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Daniel 9:24-27 (NIV) "Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. 25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
There are three time periods referenced in Daniel 9:24-27 printed above: ("Seventy 'sevens'), - (seven 'sevens'), and - (sixty-two 'sevens'). According to Leviticus 25:8 printed below, one "seven" equals seven years. The "sevens" referenced in Daniel 9:24-27, are seven year periods.
Leviticus 25:8 (NIV) "'Count off seven sabbaths of years--seven times seven years--so that the seven sabbaths of years amount to a period of forty-nine years.
The first time period that Daniel referenced was "Seventy 'sevens' .
Daniel 9:24 (NIV) "Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.
Daniel's vision is concerning Daniel's people, and Daniel's holy city. Daniel is Jewish, and his holy city is Jerusalem. Daniel's vision is about the Jewish people, and Jerusalem. In Daniel 9:24 printed above, Daniel listed six very distinct events that will occur during the "Seventy 'sevens'.
Written more than 600 years before Jesus Christ came the first time, Daniel's prophecy implies that there would be TWO decrees "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem", and that those TWO decrees would set events in motion that would culminate in "the Anointed One, the ruler" coming TWO times. Daniel gave TWO time periods, until the coming of the ONE King: "the Anointed One, the ruler". Those TWO time periods are seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.'
Daniel 9:25 (NIV) "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.'
Jesus Christ is the Messiah, "the Anointed One, the ruler," and Jesus Christ came the first time two thousand years ago at His birth.
At the time that Daniel wrote the Book of Daniel, Daniel did not understand the vision that he was writing about:
Daniel 8:27 (NIV) I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for several days. Then I got up and went about the king's business. I was appalled by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
Very little was known about the coming of the Messiah, the Anointed One, the ruler. Daniel did not know that the Messiah, the Anointed One, the ruler would actually be God Almighty. It was believed that the Anointed One, the ruler would establish an earthly kingdom at the time of the Messiah's coming. Even though Daniel gave TWO time periods, Daniel did not understand that the Anointed One, the ruler would actually come twice.
Daniel did not understand that the Messiah would be the Anointed One when He came the first time, but the Messiah would not be the ruler until He came the second time. After the sixty-two 'sevens,' referenced in Daniel 9:26 printed above, the Messiah is only titled as the Anointed One at the Messiah's first coming, after which the Messiah was, "cut off and will have nothing". Daniel 9:26 did not title the Messiah as the ruler at the Messiah's first coming. The Messiah's first coming occurred sixty-two 'sevens,', or four hundred and thirty four years (434) after the first "issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem".
Daniel did not know that at the Messiah's first coming, the Anointed One, would be Crucified, buried, and raised to life on the third day. Daniel did not have the faintest idea that after the Messiah's first coming, the Anointed One, would leave the earth, go back to Heaven, and be physically absent from the earth for 2,000 years, and then come back to earth a second time after the seven 'sevens,' as the Anointed One, the ruler, to establish the Messiah's Millennial Reign.
Daniel wrote the Book of Daniel while in exile in Babylon. At that time, the Jewish people had been separated for the first time from Jerusalem and their Temple. At the time that the Book of Daniel was written, it was not known that the Jewish people would be able to return to Jerusalem, and that the Jewish people would then be removed for the second time from their homeland, and separated from their Temple. At the time that the Book of Daniel was written, the Jewish people were in their first Diaspora.
diaspora n [Gk, dispersion, fr. diaspeirein to scatter, fr. dia- + speirein to sow] (1881) 1 cap a: the settling of scattered colonies of Jews outside Palestine after the Babylonian exile b: the area outside Palestine settled by Jews c: the Jews living outside Palestine or modern Israel 2 a: the breaking up and scattering of a people : MIGRATION <the black ~ to northern cities> b: people settled far from their ancestral homelands <African ~> c. the place where these people live - Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
There have been TWO Diaspora's where the Jewish people were separated from Jerusalem. Both of the Jewish Diaspora's were caused by the Jewish people's rejection of God!
Prior to the first Jewish Diaspora, Jeremiah had prophesied to the Jewish people that if they did not repent and turn back to God, that they would be conquered and carried off to Babylon. The Jewish people did not repent, and consequently the first Jewish Diaspora occurred in 536 B. C., when the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem, and carried the Jewish people (including Daniel) off into Babylon.
The second Jewish Diaspora occurred in 70 A. D., when the Roman General Titus conquered Jerusalem, destroyed the Jewish Temple, and scattered the Jewish people to the four winds. Jesus Christ prophesied to the Jewish people concerning the fall of the Temple, in His lifetime.
Matthew 24:1-2 (NIV) Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 "Do you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."
Jesus Christ stated that Jerusalem, and the Temple was going to be destroyed, because the Jewish people did not recognize Jesus Christ as the Messiah.
Luke 19:41-44 (NIV) As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you."
In 70 A.D. the Romans under Titus conquered Jerusalem. Tradition says that Titus thought there was gold hidden in the Temple walls, hence, in his search, "not one stone here will be left on another." - Matthew 24:2c (NIV). The Temple was totally destroyed.
Following the TWO Diaspora's of the Jewish people, there have been TWO decrees in history, "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem". The first time a "decree" "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" was issued; it was given by King Artaxerxes, in the year that historians have calculated to be 445 B.C. That "decree" was recorded in Nehemiah 1:1-4, and Nehemiah 2:1-8.
Nehemiah 1:1-4 (NIV) The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. 3 They said to me, "Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire." 4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.
Nehemiah 2:1-8 (NIV) In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before; 2 so the king asked me, "Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much afraid, 3 but I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?" 4 The king said to me, "What is it you want?" Then I prayed to the God of heaven, 5 and I answered the king, "If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my fathers are buried so that I can rebuild it." 6 Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?" It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time. 7 I also said to him, "If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah? 8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?" And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.
In the year that was historically calculated to be 445 B. C., King Artaxerxes issued the first "decree" "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem". Sixty two, "seven year periods", (434 years) after the first "decree", "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem", was the calculated year of 11 B. C. With the discrepancies in the calendar, and possible historical (not Biblical) miscalculations of the exact year, 434 years from the time of King Artaxerxes "decree", was the time of Jesus Christ's birth; the first time that Jesus Christ came.
