Part C: Putting forth my best speculation on how and when the next stage of the economic collapse will occur, if it happens.

To quickly review:

Part A contains information that is readily available to all and already known by millions, but not by billions. This information remains quite valid and contains realities that will affect us in the future.

Part B contains a collection of unique; possibly God inspired information that might focus on the July 2009 time frame. But what is most likely to happen in this time frame? What is up with all the focus on “79”? Time will fully soon tell.

Preliminary Analysis on information presented in Part B on “79” or 07/2009

Before proceeding with Part C, I want to take the opportunity to comment on events that history has recorded so far in July 2009.

Originally, I expected to post Part C much earlier in July, but the delay in its posting now gives us the opportunity to see if anything that was suggested in Part B might have already begun to happen. Indeed, I believe there might be a confirmation. Nothing we can prove beyond a doubt, but very intriguing. When I wrote Part B, I had no foreknowledge that on 7/9/2009 or the 17th of Tammuz that the G8/G14 meeting was going to take place. But I did write:

“Interpretative Questions: Will July 9, 2009 / 17th of Tammuz mark the very day in which we will be able to see some major American guarantee be broken to pieces? Will it be something all Americans had trusted to be “written in stone”? Will America’s idol worship of its primary god, money, be analogous to the golden calf of Moses’ day? Will this break of a guarantee take the form of the beginning of the dollar plunge and/or a major break of our US Constitution?”

AND

“The failure of the [stock market] rally that started at 666.79 also might be associated with key events that will in time lead to the implementation of the mark of the beast, as suggested by “666”. If the mark of the beast is associated with a global cashless currency, then a dollar collapse logically has to happen at some point. The mark of the beast Biblical prophecy will be fulfilled one way or another.”

Obviously, we now know for sure that a full manifestation of a dollar collapse has not occurred yet. And we also know that it is too early for a global cashless currency (a possible “666” manifestation). But were the seeds of a global currency sewn on July 9th?

Let’s look what happened at the G8/G14 meeting on July 9, 2009.

• China demands currency reform at G8 meeting

• Russian President Medvedev Unveils “World Currency” Coin At G8

This information was made public. Who, but the world elite, knows what was signed behind closed doors on July 9, 2009, the 17th of Tammuz? Did something occur to breach the outer defensive wall of America’s economic sovereignty just as Jerusalem’s outer defensive stone walls were breached in day in history by both the Babylonians (First Temple era) and by the Romans (Second Temple era)?

Update on the Congressional Effort to Audit the Federal Reserve

Ron Paul, congressman from Texas, has introduced a bill, HR 1207, to audit the Federal Reserve. Co-sponsors of the bill have grown tremendously to over 270 Congressman, both Republican and Democrat. Mr. Paul was just on the Glen Beck program this week. He reported that despite the overwhelming public and Congressional support for the bill, “leadership from above” sent word down to Capital Hill to thwart any debate on the bill.

Is the United States of America still a republic or is it now more of a dictatorship of the world elites?

Update on the “The Obama Rally Failure Hypothesis”

The rally failure hypothesis remains valid until the S&P 500 index closes above 1001.84, the price level high that was recorded when Obama was proclaimed, “President elect” on 11/5/2008 (depicted by the horizontal BLUE line in the chart below). There was a significant market turn in the July 7 to 9, 2009 time window as suggested by the time cycles presented in the stock chart illustrated in Part B, but it was a temporary bottom turning upward, not a top turning downward.

Below is the updated chart:

In this time window of July 7 to 9, 2009, the S&P 500 index held in a very tight trading range near 879. Included in this are the intraday low in the S&P 500 index on 7/7/09 of 879.93 and a closing value on 7/8/2009 of 879.56.

Was the market trading range that centered about 879 in the July 7 to 9, 2009 time window just another coincidence or are we now supposed to look for an additional spiritual reality or earthly manifestation to begin in August, the 8th month? I do not know. But we may find out based on what happens around the 9th of Av this year, which occurs on July 30th – two days prior to August and one day prior to the scheduled Congressional August recess. A significant event may be tied to whether or not the US Congress passes socialized medicine against the will of the American people. In general, God uses the number 8 to mark a new beginning that will last for all eternity. (I intend to detail this fact fully in my book on God’s use of numbers). Once socialized medicine is passed it will be irreversible.

Curious Recent Side Story About The Number 8: My mother and I two weeks ago went to Costco to buy extra food for a Christian men’s home just in case the storm does hit soon. If food gets very expensive, it would be much more difficult to buy food for them later. We had two large push cart dollies that were stacked up high with food. Other customers walking by us would comment by saying things like, “Wow, looks like you’re going to feed an army!” When we got to the check out line, my mother, the checkout clerk and I all attempted to guess what the final bill would be just for fun. Interestingly, the final bill came out to be $777.81. Many already know that 777 represents a completed act of God in the earth realm specifically by the Holy Spirit, but as for the “.81” – what did that mean? I do not regard it with much predictive significant, but I said, “Maybe in means the food will be needed starting August 1, or 8/1.”

But getting back to the chart. It will be a new revelation to some readers to see for themselves in this chart that cycles of time do exist in markets at which times markets can make turns in direction. However, the July 7 to 9, 2009 time window did not mark the end of Obama Stock Market Rally. The fast upward movement that has occurred from this time may turn out to be what is known as a “short squeeze” in the market. This is an artificial rally that is analogous to a head fake in sports, which is used to falsely influence the opposition for a moment in time. From a world elite conspiracy perspective, this rally over the past week may pull the last players into the market just before the elite reverse the market downward hard and fast.

Socialized Medicine: The elite may also use an artificial rally to fool the country into believing that an economic recovery is indeed in progress and that the socialized medical health plan Congress wants to past this month will not bankrupt the nation. According to the neutral Congressional Budget Office, the current plan of the Democrats and the Obama Administration will not save the country money, but cost it significantly more than our current health care system. This may be the last straw that breaks the American eagle’s back. Until I see proof otherwise, I believe the elite want pass socialized medicine in America before they crash the dollar. Hopefully, they will not be successful on either endeavor.

Socialized medicine is much more about controlling the population than helping people, as the government will dictate what medical care you can or cannot have. And the government will take away more money from you to facilitate their mandates on you! Likewise, crashing the dollar is also about control over the population, as it will make most Americans slaves to debt and to government by destroying the American liberty that comes from financial independence.

Why is Obama so desperately in a rush? Obama wants to have a bill passed in Congress prior to the Congressional August recess. Why is Obama so anxious to shove this legislation down the throats of the American public when the majority currently polled does not want the current plan being proposed? What is his hurry? What does he know that the public doesn’t? Is Obama anxious to get socialized medicine passed before the world elites crater the markets further? Please do not allow Obama to deceive you with false words and an eloquent speaking style!

The next major date to look at in this month of July is the 9th of Av on the Jewish calendar. This is the worst day in all Jewish history. It is the anniversary of the very day both first and second Jewish Temples were destroyed by the Babylonians (first Temple) and the Romans (second Temple).

This year on the Gregorian calendar the 9th of Av falls on July 30, 2009. I believe this is one day prior to the scheduled Congressional recess. Will Congress pass socialized medicine against the will of the people before they leave for August recess? If they do, the US government will cease to be a representative republic that the US Constitution has guaranteed. Symbolically, has our US Constitution been a type of temple that originally had been dedicated to God by our founding fathers? Will its destruction be a form of God’s judgment on America symbolically linked to the destruction of the Jewish Temples around the 9th of Av? I do not think socialized medicine will pass before the August recess, but I could be wrong.

Part C: Putting forth my best speculation on how and when the next stage of the economic collapse will occur, if it happens.

Up until recently, I had planned to publish a detailed speculation in Part C that incorporated all the pieces of the puzzle I have shared with you in Parts A and B of this article. I also had planned to present a great deal of supportive research. But, I have had a change of heart and mind for the following reason:

Although this Part C speculation was reasonable and quite researched, I do not have confidence that the Part C speculation was God inspired, rather my best personal effort, i.e. an effort of man and my own understanding. As such, it would be contrary to Proverbs 3.

Proverbs 3:5-7 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes Fear the LORD and depart from evil.

The only aspect of Part C that may be God inspired was an unusual very vivid dream that I had in 2008 in which I saw a panic dump of the US dollar on a financial chart. It was not a gradual dollar decline as many economists are now predicting. This is a sample of what industry experts are now saying:

“The financial crisis has focused attention on the dollar’s structural weakness, but it’s not something that they’re going to change,” Jane Foley, research director at Forex.com told Bloomberg. “The dollar’s importance will reduce over time, but it’s not going to be something which will happen quickly.”

But I do not have even one confirmation of the dollar panic dump dream. Even if the speculation in Part C turns out to be correct in a general way, the knowledge may not be a help specifically to your personal situation. So what good would it be for you? What lasting good is any information if it doesn’t bear good fruit for God’s eternal Kingdom?

So increase your focus on the Lord and view the following speculation with a lower regard.

The Speculative Summary of Part C:

For the sake of completion of this article, I will include a summary of my best speculation, but not the specific details from which it was derived.

There will be some causative circumstance that might be seen to begin in July 2009 that will physically manifest fully between July 2009 and the end of the year. Something that was signed behind closed doors in the G8 summit on 7/9/09 may begin a major breech of our national sovereignty and be related to the future implementation or the mark of the beast as discussed above.

This event may or may not manifest itself in the financial markets. But if it does, then this is what might happen:

What is immediately ahead? Deflation or Hyperinflation? Recovery?

Currently, there is a big debate amongst market professionals regarding what will happen in the financial markets from now to the end of the year. Will there be a “recovery” or will there be a negative outcome. If a negative outcome occurs, what form will it take on? Will there be deflation first followed next year by inflation? Or we will soon experience a hyperinflation spike this year associated with a dollar collapse? Both negative scenarios would see the general equity markets sell off, but the associative causes would be different. Are you going to be paying $1.20 per gallon of gasoline (deflation) or $10.00 per gallon (hyperinflation)? Will there be riots in the cities of America this fall? If so, what will be the cause of these?

I have second hand information that a group within the US Army has been given an extra large bonus of money by the US Government and was told to pay off their debts and buy 3 to 6 months of extra food for their families. (Perhaps you might do the same, because food is cheap right now.) They expect to be deployed within the US this fall for riot control. This information came to me around February 2009. I rechecked the source this week and the information still remains valid. Could it change in the future? Yes, of course. But what would cause military troop deployment with cities of America? Lindsey Williams still states he was told by one of the world elites that the US Dollar was going to collapse by December 2009. The writings of the CFR also stated that by 2010, they wanted to have implemented their North American Community. If this information turns out to be accurate and timely, then the hyperinflation spike would be a more likely occurrence by the end of this year. I believe the most likely scenario will be a hyperinflation super spike.

Therefore, from now to the end of the year, it is possible that we will see another major sell off in the equity markets. The Obama Stock Market Rally Failure Hypothesis holds that the stock market might go only a little bit higher from where it is now.

Pure fundamentals of open markets are not supportive of either a panic dollar collapse or a super spike in oil at this time.

A panic dollar collapse and/or a super spike in oil will only occur if the world elites manipulate the markets behind the scenes that the mainstream media presents to the general public. If a hyperinflation spike occurs at the same time the US stock market collapses, where will your money be safe? No place to run; no place to hide? You will not be able to hide in cash. A sure thing is to pay off your debts and to buy extra long shelf life food for your family. The exact same advice the military commander gave the soldier as described above.

Currently, the oil market has gone down from June 2009. What could immediately reverse the latest trend to cheaper oil? A perceived economic recovery could moderately increase the price of oil. But such a moderate increase would be a reflection of better economic times ahead. That would be good.

