its expected brightness failed to materialize, but what it lacked in brightness it made up in endurance. Night after night throughout most of 1973 Comet Kohoutek could be seen high in the heavens above the earth as it passed through our solar system.

Keep in mind that the Lord Himself explicitly said, “…..and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven,” Luke 21:11. And in Luke 21:25 the Lord said, “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations…..” There is no doubt in my mind that the appearing of Comet Kohoutek was one of those latter day “signs” that the Lord placed in the heavens. Why do I say that? Because in 1973…..

1. Comet Kohoutek appeared in the heavens and stayed visible for months.

2. The Greater Jerusalem Synagogue was completed in Jerusalem as a central place of worship for the Jewish people.

3. The oil producing nations of the Middle East came together to form OPEC, and immediately raised the price of oil on the world market. This caused the first “gas shortage” in America and other industrialized nations, with long lines of cars waiting at stations to buy gas.

4. The Club of Rome is supposedly made up of the so-called most intellectual men on earth. In their meeting that year, on a world map they literally carved the world up into ten kingdoms [their own exact term]. See Revelation 17:12. From that day to this they have been quietly working behind the world scenes to bring their plan for the whole world to reality.

5. All ten leaders of the NATO nations resigned from office in disgrace, were removed in disgrace, died in office, or were assassinated during the course of the year. All ten! Does anyone remember President Nixon?

6. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of legalized abortion in the infamous Roe versus Wade court case. This was the beginning of the premeditated murder of literally millions of unborn babies in this country. Sadly, other nations of the world were “infected” by the wickedness of this country, and abortion spread from this country into every nation of the world. Since that time over a billion innocent unborn babies have been callously murdered throughout the world.

7. The first section of the Karakoram Highway through the Himalayan mountains was opened, allowing motor vehicles to transport people and goods from China to India through the Himalayan mountains summer or winter for the first time in human history.

8. The first dam across the Euphrates River was officially opened. This dam was built to generate electrical power, but it could also be used to reduce the flow of water in the Euphrates. In the years since 1973, four more dams have been built on the Euphrates making the fulfillment of Revelation 16:12 easily possible.

9. The Yom Kippur war broke out in Israel and the Middle East on Israel’s most revered holy day. Israel was still engaged in a furious war when 1973 came to an end.

10. The world’s leading economists, who study such matters, now say that the United States of America reached the peak of its economic prosperity on January 11, 1973, and that the economy of this country has been in a slow but steady decline from that date until the present time.

11. In my recent study, “Israel’s Long Night,” I pointed out that in prophetic type, Israel and the Jewish people entered their long night in 1973. I will be glad to send a copy of this study to anyone who would like to read it.



I have listed above eleven documented events of prophetic significance which all occurred in 1973. Were all of these events just “coincidence?” I think not! I have already pointed out the Biblical significance of number “11,” so I will not go over it again at this point in our study.

It should be obvious to our readers that 1973 was 76 years after the convening of the first Jewish Congress in 1897. 1897 + 76 = 1973. 7 + 6 = 13. “13” is the Bible number which signifies “sin or rebellion.” There are so many examples of this in God’s Word that any reader should have no difficulty finding them.

I do not know the doctrinal significance of number “76” in God’s Word. I only know that it adds up to 13, the number signifying sin and rebellion. However, if you multiply the numbers 7 x 6 the answer will be 42.

“42” is the Bible number which repeatedly signifies “the coming of Christ.” Over and over again in God’s Word it is connected with both the first and second comings of the Lord Jesus Christ. The fact that these eleven major events all occurred in 1973, 76 years after the first Jewish Congress was convened, and six years after Jerusalem had been restored to Israel, convinces me that the events that occurred that year were all “signs” from the Lord pointing to His coming before the “generation” then living would all die off or pass away. Is there any further verification of this? Let’s see…..



Numbers 15, 28, 56 and 78



Let’s now go forward two more years to 1975. It was on August 29, 1975 that another prophetically significant “sign” appeared in the heavens. On that date in 1975 a brilliant “star” appeared in the heavens which outshone every other star in the night sky. The astronomers called it “Deneb.” I don’t know the meaning of this word. Perhaps some of our readers can research this, and find out why this star was called “Deneb.” But the news media at that time compared the brightness of this star to the star that appeared in the heavens over Bethlehem at the birth of Christ. Wow! Talk about significant!

This means that this brilliant star appeared in the heavens 78 years to the day after the convening of the first Jewish Congress on August 29, 1897. 1897 + 78 = 1975. Again, I do not know the doctrinal significance of number “78” in the Scriptures. However, it is obvious that 7 + 8 = 15. “15” is the Bible number signifying “rest; sabbath rest; kingdom rest; Jubilee rest.” Then one purpose for this “sign” in the heavens that appeared not quite two years after the Yom Kippur war of 1973 began may have been to remind Israel and the Jewish people that the Lord will ultimately give them “ rest” when they truly repent and come to the Lord in faith with their whole heart.” See Jeremiah 29:13 and Hebrews 4:9.

