A New Wine Filling Station — August 4, 2025: From Mourning to Joy

On June 25, 2025, the Lord spoke to me through a vivid dream atop a mountain — a dream that revealed a door blocked by a rusted, broken bicycle. With His mighty right hand, Father God lifted that obstacle out of the way, clearing the path forward. This was not a message for me alone. It speaks prophetically to the entire firstfruits Bride in this hour — a sign for those preparing to move from testing into promise, from the wilderness into new life.

(For the full backstory, see my blog: From Mourning to Joy: The Cross, the Door, and the Overcoming Bride — A Prophetic Dream https://mid-trib-second-passover-rapture.blogspot.com).

The setting was striking: I was traveling westward on Interstate 40, a route rich in biblical symbolism. The number 40 in Scripture signifies seasons of testing, preparation, and transition — forty days of rain before the flood, forty years wandering in the desert, and Jesus fasting forty days in the wilderness. Westward travel points to endings and the promise of new beginnings — the setting sun giving way to a fresh dawn. This journey wasn’t random; it was a prophetic road, a shadow of what is to come.

Just like a long road trip requires periodic stops for gas, oil, and refreshment, so too does our spiritual journey demand filling stations along the way. August 4, 2025, stands as a divine rest area — a “top-off” station where the Bride receives fresh oil to keep her lamp burning and new wine to overflow her cup. It is a moment to be refueled, renewed, and empowered to keep pressing toward the ultimate destination.

Counting forward forty days from that dream brought me to August 4, 2025 — the day immediately after Tisha B’Av, the solemn fast commemorating the destruction of the Temple and the heartbreak of Israel’s history. Yet, as Zechariah assures us:

“The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah…” (Zechariah 8:19)

Jewish tradition deeply connects this shift from mourning to joy with the agricultural cycle. The Mishnah (Taanit 4:6) records that the grape harvest — the time for new wine — begins just after the 9th of Av fast ends. The people would taste the first fruits of the new vintage, celebrating God’s faithful provision. This wasn’t just a harvest ritual but a prophetic picture of restoration and hope.

Psalm 104:15 declares simply, “Wine that gladdens the heart of man.” The prophet Joel echoes this hope: God will restore the years the locusts have eaten and fill the vats with new wine (Joel 2:24). Wine symbolizes joy, celebration, and divine empowerment.

August 4, 2025, is revealed as a hidden “new wine” filling station — a divine moment set aside for the firstfruits Bride to be filled anew. It is a time to receive fresh strength, boldness, and overflow in the Spirit — a prophetic charge for endurance and labor in the final harvest season.

Make no mistake, this is not the rapture itself. That secret, glorious ascent awaits at the appointed time of Pesach Sheni (Second Passover) on May 3, 2030 — the true midpoint of Daniel’s 70th week. Rather, August 4, 2025, is a spiritual rehearsal, a preparation point, a mini foreshadowing of that second ascent. It is the wise virgins trimming their lamps and filling their vessels with new oil and new wine. The oil keeps the flame burning; the wine overflows the cup. Both are essential for the long night ahead.

Like Moses ascending alone into the cloud during the second ascent on Sinai, so the Bride will be caught away — hidden from the eyes of the world. But before that day comes, the Father’s mighty right hand removes every obstacle and blockage — the old cycles and worn burdens that hinder spiritual progress. The door — the Hebrew letter dalet — swings open wide into a season of fresh fruitfulness.

The Cross appeared repeatedly on my road trip — a vivid reminder that it is not by human strength, power, or might but by the Spirit of God that we stand ready. It is the Cross that breaks down every barrier and paves the way for the Bride’s advance.

The 9th of Av marks destruction, loss, and mourning. But the day after marks turning, restoration, and joy. Likewise, August 4, 2025, stands as a signpost for all chosen vessels of the firstfruits company — a spiritual “top-off station,” a filling up for the race, a divine charge to press into the final days. This is not for the world at large but for the hidden remnant who watch and wait. You know who you are.