However, a bad possibility would be a massive oil spike that results from an Israeli attack on Iran. The world elites could also then use this event as “the excuse” for oil producing countries to sell crude oil in Euros. This in turn would force China and the world to immediately dump the US dollar. Indeed, because the US Dollar is currently on such a weak foundation, any unexpected event that immediately changes the current market fundamentals of either crude oil and/or the US dollar would initiate an emotional chain reaction would result in what we refer to as a panic.

Since the Obama Stock Market Rally began, we have been in the eye of the economic hurricane. Whatever the next adverse event is, to be consistent with the hurricane analogy, the event should be portrayed as originating externally to the United States of America. The reason why the elite need to portray the event as originating externally to the United States is so they can shift the blame away from the US Administration and the Federal Reserve in order to maintain any hope of credibility when they force another “change we need” upon us. Remember in Part A of this article, I made note the May 14, 2009 headline ‘Obama warns Netanyahu: “Don’t surprise me with an Iran strike!”’. I also presented in Part A several other attempts by the world elites to lay the foundation for blaming others in the event of the next crisis.

The bottom line of my best speculation is that by 2010, the dollar will be replaced with some form of a multinational currency as consistent with the written words of the world elite. With one push of a computer keyboard button, all your financial accounts could be converted by a simple mathematic formula to a new currency. America’s financial sovereignty will be gone forever, made possible by the world elite and a rogue Congressional leadership and rogue Administration that considers themselves no longer bound by the original US Constitution. Their higher allegiance is to the world government. If US military troops are deployed within US cities this fall, the above information will serve as proof that the government knew about it ahead of time. If this happens, will you still be in control of your government as guaranteed by terms of the US Constitution or will you be the victim of a world government tyranny in formation?

Practical Application of All information in Parts A, B and C of this article

You have now spent a lot of time carefully reading this article.  What good is information if it remains all head knowledge?  How can you apply it to the real world?

As I made the transition from a medical student to a physician resident, I became keenly aware that head knowledge is far inferior to knowledge you can apply in the real world. The tens of thousands of facts we learned as medical students were at best disjointed pieces of information in our heads. In residency, only after learning how to use some of this information on a practical level did the knowledge become powerful, useful and truly interesting.  The same might be true for you regarding the practical applicability of information presented in this article.

Our residency training programs forced us to focus on the right way to use our head knowledge for practical application.

What then should be your primary focus?

Refocus FIRST on the Lord Jesus Christ:

Always strive first to seek after Him in all things.  If you can achieve this, then He will provide for all you really need in the largest perspective of your life that there is.

Now that I have given you a summary of my best effort speculation, I again want to downplay the speculation!  I must warn you to never put your primary faith or focus in any speculation!  They are all efforts of man.  And so is the scenario above.  Odds are that my best speculation, even though reasonable and researched, will be wrong in major ways not yet known.  Only God knows the future for sure.  And more importantly, only God knows for sure what is best for your specific situation.

For your personal earthly situation and for the purpose of bearing the best fruit for God’s eternal Kingdom, please ask God directly yourself for His wisdom and understanding.  Perhaps He may inspire you to utilize some of the puzzle pieces in Parts A and B to specifically guide you through the next storm in your life; to help you understand what to do or not to do.  He may also inspire you not to use the puzzle pieces or conclusions presented in this article.  But you need to ask!

In order for you to be eligible to receive His wisdom and knowledge, you must fear the Lord with the utmost respect more than you fear earthly circumstances that now confront you, and He will direct your path. You need to maintain a Divine perspective to be eligible to get the key:

Isaiah 33: 5-6 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; He will fill Zion with his justice and righteousness. He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure. NIV

After you do this, then specifically ask God what, if any, information in this article can be used by you to bear fruit for His Kingdom.

God may have you use the information differently than He will direct another to use the information.

It is worth repeating again:  Do not fear your earthly circumstances but turn your perspective around and look for the Lord’s guidance to use all situations good and bad in your life to bear fruit for His bountiful harvest.  You cannot bear fruit for Jesus, without Jesus:

The True Vine is Jesus

John 15:5-8 “I am the vine, you are the branches.  He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.  If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.  If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

God communicates with the world in many ways, foremost through His written Word, the Bible.  Thank you for the opportunity for me to share with you some of the unique information and perspectives that I believe the Lord may have orchestrated in my daily life’s path for over the past two years.  I am especially excited to be able to share with you the possibility that God may also be using numbers in major events of the world around us today to speak to His people.  It is my prayer that information shared with you will lead you even closer to the Lord so that you can participate in bearing even greater fruit for His eternal Kingdom!

In the year of our Lord, Jesus Christ, 2009!
Blessed is His Name!

In His Mighty Grip!

See Also:

Part A/C: Will the Back Wall of the Economic Hurricane hit in July 2009?

Part B/C: Will the Back Wall of the Economic Hurricane hit in July 2009?

It has been proposed that Daniel’s 70^th Week could begin in the year 2009 and run through 2016 which equates to the Jewish years of 5770-5776. (Reference Daniel Matson’s work, in particular, Signs of the End.) (For a detailed Jewish calendar, click here. The month of Tishri, aka Rosh Hashana, starts the Jewish new year, which is always in the fall on our Gregorian calendar.)

Although chapter and verses weren’t added to the scriptures until the 14th/15th century… this study attempts to look at Psalms 109 through 119 from a prophetic standpoint, with the view in mind that this period of time may represent Daniel’s 70^th Week and beyond. Could this be a mere coincidence or truly divine?

A Little History

I became aware of Daniel Matson’s work in mid 2005, and the Prophecy in the Psalms concepts somewhere around that same time. As we shall see, Psalm 110, (113), 117, 118, and 119 are particularly intriguing, and initially gave me pause as they were read with the time frame of 2009 – 2018 in mind. However, Psalms 111 through 116 did not appear to fit the description of what would be happening in the world during the time of Daniel’s 70th Week and the Great Tribulation. These ideas were placed on the back burner, and eventually forgotten.

Recently, in his 15-Apr-09 posting at Five Doves – Pentecost Revisited – Pastor FM Riley noted how Psalm 109 seemed to indicate the unveiling of the “opposing one” (Anti-Christ, Man of Sin). With his thoughts on my mind, Psalm 109 through Psalm 119 were re-read again with the view of 2009 (Jewish Year 5770; Sept 19, 2009) – 2018 (Jewish Year 5779; Sept 10, 2018) in mind. It was during these subsequent readings that a new insight was noted which suddenly seemed to make everything fall perfectly into place. This study aims to convey these observations for further scrutiny.

These conclusions are reached in large part through a view of Ezekiel’s prophecy (from Chapter 5) of 430 years where the land did not observe her Sabbath.

Seventy years were paid during the years Israel were in captivity in Babylon. This left 360 years to be paid. There is also the odd verse in Leviticus 26:23-24 where a payment for sin would be multiplied 7 times. This left a total of 2520 years remaining where the land was to be desolate as payment for Israel not observing her Sabbaths when in the land.

Daniel Matson shows in his work that the 2520 years, when converted to 360 day years, runs from:

• July 16, 537 BC (Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylon and issued a decree for the Jews to return to their land) until
  
• May 14, 1948 (Israel reborn as a nation)

See here Biblical Prophecy: Israel to be Restored as an Independent Nation in 1948 and Signs of the End – Book Outline for a more detailed description of these times, for there are many more than the one reference noted here.

Daniel Matson then uses day counts between Jewish feast days and the day counts given in the book of Daniel and Revelation (along with many additional arguments) to propose that the time of Daniel’s 70th Week runs from 2009 through 2016 (Again, keep in mind the Jewish New Years 5770-5776).

J.R. Church and others (including F.M. Riley’s recent article on 15-Apr-09 posting at Five Doves – Pentecost Revisited ) have also proposed that the Psalms may follow a prophetic sequence in terms of the year (in Gregorian calendar years). For example, Psalm 33 relating to the year 1933, Psalm 48 relating to the year 1948, Psalm 67 relating to the year 1967, and so on.

• The Prophecies in Psalms 108-110 – That Thy Beloved May Be Delivered
• The Prophecies in Psalms 107-150
• Will Psalm 104 Be Fulfilled in 2004?
  

(After reading the above articles by J.R. Church, you will see that he has a slightly different interpretation of these particular Psalms… nevertheless, keep reading and you decide!)

The Hypothesis

Psalms 109 – 119 potentially align with the time frame of 2009 – 2019 representing Daniel’s 70^th Week and the first two years of the Millennium.

Psalm 109 – Representing 2009

Psalm 109 sets the table for what is to follow. It starts by the plea for the appointment of a “wicked man” (i.e., Antichrist) and let “an Evil One”, “an accuser”, or “adversary” one to oppose (i.e., Satan). Notice the text states two different individuals!

This is in verse 6 of Psalm 109:

⁶ Set a wicked man over him, and let an accuser stand at his right hand (NKJV).

⁶ Appoint an evil man to oppose him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. (NIV)

⁶ Set thou a wicked man over him; And let an adversary stand at his right hand. (ASV)

⁶ Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand. (YLT)

The “accuser” throughout scripture is Satan. But there is also another section of Psalm 109 that is striking. These are verses 21–31:

²¹ But You, O GOD the Lord, Deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me. ²² For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees are weak through fasting, And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness. ²⁵ I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads.

²⁶ Help me, O LORD my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy, ²⁷ That they may know that this is Your hand— That You, LORD, have done it! ²⁸ Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, let them be ashamed, But let Your servant rejoice. ²⁹ Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.

³⁰ I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; Yes, I will praise Him among the multitude. ³¹ For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, To save him from those who condemn him.

Here the cry turns to the Lord to save the one who is poor and needy, the one who’s heart is wounded, and fading away.

In verses 26 and 27, the Psalmist cries out:

“Help me, O Lord, my God; save me in accordance with your love. Let them know that it is your hand, that you, O Lord, have done it.”

Imagine Israel crying out these words to God Almighty as the many accusers, and the newly appointed Evil One, stand around Israel and accuse her.

—– thoughts by Randall…

I want to point out another possible connection that I see in this verse that possibly indicates the timing for this representing 2009. Notice in verses 22-25:

²² For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
²³ I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens;
I am shaken off like a locust.
²⁴ My knees are weak through fasting,
And my flesh is feeble from lack of fatness.
²⁵ I also have become a reproach to them;
When they look at me, they shake their heads.

Is it possible that this verse correlates with Isaiah 17 and the timing of the destruction of Damascus? In particular verse 4:

⁴ “ In that day it shall come to pass That the glory of Jacob will wane, And the fatness of his flesh grow lean.

This could be a stretch, and I’m certainly open for discussion; but it appears to me that all nations are starting to turn against Israel, and verse 4 of Isaiah 17 matches up with verse 24 of Psalm 109?

Almost all theologians believe that this destructive event is on the horizon. We all can agree that the terrorist, Jihadist group of Hezbollah primarily resides in Damascus, Syria; and they are interconnected to some degree with Fatah and Hamas of the Palestinian Territories; Al-Qaeda, The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt and the Taliban of Afghanistan! Therefore, the destruction of Damascus as described in Isaiah 17 makes perfect sense at this time… simply keep your eyes and ears open to foreign news sources. But make no mistake about it… this is NOT the Battle of Ezk 38-39 yet… keep reading and you’ll see when this war starts in my opinion!

Back to Erik…

Psalm 110 – Representing 2010 (Jewish Year 5770; Sept 19, 2009) – Daniel’s Final Week – 1st Year

Before you read any further, I ask you to do something. Go to your Bible, and read Psalm 110 (NKJV). Let the Spirit and the Word minister to you. In fact, read it several times through. For Psalm 110 happens to be one of the most amazing passages in all of God’s wonderful Holy Scriptures. Here it is, in its entirety from the NIV:

Psalm 110:1-7…Of David. A psalm.

