A Type of the Rapture

2 Kings 2 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Elijah in the Whirlwind

2 The time had come for the Lord to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal, 2 and Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord is sending me on to Bethel.”

But Elisha replied, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

3 Then the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?”

He said, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here; the Lord is sending me to Jericho.”

But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

5 Then the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?”

He said, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

6 Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord is sending me to the Jordan.”

But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.7 Fifty men from the sons of the prophets came and stood facing them from a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan. 8 Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and left. Then the two of them crossed over on dry ground.9 After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken from you.”

So Elisha answered, “Please, let me inherit two shares[a] of your spirit.”

10 Elijah replied, “You have asked for something difficult. If you see me being taken from you,you will have it. If not, you won’t.”

11 As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire with horses of fire suddenly appeared and separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up into heaven in the whirlwind.12 As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” Then he never saw Elijah again. He took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

As suggested in the original Hebrew of Joshua 5:9 (quoted above), the word gilgal in Hebrew is related to the word galal, which means “to roll.” Galal is often used to refer to rolling heavy objects such as stones. So in Hebrew the related word gilgal means a wheel or circle, or something that rolls. In particular, it seems to refer to a circle of stones, or to a circular altar.

It seems that GILGAL refers to the stone circle of the earth. Notice how the rapture of Elijah takes place at Jericho. Elijah goes from the stone circle to the house of God, then crosses the Jordan, which means “to the other side”.

GLORY!

Today, I was struck with the revelation of the word “Glory”! It is our home, a city called Zion, built by God. How does He fashion it’s pillars and mortar? How does He make its walls unshakeable?

First, Jesus is it’s cornerstone, it’s straight plumb line, and it’s foundation! We are the living stones of it’s structure, as Christ loved us enough to give His life for us so we would be reconciled. This kind of love is the mortar, found only in Him, and is as pure and impassioned as “the flames of Yah”, inspiring longing to surrender! His is the only love which can withstand the Flame, because it is of the same nature! Beautiful jewels are created by extreme pressure and then by the cutting away of the dull excess, which reveals the reflective faucets shining back the light that surrounds them! Perfume is made by crushing a material to bring out its scent, releasing a fragrant aroma. Delicious food is prepared for the use of the body by exposing it to transforming heat, thus making it’s nutrients available. This is why the Master told us that him who wants to follow Him must also take up his cross, as did our Lord. We are told to rejoice when we are persecuted for His Name’s sake.

When we enter Glory, we will understand that it’s joy is the forever heights of rejoicing reflected from the depths of sacrifice, proceeding from the Love which inspired it. He shares His joy. It’s only when we are home, that we will fully enjoy what so much was sacrificed for, making us unshakeable!

Prophesy Fulfillment Happening Now!

The level of blindness that can occur when someone is not shown interpretation of prophesy by the Spirit is amazing. He must be the one to open our eyes. Imagine still thinking that the antichrist system is unique to Europe. The conglomerate beast pictured in scripture has all the territory of the biblical Middle East. The system is fused from all the geographical areas of the precedent manifestations, as seen by the descriptions in the books of Daniel and Revelations. It’s final king is called the Assyrian, the king of Babylon, and the king of Egypt. It is isil because it includes, in its final form, the area now called Israel. It is the first form of islam, pictured on their flags with the crescent moon and star, the star being Mecca. Mystery Babylon is the prostituted religion, and the city that sits on seven hills, those hills being literal topography and prior world kingdoms and their gods. Islam is a corruption of Judaism and Christianity, stealing the identity of God, and His Messiah. Islam has been revived from the death of irrelevance a century ago, as the fledgling caliphate will be resurrected from it’s supposed annihilation. In reality, it is being sheltered by outside powers taking advantage of the deadly rivalry between the factions of Islam, Russia supporting the Shi’a side and the U.S. supporting the Sunni side. This is why the list of combatants changes for each of the end times battles Israel will fight. America is not Babylon, but is called the daughter of Babylon in Jeremiah 51, for she has become the servant of Islam as a price of her unbelief. America puts the Sunni antichrist into power, and Christians and true Jews will be considered enemies of the state. It is AMERICA which instigates the mark of the beast, as she is the nation headed by the false prophet

2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty

An Extended Celebration

We are the body of the harvest.Romans 12:5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 

Christ is the firstfruits of the spring. 1 Corinthians 15:23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 

Since he is the Head and we are His body, our rejoicing has been extended to the time of His bodily ascension. This gathered nation is forehadowed in this account: 2 Chronicles 30:15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord. 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. 

