THE THIRD DAY

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A careful study of the Word of God

reveals that the phrase “third day” has

prophetic significance. One reason for

this is found in II Peter 3:8, when Peter

says, “... be not ignorant of this one

thing, that one day is with the Lord as

a thousand years, and a thousand

years as one day.” This is one of the

keys to understanding the timing of

endtime events. There are numerous

Scriptures in the Bible which indicate

that the Church Age is two (1,000 year)

days long or 2,000 years.

John 2:1-2 says: “And the third

day there was a marriage in Cana of

Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was

there: And both Jesus was called, and

his disciples, to the marriage.” If we

take into consideration what the apostle

Paul taught concerning the rapture of

the Church, and John’s reference to the

marriage supper of the Lamb, these

verses seem to have serious prophetic

implications. This indicates a marriage

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where Jesus, His mother, and His

disciples would be on the third day. It

looks very suspicious that this is a

profile of the marriage supper of the

Lamb after the rapture on the third day,

which would be after the 2,000 years of

the Church Age.

The prophet Hosea spoke to Israel

saying: “Come, and let us return unto

the LORD: for he hath torn, and he

will heal us; he hath smitten, and he

will bind us up. After two days will he

revive us: in the third day he will

raise us up, and we shall live in his

sight.” (Hosea 6:1-2) This is no doubt

prophetic of a time after the Church

Age, when God will pour out His spirit

upon Israel, raising them up and

restoring them. A careful study of the

context of the phrase “the third day”

indicates that it is more than a thousand

year day.

The third day seems to be an all-

inclusive term, which begins at the end

of the two days of the Church Age and

would possibly include the end-time

harvest, the rapture of the Church, seven

years of Tribulation, and the millennial

reign of Christ.

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John, Chapter 2 reveals that on the

third day there was a marriage in Cana

of Galilee, and they had run out of wine.

Jesus instructed them to fill the six

water pots of stone with water, which

was used for the purifying of the Jews. I

believe this reveals that 6,000 years of

human history must be fulfilled before

Jesus pours out His spirit on Israel.

Notice that He turned the water (which

in Scripture represents the Word and the

Holy Spirit) into wine. This seems to

profile the final outpouring of the Holy

Spirit. The Scriptures reveal that God

will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh,

and that was not totally fulfilled on the

day of Pentecost, but will be fulfilled

during the “third day.” He has indeed

saved the best for last.

FORMER & LATTER RAIN

The event of Acts 2:1-4 describes

the former rain, but Joel indicates that

the total fulfillment will be after that

event.

Be glad then, ye children of

Zion, and rejoice in the LORD

your God: for he hath given you

the former rain moderately, and

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he will cause to come down for

you the rain, the former rain, and

the latter rain in the first month.

(Joel 2:23)

And it shall come to pass

afterward, that 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. (Joel 2:28)

TEMPLE RAISED THIRD DAY

In John 2:19, Jesus said, “...

Destroy this temple, and in three days

I will raise it up.” Verse 21 states:

“But He spake of the temple of His

body.” This statement takes on

prophetic implications when you take

into consideration what Paul said to the

Church in I Corinthians 12:27, “Now ye

are the body of Christ, and members

in particular.” Not only was Jesus’

physical body raised on the third day,

but He was revealing the fact that the

Body of Christ, known as the true

church, will also be raised from earth to

heaven on the third day.

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TODAY & TOMORROW

In Luke, Chapter 13, there were

certain Pharisees that came to Jesus and

said, “... Get thee out, and depart

hence: for Herod will kill thee.” (Luke

13:31) And Jesus said unto them, “...

Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast

out devils, and I do cures to-day and

to-morrow, and the third day I shall

be perfected.” (Luke 13:32)

This Scripture is most often

considered to be a reference to Jesus

being raised from the dead on the third

day. But that’s not all this Scripture

reveals. Notice that He said, “I do cures

to-day and to-morrow.” That’s two

days, isn’t it? Then this couldn’t

possibly be in reference to the three

days that He would be in the grave, for

we know He did no cures the first two

days that He was dead and in the grave.

Therefore, we must conclude that this is

not referring to what He was going to do

in two natural days. But rather, He was

referring to what the Church, the Body

of Christ, would do during the two days,

(2,000 years) of Church Age, being

perfected the third day—must be in

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reference to the rapture at which time

the Body will be perfected.

When the Body of Christ is brought

together with Jesus, the Head of the

Church, this constitutes the fullness of

Christ, H

e will be perfected and so w

ill

we (Ephesians 1:22-23).

Now with this information in mind,

consider what Jesus said to Paul on the

road to Damascus when he was struck

down by a blinding light. Jesus said:

“why persecutest thou me?” Paul

thought he was only persecuting the

Church, but Jesus said the Church is me.

When you bring all this information

together, we can see clearly what Jesus

was revealing in Luke 13:32. He would

do cures during the two days (2,000

years) of the Church Age and then on

the third day the Body of Christ would,

“be perfected.” He was no doubt

referring to the transformation, which

will occur at the rapture of the Church

on the third day. In other words, the

Body of Christ will experience the

redemption of our bodies as we come

together with the Head of the Church.

He will then teach us how to rule and

reign with Him (Rev 19:11-14, 20:6).

