Meet Kevin Swift

Kevin was born in 1956 in Springfield, Missouri into a family of nine children--the eighth and youngest son, while his father, Russell D. Swift, was attending Baptist Bible College in a small class of students, including the renowned Rev. Jerry Falwell.  Russell soon moved his family back to his home state where he would pastor churches in Unionville, Marion, and Mark, Iowa.  In 1968, Pastor Swift moved his family to Kansas to minister at the Abilene Bible Baptist Church, and the sunflower state became home for the Swift family.

Although Kevin was taught the Scriptures from childhood, in his late teens he began his own adventure into a personal relationship with Jesus and a fuller understanding of the Word of God.  As Kevin studied the Scriptures for himself his views expanded.  He saw the validity of the seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath, which day of rest God instituted the first week of creation (Genesis 2:2-3) for all mankind.  He also understood for the first time God's merciful end of all sin and sinners (Malachi 4:1-3; 2 Peter 3:5-7), referred to by theologians such as Edward Fudge as the Conditionalist View of man, eliminating any further human death, mourning, crying and pain, which will all pass away from our universe (Revelation 21:4).  In 1980, at age 24, Kevin determined to honor the Sabbath day. In doing so, he had to choose between keeping God's Commandments or keeping his job; he chose to rest in his decision.  

Kevin began to delve into the prophetic times and events of Daniel and Revelation in his mid-30's.  Merging the two books into one overarching prophetic vision, an intriguing end-time chart emerged, which he believed followed the chronological pattern of the prophecies.  He first presented his findings, which would later be enhanced and expanded, at a Prophecy Seminar in Michigan in January, 1991.  A couple of years later, the importance of God's Festivals in relation to final events became clearer.  Comparing the timelines to the Jewish Festivals, it was discovered the end-time chart fit between the holy days over a 3 1/2 year span.  Knowing the Festivals shift on the Gregorian calendar from one year to the next, Kevin knew the match could not be a mere coincidence.  What has emerged is the Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar that you see today. 

Kevin has taught prophecy in Adventist, Baptist, Church of God, Nazarene, Messianic and non-denominational circles, while his online resources have been viewed by thousands around the globe.  He has written 30 lesson guides on Daniel and Revelation called Insights in Prophecy, which connects the ancient prophecies to modern-day events.  His book, the Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar: Divine Dates of End-time Disaster & Deliverance, is available here and through Armageddon Books. 

For the last seven years, Kevin has served on the Board of Directors of the Topeka Rescue Mission, a ministry that in 2009 served 474,492 meals to the needy from the mission kitchen and the hungry throughout Topeka, and provided shelter, clothing, medical assistance and transportation to 1,922 guests. He and his wife Brenda have seven children between them, and thirteen grandchildren to grace their lives.