Atzeret: The Last Great Day and the Rapture on October 9th.
The Hebrew word Atzeret is used to refer to the 8th day of Tabernacles; however, many consider it its own independent feast day. It occurs on the 22nd day of the 7th month.
I stumbled across Atzeret when studying Joel 2:15
Blow the Shofar in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly
- Joel 2:15
The phrase “solemn assembly” is the Hebrew word Atzeret. I have previously covered the meaning of this word when I first discovered the October 9th sign in the stars.
My video about wonders in heaven has received almost 2x as many views as the above post, but the above post provides all of the scripture that proves the date without the sign.
In this post I want to dig deeper into its meaning and places where this day occurs in the Bible.
Haggai 2
In the 7th month, in the 21st day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,… According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remains among you: fear ye not.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once (one day), it is a little while (in a moment?), and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
And I will shake all nations, and the desirable (loved people) of all nations shall come (gather): and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
The phrase “Yet Once” stood out at me because it could be understood to say “yet one day, it is a little while, …” and 1 day from the 21st day would be the 22nd. Now consider that the night of the 21st day blends with the morning of the the Atzeret or Solemn Assembly depending upon where in the world you are located.
With that in mind this verse could be pointing to the 22nd day of the 7th month as the day of both the great shaking and when he fills his house with the desirable people from all nations… the great gathering. Which is consistent with what Joel says happens next:
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. — Joel 2:16
The phrase “in a moment” is a symbol for sudden destruction and it appears that “it is a little while” may be another means of conveying the same concept especially considering all the shaking that will be going on.
Notice also that shaking is also how wheat is separated from chafe.
Meaning of Atzeret
As a verb it means “to restrain” and as a noun it means “gathering”. I thought that was an interesting combination of meanings when you consider the following well known verse:
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him…. not to be quickly (in a little while) shaken in mind or alarmed (fear ye not)… Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a departure first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
And now ye know what restrains (the departure restrains) that he might be revealed in his time.
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work
only this (lawlessness) is currently restrained until taking out of the way (rapture) comes to pass.
— 2 Thes 2
I have looked deeply into the greek and provided an alternative and likely clarifying understanding of the text that doesn’t introduce new implied actors and subjects to the text. Namely, that lawlessness is restrained until the rapture comes to pass instead of “only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.”
Given the context of the verse being us being gathered together, or taken out of the way, and departing before the man of sin is revealed I think this makes sense.
All of that said, I have previously been corrected by a native Greek speaker about how “meta” can be understood as “after” based upon surrounding words and would welcome some feedback on whether I am missing something in how I translated 2 These 2:7.
Bottom line is that 2 Thes 2 has many parallels to Haggai 2 and the meaning of Atzeret. It makes reference to both gathering and restraining while also referencing “quickly” and “shaken” and “fear ye not/ not alarmed”.
The Book of Jubilees
I do not consider this book to be Scripture, in large part because it teaches a different calendar than how I understand the rest of the Bible teaches. This combined with its claim to divine revelation and other issues makes it untrustworthy for doctrine. That said, I do not believe it is entirely untrustworthy for historical accounts, especially accounts that are consistent with the rest of scripture.
First let us read from Genesis which provides the baseline.
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments. Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers (saves) me in the day of my distress (tribulation) and has been with me wherever I have gone.” … And as they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. …And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried under an oak below Bethel.
9God appeared to Jacob again,… and blessed him. 10And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel. — Genesis 35
Now lets review what the book of Jubilees says about this time with greater detail on dates.
And Jacob and all his sons and his men were eating (this) with joy there during seven days (tabernacles) and blessing and thanking the Lord, who had delivered him out of all his tribulation and had given him his vow. — Jubilees 32:7
And on the following night, on the 22nd day of this (7th) month, …
And the Lord appeared to him by night and blessed him and said unto him: ‘Thy name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall they name thy name.’ — Jub 32:16
And in the night, on the twenty-third of this month, Deborah Rebecca’s nurse died and they buried her beneath the city under the oak of the river, and he called the name of this place, ‘The river of Deborah,’ and the oak, ‘The oak of the mourning of Deborah.’
So Jubilees is consistent on the main points and the only thing it adds is that this occurred on Tabernacles and that Jacob became Israel on the 22nd day of the 7th month! It also tells us the day Deborah died which is also mentioned in Genesis.
Now I think it is fascinating that Jacob is fleeing as God reigns down terror on the cities around them and then Jacob is given the name Israel.
Now let us compare this to the book of Revelation.
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it. — Revelation 2:17
The Atzeret: October 9th, 2024
This adds to the confirmation of a Nuclear War Rapture on the 22nd day of the 7th month which happens to be October 9th, 2024 in Jerusalem.
I believe the Atzeret starts upon the dawning of the 9th of October at 6:40 AM in Jerusalem when a great wonder appears in the heavens.
