The Lord's Times and Seasons - Part 3 - Taurus by Hendrik Vorster

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The LORD’s Times and Seasons (Part 3) Taurus You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan]. You prepared room before it, and it took deep root and it filled the land. The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God]. [Israel] sent out its boughs to the [Mediterranean] Sea and its branches to the [Euphrates] River. [I Kings 4:21.] Why have You broken down its hedges and walls so that all who pass by pluck from its fruit? The boar out of the wood wastes it and the wild beast of the field feeds on it. (Psa 80:8-13) Ampl

The Month of Bull…

On the 8th of July 2008, driven by the Holy Spirit, I came out of my house and looked up into the sky. I saw a large sign of a Bull in the sky. I saw how this bull had lowered His horns, as if to push the nations eastward. After this sign in the heavens, another large sign appeared in the heavens. The tabernacle of God appeared in the sky. Then the word of the Lord came to me: “Now the tabernacle of God shall be among men and He shall tabernacle with them!” I knew that these signs referred to the coming of Jesus Christ and His fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles, when the Lord will come to judge all nations, according to all that they have done, as was written: “Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art holy: for

all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:…” (Rev 15:4-5) KJV And “And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying: “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And

The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” And he that sat upon the throne said: “Behold, I make all things new.” And he said unto me: “Write, for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me: “It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.” (Rev 21:2-7) KJV

nation of the United States of America was established. In the year 1507, a year after Columbus's death, Waldseemüller published a world map calling the new continent America from Vespucci's Latinized name "Americus". The United States of America has been pushing eastwards with its horns, conquering the eastern nations through war, since the gulf war.

Then the Lord Jesus gave me further interpretation for the sign of the bull or Taurus which He had shown me in the sky, according to the word prophesied by Moses: “Like a firstling young bull his majesty is, and his horns like the horns of the wild ox; with them he shall push the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. (Deu 33:17) KJV

2nd of August 1990 – 28th of February 1991)[7][8] was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force from 34 nations[9] authorized by the United Nations (UN) but led primarily by the United States and the United Kingdom in order to return Kuwait to the control of the Emir of Kuwait. The conflict developed in the context of the Iran–Iraq War and in 1990 Iraq accused Kuwait of stealing Iraq's oil through slant drilling.[10] The invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops was met with immediate economic sanctions against Iraq by some members of the UN Security Council, and with immediate preparation for war by the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The expulsion of Iraqi troops from Kuwait began in January 1991 and was a decisive victory for the coalition forces, which took over Kuwait and entered Iraqi territory. Aerial and ground combat was confined to Iraq, Kuwait, and bordering areas of Saudi Arabia. Iraq also launched missiles against targets in Saudi Arabia and Israel in retaliation for their support of the invading forces in Kuwait.

According to History, the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh referred to a people who went and stayed in first in Europe and at the time after Columbus found the continents of South America fled to the continent of America. Four lunar eclipses occurred on Passover and Sukkot was in 1493, the year after Columbus sailed the ocean blue and Spain expelled all Jews. See replicas of the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria sailed from Spain to the Chicago Columbian Exposition. Thanks to www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus. This was a very significant day, for the prophesies of Moses and all the prophets could not come to pass, until the

The United States and the United Nations gave several public justifications for involvement in the conflict. The most prominent reason was the Iraqi violation of Kuwaiti territorial integrity. In addition, the United States moved to support its ally of Saudi Arabia, whose importance in the region and as a key supplier of oil made it of considerable geopolitical importance.

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On January 12, 1991 the United States Congress authorized the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. The votes were 52-47 in the U.S. Senate and 250-183 in the U.S. House of Representatives. These were the closest margins in authorizing force by the Congress since the War of 1812. Soon after, the other states in the coalition also followed suit. See www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_war As I prayed to the Lord Jesus Christ, on the 5th August 2008, about His coming and the specific ministry of the Two Witnesses, the Lord opened my understanding to the sign of Taurus in the heavens. The Jewish calendar has a month, called Bull, which is the 9th month of the year. Suddenly, my spirit within me, jump up in excitement and I understood that the first of the 9th month is 30 days after the Feast of Trumpets. This is very significant, since the Feast of trumpets is determined by the first month of the year, which could be 12 or 13 months, depending on the ripening of the barley harvest. Thus either way, counting 1260 days or 3.5 years would end in April or one month after the planned time of the Feast of Trumpets. The name of the month according to the lunar calendar which falls between the months of October and November according to the Gregorian calendar is called, the month of Bull. This month is indicated by the Jewish star sign of Taurus, the bull, according to the signs in the heavens. Suddenly, all started to fall in to place, regards the times and the seasons of the Lord Jesus Christ…

The Day and hour that no one knows... The Crecent moon and the Barley Harvest...