The appearance of this brilliant star in the heavens on August 29, 1975 also means that it appeared exactly 28 years to the day after the United Nations Security Council voted to partition the “Land of Palestine” into two separate states, which led directly to the reestablishment of Israel as a nation. 1947 + 28 = 1975. “28” is the Bible number that signifies “eternal life; everlasting life.” This is most certainly what God has promised to every person, nation, and people, who will truly repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. See John 3:16 and Psalm 33:12.

It is also obvious that 7 x 8 = 56. “56” is the Bible number that signifies “to awake; awaken; awakening.” Since even the world’s news media compared the appearance of this star to the “star of Bethlehem,” then it appears that this star was a “sign” calling Israel and a lost world to awaken to “spiritual truth” and call upon the Lord before this present “day of grace” comes to an end? See Zephaniah 2:2-3.



“111”



I could point out many other prophetically significant events which have occurred since 1975. But reviewing each of these events is not my purpose in this study. I now want to go forward from 1975 to the very year in which we are living today; 2009. Now figure this out carefully…..how much time has elapsed since that brilliant star appeared in the heavens on August 29, 1975? How much time has elapsed since the first Jewish Congress was convened on August 29, 1897? Do I have your attention yet?



From August 29, 1897 to August 29, 2008 is 111 years. 1897 + 111 = 2008. So at the present time it has been 111 years, four and one half months, [rounded off] since the first Jewish Congress was convened in 1897. In other words, today we are still living in the 111th year since Almighty God began His end-time work of redeeming Israel from the hand of their enemies and restoring them to their right spiritual relationship with their God. The 112th year will not be reached until August 29, 2009.



Folks, many true believers today believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming to resurrect and rapture His people to glory this year; 2009. Some of us are convinced of this because we have seriously studied the prophetic Scriptures from many different Scriptural viewpoints, and have all arrived at the same conclusion. Further, some of us are convinced that the resurrection and rapture of God’s people will occur this SPRING in direct fulfillment of the Song of Solomon 2:8-13. If this should come to pass as some true believers are expecting, then it is obvious that the resurrection and rapture will have occurred while we who are living today are still living in the 111th year of this cycle of years which began on August 29, 1897. Glory!



So what is the Scriptural and prophetic significance of the Bible number “111”? What relation does it have to this 111th year since the first Jewish Congress was convened on August 29, 1897? In this study there are four things in particular I want to share with our readers about the number, “111” and the year, “111.”



1. “111” is a multiple number made up of three ones. “3” is the Bible number repeatedly associated with the Triune Godhead and with “the resurrection” throughout the Scriptures. This truth is absolutely fascinating in view of the fact that a word in the Old Testament Scriptures which has the numerical value of “111” is the word, “ascending.” This word literally means “to go up.” Glory!

Ascending… Ayin = 70 Vav = 6 Lamed = 30 Hay = 5 = 111. Glory! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! Glory to God! Come Lord Jesus!



2. The 111th year since the convening of the first Jewish Congress, was reached

on August 29, 2008. This is 33 years after the brilliant star appeared in the heavens on August 29, 1975. 1975 + 33 = 2008. “33” is the Bible number signifying “promise; of God; or men,” all through the Scriptures. This indicates to me that this 111th year will be a year when one or more of the promises of God are fulfilled.

What then is the greatest “promise” that the Lord Himself made to His own New Testament believers before He went back to the Father? Read it in John 14:1-3. That same promise is repeated over and over again in different wording by the inspired writers of the New Testament. See 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, 15:51-52, Galatians 1:3-4, Philippians 3:20-21, Colossians 3:1-4, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Timothy 4:8, Titus 2:11-15, Hebrews 10:35-37, 1 Peter 5:4, 1 John 3:1-3, Revelation 3:10, and many other similar Scriptures too numerous to list. Folks, it is both highly possible and probable that this promise of our Lord made to His own true New Testament believers is going to be fulfilled during this 111th year.



3. In Genesis 1, it is recorded that the last thing God did on the sixth day was the creation of Adam and Eve “…..in His own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created He them,” Genesis 1:27. Adam is then explicitly called “the son of God” in Luke 3:38 because he was created “in the image” and “in the likeness of God,” Genesis 1:26-27; 5:1-2.

It is understood by all serious Bible students that the six days of Genesis 1 are a type of the 6,000 years that mankind upon the earth was to labor and do all his work, 2 Peter 3:8. Compare Exodus 20:9-10, 23:12, 31:15, 34:21, 35:2, Leviticus 23:3, Deuteronomy 5:13-14, and Luke 13:14. This being a Scripturally established truth, it is then obvious that mankind today is living right at the end of 6,000 years of human history, or the sixth day in God’s Great Week.

The Scripture also explicitly states to God’s people, “And as we [true believers] have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly,” 1 Corinthians 15:49. This truth is set forth again in Philippians 3:20-21, “For our conversation [citizenship] is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself.” And again in 1 John 3:2 the Scripture says, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”

We are also told in the inspired Word that all true New Testament believers are “new creations” in Christ Jesus. See 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15, Ephesians 2:8-10, 4:23-24, and Colossians 3:10.