The Jewish sages believe the Messiah is often hidden within the sorrow of Tisha B’Av, just as the new wine is hidden right behind the tears. The fast becomes a feast, the mourning becomes dancing, the old cycles break, and the door swings wide open to fresh fruitfulness.

May we not labor with old, stale oil or drained, empty cups — or rusted old bicycles blocking the way. Instead, may we be fully topped off — lamps trimmed, hearts aflame, and vessels overflowing. The pattern is clear and unchanging: the door is open, the Cross removes every obstacle, and the Bridegroom draws near.

The new wine is ready on August 4, 2025. Taste and see that He is faithful to turn our mourning into joy.

Hallelujah!

The Sinai Prophetic Blueprint: Moses’ Ascents and the Divine Revelation of the Mid-Tribulation Rapture

Moses’ ascents on Mount Sinai hold one of the most profound yet often overlooked prophetic patterns in all of Scripture. It is a divine blueprint that mirrors the end-times sequence of the rapture, the Great Tribulation, and Christ’s glorious return. When we trace these ascents in their biblical context, we uncover an extraordinary connection to Daniel’s 70th week, confirming that the rapture of the Bride aligns precisely with the midpoint of the tribulation. Moses’ three primary ascents form a clear, multi-layered framework that unveils this truth, with the second or middle ascent standing as the pivotal key that unlocks the mystery.

The foundational pattern begins in Exodus 19–34, where Moses makes three significant journeys up Mount Sinai. The first ascent (Exodus 19–20) establishes the covenant and the giving of the Law. God descends in fire, smoke, and thunder — so terrifying that the people tremble and stand at a distance (Exodus 20:18–21). This foreshadows the beginning of the tribulation — Daniel’s 70th week — when the Antichrist confirms his covenant (Daniel 9:27) and God’s judgments begin to shake the earth.

Yet it is the second ascent (Exodus 24) that unveils the hidden mystery of the rapture. Here, Moses is summoned alone into the thick cloud, away from the camp, entering direct communion with Yahweh (Exodus 24:15–18). Until this point, God had spoken through signs and mediators; now Moses enters unmediated fellowship, face to face. This shift beautifully mirrors the Gentile Bride’s transformation at the rapture — from seeing “through a glass darkly” to “face to face” (1 Corinthians 13:12). The cloud is no minor detail: it signifies both God’s glory and His protective covering — the same cloud that will catch up the living saints to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

This hidden ascent foreshadows the Second Passover (Pesach Sheni) (Numbers 9:6–12) — the special window for those who were unclean or on a distant journey, now brought in by grace. Just as Moses was called up alone into the cloud during his second ascent, so the Bride will be called up alone, hidden away at the appointed time of the Second Passover. It is an exclusive gathering, unseen by most of the world. Even Joseph, when he revealed his true identity to his brothers, sent the Egyptians away so no outsider could witness it (Genesis 45:1–2). In the same way, the rapture of the firstfruits Bride will be concealed from public view — a secret chamber for those who are His.

The Lord showed me this date to be Friday, May 3rd, 2030, based on Daniel’s prophetic timeline and the 360-day prophetic calendar counted from the spring equinox. This places the hidden ascent of the Bride three days after Wednesday, the fourth day (5/1/2030) — matching the pattern of a rapid, exclusive removal just after the midpoint event of the Abomination of Desolation, like a concealed Pesach Sheni at the appointed time known only to those who watch, even as the Second Passover on the public Jewish calendar falls about two weeks later, aligning with Daniel’s timeline and the appointed time outlined in Psalm 81:3.

Within that cloud, Moses remains for forty days, receiving the intricate plans for the Tabernacle (Exodus 25–31) — God’s dwelling among His people. This speaks to the raptured firstfruits, or Bride of Christ, who will be “clothed with our heavenly dwelling” (2 Corinthians 5:2) and revealed as the living Tabernacle of God (Revelation 21:3). The very materials Moses sees — gold, silver, precious stones — are the same elements Paul uses to describe the testing of each believer’s works (1 Corinthians 3:12–13). This suggests that Moses’ hidden time foreshadows the Bema Seat judgment, which occurs while wrath unfolds on the earth.