1 The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

² The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

³ Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth.

⁴ The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

⁶ He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

⁷ He will drink from a brook beside the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

These passages surely point to Christ and the ministry he was going to have – one in the order of Melchizedek. But look at verse 1!

Christ today is ministering for His bride in the Heavenly Holy of Holies. This we are told in Hebrews (reference Chapter 7, esp vs 25). But again, look what happens in verse 1:

The Lord (the Father) says to my Lord (Jesus):

“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

It is as if the Father is telling his Son, “WELL DONE! Now, sit and watch my mighty arm work on your behalf.”

Do you see the tie between Psalm 109 (the accuser, the Evil One, and Israel crying out to be saved (as the “Rapture” or “Escape” has already happened) and Psalm 110:5 speaks of how the Lord will “crush kings on the day of his wrath” (the Lord starting to move to make his enemies a footstool for the Messiah?). Oh, that day is nearly here!

Psalm 111 – Representing 2011 (Jewish Year 5771; Sept 9, 2010) – Daniel’s Final Week T = 2nd Year

This is where the key comes to understanding the next six Psalms, from Psalm 111 through Psalm 116. Do not read them from the perspective of the world, which will start down the process of literally being torn apart at the seams. Read them, instead, from the perspective of the Jewish people, and in particular, the 144,000 sealed by the Holy Spirit and those who hear the ministry of the Two Witnesses! These Psalms, praise God, show Israel’s heart starting to soften!

Look at Psalm 111:3-4:

³ His work is honorable and glorious,
And His righteousness endures forever.
⁴ He has made His wonderful works to be remembered;
The LORD is gracious and full of compassion.

Will God Almighty work wonders to allow Israel to remember the wonders of old? You better believe it! What might these be? Look at verse 5:

⁵ He has given food to those who fear Him;
He will ever be mindful of His covenant.

Here He is providing food as this could be due to the results of the “Rider of the 3rd (Black) Horse of Famine”.

Look how Psalm 111 ends in verse 10:

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.”

Is this verse talking about national Israel beginning to learn true wisdom from the fear of the Lord? Oh, Glory if this is so!

Psalm 112 – Representing 2012 (Jewish Year 5772; Sept 29, 2011) – Daniel’s Final Week T = 3rd Year

The themes expressed here seem to represent one standing firm in the Lord when those around in the world are experiencing great anguish and fear. Sound reasonable for the second year of Daniel’s 70^th Week? You better believe it!

From verse 4 “even in darkness light dawns for the upright”,

verse 7 “He will have no fear of bad news;”

verse 8 “His heart is secure, he will have no fear;”

while all the time, as verse 10 notes:

“The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.”

Thoughts by Randall…

Notice the phrase “gnash his teeth”… this phrase and “outer darkness” in other parts of scripture indicates the “Tribulation” period. See Matt 8:12; Matt 22:13; Matt 24:51; Matt 25:30; and Luke 13:28. Read these verses in context as I see it representing the Tribulation Period. What do you think?

Back to Erik…

Note also the blessing in verse 2 “the generation of the upright will be blessed.” Will this be THE GENERATION that lives to see the return of Messiah? Oh, praise God! Will this be THE GENERATION of Israel that finally, finally lives uprightly in full view of the KING?

Psalm 113 – Representing 2013 (Jewish Year 5773; Sept 17, 2012) – Daniel’s Final Week T = 3 Year

Here, praise of the Lord continues. Enough said.

Thoughts by Randall about Psalm 113 and the corresponding time period:

Now, Erik didn’t have anything to add in regards to Psalm 113; however, I believe he missed a VITAL part to this all important Psalm. At this point the “Abomination that causes Desolation” has occurred and Israel’s eyes are completely opened now… Keep Reading!

Not only does the Praising of the Lord continue, but in verses 7-8 there appears to be a type of “Resurrection” here. Now pay close attention and let me know what you think. (YLT)

7 He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. 8 To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.

In verses 7 & 8 as stated above, a resurrection of “righteous” Jews seems to take place and they will meet the already “Raptured” Bride who were taken 3.5 years earlier. IF this takes place in the middle of the Tribulation, does this equate to what Daniel 12:2 says which also takes place in the middle of the Tribulation (Start of Great Tribulation) (YLT):

2 And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches — to abhorrence age-during.

In this verse, keeping it in context, it appears that not only were righteous Jews resurrected (as indicated in Psalm 113:7-8), but also unrighteous Jews were as well; some are raised to “life age-during” (i.e., everlasting life), while the other group could be the Jews whom never believed in God as they are raised to “reproaches — to abhorrence age-during” (i.e., to shame and everlasting contempt).

IF Psalms 113 represents the year 2013 (Jewish Year 5773 – Sept 17, 2012 – Sept 4, 2013), then this possibly ties into my theory of this time being “Mid-Trib” (a.k.a., The Abomination of Desolation) Dan 11:31; Dan 12:11; Matt 24:15. You can also validate this time period with Revelation 10:1-7:

The Mighty Angel with the Little Book

¹ I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

² He had a little book open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, ³ and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. When he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.

⁴ Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them.”

⁵ The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven ⁶ and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer, ⁷ but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

And again with Dan 12:4-12:

⁴ “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
⁵ Then I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on that riverbank. ⁶ And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?”
⁷ Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.
⁸ Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord, what shall be the end of these things?”
⁹ And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. ¹⁰ Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
¹¹ “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. ¹² Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

Now on a side note… Ironically enough, this time also corresponds to the Mayan Calendar End Date and the Winter Solstice of Dec 21, 2012. Is it a mere coincidence that the Mayan calendar declares that there is no more time on this date? Their calendar stops because it’s Mid-Trib and God’s grace has come to an end? The Mayans also believed that at this time when the Sun aligns with our Milky Way Galaxy that a “window into the underworld will open up”. (The Mayan Calendar and the 2012 Planetary Alignment can be best explained by John Major Jenkins.) At the same time, in Revelation 12:7-17, Satan is thrown down to the earth to have his way for the final 3.5 years (NKJV).

Satan Thrown Out of Heaven

⁷ And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, ⁸ but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. ⁹ So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren (just as in Psalms 109:6), who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. ¹¹ And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. ¹² Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

The Woman (Israel) Persecuted

¹³ Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. ¹⁴ But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle (possibly the United States?), that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time (3.5 years remaining), from the presence of the serpent.

¹⁵ So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. ¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. ¹⁷ And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring (Saints/Christians who came to Christ during the Tribulation and those Christians who missed the Rapture because they were not living obediently to God’s word before the Rapture occured), who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Also, the “Mid-Trib” time frame is apparent as you keep reading in Daniel 12:7 where he tells us there are only 3.5 years remaining until Jesus’ Second Coming (i.e., The Great Tribulation):

⁷And I hear the one clothed in linen, who [is] upon the waters of the flood, and he doth lift up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sweareth by Him who is living to the age, that, `After a time, times, and a half, and at the completion of the scattering of the power of the holy people, finished are all these.‘

And further in verses 10-11:

¹⁰Purify themselves, yea, make themselves white, yea, refined are many: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely do understand;

¹¹and from the time of the turning aside of the perpetual [sacrifice], and to the giving out of the desolating abomination, [are] days a thousand, two hundred, and ninety.

I think it’s important to continue to look at a few more details that are taking place at this time. Notice in verse 7 above, Daniel makes reference to a “Flood”, during my studies, a flood in biblical terms is sometimes represented as “War”. (I read that flood=war in a book by J.R. Church “They Pierced the Vail”; nevertheless)… Even if that’s not the case, Daniel 12:2-7 validates that a resurrection takes place at mid-trib; therefore…

This nugget takes me over to Ezk 37 (The Valley of Dry Bones Resurrection). Many pulpit “preachers” these days teach that this text is allegorically referring to the rebirth of Israel… I believe they are wrong in their interpretation. This is NOT allegorical, but instead LITERAL! As unnatural as this text may sound, I believe this text is speaking of an actual resurrection of the Jewish people… As we’ve already discovered stated in Dan 12:2 and in Psalms 113:7 above.

This Ezk 37 text gives a vivid description of this resurrection… But take note in verses 10-11:

¹⁰And I have prophesied as He commanded me, and the Spirit cometh into them, and they live, and stand on their feet — a very very great force.

The NKJV says they became “an exceedingly great army“!

¹¹And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.

Notice the text says they have been “cut-off” by themselves… they never believed God, so could these people be the Jews who are raised to “Shame and everlasting contempt” as stated in Daniel 12:2?

At this point you see there now exists an “Exceedingly Great Army” possessing the land of Israel… the final 3.5 years, the “Great Tribulation”. Could this be part of the reason that a demonic, angelic army of 200,000,000 goes forth to slay 1/3 of mankind from the East as stated in the 6th Trumpet War in Revelation 9? We know this is NOT a human army because research by Joel Young shows there are only approximately 60 million horses in the world.

I believe that right after this resurrection of Ezk 37, the world will finally see Ezk 38 & 39 come to pass, the War of Gog/Magog which will continue up to and conclude at the Battle of Armageddon!

Therefore, I too am only a student of Eschatology and feel there is some relevance to what going on here at “Mid-Trib” with the data I’ve just presented here in Psa 113.

As the final 3.5 years unfold, the Jews are heavily persecuted as stated in Zechariah 11-14, and other scriptures, and the Blood Moons that take place in 2014-2015 on Jewish Feast Days…. (see also Blood Moon videos).

If you have any other input in this topic here, please feel free to post a response at the end of this blog post.

————————————————-

Now back to Erik’s points!

Psalm 114 – Representing 2014 (Jewish Year 5774) – Daniel’s Final Week T = 4 Year

We will now be entering the last half of the final week of Daniel. This is otherwise known as the Great Tribulation. This Psalm proclaims that the land of Israel is God’s dominion, and that the earth will tremble at the presence of the Lord.

¹ When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

² Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

And, verse 7 “Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,”.

Could this equate to the 7th Trumpet of Revelation 11:15-19 when the Kingdom is Proclaimed? Pay particular attention to verse 18:

“The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that you should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”

This would appear to now start the War of Gog/Magog of Ezk 38-39!

Psalm 115 – Representing 2015 (Jewish Year 5775)– Daniel’s Final Week T = 5 Year

This Psalm speaks to the glory of the Lord, and the Lord remembering the house of Israel and Aaron. Look especially at verse 12

“The Lord remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron”.

Do you think this remembrance will be important to the nation of Israel one year into the Great Tribulation? But this Psalm also exhorts Israel and the house of Aaron to trust in the Lord, their “help and shield”, as noted in verses 9 and 10.

This Psalm in verses 4 – 8 also speaks of the futility of human idols, made of silver and gold, and by the hands of men. Israel’s God, the God who is in heaven, by contrast, “does whatever pleases him”, as noted in verse 3.

I like in particular how verse 18 would line up with truth… being that now Israel’s spiritual eyes are finally opened after the “Abomination of Desolation”, they will “Bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.” This is totally amazing isn’t it?

Psalm 116 – Representing 2016 (Jewish Year 5776) – Daniel’s Final Week T = 6 Year

Approximately six years will now be completed of Daniel’s final week. The earth will be weary, and those left will be drastically reduced in number. Those who have come to faith during this period, both in Israel and in the gentile lands, will also have faced severe persecution.

Zachariah speaks how 2/3 of the nation of Israel will be cut off during this time. Revelation speaks of those loosing their lives on behalf of the Lamb as being “countless” (reference Revelation Chapter 7). This is mentioned for in Psalm 116 is one of the most somber and sweet verses in scripture. Look at verse 15:

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”

The Antichrist will be in full rage against God’s people at this time, and especially towards the nation of Israel. It is likely most will have fled to the wilderness by now. Look at verse 3:

“The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.”

