The Rapture Puzzle

lamps are going out.‘ But the wise answered, saying, ‗Since there will not be enough for usand for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.‘ And while they were going tobuy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast,and the door was shut. (Matthew 25:1-10)In Revelation 18, we read about a ―queen‖ who is very boastful.Revelation 18:7-8, 10, 23 ―In her heart she boasts, 'I sit asqueen; I am not a widow, and I will never mourn.' Therefore inone day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning andfamine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the LordGod who judges her…Terrified at her torment, they will standfar off and cry: " 'Woe! Woe, O great city, O Babylon, city ofpower! In one hour your doom has come!... The light of alamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroomand bride will never be heard in you again.‖Here we see how the judgment comes in one day, or one hour. This is the ―Day of the Lord‖, which isalso referred to as an hour in the Scriptures. It is the ―day and hour‖ that Jesus said He does not knowabout. The reason that the light will not shine there again is because Jesus is the light of the world andHe will be leaving. The reason the voice of the Bridegroom and Bride will not be heard is becauseJesus, our Bridegroom, will be taking His Bride and leaving with her.America represents this ―queen‖ in Revelation 18. She will be judgedfor rejecting her King on the 7 th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, in2009, when Mr. Obama was chosen as the Nobel Peace Prize winnerand again in 2012, when America chose Mr. Obama again to be theirleader instead of a man who represented morals and character.America will no longer be the leader among the nations of the world.There is a new queen that will be crowned on December 31, 2016, onthe 7 th day of Hanukkah, the first day of the month of Tivet. The NewMillennium will begin on Sunday, January 1, 2017, the first day of theweek, first week of the year, and first year of the New Millennium.Esther 2:12 - Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelvemonths of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six withperfumes and cosmetics.Before Esther was allowed to go into the king’s presence, she first had to go through 12 months ofbeauty treatments. I believe this is symbolic of the 12 months between the first and second raptureevents, where those left-behind are given a 12-month period to repent and to purify their hearts so thatthey are ready to meet the King. They will then be taken to be with the Lord during the fall feasts in2016, and together with all the saints will return to earth on Hanukkah 2016 and be crowned on the 7 thday of Hanukkah, which is December 31, 2016.58