The purpose of the Second Census was to count the people in relation to inheritance. This was just previous to entering the Promised Land. In the Book of Joshua, the people arrived on the 10th day of the first month, a Passover event. Originally, they were suppose to arrive on the 10th day of the seventh month, a Tabernacles event, thus they spent 38 1/2 years in the wilderness because of their unbelief, being tried and tested.
The Remnant is called to pave the way for all of creation to enter into HIS rest. It is appropriate for this Census to end on this particular Day of Atonement. In terms of the Gregorian calendar, the earliest date on which Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) can fall is September 14, as happened in 1899 and happened again in this year, 2013. The Jewish community views this as the Holiest day of the year. It is also tied to the deliverance in the Book of Esther (Yom Ke-Purim). At my first Tabernacles conference in 1996, I was unexpectedly asked to speak and I had just completed an exhaustive study of the Book of Esther thus I covered the story of Purim. At the time, I knew of no connection to Tabernacles.
If there is anything about the aspiring overcomers, they desire to enter the fullness as early as possible. As indicated above, this is the earliest date we could enter the Promised Land. Before conquering the land, all of the males had to be circumcised and wait three days. What happened then in the physical is now to occur in the spirit. This is why I wrote “The Circumcised Heart of Love”. To conquer the inhabitants in the land (the world), it must be accomplished by Love, the unconditional kind.