Moses’ forty days hidden in the cloud serve as a prophetic micro-pattern of the 3.5 years of Great Tribulation. Throughout Scripture, the number forty consistently represents a period of testing, separation, and preparation—Moses’ 40 days, Israel’s 40 years wandering, and Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness all illustrate this principle. Likewise, the 3.5 years (time, times, and half a time) mark the final testing period during which the Bride is hidden above while judgment falls below. Thus, the forty days on Sinai prophetically preview the same truth: separation and hidden glory above while testing and judgment rage on earth below.

Meanwhile, at the mountain’s base, Israel commits spiritual adultery with the Golden Calf (Exodus 32). This shocking rebellion during Moses’ absence prefigures the Abomination of Desolation (Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15) that erupts just before the Bride is removed. Just as Israel turned to idolatry when Moses vanished into glory, so the world will embrace the Antichrist’s deception when the restraining firstfruits are taken out of the way (2 Thessalonians 2:6–7).

Joshua’s position in all this reveals another dimension of this prophetic pattern. While Moses is hidden in the cloud — a representation of the hidden firstfruits Bride — Joshua remains waiting halfway up the mountain (Exodus 24:13–14). His intermediate position mirrors the 144,000 Jewish believers (Revelation 7:3–8) who will be sealed and preserved during the tribulation — left on earth yet kept by God’s protective hand, proclaiming the everlasting gospel.

Another mystery the Lord revealed in this hour is that the total number of firstfruits is 288,000 — 144,000 from the Gentile Bride and 144,000 from the House of Israel, hidden but hinted at throughout Scripture. King David appointed 288 musicians to minister in the temple (1 Chronicles 25) and led an army of 288,000 soldiers, pointing to a double portion of the sealed and set-apart company. This remnant group stands as a testimony that God always preserves a royal priesthood and a conquering army in perfect order — prepared to reign with the Lamb when He returns in glory.

Finally, the third ascent (Exodus 34) completes the pattern. Moses comes down the mountain with the renewed covenant tablets, his face shining with divine glory. This radiant descent foreshadows Christ’s return with His glorified wife (Jude 1:14; Revelation 19:14) to establish His kingdom on earth. Moses’ shining face points to the glorification of the saints who will return with Jesus, having been made like Him (1 John 3:2).

This blueprint does not stand alone. God has always left multiple witnesses to confirm His hidden-remnant pattern. Enoch “walked with God, and was not, for God took him” (Genesis 5:24). Elijah was caught up in a whirlwind and vanished from earthly sight (2 Kings 2:11). The Two Witnesses (Revelation 11) ascend to heaven in a cloud at the midpoint of the tribulation, echoing Moses’ hidden cloud and the raptured Bride who is caught away while wrath and apostasy sweep the earth below.

The writer of Hebrews reminds us: “We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1). Sinai’s cloud foreshadows that hidden fellowship — the faithful ones who will return with Christ when He appears in glory.

Every detail — the three ascents, the cloud, the Tabernacle, the rebellion below, Joshua’s vigil, the radiant return, and the provision of Pesach Sheni — converges with one clear voice: our redemption draws near. The patterns are too precise to ignore, the symbols too consistent to dismiss. Just as Moses was hidden in the cloud at the midpoint of Israel’s Sinai journey, so the Bride will be hidden in Christ at the midpoint of Daniel’s final week — an exclusive, concealed rapture at the appointed time. And when the indignation is past, He will come forth — radiant, triumphant, and not alone.

Maranatha as the cloud is gathering once more. The voice is calling up the mountain. May we hear it — may our lamps be trimmed, our garments white, and our hearts waiting — and may we rise.

Amen!

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