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have determined to calculate the day of the Lord Jesus’ coming, but Jesus himself said: “But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even

the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Mat 24:36) Ampl According to Jewish tradition there is a day called: “The day and the hour that no man knowns”. The Jewish calender is not based upon the gregorian calender. This Gregorian calender has its months and days rooted upon the worship of the sun and the names of the balylonian son gods. The Jewish calender is based upon the times and seasons, which God had given the Jewish people, at Mount Sinia, through the prophet Moses. This calender of God is based upon the time when the cresent moon or the first slither of the moon appears at sundown, as was wonderfully promised by God, saying: “[The Lord] appointed the moon for the seasons; the sun knows [the exact time of] its setting”. (Psa 104:19) Ampl Therefore, the Jewish day is reconded form 6:00 in the afternoon, at sun set, to the same time the next day. All the feasts, which were given to them, fell on the first of the Jewish months or are based upon the first of the Jewish month. All the Jewish feasts are also determined by a certain day, which are determined all the other days of the months and there relative beginnings of the months. In the year 2007, the Holy Spirit’s led us, by divine guidance, to understand the months and the feasts of the Lord, by a teaching called the Biblical Calender by Michael Rood. Seewww.michaelroodministries.com/feast_dates.html. In his teaching I made an amazing discovery. The Kariates Jews has for centuries returned the religious calender of God in which the beginning of the year is determined by both the day of the cresent moon and the stage of the rippening of barley, in Hebrew called: ‘Aviv’. Through more research it was discovered that

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the orginal name for the month of Nisan or Abib was actually Aviv. The year could not start unless both the barley was ‘aviv’ and the cresent moon was in place. If, at the end of twelveth month of the year it was found that the barley harvest was not ripe or aviv, another 30 days would be added. See www.karaitekorner.org/new_moon/index.html This means that the first day of the year could not be determined before hand. All other months of the year and and also all the Feast of the Lord are determined by this one day. Only one of the Feast of the Lord, the Feast of Trumpets, are determined by the first day of a month and cannot commence until the new moon appears over Israel. This day is called: ‘The day and the hour that no man knows’. This is also the same day that will be indicated by the Two Witnesses, as a sign of the coming of the Lord Jesus. The Signs of the Times... “You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. A wicked and morally unfaithful generation craves a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Then He left them and went away. [Jonah 3:4, 5.] (Mat 16:3-4) Ampl

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rebuked the crowds because they could determnine the weather patterns very accurately, but were not able to determine the times and the seasons of the LORD God. They could not gather from the signs and those things happening around them that Jesus Christ was the Messiah who was promised by all the prophets. They made many mistakes in understanding who Jesus actually was. It was prophesied by the prophet Micah, saying: “And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are not in any way least or

insignificant among the chief cities of Judah; for from you shall come a Ruler (Leader) Who will govern and shepherd My people Israel. [Mic. 5:2.] (Mat 2:6) Ampl It was prophesied that Jesus Christ would come out of Bethlehem, but the Pharisees refused to believe that Jesus the Messiah, once saying in error to the people around them: “Are you too from Galilee? Search [the Scriptures yourself], and you will see that no prophet comes (will rise to prominence) from Galilee. 53 And they went [back], each to his own house. (Joh 7:52-53) Ampl They did not do closer inquiry for themselves like Nicodemus tried to do, but rejected Jesus without even allowing Him any defense. We are however able to determine the season in which Jesus will come. Jesus himself said: “For just as the lightning flashes from the east and shines and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 Wherever there is a fallen body (a corpse), there the vultures (or eagles) will flock together. [Job 39:30.] 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. [Isa. 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10, 11; Zeph. 1:15.] 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and beat their breasts and lament in anguish, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliancy and splendor]. [Dan. 7:13; Rev. 1:7.] 31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect (His chosen ones) from the four winds, [even] from one end of the universe to the other. [Isa. 27:13; Zech. 9:14.] 32 From the fig tree learn this lesson: as soon as its young shoots become soft and tender and it puts out its leaves,

