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THE 2300 DAYS OF DANIEL 8:14

On August 9 we looked at the 7^th seal in Revelation 8:1 and determined that it concerned the third great tribulation: ¹And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. In Luke 15: ⁷I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just per- sons, which need no repentance. From comparing Revelation 8:1 with Luke 15:7 we conclude that during the half an hour of silence, God doesn't save anyone in or out of the churches.

From Revelation 17:12 we determined that the great tribulation lasts for one hour: ¹²And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings (Satan in the churches with his false prophets; i.e., pseudo ministers of righteous as in 2 Corinthians 11:15), which have received no kingdom as yet; but re- ceive power as kings (in the congregations) one hour with the beast (Sa- tan). In Revelation 7: 9, 14 we have a great multitude, which no man could number, that came out of great tribulation as true believers (August 11). So God must save this great multitude during the last half hour of the great tribulation. Mathew 24:15-16 and Revelation 18:4 instruct us to abandon the churches; thus the great multitude must become saved out- side of them.

As we saw on August 11, Daniel 8:13-14 gives a 2300 day period that includes the transgression of desolation; i.e., the abomination of deso- lation of Matthew 24:15. Matthew 24:15 concerns the third great tribula- tion. Therefore so does Daniel 8:13-14: ¹³Then I heard one saint speak- ing, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? ¹⁴And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed (Daniel 8:13-14).

We know from August 11 how Daniel 8:13-14 defines the term, sanc- tuary. It does not mean the churches but rather everything outside of them. On January 31 we determined 1994 as a Jubilee year within the period of great tribulation. We also determined that the Jubilee year of 1994 no more marks the beginning of the third great tribulation than B.C. 1877 and B.C. 587 denote that of the first and second ones respec- tively. The question begs itself: whether or not these two thousand and three hundred days of Daniel 8:14 refers to the half an hour of silence of Revelation 8:1; and whether or not this half an hour of silence might end in 1994. After all, a Jubilee year releases the elect from bondage to sin and the debt (death) owed for their transgressions. Since at the end of the 2300 days the sanctuary is cleansed (in Daniel 8:14), we conclude this half an hour of silence does last for the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14 and ends sometime in 1994.

Twenty-three hundred days runs about 6.3 years and takes us back into 1988 when the church age ended and the third great tribulation began. But what day? Since the first Pentecost ushered in the church age, it seems reasonable that the day before Pentecost in 1988 ended it. We find corroboration in Exodus 12:41: The Jews escape the Egyptians exactly 430 years after Jacob entered Egypt to begin the last part of the first great tribulation: ⁴¹And 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.

From our calendar calculator, with April 1988 plugged in, we find that the 14^th of Nisan falls on Friday, April 1. Seven weeks later we come to Saturday, May 21, the day before Pentecost. Note that these dates fall on the same days as they did back in A.D. 33: they crucified Christ on Friday, April 1, the 14^th of the lunar month, Nisan. Therefore the church age that began in A.D. 33, May 22, lasted for exactly 1955 years to the very day (|33 – 1988| = 1955), ending on May 21, 1988.

Using the language of Exodus 12:41, we can write, And it came to pass at the end of the nineteen hundred and fifty five years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of the congregations. The comparison doesn't ring true in the sense that anyone knew—not yet—they must abandon the congregations. However the churches no longer held the true believers in bondage to their false gospels. As God released the Jews from Egyptian captivity, He freed the true believers from ecclesiastical apostasy—and from Satan who now resided in the churches. 

Daniel 8:14 tells us, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. Obviously 2300 days from May 21, 1988 sends us into 1994. But what day? We begin on May 21, 1988 and count 2300 days. With 1988 a leap year we calculate as follows.

366 – (31 (Jan) + 29 (Feb) + 31 (March) +
30 (April) + 20 (May)) (=141)
And 366 – 141 =…………………….225 days left over in 1988
5 x 365 (1989 to 1993) =…………..1825 days for 1989 - 1993
1992 is a leap year =.......................…….1 extra day in 1992.
Subtotal (inclusive) =…….................2051 days 5/21/88 to 12/31/93
2300 days – 2051 =…….…………….249 days left over for 1994
(31 (Jan) + 28 (Feb) + 31(March) +
30 (April) + 31 (May) +30 (June) +
31 (July) + 31 (Aug)) =……………… 243 days to Aug 31 of 1994
6 days brings us to September 6…………6 days in Sept of '94.
Total days in 1994 =…………………..249 days total for '94
Total: 2051 + 249 =………………….2300 days.
So 2300 from May 21, 1988 lands us on September 6, 1994. 

When we go to our calendar converter and plug in September 6, 1994 we get,

6 September 1994 corresponds to 1 Tishrei, 5755
Rosh Hashanah/ Tuesday

Interesting. 1 Tishri is a Jubilee day in a Jubilee month (in a Jubilee year).

To check our addition we can "Calculate duration between two dates" by pluggin in May 21, 1988 to and including September 6, 1994, and get:

From and including: Saturday, May 21, 1988
To and including: Tuesday, September 6, 1994
It is 2300 days from the start date to the end date, end date included
Or 6 years, 3 months, 17 days including the end date

From Leviticus 23:24 we know 1 Tishri is a Jubilee day in a Jubilee month: ²⁴ …In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets (shôpār i.e., ram's horn), an holy convocation.

Blowing of trumpets should have been translated as, Jubilee. On any other month the Jews blew the silver trumpets as a memorial to the burnt offering: Christ. But on 1 Tishri they sounded a loud blast with a ram's horn (shôpār) as a memorial of Christ as the Jubilee. Recall that Jesus was baptized on 1 Tishri 3790 (see January 19, 21) as a proclamation of His Word and escape from bondage to sin. Christ could then minister the Gospel for salvation. A similar situation exists on September 6, 1994 (1 Tishri 5755), when God again could bring the Gospel to His elect. But just as Christ had to wait for His baptism, God had to wait for the 2300 days (of Daniel 8:14), i.e., the half an hour of silence (of Revelation 8:1), to pass, when no one became saved. Matthew 24 describes that period when ²²…except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Those days shall be shortened to the 2300 days (of Daniel 8:14) from May 21, 1988 to September 6, 1994 or 1 Tishri 5755. Then God again begins saving the great multitude (of Revelation 7:9, 14) through the hearing of the Gospel (according to Romans 10:17). 

On February 4 we need to search for anything relating to the final half hour.

A DAY IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS

2 Peter 3:3-8 compares the Noachian flood to the end of the world: ³Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days (our end times) scoffers, walking after their own lusts, ⁴And 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. ⁵For this they willingly are igno- rant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: ⁶Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: ⁷But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word (the Bible) are kept in store, re- served unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. ⁸But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

We've certainly had our share of scoffers within the last decade (see February 5 for a supplement on the religion-science controversy). They agree as to a beginning of…creation; but according to Scripture they over estimate by several billion years.

The last verse (8), seemingly out of context, jolts us, as Scripture sud- denly addresses the elect (as beloved). He admonishes them to under- stand that one day is…as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. We wonder what a thousand years to a day has to do with anything.

The term last days in verse 3 and the day of judgment in verse 7 implies the end of the world. Verse 6 refers to the world…being overflowed with water, perished, and must refer to Noah. This great flood brought God's wrath and the end of the world for all but 8 people in the ark. So 2 Peter 3:5-7 compares the ungodly to the godly and the flood to the Day of Judgment, i.e., the end of the world.

Consider these two comparisons:
1: a day (a) compared to a thousand years (b), and
2: the flood (c) compared to the end of the world (d).

Suppose we compare 1 to 2 such that a is to c as b is to d. Then n day(s) is to the flood as 10³n year(s) is to the final holocaust. If we could find n = x days in reference to the flood then 10³x might give us the years to the end of the world. So we search for x; most likely in Genesis.

In Genesis 7 God instructs Noah to enter into the ark, saying, ⁴For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.  Then ¹⁰…it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

So a day is as a thousand years and we compare 7 days to the flood to 7 thousand years to the end of the world.

Genesis 9:11 promises never to destroy the earth again by water. But that doesn't exclude fire. In the language of Genesis 7:4 we can write: For yet seven thousand years, and I will bring fire (judgment) on the earth for 153 days and 153 nights (see September 13, 15 and Revelation 9:5, 10); and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Seven thousand years from B.C. 4990 brings us to 2011 (= -4990 + 7000 + 1. We add 1 because there is no year 0 on T2.)

Recall that on December 8 we defined the years, c, between two events, a, b, both occurring in B.C., as |a – b| = c. If we want the years, c, be- tween event a in B.C. and event b in A.D. the formula is |a – b| – 1 = c. We subtract 1 because of no year 0. If we want the years between event a and event b inclusive, in which we count a as well as b, then we add 1 to c.

The years from creation to the flood is (|-11013 – (-4990)| = 6023. In B.C. 4990 the world was 6023 years old or 6000 + 23 years when God poured out His wrath on humanity.

At the cross the world witnesses for a second time God's judgment as He poured out His wrath, not on mankind again, but on Christ on the cross. From the flood to the cross is |-4990 – 33| – 1 is 5022 and the inclusive years is 5022 + 1 = 5023 and 5023 = 5000 + 23.

From creation to the flood is 6000 + 23 years and from the flood to the cross is 5000 + 23 years (inclusive); in other words some whole number plus 23.

Suppose in 2011 God judges the world. Then from creation to the last day is 13,000 + 23 years (= |-11013 – 2011| – 1); again some whole number plus 23. From the great tribulation in 1988 to 2011 is 23 years (= |1988 – 2011|). So we see no reason to reject 2011 as the last year.

The number 23 must denote God's judgment. Numbers are words and words in Scripture have parabolic meaning.

If the first great tribulation lasted seven years, the second one for 70 years, then we might expect the years for the third great tribulation to have a factor of 7. But 23 years doesn't. However 23 x 365 + 5 extra days (for years 1092, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) is 8400 days and 8400 = 7 x 12 x 10² does have a factor of 7.

On February 2 and Daniel 8:14 we got 2300 days for the half hour of si- lence of Revelation 8:1. 8400 – 2300 = 6100. So 6100 days from Sep- tember 6, 1994 should give us the date for judgment day.