The celebration of TWO weeks extends the dates to 43 days after the first Passover! This is THE VERY SAME DAY that Christ ascended bodily! Acts 1: 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

Those who would serve in the court of Messiah have a week after the Rapture, till Shauvot, to get on the "ark" of the covenant.

OffendedI

I heard a sermon on this word once. I was not satisfied that the man knew what the word meant. His knowledge was not visceral enough to be convincing. He did not seem to have acquired his knowledge from experience, but rather from a dictionary, and therefore did not have a feel for its implementation. I prefer to look to the Word. I let it interpret itself.

The verse he preached on was THIS one: Psalm 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. 

At first glance, this verse makes no sense. Isn’t being offended mean someone is angry at a trespass of the law, and the ones who know it the best should be the ones OFFENDED at those who break it? Yet one can see a contrast in the verse between knowledge and understanding of the law. Only understanding YOU and knowing YOU brings the heartfelt response of LOVE, because the “law” is only a description of Your perfection and beauty of character. You are the definition of gracious and lead the simple to understand. Being OFFENDED means we refuse to give up our own understanding to follow Yours, because YOUR way is best, for only good. That would explain these two different interpretations of the same verse:

Matthew 26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended

Matthew 26:33 J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) 33 At this Peter exclaimed, “Even if everyone should lose his faith in you, I never will!” 

I finally understand the meaning behind THIS end of days verse....

Matthew 24:10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Being offended is misunderstanding what is good because we chose to hold on to something else entirely. It is losing our faith and trust in someone because we did not get our way. Don’t lose faith! Trust that God is greater than all!

Last word is Christ’s.....John 16:1These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended

Receive Your King!

Sons of my sister, the Lord wishes to come to you and live with you. Right now that which keeps Him from you is only yourself. You have made a religion of your own attempts to follow The Lord's description of His righteousness. He already knows you cannot do it. You will always fall short. Now He is about to break you, to cut you off from any possibility of claims that you have fulfilled His standards. This is His mercy to do so. He has surrendered Himself to your anger, so you might see the end result of what you have chosen. He is about to break the heart upon which are written His laws, so that they can enter into your heart, and show you how much you need Him, need HIM to live in you to fulfill what He wills, His glory in you. This is His rightful throne, your innermost being and all of your devotion!  In return, He gives all of Himself along with His very own righteousness! His graciousness has brought you to know your complete waste of yourself, so you will turn so He can save you. He wants to save you so He can lift you up and honor you. He wants to give you your inheritance.

Repent or Perish

Luke 13:1-9

13 At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 And He[a] responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all Galileans because they suffered these things? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well! 4 Or those 18 that the tower in Siloamfell on and killed—do you think they were more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!”

6 And He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and found none. 7 He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

8 “But he replied to him, ‘Sir,[b] leave it this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.9 Perhaps it will bear fruit next year, but if not, you can cut it down.’”

It is time for the Lord to separate the righteous from the unrighteousness with precision. God will perform a surgical procedure which amounts to a spiritual abortion, on the seed of the serpent. This was the offspring unlawfully created, not authorized by the king, which was criminally invented to preempt the inheritance rights of the duly designated Heir. After all, His great patience must end for those whose sole purpose is to take advantage of grace to assert misbegotten dominion!

Psalm 108

A Plea for Victory

A song. A Davidic psalm.

1 My heart is confident, God;[a]
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.[b]
2 Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
3 I will praise You, Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to You among the nations.
4 For Your faithful love is higher than the heavens,
and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
5 God, be exalted above the heavens,
and let Your glory be over the whole earth.
6 Save with Your right hand and answer me
so that those You love may be rescued.

7 God has spoken in His sanctuary:[c]
“I will triumph!
I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.
9 Moab is My washbasin;
I throw My sandal on Edom.
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
¹¹ God, haven’t You rejected us?
God, You do not march out with our armies.
¹² Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.
¹³ With God we will perform valiantly;
He will trample our foes.