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you know of a surety that summer is near. 33 So also when you see these signs, all taken together, coming to pass, you may know of a surety that He is near, at the very doors. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation (the whole multitude of people living at the same time, in a definite, given period) will not pass away till all these things taken together take place. 35 Sky and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. 36 But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. (Mat 24:27-36) Ampl Jesus would not challenge the people to know the times and seasons and then contradict Himself, saying that no one will even know when He will come. No, He is very consequent in all that He says, knowing that a certain day exists, which is called ‘the day and the hour which no one will know’.

The Beginning of the Year… Month 1

Civil Calendar Tishri

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Heshvan or Cheshvan Kislev Tevet Shevat Adar Nisan or Nissan (Aviv) Iyar Sivan Tammuz Av Elul

Religious Calendar Nisan or Nissan (Aviv = "Spring" in Hebrew) Iyar Sivan Tammuz Av Elul Tishri Heshvan or Cheshvan Kislev Tevet Shevat Adar

The name for the beginning of the year in Hebrew came from two words: ‫ ראשׁ‬- rô'sh – beginning or to shake; the head (as most easily shaken) and ‫ שׁנה שׁנה‬- shâneh shânâh - a year (as a revolution of time). This was where the name ‘Rosh Hashanah’ came from. God told Moses to make the month of Nissan or Abib, the first month of the year, after they came out of Egypt, saying: “This month shall be to you the beginning of months, the first month of the year to you.” (Exo 12:2) Ampl This was also the day which God told Moses to mark as the first day of the month. 10 days after this all the children of Israel were to find an unblemished lamb, which were 1 year old, and had to keep it until the 14th day of that month and then kill it. The blood of the lamb was to be smeared on the door posts, which would cause the Angle of death to Passover their houses. This day would become a feast called the ‘Feast of Passover’. This memorial had to be kept for all their generations, right up to our time. Why do I explain this to you? God has very specific

A great discrepancy is found between Jewish religious leaders about the beginning of the year. Two different calendars exist as to the first day of the year. The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.

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times and seasons, which are determined by the Feasts of God, which He had given to the Hebrew nation of Israel, thousands of years ago. They are like God’s time lock. Jesus has fulfilled and will fulfill every one of these feasts or memorials to the day and the hour. He has already fulfilled three of the seven feasts. He has already fulfilled the Feast of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened bread with His own death, revealing himself as the Lamb of God. He has also fulfilled the Feast of Ingathering, Pentecost or Harvest, exactly 50 days after His crucifixion, at the first out pouring of the Holy Spirit, in power, as was prophesied by the prophet Joel: “And afterward I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. 29 Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My Spirit. 30 And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. [Isa. 13:6, 9-11; 24:21-23; Ezek. 32:7-10; Matt. 24:29, 30; Rev. 6:12-17.] (Joe 2:2831) Ampl A great key, which were given to many prophets and apostles was the term: ‘Time, times and half a time’ or 3.5 years, as was prophesied by Daniel, saying: “And he shall speak words against the Most High [God] and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change the time [of sacred feasts and holy days] and the law; and the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time [three and one-half years]. [Rev. 13:1-6.] (Dan 7:25) Ampl A ‘time’ referred to one year. God’s years and seasons are like many amazing cogs in a machine, which all fit together perfectly. So the feasts and the times and the seasons

and the counting of the Jubilee years, all lock, one into the other, in perfect harmony, pointing to the time when Jesus will fulfill them. 3.5 are half of 7 and falls in the middle of 7. Each of the feasts of God was represented by each of the pipes of the Menorah. See the Newsletter: The Almond blossom. The ministry of the Two Witnesses will be 1260 days or 42 months or 360 x 3.5 days. Even the time that the Anti-Christ will rule has been numbered and counted by God beforehand, determining it to be exactly 1290 days. This is 1260 + 30 days, added for a leap year, depending on the ripening of the barley harvest. Also see the newsletter: A Star has been Born.

