“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.”
Revelation 2:12-13
“Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway(s) ready.” John 7:6
“Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?“ Proverbs 30:4
“If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:12-15
“And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.” Exodus 12:42-42
God made sure to emphasize the extreme danger to Israel of not complying with the Laws and Ordinances for which they agreed to obey, they were without excuse for what followed:
Not once but four separate times God admonished Israel that if they did not keep his commandments, which includes the Jubilee rest for the land not just for the people, to allow the land its required Sabbath rest under the law, if they did not keep his Holy Covenant they would be punished ‘seven times’ more,
1- “And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.”
2 –“And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.”
3 –“Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.”
4- “Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.”
Leviticus 26: 18; 21; 24; 28
“And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.”
Why is God doing this?
(written in the Law of Moses)
“Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.” Leviticus 26:31-35
“Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,” Isaiah 6:11
(as prophesied by Isaiah 150 years before the first captivity, but knowing there would also be a second captivity as shown in Isaiah 11:11 and we are witnesses to it today)
“Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.” Jeremiah 44:6
(As witnessed by Jeremiah pleading for Jerusalem to be spared)
“To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.” 2 Chronicles 36:21
(As understood by Daniel to be 70 years, and yet he is confused as to why Jerusalem is still in rubble after the 70 years is complete)
“in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.” Daniel 9:2
(The Holy Temple is desolate for the Lords sake)
“As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.” Daniel 9:13
And this is why God provided the most detailed and precise timing record in all of scripture to Daniel, he was confused as to how the 70 years had now been accomplished as the will of God was fulfilled and yet Jerusalem was still in ruins two hundred miles to the West, and this is why Satan fought so hard to prevent Gabriel’s message from reaching Daniel, because Satan understood that once God permitted it to be revealed and Daniel recorded it in the ‘scripture of truth’ as Gabriel referred to Gods word through the prophets, it then placed a precise timing element upon his Earthly rule and kingdom and became a direct witness as to the the arrival of the Messiah and to proclaim his ‘very day’ to take absolute authority over this fallen Earth, restoring it with the Jubilee prophesied in Isaiah 61 and to then reign upon the Throne of David forever.
Moses warned them prior to entering the promised land that their cities and sanctuaries (Holy Temple) would be left desolate and burned with fire,
Seven times more for your sins,
After 490 years of not keeping the Law. God required the 70 years they had neglected to honor.
70 years were accounted for by God upon Israel. The destruction of Jerusalem was not a requirement or needed to fulfill his Holy Laws and Ordinances. The destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple occurred because they refused to acknowledge their transgression and had to pay for that transgression with the number of years required to allow the land to lie fallow. So Jerusalem and the Temple, the heart and soul of Israel was taken away from them,
With Nebuchadnezzar as the head of gold of the world powers, the first of four that God would allow and use to fulfill his will. Jeremiah told them to go to Babylon to plant vineyards and to settle in, they would be watched over, they would be there 70 years, Jeremiah had the unenviable task to oversee the fall of his nation, first to plead with them before it occurred and then to record it as it happened. Jerusalem and the Holy Temple did not have to be destroyed.
Ezekiel and Daniel were both carried away into captivity during those three sieges. God made sure Israel was not left without help or his word as a witness,
(Israel began the Jubilee but then withdrew it, so God himself declares a Jubilee for Israel)
“Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.” Jeremiah 34:17
Ezekiel was given the day for a year equation,
“Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.“ Ezekiel 4:4-6
390 + 40 = 430 years
430 years minus the 70 in Babylon = 360 years remaining.
Ezekiel is told of 430 years total, 70 years were required for their present captivity in Babylon, leaving another 360 years never accounted for and of which biblical history is silent,
Israel paid for the 70 years, they would not be required to pay for it again,
7 times more if they returned and did not fulfill the law as it is written,
7 x 360 years = 2520 years (907,200 days)
Israel has been restored to the land the second time, there is only ‘the second time’ Isaiah 11:11 was written a century before they would be taken away the first time beginning with the three sieges of Nebuchadnezzar in July of 606 BC to the 9th day of AV in 587 BC.
Israel is restored
Jerusalem is restored
July 23, 606 BC |<—6964 days—>| August 16, 587 BC
May 14, 1948 |<—6964 days—>| June 7th 1967
|–> 70 years 2520 Years
July 23, 606 BC |<–25200 days–>|<—-907200 days—->|May 14th 1948 Israel
August 16, 587 BC |<–25200 days–>|<—-907200 days—->|June 7th 1967 Jerusalem
Jerusalem Restored |——49 years——|Yom Kippur September 23, 2015
Jerusalem Restored |—— 17,640 ——|–2520–|-–40–|Feast of Trumpets 2022
In the same manner and distance they were taken away during the days of Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel, Israel has been restored in our day and is waiting for a Jubilee.
“And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.” Galatians 3:17
“And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” Matthew 26:27-28
“This cup is the New Covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.” Luke 22:20
Counting from the mid-point of a 7000 year (week) pattern:
|Sunday|Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|
|–1000–|–1000—|–1000–|—-1000—-|—1000—|–1000–|–1000–|
|–———–3500 years———-| March 14th, 445 BC (midpoint)
April 6th, 32 AD is exactly 17 years, or 6120 days (x360) to Wednesday on a 7000 year/week pattern, or being day 1,440,000 coming to January 6th 49 AD, leaving 7000 days and then 888 more days to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple just as Jesus described:
“And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.” Mark 13:1-2
|—————–4000 years———| 7000 days | 888 days | August 12, 70 AD, third day
|—————–6000 years——————————-| 888 days | September 26, 2022
September 26, 2022 is the Feast of Trumpets,
“For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.” Matthew 24:18
Most would agree the pace has been picking up and we seem to be accelerating toward something not good in the world,
Today, with evil now working overtime in an attempt to divide Israel (Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria) when this event does occur, whether next month, next year or if it should take another 70 years, that whenever it does occur, it will be as prophesied, and allowed only under Gods timing, and it will bring with it a curse upon the world,
“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.” Isaiah 24:4
And specifically upon those nations directly responsible,
“And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” Zechariah 12:3
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.” Zechariah 12:9
Ancient Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar received world power for 70 years (25200 days) as the head of gold of the world empires, and his kingdom under Belshazzar was ‘weighed in the balances and found wanting’ with the handwriting on the wall (Daniel Chapter 5) this occurred all in relation to Gods plan for Israel, on Gods perfect timeline to fulfill the transgression, the 70 years Israel didn’t allow the land its required rest, the Holy Laws and Ordinances, the very structure had to be perfectly maintained with the the punitive measures enacted to allow for God to then insert himself into the world at the fulness of the timing of the 70 weeks as The Word made flesh, and then to be cutoff, but not for himself per Daniel Chapter 9.
” For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.” Isaiah 34:8
When we wonder what specific events bring about the time of the end, it is my sincere belief that dividing Israel (restored from the sword) is at the very core, this is why the end comes when it does come, its why judgement comes upon the whole Earth. The transgressors have come to the full, God has kept his promise (Isaiah 11:11) the times within the Laws and Ordinances were being fulfilled, the diaspora was over, the land restored and then this world (system) of principalities and powers, will have undone this work in the physical Earth with lies and deceit, seeking to prevent the times and seasons from resolving with the Jubilee restoration of all things,
Jesus is retuning with vengeance,
“For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.” Isaiah 63:4
Peter stated, that heaven must keep Jesus until the Jubilee,
“Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” Acts 3:21
Its his inheritance that’s being bargained away with false promises, I believe its also why Satan is thrown out of heaven:
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12:7-9
Its a covenant with death, and God is going to annul it:
“And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.” Isaiah 28:18
Its interesting to me that 70 years after the United States used the first Atomic bomb in war, August 6th, 1945, (a great sword was given) and came to world prominence that very day, its also exactly 25200 days or 70 years exactly to the 9th day of AV (August 5th) in 2014.
As many are aware, tish b’av has always been a day of darkness and mourning relating to Gods prophetic timetable, the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed both times on this day.
And now, as this nation in relation to supporting Israel physically restored since 1948, and then Jerusalem restored in 1967, (the two conditions Gabriel said were required to count the 70 weeks from recorded in Daniel 9) in the same manner time-wise (19 years apart) as were the three sieges of Nebuchadnezzar and the desolation. This world system, UN/USA now begins to be a mechanism to undo that restoration and I cant help but wonder what may be coming if this division for a false peace and security (lies spoken at the table) is soon successful,
“And both of these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.” Daniel 11:27
And knowing that prophetic events often repeat in patterns,
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 1:9
“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” Romans 14:4
The book of Job is about evidencing what faith is (to us), despite how everything and everyone in this world would have you believe something natural over what the spirit reveals, trust him always and he will bring you in,
Satan is able to stand in Heaven. God gave Adam legal authority over the Earth, who in turn gave that authority to Satan. When the Earth or those in it are being discussed, Satan can stand in Heaven accusing those operating within his dominion (believers)
Jesus gave his bride authority to bind ‘principalities and powers’ on this Earth, (though how many and how often believers claim this authority is questionable) notwithstanding, Satan has legitimate authority on this physical Earth until the time of the end, and (I believe) until three very specific conditions are met and then violated by the nations under Satan’s influence,
1 – a – Israel restored, b – Jerusalem restored, together providing the two conditions in Daniel Chapter 9 to count the time (determined) 70 weeks or 490 years. 434 years were counted at the cross, 49 years were accepted by Jesus but rejected by Israel and instead brought the Gospel to us, it (and he) is the Jubilee, leaving 49 years (a Jubilee) and then the final seven years remaining which (today) we all hear so much about called ‘the tribulation’ (434 + 49 + 7 = 490 years)
2 – A Jubilee is acknowledged in Heaven following the conditions being met, (that is) met precisely per Leviticus Chapter 25: “when you come into the land that I shall give you.. “ then count seven times seven years (49 years) and only our Father in Heaven can know when this is acceptable,
3 – The Everlasting Covenant is broken, hindered, encumbered in some manner between this world and a restored Israel via an agreement, that is, Israel is divided, Jerusalem is divided or both, the restoration is being undone, Satan is seeking to change the times and seasons, to extend his ownership outside the limiting Holy mechanisms of the Laws and Ordinances enacted on the Earth, the very Laws which provided for the coming of the Messiah and the punitive measures of the transgression, and then the second restoration itself,
Its the attempted undoing of that authority, the breaking of the ‘Everlasting Covenant’ (Isaiah Chapter 24) that brings the time of the end, this is what Jesus called the ‘Great Tribulation’ and it comes (I believe) as whats being adjudicated beginning in Revelation Chapter 4, where the “court will sit” (see also Daniel Chapter 7) and where Jesus takes the scroll (title deed) from the right hand of the Father. Jesus assumes ownership over the Earth, as a man, fulfilling the Kinsman Redeemer provisions under the law.
Jesus as the second Adam, returning bodily when the fullness of time is reached (a Jubilee) coming again as the only one able to redeem from the rightful owner (God) the whole of creation, granted under the Law as a Kinsman of Adam (a man) see the Book of Ruth, Jesus is our Boaz, the Church is Ruth and Noami is Israel,
Jesus is taking authority using the very Laws and Ordinances which were implemented upon the physical Earth which allowed him to come in a Holy manner (in the flesh) then be rejected by Israel (flesh), that purchased the gentiles into the Kingdom of Heaven (Spirit) and then ultimately providing the same mechanism to redeem the physical creation during the restoration of all things, (the Jubilee)
Peter speaks of Jesus:
“Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” Acts 3:21 (a Jubilee)
“For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.” Isaiah 63:4 (a Jubilee)
Satan has access to Heaven until he attempts to break that restoration, which is tied to the physical land as much as it is to the people (Israel) following the (second) restoration under the very same Law that took them away as with a flood in 70 AD,
Israel at the time of the end will make a covenant with death, Satan is a liar and usurper, the Great Tribulation begins on the Earth soon after,
“And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; . .” Isaiah 28:18
At this time the war in Heaven begins and Satan is thrown out (forever) by the Archangel Michael,
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceive the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
“for the accuser of our brethren is cast down,
“which accused them before our God day and night.
“Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Revelation 12:7-12
Knowledge in general has continued to increase, and undeniably (even dramatically so along with global travel and mobility) just within our generation alone,
“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” Daniel 12:4
However, Daniel Chapter 12 applies more so to the knowledge of his word and how it will become known at the time of the end, and it has been interesting to watch over the years as world events shift and align toward what has been revealed, and we can begin to see more clearly those days approaching as he told us, we have more than Moses and the Prophets for our consideration, much more than even Daniel had for reference, with the record of the Gospels and the understanding that Christ came according to the law and prophets, we have a more sure witness,
We are without excuse,.
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.” 1 Corinthians 15:3-8
Like Paul our understandings come from being brought in after these events, we didn’t directly witness the miracles and resurrection and yet it’s because of the spirit that we can see them at all, its not from the strength of our own wisdom or counsel,
Israel was given great works to see firsthand their Messiah, to acknowledge him and accept him as the fulfillment of the law for which they had the appearance at least of upholding as well as the prophets they claimed to esteem, and still they would not. Satan can perform great works and will perform great miracles of deceptions at the time of the end. Jesus did not stake his authority on miracles, but rather by fulling the Law and his coming being according to the Prophets, as it is written, for our eternal witness,
“For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.” Luke 10:24
With many prophetically timed events occurring in the world, it seems too often there are those who (unknowingly or inadvertently) seek to normalize today, to raise the level of perceived scriptural requirements above what is actually stated, to be something more than current events, above our present knowledge and even beyond our current technology, as if all things continue today as they always have,
Peter comments that at the time of the end there would be those that respond:
“And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.” 2 Peter 3:4
We’re told that if it were possible even ‘the very elect’ would be deceived, and if left alone in the flesh to our own understandings, we could never adequately discern (all) the signs of the times or properly separate his work in the flesh (Israel) from the spirit (the Church) or begin to understand how he will resolve that separation of the times as he comes himself fulfilling the restitution of all things, as the Jubilee,
“he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 16:15-17
The Parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew Chapter 25 presents some deep clues as we consider the time it must apply toward, the day when he is revealed, a time preceding the revealing of that wicked one, the day of his return for his ecclesia, his called out ones, meaning what must be happening in the world at this precise moment when he comes for those waiting, as revealed by the spirit,
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
“But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.” Luke 17:29-30
1) they are all virgins (the Church)
2) five are wise, with oil (the Holy Spirit)
3) five are foolish,
4) they are all waiting for the bridegroom (Jesus)
5) they all wake up with the shout, (the Trump of God)
6) And at midnight there was a cry made (fullness of time)
7) go ye out to meet him (with the voice of the Archangel)
And yet only those with oil in their lamps are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb and “the door is shut.”
“Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.” Isaiah 26:20
Be sensitive to the accounting they are all virgins, they are all waiting for the bridegroom, and those lacking oil in their vessels are aware they missed the coming of the bridegroom, and while they hurry off attempting to quickly remedy their condition with those that would make the house of God a place of merchandise, those that would rely solely on passive understandings of the truth, instead of earnestly seeking it out for themselves and joining the witness of the spirit, the door remains shut with the admonition from the bridegroom himself :
“Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” Matthew 25:11-13
To the church at Philadelphia:
“I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.” Revelation 3:8
And ‘after this’ meta (μετά) tauta (ταῦτα)
After the Church,
“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.” Revelation 4:1
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
“And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.” Revelation 19:9
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