But in the midst of all this, Psalm 116 speaks of how the Lord still watches over those who call upon him, and how the Lord protects the simple-hearted and gives rest to those who are dismayed.

Psalm 117 – Representing 2017 (Jewish Year 5777) – Daniel’s Final Week T = 7 Year

Well, this is it. This represents the year of the Return of the King. What would you write for such a climactic ending to the prior 6 days, the prior 6,000 years, of man’s day upon the earth? This is the sunset of man’s day, and the dawn of the Lord’s day – the dawn of the Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ! Praise God Almighty! What, I ask, might you write? Well, the Lord has already written it in Psalm 117. It is the shortest Psalm in the book, the shortest book in the Bible, made up of only two verses.

Psalm 117

¹ Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.

² For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.

The “Praise the Lord” at the end of the Psalm, in Hebrew, is actually Hallelu Yah, from where we get Hallelujah! I say again, what might one write in regards to the Return of the King? What might those alive on earth say, at the Return of the King, after having gone through a literal hell on earth? I can think of no words more simple and profound than those recorded in Psalm 117.

Hallelujah!

Psalm 118 – Representing 2018 (Jewish Year 5778) – Millennial Reign Year 1

Now, if you just lived through the prior seven years, what might you write? Psalm 118 is so profound, you really must read it in this context to understand what is being written. Every verse speaks specifically about the trials faced the believers, and especially Israel, during the previous seven years and how the Lord delivered them! Here are the first seven verses, just to whet your appetite:

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

² Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.”

³ Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.”

⁴ Let those who fear the LORD say: “His love endures forever.”

⁵ In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.

⁶ The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

⁷ The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I will look in triumph on my enemies.

Need more??? How about verse 10?

“All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I cut them off.”

How about verse 18?

“The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.”

Or verse 21?

“I will give thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.”

Or, verse 22 and 23:

“The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.”

Do you think that verse was fulfilled during the age of grace? Oh, look at the glorious ways of our Lord! The STONE the builders rejected has now become the capstone! Jesus Christ the Lord is now reigning! Hallelujah!

Or, verse 24: “This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Where does it end??? The day (1,000 years) of the Lord is now at hand! This is the beginning of the Lord’s day! Again, Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Brother and sister in Christ, read Psalm 118 with the view that this is the first year of the Millennium, the first year after Israel has been rescued from the flood of the Tribulation. Read it and be blessed. Hallelujah!

Psalm 119 – Representing 2019 (Jewish Year 5779) – Millennial Reign Year 2

And now, the last of the Psalms that we will look at – Psalm 119. We all know what Psalm 119 stand for – it is the love Psalm for the word, the word and law of the Lord. Look how verse 1 starts:

“Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.”

National Israel, now saved, will be living in full view of the Lord upon the earth. The church will be seated with the Lord in the heavenly places. Israel will now finally have their heart of flesh. No longer will their heart be one of stone, in fulfillment of Ezekiel’s prophecy. Israel will now be able to complete her mission, what she was always created to do.

Israel (as did Shem) has always had a “God” in her tent, going way back to the days of Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Reference Genesis 9:42-27). It has been God’s plan that Israel take her spiritual knowledge of the Lord and minister to the world, that the whole world may be full of God’s glory. This will now happen. But first, National Israel is schooled upon the Law of the Lord, where it is now written upon their hearts – hearts of flesh. Praise God! Hallelujah

Conclusions

First off, this has been written briefly, and it is already over seven pages on the MS Word document that is being typed. Cross references to other scriptures are certainly there for others to pursue. It was the intent to write this and share in as quick and concise of a manner possible.

Secondly, apologies are made to anyone who may have already published this information. I am not aware of anyone who has tied Psalms 110 – 119 specifically to the years 2010 – 2019, but I have not done extensive searches to verify this. If this is you, please feel blessed that the Holy Spirit is confirming your earlier work. If this is new, may you put these ideas to the test of God’s Word. Please note that these thoughts have come about, as noted in the beginning, mainly from the works of Daniel Matson and those who have published works on the Prophecy of the Psalms, namely J.R. Church and Pastor FM Riley.

And lastly, if the Psalms are indeed prophetic in the sense of a year for a Psalm, then we truly may be at the beginning of both a most wondrous time, yet also a most difficult time. You will note that no predictions of when the rapture would take place are presented in this brief study. However, this writer believes the Scriptures are very clear that the church will not be on earth when

“The LORD says to my Lord: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

Humbly in Christ,
Erik Jonson

——————————————

Thank you for your passion behind the words in this letter. I’m sure that many people will be blessed by it. Keep on digging, searching, and sharing brother Erik… Good Job!

Also, please feel free to add any comments to this topic; any other nuggets would be greatly appreciated.

In His Mighty Grip!
Randall

Isaiah 41:10 ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

Prov 3:25-26 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Hebrews 13:6… So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Isaiah 8:12-14 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Look at the world around you. See how they live in dread today. Think about what’s happening today, all the world is dealing with is a global pandemic, that’s it, just a pandemic, and people are losing their minds. When I say “just a global pandemic” I need to put that in perspective for you…think in terms of the tribulation….

People are living in fear and dread today without the Anti-Christ marauding around, without famine at their doorstep (yet), without being attacked by the beasts of the field, without the trumpet judgments or vial judgments, without demonic beings walking side by side with men (i.e., Nephilim), none of that…yet, and people are shivering. Why?

I suppose today is as good a day as any other to begin separating those with real faith from those whose life calling has been “playing church.”

“Going to church” is never asked for or desired anywhere in the bible. Being the church is mandatory. You cannot fake real faith, its either there or its not. In the face of potential death, it gets really real.

Understand that not a hair of your head can be touched by this man-made angel of death virus, without our God’s permission. Our God is a respecter of faithful people. He stood in awe of the centurion’s faith. The Lord has been on this topic of faith and belief now for weeks (with me) and I can clearly see why now. If we do not stand in our faith, we will not stand at all. The time for people to build their faith for the coming storms is not when they hit, its before they hit.

Will men wait until they are shivering while sweating on their beds eaten up with this pig flu before they go to their knees and seek the face of God? Many won’t even seek him then.

Today is a pre-flood, pre-brimstone day. Today is a day when the mercy and grace of our Lord are still extended to men. Today is a day to return to the fundamentals of the faith. Your hired hand spiritual servants (clergy) will not have the faith to save you, you must have the faith to save you. Faith is the currency of our Kingdom, a Kingdom not of this world.

Six days from today marks the anniversary of Noah entering the ark; 16 days from today is Ascension Day, and 26 days from today is Pentecost. People who tell you that Jesus can’t do this, and Jesus can’t do that because XYZ hasn’t happened yet, are in for a big surprise. The Son of God is not bound by their interpretations of what He can or cannot do, and when He can do what He has planned.

Over and over again in the bible we see this idea that Jesus is coming at a time when men will not expect it. He says He is coming like a thief!

Now watch this very carefully, what Jesus says here and when He says it. Rev 3:3 is just before Rev 4:1 where we see what? A door opens in heaven. What does He say in Rev 3:3:

Rev 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Pay attention, VERY CAREFULLY, to what He said there. This is straightforward language, He says if you will not watch, He will come on you like a thief and you won’t know the hour He comes upon us.

It has become very popular today for men NOT TO WATCH for the coming of the Lord TODAY. Who are these people who refuse to watch, who do not believe Jesus will show up today, tomorrow, or even next year for that matter? Pre-wrath, Post-trib teachers come immediately to mind. (Added by Randall… i.e., David MacPhearson, Stan Johnson, Robert VanKampen, Irvin Baxter; And especially those who are of the Preterist Eschatology viewpoint such as: Hank Hanegraaff (the Bible Answer Man) and R.C. Sproul.)

Lovers of money like Tim Mchyde who for all we know isn’t even a believer, men like that assure you that Jesus cannot come back today because of reasons A,B,C,D,E,F,G…. Won’t they be surprised on the day Jesus does come back and they are not watching while they peddle their merchandise on other men teaching them not to watch today either. What will happen to such men? I don’t even want to guess.

We specifically are warned to be watching…for what? For our Lord’s return. Those found doing what they are told to do will be rewarded, those who preach and teach disobedience to this specific command to be watching TODAY for the Lord’s return…well, I would not want to be them.

As we press deeper into the month of May, I would advise you to be watching and ready like the wise virgins of Matt 25. I would advise you to “pray that you may be counted worthy to escape all that’s about to happen and stand before the Son of man”. Why would I advise such things? Because they are clearly stated in the word of God, and the twisting of men goes straight to the trash bin.

Mark 13:35… Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whetherat even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning

Matthew 24:42… Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Luke 21:36… Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the

1 Peter 4:7… But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

Now, look at each and every place our Lord tells us to watch and you tell me, do you see any time qualifiers mentioned ANYWHERE? A time qualifier would be somewhere He tells us “watch when you see this happen” or after this happens, then watch, or at the mid-point of the trib, then watch, or after the trib is over, then watch…No, it just says WATCH which means what? Do it NOW!

A man who puts off the commands of the Lord because he thinks he has outsmarted the word of God is a fool. I am amazed at how many have fallen for the satanic doctrines of this day which tell you…

“don’t bother doing what the word of God tells you to, put it off for later…”

The day of the escape will come upon many people like a thief. Why? The cares of this life have overwhelmed them, or they refuse to watch.

Luke 21:34-36: And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

What’s the downside of watching today and every day after today? None. How can you be caught “not watching” if you are watching every day? You can’t. So you tell me where wisdom is, watching every day, or watching sometime later for our Lord’s return?

I was not planning on writing about this today, but perhaps the Spirit planned on me writing this today. The point of everything written today is, this flu thing, and later many issues will cause people to become anxious with the issues of life here, and they will not be watching. We know because we have been warned thousands of years in advance that those who are found watching and worthy when He returns will be able to escape all.

Read Luke 21:1-35 to find out what the “all” is we are promised to escape. We are to comfort and encourage each other with the promise of the rapture and the escape. The only comfort and encouragement the pre-wrath and post-trib teachers give you is you have a 90% chance of dying a horrible death in the tribulation. Even if there was no escape from all, it wouldn’t matter one iota to us who live for Christ, watching for his return day in and day out. We live by faith, every day. We obey his word, we are watching. If a person tries to convince you that for some reason you don’t need to watch today, consider closing your eyes and ears to them permanently.

Believe that our Lord will do what He said He would do. You do NOT need to buy any mans book (especially if they charge you for it…) to figure out what the Creator has to say to you. Pray, believe, watch, and read the book God himself wrote to you and all men.

In a time of universal deception, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.  grace and peace

——————–

I encourage you to read Brother Dave’s blog daily if you can… I’ll continue to find topics of interest to me and post them here. Also, for an excellent foreknowledge of the times in which we are living… check this out!

In His Mighty Grip!
Randall
a.k.a. Kingdom Engineer

Psalm 32:7-11

You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him. Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Interesting words used there “You are my hiding place”….Our Lord is a very real refuge from the storm we see all around us. He shall preserve me from trouble, He shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. Who will deliver us, preserve us? He will…..

1 Peter 3:20

…who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine long-suffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

Luke 17:26

And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:

Noah had an ark, we have the Son of God. “in Christ” we are in the ark. The Lord promised us an escape from all that’s about to happen. As the storm clouds move over us we get closer to the time of Jacob’s trouble, more and more people will begin to wonder whether the Lord meant what he said when he declared:

Luke 21:36

Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Those who are counting on the escape face a growing barrage of ridicule from the atheist, the godless and outright hate from the pre-wrath, post-trib crowd. I liken all of these people to those who stood around while Noah was driving nails and cutting boards for the Ark. They all stood around mocking and criticizing. Things won’t be so funny though on the day the ark rises up above the earth and some of us are nowhere to be found.