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RAPTURE—THIRD DAY IN THE

MORNING

In Exodus 19:10-11, we have

another profile of the rapture, “And the

LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the

people, and sanctify them to-day and

to-morrow, and let them wash their

clothes, And be ready against the

third day: for the third day the

LORD will come down in the sight of

all the people upon mount Sinai.”

Today and tomorrow would be two

days. In these verses, we have a perfect

profile of the 2,000 years of the Church

Age during which time people can be

sanctified, born again, cleaned up, and

ready for the rapture on the third day.

You will notice in verse eleven that

the people who saw the Lord come

down on the mountain were God’s

people. This reveals exactly what will

happen at the rapture of the Church. The

people who will see Jesus when He

appears mountain top high to catch

away the Church will be God’s people

who are ready to meet Him. Jesus will

not come physically to the earth at the

time of the rapture, but rather appear

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about mountain-top high, and we will be

caught up to meet Him in the air.

The apostle Paul states in I

Thessalonians 4:16-17:

... 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.

The Greek word translated “air” in this

verse means “from the ground level to

the top of a mountain.” This was

foreshadowed in Exodus 19:11 and is

confirmation that the Lord will come

down mountain-top high on the third

day.

The prophetic implications grow

stronger when you get to verse 16:

“And it came to pass on the third day

in the morning, that there were

thunders and lightnings, and a thick

cloud upon the mount, and the voice

of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that

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all the people that was in the camp

trembled. And Moses brought forth

the people out of the camp to meet

with God...” (Exodus 19:16-17)

MOSES REPRESENTS THE DEAD IN

CHRIST

Now remember that Moses lived

exactly 120 years. He represents all of

the righteous who will live on planet

earth in 120 Jubilees (6,000 years) and

die before they enter into the Promised

Land. In other words, Moses represents

the dead in Christ. That’s the reason

Moses showed up on the Mount of

Transfiguration with Jesus and Elijah in

Matthew 17, it reveals that the rapture

of the Church will occur after six days.

We count 4 days to the birth of Jesus,

and then the 2 days of Church Age, the

next day would be considered the third

day from the birth of Jesus.

Notice it was Moses (who

represents the dead in Christ) that led

the people up to meet God. You can’t

get a profile any more accurate than that

—for it reveals exactly what the apostle

Paul said would happen, “... the dead in

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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...” (I

Thessalonians 4:16-17)

Notice that verse 16 of Exodus

reveals it was the third day in the

morning. The interesting thing about

that is that the Hebrew day does not

begin in the morning, it begins at six

o’clock in the evening, or sundown. So,

we know that from the evening of the

third day to morning of the third day

would be twelve hours, because the

Hebrew day is divided into only two

segments, evening and morning. This is

revealed in Genesis, Chapter 1 in the

days of creation.

In the original Hebrew text of

Exodus 19:16, beginning with the fourth

letter in the sixteenth verse and skipping

every other letter from left to right, six

times spells the word “B’Shilhuv,”

which means “in the rapture.”

This is a significant revelation. I

believe it is a Scriptural profile

revealing the general time frame of the

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rapture to be on the third day, in the

morning. The 70th week of Daniel is a

week of years, therefore, to be

consistent, we must conclude that the

transition period from the second day to

the beginning of the thousand year day

(reign of Christ), during that time frame,

a day represents a year, not a thousand

years.

TIME GAP

The phrase “the third day, in the

morning” indicates there is a time gap

between the end of the second day and

the morning of the third day. Therefore,

the information found in the sixteenth

verse seems to indicate that the rapture

will take place six months to a year after

the two days (2,000 years) of the

Church Age have ended.

The prophetic significance is also

magnified by Hosea 6:3, “Then shall

we know, if we follow on to know the

LORD: his going forth is prepared as

the morning: and he shall come unto

us as the rain, as the latter and

former rain unto the earth.”

These are significant revelations

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indeed when you compare them with

Matthew 17:1-3, “And after six days

Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John

his brother, and bringeth them up

into an high mountain apart, And was

transfigured before them: and his

face did shine as the sun, and his

raiment was white as the light. And,

behold, there appeared unto them

Moses and Elijah talking with him.”

Moses represents the righteous dead of

120 Jubilees or the 6,000 years of the

earth lease period. Elijah was caught up

alive, he represents the Church, which

will also be caught up alive.

It is interesting to note that Peter,

James, and John were those whom Jesus

took with Him when he raised the dead.

This event of Matthew 17 is a preview

of the resurrection of the righteous dead

at the time of the rapture. The time

frame is after six days, which would be

the third day from the birth of Jesus. In

other words, anytime after the sixth day,

will be the third day from the beginning

of the Church Age. This seems to

profile the general time frame of the

rapture of the Church, indicating it will

be the third day, in the morning.

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We should not take lightly the

words the Lord spoke to Moses, for they

are prophetic to this generation: “be

ready against the third day” for on the

third day, the Lord is coming down

mountain top high in the sight of all His

people. Time is running out: we are only

a few months from a new segment on

God’s time clock called the third day in

which we will be perfected.

Maranatha!

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Document Outline

- The Third Day

- 1 The Third Day

- Former & Latter Rain

- Temple Raised Third Day

- Today & Tomorrow

- Rapture—Third Day in the Morning

- Moses Represents the Dead in Christ

- Time Gap

Table of Contents

The Third Day

1 The Third Day

Former & Latter Rain

Temple Raised Third Day

Today & Tomorrow

Rapture—Third Day in the Morning

Moses Represents the Dead in Christ

Time Gap