There is a short little prayer that Jesus taught us that we call the Lord's Prayer, that contains a VERY significant phrase that applies specifically to the end times. He taught us to say, "Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." What significance does this have for us, TODAY? What He is teaching us is to pray for His return, for Him to rule, so that we will be delivered, will have peace and joy, and our pain will be gone! He is telling us that WE are agents of His process, and that WE are to pray for this, His will, to come to pass! He WANTS to come to us! He WANTS to receive us unto Himself! "I have desired to eat this meal with you, for I will not eat it again until I eat it again in the kingdom with you." Luke 22:15 At the very same meal, He said, in John 14, "I go to prepare a place for you"! First He says "believe", then He says "I will receive you", and shortly after, in the same text, He says, "Ask anything in MY Name, and I will DO it"! The context is His return!

Look UP from your suffering and labors! The prayer for His return will have an effect that will echo down the corridors of eternity! All of these small things of the world, which force us to battle for them, will burn up! These things are temporary! Even trouble is temporary, unless we choose to invest ourselves into it! Our effort and strength should be given to praying in His will with His authority! "Will not God bring about justice for His elect, which cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? He will bring justice to them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:7-8) "Seeing that all these things must be dissolved, what manner of persons aught you to be?.........Looking for and hastening the Day of the Lord? 2 Peter 3:11-12

If we pray for what HE has promised, He will answer! He moves us, both to want and to do, what He asks. Phil 2:13 Psalm 110 says His people are volunteers in the day of His power! Both of the last day churches of Revelation three (Philadelphia and Laodecia) have a door presented to them! On the hardened heart He knocks, for He is a stranger there. The busy, wealthy church does not want to leave. They are distracted by the enemy and cannot hear the voice of the Lord calling for them to open! However, the humble church has just enough strength to trust HIM to do what HE says, because of WHO HE IS! She has "kept the word of His patience" because she is still watching and waiting on Him to return, as He said He would! She wants, needs, ASKS Him to come! For HER, He has opened the Door!

Revelation 3:20

20 Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with Me.

Rev. 22:17

"The Spirit and the Bride say "come"! Let Him that hears, say "come"!

Keeping Watch

I don't know  about anyone else, but I am looking UP! We've had the four watches of the  night, which were the four blood moons. We've had the two solar eclipses on either end of the year that is spiritual midnight, after which dawns the seventh day. We've seen the great sign in the heavens where the virgin gives birth to the male child, which is then snatched up into heaven. In two more weeks, we will have the seventy year anniversary of the birth of Israel.  When thinking of that, I cannot help but refer back to that generational marker that is spoken of in psalms 90:10, where it says, "The days of our years are threescore  and ten, and if by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet is there labor and sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away." The Master said, "This generation shall not pass, until all these things be fulfilled." I believe the Lord has told me that at Shavuot, the calling and revelation shall be returned to Israel,  but before that`, He must remove His body, the "called out ones", soon to be the "hidden ones" away from(apostasia) the "earth dwellers, before He can bestow His mantle elsewhere.

As Israel was forty years in the wilderness before she entered Zion, as Christ was tested forty days in the wilderness (and we are His body), as He lingered for forty days after His bodily ressurection, culminating in His bodily ascension, so His body, the church, as been held over for forty jubilees. It is her time to acsend to the courts of her King and Bridegroom.

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In the Night

What the Lord has given me, in this late hour, I pass on to others. My God has overcome. Peace is like a weight over me, His covering, and the full scope of my freedom, the realization of Who He Is, and the magnitude of all of what He has done for me. His thoughts He shares with me. His peace He gives to me, a Living peace. It is Himself He gives, and it is more than enough!  Instead of fear, I discover Him. More and more is unveiled to my understanding, by reason of my experience. I walk as one who has been brought back from the brink, therefore  I will put words to my gratitude in the land of the living! Oh, come and see that HE is good!

Deliverance is the Truth!

Lord, You have raised me from the ashes and crowned me with glory and honor. The ashes were my bitterness, when I was enslaved to my enemy. You have given me a new name,  and the esteem of Your regard. You have called me, "SWEET child of mine".   The beginning of this time of comfort came when I asked You to tell me why I am still tormented. You told me it was because I have not forgiven myself. I remember where You said that if you do not forgive, you cannot be forgiven. A scary thought. So I try to force myself to faith. I should know better. There is something to learn here.