Today I want to encourage you to walk in uprightness and righteousness with the Lord so you are found worthy of the escape that’s coming. Satan and those who serve him go immediately after your faith by first creating doubt….”did God really say….?” Did God really say to pray for an escape from all that shall come to pass? Unless my eyes are deceiving me, YES He did tell us to pray for the escape. Is that being “escapist”? YEA, IT IS!

There seems to be many people these days who believe that they need to go through the tribulation for one reason or another…maybe they do. We each need to be firmly convinced of what we believe because what we really believe will be tested.

The Lord told me years ago “we can do this the easy way or the hard way” referring to some changes in thinking and behavior on my part. The easy way is for us to engage our mind, willpower, heart, and rear end to come into conformity with God’s will. The hard way is for the Lord to impose external pressure on you to get you to the same place. Same destination, two different ways of getting there.

Today there are people (back slidden, born-again “Christians”) on the earth whose attention does not belong to the Lord..yet. There is a pressure cooker coming though, called the Tribulation, that will burn off the impurities with fire and bring them “in Christ.” These are known as the Tribulation Saints.

For those living in today’s pre-tribulation world, who are “in Christ,” who have chosen the “easy way” of willingly and obediently following the Lord, its already mission accomplished if they continue “in Christ” up to the point in time of the escape. What difference is there between those who have died “in Christ” up till now, and those of us living today “in Christ?” If those who died before us “in Christ” did not go through “the” tribulation, give me a good argument for why we should? I’ve never heard one yet, and I’ve heard about everything out there.

The pre-tribulation “escape” will be a double edged sword. On one hand, it will devastate the apostate church. The day however many of us “escape” and they don’t what’s going to happen? What happens the day all the apostate preachers and teachers are still here, and we are not? There will be widespread defection and destruction of so called Christianity aided by the persecutions coming, aided by the great deception sent by the Lord himself to deceive those who refused to believe the truth.

2 Thes 2:9-12

The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

As history has proven, then and now, only a few will be saved through it all. It’s always a remnant, its always a few that make it “in Christ” no matter how you want to look at it.

Romans 9:27

Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: “ Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved.

Romans 11:5

Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant chosen by the election of grace.

I didn’t make this stuff up guys. Go to an online bible search engine and type in “remnant” but make sure you pack a lunch because you will see it over and over and over again.

What does that mean? Always a remnant? It means its always a FEW who “get it.”

Matt 7:14

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

……that’s what it means. Writing these things to you is the core of what the Lord has given me to do in this life. Remind you of what’s already been written. The wrong time to be reminded of these things is after the escape, or after you die, whichever comes first.

I know much of what is written here is not pleasant to read, but my task is to put it out there. If one soul is turned away from their sin, what’s that worth? Its priceless…beyond measure. Each soul is unbelievably precious.

Predictably, just as the bible said, scoffers are on the increase. Anyone who points to Jesus alone (which in fact is “the Word of God”) is hated. We are not surprised by the hatred because if the Master was hated to the point of being murdered, should we expect the people around us to dance a joyful jig when we come saying the same exact things that got our Master crucified?

This alone puts the messages preached at the “mega churches” into perspective. Mr. Joel Olsteen goes out of his way to make sure there’s nothing offensive to anyone in anything he says. Results? The largest so called Christian church in America. Contrast the message of Osteen (and all those like him) to the message that got our Lord crucified…could they be any more different? One set of words leads to throngs worshiping you, the other set of words gets you killed. You figure it out….

Time is short guys. The coming reality for this world is stranger than fiction. I wonder if we’ll be around for the soon coming day when “the powers that be” disclose to the world that alien life has been here on earth for quite some time (Nephilim). I wonder what it will be like when these things/superheroes/aliens/demons in disguise get wheeled out. I don’t want to know, but that’s what’s coming. The bible clearly tells us that men’s hearts will fail them from fear of seeing these things that are “coming on the earth.”

Luke 21:26

Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Coming on the earth? From where? …for the powers of heaven (THE HEAVENS) shall be shaken. Outer space, that is, outside the earths atmosphere is where the heavens are.

We have before us both the carrot and the stick. We can choose what pleases our Lord today, or some can choose it later under a pressure that will melt the earth. Pray that you may be counted worthy of the escape from all that’s coming and stand before the Son of Man.

A clue to the physical location of where we escape to:

Where is the Son of Man?
Answer: Sitting at the right hand of the Father.

Where is the Father?
Answer: Sitting on his throne in the highest heavens.

Which means when you escape and are standing before Him who sits at the right hand of the Father, you WON’T be here on earth….grace and peace

Again, by Brother D

I couldn’t have said it better myself! Thank you Dave for your continuous dedication to God’s word and sharing your thoughts with us!

In His Mighty Grip!
Kingdom Engineer

God’s plan for humanity, the Jewish feasts, the signs which precede the very close return of Jesus, and the rapture of all those who will be ready.

Henri Viaud-Murat – May 23, 2008.

The Feasts of the Lord

Chapter 23 of the book of Leviticus presents all of the seven holy solemn feasts the people of Israel were to observe according to the ordinance given by God to Moses. Each feast represents a prophetic sign concerning the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus-Christ. These signs apply, consequently, also to the Church, the Body of Christ.

The entire plan of God for humanity is, in an extraordinary manner, revealed by the nature and the exact dates of the seven feasts of the LORD that the Israelites were to observe. The entire destiny of the human race unfolds between the first and the last feast.

God’s calendar is based on the phases of the moon. Every Jewish month begins immediately after a new moon.

Here are the feasts and their dates:

- The Passover Feast: the 14th day of the month of Nisan. The first full moon of spring.

- The Feast of Unleavened Bread: the 15th to the 22nd of the month of Nisan.

- The Feast of Firstfruits: the first day of the week following the Sabbath of the Passover in the month of Nissan. It could be 16th of the month, if the 15th was the Sabbath day. Otherwise, it would have to wait until the first day of the week following the first Sabbath day of the Passover.

- The Feast of weeks (or Pentecost): the sixth day of the month of Sivan.

- The Feast of Trumpets: the first day of the month of Tishrei.

- The Day of Atonement: the 10th day of the month of Tishrei.

- The Feast of Tabernacles: the15th day of the month of Tishrei.

The Spring Feasts:

A. Pesach (Feast of the Passover – Leviticus 23: 5). The Jewish religious calendar begins the day of this feast. This day commemorates the sacrifice of the lamb in the land of Egypt, which marked the people of Israel’s final deliverance. The blood of the lamb was applied to the doorposts and lintel of the every house, so that the Lord seeing the blood passed over the house and did not let the destroyer enter to strike its inhabitants.

Spiritual significance for the Church: This feast represents the death of the Lord Jesus, which occurred the same day as the Passover. The Lamb of God redeemed us from the slavery of sin, the flesh, the world and the devil. Our “house” (our body) is marked by the blood of the Lamb, that precious blood that redeemed us.

The year in which our Lord died, the day of the Passover (the 14th day of the month of Nisan) would have had to have been a Wednesday, in order for the Lord to have been in the tomb for three days and three nights. The “Good Friday” is then a tradition without biblical or historical foundation.

The Passover also represents our death in Jesus-Christ.

B. Chag HaMotzi (Feast of unleavened bread – Leviticus 23: 6). This feast is observed the morning just after the Passover, the fifteenth day of the month of Nisan, and lasts for seven days from the 15th to the 21st of the month of Nisan. The 15th day of Nisan, in other words, the first day of the feast, was a day of rest. During this feast, the Israelites were to eat bread without yeast. Yeast represents sin. Eating bread without yeast for seven days represents walking in holiness. The entire house also had to be rid of any trace of yeast.

The Israelites crossed the Red Sea on dry land during the Feast of unleavened bread.

Each lump of unleavened bread was marked with stripes (like wounds) and pierced. The Jewish custom was to bury, to hide and to “resurrect” the second of the three lumps of unleavened bread (the middle one, which represents Jesus being put in the tomb).

This represents the burial of Jesus-Christ. His body, pure and without sin was beaten and pierced on the cross. He died because of his love for us. Jesus was the “Bread of Life” which came down from Heaven. He was born in Bethlehem, which in Hebrew means “the house of bread.”

Jesus was buried in the evening of his death, in other words, the beginning of the next day the day of the Passover. If the day of the Passover was a Wednesday (the day would have begun the Tuesday evening), the 15th day of the month of Nisan began the Wednesday evening. It was a day of rest like a Sabbath.

This feast also represents our burial in Jesus-Christ.

C. Yom HaBikkurim (Feast of Firstfruits – Leviticus 23: 11) This feast was observed the first day of the week following the Sabbath of the Passover, in other words the first Sabbath following the Passover. On this day the first of the produce of the land were presented to the Lord, to thank him for the fertility he gave to His people.

Jesus rose the first day of the week. He was the “first” of the resurrection and of those who will rise. The Feast of Unleavened bread, having begun Wednesday evening, Thursday was a day of rest (the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread), and Friday was a normal working day. This is probably when the women would have prepared the spices to embalm the body of Jesus. But the next day was an ordinary Sabbath (the first Sabbath after the Passover); they rested, and went to the tomb the morning of the first day of the week. But the first day of the week, (Sunday) had already begun the evening before, on Saturday evening. Jesus was already risen “early the first day of the week,” the Sunday morning, when the women came to the tomb. To respect the “three days and three nights” in the tomb, the Lord would have had to have risen the end of the day Saturday, before the night. The gospels say: “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week” (Mark 16: 9). This does not necessarily mean he rose the morning of the first day of the week. But that could mean he was already raised the first day of the week, when the women came to the tomb.

The feast of first fruits also represents our resurrection in Jesus-Christ.

These first three springtime feasts represent the three steps of our salvation in Jesus-Christ: our death, our burial and our resurrection in Christ. These three steps are also represented in water baptism by immersion: we “dive” into the death of Christ, “are buried” under the water, and “are resurrected” into a new life by coming out of the water. The real baptism of the Christian can only be practiced by a complete immersion, the only way to correctly represent our complete death, burial and resurrection in Jesus-Christ.

C. Shavuot (Feast of Weeks or Pentecost – Leviticus 23: 16). This feast was observed “the day after the seventh Sabbath following the Sabbath of the Feast of Firstfruits”, or fifty days later.

It was also when the Jews commemorated the day when the Lord gave the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai.

Notice that when Moses descended from Mount Sinai with the Tablets of the Testimony, “about three thousand men” died because of the people’s idolatry (Exodus 32: 28). In contrast, after Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, “about three thousand souls” converted to Christ! (Acts 2: 41)

It is on this day of Pentecost (Feast of Weeks) that the Holy Spirit was poured out on the Church, marking the beginning of the time of grace that will continue until the return of the Lord.

Two braided breads, baked with yeast, were to be offered during this feast. They represent the Church, composed of Jews and gentiles united in the same Body.

We are therefore, still in the time of the Shavuot, feast of weeks, of Pentecost or of the Holy Spirit.

It is believed that the first four Springtime Feasts are already accomplished in the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus. Perhaps the conclusion of Shavuot is still to come followed by the three autumn feasts?

The Autumn Feasts

Three feasts are celebrated in autumn, in September-October:

E. Yom Teru’ah (The Feast of Trumpets – Leviticus 23: 24).

This feast was to be held the first day of the month of Tishrei, in September. It lasts one day in Israel, and two outside of Israel. The interval of about four months between the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and the Feast of Trumpets represents the time of the Church. It is a dry period in Israel, but also a time when the harvest ripens.

The last month of the summer is the month of Elul. During this month, the shofar (ram’s horn) sounds once every day to prepare the people for the next three autumn feasts.

Finally, on the first day of the month of Tishrei, which marks the beginning of the Feast of Trumpets, the shofar blasts 100 times, to assemble the faithful and call them to the Temple. Everyone must leave the work of the harvest and come to the feast.

This day also marks the first day of the civil Jewish year, or Rosh Hashanah.

In Corinthians 15: 51-53, Paul speaks of the trumpet of God which will waken the dead and mark the day of the rapture of the Church.

Thus this day possibly symbolizes the resurrection of all who are “dead in Christ,” and the “changing in a wink of an eye” of all who are living, the day of the rapture. It’s possible that the Christians will stop the harvest to leave and meet the Lord in the air at this time, or at the conclusion of the Feasts of Weeks as previously mentioned; at the time of Pentecost.

According to Jewish tradition, this day will be the Day of Judgement, when the Creator judges all the inhabitants of the earth. This day was also considered as the first day of creation.

Since the first four prophetic steps of the ministry of Jesus correspond to the first four springtime feasts, we can suppose that the last three steps of his prophetic ministry will also be introduced on the very days of the last three autumn feasts.

The rapture of the Church, which is also the day of the resurrections of the dead in Christ, should then happen during one of the next Feast of Trumpets or on Pentecost.

Here are the dates of the next five feasts of Trumpets:

• 2008: Tuesday, September 30 (1 Tishrei 5769)
• 2009: Saturday, September 19 (Sabbath day) (1 Tishrei 5770)
• 2010: Thursday, September 9 (1 Tishrei 5771)
• 2011: Thursday, September 29 (1 Tishrei 5772)
• 2012: Monday, September 17 (1 Tishrei 5773)

(Note that Jewish days begin the day before, in the evening).

F. Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement – Leviticus 23: 27). This feast was celebrated the 10th day of the month of Tishrei. It is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people. This day was preceded by the “terrible days” just after the Feast of Trumpets. These were the days of preparation for the upcoming Yom Kippur, days of self-examination, of repentance, of reconciliation and of getting in order before the Lord. The Jews were to “afflict their souls” the day of Yom Kippur. They were not to eat or drink for 24 hours.

It was on the day of Yom Kippur, only once a year, that the High Priest was allowed to enter into the Most Holy place, with the blood of lambs and goats, to make atonement offerings for himself and for the people. It was at this unique annual occasion that the High Priest could also pronounce, in the Holy of Holies, the unpronounceable name of the Lord.

The High Priest began by sacrificing a bull for himself. Afterwards, he sacrificed a goat “for the Lord,” then entered into the Most Holy Place to sprinkle blood on the mercy seat. He would then place the sins of the people on another goat, the “scapegoat”, which was then let go into the wilderness (Leviticus 16). The scapegoat represents Satan, who will be bound for a thousand years during the Millennium.

Thus this feast symbolizes the reconciliation of the Israelites with God.

This feast will be prophetically accomplished when the Lord Jesus returns to the earth, at the time of the battle of Armageddon. It will be on the day of Yom Kippur, seven years after the Feast of Trumpets in the year of the Rapture. This will be the day when all the Jewish survivors will recognize Jesus-Christ as their Messiah. There will be a general conversion of Israel to Jesus-Christ on this day.

G. Sukkoth (Feast of Tabernacles – Leviticus 23: 34). This feast began the fifteenth day of the month of Tishrei, and lasted seven days. The 22nd day of the month, or the eighth day of the feast, was a holy day set apart as the “last great day of the feast”.

In the same way that the Passover inaugurated the springtime feasts, and was followed by the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread, the last of the feasts of the Lord included seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles, followed by an eighth distinct day, “the last big day of the feast.” This great final day marked the final consummation of the feast of the Lord and of religious cycles.

The feast of Tabernacles celebrates the fact that God provided for his people while they crossed the Red Sea after leaving Egypt.

This feast will have its full prophetic accomplishment when the Lord comes with His Church to “tabernacle” or live in the middle of his people, after His return to the earth, to begin His one thousand-year reign. His great tabernacle will be situated in Jerusalem for the feast of Tabernacles (Zech. 14: 16 -17).

This Feast of Tabernacles, seven years after the beginning of the Tribulation, will mark the official inauguration of the Millennium.

The “last great day of the feast” the eighth day, represents what will happen at the end of the Millennium, at the time of the last Judgement, the “Great White Throne” which will precede the new creation, the new heavens and the new earth on which the New Jerusalem will come down. Death will be no more. This earth’s history will end and eternity with the Lord will begin.

We can see that the cycle of the seven feasts of the Lord given to the Jewish people has a great prophetic significance for the Church of the Lord Jesus, and for the whole world.

This does not mean that the Church of the new covenant is obligated to return to observing these feasts. Christians who desire to celebrate them may do so freely, as a remembrance, but it does not mean that they are legally bound to do so as under the Law of Moses.

It does, however, have to do with the church understanding the spiritual sense and to observe them in a spiritual manner. Each feast reveals one of the essential aspects of the character of God, and foreshadows a capital aspect in the life and ministry of the Messiah, Jesus-Christ our Lord.

The main lesson to learn from these feasts is that we must always be ready, constantly, to serve and celebrate the Lord and to love Him with all of our heart, all of our mind, all of our soul and all of our strength.

It doesn’t mean that we should watch from afar the arrival of the next Feast of Trumpets in order to prepare ourselves at the last minute! We will certainly not have the time. It means to lead our lives in a manner that gives glory to the Lord at all times, as if every day of our lives would be the day of the Rapture.

Every day must be a great day of celebration for the Lord! So, when the last trumpet sounds, we will fully benefit from the grace of God to go meet Him. Amen!

Now we can develop the rest of the article number V305….

We can once again summarize the essential of the preceding article.

The Feasts of the Lord occur in a series of seven: four in the springtime and three in the autumn.

The four springtime feasts corresponded, to the exact day, to a precise event in the life of the Lord and of the Church:

- Jesus-Christ was crucified on the day of the Jewish Passover.

- He was buried the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

- He rose on the very day of the Feasts of First fruits.

- The Holy Spirit descended on the Church on the day of the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost).

We can reasonably think that the three autumn feasts will also correspond to capital events in the life of the Lord and of His Church.

Here are the events that will possibly correspond to these autumn feasts:

- The rapture of the Church could happen during one of the coming Feasts of Trumpets or at the conclusion of “Pentecost” marking the end of the “Church Age”.

- The return of the Lord on the earth should happen on the day of the Feast of Yom Kippur, the seventh year following the rapture; because it is at that moment that all of the Jews who escaped the Great Tribulation will convert to the true Messiah.

- The beginning of the Millennium should be proclaimed the day of the Feast of Tabernacles which follows the previous feast, that of Yom Kippur.

Since we are close to the next Feast of Trumpets, which could mark the Rapture of the Church, it would seem important to develop a study of this feast.

Again, remember, this in only a theory (a coming Pentecost could mark the Rapture as well)…

The feast of the Trumpets and the Rapture.

We will develop two themes:

- The deep significance of the Feast of Trumpets in Judaism, and how it applies to the rapture of the Church.

- The heavenly signs announced by the Lord, immediately before His return on the earth, and their application to our time, in light of recent discoveries.

A. The deep significance of the Feast of Trumpets in Judaism and how it applies to the rapture of the Church.

The Feast of Trumpets (Yom Teruah) is the first of the three great feasts of autumn, in the Jewish religious calendar.

As the four springtime feasts corresponded to the first time Jesus came, the three autumn feasts ought to correspond to the Second Coming of the Lord.

These two series of feasts are separated by a long period of four to five months, a period that corresponds to the time of the Church. It is a time of harvest ripening and it is also a time a great dryness in Israel.

The Feast of Trumpets is the only one to be celebrated on a day of the new moon. It must be celebrated for two days, which form one “long day”. It is known as the feast “that we know neither the day nor the hour”.

As soon as the first quarter of the moon was observed by two witnesses entrusted with this mission, they sounded the trumpet 100 times: 11 series of nine brief blasts followed by one long powerful blast, that of the “last trumpet.” This is the “last trumpet” that the apostle Paul spoke about in 1 Corinthians 15: 51-53. It does not have to do with the last of the seven trumpets in Revelation, which Paul would not have known about at the time he wrote to the Corinthians.

This precise order in the trumpet blasts, brief and long, also indicated to the Hebrew people in the dessert that they needed to prepare to break camp, to go to a new resting place.

What is the significance of the Feast of Trumpets to the Jewish? There are many.

The sound of the trumpet, or rather of the shofar (ram’s horn), is first of all designated to remind the Jews that the God of Israel is a merciful God, but also a God of judgement. The sound of the trumpet is a call to repentance, at the same time reminding God of His mercy to those who repent.

It is also an announcement of judgement for those who refuse to repent. The greatest divine judgement will be seen from this day on. It is the announcement of the resurrection and the rapture of the righteous and the judgement of the unjust during the Tribulation.

The ram’s horn calls to mind divine mercy, when Abraham made his sacrifice and was able to replace his son Isaac on the altar with a ram provided by the Lord.

In Judaism, the Feast of the Trumpets evokes even more:

- Traditionally, the day of the Feast of Trumpets commemorates the creation of Adam on the sixth day of creation just before the divine Sabbath rest. For us, it could represent the blessed day when our bodies will be resurrected or changed in a twinkling of an eye, before the rapture of the Church, which precedes the seven days of the wedding of the Lamb in Heaven, before the great Sabbath of the earth which represents the Millennium.

- This day also marks the first day of the Jewish civil year, or Rosh Hashanah.

- The day of the Feast of Trumpets is also the birthday of Noah. Noah is a figure of the rapture of the Church (Genesis 7:6 and 8:13) or of the Jews (Remnant) being protected as in Rev 14:1-5 . It is also the day when he took off the cover of the ark, when the earth was dry.

- This day also announces the day of divine judgement and that of the resurrection of the dead (Jeremiah 30:6-7). It has to do with the great Day of the Lord. It announces the “tribulation of Jacob,” that will happen during the Great Tribulation, when the Antichrist will persecute and kill the Jews who refuse to adore him as God. But Jacob will be delivered by the Messiah, in the end of this tribulation, at the moment of His glorious return to the earth.

- The day of the Feast of Trumpets is the assembling of God’s elect (Numbers 29:1-6). The shofar was always used to assemble the people, and especially to assemble the troops, or to “lift the camp.” (See 1 Thessalonians 4:16 “For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.”).

- On the day of Yom Teruah, the “books will be open in the heavens.” For ten days, up until the Feast of Yom Kippur, each person is called to examine himself before the Lord, and repent, and get his life in order, before the great day of Yom Kippur, day of Israel’s redemption. Because it’s on the day of Yom Kippur that the books are closed and the divine sentence is pronounced.

The Lord always warns sinners before pronouncing His judgements. Those who repent escape His judgement.

Remember, the day of Yom Kippur is the day of the return of the Lord on the earth with His Church. All of the Jews who escaped the Great Tribulation will recognize “Him who was pierced,” and will convert to Jesus their Messiah (Romans 11:12).

It is interesting to see that in the Jewish tradition, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai for the second time with the Tablets of the Law, it was on the day of Yom Kippur. And it is on this same feast of Yom Kippur that Jesus should come for the second time on the earth. Later, when they assembled together and consecrated the Tabernacle, it was the first day of the first month (Exodus 40:1). It is this first day of the first month (month of Nisan) that marks the beginning of the religious year.

Ezekiel received the vision of the Temple of the Millennium the day of Yom Kippur, the tenth day of the first month (Ezekiel 40:1).

On the other hand, when Solomon consecrated the Temple of Jerusalem, it was the day of the Feasts of Tabernacles, a figure of the Millennium (2 Chronicles 5:3).

- The trumpets are also sounded to announce the day of the Messiah’s wedding (Joel 2:15-16). It is on this day that the risen Church could be united forever with her Lord, when He comes to take her from this earth and meet Him in the air, to lead her to the wedding of the Lamb.

Let’s look at how Jewish weddings took place:

- The wedding was arranged and approved by the parents, in particular by the father.

- The fiancé would come to the home of his future fiancée with three things: a large sum money, a preliminary marriage contract, and wine.

- A price would be fixed to “acquire” the bride. This price had to be paid by the fiancé.

- The fiancée had to give her consentment.

- As soon as an agreement was reached, wine was poured into a cup, to seal the alliance. The engagement was established. The engaged couple were then legally bound as husband and wife, but were not yet permitted to live together.

- A written document was established, the ketubah, which fixed the bridal price, the promises made by the fiancé, and the rights of the fiancée.

- The fiancé would then give gifts to his fiancée.

- The fiancée would have to take a ritual bath by immersion, or “mikveh”, symbolizing the abandonment of her past life and her passage into a new life.

- The fiancé would then return to his father’s house, to prepare a place for his fiancée. This place was called the “chamber”.

- On her side, the fiancée prepared her future life of wife and mother, and the return of her fiancé.

- Only the father of the fiancé knew the date of this return, because he had to be completely satisfied with his son’s preparations for his fiancée.

- The return of the fiancé was generally at night, at the sound of the trumpet. He would take his fiancée in his “chamber”, where their union would be consummated for seven days. Then a great feast would take place with the invited guests.

It is easy to see the wonderful symbols found in the relationship between Christ and His Spouse!

- The sounding of the trumpets also announced the crowning of the Messiah, the King of Israel (Psalms 47 and 98:6-9). The Lord is crowned as King of Israel and of the world. His Sovereignty is thus confirmed.

It is interesting to notice that the kings of Israel and of Judah were generally crowned on the day of the Feasts of Trumpets. It was when they were proclaimed kings that they publicly rose up to sit on the throne and received the anointing of royal oil and they were acclaimed by all their subjects, come to render homage and allegiance.

What will be the spiritual state of the Church at the time of the Rapture?

At the time of the Rapture, the faithful (obedient) church will be ready! She will be found watching and praying (Lk 21-34-36). She will not be surprised as by a thief in the night. It’s only the dead church that will be surprised.

Here is what Paul says to the Thessalonians :

“But, concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We are neither of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, (Thessalonians 5: 1-9).

In the text: “the times and the seasons”, Paul makes reference to the times and the seasons of the solemn convocations of the Lord, the holy Feasts of the Lord.

Paul clearly says that the Christians who live like children of the day and of the light will not be surprised by this day! It will be the Christians of the dead Church who will be surprised, as Jesus said in Revelation, to the Church of Sardis:

“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write. ‘These things say He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. “I know your works, and that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember, therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.” (Revelation 3:1-3)

The church at Sardis is dead, and if she does not repent, she will not know at what time the Lord will come.

In the Jewish tradition, the high priest and the captain of the Temple guards were also nick named the “thieves in the night”. The priests assigned to constantly watch over the holy fire and over the chandelier were to never sleep during their service. If the high priest or the captain of the guards, during a surprise visit, found a priest sleeping, they would set his clothes on fire. The guilty one would have to leave his burning clothes and run ashamed, “so that the shame of his nakedness may not be revealed” (Revelation 3:18).

In consequence, the living church will know when the Lord will come, even if she knows neither the day nor the hour! She won’t be surprised because she is always watching.

The Lord said, “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the cares of this life and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man” (Luke 21:34-36).

Abraham is a type of the Faithful Church and Lot is a type of the Unfaithful Church.

In Matthew 24 Jesus says:

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom the master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 24:45-51)

Neither the good nor the bad servant knew the exact hour of the return of the master. But the good servant faithfully continued to accomplish his task. This is what the faithful church will continue to do till the end.

B. The heavenly signs announced by the Lord that immediately precede His coming, and their application for our day in light of recent discoveries.

If it is true that the Lord will take his Church during one of the next Feasts of Trumpets, does the Bible give more precisions on the eminence of this event?

The Messianic Pastor Mark Blitz, of the “El Shaddai Ministries,” in the state of Washington (USA), recently made some very interesting discoveries.

First his attention was drawn by the words of the Lord Jesus:

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”

This is confirmed by the Prophet Joel:

“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.” (Joel 2:31)

After the days of the great tribulation and before the return of the Lord on the earth, it seems that characteristic heavenly phenomenon will occur.

Pastor Blitz was convinced that it had to do with solar and lunar eclipses.

It is often said that the “moon changes to blood” at the moment of a total eclipse because it takes on a characteristic red tint.

Extraordinary discoveries

In studying the official NASA site, he made a pretty extraordinary discovery:

In 2014, there will be two total lunar eclipses which fall on the Feasts of the Lord. The first one will occur on the day of the Jewish Passover (Nisan14), and the second on the day of the Feasts of Tabernacles (Tishrei 15).

The same phenomenon will reoccur in the year 2015: two total lunar eclipses, the first one on the day of the Passover and the second one on the day of the Feast of Tabernacles. When four consecutive lunar eclipses occur like this on two consecutive years, it is called a “tetrad”.

Tetrads which fall on the Feasts of the Lord are extremely rare: one or two per century maximum, several centuries can go by without any tetrad. Since the year 1 AC, there have only been seven such tetrads, including two in the 20th century. After 2014-2015, there will be no more such tetrads in the 21st century.

Pastor Biltz also noticed that during the 20th century, there were two tetrads which fell on the Feasts of the Lord. Each time, it was in relation with an important event concerning the nation of Israel or the Jewish people. The first tetrad occurred in 1949-1950, just after the independence of the state of Israel, and the second in 1967-1968, at the moment when the Jews conquered Jerusalem.

There were no tetrads in the 17th, 18th and 19th century. There were several during the 16th century, but none corresponded with the Jewish feasts.

There was only one tetrad which fell on the Feasts of the Lord in the 15th century, in 1493-1494, one year after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and the discovery of America, in 1492.

But that is not all!

Pastor Biltz also noticed that there will be two solar eclipses in 2015: the first, a total eclipse, will happen during the first day of the month of Nisan, in other words the day of the Jewish religious new year, and the second, a partial eclipse, the first day of the month of Tishrei, or the day of the Civil Jewish new year.

All of that in the year 2015! Is it possible that this is pure coincidence?

No, it is not possible that a whole series of cumulated “coincidences” is the product of shear chance.

The scheme is as follows:

- Nisan 15, 5774 (April 15, 2014): Total lunar eclipse, Passover.

- Tishrei 14, 5775 (Oct. 8, 2014): Total lunar eclipse, Feast of Tabernacles.

- Adar 29, 5775 (March 20, 2015): Total solar eclipse, just before the religious New Year.

- Nisan 15, 5775 (April 4, 2015): Total lunar eclipse, Passover.

- Elul 29, 5775 (Sept.13, 2015): Partial solar eclipse, just before the civil New Year.

- Tishrei 15, 5776 (Sept. 28, 2015): Total lunar eclipse, Feast of Tabernacles.

2015: A very special year.

It is also important to note that the year 2015 is the last sabbatical year in a 49-year cycle. This sabbatical year comes just before the year of Jubilee, which is announced every fifty years. The year of Jubilee is to be proclaimed the day of Yom Kippur, 2015.

The year 2015 is therefore particularly marked by all these heavenly signs. Could it be the year of the return of the Lord on the earth, to begin his 1000-year reign? It could be a very serious possibility. If it were the case, the Rapture would take place seven years earlier, during the Feast of Trumpets 2008 (provided you are premillenarist!)

The year 2008 is also a Sabbatical year.

The Tribulation would last for seven years, between the fall of 2008, Spring of 2009 to the fall of 2015 or 2016.

In addition to that, the three consecutive years 2008, 2009 and 2010 are marked by another rare phenomenon: There will be three partial solar eclipses each year at the same time, the first day of the month of Av: Aug. 1, 2008, July 22, 2009, and July 11, 2010.

Now we need to understand that the month of Av is a month that is very dark for Israel. It was the 9th of Av that the first and the second temples were destroyed. It is also on this date that Israel evacuated the band of Gaza in 2005. PM Sharon soon thereafter fell into a coma.

These solar eclipses placed on these dates announce terrible events for the world and for Israel.

As Jewish tradition holds, solar eclipses announce bad news for the nations, and lunar eclipses bad news for Israel.

In this hypothesis, the 70th week of Daniel could correspond to the seven years from 2008-2009 to 2015-2016, starting from the Feast of Trumpets 2008, Pentecost or Feast of Trumpets 2009.

The return of the Lord to the earth would take place the day of Yom Kippur 2015 or 2016, and the Millennium, the day of the Feast of Tabernacles 2015 or 2016.

Another interesting sign is in the following calculation:

Jerusalem was conquered by the Jews on June 7, 1967. If we count from that precise date, seven times seven Jewish years of 360 days, it would be 49 years or 17640 days, we arrive exactly at September 23, 2015, or the day of Yom Kippur 2015, which would be the probable day of the return of the Lord on the earth to reign for one thousand years! Is it another coincidence?

Remember that the tenth day of the first month (Yom Kippur) the people crossed the Jordan led by Joshua, and the ark entered into the promised land (Joshua 4:19).

This is also an image of the return of the Lord on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:4).

This reminds us of the words of Jesus: “Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.” (Matthew 24:34).

He could be talking about the generation of those who saw the retaking of Jerusalem by the Jews.

Continuing with this hypothesis, in the following months (from the end of May 2008 to the end of September 2009) we should see an increase in certain phenomena announced for the end of time:

- Climatic cataclysms and seismic activities (a major earth quake in California?)

- Famines and economic crisis.

- Wars (probable war between Israel against Syria and Iran?)

Among other things, during his recent visit to the Middle East, President Bush declared that he would do every thing he could to have a peace treaty signed in the Middle East before the end of his term, and for an independent state to be granted to the Palestinians.

Recently, Israeli and Syrians began peace negotiations via Turkey. “For when they say ‘peace and safety!’ then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.” (1 Thessalonians 5:3).

What to do with Matthew 24:36?

Jesus said, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” (Matthew 24:36)

One Possible Interpretation:

This does not have to do with fixing a day or an hour, but it has to do with observing the signs! Let no one accuse us of affirming that the Rapture will happen with certainty at a precise day or hour. But I am simply indicating a serious possibility that it could happen at a certain period, given the signs that have been announced.

When we take this verse in Matthew in its strictest literal sense, it simply means that we will neither know the day nor the hour of the return of the Lord. Even if we know, for instance, that Jesus will come at the time of the Feast of Trumpets 2008, we know neither the day nor the hour, because this feast lasts for two days and that the choice of the day and the hour belongs to the Father.

The choice of hours has always been important for the Lord! Jesus was attached to the cross at the third hour of the day (9 o’clock in the morning), at the same time that the lamb was attached to the horns of the altar, for the first sacrifice of the day. He died the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon), the same hour of the last sacrifice of the day. In the same way, the Holy Spirit came down on the disciples the third hour of the day, 9 o’clock in the morning.

All the same, without knowing the day nor the hour, we can know the moment or the period, from the signs that are given in the Bible.

It is, therefore, not possible to prophesy the return of the Lord on a fixed day or hour, because this is information that the Father wanted to keep for Himself. But he did not leave us ignorant concerning the period of the return of Jesus.

This indicates that we can and even must observe the signs and the times and the moments, like Paul said to the Thessalonians. If the Lord decided to intervene in the history of men during the preceding Feasts of the Lord, that indicates a considerable importance in observing the times.

That is part of the faithful Church’s role, to carefully observe the times and warn the world and the Church of the importance of certain events, especially when they were prophesied in the Bible.

Second Possible Interpretation:

Visit (Rapture-Soon) after completing this page.

It is what we are trying to do in this article.

Having this information should not in any way take away our motivation or make us passive, waiting for the inevitable return of the Lord. But, on the contrary, it should stimulate us to redeem the time, and lift up our heads, because our deliverance is near!

The time is very short! Let’s double our efforts to warn those around us. We need be ready and watch constantly, no matter what moment the Lord may return! Let’s live and act constantly as if return of the Lord will be in the coming days and weeks, knowing that it may come later! This way we will never be surprised, even if we must wait longer for His return!

References, for the dates of the Feasts of the Lord and the eclipses:

http://www.watch.org/showart.php3?idx=104119&rtn=/index.html&showsubj=1&mcat=1
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat/LEdecade2011.html (official NASA site) lunar eclipse
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat/SEdecade2011.html (official NASA site) solar eclipse
http://www.elshaddaiministries.us/stipulation.html (Pastor Mark Biltz’s web site)

Note:

Not all Jews agree on the how to count of the years of Jubilee, because there have been interruptions during the period of the destructions of the two temples and also during periods of exile.

Mark Biltz places the next year of Jubilee at 2015. He chose the Ramdam and Rabbi Yehudah’s dating system, but other Internet sites place the next year of Jubilee at 2027/2028, and yet others place it at 2039/2040.

Even if all Jews do not come to the same date for the next year of Jubilee because of counting interruptions, it remains very significant that 49 Jewish years after Jerusalem was recaptured, in June 7, 1967, we arrive, day for day, on September 2015, day of Yom Kippur. This cannot be by chance.

It is probably not by chance either that History kept the name for “Six Day War”. These six days prepare the seventh (6/7/67)

The retaking of Jerusalem, Zion, carries a major prophetic importance, and the day of Yom Kippur that follows the 49 Jewish years cannot help but make us think of the liberation from the reproach of Egypt (Joshua 5:9)

Remember that there was another six days war, which preceded the entrance into the promise land, when all of Israel was to march around the walls of Jericho for six days. And on the seventh day the people marched around the city seven times.

All Christians know the passage repeated in the first three gospels: “Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.” Matthew 24:34 –Mark 13:30 – Luke 21:32.

If the recapture of Jerusalem can be interpreted as the fig tree that blossoms, we notice that those who were young at that time, on June 7, 1967, will be about 70 years old in 2015. If the fifty following years do represent an inter jubilee period, and if we suppose that the rapture will happen at the end of a 49 year cycle to conserve the prophetic image of freedom for the slaves, the next occurrence after 2015 will be around 2065. At that time, those living in 1967 will be dead, and cannot be part of the generation that Jesus spoke about.

“Elohim is our Refuge and Strength, a very providing Help in distresses. Therefore we shall not fear then the earth is made to change, or when the mountains slide into the heart of the seas.” (Concordant Version)

“I heard and my belly was disturbed; at the sound my lips quivered; rottenness entered my bones, and under me I was disturbed in my progress. I shall wait for the day of distress to come up upon the people who are raiding us. Though the fig tree is not budding, and there is no crop on the vines, though the yield of the olive is emaciated, and the plantations yield no food, though the flock is severed from the fold, and there is no herd in the paddocks, yet I shall be joyous in Yahweh; I shall exult in the Elohim of my salvation. Yahweh, my Lord, is my valor, and He will make my feet like hinds’; and on my high places He is causing me to tread.” (Concordant Version).

In His Mighty Grip!
Kingdom Engineer

>>>RELATED LINKS<<<

• A Preview of what Christians can expect in the United States from Hate Crimes Legislation (April 24, 2009)
  

I took some pretty good notes throughout the entire video teaching of Perry’s talk on this subject. I’m posting the text in detail because it seems that the video taping #316 doesn’t always play very well. To see the video of this teaching; click The Future:Genesis In Reverse and view all 3 parts: Otherwise, read on!

A foundational scripture to keep in mind throughout this teaching is Eccl 1:9:

“That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.”

And again in Eccl 3:14-15, where it says the same thing.

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him. That which is has already been, and what is to be has already been; and God requires an account of what is past.

Often we’ve heard that history will eventually repeat itself. For Example:

In the beginning of Jesus’ ministry He fasted for 40 days (Matt 4:2); At the end of His ministry He was alive for 40 days. (Acts 1:3) There’s a pattern of 40 days here.

At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry Satan said “If you are the Son of God…” (Matt 4:3); At the end of His ministry they were saying “If you are the Son of God…” (Matt 27:57-60)

At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry there was a King Herod (Matt 2:1) who died after His birth; At the end of Jesus’ ministry there was another King Herod. (Luke 9:7-9)

Things generally end the way they begin… And as they began, so will they end. History repeats itself.

Take another example the life of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy (JFK):

• They were elected exactly 100 years apart.
• Both of their VPs were born 100 years apart.
• Both of their assigns were born 100 years apart.
• Both of them were shot in the head in the presence of their wife.
• Both lost a child while living in the White House as President.
• Both foresaw that they were going to be killed.
• Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater; Kennedy was shot in a Ford Lincoln automobile.
• Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy; Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.

These are only just a few parallels showing (Eccl 1:9 – “The thing that has been, so it shall be…”)

Also, consider the parallels of King Herod and to Yasser Arafat:

• Both were leaders in an area known as Palestine.
• Both were sick when there was an eclipse of the moon.
• The cause of their illnesses was unknown.
• Both went outside their home to find a cure.
• Both had political dealings with the Jews.
• Both were hated by the majority of the Jews.
• Both met with men from Babylon (Magi) and Persian leaders.
• Both dealt with traitors in a violent manner.
• Both died in the month of November.
• It was speculated that both were poisoned.
• Both had very large funerals in their country.
• Both had dealings with Bethlehem (Herod is buried there).
• Both ordered innocent children to be killed (Herod the babies of Bethlehem; Arafat through terrorism).
• Both were reported dead before they actually died.
• Both escaped death several times during their lifetime.
• Both named no successor which caused confusion as to who was in charge.
• Both lived in a time when Christ was coming to earth.
• Both were very wealthy-much of it hidden from the population.

Again, what’s most interesting here is that you see how history repeats itself. The history of the past is the prophetic future.

Now turn to Genesis Ch. 11. Going backwards lets look at each chapter and see if there are words, phrases, or clues that parallel the end of days according to Revelation.

Chapter 11 deals with the Nations and the Tower of Babel:

• There is a universal language (Ch. 11:1-2, 4, 9)… Today, English is the universal language.
• Also, a group of men came from the east from the land of Shanar; A tower had been build and was destroyed.

Now if we look at what has caused the entire world to change, it’s all centered around 9/11. The “War on Terror” has affected the world. A group of men who are from the East came and destroyed the Twin Towers.

What’s interesting is that the tower of Babel fell in Babylon; which is today Iraq where war is fought and people are scattered. You say, “ok”, but keep reading!

Chapter 10 has a pattern that deals with the Sons of Japheth who are Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meschech, and Tiras:

This is important because one of the events that HAS NOT happened yet is the “Battle of Gog and Magog” of Ezekiel Ch. 38 & 39.

Gen 10:10 talks about the kingdom of Babel (a picture of Iraq). Verse 25 talks about “Peleg”, which in the Greek means “Earthquake”, “Division”, “The Earth was Divided”. The parallel is that these are the same territories that are spoken of in Ezk 38 & 39 as signs of the End-Times.

Chapter 9 discusses the days of Noah:

And in Luke 17:26 it talks about “And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

Now notice these three clues:

1. Gen 9:6 – “ Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God he made man”. This is a warning about shedding innocent blood which is going on all over the word today with abortions.
2. Gen 9:21 – Noah planted a vineyard – “Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.” The pattern here is drunkenness as Luke warned about as a sign of the last days (Luke 21:34).
3. Gen 9:22 - “And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.” Vs. 25 “So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.” The pattern here is homosexuality and its acceptance world-wide.

Chapter 8: One of the main themes listed here is the Dove, which is mentioned three different times in verses 9-12. According to Matthew 3:16, the Dove is a picture of the Holy Spirit.

This is a picture of God pouring out His Spirit in the last days, which happens prior to the Lord coming for the Bride (Rapture). We can of course already see an outpouring of the Spirit during the last century. More so as of late where you see more Baptists, Catholics, Lutherans, etc. being baptized in the Holy Spirit. It’s not just limited to the Charismatic churches any longer.

Chapter 7: One of the keys here is in verse 11:

“…on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.”

This alludes to terrible weather patterns coming (i.e., Tsunamis from the “deep”, and Hurricanes/Storms from the “windows of heaven”.) As birth pains come upon a woman with child, so will there be more upon us very soon.

Chapter 6: It tells us that the earth has become extremely populated.

And “that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” “And that violence had filled the earth.”

This is already happening and will only continue to happen until the Lord comes.

Now in 2 Thessalonians 2:7, the bible speaks of when violence reaches it peak, or that the cup of iniquity is full, the Lord returns and the “Man of Sin” is revealed.

Chapter 5:24: This is where Enoch is out walking with the Lord and is caught up, or translated to Heaven to be with the Lord. This is a picture of the Rapture.

Chapter 4:8: Here you have Cane killing Able. And we know from the bible that people will be killed and martyred for receiving Jesus Christ during the Tribulation period.

Then in verse 15, you have a Mark being put on Cane’s head. This could be a hint concerning the “Mark of the Beast”, that will be on the Right Hand or Forehead, which is found in Rev 13:16. Could this be yet again, more proof of a Pre-Tribulation Rapture?

Cane is also saying that his punishment will be 7 times or 7 fold… And the coming Tribulation period is 7 years in length split into two periods of 42 months (Rev 11:2, 13:5). This is an allusion of the Tribulation Period.

Isn’t this amazing how God appears to be letting us know the future by these patterns and parallels?

Chapter 3: This chapter deals with the binding of Satan.

Verse 15 says, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

Therefore; after the Tribulation God deals with the binding of Satan Rev 20:2-3.

“He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.”

This is the predicted defeat of Satan.

Chapter 2: After the binding of Satan; Jesus rules and reigns for 1000 years.

Verse 2:1 says: “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished.” V4 “This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created…” This could be alluding to the Millennial reign of Jesus Christ.

Then after the Millennial reign we step into Eternity where everything is created perfect.

Chapter 1: Everything was perfect at the time God created the Garden of Eden.

It’s going to end the way it started!

Check this out:

In Chapters 1&2, there’s NO Sin, NO Pain; NO Sorrow; NO Death; NO Mention of the Devil; and God walks with Man; and the last two chapters of Revelation there is NO SIN; NO Pain; NO Sorrow; NO Death; NO Mention of the Devil; and God walks with Man. It’s going to end the way it started.

Our God is a God of patterns, symbolism, types, and shadows. In order to tap into the deeper things of God you have to know how God works.

Remember Eccl 1:9 “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.”

One of the main key points to this entire study is how in Ch. 5 Enoch is translated (Raptured) to Heaven BEFORE the Tribulation of Ch. 4.

Although this is a very unique way to look at scripture and it’s only a theory; it very well could be true.

In His Mighty Grip!
Kingdom Engineer

Islam as a System –

Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components. Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called ‘religious rights.’

When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to ‘the reasonable’ Muslim demands for their ‘religious rights,’ they also get the other components under the table. Here’s how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).

As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:

At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:

Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population.

They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. (United States).

France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris — car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amsterdam – - Mohammad cartoons).

Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 10-15%

After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:

Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%

At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:

Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%

From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:

Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%

After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:

Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:

Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 99.9%

Of course, that’s not the case. Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.

Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel. — Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’

It is good to remember that in many, many countries, such as France, the Muslim populations are centered around ghettos based on their ethnicity… Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. Therefore, they exercise more power than their national average would indicate.

Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat

Light Green = Sunni
Dark Green = Shia

>>> RELATED/UPDATED NEWS & INFORMATION<<<

• Era of a Global Muslim Renaissance

In His Mighty Grip!
Kingdom Engineer