Folks, in view of these Scriptures it is obvious that the last thing the Lord is going to do on this sixth day of human history is to resurrect “the dead in Christ,” and “change” the living in Christ into the very “image” of Christ, as He gives to every true believer a “glorified body” “fashioned like unto His glorious body,” Philippians 3:21. Indeed, “as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly,” 1 Corinthians 15:49. And it most certainly appears that our “change” will occur before this present 111th year is concluded on August 29, 2009. Glory to God! Hallelujah!



4. But on what possible “date” is this change going to come? For months now

some claiming to be God’s people [true believers] have been dogmatically setting one date after another with no real Scriptural proof of any of them. Date after date has come and gone, and some of these dogmatic “date setters” have then tried to justify their false date by “reinterpreting” Scripture. Sic!

Folks, I have no personal objection to speculating about the return of Christ, when we keep the speculation within Scriptural parameters. But silly guesses based on nothing more than opinions, theories, ideas, fantasies, feelings, dreams, visions, and perverted “interpretations” of Scripture are not proof of anything. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 is still in the Bible, and God’s people [true believers] are still obligated to obey it. Anyone attempting to set a date ought to have some genuine Scriptural basis for doing so, and then ought to present it as a possibility rather than being smug, arrogant, and dogmatic. 1 Peter 5:5-6 is still in the Bible too, and all true believers need to read it again, take it to heart, and never forget it.



A Biblical and historical truth is that the 69 weeks of years prophesied in Daniel 9:25-26 came to an end at sundown on the day the Lord Jesus Christ rode the donkey into Jerusalem and was proclaimed “King” by His disciples. See Luke 19:28-44. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself explicitly confirmed this date twice in verses 39-44. Notice the emphasis the Lord Himself placed on that particular day in verse 42 and verse 44. Our readers might also want to compare Zechariah 9:9. The question is then, what day was this?

The day Christ rode the donkey into Jerusalem was the 10th day of Abib [Nisan] on the Jewish calendar which God gave to Israel in Exodus 12. That exact day at sundown the 69 weeks prophesied in Daniel 9 came to an end. This truth can be verified by our readers for themselves by carefully calculating the date, using the exact formula given to Daniel in Daniel 9:25. The Lord Jesus Christ rode the donkey into Jerusalem on the 10th day of Abib. That date is Biblically established. Period!



NO! I do not believe for one minute that the 70th week of Daniel has already started. Such a claim is unadulterated “bunk.” The claim has no Scriptural proof whatsoever. Further, I do not believe that there is a difference between the 70th week of Daniel and the seven year Tribulation period. That is another “popular” false claim being circulated today that has no Scriptural proof whatsoever. Folks, wake up! If we claim to be God’s people [true believers], then we ought to be going by what God’s Word actually and literally says and teaches rather than by silly opinions, theories, guesses, fantasies, ideas, feelings, and “interpretations.” Sic! God have mercy!



Therefore, as a serious student of God’s Word who knows how precise Almighty God is in everything He does [as evidenced repeatedly throughout His Word], it appears entirely reasonable and logical to me that the Lord would begin the 70th week of Daniel [the seven year Tribulation] right where He left off the 69th week of Daniel before the intervening “dispensation of grace.” And what day would that be?

I’m so glad you asked! Since the 69 weeks of Daniel ended on the 10th day of Abib, then why wouldn’t the 70th week of Daniel begin on the 11th day of Abib? Hey! I’m asking! Give me a good Scriptural reason why the Lord should not begin again with Israel right where He left off with them 2,000 years ago? I’m waiting…..



Now what month on the Jewish calendar is the month of Abib? Abib is the first month of the year on the calendar that the Lord expressly gave to Israel to observe in Exodus 12:1-2. Sadly, the majority of the Jews never observed it, but kept right on using the same old “civil” calendar that was in use before the exodus from Egypt. Unbelieving Israel, being “stiffnecked and rebellious,” is still using that same old “civil” calendar to begin their year to this present day, even though the Lord Himself explicitly told them that they were to begin their year with the month of Abib in the SPRING of the year. God have mercy! Pray for the salvation of Israel.



Folks, if the Lord should [???] begin His special relationship with Israel on the day after He ended it some 2,000 years ago, to continue continuity, then what day would that actually be? Abib is the first month of the Jewish year, and Abib 11 is the 11th day of that month. So if we were to write this out in numerals, that particular day this SPRING would be…..



“111”



Glory to God! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah! Thank you Lord Jesus!



Is the Lord coming to resurrect and rapture His people to glory, and begin the seven year Tribulation, on this date? I do not know! But in view of the four areas of Scriptural significance that I have now presented about “111,” and since we are living in the 111th year since Theodor Herzl convened the first Jewish Congress, which was obviously a “work of God,” then I believe this particular date of “111” [Abib 11…April 5th…Palm Sunday…Coincidence??] is worthy of being carefully “watched” and considered as a possible date for the resurrection and rapture of God’s people to occur. Glory to God! Hallelujah!



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