24 (Sept) + 31 (Oct) +
30 (Nov) + 31 (Dec) =….....116 for days remaining in 1998
16 x 365 =………………..5840 for years 1995 – 2010
4 leap years: 1996, 2000,
2004 and 2008 =….......………4
Subtotal……………………5960
6100 – 5960 =………………140 days remaining in 2011
31 (Jan) + 28 Feb +
31 (March) = 30 (April) =…..120
Subtotal =…………………..6080
140 – 120 =...…………….........20 days remaining in May
Total = ……………………...6100
So by May 21, 2011 we have 6100 days that have passed.

To check our addition we can "Calculate duration between two dates" and plug in September 7 1994 to May 20, 2011.

From and including: Wednesday, September 7, 1994
To and including: Friday, May 20, 2011
It is 6100 days from the start date to the end date, end date included
Or 16 years, 8 months, 14 days including the end date.

When we go to our calendar converter and plug in May 21, 2011 we get,

21 May 2011 corresponds to 17 Iyar, 5771
Shabbat Bechukotai

Interesting. We have May 21, 2011 falling on the second Jewish month (Iyar), the seventeenth day of the month. Now when we go to Genesis 7: ¹¹In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened…

May 21, 2011, Judgment Day, and the flood of B.C. 4990, also a day of judgment, both fall on the 17^th day of a 2^nd month. This "coincidence" proves too tempting not to run with it: i.e., the third great tribulation de- fined as 8400 days.

Of course Noah had a different calendar than the Hebrew one. Genesis 7:11 and 8:3-4 defines his timetable. ³And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. ⁴And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

From the seventeenth day of the 2^nd month to the seventeenth day of the 7^th month is exactly 5 months. One hundred and fifty days divided by five gives us 30 days per month versus 29.53059 days in the lunar calendar. This difference assures us that no one could have rigged these dates when writing the KJV. Only recently has anyone known about May 21, 2011.

The first great tribulation in Jacob's day lasted 7 years (1877 – 1870). Ja- cob went into Egypt two years after the 7 year famine began (Genesis 45:11); therefore the first period of the famine is 28.57%.

The Israelites had to go into Babylon in B.C. 587, but we've already de- termined from 2 Chronicles 35:20-24 that the second great tribulation began in B.C. 609 and lasted for 70 years; therefore the first part of the second great tribulation is 31.43%.

The third and final great tribulation of our day lasts 8400 days (1988 – 2011). We had to come out of the churches in 1988 and experience 2300 days of silence in heaven (Revelation 8:1) out of 8400 days; therefore the first part of the final great tribulation is 27.38%.

So we can compare 28.57%, 31.43%, 27.38% and note their proximity.

We conclude that the Rapture occurs on May 21, 2011. On February 7 we look at the final 153 days of Revelation 9:5, 10.

THE RELIGIOUS-SCIENCE CONTROVERSY

On February 4 we looked at 2 Peter 3: ³Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days (our end times) scoffers, walking after their own lusts, ⁴And 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.

No one can deny this prediction hasn't fulfilled itself. During the last de- cade we find more scoffers who urge us to give up our religion and em- brace science—their science. The following are only a few writers cash- ing in on a growing market for atheistic literature: Victor J. Stenger, GOD/ The Failed Hypothesis, "How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist." Sam Harris, The end of Faith, "Religion, Terror, and the Future of Rea- son." Daniel C. Dennett, Breaking the Spell, "Religion as a Natural Phe- nomenon." I could go on and on.

A few hundred years ago, beginning with the Enlightenment, religious fanatics condemned scientists and told them to shut up; now it's the other way around with secular piety denouncing religion. Though both groups mirror each other in clinging to their belief systems, they never got along very well. So how do we account for that?

Suppose Tweedledee and Tweedledum meet at the crossroads of life. The latter takes the "right road" to "truth" by attending a seminary. Tweedle- dee also takes the "true path:" he attends a university to become an evo- lutionist. He scoffs at Tweedledum both in and out of the classroom, es- pecially at beer parties. Tweedledum shakes his head ruefully and prays that Tweedledee will someday see the light.

Each institution constructs a suit of clothes for our two heroes; i.e., a mindset. Both guys identify with their new apparel that supposedly covers up ignorance, naivety and exposes what they wish the world to notice: astuteness, intelligence, dignity, goodness etc.

As Tweedledee and Tweedledum follow the correct road to enlighten- ment, their chosen paths become destined to cross. Each one sees the other as, well, one of the others. Suppose Tweedledee writes a book proving evolution. Then Tweedledum fears his clothes that previously demanded respect and seemed so sharp at Seminary have magically turned into a monkey suit. He's blown it and now people will see him as another Don Quixote, chasing windmills and making a damn fool of him- self. But what can he do? Unable to understand science, he can't play their game and "prove" evolution bypassed Tweedledee. Besides that would admit to what he wants the world to reject. Maybe that's why to- day we hear from scientists only. By now Tweedledum has learned to keep his mouth shut. He can't refute arcane scientific jargon that "proves" God isn't needed to create the world: stuff like, nothing is more than 50% unstable and therefore will eventually yield something. And the bumble- bee can't fly.

Of course it works the other way around. If Tweedledum becomes an- other Jonathan Edwards then Tweedledee writes a book "proving" Tweedledum is a bullshit artist and only a brainless wonder would listen to him. Tweedledee doesn't need to know anything about religion to make a jackass out of his nemeses. He leaves that to T.V. evangelists like Bish- op Sheen, Norman Vincent Peale and Billy Graham, who could've fur- thered the Christian cause better by keeping their mouths shut and their pens in their pockets. They get away with what they do because they're such great entertainers; (they'd better be if they care about their contract with the networks); and the U.S. government needs them more than ever these days. Comedians keep peoples' minds off what politicians are up to.

These clashing identities will never change. Put a preacher and atheistic scientist together and we have two women at a party each wearing the same style dress. That's why we'll always have scoffers. The religious fan- atics had their turn; today scientists have the ball.

THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF THE WORLD

February 4 left us with God rapturing the elect on May 21, 2011. Now safe and secure in heaven, they no longer reside on earth. God then pours out His wrath like in Noah's day on those left behind. Just as the LORD shut him in (Noah in Genesis 7:16), and shut out everyone else, God closes the door on the unsaved, leaving them stranded. Christ suffering God's fury on the cross demonstrated what happens to them. They have no hope. Those in the churches, having been assured of their salvation, wonder why God has forsaken them. Mark 13:24-25 refers to these e- vents.

²⁴…in those days, after that (the) tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,²⁵And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers…in heaven shall be shaken.

The sun represents Christ that, now darkened, no longer saves anyone. The moon not giving her light refers to God's law that now only con- demns. The stars denote those thinking their church attendance saved them (see September 6), except after May 21, 1988 (see February 2) God no longer utilized any church (see August 9). The phrase, in those days, after that (the)tribulation, implies we have some days left after May 21, 2011. We wish to know how long this period lasts.

In Genesis 7:11 and 8:4 the great flood lasted 5 months.¹¹In the six hun- dredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened… and ⁴…the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the moun- tains of Ararat.

From the second month, the seventeenth day of the month to the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, is exactly five months. If we project that as a possibility for the second time God judges the world we go from May 21 to October 21, 2011.

When we go to "calculate duration between dates" and plug in May 21, 2011 to October 21, 2011, we get:

From and including: Saturday, May 21, 2011
To, but not including : Friday, October 21, 2011
It is 153 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the
end date
Or 5 months excluding the end date

Eleven days in May + 30 in June + 31 in July + 31 in August + 30 in September + 20 in October adds up to 153.

So far we've only speculated from Genesis 7:11, 8:4 that the period in question lasts 153 days. On September 1 we began looking at Revelation 9 that concerns this period. Revelation 9:5, 10 assures us it lasts five months: ⁵And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the tor- ment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man... ^6…10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months…

The serpent represents church leaders who misguided everyone with lies concerning their salvation. On September 13 we researched the word tor- ment: besides physical pain from a giant earthquake (of Revelation 6:12, 8:5, 11:13, 19, 16:18), continuing false assurance, like before, come from the churches. But everyone must die with no hope of any conscious exis- tence again. Awareness of such a fate only aggravates physical suffering.

They also suffer the shame of execution by their creator, as mentioned in Revelation 16: ¹⁵Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. God comes as a thief for those who ⁵…willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: ⁶Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished (2 Peter 3).

When we search Scripture for the number 153 we come to John 21:1-11. On August 13 we saw that the disciples catch fish (the elect) but in this case they don't haul the fish into boats (congregations) because this his- torical parable refers to after the church age. ³…They… entered into a ship…and that night they caught nothing. ⁴But …when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: Christ tells them to ⁶…Cast the net on the right side…They cast therefore, and…they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Then ^7…Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three…

A human author most likely would've just said Peter hauled in many fish and not given an exact amount. But on certain numbers God imputes met- aphoric meaning. 153 = 3² x 17. The number 3 represents God's purpose: the rapture of His witnesses (2). So the parabolic meaning of 17 is heav- en.

The 153 fish represent the great multitude of Revelation 7, 9, 14 that God saves in our day (see August 11): ⁹After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; ^10…14…These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

God saves this great multitude before the 153 days of Revelation 9 begin; i.e., between September 6, 1994 and May 21, 2011—not afterwards.

When we go to our calendar convertor and plug in October 21, 2011, we get,

21 October 2011 corresponds to 23 Tishrei, 5772
Simchat Torah
Friday

To understand the significance of 23 Tishri on February 9 we have to look at the feast of tabernacles.

THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

On February 7 we determined that the last day of the world's existence, October 21, 2011, falls on 23 Tishri, 5772. To verify this date and under- stand its significance we have to look at the main feast days of ancient Is- rael, particularly the feast of tabernacles and the dedication of Solomon's temple.

Three main feast days of ancient Israel pointed to significant events in the N.T. Exodus 23 gives us an outline: ¹⁴Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. ¹⁵Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread (the feast of the Passover): (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib (Nisan); for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) ¹⁶And the feast of harvest (The second feast, the feast of weeks or Pente- cost), the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering (The third feast, the feast of tabernacles or booths), which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

The Passover (Leviticus 23:4-16) began on the 14^th of Nisan and lasted for 7 days. It represented Christ freeing His elect from the bondage of Egypt that represented sin. They crucified Christ, as the Passover lamb, on A.D. 33, Nisan 14.

The next feast day occurs fifty days after the seventh day Sabbath fol- lowing the Passover (Leviticus 23:17-22). On Pentecost—A.D. May 22, 33—God ushered in the church age by saving 3 thousand souls (Acts 2:41). Both the Passover and Pentecost point to Christ as the savior of His elect.

The third feast day, the feast of tabernacles (or booths), begins on the 15^th of the seventh lunar month (Leviticus 23:33-43) and runs for 7 days. It ends on the 22^nd day, which, as we'll see, includes the 23^rd day. Though the feast of tabernacles occurs in the 7^th month, it raps up the final har- vest and therefore comes at the end of the year agriculturally speaking and as God refers to it in Exodus 23:16.

This final harvest has spiritual meaning both for the unsaved and the saved. Matthew 13 tells how God annihilates the former and harvests the latter into His kingdom: ³⁰ …in the time of harvest I will say to the reap- ers, Gather ye together first the tares (the unsaved in the churches; see July 7), and bind them in bundles to burn them (in the lake of fire of Rev-elation 20:14, 15): but gather the wheat (the saved) into my barn. So the feast of tabernacles or booths celebrates the final harvest of the elect that God raptures at the end of the year (Exodus 23:16).

Matthew 17:1-9 (also Luke 9:28-36) describes what happens on the Mount of Transfiguration and associates the feast of tabernacles with the Rapture: ¹And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, ²And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his rai- ment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.⁴Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

Here we have four Disciples of Christ from the N.T. as well as Moses and Elijah from the O.T. These six represent those whom God has saved throughout time. The mountain refers to God's kingdom for the elect. So Matthew 17:1-9 and Luke 9:28-36 give us a picture of the rapture on May 21, 2011. That Peter says, let us make…three tabernacles associates the rapture with the feast of tabernacles.

In the third month of B.C. 1447, after the Israelites fled Egypt, they came to Mount Sinai in Arabia where God commanded Moses to build a taber- nacle (Exodus 19:1). 1 Samuel 1:9 shows that God can refer to this porta- ble tent as the temple: ⁹…Now Eli the priest (in Shiloh: Joshua 18:1) sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. This tabernacle/tem- ple typifies the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 3:16 see also January 17). The ark in the most holy place (Exodus 26:33; 1 Kings 8:6; 2 Chronicles 5:7) signified that God resided there (Leviticus 16:2). Without the ark the tabernacle was just another tent with no spiritual significance.

When we consult our calendar we get

9945 to 9946:…. …….Philistines capture ark in…...……..1068;
                                        The tabernacle ends…………...…..1068 - 1067

When the Philistines took the ark, they in principle destroyed the temple because God no longer dwelt there. (See supplement: February 10.) Therefore this tabernacle lasted for 380 (= |-1447 – (-1067)|) years. In 1 Samuel 6:1-18 the Philistines, having had more trouble than they bar- gained for with the ark, return it to the Israelites.

Then a 100 and 380 years later we get from our calendar,

10046 to 10053……..…Solomon builds the temple…..........967 – 960
10426………..................Babylon destroys Jerusalem,
                                          Including the temple and the ark…..587

Everything about the tabernacle (except the dates) pertains to Solomon's temple. It too contained the ark in the most holy place, where only the high priest could enter once a year on the day of atonement (10 Tishri). Because Babylon destroyed the ark in B.C. 587, the temple built by Ne- hemiah and Herod (The Great) later on did not contain the very essence of God. So the temple no longer represented the body of Christ. That hon- or fell on the churches beginning in A.D. 33. As with the tabernacle, Solo- mon's temple also lasted 380 (|-967 – (-587)|) years. Like so many other "coincidences" we've stumbled over, these 380 years in both cases doesn't hurt the conditional of our hypothesis: that God created time as a grid work for significant events.

The tabernacle and Solomon's temple represented the kingdom of God. The feast of tabernacles commemorated the final harvest of the elect at the end of the year. Therefore the completion and dedication of Solo- mon's temple occurred during the feast of tabernacles. ¹Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solo- mon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. ³Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month (2 Chronicles 5).

The silver and… gold represent all the elect brought into the body of Christ. The feast refers to the marriage feast of Revelation 19:7-9: ⁷Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb (Christ) is come, and his wife (God's elect) hath made herself ready. ⁸And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. ⁹And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called (elected to salvation before the foundation of the world: Ephesians 1:4) unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Recall we got October 21, 2011 by adding the five months of Revelation 9:5, 10 to May 21, 2011. Given all the above, we'd expect October 21, 2011 or Tishri 23, 5772 to fall on the last day of the feast of tabernacles. So we need to determine when the feast of tabernacles actually ended. According to 2 Chronicles, ⁹…in the eighth day they made a solemn as- sembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. So we have a total of 14 days: the dedication of the altar (Christ) from the 8^th day to the 14^th day, then on ³⁴The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD (Leviticus 23). Seven days for the dedication of the alter and seven days for the feast of tabernacles makes fourteen days total.

After the dedication of the temple, Solomon ¹⁰on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month…sent the people away into their tents (2 Chronicles 7). 1 Kings 8 also gives us the end of this feast: ⁶⁵ …Solo- mon held a feast… seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. ⁶⁶ On the eighth day he sent the people away… Since they began the feast on the fifteenth day the eighth day would fall on the twenty-second day that Solomon sent the people away (according to Kings 8:66). But according to 2 Chronicles 7:10, Solomon sent the people away into their tents…on the three and twentieth day. So we have an apparent contradiction in violation of Presupposition 1.

However in Leviticus 23: ³⁹ …in the fifteenth day of the seventh month …ye shall keep a feast…seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. So Scripture defines the fif- teenth and the twenty-second day of the seventh month as a Sabbath. And ³⁰…whatsoever soul…doeth any work in that…day (any Sabbath; in our case the 15^th and 22^nd day of the seventh month; not the seventh day Sabbath), the same soul will I destroy…³¹Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwel- lings (Leviticus 23).

This manner of work in Leviticus 23:30 includes traveling a long distance (Exodus 16:29). Acts 1 defines a Sabbath day's journey: ¹²Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusa- lem a sabbath day's journey. So Solomon sent the people away on the eighth day in 1 Kings 8:66 on a Sabbath day. But they could not return home—from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt (1 Kings 8:65)—because that would mean traveling much farther than the half mile to the mount called Olivet. The people couldn't leave until the three and twentieth day, according to 2 Chronicles 7:10, even though Solomon sent the people away on the twenty-second day (in 1 Kings 8:66).

Therefore though 1 Kings 8:26 defines the last day of the feast of taber- nacles as the twenty-second day, this "last day" includes the twenty-third day of Tishri.

Now we can begin to understand the significance of October 21, 2011. On February 5 we went to our calendar converter and got,

21 October 2011 corresponds to 23 Tishrei, 5772
Simchat Torah
Friday

Tishri 23 is the last day of the feast of tabernacles when everyone can return home after the Sabbath (Tishri 22). Solomon's dedication of the temple represents the harvest of true believers on May 21, 2011 (accord- ing to Revelation 11:11-12). The following five months spells death for anyone remaining on earth (according to Revelation 9, 14:11, as de- scribed in Deuteronomy 28:15-68; see also September 10). The elect do not have to witness the holocaust and wait until October 21, 2011. On Tishri 23, 5772, at the end of the year (Exodus 23:16), God burns up the universe (2 Peter 3:7, 10) in the lake of fire (of Revelation 20: 14, 15), which of course includes the non elect (according to Matthew 13:30).

We now have the Biblical timeline: from B.C. 11013 to A.D. October 21, 2011 (now confirmed) for a total of 13023 years (= |-11013 – 2011| – 1). On February 11 we show how the parable of the fig tree corroborates our conclusion that the Rapture comes so soon rather than several thousand years from now.

THE END OF THE TABERNACLE

From February 9 and our calendar we have,

9945 to 9946….Philistines capture ark in………….1068 
                            the tabernacle ends…………...…....1068 - 1067

Exactly one hundred years would pass before Solomon began building the temple that would house the ark. The ending of the tabernacle repre- sented the finishing off of the church age and a period of great tribulation.

Back in 1068, in 1 Samuel 4:1-2, the Israelites go up against the Philis- tines and lose about four thousand men. That night, while licking their wounds, the Jews get a bright idea: to ³…fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

The Jews thought that by bringing the ark to the front line of battle they couldn't lose. But like the Bible, the ark represented God Himself and was to be treated accordingly. The ark belonged behind the veil in the most holy section of the tabernacle. No one could go in there except the in- cumbent priest on the Day of Atonement. Even then strict rules applied (see July 30). They weren't allowed to touch the ark (2 Samuel 6:6-8) or even look into it (1 Samuel 6:19), more less remove it. The Bible doesn't go into how the Jews could have carried out such an outrageous sacrilege. But they did and the worst possible outcome followed: ¹⁰…the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.¹¹And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.

Having been a judge for forty years, Eli died on hearing what happened. Samuel would then act as the last judge for the next 20 years.

The Philistines take the ark to Ashdod and many die from emerods—either hemorrhoids or malignant boils. Attributing such misfortune to the ark, they remove it to Gath (1 Samuel 5:6-8) with the same consequences. They had good reason to blame their troubles on the ark. When in Ash- dod they brought it into the house of their god, Dagon. Over the next two nights the idol winds up destroyed (1 Samuel 5:1-5). The Philistines then bring the ark to Ekron (1 Samuel 5:10) about 11 miles away, again with the same fatalities, only more severe with outright panic. After seven months of this misfortune they return the ark to the Israelites.

The ending of the tabernacle in 1067 represents a period of great tribula- tion. When the Philistines took the ark they destroyed the tabernacle because in principle God no longer dwelt there. In the land of Canaan Jacob and his family represented those God saved. During the first great tribulation in B.C. 1877 they left that land to the heathen or tares, which was a picture of God and the wheat leaving the churches beginning in 1988. In B.C. 587 Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple and the ark for the gold. Those representing God's people had to leave for Babylon. In 1988 God no longer remained in the congregations as the Savior but as the judge and the true believers had to leave. Therefore this theft of the ark and end of the tabernacle in B.C. 1067—like the end of Canaan, the temple and churches—mirrored a period of great tribulation.

THE FIG TREE

On February 7 we verified that the last day of the world lands on October 21, 2011. The parable of the fig tree corroborates our conclusion—that the end arrives so soon.

In certain contexts, such as Micah 4:4, Luke 21:29 and John 1:48 the fig tree represents Christ. But Mark 13, Luke 13 and Matthew 24 use the fig tree to mean national Israel as defined in Hosea 9: ¹⁰I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time… Joel 1:7 refers to Israel as a fig tree under judgment: ⁷He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: Jeremiah 24:2, 3 refers to good and evil figs that can only refer to the Israelites: ² One bas- ket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. ³Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eat- en, they are so evil (Jeremiah 24).

Matthew 24 and Mark 13 concern the end times: i.e., after ²there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down ( Mark 13:2. See July 21 concerning the end of the church age). In Mark 13 the apostles come to Christ imploring him to ⁴Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? Christ obliges them: from verses 5 to 13 He warns of false prophets, here- sies and suffering. In verse 10 He prophesizes that ¹⁰…the gospel must…be published among all nations. Verses 14-23 warn of Satan ruling in the churches and eliminating the true believers. Verses 24-27 jump ahead to the final 153 days, then verses 28-29 backtrack to the fig tree coming into leaf once more.

Matthew 24:32, Mark 13:28-29, and Luke 13:6-9 predicts the end times shortly after Israel reemerges as a nation.

Matthew 24: ³²Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves (becomes a nation in 1948), ye know that summer (the harvest beginning September 6, 1994 and ending May 21, 2011) is nigh: ³³So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Mark 13: ²⁸ Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: ²⁹So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Luke 13: ⁶…A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. ⁷Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? ⁸And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also (for 1948), till I shall dig about it, and dung it: ⁹And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

The Roman Titus wiped Israel out in A.D. 70. For the Jews to again put- teth forth leaves near the end times means Israel would have to regroup almost two thousand years later; otherwise they could not fulfill the pro- phecies of Mark 13:28-29 and Matthew 24:32-33. But nowhere do we read of a displaced population, vanquished and dispersed abroad, be- coming a nation in their own homeland after such a long time. But on May 14, 1948 Israel did just that—in spite of Arabian, Lebanese, Syrian, Egyptian, Transjordan and Palestinian neighbors trying to eliminate them from day one on. Their efforts only brought into Israel tens of thousands more to defend their homeland. Indeed Israel grew into full leaf.

Matthew 24: ³²Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: Since history proves the first part right—that Israel would again become a na- tion—we might as well look at the rest of Matthew 24:32; i.e., …that summer is nigh

Jeremiah 8:20 defines summer (beginning in 1994) as the time of harvest: ²⁰The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. But Christ returns right after the final harvest (Exodus 23:16, 34:22; 2 Samuel 21:9; Proverbs 20:4; Isaiah 17:11; Jeremiah 8:20). In fact in Matthew 13: ³⁹…the harvest is the end of the world… As prophesized in Ecclesiastes 8:5 and 1 Thessalonians 5:4, once the elect see the fig tree in leaf, they will know the encroaching end because they …are not in darkness, that that day should overtake…(them) as a thief.

After 1948, when summer is nigh, we would anticipate the next Jubilee year as most significant. The previous Jubilee, before Israel became a nation, was 1944 (|-1407 – 1944| – 1 = 3350 = 67 x 50). So the next Ju- bilee year, 1994 (= 1944 + 50) begins the harvest and supports what we've already figured out on January 31: the 1290 days of Daniel 12:11 determined 1994 as the year that ends the half hour of silence in Revela- tion 8:1 and God begins saving the great multitude of Revelation 7:9, 14.

We can further corroborate Biblical prophecies concerning Israel. Be- sides those of Mark 13:28-29 and Matthew 24:32-33, Scripture predicted that Israel would always reject Christ as God. Again Scripture proves it- self true. Despite the influence Jesus had on the world, the Jews don't even accept Him as one of their own.

Mark 13:28-29 and Luke 13:6-9 proclaim Israel will bear leaves, but not fruit. In Mark 11: ¹²And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he (Christ) was hungry (for Israel to turn to him for salvation (Matthew 23:37; Luke 19:41 – 44)): ¹³And seeing a fig tree afar off (some 1900 years in the future) having leaves (i.e., Israel was a viable nation in 1948) he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs (1994) was not yet. ¹⁴And Jesus answered and (repeating the curse al- ready given in Isaiah 6:10, 11) said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. Also in Mathew 21: ¹⁹And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered (xērainō) away.

Scripture defines the word, wither (xērainō), as damnation. In Mark 4: ⁶…when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root (Christ), it withered (xērainō) away, meaning the plant represented an unsaved condition. Also in Mark 9:17, the son (unsaved) which hath a dumb spirit would pineth away (xērainō) in Mark 9:18. In Ezekiel 24: ²³ …ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniqui- ties… We find this conclusion backed up in Jude 1: ¹²These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves with- out fear: clouds they are without water (the Gospel), carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth (xērainō), without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots.

Isaiah 6 gives us more of the same sad news concerning Israel: ¹⁰Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and under- stand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. ¹¹Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabi- tant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate (i.e., until the end of the great tribulation on May 21, 2011).

Matthew 13:14-15 refers back to Isaiah 6:10-11, assuring us that the latter doesn't refer to just the O.T. Israel will remain in unbelief until the end of time, which precludes any thousand year reign: ¹⁴And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: ¹⁵For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

We have the same prediction in Acts 28: ²⁵And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, ²⁶ Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

A thematic analysis of Mark 11:11-21 shows Israel will never turn to Christ, receive any more blessings, and that 1948 points to end time events.

In Mark 11:11 Christ leaves the temple and the city at evening, i.e., in darkness, when ¹⁰…if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him (John 11). That suggests that Christ gave up on the Jews such that He won't ¹⁸…open their eyes, and…turn them from dark- ness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may re- ceive forgiveness of sins (Acts 26).

When Christ hung on the cross in three hours of darkness, God kicked Satan out of heaven (John 12:31; Luke 10:18; Revelation 12:9). Also in Luke 23: ⁴⁴…it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth… ⁴⁵And…the veil of the temple was rent in the midst, which means God no longer dwelt in the temple. Therefore that Christ left Jeru-salem in spiritual darkness means He would never give the Jews a new heart and spirit (Ezekiel 36:26) such that they would honor Him, which explains why Christ weeps over Jerusalem in Matthew 23:37 and Luke 13:34.

In Mark 11:15-17 Christ kicks the money changers and sellers of doves out of the temple, i.e., out of the body of Christ (John 2:21) thus He leaves them in damnation.

In Mark 11:19 Christ again goes out of the city at evening.

In Mark 11:20-21 we read that the fig tree had withered (xērainō) away.

So Christ walks out on the Jews, leaving them in spiritual darkness, i.e., without God; in fact He kicks them out of the body of Christ (the temple) with a curse such that national Israel (the fig tree) will never acknowledge the true Gospel. Therefore God cursing the fig tree is only one element of the same theme running throughout Mark 11:11-21.

That Israel will never accept Christ refutes the belief that God will some- day reign from Jerusalem for a thousand years. We deal with that myth on February 14.

A THOUSAND YEAR REIGN?

Some Bible students interpret the thousand years of Revelation 20:1-7 as a literal number. They think Christ will reign during some future millenni- um from Jerusalem. Because such an interpretation doesn't square with our timeline, we need to look at it.

The term thousand years of Revelation 20:2, 3, 5, 7 is a symbolical and finite number; i.e., the 1955 years of the church age. The thousand years of Revelation 20:4, 6 is infinite in which the elect dwell with God in eter- nity. Note how you can interpret Revelation 20:1-7 from both viewpoints: (1) Christ will someday reign on earth for a thousand years; (2) verses 2, 3, 5, 7 refer to the church age while verses 4, 6 refer to eternity. We can only accept (2) because (1) won't square with the rest of Scripture.

Revelation 20: ¹And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years (beginning in A.D. 33 according to (2); not at some future date, according to (1)), ³And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years (the church age, according to (2), not after some future millennium according to (1)) should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season (for the great tribulation ac- cording to (2); not at the end of some future millennium according to (1)). ⁴And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them (in eternity, according to (2); not in Jerusalem, according to (1)), and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded (so they can't still be physically alive in Jerusalem, according to (1)) for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years (i.e., for eternity, according to (2)). ⁵But the rest of the dead (the unsaved, spir- itually dead, but physically alive) lived not again (i.e., were not saved as yet) until the thousand years (the church age) were finished. This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resur- rection (i.e., given a new soul while still physically alive): on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years (i.e., forever, accord- ing to (2)). ⁷And when the thousand years (church age) are expired (to expire means we're back in time, according to (2)), Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.

Revelation 20:1-3 deal with the binding of Satan for the duration of the church age. That the thousand years should be fulfilled in Revelation 20:3 implies an ending to something. To end something (the church age) means it must exist in time rather than eternity.

In Revelation 20:4 the souls of them that were beheaded no longer reside in time on earth, but in eternity. God has shifted ahead, beginning May 21, 2011; the thousand years refers to eternity when the elect lived and reigned with Christ (fore ever as in Genesis 13:15 or everlasting(ly) in Genesis 17:8). The number 10 in Scripture signifies completion; the num- ber 3 refers to God's purpose. The number 10³ in Revelation 20:4 refers to God's complete purpose regarding His elect in eternity.

That the thousand years were finished in verse 5 can't refer to eternity as does the thousand years of verse 4. The thousand years in Revelation 20:5 refers to that in Revelation 20:2, 3; i.e., the church age. The rest of the dead refer to those who haven't yet been saved in the churches, but will become saved during the latter half of the great tribulation; i.e., after the thousand years of the church age. When they become saved with a new soul they experience the first resurrection and join the great multi- tude of Revelation 7:9 that God saves between September 6, 1994 and May 21, 2011. That they lived not again refers to the time back in Eden, before man rebelled against God. At that time the whole human race in principle was alive (spiritually) in the loins of Adam. When Adam sinned man died: ²²For as in Adam all die (1 Corinthians 15). The elect become alive again at the first resurrection (of Revelation 20: 5-6); i.e., the mo- ment God gives them a resurrected soul before their physical death.

The thousand years of Revelation 20:6 is infinite, as in Revelation 20:4, because the saved reign with Christ in eternity.

That the thousand years (church age) are expired in Revelation 20:7 means we're back in time; i.e., the thousand years refers back to the end of the church age, when God allows Satan to infiltrate the congregations. Satan is loosed a little season for the period of the great tribulation.

Those who believe in this thousand year reign on earth confuse Genesis 12:7, 5:18, and 24:7 with Genesis 13. According to them God at some fu- ture date will pour out great blessing on Israel in fulfillment of what they call an "Abrahamic Covenant." This interpretation (1) of Revelation 20:1-7, if true, would shoot down our end time of A.D. 2011. Therefore to complete Part 2 we check out such verses. On February 16 we look at God's covenant with Abraham in Genesis 12:7, 5:18, 24:7 and Genesis 13.

GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM

On February 14 we looked at Revelation 20:1-7 and saw how it attributes two different meanings to the thousand years. The thousand years in vers- es 2, 3, 5, and 7 is symbolical and refers to the 1955 years of church his- tory; the thousand years in verses 4 and 6 is infinite and refers to what goes on eternally in heaven. In Revelation 20:

¹...I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottom- less pit and a great chain in his hand. ²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, ³And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thou- sand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. ⁴And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. ⁵But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thou- sand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. ⁷And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison.

As stated on February 14: some Bible students challenge our timeline by attributing to Revelation 20:1-7 a thousand year reign on earth. As God rules from Jerusalem this alleged millennium supposedly fulfills what they call an "Abrahamic covenant." Genesis 12:7, 15:18-21, 24:7, 13:14-16, Ezekiel 37:21-25 and Romans 11:25-26 may seem to confirm this false notion. Therefore we deal with these verses here and on February 18.

Genesis 12:7, 15:18-21 and 24:7 refers to the physical land of Canaan. The land in Genesis 13:14-16 pertains to the elect in heaven, not anything going on in our world.

In Genesis 12:7, 15:18-21, and 24:7, God promised the physical land of Canaan to Abram's progeny—not to Abram himself: ⁷…the LORD ap- peared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land (Genesis 12). ¹⁸…the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land (Genesis 15). ⁷The LORD God…sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land (Genesis 24). These verses refer to the physical land of Canaan.

While the seed in Genesis 12:7, 15:18 and 24:7 refer to Abram's progeny (not Abraham, Isaac or Jacob), Genesis 13 defines Abram's seed as Christ and the elect in their inheritance of God's eternal kingdom. Note that in this case God gives the land to Abram himself and his seed for ever—not to the Israelites: ¹⁴And the LORD said unto Abram…Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: ¹⁵For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. ¹⁶And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

That this kingdom lasts for ever in Genesis 13:15 refers to the infinite thousand years of Revelation 20:4, 6. That Abram and his seed (Christ) inherit the land… for ever has to mean God's eternal kingdom, i.e., the new heaven and new earth of Revelation 21:1. Galatians 3:16 defines this seed in Genesis 13:16 as Christ, ¹⁶…And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:29 defines the seed as the elect. ²⁹And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise (that God makes in Genesis 13:14-16). So Abraham's seed in Genesis 13:14-16 refers to Christ and the elect, not all of the Israelites as in Genesis 12:7, 15:18 and 24:7. Therefore Genesis 13:14-16 can't mean anything by the eastern Mediterranean that the Jews acquire forever, or even for a thou- sand years.

Genesis 17 begins with God's covenant with Abraham and the elect—not a return of Christ to glorify Israel. ¹…I am the Almighty God; walk be- fore me…²And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. Romans 4:11 designates Abraham, the first one circumcised, as the father of all them that believe; i.e., the elect, after God circumcises their heart (according to Deuteronomy 30:6) and draws them to the faith of Christ (John 6:44). Therefore Genesis 17:1 refers to the elect—not the Israelites—that God will multiply.

We find the eternality of Genesis 13:15 (¹⁵For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.) emphasized as ever- lasting in Genesis 17: ⁸And I will give unto thee (Abraham), and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Ca- naan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Canaan in Genesis 17:8 stands for God's eternal kingdom that …is not of this world (John 18:36). Genesis 17:8 refers to Abraham as a stranger be- cause he never inherits the physical land. In Genesis 23:4 Abraham, in order to bury his dead wife, Sarah, tells the sons of Heth, ⁴I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace (in the land of Canaan) with you.

In Genesis 14 God tells Abraham, ⁴As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Abraham's many nations refer to God's elect through the righteousness of faith (Christ) in Romans 4:13. These elect come from everywhere, not just Israel: in Gen- esis 28 God tells Abraham, ¹⁴…thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: …in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

This spiritual inheritance remains unconditional in contrast to God's stip- ulations on the Jews in Canaan. The Assyrian destruction of Israel in B.C. 709, that of Judah by Babylon in B.C. 587, and that of Jerusalem by Rome in A.D. 70 testify to the Hebrews' precarious status.

Joshua 21:43-45 and Nehemiah 9:7-8 confirm that God has already ful- filled his covenant made in Genesis 12:7, 15:18-21 and 24:7 and owes the Jews nothing more. In Joshua 21: ⁴³…the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. ⁴⁴And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. ⁴⁵There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

And in Nehemiah 9: ⁷Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram… ⁸…and…madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebu- sites, and the Girgashites, to give it…to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: In this case his seed refers to all of Israel.

We can still maintain that Revelation 20:1-7 does not predict a thousand year reign on earth. The year 1948 and the parable of the fig tree support 1988, 1994 and 2011 as end time events.

On February 18 we look at the prophecy of Ezekiel 37:21-25 and Romans 11:25-26.

THE PROPHECY OF ROMANS 11 AND EZEKIEL 37

This post will complete our discussion of the fig tree begun on February 11. Readers sometimes think Romans 11:26 and Ezekiel 37:21-25 show how God plans further blessings for Israel. While Mark 13:28-29 predicts the Jews will again form a nation (in 1948; see February 11), Romans 11:25 prophesizes they will never accept Christ: ²⁵For I would not, breth- ren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. ²⁶And so all Israel (the elect) shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Israel in Romans 11:25 (blindness in part is happened to Israel) refers to the nation as a whole. With few exceptions they will remain in blindness until May 21, 2011. Romans 11:26 appears to contradict Romans 11:25. While the latter says Israel will never accept Christ, the former says all Israel shall be saved. But Romans 11:26 doesn't refer to all Israelites, as does the term Israel in Romans 11:25. Romans 9 assures us God saves only a remnant: ²⁷Esaias… crieth… Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved. In Mark 13:22 the scribes that blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never for- giveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: In John 8 Christ tells them, ⁴⁴Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. Except for Nicodemus in John 3 we have no evidence that God saved any of these scribes or Pharisees. Also Judas, one of Christ's disci- ples, was never saved (Matthew 26:24). Today the nation as a whole doesn't even admit Christ as one of their own. Therefore not all of na- tional Israel shall be saved.

Some readers take the phrase all Israel shall be saved to conclude God will heap future blessings on physical Israel. But we have to let the Bible define the word all (according to Corollary 3c; see June 12): in 1 Corin- thians 15: ²²For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. The first use of the word all includes the whole human race; in Adam's rebellion every human being died spiritually. The second use of the word all must refer to God's elect only; otherwise everybody would become saved contrary to Matthew 7:21, 8:12, 22:13, 24:29, Mark 13:25, Luke 13:28, Revelation 6:15-16, 20:12 and many other verses. We have the same structure in Romans 11:25-26. Romans 11:25 pertains to the nation of Israel as a whole; in Romans 11:26 the word all means either all of the elect or every Hebrew destined for salvation. We conclude Ro- mans 11:26 can't mean the nation of Israel will enjoy any future blessings.

Some Bible students argue that Ezekiel 37:21-25 claims Christ will return some day and bestow on Israel what we have yet to see. But they misin- terpret Ezekiel 37:21-25 the same way they do Revelation 20:1-7 (see February 14) and conclude the former complements the latter in describ- ing a thousand year reign on earth.

²¹…Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel (the elect, not the physical nation of Israel) from among the heathen (the non elect), whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land (heaven): ²²And I will make them one na- tion (the kingdom of God) in the land upon the mountains (God's king- doms) of Israel; and one king (Christ) shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations (the kingdom of Satan and that of God), neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: ²³Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols (false gospels), nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them (i.e., God will wash away their sins): so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. ²⁴And David (Christ) my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd (Christ): they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. ²⁵And they shall dwell in the land (heaven) that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell there- in, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David (Christ) shall be their prince for ever.

Ezekiel 37:21-25 doesn't mean the actual nation of Israel or their physical land. The phrase in verse 22—…neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms (or two nations) any more…—can't refer to the splitting of Is- rael back in B.C. 931; the two nations refer to the kingdom of Satan and the kingdom of God.

The word Israel in Ezekiel 37:21-25 means Prince of God; the term refers to those whom God predestined for salvation. The language of Ezekiel 37:21-25—such as, I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them—refers to the salvation of the elect. To bring them into their own land… doesn't mean the land of Canaan, but rather the land that I have given unto Jacob…where David (Christ) shall be their prince for ever. God didn't give the physical land of Canaan to Jacob; he died in Goshen, Egypt (See June 21, October 18 and Acts 7:15). Moreover that land by the Mediterranean can't last for ever; according to 2 Peter 3:10 God burns it up along with everything else on October 21, 2011 (see February 7).

Ezekiel 36:24-38 complements Ezekiel 37:21-25 in explaining what God does in saving His people. In Ezekiel 36:24, 28: ²⁴…I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land…. ²⁸And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. The use of the word land in verse 24 and 28 refers to heaven, as does the term in Ezekiel 37:21, 22 and 24. Again, God didn't give the land of Canaan to Abram, Isaac or Jacob, defined as your fathers in Ezekiel 36:28. God gave them salvation. Ezekiel 37:21-25 doesn't infer something God still owes the nation of Israel.

This completes Part 2 of our research. So far we've developed a timeline but proved nothing. In Part 3 we show arguments that confirm our calculations and Divinity, which implies there should exist one and only one correct timeline. We first have to demonstrate the parabolic meaning of numbers on February 21.

THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL NUMBERS

We've seen how Scripture assigns metaphoric meaning to words for spir- itual intent. For example the word church can refer to the physical build- ing, the congregators, God's elect, the body of Christ, or the wheat and tares of Matthew 13. Words like Mount Zion, Jerusalem, Israel can also refer to the churches, as well as the elect. The beast with seven heads and ten horns in Revelation 12, 13, and 17 demonstrates how numbers also have parabolic meaning; i.e., the numbers, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 23, 37, 40, 43 as defined below.

The number 2 represents those responsible for publishing the Gospel (according to Ezekiel 37:7-9). In Revelation 11: ³And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. ⁴These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth... ¹⁰And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

The number 3ⁿ, n = 1, 2, represents God's purpose: We have three crosses in A.D. 33; three days and three nights Jonah spent in the belly of the giant fish (Jonah 1:17), which pointed to the three days and three nights Christ was in the heart of the earth (Matthew 12:40). We have three apostles with Christ during the transfiguration (Matthew 17:1; Luke 9:28); the three apostles Christ took with him to pray in the garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:37; Mark 14:33); the three sons of Noah (Gen- esis 9:18-19); the three hours of darkness at the cross (Matthew 27:45). When Abram asks God how he will know of the land promised him, God answers in Genesis 15: ⁹…Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. In Genesis 18 God appears to Abram in the form of three men.

The number 4 represents the furthest extent in time or distance. Revela- tion 7:1 shows the furthest extent in distance. ¹And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. Also Revelation 20: ⁸And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. In John 11:39 the four days signifies forever, since Christ could have resurrected Lazarus no matter how long he'd been dead. ³⁹Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

The number 5 x 10ⁿ, n = 0, 1,  2… represents Christ's atonement and can refer to either salvation or damnation: we have the five wise (saved) and five foolish (unsaved) virgins of Matthew 25. In Luke 9:10-17 Christ feeds five thousand from five loaves of Bread that point to God bringing the Gospel, the bread of life, to the elect. The five sparrows of Luke 12:6 that are not forgotten before God points to those God saves. In the para- ble of Lazarus and the rich man of Luke 16:28 the latter tells Abraham, ²⁸…I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment (sorrow). In 1 Corinthians 15: ⁶…he (Christ after the crucifixion) was seen of above five hundred brethren at once…  After May 21, 2011 we have the last five months of the earth's existence, which points to the elect who are with Christ.

The number 7 or 7 x 10ⁿ, n = 1, 2, 3… represents perfection or the per- fect fulfillment or cycle of God's purpose. In Revelation 11: ¹³And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand…. In Matthew 18: ²¹Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? ²²Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven, i.e., an infinite number of times.

The number 10ⁿ, n = 1, 2, 3… represents completion. The ten virgins of Matthew 25 represent all the saved and unsaved, i.e., the whole human race. The ten horns on the beast of Revelation signifies the complete rule of Satan until the end of time. In Luke 15 the ten pieces of silver repre- sents the elect in completeness: ⁸Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

The number 11 refers to the first coming of Christ in B.C. 7, 11 thousand years after creation.

The number 12ⁿ, n = 1, 2, 3… refers to complete fullness: Revelation 7:1-8 names 12 tribes of Israel that designate completeness in all those des- tined for salvation during the church age. We have the twelve apostles. In Revelation 21: ¹⁶And the city (God's elect) lieth foursquare (to the fur- thest extent), and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. ¹⁷And he measured the wall there- of, an hundred and forty and four cubits (12 x 12), according to the meas- ure of a man…

The number 13 refers to the end of the world and the return of Christ, i.e., 13 thousand years after creation. In Ezekiel 40: ¹¹And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. Christ is the gate or door (John 10:7, 9).

The number 17 refers to salvation and heaven. Seventeen years from 1994 to 2011 point to all those saved during the great tribulation. In John 21 the 153 = 3² x 17 fish represent those saved between 1994 and 2011 (see August 13). From 1877 to 1860 Jacob lived for 17 years under the auspices of Joseph, a picture of Christ saving His elect from starvation (of God's Word). Jacob's sojourn serves as a picture of heaven and the final ingathering of the elect during the great tribulation. In Jeremiah 32:9 Jeremiah pays seventeen shekels of silver for a piece of land that pointed to God again bringing Israel into Canaan, which signifies heaven. In the 2nd month, the 17th day of the month, God shut Noah into the ark (Gene- sis 7:11). In Genesis 8: ⁴…the ark rested in the seventh month (after the perfect completeness of God's purpose), on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat (which represent the new heaven and new earth of Revelation 21:1).

The number 23 x 10ⁿ, n = 0, 1, 2… refers to judgment. In Daniel 18:14 the period of judgment, May 21, 1988 until September 6, 1994, is 2300 days. ¹⁴And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. In 1 Corinthians 10: ⁸Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

The number 37 x 10ⁿ, n = 0, 1, 2, refers to God's wrath or judgment. No- ah remained in the ark for 370 days. In 2 Kings 19: ³⁵…the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: 185,000 = 5 x 37 x 10³. The 5 in this case represents the death of the unsaved; the 37 represents God's judgment on them; the 10 points to the completion of judgment; the 3 signifies God's purpose of that judgment. In Genesis Ishmael, the brother of Isaac, represents all those who never become saved. In Genesis 25: ¹⁷ …the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died.

The number 40 refers to testing. During the Noachian flood it rained forty days and forty nights (Genesis 7:4). Moses remained on Mount Sinai for the same period to test the Israelites (Exodus 24:18; 34:28;); Elijah re- mained on mount Horeb for the same period (1 Kings 19:8) also Christ was in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights (Matthew 4:1, 2). Israel was condemned to wander in the wilderness for 40 years and Deu- teronomy 8:2 defines it as a period of testing: ²And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

The number 43 x 10ⁿ, n = 0, 1, refers to God's judgment or salvation. The stay in Egypt for 430 years pointed to judgment for the Egyptians and sal- vation for the Israelites.

According to Genesis 41:32 a number given twice can mean certainty. ³²And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. So the number 3² would mean God's purpose will come to fruition with certainty.

On February 23 we show how time intervals factor into these numbers too often to be dismissed as coincidental. We then have to find an explan- ation.

THE HARMONY OF BIBLICAL NUMBERS I

Last June we assumed that time does not exist of and by itself but as something made in conjunction with our universe. We hypothesized that if God exists and made everything that was ever made (John 1:3), then He made time as a grid work for significant events. Therefore once we figured out the the years between them we should expect some mean- ingful pattern. We now look at the inclusive and exclusive years (= N + 1 or N respectively) between Biblical events and factor N (or N + 1). We then show that this "pattern" emerges as significant factors of N (or N + 1) as defined on February 21. Since we expect the numbers 2 and 3 to appear in the factorization about one half and one third of the time re- spectively (assuming N isn't a prime), statistically speaking they don't serve our purpose. Only the higher numbers like  23, 37, 40 and 43 inter- est us. However we begin recording the numbers at n_i = 5. Thus we record 2^n for n greater to or equal to 3 and we record 3^n for n greater than or equal to 2. Once we show this pattern exists we'll need an explanation. The much higher frequency of these significant factors–compared to those from a random sample of integers, 17 ≤ N ≤ 13000–should rule out coincidence. For a further discusion on choosing dates relative to another, see supplement: March 3.

The dates used below can be checked here:

CALENDAR #1: FROM ADAM TO ABRAM

CALENDAR #2: FROM ABRAM TO THE LAND OF CANAAN

CALENDAR #3: THE JUDGES

CALENDAR #4: THE HEBREW KINGS

CALENDAR #5: FROM DANIEL TO THE END OF THE WORLD

The factorization can be checked here.

Again the significant numbers from February 21: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 23, 37, 40, 43.

1. In B.C. 11013 the world began and in A.D. 1988 the church age ended. So we look at (|-11013 – 1988| – 1) = 13000 = 2^3 5^3 13 = 13 5^2 40. Beginning in 1988 Christ comes as the judge in the churches (13) to test (40) and condemn (5) those (2) remaining. We have 13 5^2 40 in 13000.


2. In B.C. 4990 with the great flood we have salvation for a remnant and judgment on the rest. In B.C. 587 we have salvation for those leaving Jerusalem and judgment on those who remain. So we look at |-4990 – (-587)| = 4403 = 7 17 37: God's perfect (7) justice in salvation (17) and judgment (37). We have 7 17 37 in 4403. 


3. Noah entered the ark on the 17^th day of the second month and left on the 27^th day of the second month of the following year. Since each month had 30 days (see October 15), he resided on the ark for 370 (= (12 x 30) + 10) days: God's complete (10) judgment (37) on the world. We have 10 37 in 370.


4. In B.C. 4990 the great flood brought salvation and judgment. In 2011 we also have judgment and salvation on the world. So we now look at (|-4990 – 2011| – 1) = 7000 = 10^3 7:  Complete (10) perfection (7) in God's purpose (3). We have 7 10^3 in 7000.


5. In B.C. 2092 Abram entered Canaan and died in B.C. 1992. There- fore he lived for a hundred years in the "Promised Land" as a picture of all true believers living in heaven for eternity. So we look at 100 = 10². The elect (2)  have the Gospel (2) and live in heaven for the completeness (10 and eternity) of God's plan. We have 10^2 in 100.


6. In B.C. 2092 Abram entered the land of Canaan, a portrait of God's kingdom. In B.C. 1877 God commands Abram's grandson, Jacob, to leave Canaan and go into Egypt. Jacob's emigration points to God abandoning the external representation of His kingdom as He does the churches in A.D. 1988. So we look at |-2092 – (-1877)| = 215 = 5 43. The atonement (5) brings judgment (43) on those refusing to leave the congregations after 1988 and life (43) for those who obey God's commandment. We have 5 43 in 215.


7. In B.C. 2092 Abram entered the land of Canaan, a portrait of God's kingdom and in B.C. 1407 the Israelites entered Canaan. So we look at |-2092 – (-1407)| = 685 or 686 inclusive and 686 = 2 7^3: God's perfect (7) purpose (3) for those under the hearing of God's Word (2). We have 7^3 in 685 + 1.


8. In B.C. 2092 Abram entered Canaan, a portrait of God's kingdom, and in A.D. 33 Christ went to the cross to demonstrate payment for sin for those entering His kingdom. So we look at |-2092 – 33|  – 1 = 2124 or 2124 + 1 inclusive and 2125 = 17 5^3: God's purpose (3) to make atonement (5) for those that will enter heaven (17). We have 17 5^3 in 2124 + 1.


9. In B.C. 2092 Abram entered Canaan and in 1988 God commands us to leave the churches, a representation of God's kingdom. So we look at |-2092 – 1988| – 1 = 4079 and 4079 + 1 inclusive. 4080 = 2^4 3 5 17 =  2 3 17 40: The geat tribulation is a time of testing (40). The elect (2) leave and anticipate heaven (17) according to God's purpose (3). We have 17 40 in 4079 + 1.


10. In 2068 Abram's circumcision pointed to salvation from bondage to the law and Satan. Israel's enslavement in Egypt demonstrates this captivity. Therefore we would expect to find significance between B.C. 2068 and the Exodus (from Egyptian bondage) in B.C. 1447. So we look at |-2068 – (-1447)| = 621 = 23 3^3: God's purpose (3) brings judgment (23) on the world, as represented by Egypt. We have 23 3^3 in 621.


11. In B.C. 2068 God commanded Abram's circumcision as a sign point- ing to the cutting off of sins through Christ. In A.D. 33 Christ demon- strated the payment (death) for the transgressions of the elect through His atonement, which justifies the cutting off of sin for the elect. So we look at (|-2068 – 33| – 1) = 2100 = 2^2 3 5^2 7 = 7 12 5^2. God's full (12) and perfect (7) justice of atonement (5)—salvation or judgment (5)—on those having the Gospel (2). We have 7 12 5^2 in 2100.


12. In B.C. 2068 God introduced circumcision as a sign pointing to hav- ing one's sins cut off and His covenant with the elect. In Genesis 17 God tells Abram, ⁷…I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. From Hebrews 6 we know that after 1988 it's too late to have one's sins cut off for those remaining in the churches: ⁴For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, ⁵And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, ⁶If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame . We now expect the years between the first circumcision and A.D. 1988 to have some significance. So we look at (|-2068 – 1988| – 1) = 4055 and 4055 + 1 = 4056 years inclusive. 4056 = 3 2^3 13^2: the tares remain in the churches with their false gospels (2) according to God's purpose (3) until the return of Christ (13) as the judge in 1988. We have 2^3 13^2 in 4055 + 1.


13. In B.C. 2067 the birth of Isaac pointed to Christ. So we now look at   |-2067 – 33| – 1 = 2099 and 2099 + 1 = 2100 = 2^2 3 5^2 7 = 7 12 5^2: the perfect (7) and full (12) atonement (5) for those with God's word (2). We have 7 12 5^2 in 2099 + 1.


14. In B.C. 2007 we have the birth of Jacob, a picture of Christ, who was born in B.C. 7. So we look at |-2007 – (-7)| = 2000 = 2^4 5^3: God's purpose (3) for atonement (5) reaches to the furthest extent (4) to those with the Gospel (2). We have 2^4 5^3 in 2000.


15. In B.C. 1992 we have the death of Abraham, a picture of Christ, crucified in A.D. 33. So we look at, |-1992 – 33| – 1 = 2024 and 2024 = 2^3 11 23: God's purpose (3) in his first coming (11) to undergo judgment (23) for those with the Gospel (2). Also 2024 + 1 = 3^4 5^2: God's purpose (3) for atonement (5) reaches to the furthest extent (4) for those with the Gospel (2). We have 2^3 11 23 in 2024 and  3^4 5^2 in 2024 + 1.


16. In B.C. 1899 Joseph's brothers sold him into Egypt, a picture of the world. Betrayed by those closest to him, Joseph was a picture of Christ. In A.D. 33 one of the disciples betrayed Jesus into the hands of the world. So we look at (|-1899 – 33| – 1) = 1931 or 1931 + 1 = 1932 inclusive years and 1932 = 2^2 3 7 23 = 7 12 23: God's perfect (7) and full (12) judgment (23) on Christ, according to 2 Corinthians 5:10 (the verse does not apply to the non elect). We have 7 12 23 in 1931 + 1.


17. In B.C. 1877 Jacob had to leave Canaan and in B.C. 587 the Jews had to leave Jerusalem. Both these events serve as portraits of the command to leave the churches in A.D. 1988. So we look at |-1877 – (-587)| = 1290 = 2 3 5 43 = 3 10 43: God's purpose (3) brings complete (10) judgment (43) on the churches. We have 10 43 in 1290.


18. In B.C. 1877 Jacob departed Canaan and went into Egypt and in A.D. 1988 the saved departed the churches to go into the world (Egypt). So we look at |-1877 – 1988| – 1 = 3864 and 3864 = 2^3 3 7 23; the perfect (7) purpose (3) of God to bring judgment (23) on those with the Gospel (2) in the churches. We have 7 2^3 23 in 3864.


19. In B.C. 1877 Jacob departed Canaan for the second part of the first great tribulation to find bread (Christ) in Egypt (the world) and in A.D. 1994 those in the churches had to leave the congregations for the second part of the third great tribulation to find Christ outside the churches. So we look at (|-1877 – 1994| – 1) = 3870 = 2 5 3^2 43 = 10 3^2 43: God's complete (10) purpose  (3) for those with the Gospel (2) brings judgment (43) or salvation (43). We have 3^2 10 43 in 3870.


20. In B.C. 1860 we have the death of Jacob and |-1877 – (-1860)| = 17. Seventeen signifies heaven and Jacob lived under the auspices of Joseph for 17 years as a picture of those in God's kingdom. We have 17 in 17.


21. In B.C. 1860 we have the death of Jacob, a picture of Christ. So we look at |-1860 – 33| – 1 = 1892 = 2^2 11 43. So the cross (11) brings judgment (43) on Christ according to the Gospel (2). We have 11 43 in 1892.


22. In B.C. 1806 we have the death of Joseph, a picture of Christ. So we look at, |-1806 – (-7)| = 1799 or 1799 + 1 years inclusive and 1799 + 1 = 2^3 3^2 5^2: God's purpose (3) for those with the Gospel (2) is atonement (5). We have 2^3 3^2 5^2 in 1799 + 1


23. In B.C. 1527 we have the birth of Moses, who at times represents the law of God; and in B.C. 1447 God gives the law to Moses on Mount Sinai. So we look at |-1527 – (-1447)| = 80 = 2 4 10: God's law (2) blankets (10) the earth to the furthest extent (4). We have 10 80.


24. In B.C. 1527 Moses was born as a picture of Christ and in B.C. 1407 the Israelites entered Canaan, a picture of the Promised Land. So we look at |-1527 – (-1407)| = 120 = 3 2^3 5 = 2^2 3 10: God's complete (10) purpose (3) for those with the Gospel (2). We have 10 in 120.


25. In B.C. 1527 we have the birth of Moses, at times a picture of Christ; so we look at |-1527 – (-7)| = 1520 and 1520 + 1 years inclusive. 1520 + 1 = 3^2 13^2; God's purpose (3) for those with the Gospel (2) on May 21 1988 and May 21, 2011 (13). We have 3^2 13^2 in 1520 + 1.


26. In B.C. 1447 God killed the firstborn in Egypt, which points to Christ as the firstborn (Colossians 1:18) crucified in A.D. 33. So we look at (|-1447 – 33| – 1) = 1479 or 1479 + 1 = 1480 years inclusive. 1480 = 2^2 10 37: complete (10) judgment under God's Word (2) We have 10 37 in 1479 + 1. 


27. In B.C. 1447 in Exodus 12: ⁴¹…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. 430 = 10 43: the completeness (10) of God's Judgment (43) for the Egyptians or salvation (43) for the Israelites. We have 10 43 in 430.

We look at the remaining entries on Wednesday,  February 25.

THE HARMONY OF BIBLICAL NUMBERS II

In this post we finish the entries begun on February 23.

The dates used below can be checked here:

CALENDAR #1: FROM ADAM TO ABRAM

CALENDAR #2: FROM ABRAM TO THE LAND OF CANAAN

CALENDAR #3: THE JUDGES

CALENDAR #4: THE HEBREW KINGS

CALENDAR #5: FROM DANIEL TO THE END OF THE WORLD

The factorization can be checked here.

Again the significant numbers from February 21: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 23, 37, 40, 43.

1. In B.C. 1447 God established the law on Mount Sinai and in B.C. 458 Ezra returned to Jerusalem to reestablish God's law (see December 15). So we look at |-1447 – (-458)| = 989 = 23 43: God's law con- demns (23 & 43) the human race. We have 23 43 in 989.


2. In B.C. 1447 Israel became a nation (see October 18). At the cross, when the veil of temple was rent, God no longer used Israel as an external representation of the kingdom of God. So we look at (|-1447 – 33| – 1) = 1479 and 1479 + 1= 1480 inclusive years. 1479 + 1 = 2^2 10 = 37 = 37 40: God's law tested (40) Israel and found them guilty (37).We have 37 40 in 1480.


3. In B.C. 1447 Israel starts building the tabernacle that represents the elect and in A.D. 1994 God begins saving the great multitude of Rev- elation 7:9, 14. Both events point to the body of Christ: So we look at (|-1447 – 1994| – 1) = 3440 = 2^4 5 43: to the furthest extent (4) the elect (2) receive the atonement of Christ (5) for their salvation (43). We have 5 2^4 43 in 3440.


4. In 1407 the Israelites entered Canaan and in 1948 they again became a nation. So we look at |-1407 – 1948| – 1 = 3354 = 2 3 13 43. God's purpose (3) for those with the Gospel (2) (as represented by Israel) brings judgment (43) and salvation (43) when Christ returns (13). We have 13 43 in 3354.


5. During the judges the Jews suffered periodically under enemy rule for a total of 111 = 3 37 years out of 360 (see October 25): God's pur- pose (3) for judgment (37) over the Israelites. We have 37 in 111.


6. In B.C. 1047 Israel becomes a monarchy and in B.C. 587 Jerusalem is destroyed as a picture of judgment. So we look at |-1047 – (-587)| = 460 = 2 10 23: complete (10) judgment (23) on those with God's Word (2). We have 10 23 in 460.


7. In B.C. 1007 David, a picture of Christ, sat on the throne and in B.C. 7 Christ was born. So we look at |-1007 – (-7)| = 1000 = 10^3: the complete (10) purpose (3) of God. We have 10^3 in 1000.


8. In B.C. 967 we have the foundation of Solomon's temple, which represents Christ. ¹¹For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 3). We therefore expect some significance in the years between B.C. 967 and the birth of Christ in B.C. 07. So we look at |-967 – (-7)| = 960 = 3 10 2^5: God's complete (10) atonement (5) for those sharing the Gospel (2). We have 10 2^5 in 960.


9. In B.C. 967 we have Solomon's temple, representing the body of Christ, who had their sins paid for on the cross. So we look at (|-967 – 33| – 1) = 999 = 3^3 x 37 inclusively and 999 + 1 = 10^3 exclusively. God's purpose (3) brings judgment (37) on Christ to completion (10). We have 3^3 37 in 999 and 10^3 in 1000.


10. In B.C. 960 Solomon's temple represented the body of Christ; but God won't complete His temple until 2011. So we look at (|-960 – 2011| – 1) = 2970 = 10 3^3 11: Christ was born (11) for His complete (10) purpose (3) of establishing His temple. We have 10 11 3^3 in 2970.


11. In B.C. 931 Israel split up into two nations and in B.C. 709 Assyria destroyed Israel. So we look at |-931 – (-709)| = 222 = 2 3 37. It was God's purpose (3) to destroy (37) those who had access to God's Word (2) (as represented by Israel). We have 37 in 222.


12. In B.C. 931 Israel split up into two nations and in B.C. 609 the second great tribulation began. So we look at |-931 – (-609)| = 322 = 2 7 23: the perfect (7) judgment (23) on those with access to God's Word (2). We have 7 23 in 322.


13. In B.C. 931 Israel split up into two nations and Babylon conquered Judah in B.C. 587. So we look at |-931 – (-587)| = 344 = 2^3 x 43: God's purpose (3) to destroy (43) the non elect who have access to God's Word (2). We have 2^3 43 in 344.


14. From B.C. 605 to 562 God used Nebuchadnezzar ruling over Babylon (that represented the world) as a picture of Satan ruling over the con- gregations during the great tribulation. In 1988 Satan began ruling over the churches. So we look at (|-605 – 1988| – 1) = 2592 = 2^5 3^4 = 2 3^2 12^2: God's full (12) purpose (3) on those with the Gospel (2) in the churches. We have 3^2 12^2 in 2592


15. In B.C. 587 God commands the Israelites to abandon Jerusalem and seek the spiritual welfare of Babylon (Jeremiah 29:4-5). In A.D. 1988 God commands those in the churches to abandon them (Revelation 18:4) and go into the world (Babylon). So we look at (|-587 – 1988| – 1) = 2574 = 2 3^2 11 13: God's purpose (3) for those in the churches (2) between 33 A.D. (11) and 1988 (13) when Christ returns as the judge. We have 3^2 11 13 in 2574.


16. In B.C. 587 those abandoning Jerusalem represent the elect like those in A.D. 1994 who leave the churches. So we look at, (|-587 – (1994)| – 1) = 2580 = 2^2 3 5 43 = 2 3 10 43: complete (10) judgment (43) and salvation (43) for those with the Gospel. We have  10 43 in 2580.



17. In B.C. 458 Artaxerxes 1 commands Ezra to return to Jerusalem to reestablish God's law. In A.D. 33 God instituted the church to estab- lish the law. So we look at (|-458 – 33| – 1) = 490 = 2 5 7^2 = 10 7^2: the complete (10) perfection (7) of the law on those with the Gospel. We have 10 7^2 in 490.


18. In B.C. 391 we have the last year of the O.T. and Christ isn't born un- til B.C.7. So we look at |-391 – (-7)| = 384 = 3 2^7: the perfection (7) of God's purpose (3) for those sharing the Gospel (2). We have 2^7 in 384.


19. In B.C. 391 we have the end of the O.T. and in A.D. 2011 we have the end of the world. So we look at (|-391 – 2011| – 1 = 2401 = 7^4: perfection (7) to the very end (4). We have 7^4 in 2401.


20. In B.C. 336 Alexander, as a picture of Satan, becomes king and in A.D. 33 Christ defeats Satan at the cross. So we look at (|-336 – 33| – 1) = 368 = 2^4 23. God at the cross brings judgment (23) to the furthest extent (4) on Satan, who brings a false Gospel to those in the churches (2). We have 23 2^4 in 368.


21. In B.C. 336 Alexander the Great became king. God destroys Satan in A.D. 2011 and God used Alexander as a picture of Satan. So we look at |-336 – 2011| – 1 = 2346 = 2 3 17 23. God's purpose (3) brings sal- vation (17) on the elect who flee the churches after 1988 and judg- ment (23) on the non elect who remain. We have 17 23 in 2346.


22. In B.C. 323 Alexander, as a picture of Satan, died, so his reign lasted 13 (= |336 – 323|) years and Satan remains the enemy of God for the 13 thousand years of the earth's existence. Also Alexander becomes king in B.C. 336 and reflects Satan entering the churches as king in A.D. 1988; and | (-336 – 1988| – 1 = 2323 where 23 signifies judg- ment. We have 10^3 and 13 in 13000 and 23 in 2323 (though 2323 doesn't factor into significant numbers).


23. In B.C. 323 Alexander dies. Daniel 8 prophesizes Alexander about 200 years before his birth and uses him as a picture of Satan; i.e., the king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences (verse 23). In A.D. 1988 Satan entered the churches. We look at (|-323 – 1988| – 1) = 2310 = 3 7 10 11: God's perfect (7) and complete (10) purpose (3): to come into the world (11) to bind Satan for the church age, then allow him to rule over the congregations. We have 7 10 11 in 2310.


24. In A.D. 33 God made atonement on the cross. But God won't com- plete this work until 2011. So we look at (|33 – 2011|) = 1978 = 2 23 43: The atonement brings salvation (43) and judgment (23) for those with the Gospel (2). We have 23 43 in 1978.


25. On April 1, 33 we have the atonement for the elect and on May 21, 2011 we have the completion of the atonement when the elect enter heaven. Since we've already looked at the number of years between 33 and 2011, we now look at the number of days between the two dates.
    We have 1978 years (= |33 – 2011|) plus 30 days (in April 2011) and 21 days (in May 2011.
    1978 x 365 = ….………721970
    30 days in April 2011 = .........30
    21 days in May 2011…......… 21
    Subtotal…………...…....722021
    From year 36 to 2008 is 1972 years (= |36 – 2008|)
    and 1972/4 (leap years) = ....493 (extra days for leap years)
    Subtotal………….……..722514
    Subtract 3 for the non leap years
    1700, 1800, 1900……..………-3
    Subtract 11 days
    in Sept of 1752….........….......-11
    Total………….....……….722500
    
    The 493 years is the total number of leap years when counting 1 per every 4 years. After 1600 any year divided evenly by 100 is a leap year if and only if the year is divided evenly by 400. Therefore we subtract 3 for the year 1700, 1800 and 1900 but not 2000. Although Pope Gregory XIII sponsored the Gregorian calendar in 1582, Amer- ica and Great Britain didn't adopt it until 1752. In the process they dropped 11 days beginning with September 3, 1752. We can verify the above by going here.
    
    We have 722500 days inclusive from April 1, 33 to May 21, 2011. 722500 = 2^2 5^4 17^2 = 5^2 10^2 17^2 = (5 10 17)^2. The atonement (5) made on the cross comes to completion (10) on May 21, 2011 when the elect (2) are taken up into heaven (17). God doubles up the 5, 10 and 17 to show it will certainly come to pass according Genesis 41:32 (see August 25). We have (5 10 17)^2 in 722500.


26. On May 22, 33 the church age begins and ends on May 21, 1988. So we look at (|33 – 1988|) 1955 = 5 17 23 years to the very day. The atonement (5) brings both heaven (17) and judgment (23). We have 5 17 23 in 1955.


27. On May 22, 1988 the church age ends and for the following 2300 days (of Daniel 8:13-14) we have silence in heaven (Revelation 8:1; see February 2). 2300 = 10^2 23: complete (10) judgment (23) on those with the Gospel (2). We have 10^2 23 in 2300.


28. From September 6, 1994 to May 21, 2011 God saves ⁹…a great multitude, which no man could number (Revelation 7). This great multitude is represented by the 153 fish of John 21 (see August 13) and 153 = 3^2 17. We have 3^2 17 in 153.


29. From September 7, 1994 up to but not including the rapture on May 21, 2011 we have 6100 days. We've showed that from and including Saturday, May 21, 2011 up to, but not including Friday, October 21, 2011 we have 153 days (see February 7). So we have 6253 days from September 7, 1994 to but not including October 21, 2011. During those final 6253 days we have judgment on the local congregations. So we look at 6253 = 13^2 37. The final return of Christ (13) brings judgment (37) on those having the Gospel (2) in the church but do not obey its commandments. We have 13^2 and 37 in 6253.


30. In Revelation 13:18 we have the number of unsaved man as …Six hundred threescore and six. So we look at 666 = 2 3^2 37: judgment (37) for those with the Gospel (2) and left unsaved. We have 3^2 37 in 666. This completes the entries.

 

Only a small percentage of arbitrarily chosen numbers would break down into factors like the above. For the record on Saturday February 28 we codify the data from February 23 and February 25. Such tabulation will allow us to compare them with the factorization of random numbers on March 4, which will show that the significant numbers from February 23 and 25 had to have been rigged.

 

COMPILING THE ENTRIES

The table below tabulates the data from February 23 and February 25. The appropriate square or cell contains the exponent of the significant number. For example from the number 1 entry on February 23, We have 13 5^2 40 in 13000. Since 5^2 has an exponent of 2, we put a 2 for the first row under 5. Since 13 and 40 have an exponent of 1, we put a 1 in the first row under 13 and 40. 

The third row from the bottom lists the significant numbers. The second row from the bottom is the total for that column. For example out of the 59 entries on February 23 and February 25 a total of 39 of the number 2^n showed up in the factorization of N; and a total of 29 of the number 3^n showed up in the factorization of N.  The last row is the percentage of the total. For example 66% of the time the number 2^n showed up and 49% of the time the number 3^n showed up. 2^n wasn't counted unless n was equal to or greater than 3; and 3^n wasn't counted unless n was equal to or greater than 2. The same accounting applies to our hundred random numbers on March 4.

#	2	3	5	7	10	11	12	13	17	23	37	40	43
1			2					1				1
2				1					1		1
3					1						1
4				1	3
5					2
6			1										1
7				3
8			3						1
9									1			1
10		3								1
11			2	1			1
12	3							2
13			2	1			1
14	4		3
15	3	4	2			1				1
16				1			1			1
17					1								1
18	3			1						1
19		2			1								1
20									1
21						1							1
22	3	2	2
23					1
24					1
25		2						2
26					1						1
27					1								1
1										1			1
2											1	1
3	4		1										1
4								1					1
5											1
6					1					1
7					3
8	5				1
9		3			3						1
10		3			1	1
11											1
12				1						1
13	3												1
14		2					2
15		2				1		1
16					1								1
17				2	1
18	7
19				4
20	4									1
21									1	1
22					3			1
23				1	1	1
24										1			1
25			2		2				2
26			1						1	1
27					2					1
28		2							1
29								2			1
30		2									1
#	2	3	5	7	10	11	12	13	17	23	37	40	43
T	39	27	21	17	31	5	5	10	9	12	9	3	11
%	68	47	36	29	54	9	9	17	15	21	15	5	19

On March 2 we list ninty-nine random numbers to show that only a small fraction of them factor into our significant numbers, which in turn shows that the above 57 numbers had to have been rigged to factor as they did.