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IMPORTANT
INFORMATION:
The Kingdom Calendar reveals the pattern of how the prophetic counting days
of Daniel and Revelation could line up. The
way in which the counting periods align, as one
interconnected whole, is verified by the precision in
which they connect starting with the Purim Festival
established in the book of Esther, Passover of Leviticus
23, and the annual Tisha B'Av Fast found in Zechariah
chapters 7 and 8, and precisely ending
three
and one-half (3 1/2) years later
at
the Day of
Atonement (Yom Kippur), along with the Feast of Trumpets
(Rosh HaShanah) and Feast ot Tabernacles (Sukkot)--all
from the Leviticus 23 Festivals established by Almighty
God. It's interesting to note that the match would not
be possible for three of those periods without the
inclusion of the very small but all-important 3 1/2 days
discovered in Daniel 9 and Revelation 11.
The
Kingdom Calendar represents
events that could occur in the future. We serve an
amazing God who is "declaring the end from the
beginning, And from ancient times things that are not
yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do
all My pleasure'" (Isaiah 46:10). He will unseal
and reveal the over 2,000 year old mysteries and visions
through the means of His` owning choosing, to make known
His final work. Those events may follow The
Kingdom Calendar exactly on Festival periods as
shown, or it may only represent merely a pattern of fulfillment. Any attempt by
humans to fully comprehend the plan of God will be
lacking until the final days meet reality, and the
Seventh Angel sounds (Revelation
10:7). Not all have been revealed, and so... daily
trusting in Yeshua--Jesus, our LORD and Savior will
still be our primary responsibility during the appointed
times of the end and our counting journey to the
Kingdom.
Nonetheless,
consider the evidence as you study the prophecies.
First, no
time chart comes close to the degree of verification
illustrated by the Biblical facts, mathematics,
historical connections and current events. This will
become clearer, as the layers of evidence build upon one
another. Second, no other chart employs every
significant counting period in Daniel and Revelation;
and third, having accounted for all the major timelines,
no other chart aligns from beginning to end directly
between the Biblical Festivals, celebrations and annual
fasts, still observed/celebrated today by many Jews and
a growing number of Gentiles, to prove its authenticity.
As
mentioned, if God follows His Festival pattern, the
1,290 counting days of Daniel
12:11 would begin at, near or just after Purim, commemorative of Jewish
survival despite Persian (Iranian) threats to destroy
the Jews (which threats are bound to increase in the
last days), and will end with the abomination being set
up on the Temple Mount at or near Yom
Kippur (Day of Atonement). That exactness, by itself,
would be inspiring. However, following the same
pattern the reoccurring 1,260 counting days found seven
times in the prophecies (Daniel
7:25; 12:7; and, Revelation 11:2; 11:3; 12:6; 12:14;
13:5--indicating 3 1/2 years to be the primary
period of the end-times, would begin at Passover and
also end exactly 3 1/2 days before Yom Kippur--the exact
point/period the two witnesses (referred to as the two
anointed ones--Zechariah
4:1-14) are martyred and will remain unburied in
Jerusalem's streets according to Revelation
11:9-11 and Daniel 9:25-27. It's noteworthy that
Judaism teaches Elijah will arrive at Passover to
announce redemption, the exact point the two witnesses
are to begin their 1,260 day ministry at Pt. 10 on The
Kingdom Calendar.
In
addition to these two notable timelines, we discover the
2,300 evenings and mornings (sacrifices)--considered to
be 1,150 counting days, which are associated with Satan and his army
desecrating Heaven’s Sanctuary by war, with
need
to surrender the
Sanctuary for
an end-time courtroom judgment (Daniel
7:9-10; Daniel
8:9-14, 26; Revelation
12:7-9). This solemn
1,150
day counting period fits between Tisha B' Av and Yom
Kippur—bracketed
between
two of the most significant and somber
annual fasts in the
Scriptures and in Judaism.
In
this regard, the Scriptures seem to indicate that while
daily worship at the Western Wall and Temple Mount has
been taken away, Satan’s
army will
also battle as the last days begin against
Michael and His host of angels--reaching
and desecrating the Temple in Heaven. However,
after Satan is defeated an
official review of Lucifer
and
the Man of Sin’s (Antichrist)
evil
activities will
commence.
This
1,150 day
period will
end
near or on the Day of Atonement,
when all accumulated
sins
were
dealt with annually at
Yom Kippur in
the ancient Sanctuary services. Tisha B’Av is the fast
of the 5th month referred to in Zechariah
7:3,5 and 8:19,
which
is
still
observed religiously, commemorating war and the
desolation of Solomon’s Temple long
ago
by
the Babylonians. The DAY
of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is the holiest day of the
year, and an annual fast occurs on this day of judgment
to
"afflict your soul" (Leviticus
16:29-31). Observant
Jews
fast and pray that God will “accept our repentance,
forgive our sins, and seal our verdict” for life, and
not for death.
The
Kingdom Calendar 2020-2023
represents the current fulfillment
watch period. Whether
now or in the future, final events begin with a great
shaking in Israel that will cause terrible devastation
to Jerusalem, and will take away daily worship at the
Western Wall and Temple Mount as the religious
structures and the City collapses in devastation and
ruin with loss of lives and property (Daniel
12:11). "Jesus
left the Temple and was walking away when His disciples
came up to Him to call His attention to its buildings.
“Do
you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly
I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another;
every one will be thrown down.”
Matthew
continues, "As
Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples
came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when
will this happen, and what will be the sign of Your
coming and of the end of the age?” Jesus answered:
“Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will
come in My name [Christians; wolves in sheep's
clothing], claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and [yet]
will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of
wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such
things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation
will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in
various places. All these are the beginning of birth
pains." Many will come in the name of Jesus,
advancing deceptive unscriptural views to the masses.
Miracles, sights and sounds will hold higher value than
"thus says the LORD". Conflict
will escalate abruptly and without warning between the
nations, initiating the end-time events Jesus foretold
in Matthew 24 and the mysterious counting periods
written in the Book of Truth (Daniel
10:21). In concert with the Jerusalem events, war
with Iran will accelerate and Middle-East war will
mushroom into a short but
destructive global World War as we will begin counting
the prophetic days of Daniel and Revelation, which will
lead day by day to the return of Messiah and His Eternal
Kingdom.
The
Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall and "Kotel",
is the last standing remnant of the Second Temple, and
this ancient 62-foot-tall limestone wall in
Jerusalem’s Old City became the  main
focus of Jewish worship and prayer that continues today
due to the Roman destruction in 70 A.D. Daily, thousands
of Jews and Gentiles visit the Wall in reverence and
awe; more than 10,000,000 visitors each year. However,
a massive Israel/Jerusalem quaking will take away the
“daily” worship at the Western Wall and Temple
Mount. The loss of the Islamic Temple Mount structures
and damaged Wall will immediately initiate the 1,290 and
1,335 day counting periods. As mentioned, at the
same time we will see Middle-East turmoil quickly
escalate into a catastrophic nuclear World War with
global tragedies and fearful pandemonium, leading to the
rise of Satan's Man of Sin and the beginning of the
1,260 day counting period, followed shortly after by the
start date for the 1,150 days at Tisha B'Av.
The
70 weeks (490 counting days) will also come into focus
later during the counting periods. Gentile troops will
be controlling and patrolling the most holy places of
Jerusalem as foretold in Revelation 11:1-2 "Go
and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its
worshipers. But
exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it
has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the
holy city for 42 months" (1,260 days). Only
after the three religions of Jerusalem (Judaism,
Christianity and Islam) argue for two years over the
explosive religious/political ramifications of how
Jerusalem and Temple Mount will be rebuilt, will the
decree be given to rebuild. The 70 weeks represent the
final counting period specific to the nation of Israel: “Seventy
weeks are determined for
your people [Israel] and for your holy city
[Jerusalem]," (Daniel 9:24), which includes
the decree to rebuild the earthquake/war torn and
devastated Jerusalem (Daniel
9:24-27). While Jerusalem is protected by
international forces, powers from the north will set
their goal to conquer Israel: "Gog,
the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal...
prophesy
against him... In
the latter years thou shalt come into the land [of
Israel] that is brought back from the sword, and is
gathered out of many people, against the mountains of
Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought
forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely
all of them [during the temporary peace brought about by
Antichrist]. I will go up to the land of unwalled
villages [which walls have fallen and are broken down];
I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely
[through the protection of the Gentiles], all of them
dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor
gates," which have been destroyed. "To take a
spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the
desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the
people that are gathered out of the nations, which have
gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the
land," (Ezekiel
38:2, 8, 11, 12).
At
the end of the 1,290, 1,260, 1,150 and 490 counting
days, Michael, the Seventh Angel will descend with a
shout--the voice of the Archangel, and His thunderous
ear-piercing declarations will reverberate around the
globe as the planet shakes off its axis (1
Thessalonians 4:16; John
5;25). The martyred end-time saints will be raised
along with the two witnesses to ascend to Heaven, while
the great tribulation plagues against the rebellious
will commence. Every one of the prophetic counting
periods of The Kingdom Calendar will march to
their conclusion on schedule with no further delay,
based on Messiah’s sworn statement to His two
witnesses—His “servants the prophets”—Moses and
Elijah on the banks of the Tigris river (Daniel
12:5): They
were told, “It will be for a time, times and half a
time [1,260 days]. When the power of the holy
people has been finally broken, all these things will be
completed.” (Daniel
12:7). The mystery of God will be accomplished.
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The Undeniable Connection Between the Visions of Daniel &
Revelation
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Book
of Daniel
As
I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
I looked up
and there before me was [Michael--having
come down from Heaven] a
Man
dressed in linen [priest
garments],
with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around His
waist. His
body was like topaz, His
face like lightning, His
eyes like flaming torches, His
arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and His
voice like the sound of a
multitude... At
that time Michael, the
Great
Prince
[Messiah, the Angel of the LORD] who
protects your people, will arise" from His
throne. "There
will be a time of distress such as has not happened from
the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your
people—everyone whose name is found written in the
book—will be delivered. Multitudes
["a
great multitude that no one could count, from every
nation, tribe, people and language,"
Revelation
7:9] who
sleep in the dust of the earth will
awake
[in resurrection]...
Then
I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two
others [Moses and Elijah, His two servants the
prophets], one on this bank of the [Tigris] river and one
on the opposite bank. One
of them said to the Man clothed in linen [Michael, clothed
in a High Priest's linen robe (Ezekiel
44:17-19; Hebrew
4:14; 8:1-2)],
who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it
be before these astonishing
things are fulfilled?” The
Man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the
river, lifted His right hand
and His left hand toward heaven, and I heard Him swear
by Him who lives forever [Genesis
22:15-18; Hebrews
6:13], saying, “It will be for a time,
times and half a time. When the power of the
holy people has been finally broken, all these things
will be completed,"
Daniel
10:4-6; 12:1-3; 5-7.
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Book
of Revelation
"Then
I saw another Mighty
Angel
[Michael-Messiah, the Angel of the LORD]
coming
down from Heaven.
He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above His
head; His
face was like the sun, and His
legs were like fiery pillars. He
was holding a little scroll, which lay open in His
hand. He planted His
right foot on the sea and His
left foot on the land, and
He
gave a loud shout like
the roar of a lion... Then
the Angel
[of the LORD] I
had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised
His
right hand to heaven. And
He
swore by Him
who lives for ever and ever, who created the
heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is
in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said,
“There will be no more delay! But
in the days when [Michael] the Seventh Angel is about to
sound His trumpet [to
raise the great multitude that no man can count,
from
every nation, tribe, people and language],
the mystery of God will be
accomplished, just as He announced to His [two]
servants the prophets" (Revelation
10:1-7) -- Moses and Elijah, on the banks of the
Tigris River several hundred years earlier (Daniel
12:5). "And
I will appoint my two witnesses,
and they will prophesy for 1,260
days
[time, times and half a time],
clothed in sackcloth.” They
are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and
“they stand before the LORD
of the earth," (Revelation
11:3-4; Zechariah
4:11-14).
"For
the LORD Himself will come down
from Heaven, with a loud
command, with the voice
of the Archangel" --Michael
"and with the trumpet
call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise
first [in resurrection].
[Soon]
after that, we who are still alive and are left [behind]
will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet
the LORD in the air. And so we will be with the LORD
forever," 1
Thessalonians 4:16-17.
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This book takes you step by step through events of the final
crisis and the 21 Points of The Kingdom Calendar,
noting how the great worldwide troubles begin and end within the
time allotted by God. Ecclesiastes
8:5-6 says, “a wise man’s heart discerns both time and
judgment. Because to every purpose there is time and
judgment."
As
noted, The Kingdom Calendar is the first end-time
chart in which all the significant prophetic counting
timelines (3 1/2 days; 490 days; 1,150 days, 1,260 days, 1,290
days and 1,335 days) revealed in the books of both Daniel and
Revelation are included; not one is missing, including the 490
days found in Daniel 9--also known as 70 weeks (which, as is
shown, represents 70 literal weeks--just as the Hebrew reads,
about one year and four months). The time periods were first
chronologically aligned into a chart in 1990 based on the study of
the books of Daniel and Revelation and other prophecies, with no
realization there was or could be a connection to the Biblical
Festivals of Leviticus 23. Two years later, after learning
more of the Festivals' importance to final events, it was
discovered the charted timelines of Daniel and Revelation fit
between the Biblical Festivals to the day over a typical
three and a half year Festival period, using the commonly accepted
Jewish calendar observed today and established by Hillel
II around 359
C.E. (A.D.), well after the timelines in Daniel and Revelation
were penned. Either I was incredibly lucky, or I had stumbled by
God's grace across an ancient mystery.
To
better appreciate why the match between the prophetic timelines
and the Festivals is significant, establishing the Calendar's
authenticity, consider this: The Biblical Festivals are not
stationary; as, for example a person's birthday, which annually
always falls on the same day, or the Christian holiday of
Christmas that is celebrated every year on December 25. The
Festivals shift to different dates each year. For example,
Passover. This annual Festival was observed on April 23, 2016, on
April 11, 2017, March 20, 2018, and in 2019 on April 20th.
This fluctuation on the Jewish Calendar is due to a complex
lunar/solar Biblical Calendar.
Just imagine the outer ring of Jewish Festivals on the graph below
floats back and forth independently from the inner
January--December Gregorian calendar ring; but in addition, the
Festivals can also have varying days between them from year to
year.
At
creation God said,
“Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide
the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons
["moedim"--Festivals], and for days and
years," (Genesis
1:14). When Moses received instructions from
Jehovah, the command in Deuteronomy
16:1 was to "observe
the month of Abib, and keep the Passover." This made
it necessary to become acquainted with the position of the sun;
and, the command to offer sacrifices according to the "new
moon"  (2
Chronicles 2:4;8:13; Ezra 3:5) made it necessary to study the
phases of the moon. However, today's modern Festival Holiday
calendar culminates from debate, disagreements and adjustments
through the course of Jewish history. According to Judaism,
the observance calendar can be divided into three historical
periods—the Biblical, the Talmudic, and the post-Talmudic--all
effecting the timing of the annual Festival observations and
celebrations. The study of astronomy is largely attributed to the
need of fixing the dates of the Festivals due to the Diaspora
(scattering of Jews worldwide), which calendar was established
around 360 A.D. by Rabbi Hillel II hundreds of years after the
prophet Daniel and John of Revelation penned the various
timelines--and, some 1,630 years before the connection was made in
1992/93.
We
understand the fulfillment of God's appointed times is in His
hands. We have been given many supernatural signs. The four tetrad
blood moons that ended at Sukkot in 2015 is possibly a marker for
eight years that could end at Sukkot in 2023, There has also been
the Shemitah year, the Jubilee cycles and global events, all
pointing to the upcoming Festival cycle as a significant watch
period. However,
we don't know God's timing; any match of The Kingdom
Calendar to world events and the beginning of the end
would be ordained by Almighty God as a gift of "wisdom to
the wise"... from an all-knowing Father who
"reveals deep and hidden things" (Daniel
2:22). God will reveal and fulfill His appointed times
according to His divine purposes and on the schedule of His
choosing, and through the means of His own divine will.
As
mentioned, The Kingdom Calendar may represent a
"pattern" or "template" of events, and
therefore events may not fall exactly on the Festival schedule.
The Jerusalem quaking
could occur on any given day, on any given
month... then, the counting would begin. On the other hand,
God may have already chosen the Jerusalem disaster to occur
exactly at Purim/Shushan Purim, just as the Calendar shows.
Either way we can have confidence that the return of Messiah is
tied to the fall Festival season, just as the spring Festivals
were fulfilled during Messiah's crucifixion week and at Pentecost.
God can change times; as He controls the earth, sun and the moon,
and His times and seasons. We are told, there will be a
"sudden" and unexpected Day of the LORD event for those
who are not looking or expecting His return:
As
mentioned, The Kingdom Calendar may represent a
"pattern" or "template" of events, and
therefore events may not fall exactly on the Festival schedule.
The Jerusalem quaking
could occur on any given day, on any given
month... then, the counting would begin. On the other hand,
God may have already chosen the Jerusalem disaster to occur
exactly at Purim/Shushan Purim, just as the Calendar shows.
Either way we can have confidence that the return of Messiah is
tied to the fall Festival season, just as the spring Festivals
were fulfilled during Messiah's crucifixion week and at Pentecost.
God can change times; as He controls the earth, sun and the moon,
and His times and seasons. We are told, there will be a
"sudden" and unexpected Day of the LORD event for those
who are not looking or expecting His return:
“I
will send My messenger [Elijah, the anointed one, or 1,260 days],
who will prepare the way before Me. Then suddenly
the Lord you are seeking will come to His temple; the Messenger of
the Covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord
Almighty. But
who can endure the Day of His coming [down]?" Malachi
3:1-2.
Therefore,
we can be assured the Jerusalem earthquake will truly come to
pass, when because of ruin and devastation daily worship is taken
away at the Western Wall and Temple Mount. God's prophetic
counting periods will then begin--providing wise students of the
Word divine dates of end-time disaster and deliverance. Messiah's
sworn promise to the final generation is that He will open the
minds of those who seek wisdom from God and His inspired
prophecies (Daniel
12:9-10). With the devastation in Jerusalem and the daily worship at the Western
Wall and Temple Mount taken away, this will also coincide and
escalate
into the full-blown, but short-lived, prophetic war foretold in Daniel 8, when Donald Trump
and the West takes on Iran (Persia/Elam), and Israel her
neighboring enemies.
And, when Israel's citizens are shattered from the Jerusalem
disaster, the wise will begin counting, day by day; and, the
counting days will most certainly end on schedule and with amazing
accuracy. God will not lead us astray, my friends.
God's
Word reveals His yearly Festivals established around the 15th
century BC at Mt. Sinai and recorded in Leviticus
23, followed by the annual Fasts in Zechariah
8:19 established around the 6th century BC with the
destruction of the First Temple and the Babylonian exile. The
annual Purim celebration began in the 4th century BC, as recorded
in Esther
9:1,17, 22. Then we add the prophetic counting periods
recorded the books of Daniel (5th century BC) and Revelation (1st
century AD). As shown, these very specific counting periods in
Daniel include the following: "seventy
'sevens'"--490
days, with it's two 3 1/2 day periods of the last week;
"2300 evenings and mornings"--1150
days; "time, times and a half"--1260
days; 1290
days; and 1335
days; and, the seven-time repeated 1260
days in the books of Daniel and Revelation, known also as
"42 months" and "time, times and a half".
The pivotal three and one half (3 1/2) days that are essential for
The Kingdom Calendar to align just before the Day of
Atonement (Yom Kippur) are repeated in Daniel
9:27 and Revelation
11:7-12. We add the Festival Calendar Hillel
II established during the 4th century AD, hundreds of years
after the books of Daniel and Revelation were written, which
Festival schedule is still in use today by Judaism and other
Festival celebrants. Now, all these factors, spread out over
two millennia, have miraculously intersected between God and man
to bring about The Kingdom Calendar. It
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My
Challenge to Those Who Say We Cannot Know the General Time of
Messiah's Return
The
"times and the seasons" are directly linked to the end
of the world, and God has provided very "specific" and
"to the day" counting timelines in the books of Daniel
and Revelation for the final unfolding of His redemptive plan.
Why? So that God's people may know where we are in prophetic time
during the middle of the greatest turmoil to be unleashed in human history--in
death, sorrow and crying, realizing by faith that our Messiah has
a plan and His redemption is forthcoming. However, we still
cannot know the actual "day or the hour" of Messiah's
visual return at Armageddon. Jesus said He would cut short the
great tribulation--"for the sake of the
elect those days will be shortened," Matthew
24:22; for this reason, in the
global turmoil brought on by the trumpet blasts and vial plagues,
when the sun and moon are darkened, the day and hour of Messiah's
visible return is unknown. Nonetheless, we can know the
times and the seasons, for no matter which futurist prophetic view
you hold there is always a timeline involved--whether a seven year
period, or a three and one-half year counting period. Therefore,
once final events begin, we can know the general time of God's
judgment and return. The "thief in the
night" terminology in the Scriptures is not a reference
to a secret rapture of the church; it is a reference to the final
destruction of the wicked who cannot escape God's wrath, which the
KING of Kings will inflict at His triumphant visible arrival on
the world scene at Armageddon. Paul confirms the holy people
should not be surprised by the Day of the LORD, which to the
wicked will come as a thief in the night... for they are not
watching for it. On the other hand, Paul states that
searching believers "are not in darkness so that this Day [of
the LORD] should surprise" them like a thief. We are to be
children of light, awake and sober... looking and watching.
The Day of the LORD will not surprise the watching people of God,
who are counting, day by day, the very specific numbered days of
Daniel and Revelation.
"Now,
brothers and sisters, about times and dates we do not need to
write to you, for you know very well that the Day of the LORD will
come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace
and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor
pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But
you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this Day
should surprise you like a thief. You are all children of the
light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to
the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,
but let us be awake and sober," 1
Thessalonians 5:1-5.
If
you believe the timelines of prophecy will always be locked away,
never to be understood... I challenge you to consider this:
"Why would God expose very precise prophetic counting periods
in the Scriptures, if they were not for the benefit of the
last-day believers and the counting of God's prophetic time?" The
last generation of overcomers who face final events are promised
an increase in prophetic knowledge, and an understanding of how
events will transpire by what the Scriptures call the final
"unsealing" (Daniel
12:4). Daniel
12:10-12 adds, "Many will be purified, made spotless
and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of
the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will
understand." And, what will the wise understand
according to the verse that follows? "From the time
that the daily... is abolished and the abomination that causes
desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 [counting] days. Blessed
is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335
[counting] days." The promise is clear: the wise
will understand what the 1,290 and 1,335 days represent.
And, the watching believers ("those
who keep God’s commands [the obedient] and hold fast their
testimony about Jesus" Revelation
12:17) are promised a blessing for waiting patiently by
faith through the days of trial to reach the end (Matthew
24:9-13;
Isaiah 25:9), whether by waiting alive patiently or by
resurrection, having given their lives in martyrdom.
The
case for these truths rests on the Biblical evidence and common
sense. God revealed His prophetic counting times, for the day
would come when these periods must be understood during the
days of their fulfillment. Daniel understood the power of
God to reveal important details concerning His final plans to
those with wise and discerning spirits; he wrote, "Praise
be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom
and power are His. He
changes times and seasons; He
deposes kings and raises up others. He
gives wisdom to the wise and
knowledge to the discerning. He
reveals deep and hidden things," Daniel
2:20-22. Wisdom says, "I don't understand all I
need to know, nor did our church fathers of ages past who have
come and gone; nor does the leaders of my church or synagogue. I
have more to learn from God's Word." Discernment says,
"I will trust God to show me His unfolding mysteries that
have been hidden since the foundation of the world, because God
promises that "when He, the
Spirit of truth, comes, He
will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on His
own; He will speak
only what He
hears, and He will tell
you what is yet to come,"
John
16:13.
If
you must, put your minister, priest, church theologian or rabbi to
the test: ask him/her what the 1,290 days and 1,335 days of the
Daniel 12 prophecy reveal about God's final plan for mankind. The
timelines were so important to God that He revealed them through
His prophet Daniel for the knowledge of last-day believers, well
in advance of their fulfillment. Can your spiritual leader
tell you why they were written down, and how these
prophetic days will be fulfilled in the future? Or, if you
hold the Historicist
view--as do Seventh-day Adventists and others, or you believe the Preterist
view promoted by men such as Hank
Hanegraaff--the Bible Answer Man, can he/she explain how the
timelines were fulfilled in past history (although God's Word
clearly says the time periods would be understood at the time
of the end during the final days of trial)? The
unsealing of these timeframes has been promised by Almighty God in
Daniel 12. It's time we pay attention!
As
followers of Yeshua--Jesus our Messiah, we all need to study the
Scriptures with an open mind, understanding the Spirit of truth to
be our source of inspiration and wisdom. No human can boast
of full knowledge and a complete understanding of the mysteries of
the Ancient of Days. I certainly cannot! "Who has been
[God's] counselor?" (Romans
11:34; Isaiah
40:13). However, the "wise will understand,"
Messiah's prophetic plan; and, He does not lie. Although
veiled in ancient mysteries, Heaven's penetrating beam is shining
brighter on the prophetic roadmap that will lead His believing
victors through the final trial, for the shadow of things to come
is about to meet reality (Colossians
2:16-17). There is no excuse for God's people.
Final events and Messiah's return need not surprise us like a
thief in the night. However, most will be shocked and
unprepared for the devastation and unfolding of prophetic events
long foretold in the Hebrew Scriptures that will begin in the
Middle East with devastation and war, which will mushroom in
nuclear tragedy and untold human loss across the globe with
lightning speed.
Now
is not the time to be wavering in our faith; we must trust all the
more in our Messiah and His unfolding plan--which was first
written in the Book of Truth before time began (Daniel
10:21; Psalm
139:16). We must trust in His salvation, praying for the Holy
Spirit to guide us moment by moment. Stand firm in faith my
friends, for troubles will increase as the testing time explodes
upon us... including deep personal losses, affliction and betrayal
by family and friends, even death. Are you ready to face martyrdom
for your Messiah and LORD, if need be? "For
we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our
confidence steadfast unto the end; While
it is said, To day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your
hearts,"
Hebrews
3:14-16. Now
is not the time to be wavering in our faith; we must trust all the
more in our Messiah and His unfolding plan--which was first
written in the Book of Truth before time began (Daniel
10:21; Psalm
139:16). We must trust in His salvation, praying for the Holy
Spirit to guide us moment by moment. Stand firm in faith my
friends, for troubles will increase as the testing time explodes
upon us... including deep personal losses, affliction and betrayal
by family and friends, even death. Are you ready to face martyrdom
for your Messiah and LORD, if need be? "For
we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our
confidence steadfast unto the end; While
it is said, To day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your
hearts,"
Hebrews
3:14-16. They
[will] deliver
you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated
of all nations for My
Name's
sake... But
he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
And this
gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come," Matthew
24:9, 13-14. The King is returning, and the Kingdom of God is
at hand. The mighty hand of God will be seen in this world as
Satan makes his last stand to hold onto global power through his
evil leaders--Antichrist and the False Prophet,
false teachers and their
deceptive signs and wonders.
God
is attempting through His Kingdom Calendar to give
us focused attention to His final plan of redemption. From
leaders to laypeople, those willing to take on the heart of a
student, who are willing to dedicate minds to open and sincere
study, can understand where the world is headed. Yeshua first
instituted the Biblical Calendar of annual Festivals through Moses
(Leviticus 23), which included the yearly counting of days and
weeks, so that His people might rehearse His Passover death and
resurrection, the Pentecost (Shavuot) power of the Holy Spirit,
and finally end-time events leading up to the Day of the LORD. To
the annual Festivals, He added the Sabbath Year--the counting of
seven years, when the land was to rest every 7th year as a (Shemitah)
Sabbath. But, He did not stop there. God added the seven
cycles of Sabbath/Shemitah Years (Exodus
23:10-11), when the Israelites were to release and return the
land to each rightful owner--known as the Jubilee Year--all signs
of things to come. Now, God's final plan of redemption is at
hand as seen through the very precise counting days of Daniel and
Revelation (3 1/2 days; 490 days; 1,150 days; 1,260 days, 1,290
days; 1,335 days). These counting days will be a guide to those
who by faith are willing to follow Jesus to the end through the
great trial, starting with the release of the Temple Mount from
the power of Islam--a time of great shaking, both physically and
spiritually.
 Over the last 100 years
or so, the world has been quietly marching around
the sun spinning towards the appointed time God ordain from before
the beginning of time. Now, the clock sits just before midnight
and the world at large is about to explode into chaos and turmoil
beyond the faculty of mind to fully imagine, but which tomorrow we
will surely face. From the conception of the future state of
Israel found in the Balfour Declaration delivered on November 2,
1917 we can add 100 full years; this takes us to November 2, 2018.
From the retaking of the Western Wall in June of 1967 during the
Six-Day War, we can add 50 full years; this takes us to June 2018.
When we consider the momentous day Israel became a nation again on
May 14, 1948 we discover the 70th year runs from May 14, 2018 to
May 14, 2019. All these time periods point to the years 2018 and
beyond as being the "years of focus", with 2019 as the
culminating period that completes Israel's 70th full year--the
moment that could bring us closer to ushering in of conflict with
Iran, Jerusalem's devastation, World War III and the starting
point of the counting periods of Bible prophecy in 2020.
The
rebirth of the nation of Israel and the epicenter of Bible
prophecy--the Temple Mount is the focus of the Hebrew prophets and
their ancient prophecies. Jerusalem's upcoming destruction will
lead to the eventual rebuilding of Jerusalem in times of trouble,
with at least part of the third temple structures restored. Sadly,
this restoration will pave the way for Antichrist to step onto the
Temple Mount and to set up his abominable idol that will usher in
God's trumpet and vial wrath and Armageddon. God promised, “In
those [last] days and at that time [appointed], when
I restore the fortunes of Judah [the Promised Land, Western Wall
and Temple Mount] and Jerusalem [back to the people of Israel],
I will gather all
nations and
bring them down to the Valley
of Jehoshaphat [for the battle of Armageddon].
There I will put them on trial for
what they did to My inheritance, My people Israel, because
they scattered My people among the nations and
divided up My land," Joel 3:1-2.
Keep
looking up,
Festival
Celebrations. The Next Matching Dates from 2020-2023 are in BOLD
The
Festival dates below are from Jewish sources. All Biblical
holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date shown. On
holidays marked "*" strict observers do not work.
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Year
2018
Thu./Fri.
1-2 March, 2018, Purim/Shushan Purim
Sat. 31 March, 2018, Passover*
Sun. 20 May, 2018, Shavuot*
Sun.
22 July, 2018, Tisha B’Av
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Jewish Year 5779
Mon. 10 September, 2018, Rosh Hashanah*
Wed. 19 September, 2018, Yom Kippur*
Mon. 24 September, 2018, Sukkot*
Sun. 2 December, 2018, Hanukkah
Year
2019
Thu./Fri.
21-22 March, 2019, Purim/Shushan Purim
Sat. 20 April, 2019, Passover*
Sun. 9 June, 2019, Shavuot*
Sun. 11 August, 2019, Tisha B’Av
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Jewish
Year 5780
Mon. 30 September, 2019, Rosh Hashanah*
Wed. 9 October, 2019, Yom Kippur*
Mon. 14 October, 2019, Sukkot*
Sun. 22 December, 2019, Hanukkah
Year
2020
Tue./Wed.
10-11 March, 2020, Purim/Shushan Purim
Thu. 9 April, 2020, Passover*
Fri. 29 May, 2020, Shavuot*
Thu. July 30, 2020, Tisha B’Av
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Jewish Year 5781
Sat. 19 September, 2020, Rosh Hashanah*
Mon. 28 September, 2020, Yom Kippur*
Sat. 3 October, 2020, Sukkot*
Thu. 10 December, 2020, Hanukkah
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Year
2021
Fri./Sun.
26/28 Feb, 2021, Purim/Shushan Purim
Sun. 28 March, 2021, Passover*
Mon. 17 May, 2021, Shavuot*
Sun. July 18, 2021, Tisha B’Av
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Jewish Year 5782
Tue. 7 September, 2021, Rosh Hashanah*
Thu. 16 September, 2021, Yom Kippur*
Tue. 21 September, 2021, Sukkot*
Sun. 28 November, 2021, Hanukkah
Year
2022
Thu./Fri.
17-18 March, 2022, Purim/Shushan Purim
Sat. 16 April, 2022, Passover*
Sun. 5 June, 2022, Shavuot*
Sun. 7 August, 2022, Tisha B’Av
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Jewish Year 5783
Mon. 26 September, 2022, Rosh Hashanah*
Wed. 5 October, 2022, Yom Kippur*
Mon. 10 October, 2022, Sukkot*
Sun. 18 December, 2022, Hanukkah
Year
2023
Tue./Wed..
11-12 March, 2023, Purim/Shushan Purim
Thu. 6 April, 2023, Passover*
Fri. 26 May, 2023, Shavuot*
Thu. 27 July, 2023, Tisha B’Av
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Jewish Year 5784
Sat. 16 September, 2023, Rosh Hashanah*
Mon. 25 September, 2023, Yom Kippur*
Sat. 30 September, 2023, Sukkot*
Thu. 7 December, 2023, Hanukkah
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