Bible Prophecy
All around are indications Jesus is coming soon!
- Events
- God's Calendar
- Israel Regathering
- Birth Pangs
- Signs in the Heavens
- Final Empires - 3 Beasts
- New World Order - 4th Beast
- The Rapture
- Israel Awakening to Jesus Messiah
- Magog Invasion
- Antichrist Government
- Third Temple
- Symbols
- Identities
- Bible Prophecy Links
Events
In Bible Prophecy, God has provided us with "matched filters" (using the terminology of signal processing) that we can use to recognize "embedded timing" marks in the continuous stream of world events.
God's Calendar
69/70 Ratio
Ancient calendars used a 360-day year and it is still in use today as the commercial year. Did the Flood cause Earth's rotational velocity to increase? There's a possibility that one of the cataclysmic changes which took place during the Flood was a decrease in Earth's radius. The Bible tells us the fountains of the great deep burst open. This may indicate that massive amounts of water, previously stored under Earth's crust, were released to the surface at the Flood. This release of water may have reduced the effective radius of the Earth. It's likely that a reduction of about 60 miles could account for the exact increase in rotational velocity necessary to change the length of a year from 360 days to the current value of slightly more than 365 days.
The unit of feet, passed down to the Greeks and Romans from the ancient Egyptians, points to a relationship between 360 and the current length of a Solar year. If you're at the equator, a distance of 1/360 of Earth's circumference (1° of longitude) divided by the length of a year is exactly 1000 feet.
Was the transition from a 360-day year to the current Solar year random or did God divinely ordain an exact ratio?
(69/70) / (360/365.24219) = 1.0000679
In fact, a 69/70 ratio almost exactly relates a 360-day year to the current Solar year with a discrepancy of 36 minutes. There are multiple ways to measure a year and Earth's axial precession causes the length of a year to vary up to 30 minutes. Accepting the current Mean Tropical Solar Year of 365.24219 days, which is based on a model, the 69/70 ratio is accurate to within 7 thousandths of 1 percent (70 ppm). This is comparable to the tolerance of a quartz crystal oscillator used in a digital clock. It's safe to say this 69/70 ratio could not occur by chance!
Using a higher accuracy value for the circumference of the Earth and an exact 69/70 ratio, it's possible to derive the length of 1 foot with accuracy near to one 10,000th of an inch. This also could not occur by chance. It might be evidence that the current Solar year has decayed from a more precise 69/70 ratio following the Flood.
62/70 Ratio
A 62/70 ratio closely relates the Full Moon Cycle (411.78443029 days) to the current Solar year. A 69/70 ratio closely relates the Lunar Year (354.36707 days) to a 360-day year. There is a half-day discrepancy in both Lunar ratios, which may relate to night-only observability of the Moon. In any case, the Lunar ratios are accurate to at least 0.1%; a surprisingly close correlation.
Prophecy of 7 + 62 + 1 Weeks in Daniel
The 70 week prophecy shown by God to Daniel, where 69 weeks (7 weeks + 62 weeks) are decreed until Messiah, has an interesting correlation to both the 69/70 Solar year ratio and the 62/70 Lunar year ratio.
Dan 9:24 “Seventy weeks are determined
For your people and for your holy city,
To finish the transgression,
To make an end of sins,
To make reconciliation for iniquity,
To bring in everlasting righteousness,
To seal up vision and prophecy,
And to anoint the Most Holy.Dan 9:25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until Messiah the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The street shall be built again, and the wall,
Even in troublesome times.Dan 9:26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself;
And the people of the prince who is to come
Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
Which Command and What Year?
Depending on who you listen to, the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem might have been in 457 BC, 449 BC, or 444 BC. One interesting result of these ratios is that no matter which calendar you happen to be using and which command event you use for a starting point, there are durations of either 62, 69, or 70 weeks of years pointing to significance right around the year that Jesus, Son of God, the Messiah was cut off, for you and I.
| 360-day Year | 444 BC | (69 * 7 * 360 days) - (444 - 1 year) | 33 AD |
| Current Solar Year | 449 BC | (69 * 7 years) - (449 - 1 year) | 35 AD |
| 360-day Year | 449 BC | (70 * 7 * 360 days) - (449 - 1 year) | 35 AD |
| 411.78-day Lunar Cycle | 457 BC | (62 * 7 * 411.78443 days) - (457 - 1 year) | 33 AD |
| Current Solar Year | 457 BC | (70 * 7 years) - (457 - 1 year) | 34 AD |
Why subtract 1 extra year?
In the Gregorian calendar system, there is no year zero. The year following 1 BC is 1 AD. Starting (or ending) at 1 instead of 0 makes sense when counting whole items. If you have a basket of apples, the first is 1. On the other hand, a ruler measures from 0. The span of time between events in two adjacent years (like 2 AD and 3 AD) could be anywhere from 0 to 2 years in length. To simplify, we can treat years as a point in the middle of the year, but then we also need to subtract year zero.
Hopefully this clarifies the relationship between counting discrete items and measuring continuous length. This is related to the reason digital systems often choose to count from 0 instead of 1. Earth's Chandler Wobble has a period of 62 weeks: 433 days is the span of time between the start of day 1 and the start of day 434.
First Coming of Messiah and Final Week
Daniel received a prophecy of 70 weeks, but only 7 + 62 weeks were specified until the time Messiah was cut off -- the year He was crucified, buried, rose again, and ascended into Heaven, opening the door for you and I to enter eternal life. The 70th week is coming in the future, a period known as the time of Jacob's Trouble, during which the Antichrist will initiate a 7 year covenant (or pact?). After that final week, Messiah will return in the same way He departed, and set up His kingdom.
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the desolate.
Second Coming of Messiah
When is the 70th week coming? Soon! Based on verses about the Day of the Lord, there are hints given that Jesus Messiah will descend from Heaven to begin the millennial kingdom 2000 years or 2 days after he ascended into Heaven. It's clear the 7th day of the Lord, the millennial kingdom, is exactly 1000 years. Presumably, each of the 6 preceding days is also 1000 years. In case we're not convinced, Peter states it clearly.
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
According to the modern calendar, which year did Jesus ascend into Heaven? Historically, the exact year of Jesus' Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension is uncertain. We can reliably estimate the date to within an error of about ± 2 years. The traditional range of uncertainty is 30 AD to 34 AD (32±2 AD). It's a confidence interval consistent with not knowing the day and hour of His Return, yet consistent with knowing the season. In fact, we are told that Day will not overtake us (who know Jesus) as a thief.
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
Mat 24:36
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
To the church in Sardis, Jesus says:
Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
Jesus wept over Jerusalem because they did not know the time of their Visitation:
“and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
6 Days of History and the 7th Day
One of the hints indicating the 7th millennium or Day of the Lord is coming soon, at the conclusion of the last 2 days between Jesus' Ascension and Return, is the obvious correlation of history to 6000 years or 6 days. But if God ordained 6000 years, shouldn't it be exact? James Ussher, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton each calculated the date of Creation to be very close to 4000 years (± 4 years) before the Birth of Jesus. If Jesus will return 2000 years after He ascended, how can we account for 30 years + 3.5 years between Jesus' Birth and Ascension? This 33.5 year segment is large enough to be outside the ± 4 year tolerance.
Possible meanings for the 33.5 year segment:
- It could highlight an interlude where God "paused" the stop-watch of His-Story.
- It could be the time Adam lived a sinless life in the Garden, before the Fall.
- It could be related to a change in rotational velocity at the Flood, which can account for 33.5 years. How? Keep reading.
During the interval between the date of the Flood (1656 years after Creation) and the 4000 year mark, the 360-day calendar and the current Solar calendar reach a discrepancy of 33.49 years (or 33.64 years):
(4000-1656)-(4000-1656)*(69/70) = 33.49
If this is correct, Jesus' Birth is 4000 "perfect" 360-day years after Creation and He was crucified and rose again 4000 Solar years after Creation. During the first 1656 years, 360-day years and Solar years would be the same, then after the Flood, Solar years would lag behind "perfect" 360-day years. In truth, this timeline could be exactly consistent with the Ussher's date of Creation because of the basic assumptions his date relies on.
In fact, many well-known individuals throughout history have suggested dates of Creation at slightly more recent than 4000 BC:
| Venerable Bede | 3952 BC |
| Martin Luther | 3960 BC |
| Philip Melanchton | 3963 BC |
| Bishop Ussher | 4004 BC |
| John Lightfoot | 3929 BC |
| Isaac Newton | 4000 BC |
| Johannas Kepler | 3992 BC |
| Joseph Justus Scaliger | 3949 BC |
| AVERAGE: | 3968.6 BC |
The average of those dates matches very closely with a 4000 Solar year span between Creation and the year Jesus was crucified, rose again, and ascended into Heaven.
Coming Soon
If there are 2000 years (2 Days or 40 Sabbatical weeks) between His Ascension into Heaven (4000 years after Creation) and Return from Heaven (6000 years after Creation), and if there is minimal time between the Rapture and start of the 70th Week from Daniel's prophecy (Tribulation), then a likely window for the Rapture could easily be 2023 - 2028. In other words, soon!
(-1 ± 2) + 33.5 + 2000 - 7 = 2025.5 ± 2
Let the thought sink in. If you knew there was a high probability you will meet the Lord within 4 years, how would you live? We've always been accountable to be watching for His Return; how much more now that simple math might indicate it is close?
Two Timelines of History
When did the 360-day calendar reach 6000 years or 6 Days? Very near to the year Jerusalem became unified and fully controlled by Israel. Was it in 1967, at the 6 Day War, that the Fig Tree began to put forth leaves?
1656 + (4000-1656+2000-1) * (360/365.24219) - 4000 - 1 + 32 = 1967.7
Other numerical considerations
The span of 1656 years between the Fall of Man (presumably when time as we know it began) and the Flood is based on a simplest-possible calculation which assumes each individual in the ancestral line after Adam to Noah was born on the same day of the year as when Adam Fell. This makes 1656 a good starting-point and it may be correct. It's also possible that we can infer truncated fractions of years in each generation, and a value of 1661 years may be closer to the correct date (see footnote 1 of Timeline of the Flood). Correcting the error in the span of years to the Flood has a very small impact on the overall timeline, but could provide new insights through greater precision.
One interesting result of a 360-day year is the sum of gestational periods between Adam and Noah add up to exactly 7 years. I don't how how that is relevant, but if you know, send me an email! You can ask the Lord for wisdom, since He has promised the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth. Possible reference to the Tribulation?
If you're curious, here are some other intriguing numerical relationships that might merit further scrutiny:
- If the span of years between the Flood and the Resurrection & Ascension is 2345 instead of 2344, the discrepancy when applying the 69/70 ratio becomes exactly 33.5 years.
- If the span of years between the Fall and Flood is actually 1660 years, the span of years between the Flood and future date 2000 years after Jesus' Ascension becomes 4340, which is
62 * 70. Additionally, multiplying 4340 by 69/70 results in an integer value 4278. - If the span of years between the Fall and Flood is actually 1670 years, and if Jesus' ministry on Earth lasted 1200 days, there would also be an integer value relationship.
- The span of time required to reach an exact 33.5 year difference between 360-day years and Solar years is 2334 Solar years, which might point to a conspicuous flood date: 4000 - 2334 = 1666. "As it was in the days of Noah"?!?
Conclusion
We know the 6th Day or 6000th year of human history is fast coming to a close, so we should be looking up! The Trumpet of God will be sounding very soon.
If you have not yet admitted to God that you are a sinner and believed that Jesus is God and that He paid for your sin on the cross, then do not delay in calling out to Him! He will wash you and give you a new heart and the hope of eternal life in Heaven.
If people are missing, and the trumpet has sounded and Lord has taken those who follow Him home to Heaven, it's still not too late! Read this: For those Left Behind
Israel Regathering
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION] Still working this page. The next page in this series is Birth Pangs. For now, below is a list of verses about Israel's regathering from the nations. More to come (if we're not raptured first)...
Jeremiah
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3 |
when multiplied...increased in land...ark of covenant shall not come to mind |
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5:18 |
Nevertheless… I will not make a complete end of you |
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12:14-17 |
neighbors who touch the inheritance… pluck them out… bring them back |
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16:14-15 |
days are coming… it shall be no more said… land of Egypt...but… land of north and from all the lands |
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23:3 |
I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them |
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23:7-8 |
no longer say… from the land of Egypt… brought up and led… from… north country… all the countries |
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29:14-18 |
gather...from all the nations… places...driven you… curse...astonishment...hissing...reproach… all the nations |
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30:3-24 |
days are coming ...bring back from captivity return to the land… full end to the nations where I have scattered you… in the latter days |
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31:1-14 |
Again I will build you… bring...north country...ends of the earth...they shall come with weeping...redeemed Jacob |
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32:37-44 |
behold I will gather...all countries...dwell safely...My people...their God… give them one heart...forever...captives to return |
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33 |
captives of Israel to return and rebuild...appointed ordinances of heaven and earth...cause their captives to return |
Isaiah
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6:11-13 |
how long? ...yet a tenth… will return ...whose stump remains |
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10:20-23 |
in that day… remnant will return |
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11:11-16 |
second time to recover the remnant of His people… banner for the nations… dispersed… four corners of the earth |
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14:1 |
Lord will have mercy on Jacob...still choose Israel…settle...own land |
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27:12 |
gathered one by one, O you children of Israel |
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35 |
desert shall rejoice… blossom as the rose… return… Zion with singing |
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37:30 |
sign to you… year… second year… third sow and reap… remnant who have escaped … Judah... again take root |
Ezekiel
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6:8 |
I will leave a remnant… when you are scattered through the countries |
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11:13-21 |
Although I have cast them far off among the Gentiles… scattered them among the countries… little sanctuary in the countries… I will gather you from the peoples, assemble… from...countries...scattered… I will give you the land of Israel |
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14:22 |
Left in it a remnant |
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16:60-63 |
I will remember My covenant |
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20:34-41 |
gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered |
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28:25-26 |
gathered...from people among whom they are scattered |
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33:13-31 |
will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries...to their own land...mountains of Israel |
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36:8-15 |
mountains of Israel… shoot forth branches… yield fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come… cities rebuilt… take possession… nor will… taunts of the nations any more |
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36:21 |
But I had concern for My holy name… I do not… for your sake… sanctify My great name… when I am hallowed in you before their eyes [similar words to Ez 38:16, 23] |
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36:24-38 |
for I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries and bring you into your own land … clean water .. new heart … new spirit… take… heart of stone… heart of flesh … grain … no famine… fruit… not for your sake … On the day … cleanse… rebuilt … desolate… tilled… garden of Eden… inhabited… nations ...around… know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt … like a flock |
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37:11 |
whole house of Israel… open your graves… bring you into the land of Israel… My Spirit in you… I will place you in your own land… stick of Joseph… stick of Judah… one in My hand… I will take the children of Israel from among nations… gather… into their own land… one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel… not defile.. cleanse… My people… David My servant… king… dwell… land… Jacob My servant … nations also will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel |
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38:8 |
latter years...land...gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel |
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38:10-11 |
on that day...evil plan...unwalled villages…people gathered from the nations |
Daniel
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9:24 |
seventy weeks...your people…end of sins… to bring everlasting righteousness |
Zechariah
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1:12-17 |
how long…? ...returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it… cities again… again choose Jerusalem |
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2:4-8 |
Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls… flee from land of the north… escape...daughter of Babylon… the nations which plunder you… he who touches you touches the apple of His eye |
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8:7 |
save My people...east...west |
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10:6-12 |
will strengthen Judah… save Joseph… bring them back… as though I had not cast them aside … whistle for them and gather them |
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2:4-15 |
Gaza forsaken… Ashkelon desolate... shall drive out Ashdod... Ekron shall be rooted up.… coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah… Lord their God will intervene for them and return their captives |
Zephaniah
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3:20 |
bring you back… at the time I gather you… When I return your captives before your eyes |
Joel
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3 |
bring back the captives of Judah… gather all nations… valley of Jehoshaphat… enter into judgment...multitudes multitudes… day of the Lord…. sun and moon grow dark |
Amos
| 7 | I was no prophet... I was a sheepherder (similarity to Zech 13:5?) |
Birth Pangs
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.
"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
"All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Messianic Claimants
Below is a timeline graph produced using data from Wikipedia article List of people claimed to be Jesus. For purposes of plotting, date-of-birth + 30 years is used as the date for each individual, and quantity of individuals is summed inside 10 year intervals.
Wars
Below is a timeline graph produced from the following Wikipedia articles containing lists of wars. The start-date of each war is summed inside 50 year intervals, and length of war and population affected are not shown. Because start-date is used, the graph may be skewed toward earlier.
Famines
The Wikipedia article List of famines contains the following timeline of famines during the past 160 years:
Pestilences
Below is a timeline produced using data from Wikipedia article List of epidemics and pandemics. This timeline shows quantity of epidemic and pandemic events recorded during 20 year intervals, but doesn't show total populations affected by the event.
Volcanoes
The Smithsonian article Has volcanic activity been increasing? contains the following timeline of volcanic activity:
Signs in the Heavens
Betelgeuse
Introduction
The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse happened during the Plandemic and has been followed by a steady increase in tempo since. It seems almost symbolic of the state of the world. The globalists showed their hand during COVID and have been consolidating power since.
We know the Time of the End and the Day of the Lord are not far way, and these may include Betelgeuse going supernova.
Interestingly, the origin of the name Betelgeuse, which is the shoulder of the constellation representing the Coming King in the Mazzaroth, may be translated 'the arm of the Lord' or 'the coming of the Branch'.
See https://www.but-thatsjustme.com/betelgeuse-means-the-coming-mal-32-of-the-branch/ for more detail.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Betelgeuse
Isa 63:5 - I looked, but there was no one to help,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me.
‘In those days and at that time
I will cause to grow up to David
A Branch of righteousness;
He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
Coming Supernova
Astronomers have been watching Betelgeuse closely, since it's Great Dimming in 2020. A recent study published at Tohoku University in Japan indicates that Betelgeuse could reach supernova within 10 years.
A Stunning Revelation Could Mean Betelgeuse Is Set to Blow
History of Measurements
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) summarizes the history of measurements of Betelgeuse, also known as Alpha Orionis. It's the second brightest star in the the constellation Orion, after Rigel. It's interesting to note that a significant dip in brightness, similar to what was observed in 2019-2020, occurred approximately 72 years earlier around 1948, the year Israel became a nation.
Shrinking
The distance to Betelgeuse is difficult to determine from parallax (the change in apparent position in the sky) produced by the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, since it's brightness and shape vary on a cycle of approximately one year. In 1920, Betelgeuse was the first star diameter measured by Albert A. Michelson with his interferometer. Since that time, various attempts have been made to measure the distance to Betelgeuse, typically using parallax and various statistical methods to reduce error.
Nobel prize winning physicist Charles H. Townes (1915 – 2015), famous for helping invent the LASER, believed that Betelgeuse was shrinking, and at a rate secular astrophysicists were not willing to accept. Charles Townes was a Christian and a Creationist, and likely understood the truth that the universe was created about 6000 years ago, rather than billions of years that secular astronomers believe. As a professor at UC Berkeley, Townes used the Infrared Spatial Interferometer (ISI) on Mt. Wilson to record the diameter of Betelgeuse from 1993 to 2008, showing that the diameter had shrunk more than 15% over 15 years.
Townes published a paper with his diameter data (image source):
There is an interesting progression in historical calculations of the "distance" to Betelgeuse that would seem to line up with Townes' observation of a decreasing diameter. If we assume, contrary to popular belief, that historical calculations were accurate and those values are graphed on a timeline, we can observe a consistent increase. If the diameter of Betelgeuse is decreasing as Townes believed, then this apparent increase in "distance" may instead be related to a decrease in diameter. Distance and apparent size are inversely proportional, so a column has been added showing "distance" values inverted (normalized to the first value) and proportional to diameter. We can see that these numbers show a decrease roughly in agreement with the 15% decrease measured by Townes between 1993 and 2008.
| Year | Distance (Light years) | Observation | Inverse Normalized (1/x) * 163 |
| 1920 | 163 | Albert A. Michelson | 100% |
| 1991 | 332 | 49% | |
| 1993 | 495 | Revised Hipparcos | 33% |
| 2008 | 642 | Very Large Array | 25% |
| 2017 | 724 | ALMA and e-Merlin | 22% |
| 2020 | 548 | Coriolis satellite | 30% |
The inverted values appear to fall into two sets which each describe a surprisingly smooth negative slope. The difference between the two slopes is not clear, but may be related to similar distance measurement techniques being used.
Could we be watching the final collapse of Betelgeuse into supernova?
According to EarthSky.org, closer than 160 light years to a supernova could cause damaging effects to Earth. What if Michelson's distance calculation is correct and more recent calculations have been skewed by the shrinking diameter?
Matt. 24:29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Star Betelgeuse's Spectacular Supernova Will Be Visible With the Naked Eye
Current Activity
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2023 Dec 11 occultation by asteroid 319 Leona
Final Empires - 3 Beasts
The Winged Lion-Heart
Dan 7:4 - “The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
Is this Babylon? Does the progression in Daniel 7 match the progression of the statue in Daniel 2 and the ram and goat in Daniel 8?
It could be argued that the system which began in Babylon and continued into the empires of Medio-Persia, Greece, Rome, has continued into the modern world economic system centered around the Western World. In some ways, Babylon and its lineage may be considered to be a type of the modern Western-dominated world order.
Could the first beast be symbolic of specifically the Western five eyes nations -- United Kingdom (Tarshish) and its young lions of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand?
Could "eagles wings" point to the emergence of the State of Israel on the back of the United States and allies? Is this a reference to two wings of a great eagle given to Israel to flee from the Antichrist during the Tribulation? (Also see Jer 48 and Jer 49.)
The Unbalanced Bear
Dan 7:5 - “And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’
Some have pointed to a correlation between the image of a bear raised on one side and the disproportionate alliance of the Medes and the Persians. In fact, this correlation may be intentional, both ethnically and a geographically, pointing to a modern reemergence of something like Medio-Persia. The Scythians (ancestors of many people groups in modern Russia) and the Persians both descended from the ancient Iranians. Farsi, spoken in Iran, is an Indo-European language. Many people in modern Russia and Iran can trace lineage back to common ancestors.
Could the second beast be symbolic of the former U.S.S.R., the Russian Federation, also known as the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)? Iran (Persia) is significant in the Magog Invasion of Ezekiel 38 & 39 and is closely coupled geo-politically and militarily with Russia.
A Russian view of the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. provides eye-opening perspectives about Russia's relationship with the emerging global order.
Could the CIS and Iran be the modern reemergence of the ancient Medio-Persian empire?
The Quad Leopard
Dan 7:6 - “After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
Is the leopard with four wings Greece? Some point to the dissolution of Alexander's empire into four empires as being represented by four wings and that may be appropriate. It may also simultaneously point to the reemergence of Alexander's empire, following the first two beasts.
The third beast is given dominion, which may indicate a connection to the fourth beast that can be identified with the final Antichrist beast system. The beasts emerge in sequence, but coexist in parallel, similar to what we see in the modern global order. Greece, specifically Antiochus Epiphanes, is a type of the final Antichrist, and the Roman empire is the people group from which the Antichrist will arise. The EU and Europe can be considered a modern form of the Roman empire, and by extension, the ancient Greek empire.
Could the winged leopard be symbolic of Europe and the EU (see this statue that was temporary erected)? The current EU system is lead by 4 countries and has 4 presidents.
The eagle is a consistent symbol throughout Europe, well understood for its connection to the Roman empire. In addition, several European countries, the obvious being Germany (known for Leopard and Panther tanks) also identify with the Leopard symbol. The royal name Leopold has origins in the Leopard symbol and coats of arms from several European countries incorporate the Leopard symbol.
Where do China and India fit in?
Two world powers seem to be missing in the final beast lineup. Where are China and India? The first thing I'll say is that I really don't know. This is entirely a work in progress and nothing more than a clumsy attempt to connect some dots between what God has revealed in prophecy and the fog of the world order we see around us. Beyond that, it's possible China and India are embedded as a subset of one of the beasts. There are verses that seem to indicate that power centers from the east will be involved in the final Armageddon conflict.
Dan 11:44 But news from the east and the north shall trouble him
Rev 16:12 Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.
Isa 46:11 Calling a bird of prey from the east,
The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
Are these verses relevant? I don't know, but you keep digging into Scripture and asking the Holy Spirit to guide you, and I will do the same!
New World Order - 4th Beast
7 Heads & 10 Horns
Rev 13:1 - Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.
Dan 7:7 - “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
The G7 group of powerful nations may be the 7 heads of the coming 10-horned New World Order.
Could the New World Order (4th Beast) be a composite of the lion (U.S./U.K./etc.), the bear (Russia/Iran/etc.) and the leopard (European Union)?
This interpretation would match the order of appearance of the three beasts and may match relative authority in the final 4th beast. It makes sense that the core of the New World Order is the E.U., the language and "teeth" provided by the U.S., and the mobility and "claws" provided by Russia.
| Dan 7:4 | The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings |
| Dan 7:5 | a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth |
| Dan 7:6 | another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it. |
| Dan 7:7 | a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. |
| Rev 13:1 | a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns |
| Rev 13:2a | the beast which I saw was like a leopard |
| Rev 13:2b | his feet were like the feet of a bear |
| Rev 13:2c | his mouth like the mouth of a lion |
A Little Horn
Dan 7:8 - “I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words
There are 10 powerful nations and 7 nations with headship. A little horn may be rising, isolating 3 nations.
The G7 previously removed Russia and is placing pressure on China (following a high profile phone call), as well as pressuring India. In response, Russia and China have "hit back" at the G7.
Who would have thought the first city struck by an atomic bomb would host such a meeting -- 77.7 years later?
Coming 7 Year Pact
Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week...
UN Summit of the Future & Pact for the Future
Following the summit is an International Day of Peace which may prove to be the unveiling of a supposed Peace Formula.
Coming Mark
and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Global Digital Health Certificate
The Rapture
Shadows in the Old Testament
Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
2 Kings 2:10 So he said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.”
...consecrate them today and tomorrow ... on the third day, in the morning...
And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
You have given us up like sheep intended for food,
And have scattered us among the nations.
In God we boast all day long...
Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 8:36 As it is written:
“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live;
Together with my dead body they shall arise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.
Psalm 44:23 Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever. Why do You hide Your face,
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
Our body clings to the ground.
Ephesians 5:14 Therefore He says:
“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”
Jesus explains the Rapture
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive [take] you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Matthew 24:40-41 “Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. “Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
Luke 17:35-36 “Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. “Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”
Mathew 17:1 Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led [taketh] them up on a high mountain by themselves;
Luke 9:28 Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
Mathew 25:6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet [same word as in 1 Thess 4:17] him!’
The Holy Spirit explains the Rapture
1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Matthew 27:51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
Shadows of Resurrection
Matthew 25:1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out [g1831] to meet the bridegroom.
He stayed two more days in the place where He was...
And he who had died came out [g1831]...
...his [Lazarus] face was wrapped with a cloth [g4676]...
John 20:7 ...handkerchief [g4676] that had been around His [Jesus] head...
2Co 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
With the Bridegroom
Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
Matthew 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
...opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens...
Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.
And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: “They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark...
Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; “but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom...
Gen 7:16 So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
The Second Coming
Psalm 45:3-4 Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One,
With Your glory and Your majesty.
And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
Revelation 19:15-16 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
For behold, the LORD comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her blood,
And will no more cover her slain.
In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
His Millennial Kingdom
Isaiah 25:7 And He will destroy on this mountain
The surface of the covering cast over all people,
And the veil that is spread over all nations.
Israel Awakening to Jesus Messiah
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION] The next page in this series is Magog Invasion
Amos
| 8:9 | in that day... sun go down at noon, And I will darken the earth in broad daylight (Jesus' crucifixion and also great and awesome day of the Lord Joel 2:31) |
| 8:10 |
I will make it like mourning for an only son, And its end like a bitter day. (Similar to Zech 12:10) |
| 8:11-9:7 | famine on the land... wander from sea to sea... sin of Samaria... Dan... go into captivity before their enemies |
| 9:8-9:11 | Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob... Yet not the smallest grain shall fall... tabernacle of David... rebuild it |
| 9:12 | possess the remnant of Edom |
| 9:13-15 | back the captives of My people Israel... no longer shall they be pulled up From the land I have given them |
Magog Invasion
Modern warfare described in an ancient language
It's interesting that the Hebrew words for warfare used in Ezekiel 38 & 39 are purely functional. It's only by inference that you can connect these to physical objects. As a result, a translation using modern object names could be made that would be fully literal and maintain the same equivalence and accuracy as a translation using ancient object names.
Ezekiel 38:1-6
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, set your face against Gog [or Goth], of the land of Magog [or Magoth], the prince of Rosh [or Ros, like Rosatom, Roscosmos], Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I am against [literal: an opposition force] you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal. I will turn you around [literal: return to place, similar to making u-turn], put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out [literal: leave your place], with all your army, horses [literal: skip like a swallow; could describe swallow-shaped fighter aircraft], and horsemen [literal: stretched/partitioned fighting vehicle, root word can involve piecing/stinging], all splendidly [literal: perfect] clothed [literal: wrap around], a great company with bucklers [literal: shield with opposing sensation/prick, similar meaning to reactive armor] and shields [literal: shield or covering (subtle, background), similar meaning to stealth], all of them handling [literal: external attachment; could describe a pylon or hardpoint mount] swords [literal: piercing weapon, laying waste; could describe bunker-buster weapons]. Persia [Iran], Ethiopia [Ethiopia, Sudan], and Libya [Libya!] are with them, all of them with shield [literal: shield or covering (subtle, background), similar meaning to stealth] and helmet [literal: high round]; Gomer [uncertain, probably includes Turkey] and all its troops; the house of Togarmah [Turkey] from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you.
Ezekiel 38:7-9
“Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them. After many days you will be visited. In the latter years [literal: end times, future, last days] you will come into the land of those brought back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and now all of them dwell safely. You will ascend [literal: lift, up, depart, actively mount, similar meaning to takeoff], coming like a storm [literal: rush over, destroy], covering [literal: come down on] the land like a cloud [literal: covering the sky, in transit], you and all your troops [literal: impending, wing, army] and many peoples with you.”
Eze 38:10
‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts [literal: speech] will arise [literal: on] in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: you will say, ‘I will go up [literal: lift, up, depart, actively mount, similar meaning to takeoff] against a land of unwalled villages [literal: town without walls]; I will go to [literal: come down on] a peaceful [at rest in the land following wars, first used in Joshua] people, who dwell safely [literal: confidently], all of them dwelling without walls [without walls: houses that may be redeemed, released in Jubilee], and having neither bars nor gates’ [literals: barred, door, or shut door, maybe implying post-Rapture?] — to take plunder [šālal šālāl literal: spoil the spoil, to strip off] and to take booty [bāzaz baz literal: prey on the prey; first usage of both confidently and prey is in Gen 34:25-27], to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited, and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land. Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’
Ezekiel 38 & 39:
| Verse | Summary | Comment |
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Ez 38:1-6, Ez 39:1-2
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Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, Tubal, Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya |
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| Ez 38:4-7 |
I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out . . . Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are gathered about you; and be a guard for them |
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Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.
Items that will be burned for 7 years:
| Literal Translation | Modern Equivalent |
| nešeq h5402 military equipment |
Military equipment |
| māḡēn h4043 a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile | Body structures |
| ṣinnâ h6793 a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing) | Active armor |
| qešeṯ h7198 rainbow; of bending; a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris | Launched systems (weapons that follow an arced trajectory) |
| ḥēṣ h2671 a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt | Munitions, ordinance |
| maqqēl h4731 to germinate; a shoot; walking, striking, guiding, divining yāḏ h3027 indicating power, means, direction | Guided |
| rōmaḥ h7420 to hurl; a lance (as thrown); especially the iron point | Missiles, warheads |
Israel at the crossroads:
Israel is becoming the not-so-secret-weapon of NATO. Germany has purchased Arrow, Finland is on track to receive David's Sling, and NATO/Ukraine continues to lobby for Iron Dome, David's Sling, and Arrow.
Both Moscow and Kyiv express interest in having Israel as a formally declared ally.
Magog alliance geography:
The list of African nations where Wagner PMC operates closely matches the list of African peoples mentioned:
Image by Mupper-san - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128847128
Libya is taking an adversarial stance toward Israel and they are called out as being part of the Magog coalition.
Ukraine conflict staging for Magog Invasion:
So many things about the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine seem fishy. The power grid is routinely and entirely knocked out and then back on within days.
In a transformer failure, the repair or replacement work can range from 12 to 24 months
The system is still working, it is integrated, not broken or disconnected
Communication between heads of Russian and NATO intelligence seem absurdly relaxed, verging on choreographed.
It's likely the Magog Invasion will be integral to:
- Israel's awakening to Jesus as Messiah, following the Rapture, leading to the 144,000 witnesses going out
- Elimination of one of the Three Horns displaced by the Antichrist horn
- Alien deception as both an excuse for the Rapture and the destruction of the Magog coalition
- Beginning of the Harvest of Souls during the Tribulation, when the Lord is known in the eyes of many nations
News:
June 2023
Zelensky offers zero flexibility to African leaders
Zelensky chief of staff: Only Israel can provide what we need against Iranian drones
Putin: My Jewish friends say Zelensky Jewish, is a ‘disgrace’ to the faith
Antichrist Government
[UNDER CONSTRUCTION] Next page is Third Temple
Also see page on Antichrist (under Bible Prophecy > Identities)
Third Temple
Recent News:
Lost Ark?
Rabbis believe the Ark of the Covenant is not lost, but simply stored in its designated place, built by Solomon, under the Temple Mount.
Symbols
The whole Bible is an "integrated message system" originating outside our Universe (from our Creator). Continuity of symbols and encoding provides authentication and "spread spectrum" signaling (to those who search for it) in time and frequency domains.
The Door
Jhn 10:7 - Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
Jhn 10:8 - “All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
Jhn 10:9 - “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Mat 24:33 - “So you also, when you see all these things, know that it[fn] is near—at the doors!
“And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
Rev 3:7 - “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:[fn]
Rev 3:8 - “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it;[fn] for you have a little strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name.
Rev 3:20 - “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
“You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks
So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
Luk 17:26 - “And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
Luk 17:27 - “They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh
Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom
“And you shall put it before the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.
2Co 3:13 - unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away.
2Co 3:14 - But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ.
2Co 3:15 - But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.
2Co 3:16 - Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
2Co 3:17 - Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
2Co 3:18 - But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Isa 25:7 - And He will destroy on this mountain
The surface of the covering cast over all people,
And the veil that is spread over all nations.Isa 25:8 - He will swallow up death forever,
And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For the LORD has spoken
“For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you
Exo 33:9 - And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
Exo 33:10 - All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door
“then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God
but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this
The Day of the Lord
Disclaimer: this is just the tip of the iceberg. It makes my head spin as I read so many verses with interconnected themes. Dig into the Bible for yourself and allow the Holy Spirit to guide you; don't just rely on this.
Throughout the Bible there are references to the coming Day of the Lord. The word day in Scripture can be used symbolically to reference an era, like its usage in today's English. When we understand that Scripture was written by the Holy Spirit and contains symbols carrying precise meaning, we understand that each of the multiple meanings of day can be understood precisely.
Another way to look at it, prophecies are often self-similar or fractal and point to more than one scale of fulfillment.
At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus provided a definition of the time-period of His First Coming by reading a specific section of this pre-written synopsis pointing to Him. The time-period of His First Coming spans the time up to, but not including, the day of vengeance of our God.
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“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, |
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; |
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To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD.” |
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, |
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And the day of vengeance of our God; |
Peter specifically connects the time-period leading up to the day of the Lord with the explanation that a day refers to 103 years:
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Jesus repeatedly explained that He would be killed and rise again the third day. Some references He made to this are clearly referring to the 24 hour days He would be in the grave and His resurrection on the third day. Some references to the third day appear to point to the final day of the Lord.
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Mat 17:23 “and they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up.” And they were exceedingly sorrowful. |
Mar 9:31 For He taught His disciples and said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.” |
Luk 9:22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.” |
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Mat 20:19 “and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.” |
Mar 10:34 “and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.” |
Luk 18:33 “They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.” |
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Mat 24:36, 50 v. 36: “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. |
Mar 13:32 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. |
Luk 12:46 “the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Luk 17:24 “For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. |
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Mat 26:29 “But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom.” |
Mar 14:25 “Assuredly, I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” |
Luk 22:18 “for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” |
Day of Harvest
Jhn 9:4
“I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.
Jhn 11:9
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
Day of Trouble
Luk 17:31
“In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back.
Luk 19:42
saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Raised Up (Raptured)
2Th 2:1-2
Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come.
1Th 4:15-17
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Jhn 6:39
“This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
Jhn 6:40
“And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Jhn 6:44
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jhn 6:54
“Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Jhn 11:24
Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
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Jhn 11:1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. Jhn 11:6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. Jhn 11:17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. |
Jhn 12:15-17 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; |
Mar 9:2
Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves; and He was transfigured before them.
Day of Judgement
Jhn 12:48
“He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
Zechariah 14:1-4
Behold, the day of the LORD is coming,
And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Then the LORD will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
Making a very large valley;
Half of the mountain shall move toward the north
And half of it toward the south.
Wedding Feast
Jhn 2:1
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
Jhn 7:37
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
Today, Tomorrow, and the Third Day
Hosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
Luke 13:32
And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’
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Zephaniah 1:14 The great day of the LORD is near; |
Exodus 19:10-11 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. “And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. |
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Zephaniah 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, |
Exodus 19:16a Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; |
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Zephaniah 1:16 A day of trumpet and alarm |
Exodus 19:16b and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. |
The Thief
The Coming Night
The Bow
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13: I do set my bow H7198 in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14: And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow H7198 shall be seen in the cloud: 16: And the bow H7198 shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. |
| Gen 49:24 | But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) |
| 2 Sam 22:35 | He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow H7198 of steel is broken by mine arms. |
| Ez 1:28 | As the appearance of the bow H7198 that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. |
The white horseman in Revelation 6 is likely a picture of the Antichrist and he carries a bow.
Rev. 6:2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
There is a connection with the symbol of God's bow to both peace and judgement. The "peace" of the antichrist is a deception and twisting of the truth, similar to how the symbol of the rainbow has been twisted, leading up to the one-world antichrist religion.
Identities
Concrete modern entities that may fit the abstract prophetic templates God gives us through His Word. These should be taken with a grain of salt at best.
Babylon
Antichrist
Will the Antichrist be visible before the Rapture?
And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
This passage tells about He who restrains being taken out of the way, before the lawless one is revealed. Whether it's a reference to the restraining ministry of the Holy Spirit or followers of the Jesus, through whom the Holy Spirit works and restrains, this removal event logically corresponds to the Rapture. These verses provide strong support for a pre-trib Rapture and reinforce the understanding that Rapture will precede the mystery of lawlessness and the global empire of the Antichrist. There are several verses which do appear to indicate followers of Jesus will have some understanding of the identity of the Antichrist just prior to the Rapture.
But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
The Holy Spirit tells true believers that we will clearly know when the Day of the Lord is approaching; it won't take us by surprise, like a thief.
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition
Why would the Holy Spirit include the revealing of the man of sin as a sign leading to the Rapture and the Day of the Lord if there can be no recognition of the man of sin before the Rapture? Part of what Jesus explains to the disciples in Matthew 24 may be directed to Jews who will be left behind after the Rapture, but the Holy Spirit's message to the Thessalonians is clearly directed to followers of Jesus, those who will be taken in the Rapture: "But you, brethren, are not in darkness...".
Some Bible teachers, whom I respect, teach that the falling away is the Rapture. I'm not sure that view is entirely correct, since the word apostasia is used only one other place (Acts 21:21) and the meaning seems closer to not enduring sound doctrine than a description of the Rapture. On a side note, a wise man (OK, the leader of our weekly Bible study) once told me he believes the falling away has a double meaning, and he may be exactly right.
One thing we know with certainty is that the time of the end, leading to the Day of the Lord, will be a time when people turn away from the Truth (Luke 18:8, 1 Timothy 4, 2 Timothy 3, Jude 1, 2 Peter 3). With this in mind, I believe the falling away does primarily refer to a falling away from the Truth. The technical term "unless" strongly places falling away before the beginning of the Day of the Lord, but the revealing of the man of sin is associated more passively through a trailing "and". This leads me to interpret the revealing of the man of sin has less definite timing. We can make the case that the revealing of the man of sin must start before the Rapture, because it's mentioned as a sign, and the only time believers need earthly signs is before the Rapture; after that we're Home, with the Lord! I personally think followers of Jesus will begin to recognize the identity of the Antichrist just before the Rapture, but his identity will be absolutely certain at the signing of the 7-year pact, after the Rapture. If any doubt remains, the requirement of the Mark, which can optionally be the name of the beast, will make the Antichrist's identity clear. So if we see a little horn emerging, get ready, the Rapture is coming soon!
In conclusion, the Rapture is not dependent or predicated on the emergence of the Antichrist. But if we do happen to see the initial stages of the Antichrist emerging, then the Rapture is imminent! In fact, we are now observing the assembling of the global government and maybe even the Antichrist himself. So get ready, Jesus is coming back very soon!
Have there always been Antichrist candidates?
Identity template in the Bible:
Assyrian
It's likely the the Antichrist will be Assyrian, based on multiple passages throughout the Bible that appear to point to that individual. The whole chapter of Micah 5 appears to be a timeline of Israel, from the first coming of the Messiah to His second coming and final judgement. The reference to the Assyrian appears to be a reference to the one we would call the Antichrist.
Mic 5:5 ...When the Assyrian comes into our land...
Zelensky
Is Zelensky Assyrian? To most of the world he is Ukrainian (whatever that means); to the Jews he is Jewish, but in fact he may be something else. Significant Assyrian populations are present throughout Ukraine, including Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih.
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| Assyrian man | Zelensky |
In stark contrast to his Jewish background, he has the unlikely endorsement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the tentative endorsement of the Arab League, and gives particular interest to participating in iftar with Muslims. Additionally, he has always enjoyed a strong backing from the Pope.
He's survived an uncanny number of assassination attempts.
Seems to be a goal of most current world leaders to pay their respects:
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Congress, Joe Biden, President Trump, Lindsay Graham, Janet Yellen, Mitch McConnell, George W. Bush, William Burns |
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Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson, James Cleverly |
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| Germany |
Stolz & Macron, Annalena Baerbock |
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Headlining G-something summits:
Meetings with non-government entities:
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TIME Magazine articles...
This is uncanny...
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