Tonight, You have opened the veils of my eyes to see Your truth as You see.  The stronghold on my mind is from the voices of others, so disapproving and hateful of me. YOU would never treat me so shabbily! The impulse is always to give them what they want. Isn't  my survival at stake? No. Those voices are demonic, and seek to impugn the character of my God! They seek to separate me from His love by the imperative of negative emotions. But I already know anger robs of the ability to reason....or understand, even if it has it's purpose of giving us the energy to fight back. That is the stronghold over my very heart, but I must love YOU first and above all, in order to understand. Even my native stubbornness cannot overcome, by itself, an onslaught of constant pain. I must not believe the scolding and condemning voices, but seek Your voice, instead. Those voices are, after all, only demonic. In all reality, they are powerless. Their only control is if we believe their lies. They are not even the true voices of those I seek to love. Even the condemnng thoughts in my own head are the same evil forces, no more. They have no standing of truth.

My God is the One who creates beauty from ashes. My Savior is the One more powerful and loving than any. Graciousness is Yours! You give victory over all the power of the enemy!

Tick Tock

I'll say it one more time for any who have not been listening. I am not a prophet. Our Master, Himself said, "The law and the prophets were until John". We have the Holy Spirit to teach us now. Let me share with you, at this late hour, those things which I believe He has unveiled to me, what I believe He wants you to know, so you will believe, because He told you before it happened. It's there, in His Word.


The unbelieving world teeters on the edge of a precipice, about to be plunged into the most horrific time in history. The Lord will come out of His place to judge the inhabitants of the earth, on the Day of The Lord. Just before the sudden destruction is the day of the watchmen. There are those who take seriously the admonition of the Lord, where He says, "If you will not keep watch, I will come on you like a thief." Those watchmen, who are the Philadelphia end times church, have an open door placed in front of them ( see Rev. 4:1), that no man can shut (the naysayers of the Rapture). The Master says it is because they have kept "the Word of His patience". They have kept up their eager anticipation, their continual searching of the scriptures, and their warnings to the world of the signs at hand, and all of this despite being "proven wrong" and called "a false prophet". The signs are written about, there in His Word. They have endured because of the hope that HE has placed within them. By the study of His Word, they have acquired this patience.


Romans 15:4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

1 John 3:2-3 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is and everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure. (What is our hope, but The Master, Himself?) Titus 2:13 while we wait for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

It is plain that the scriptures reveal to us the plan of the Master, and that our diligence in seeking Him will reveal the Face of our hope. He shows us what is to happen, through the knowledge of His Word. The Holy Spirit opens the up the true meanings of the words, gives understanding, to those who pay attention. The end times are taking shape before our very eyes, yet are not heeded by the world. But then, Dan. 12:10 says only "the wise will understand".

The Song of Solomon shows us the rapture of the Body of Christ.(Ephesians 5:23, I Corinthians 12:27) She is the "gentile" woman searching and watching for her beloved. She begins at a place of ambivalence (chapter 5) which later changes to soul aching passion and longing (lovesick) as she seeks Him throughout the city from which He reigns. This book is eloquent of how HE enhances her longing for Him, speaks lovingly to her of how much He desires her, and then puts her "among the chariots of my noble people" (which is the same exclamation of Elisha, when witnessing the rapture of Elijah). She speaks of the resurrection when she observes how "love is stronger than death, and fiercer than the flames of Yah" (Song of Solomon 8, the flames are a reference to hell).