The Tribulation vs. The Great Tribulation…

According to may interpretations from many scholars there will be a 7 year tribulation, but many disagree on the time of the first resurrection, the time when both the dead and the living will be caught up to meet the Lord Jesus in the sky. The Lord Jesus Christ, the King of kings and the Word of God, the only One who knows the end from the beginning, revealed those things, which will now come to pass, and their sequence in which they will happen, to us, as His servants, before they will come to pass. These things did not come from our interpretation, nor did it come by careful study of the word of God, nor were we taught this, but it came by revelation from the Lord Jesus Christ. According to the sign in the sky, which God had shown us on the 9th March 2002, it will be 3.5 years from the time that the birth pains of the tribulation has started, until the middle of the tribulation, just before the start of the great tribulation on the earth that the bride of Christ will be taken away from this earth, as was prophecied by Jesus Christ, saying: “But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and

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depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest]

that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose; 35 For it will come upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth. 36 Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready], praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be

accounted worthy to escape

all these things [taken together] that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man. (Luk 21:34-36) Ampl After this there will be another period, of 3.5 years, of great distress and tribulation, for those who have remained on this earth, as is written: “And she brought forth a male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd (rule) all the nations with an iron staff (scepter), and her Child was caught up to God and to His throne. [Ps. 2:8, 9; 110:1, 2.] And the woman [herself] fled into the desert (wilderness), where she has a retreat prepared [for her] by God, in which she is to be fed and kept safe for 1,260 days (42 months; three and one-half years). (Rev 12:5-6) Ampl The woman, who is Israel, will flee in to the desert of Zin, to Petra, to a place of protection for 3.5 years, during the time that the AntiChrist will rule on earth. During this time, both the church and our Jewish brothers will have to flee for their lives, for the AntiChrist, resembled by Taurus, will rule the earth for a short time of 1290 days, starting at the beginning of the last 3.5 years. During this time all who do not pay homage to him, as their god, will be killed. He will set up a new world order, under his control, with which he will rule the nations through war.

We were not called to God’s wrath...

Paul warned that we are not people of darkness that, that day should catch us unaware, like a thief in the night, but we are people of the day and should therefore live as people of the day, as was written: “But as to the suitable times and the precise seasons and dates, brethren, you have no necessity for anything being written to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night. 3 When people are saying: “All is well and secure, and, There is peace and safety” Then in a moment, unforeseen destruction (ruin and death) will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape. Jesus said we must be awake and alert so that we may be found worthy to escape the day of the Lord’s wrath and appear before the Son of Man. Paul spoks about some people who will not escape the day of the Lord. Many read the words of Jesus, saying: “But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father”. (Mat 24:36) Ampl, and immediately assume that they can not now the time when Jesus will come. Paul however warned the church of the Thessalonians, so that they will not be caught unaware of that day, as is written: “4 But you are not in [given up to the power of] darkness, brethren, for that day to overtake you by surprise like a thief. 5 For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we do not belong either to the night or to darkness. 6 Accordingly then, let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us keep wide awake (alert, watchful, cautious, and on our guard) and let us be sober (calm, collected, and circumspect). 7 For those

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who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But we belong to the day; therefore, let us be sober and put on the breastplate (corslet) of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God has not appointed us to [incur His] wrath [He did not select us to condemn us], but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) (1Th 5:1-9) Ampl Thus God want us to carefully prepare and make ourselves ready for the day of His coming. This day is soon at hand and is coming coloser everyday. We must not live like people of darkness, but must lay our lives down so that Jesus will be able to say to us on that Day: “Good and faithful servant!” See the next newsletters in order to see the full unit of The Vine and Taurus and the Two Witnesses fit together like an amazing puzzle, opening the times and the seasons to us. May God bless you as you urgently prepare people to turn to Jesus Christ the Lover of their souls. May God also bless you as you pray for this ministry to spread the word, which God has revealed to us, effectively and accurately. May God bless you as you spread this newsletter to others so that they may understand the times and seasons of the Lord God.

From the directors: “The Witness” The Witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ South Africa, Pretoria info@witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za & www.witnessesforjesuschrist.co.za This letter was written as a witness to the Lord Jesus Christ so that by all possible means God’s people will be prepared for the works of service to which He has called them. Proclaim His coming, for His coming is soon at hand. (1 Cor 9:1-27) Please send this letter to as many others so that they may be blessed. This letter may be copied, but all rights are reserved as revealed from the Lord Jesus Christ and those ministries mentioned. Therefore give Glory to whom Glory belong.