(Pope Gregory altered the calendar of his day, such that the calendar we now use is called the "Gregorian Calendar". It is possible that Satan motivated Pope Gregory to rework the calendar, simply so that Biblical prophecies would become more difficult to recognize. Scholars debate the degree of inaccuracy in the Gregorian Calendar, and consequently the actual birth year of Jesus Christ. Most scholars do not actually know exactly how many years have transpired since the birth of Jesus Christ, and consequently they do not actually know, exactly what year we are living in. Generally, most scholars position themselves in the range of from a +3 to a -11 year error in the Gregorian Calendar. However, because the 6,000 years of man will be completed at the return of Jesus Christ, which is scheduled to occur, in accordance with Daniel 9:25, at the end of the "seven 'sevens'", on June 28, 2016; we can know that the Gregorian calendar is actually off by + sixteen (+16) years. Because the Seven Year "covenant" Period, which includes and concludes in the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period (Matthew 24:21-22, Revelation 7:14) is "cut short" (Matthew 24:22), the return of Jesus Christ will occur in the window of time between September 29, 2015, and April 8, 2016.)
Daniel 9:26a,b printed below states that "sixty-two 'sevens' after the first "decree" to rebuild Jerusalem, "the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing."
Daniel 9:26a,b (NIV) After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.
After the "sixty-two 'sevens', the Anointed One (Jesus Christ) was cut off. Jesus Christ was Crucified. Approximately 37 years after Jesus Christ's Crucifixion, "The people of the ruler who will come" (the Romans) destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple, exactly as Jesus Christ had prophesied in Matthew 24:1-2 and Luke 19:41-44 printed above.
Daniel 9:25 (NIV) "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.'
Since the time that Daniel wrote the prophecy from exile in Babylon, the sixty-two 'sevens' portion of Daniel 9:25 printed above has been fulfilled. To recap the fulfillment of that prophecy, King Artaxerxes gave the first "decree" "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem", after which, the Jewish people were able to return to their homeland, and rebuild their Temple. Approximately 434 years later, Jesus Christ came (the Anointed One,) and was rejected and Crucified by the Jewish people (the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing), the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple (The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary), and the Jewish people entered into their second Diaspora.
The portion of Daniel 9:25 that relates to the sixty-two 'sevens' has been fulfilled, but the portion of Daniel 9:25 that relates to the seven 'sevens,' STILL REMAINS TO BE FULFILLED!
Daniel 9:25 (NIV) "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.'
The second "decree" "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" occurred on June 28, 1967. The Jewish people declared themselves to be the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. However, Jerusalem was not completely under Israeli control until 1967. During the "Six Day War" of 1967, Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem which included the Temple Mount. On June 7, 1967 Jerusalem came back under Jewish control for the first time in almost 1900 years. On June 28, 1967 the Knesset passed a "decree" annexing East Jerusalem, and thereby bringing the entire city of Jerusalem back into Jewish control.
On September 17, 1978, Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, put forth in a letter to United States President Jimmy Carter, the date of 28 June 1967, as the date that the Israeli Knesset passed a "decree" that empowered the Knesset to control Jerusalem.
(note: In the body of Menachem Begin's letter, highlighting was added by me, for focus/emphasis.)
The Palestinian Academic Society has also put forth the date of June 28, 1967, as the date that Israel stole Jerusalem from the Palestinians by annexing Jerusalem.
The "decree" passed on June 28, 1967, is the SECOND "decree" "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem", referenced in Daniel 9:25. Jesus Christ, "the Anointed One, the ruler," will come again "seven 'sevens,'" (forty-nine years) after that "decree". Jesus Christ will return in the ONE YEAR WINDOW OF TIME, of the FORTY-NINTH YEAR following that "decree". The "decree" on June 28, 1967 to annex Jerusalem, occurred in the ONE YEAR WINDOW OF TIME, of the Jewish calendar that began on September 14, 1966 (Rosh Hashanah 1966), and ended on October 4, 1967 (Rosh Hashanah 1967).
FORTY-NINE YEARS from June 28, 1967, is June 28, 2016. From September 13, 2015 (Rosh Hashanah), until October 2, 2016 (Rosh Hashanah), is the ONE YEAR WINDOW OF TIME, of the forty-ninth year (seven 'sevens'), since the second "decree" "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" occurred on June 28, 1967.
JESUS CHRIST, the Anointed One, the ruler WILL RETURN IN THE ONE YEAR WINDOW OF TIME THAT OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2015, AND CLOSES ON OCTOBER 2, 2016!
Jesus Christ, the Anointed One, the ruler, will proclaim a Jubilee at His Second Coming.
Leviticus 25:8-55 (NIV) "'Count off seven sabbaths of years--seven times seven years--so that the seven sabbaths of years amount to a period of forty-nine years. 9 Then have the trumpet sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement sound the trumpet throughout your land. 10 Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; each one of you is to return to his family property and each to his own clan. 11 The fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; do not sow and do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the untended vines. 12 For it is a jubilee and is to be holy for you; eat only what is taken directly from the fields. 13 "'In this Year of Jubilee everyone is to return to his own property.
Mark Biltz, pastor of El Shaddai Ministries in Bonney Lake, Washington has discovered an interesting phenomenon while collating the Jewish Calendar and NASA's eclipse website. A total lunar eclipse produces a "blood red moon." According to NASA's eclipse website, the year 2014 has two "blood red moons" or total eclipses of the moon; one occurring on April 15, 2014 (the very day of the Feast of Passover) and one occurring on October 8, 2014 (the very day of the Feast of Ingathering). These two eclipses are immediately followed by two additional "blood red moons" in the year 2015; one occurring on April 4, 2015 (the very day of the Feast of Passover) and one occurring on September 28, 2015 (the very day of the Feast of Ingathering). According to the NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, four total lunar eclipses in a row is known as a tetrad. After the four "blood red moons" of 2014 and 2015, there are no more tetrads occurring on Jewish holidays in this century.
Joel 2:31 (NIV) The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Acts 2:20 (NIV) The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
Matthew 24:27-30 (NIV) "For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. "Immediately after the distress of those days" 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory."
NASA's eclipse website reflects that a tetrad occurred spanning the years 1493 and 1494.
1492 Spanish Inquisition - Christopher Columbus reportedly "discovered" America
April 2, 1493 - The very day of the Feast of Passover - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
September 25, 1493 - The very day of the Feast of Ingathering - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
March 22, 1494 - The very day of the Feast of Passover - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
September 15, 1494 - The very day of the Feast of Ingathering - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
No tetrads occurred corresponding with the Jewish Feasts in the 1600's, 1700's, or 1800's, but NASA's eclipse website does reflect that a tetrad did occur spanning the years 1949, and 1950. This tetrad occurred following the re-birth of Israel as a nation; and during the subsequent Israeli war with the Arab world.
May 14, 1948 Israel declared its statehood and was immediately attacked by the Arab countries surrounding Israel
April 13, 1949 - The very day of the Feast of Passover - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
October 7, 1949 - The very day of the Feast of Ingathering - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
April 2, 1950 - The very day of the Feast of Passover - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
September 26, 1950 - The very day of the Feast of Ingathering - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
Following that tetrad, NASA's eclipse website reflects that the next tetrad occurred spanning the years 1967 and 1968. This tetrad occurred prior to and following the retaking of Jerusalem by the Israeli Defense Forces in the Israeli Six Day War, which enabled the Israeli Knesset to issue, "the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" on June 28, 1967.
1967 Israeli Six Day War
April 24, 1967 - The very day of the Feast of Passover - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
October 18, 1967 - The very day of the Feast of Ingathering - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
April 13, 1968 - The very day of the Feast of Passover - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
October 6, 1968 - The very day of the Feast of Ingathering - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
Biltz discovered that there have been seven Feast of Passover/Feast of Ingathering tetrads since 1 A.D. These began in 162/163 A.D., and occurred thereafter in 795/796 A.D., 842/843 A.D., 860/861 A.D., 1493/1494 A.D., 1949/1950 A.D., 1967/1968 A.D., with the eighth tetrad scheduled to occur in 2014/2015 A.D.
Biltz also noticed that there are two solar eclipses coming in the year 2015, where the sun will be temporarily blocked out. (The Jewish Calendar has two new-years days during every twelve months. One new-years day marks the beginning of the civil year; six months later, the beginning of the seventh month is new-years day for the sacred year.) NASA's eclipse website reflects that one solar eclipse will occur on March 20, 2015 which happens to mark the very first day of the sacred calendar for the Jewish New-Year, and will be exactly 14 days before the "blood red moon" lunar eclipse coming on April 4, 2015 (The very day of the Feast of Passover). The other solar eclipse will occur on September 13, 2015 which happens to mark the very first day of the civil calendar (Rosh Hashanah/Tishri) for the Jewish New-Year, and will be exactly 14 days before the "blood red moon" lunar eclipse coming on September 28, 2015 (The very day of the Feast of Ingathering).
April 15, 2014 - The very day of the Feast of Passover - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
October 8, 2014 - The very day of the Feast of Ingathering - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
March 20, 2015 - New-Years Day of Jewish sacred year - total solar eclipse (sun blocked out) - (Jewish day begins in the evening at sunset)
Exactly 14 days after March 20, 2015 will be:
April 4, 2015 - The very day of the Feast of Passover - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
September 13, 2015 New-Years Day of Jewish civil year - Rosh Hashanah - partial solar eclipse (sun blocked out)
Exactly 14 days after September 13, 2015 will be:
September 28, 2015 - The very day of the Feast of Ingathering - total lunar eclipse ("blood red moon")
(The dates of the two lunar eclipses make them appear to follow the solar eclipses by 15 days and not fourteen, until you remember that the Jewish day begins in the evening at sunset.)
In God's Love, and in the precise and perfect order of God's nature, God is giving the "Born Again" Children of God a message, multiple times, in the solar and "blood-red moon" lunar eclipses. It is by God's design that there are four "blood-red moons" in a row beginning with the very day of the Feast of Passover, then the very day of the Feast of Ingathering, then the very day of the Feast of Passover, then the very day of the Feast of Ingathering. The Feast of Passover denotes the Lamb of God; the Feast of Ingathering denotes the Wedding Supper of the Lamb. God has given the "Born Again" Children of God signs in the heavens above for nineteen hundred years that are now rising to a crescendo:
THE LAMB OF GOD IS COMING TO THE WEDDING SUPPER OF THE LAMB!
THE LAMB OF GOD IS COMING TO THE WEDDING SUPPER OF THE LAMB!
Once Jesus Christ begins to, "show wonders in the heaven above" (Acts 2:19) that Jesus Christ is coming, the "wonders in the heaven above" will not stop occurring until Jesus Christ comes. Following the Feast of Ingathering ("blood-red moon") on September 28, 2015, it is a fact that there are no more solar or lunar eclipses occurring on Jewish holidays, through the year of 2016. Because of that fact, we can know that Jesus Christ will return in the window of time, that opens on the day following the Feast of Ingathering "blood-red moon" of September 28, 2015, and closes on New-Years Day of the Jewish sacred year in 2016, which begins on the evening of April 8, 2016. If Jesus Christ was going to return after New-Years Day of the year 2016, then every sacred, and every civil new-years day following September 28, 2015, and prior to Jesus Christ's Coming, would also have a solar eclipse; and every Passover, and every Feast of Ingathering prior to Jesus Christ's Coming, would also have a lunar eclipse. Because there are no solar eclipses scheduled for the two Jewish new-years days in the year 2016, and no lunar eclipses scheduled for Passover or the Feast of Ingathering in the year 2016, we can narrow the opening of the window of time for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, to the time period, from September 29, 2015, until New-Years day begins on sundown of April 8, 2016.
THE PERFECT ORDER OF GOD'S NATURE THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM REVEALS THAT JESUS CHRIST WILL RETURN IN THE WINDOW OF TIME THAT OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2015, AND CLOSES ON APRIL 8, 2016!
Matthew 24:36a (NIV) "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
We cannot know the day or the hour for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ following the Seven Year "covenant" Period, because Jesus Christ stated that the Seven Year "covenant" Period, which includes and concludes in the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period would be "cut short". The Holy Word of God does not state that the Seven Year "covenant" Period, or the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period will start late. The Seven Year "covenant" Period, which includes and concludes in the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period will began precisely on time, but it will be "cut short".
Matthew 24:21-22 (NIV) "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened."
The Seven Year "covenant" Period, which includes the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period will be "cut short"; because if the Seven Year "covenant" Period, and the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period were not "cut short", then "no one would survive". The Seven Year "covenant" Period, and the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period is "cut short" because if the Seven Year "covenant" Period, and the three and one half year "great tribulation" Period was not "cut short", the three nuclear armies gathered at the Battle of Armageddon would destroy every single person on earth including themselves.
The Battle of Armageddon will occur, because of the sinfulness of the Antichrist and his followers; when nuclear-armed Russia (the king of the North), and nuclear-armed China (the kings of the East), attack the nuclear-armed Muslim Antichrist in the Valley of Megiddo (Revelation 16:16). Not any single one of those three armies will accept defeat and return home without using their nuclear weapons.
And Christian one fights Christian two
and nations sigh, yet nothing do.
And yellow men great power gain;
from mighty bear with whom they've lain.
These mighty tyrants will fail to do,
they fail to split the world in two.
But from their acts a danger bred;
an ague, leaving many dead.
And physics find no remedy;
for this is worse than leprosy.
Oh many signs for all to see;
the truth of this true prophecy.
- Ursula Sontheil - also known as Mother Shipton 1488 - 1561
is Jesus Christ, "Christian two" is the Antichrist, "yellow men" is a reference to China - the Kings of the East, "mighty bear" is a reference to Russia - the King of the North. They will be unable to destroy the world - "they fail to split the world in two", but their "physics" (nuclear weapons) are worse than leprosy.)("Christian one"
In accordance with Daniel 9:25, forty-nine years after, "the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" - Daniel 9:25, occurred on June 28, 1967; when those three nuclear powered armies are gathering into the Valley of Megiddo for a nuclear showdown at the Battle of Armageddon, at the precise moment when the first human in one of those three armies, reaches for the control device to begin detonating nuclear weapons, which would result in a retaliatory nuclear chain reaction among those three armies to the extent that they would destroy every human on the face of the earth; Jesus Christ will return at the sounding of the Seventh (Last) Trumpet (Matthew 24:31, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Corinthians 15:52, Revelation 11:15), and at the pouring of the Seventh (Last) Bowl of God's Wrath (Revelation 16:7) and destroy those three armies that are gathered at the Battle of Armageddon. Jesus Christ will NOT come on June 28, 2016, which is to the day, exactly forty nine years after, "the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" occurred; because Jesus Christ will be forced to, "cut short", the Seven Year "covenant" Period, and the three and one-half year, "great tribulation" Period. - "If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened." - Matthew 24:22 (NIV) Unlike every other point of time in prophecy, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." - Matthew 24:36 (NIV), because "that day" and "hour" is not ordered by God. The timing of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is contingent upon when man, with man's free-will, will reach for the nuclear control device that would destroy all of mankind; and no one, other than God the Father, can accurately predict when man, with man's free-will, will reach for that nuclear control device. God the Father knows, because God is omniscient. (God knows all things.)
We can however, know very closely when Jesus Christ will return, so that the exact day is not a surprise.
1 Thessalonians 5:4 (NIV) But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.
THE BEGINNING DAY OF THE SEVEN YEAR "COVENANT" PERIOD PRECEDED THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST BY SEVEN YEARS!
We must subtract seven years from the ONE YEAR WINDOW OF TIME of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, in order to calculate the ONE YEAR WINDOW OF TIME for the beginning of the Seven Year "covenant" Period.
That would put the ONE YEAR WINDOW OF TIME for the beginning of the Seven Year "covenant" Period, from September 29, 2008 (Rosh Hashanah), until September 18, 2009 (Rosh Hashanah).
September 29, 2008 (Rosh Hashanah), Jewish New Years Day, was the FIRST DAY of the new Jewish Year in which the Seven Year "covenant" Period was scheduled to begin, and did actually begin on July 9, 2009. On September 29, 2008, the stock market fell 777 points, clearly indicating a message from God to the "Born Again" Children of God. God's message on September 29, 2008 was that the time for the beginning of the Seven (7) Year "covenant" Period was close, make certain that YOU are prepared. AMAZINGLY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008, WAS EXACTLY TO THE DAY, SEVEN (7) YEARS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 29, 2015, WHICH THE SOLAR SYSTEM REFLECTS AS THE FIRST DAY IN THE WINDOW OF TIME THAT OPENS FOR THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST! (In the Egyptian Tribulation, God attacked the Egyptian's gods. On September 29, 2008 in attacking the stock market, God attacked America's god of money.)
The Seven Year "covenant" Period had to begin around June 28, 2009, because that was forty-two years after the issuing of the "decree" "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" occurred, on June 28, 1967.
THE SEVEN YEAR "COVENANT" PERIOD BEGAN PRECISELY ON THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009 - THE 17th OF TAMMUZ!
THE 17th OF TAMMUZ IS A HISTORIC DAY OF CALAMITY FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE!
1. It was on the 17th of Tammuz that Moses descended from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments; when Moses saw the Jewish people worshipping a golden calf, Moses broke the Ten Commandments.
2. It was on the 17th of Tammuz in 585 B. C. that the priests from the first Temple stopped offering daily sacrifice, because there was a shortage of sheep.
3. It was on the 17th of Tammuz in 586 B. C. that Nebuchadnezzar broke through the walls of Jerusalem to conquer the city.
4. It was on the 17th of Tammuz in 70 A. D. that the Roman army under Titus breeched the walls of Jerusalem.
5. It was on the 17th of Tammuz in 1239 A. D. that Pope Gregory IX ordered the confiscation of all of the manuscripts of the Talmud.
6. It was on the 17th of Tammuz in 1391 A. D. that 4,000 Jewish people were killed in Toledo, and Jaen, Spain.
7. It was on the 17th of Tammuz in 1559 that the Jewish Quarter of Prague was destroyed.
8. It was on the 17th of Tammuz in 1944 that the Jewish people in the Kovno ghetto were sent to the NAZI death camps.
9. It was on the 17th of Tammuz in 1970 that Libya ordered the confiscation of all Jewish property.
YOU ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE SEVEN YEAR "COVENANT" PERIOD THAT IMMEDIATELY PRECEDES
THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST!
Daniel 9:27 (NIV) "He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
The Seven Year "covenant" Period began with a "covenant"/contract/peace agreement on July 9, 2009, which was the 17th of Tammuz on the Jewish calendar. The "peace agreement" primarily involved Bashar al Assad, who is the King of Syria, Antichrist, Muslim "Mahdi", Maitreya Buddha, Kalki Avatar: the World Teacher, leader of world terrorism, and one of the heads of the beast referenced in the Book of Revelation chapter 13; and Benjamin Netanyahu, who is the Prime Minister of Israel. The "peace agreement" allowed the Jewish people to rebuild "a wing" - Daniel 9:27 of their Temple in Jerusalem, in order for the Jewish people to re-establish the ritual of, "sacrifice and offering" - Daniel 9:27, in their attempt to atone for the Jewish people's sin. Information concerning the existence of that "peace agreement" has not been made available to the public. The "wing" of the Jewish Temple was rebuilt and completed, and, "sacrifice and offering" began following sundown on March 15, 2010. The Jewish day begins at sundown, consequently, sundown on March 15, 2010 was the beginning of the Jewish day of March 16, 2010. March 16, 2010 was the 1st of Nisan, the first day of the new Jewish sacred calendar year of 5770. The Jewish people re-established, "sacrifice and offering", in the new "wing" of the Jewish Temple on the first day of their new sacred calendar year of 5770. March 16, 2010, the 1st of Nisan, was also exactly 250 days after July 9, 2009, which was the 17th of Tammuz; the day on which the "peace agreement" was agreed to. The 250 day time period between July 9, 2009 and March 16, 2010 is the 250 day difference between the 2550 days of the Seven Year "covenant" Period referenced as the "seven" in Daniel 9:27; and the 2300 "evenings and mornings" referenced in Daniel 8:9-14 for; "the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host that will be trampled underfoot". The 17th of Tammuz has been a historic day of calamity for the Jewish people. July 9, 2009 was still another day of great calamity for the Jewish people, but the Jewish people will not recognize it as a day of great calamity until exactly 1,260 days later on December 21, 2012.
The re-establishment of "sacrifice and offering" has not occurred publicly. However, the Jewish Sanhedrin publicly advertised for Jewish people to participate in "Korban Pesach" that was scheduled to occur on Passover, March 30, 2010. "Korban Pesach" is the sacrifice of Passover lambs. The sacrifice of Passover lambs on the scale that was proposed by the Sanhedrin has not occurred since the fall of the Second Temple in 70 A.D. Following Passover on March 30, 2010, verbiage concerning the proposed sacrifice of Passover lambs became deafeningly silent. Because of the preparations that were made for the large scale sacrifice of Passover lambs on March 30, 2010, and because of the 2300 "evenings and mornings" referenced in Daniel 8:9-14, and because of the deafening silence concerning the sacrifice of Passover lambs that occurred following Passover, and most importantly because of the personal guidance of the Holy Spirit of God on this issue; it is a certainty that "sacrifice and offering" actually began privately on March 16, 2010, the first day of the new Sacred year. The "wing of the temple" may refer to construction in the excavations underneath the Temple Mount, or it may refer to the newly reconstructed "Hurva Synagogue", which was dedicated in the evening of Monday, March 15, 2010, on Rosh Chodesh, the 1st day of Nissan as the Passover season was beginning.
NASA's eclipse website, collated with the Jewish calendar, also reflects that solar eclipses encapsulate the beginning of the Seven Year "covenant" Period, which occurred on July 9, 2009, the 17th of Tammuz. When NASA's eclipse website is collated with the Jewish Calendar, that collation reflects that there was, and/or will be total solar eclipses on the 1st day of the month of Av, in the years 2008, 2009, 2010. The month of Av is a month of mourning for the Jewish people, as both Jewish Temples were destroyed on the 9th of Av (Tish'a B'Av). There was a solar eclipse on the 9th of Av in the year prior to the beginning of the Seven Year "covenant" Period, there was a solar eclipse on the 9th of Av in the year of the beginning of the Seven Year "covenant" Period, and there was a solar eclipse on the 9th of Av in the year following the beginning of the Seven Year "covenant" Period.
August 1, 2008 - 1st day of the month of Av - total solar eclipse
July 9, 2009 - the 17th of Tammuz, and the beginning of the Seven Year "covenant" Period
July 22, 2009 - 1st day of the month of Av - total solar eclipse
July 11, 2010 - 1st day of the month of Av - total solar eclipse
Both King Artaxerxes "decree", and the Knesset's "decree" "to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" have resulted in TWO times of resistance to the rebuilding of Jerusalem. The enemies of Israel resisted the rebuilding of Jerusalem at the time of Nehemiah and Ezra, and the enemies of Israel are resisting the rebuilding of Jerusalem by the Jewish people today.
Daniel 9:25c (NIV) It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.
Jesus Christ's Second Coming is eminent. However, prior to Jesus Christ's Second Coming, the Antichrist has already confirmed, "a covenant with many for one 'seven,'" but "In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering," and then the Antichrist will set up, "an abomination that causes desolation."
Daniel 9:24-27 (NIV) "Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy. 25 "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.' It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. 26 After the sixty-two 'sevens,' the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him."
Within the "Seventy 'sevens,'" of Daniel 9:24-27 printed above, there are TWO "abomination that causes desolation." Daniel 9:27 references the Antichrist's "seven year period," and the "abomination that causes desolation" in the middle of the "seven year period." An "abomination that causes desolation," is something unclean in accordance with Levitical law being sacrificed in the Jewish Temple, or a Gentile sacrificing in the Temple. (From a Biblical perspective, there are two classes of people in this world; Jewish people, who are descendants of Jacob [Israelites], and Gentiles [sometimes referred to as Greeks]). Antiochus Epiphanes, the King of Syria committed the first "abomination that causes desolation," when he desecrated the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem for a three and one-half year period between 168-165 B. C. The Antichrist, who is the King of Syria, will be the second "abomination that causes desolation," when he desecrates the Jewish Temple at Jerusalem for a three and one-half year period, in the last half of the Seven Year "covenant" Period; or the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period. In a perfect parallel to the two times that Jesus Christ will come, there has already been one "abomination that causes desolation," just prior to Jesus Christ's first Coming, and there is still an "abomination that causes desolation" to come, just prior to Jesus Christ's Second Coming, making a total of TWO.
The Antichrist will become the "abomination that causes desolation," spoken of by Jesus Christ, referenced in the Books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke:
Matthew 24:15-21 (NIV) "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again."
Mark 13:14 (NIV) "When you see 'the abomination that causes desolation' standing where it does not belong--let the reader understand--then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."
Luke 21:20 (NIV) "When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near."
In a direct parallel to the TWO "abomination that causes desolation", there are TWO time periods of three and one-half years, in which Jesus Christ is specifically shown to the Jewish people to be the Messiah. Those TWO time periods of three and one-half years, total seven years, or one "seven."
seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens' referenced in Daniel 9:25, totals sixty-nine "sevens"; not the "seventy sevens" referenced in Daniel 9:24. The TWO periods of Jewish evangelization lasting three and one-half years each, total the final "seven" of the "seventy sevens" referenced in Daniel 9:24. These TWO periods of Jewish evangelization, lasting three and one-half years each, run concurrent during the seven 'sevens,' and the sixty-two 'sevens'.
The first three and one-half year period that Jesus Christ was proclaimed as the Messiah, specifically to the Jewish people, was when Jesus Christ personally taught the Jewish people that He is the Messiah. The second three and one-half year period that specifically the Jewish people will be taught that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, will occur from the middle of the Seven Year "covenant" Period, which is the beginning of the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period, until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. After the middle of the Seven Year "covenant" Period, when the last Gentile that is going to be saved will have been saved, 144,000 Jewish male virgins will teach the Jewish people that Jesus Christ is the Messiah.
Romans 11:25-27 (NIV) I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. 27 And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
The Jewish people have been separated from God for two thousand years; essentially the period of time since the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
Hosea 3:4-5 (NIV) For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or idol. 5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
God will restore the Jewish people after the two thousand year separation, and the Jewish people will live in the presence of God for the One Thousand Year Reign of Jesus Christ from Jerusalem.
Hosea 6:1-11 (NIV) "Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence. 3 Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth." 4 "What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. 5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you. 6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. 7 Like Adam, they have broken the covenant--they were unfaithful to me there. 8 Gilead is a city of wicked men, stained with footprints of blood. 9 As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes. 10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled. 11 "Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed.
Hosea 6:2 printed above, again reveals the concept whereby, "With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day."
2 Peter 3:8 (NIV) But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
Psalm 90:4 (NIV) For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
The "two days" of Hosea 6:2 printed above, represent the Two Thousand Years of Jewish Estrangement From God that have elapsed since the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The "third day" of Hosea 6:2 printed above, represents the restoration of the Jewish People to God's presence, after they "acknowledge the Lord" as their God, immediately prior to, and during the One Thousand Year Millennial Reign of Jesus Christ from Jerusalem.
Forty nine years after the second order to "restore and rebuild Jerusalem", Jesus Christ will return at His Second Coming following the Seven Year "covenant" Period, which includes and concludes in the three and one-half year "great tribulation" Period. It is the agreement that allowed the Jewish people to rebuild "a wing" of their Temple at Jerusalem that signified that we are in the Seven Year "covenant" Period.
Daniel 9:25 (NIV) "Know and understand this: From the issuing of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven 'sevens,' and sixty-two 'sevens.'
The Holy Spirit of God gave through Daniel a very specific time-frame for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, referenced in Daniel 9:25 printed above. The Holy Spirit of God concealed that information where ONLY the "Born Again" Children of God, will know. The information given by the Holy Spirit of God in Daniel 9:25 is for the "Born Again" Children of God ONLY. The wicked people are unable to understand the warning because they have calloused their hearts, they do not listen with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.
Daniel 12:10b (NIV) None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
Matthew 11:25 (NIV) At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children."
1 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV) The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Matthew 13:10-17 (NIV) The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?" He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."
The Holy Spirit of God did not give this information to the "Born Again" Children of God in order to mock, trick, taunt, or tease the "Born Again" Children of God. The Holy Spirit of God gave this information to the "Born Again" Children of God in order that the "Born Again" Children of God will know and be prepared.
God does not want anyone to perish in the coming destruction.
2 Peter 3:9 (NIV) The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
God is using the Blessed Holy Spirit, God's Holy Word, "Born Again" Children of God located around the world, The History Channel, The National Geographic Television Channel, and secular publications around the world to make people aware that the "destroyer" is coming. The wisdom of God "calls aloud in the street", God's wisdom "raises her voice in the public squares", "at the head of the noisy streets she cries out", "in the gateways of the city she makes her speech". Within God's natural perfect order, God is crying out in every possible way to warn people everywhere of the coming destruction, and admonish them to prepare. In accordance with Matthew 7:14, only a "few" are preparing.
Proverbs 1:20-33 (NIV) Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech: "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you. But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand, since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-- when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me. Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord, since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke, they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
THOSE WAYWARD, SIMPLE, COMPLACENT, MOCKING FOOLS WHO HATE KNOWLEDGE AND CONSEQUENTLY DO NOT PREPARE, ARE GOING TO SUFFER AND BE DESTROYED WITHOUT REMEDY!
Proverbs 22:3 (NIV) A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
Having been given this information, the question YOU must ask YOURSELF is, "Do I accept this information, or do I not?" I have sought long and hard for that final piece of information that would be so convincing that it would force people to acknowledge the truth. That piece of information does not exist. If YOU refuse to accept truth, God in His ultimate respect for your freewill in this life will not force the truth on YOU.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 (NIV) The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
Isaiah 6:9-10 (NIV) He said, "Go and tell this people: " 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.' Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."
If YOU choose to accept truth, YOU must become prepared for the truth to be fulfilled in it's entirety.
If YOU are not a "Born Again" Child of God, BECOME ONE!
If YOU are a "Born Again" Child of God, consider that Noah knew the Flood was coming and got ready. Joseph knew a famine was coming and got ready. If YOU know that YOU are in the Seven Year "covenant" Period, and that YOU are headed for the three and one-half year, "great tribulation" Period - (Revelation 7:14); and YOU do not get ready, is YOUR lack of works an evidence of YOUR lack faith?
James 2:14-26 (NIV) What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder. You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
Do YOU really KNOW Jesus Christ? Do YOU really BELIEVE the Holy Word of God? Or are YOU like Governor Felix, who enjoyed hearing about Jesus Christ, but would never bring himself to make a decision to accept Jesus Christ and become a "Born Again" Child of God?
Acts 24:24-25 (NIV) Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. As Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, "That's enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you."
Governor Felix has been dead for more than 1,900 years. There is no record anywhere that reflects that Felix ever accepted Jesus Christ and became a "Born Again" Child of God. Felix will live with his decision forever, and ever, and ever. If YOU delay making a decision to accept Jesus Christ, like Felix, YOU have already made the decision, and the decision is NO; YOU will NOT accept Jesus Christ and become a "Born Again" Child of God. One of the most haunting Holy Scriptures is found in Jeremiah 8:20 printed below; and is the lamenting remorse of an eternally doomed, eternally damned person.
Jeremiah 8:20 (NIV) "The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved."
PLEASE DO NOT LET THAT ETERNALLY DOOMED, ETERNALLY DAMNED PERSON BE YOU!
MOST IMPORTANTLY PREPARE YOUR SOUL! GET YOUR WEDDING GARMENT READY!
The truly important question is not, "WHEN will Jesus Christ Come Again?" The truly important question is, "What will YOUR relationship be with Him, when YOU do meet Him?" It is absolutely irrelevant, whether YOU face God, and are judged for YOUR actions at His Second Coming before YOU physically die, or whether YOU face God and are judged for YOUR actions after YOU physically die. The vitally important fact that YOU should always keep at the front of YOUR mind is that; YOU will face God, and YOU will be judged for YOUR actions.
Hebrews 9:27 (NIV) Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,
1 Peter 1:17 (NIV) Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.
When YOU physically die, YOU will be judged according to what YOU have done, and according to the words YOU have spoken.
Revelation 20: 11-12 (NIV) Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV) "But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
If YOU continue committing acts of sin, and if YOU continue sinning by telling lies, death will claim YOUR soul, and YOU will be thrown into Hell.
Revelation 20:13-15 (NIV) The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
John 14:6 (NIV) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Acts 4:12 (NIV) "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
YOUR only hope, is for YOU, through faith in Jesus Christ, to become "Born Again" spiritually.
John 3:1-22 (NIV) Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." 3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." 4 "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." 9 "How can this be?" Nicodemus asked. 10 "You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things? 11 I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven--the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.
Jesus Christ came to earth, lived a perfect life, and was Crucified on a cross in order to atone for YOUR sins with His Sacrificial Blood. All that is required for YOU to claim this unmerited favor and become "Born Again" is to:
Repent - Feel sorry for YOUR sin; turn from YOUR sin.
2 Peter 3:9 (NIV) The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
Acts 3:19-20 (NIV) Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 20 and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus.
Acts 17:30 (NIV) In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
Believe - in YOUR heart that Jesus Christ is the Lord God, and that God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Believe that Jesus Christ's Sacrificial Blood has the power to cleanse YOU from YOUR sins.
John 3:36 (NIV) "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
Confess - YOUR sins in prayer to Jesus Christ, and ask Jesus Christ to forgive YOU for sinning. Pray/talk to Jesus Christ wherever YOU are physically located, like YOU would talk to another man; Jesus Christ is YOUR High Priest, and He will hear YOU.
1 John 1:9 (NIV) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Confess - to other people that Jesus Christ is the Lord, and YOUR Lord.
Romans 10:9-10 (NIV) That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Receive - Pray/talk to Jesus Christ like YOU would talk to another man, and ask Jesus Christ into YOUR heart as YOUR Lord and God; then receive Him.
John 1:12 (NIV) Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—
Comply - with God's law, which includes baptism. (The only way that YOU can know God's law is for YOU to read God's Holy Word, which is the Holy Bible.) Be very, very careful of who YOU get to baptize YOU, as Judeo-Christian Organized Religion is full of the children of the devil who may dispute, twist, and/or misuse God's Holy Word in order to damn YOU to Hell. Judge what anyone says by whether what they say is in total compliance with the entire Holy Bible. If a person disputes what the Holy Bible says, do not listen to them, do not get them to baptize YOU, and get away from them before they mislead YOU into their sin.
2 Timothy 2:19 (NIV) Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
John 8:10-11 (NIV) Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."
God has guaranteed through God's Holy Word, that YOU will find God when YOU seek God with all of YOUR heart.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIV) "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
While YOU are seeking God, and before YOU become "Born Again", YOU will not be able to stop from sinning; because, like Simon Peter prior to the Day of Pentecost, YOU will still have a dead sinful spirit.
1 John 2:1 (NIV) My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
When YOU become "Born Again" YOU will become a complete new person, because YOUR formerly dead, sinful spirit will have come to spiritual life.
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
When YOU become "Born Again" of the Holy Spirit of Life, YOU will be able to live without committing ANY sin.
1 John 3:4-10 (NIV) Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
Ensure that YOU are a "Born Again" Child of God, evidenced by the ONLY Biblically referenced proof, found in 1 John 2:3-4 printed below:
1 John 2:3-4 (NIV) We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
God's commands were illuminated by Jesus Christ in Matthew 22:37-40 printed below:
Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV) Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
If YOU are unable to comply with God's commands referenced in Matthew 22:37-40 printed above, then during the presentation of this prophecy, I will continue to show YOU how YOU may establish communication and communion with God through faith in the Blood of Jesus Christ, in order that YOU may become "Born Again", so YOU can live a Holy life without sin, and thereby achieve eternal life with God; and consequently how YOU may avoid eternal torment as a member of the bride of the devil in the fiery lake of burning sulfur that is Hell, because of YOUR sin.
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOUR WEDDING GARMENT IS READY, THEN COMPLETELY ELIMINATE ALL DEBT - SELL UNNECESSARY ASSETS -DEGRADE YOUR LIFESTYLE TO A LIFESTYLE THAT YOU CAN SUSTAIN WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FOR SEVEN YEARS - DISCREETLY PROCURE AND LEARN TO LIVE ON WAREHOUSED GOODS, AND/OR FOOD THAT YOU GROW - THERE IS NO PRE "GREAT-TRIBULATION" "RAPTURE" THAT IS GOING TO TAKE YOU OUT OF HERE - IF YOU BELIEVE IN A PRE "GREAT-TRIBULATION" "RAPTURE" YOU HAVE BEEN DECEIVED.
Make arrangements so that on Friday, December 21, 2012, YOU, YOUR family, and YOUR loved ones will all be in the same location. That location needs to be some location where YOU can survive without outside assistance for three and one-half years; and preferably at some rural place in the country, that YOU can defend militarily, with hand-pumped well-water, warehoused food, and with the opportunity to grow a garden.
YOUR TOP FOUR PRIORITIES MUST BE
1. GOD
2. SECURITY - If YOU do not establish and maintain security, YOU will not be able to retain YOUR water and food. In Christian love, YOU must use the least amount of force that is necessary in order to defend YOUR family, but in a volatile situation, YOU must use as much deadly force as is required in order to defend YOUR family. In other words, be as absolutely nice as YOU can be, but be as absolutely tough as YOU have to be in order to defend YOUR family. In Matthew 24:43, Luke 11:21-22, and Luke 22:36-38 printed below, Jesus Christ implies that the protection of YOUR home, as far as YOU are able, is YOUR responsibility.
Matthew 24:43 (NIV) "But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into."
Luke 11:21-22 (NIV) "When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up the spoils."
Jesus Christ commanded His disciples to get a sword:
Luke 22:36-38 (NIV) He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment." The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied.
How can YOU reconcile the commandment of Jesus Christ referenced in Luke 22:36-38 printed above, with the commandment that Jesus Christ gave, referenced in Matthew 5:39, and Luke 6:29a, printed below?
Matthew 5:39 (NIV) "But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Luke 6:29a (NIV) "If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also."
"If someone strikes you on one cheek", that is, "a slap in the face". "A slap in the face" is an insult. "A slap in the face" has historically been an insult since time immemorial.
Matthew 5:11-12 (NIV) "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
Luke 6:22 (NIV) "Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man."
The Holy Spirit of God through Peter commands to not return insult for insult.
1 Peter 3:9 (NIV) Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
When insulted, we are commanded to return Love. When insulted "seventy-seven times", we are commanded to return Love, "seventy-seven times".
Matthew 18:21-22 (NIV) Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."
THERE IS A CLEAR AND DISTINCT DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE INSULTING YOU, AND IN SOMEONE ATTEMPTING TO INFLICT BODILY INJURY OR DEATH ON YOU OR YOUR FAMILY.
In Matthew 22:37-40, Jesus Christ commands everyone to,' Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV) Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Jesus Christ did not tell YOU to, 'Love your neighbor', MORE THAN 'yourself'. If anyone is attempting to inflict bodily injury or death on YOUR neighbor; as a fellow human, and especially as a "Born Again" Child of God, it is YOUR responsibility to intercede with Christian Love, in the most harmless way necessary, in order to stop the lawlessness, and restore order. By the same token, if anyone is attempting to inflict bodily injury or death on YOU, or YOUR family, it is YOUR same responsibility as a human, and especially as a "Born Again" Child of God, to intercede with Christian Love, in the most harmless way necessary, in order to stop the lawlessness, and restore order. "In the most harmless way necessary" goes all the way through the spectrum to the use of defensive deadly force if necessary.
YOUR body is the Temple of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NIV) Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, and you are that temple.
Do YOU think that Love would demand that YOU stand idly by while someone destroys the Temple of God? No "Born Again" Child of God desires to hurt anyone, and consequently will feel anguish if that inadvertently occurs. However, YOUR anguish will be exponentially greater if YOU fail YOUR responsibility as husband or wife, father or mother, and allow someone to inflict bodily injury or death on YOUR family.
1 Timothy 5:8 (NIV) If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
No animal has a spirit, consequently no animal can commit sin. When a wild bear protects her cubs, it is not an act of sin against God or man, it is an instinct given to the wild bear by God for the preservation of her family. In protection of Israel, Hushai said that King David and his men were "as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs".
2 Samuel 17:8 (NIV) Hushai replied to Absalom, "The advice Ahithophel has given is not good this time. You know your father and his men; they are fighters, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Besides, your father is an experienced fighter; he will not spend the night with the troops.
In the post-Katrina Superdome, there were stories of young girls being taken from their families and raped. There were many murders that occurred in the post-Katrina New Orleans. If those particular families who were violated, had possessed weapons, it is very likely that no one would have had to have been killed in order to prevent such a horrific occurrence of sin against God and man. It is very likely that the presence of a gun would have been inhibitor enough to keep those horrible occurrences of sin against God and man from happening. The people who posted signs "YOU LOOT, WE SHOOT" usually did not have to shoot in order to keep from being looted, violated, or murdered.
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - George Washington 1732-1799
The above referenced quote from George Washington may be applied personally as well as nationally. YOU have just as much right to protect YOUR family, as the police have of protecting a city, and the army has of protecting the nation. If YOU do not have the right to protect YOUR family, then the police do not have the right to protect a city, and the army does not have the right to protect the nation.
If YOU are a "Conscientious Objector" to the protection of YOUR family, then in order to be consistent, YOU must also be a "Conscientious Objector" to the protection of YOUR country.
If YOU can justify the protection of YOUR country through the bearing of arms, then YOU can certainly justify the protection of YOUR family through the bearing of arms. Whoever attempts to stop YOU from protecting YOUR family, or attacks YOUR family, is an enemy of YOUR family; just as whoever attempts to stop YOU from protecting YOUR country, or attacks YOUR country, is the enemy of YOUR country.
If YOU are willing to die for the protection of YOUR country, YOU must certainly also be willing to die for the protection of YOUR family.
NEVER SURRENDER! Those who surrender in the protection of their family will also surrender in the protection of their country. Those who surrender in the protection of their family will lose their family to protect, just as those who surrender in the protection of their country will lose their country to protect. Their family will be violated, enslaved, and/or destroyed, just as their country will be violated, enslaved, and/or destroyed.
Buy a shotgun and learn how to use it. Buy plenty of double-ought buckshot ammunition. Buy a "22" rifle because the ammunition is so cheap. A Marlin Model 60, "22" rifle will sell for about $160.00; and a box containing 550 rounds of "22" long rifle, hollow point ammunition will sell at Wal-Mart for about $16.00 a box. If YOU are attacked, if YOU don't feel morally right in defending YOURSELF or YOUR family, then don't use the gun. If YOU are presently debating with YOURSELF concerning this defensive concept, then "kick the can" of intellectual debate with YOURSELF into the future; but ACQUIRE THE DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW. When the crisis comes, YOUR intellectual struggle with YOURSELF will instantly go away, and YOU will know what to do.
3. WATER - YOU will NOT be able to store enough water to supply the requirements of YOU and YOUR family for 42 months. YOU must have an in-place, energy-free functioning well, or be close to a water source!
4. FOOD - IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE EXPONENTIALLY MORE THAN "THREE CASES OF CANNED GREEN BEANS" IN ORDER TO SURVIVE 42 MONTHS! This is a link to instructions for procurement of dehydrated food. Ask God how YOU may acquire the financial resources in order to purchase food. STOP wasting the resources that God has already given YOU. Prioritize the value of YOUR resources, and sell resources that YOU don't need. Plant a garden.
Getting YOUR family together on December 21, 2012 should be relatively easy to accomplish, as it will be the Christmas season, and most people should be able to get off work. If YOU are in the United States of America and cannot get off work, then quit work, as in most areas, YOUR job will not exist following December 21, 2012.
If YOU do not have land in a rural area, but have the ability to purchase or acquire some, then do so. If YOU already own land in a rural area, prepare YOUR land for the influx of people that YOU will be able to care for. Like Esther, YOU may have been given YOUR resources, for this effort, at this exact time.
Esther 4:14 (NIV) "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?"
Advise YOUR family and YOUR loved ones of the availability of YOUR land, and that they are welcome to join YOU. Request YOUR family and YOUR loved ones to assist YOU in making preparations NOW. Create a comprehensive plan; plan the work of YOUR preparation, work YOUR plan. Make a checklist of everything that YOU will need, including YOUR Holy Bible, guns and ammunition for security, food, water, extra medical supplies, extra eye glasses, thermally comfortable shelter, bedding, flashlights, extra batteries, a system of waste disposal, and if possible, a "ham" or satellite radio. All of the information and products are readily available by request on "google.com"
GOD'S PERFECT ORDER MUST ESTABLISHED IN YOUR SANCTUARY, AND MAINTAINED AS CLOSE TO PERFECTION AS IS POSSIBLE, FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL PARTICIPANTS!
IF GOD'S PERFECT ORDER IS NOT ESTABLISHED, AND MAINTAINED IN YOUR SANCTUARY, THE DISORDER THAT WILL NATURALLY OCCUR, WILL BE TO THE DETRIMENT OF ALL PARTICIPANTS!
Pictures of Jerusalem today
Jerusalem at the time of Jesus Christ