Israel is our prophetic timepiece. It is important to keep meticulous track of what is transpiring with her so we may know the time of the redemption of our bodies. May 14th is the 70th anniversary of the birth of Israel (remember the phrase "this generation shall not pass"?). There is much agitation amongst her neighbors, those riots and hate mongers  at her borders, where those who hate her seek to enter her from the north for her destruction, seek to provoke wrath and sympathy for themselves. The pressure is building for other nations to make intervention. Russia and Iran are already there in Syria, with many troops and bases. Because of this, Israel bombs her neighbor to the north, seeking to protect her security, but unfortunately, she works with the sunni side of islam to do this. There is total deception in that cult. How can she but lose to trust them? Discernment tells me that the  recent gas attack was staged by the isis rebels, to make it  possible for the U.S. to bomb in Syria on behalf of their creation, isis. Israel and the U.S. are being pitted against Russia and Iran by the two sides of the sunni and shia schism of islam! When the Restrainer is taken out of the way, which is the Spirit in the church, Russia and Iran (and Turkey, which is where the sarin gas has been coming from, into Syria) will attack from their staging area in Syria. This is clear from the foreshadowing in the account of the rapture of Elijah. Elijah is a type of the church, and Elisha is a type of Israel. When the "40 youths" revile Elisha, because his benefactor is taken from him, but he is left behind, he curses them. As a result, bears come out to ravage these "youths". The bear is a symbol of the kingdom of Persia, now called Iran (as is seen in the visions of the beasts in the book of Daniel).

The rapture is also a sign to Israel, of the identity of the true king and messiah, the one they did not recognize in time because they did not have the "oil" in their lamp, which is the light of His Word, the New Testament. Israel must believe Jesus is who He said He is (when they say "blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord) before she can enter the time of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, the time of His reign. Jesus said this Kingdom of Heaven is like the ten virgins waiting for the bridegroom, but only five went into the wedding, like a man going on a long journey to receive a kingdom ( I believe a reference to second Passover as explained below), who leaves his servants in charge of his business, like a king who gives a wedding feast for his son, but none of the invited guests deign to attend, so he invites everyone else. (Those "everyone else" are the "gentile" church, which has been grafted into the covenant by the blood of Christ.)

The Word interprets the Word. It says that God works on a time schedule. "In the fullness of time" is an oft repeated phrase when the Word speaks of prophetic fulfillment. In the fullness of time, God sent His Son, on the fourth "day of creation" the Sun (Son) was revealed. Hosea 6:3 says, " HE shall come to us as the former and latter rains unto the earth", the winter and spring rains causing the two grain harvests (referencing the Feasts of The Lord observed in Israel), Passover in spring, before the  heat of summer and it's second kind of grain, then comes the grape harvest (which is the winepress of the wrath of the Almighty). Passover and it's Feast of Firstfruits revealed to us the nature of His first coming, where He would become the sacrificial Lamb. The Feast of Trumpets reveals the nature of His second coming (and His wrath on unbelievers), that of the conquering King, who saves Israel from war and then judges them. He must come to Israel on the "dawn of the seventh day" if He is to be their Sabbath rest. The father of John the Baptist said, "He will come to us like the dawn." The seventh "day" has already begun! Six "days" have been completed since creation! It has also been two "days" since He was here for His first coming. Hosea 6:2 says, "After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."

As to TIMING, take note how the "called out ones" are the body of Christ, while HE is our head (Ephesians 5:23). We "carry" the dead body of Messiah in us, as did the men who carried the body of Joseph, who was a prototype of the Messiah. These men had their Passover in the SECOND month. As the King was resurrected just after the slaughter of the lamb on Passover, so shall we be during our own Passover, which is appointed to us in  Numbers 9:6,10,11, where the Word speaks of the Second Passover. This is the very same week that Noah entered into the ark ("as it was in the days of Noah so shall the coming of the Son of Man be" which happened in the second month, the first month being appointed in Ex 12:2). This is the same week that Joshua had the armies parade around the city of Jericho ( and I  believe the same week we've been speaking of) after they had observed the Passover (We have a strong city. Open the gates for the righteous nation to enter in" in Isaiah 26). It is also the same time of year that Sodom and Gomorrah where destroyed, and only righteous Lot, with his family, was saved, by being forcibly taken out. Lot is the prototype of the church ("As in the days of Lot" says the Master). Another source of this timing is in the book of Ruth, that famous tale of the Kinsman Redeemer. Notice that the marriage takes place about the time of the end of the barley harvest, for she is laying at His feet on the threshing floor at the end of the harvest. She had uncovered his feet to ask for His protection. The Song of Solomon also makes it clear that when the beloved is taken into the "chariot", is when she had gone out to see the fresh plants in the valley, to check the starting growth of the harvest. This is spring being pictured. 

The 17th of April starts the second month. Are you ready? Are you His, and is He, yours? "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine."