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Main Events That Will Occur After the Tribulation

(https://www.bible-knowledge.com/end-time-events-outline/)

 Messiah’s Second Coming

 Even before the tremendous flood, Enoch prophesied the second coming of Yeshua. Scripture: Jude 1:14 “Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones”.

 Jesus Himself prophecies the events that will take place just prior to his return in Matt: 24:27 and 29-31 as follows:

(Mt 24:27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.)

Mt 24:29 “Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

 30 “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. (Insert by the writer: Why will they mourn? Answer: They will see the marks on his body of the crucifixion. Since He is Omniscient every single person will view Him.)

 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.”  (Note: “elect” meaning tribulation saints, i.e. those who did not believe in Yeshua/Jesus prior, but turned/repented during the Tribulation – both Jews and Gentiles.)

 Whenever the word “elect” is used in God’s book, it does refer to His chosen people, the Jews. (But remember Romans 11 – as a follower of Yeshua (Jesus), Gentiles are spiritual descendants of Abraham).

 Matt. 24:22: If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. We must recall, the Tribulation is focused on Israel and the Jews. However, the tribulation saints are just human beings (Including Gentiles) living during the tribulation. The Bible indicates that a great number of people during the tribulation (Jew or Gentile) will place their faith in Jesus Christ.

 Joel also tells us that in the end times, God will orchestrate the complete redemption of Israel, describing celestial signs involving the sun, moon, and heavenly bodies.

 “The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.  And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance.”  (Joel 2:31–32)

 What happens with The Second Coming of Jesus?

     Immediately following the Tribulation and right in the middle of the battle of Armageddon, Jesus literally descends from heaven. He will land on the Mount of Olives and He will then destroy all of the invading armies who have come against Jerusalem. Their flesh will dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes will dissolve in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths. Approximately twenty major references are found in the New Testament alone (Matt 19:28; 23:39 ; 24:3—25:46 ; Mark 13:24-37; Luke 12:35-48; 17:22-37 ; 18:8 ; 21:25-28 ; Acts 1:10-11; 15:16-18 ; Rom 11:25-27; 1 Cor 11:26; 2 Thess 1:7-10; 2:8 ; 2 Pet 3:3-4; Jude 1:14-15 ; Rev 1:7-8; 2:25-28 ; 16:15 ; 19:11-21 ; 22:20 ).

 Jesus then throws the Antichrist and False Prophet into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone. Jesus then throws Satan into the bottomless pit where he is kept chained up for a 1000 years. The rest of unsaved humanity is kept in Hades (Hell) until the 1000 Millennium Kingdom is over.

 

2. The Millennium Kingdom

Jesus will literally rule our entire earth from the city of Jerusalem for 1000 years with all of the saints ruling the nations of the earth with Him. There will be no more wars ever again. Wild animals and beasts will be tame. People will live long lives, possibly up to a 1000 years. There will be no more weeping or crying.

 The following scripture describes the size of the New Jerusalem: Scripture: Re 21:15 The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.

 16 The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long.

 17 He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by man’s measurement, which the angel was using.

(A stadia is 607 feet and the height would be 1,400 miles. A cubit is the measurement from the elbow to the middle finger). 

 

3. Satan is Let Loose One More Time

 After the 1000 years have passed in the Millennium Kingdom, Satan is let loose from the bottomless pit for a little while in order to go out and attempt to deceive the nations of the world for one last time. God allows Satan to tempt and weed out the restless bad apples that were born into the Millennium Kingdom. They will all converge on the city of Jerusalem to go into battle.

 However, before any battle is fought, God will destroy this invading army with fire. Satan is then cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone where he will now join the Antichrist and False Prophet. All three of them will now remain in this place forever and ever and we will never hear from the devil again.

 

4. The Great White Throne Judgment

 All of unsaved humanity is now pulled up out of Hades (Hell) where they will now all stand before God for their final judgment. All of those whose names are not found written in the Book of Life are thrown into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone where they will all remain forever with Satan, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet.

 

5. The New Heaven and New Earth

Our earth and our atmospheric heaven are now done away with, and in its place we will get a new heaven and a new earth. There will no longer be any more seas. There will no longer be any night. There will no longer be any sun or moon because the glory of God will be illuminating the earth.

There will no longer be any more death in any way, shape, or form. The curse of Adam and Eve will have finally been broken and done away with for good. There will be no more sorrow, pain, crying, or weeping. All things will be made new.

 God the Father Himself will now come down from heaven and dwell with man forever and ever in this new heaven and new earth. We will also get the city of New Jerusalem which will come down from heaven itself.

This new city will be like a square and possibly 1500 miles wide. The foundations of the walls will be adorned with all kinds of precious stones.

 There will be 12 gates with an angel at each gate. The gates will be made of solid pearl and the streets will be solid gold.

There shall no longer be any temple as God and Jesus will be the temple Themselves. All the nations of the earth shall walk in Their light and the gates into this city will never be closed.

 Now with Satan, all of his demons, and all of the evil and unsaved people taken out of this new heavenly environment, we will now all live happily ever after with God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, all of God’s good angels, and all of our saved loved ones in the most perfect God-environment imaginable – with no more pain, sorrow, or death ever again!

 This is our final end. This is our ultimate destination. Keep your eyes on this final glorious end as we start to approach and enter into these end time events. It will help get you through the fire.

 Remember, God will win in the end and so will you if you keep your faith in Jesus Christ through what may be some very difficult times ahead. Jesus Himself has already told us that those who are the over-comer’s in this life will be the ones to rule the nations of the world with Him in these coming eras.” (https://www.bible-knowledge.com/end-time-events-outline/)

 2Ch 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

 

Michael Bradley at (https://www.bible-knowledge.com/end-time-events-outline/) provides an excellent summary of end time events as follows without scripture documentation:

 First he “lists all of the events that will be occurring before the 7 year Tribulation starts, then all of the events that will be occurring during the Tribulation, and finally all of the events that will occur after the Tribulation.”

 Main Events That Will Occur Before the Tribulation

 

1. Restoration of the State of Israel

The Jewish people return to the land of Israel and re-establish it as a state. This sign has already come to pass and it occurred on 5/14/48. The city of Jerusalem was then regained by the Jewish people on 6/7/67.

 

2. Miscellaneous Signs such as apostasy, which in Greek is expressed as the word “apostasia” indicating not only a falling away from belief, but also a falling away from a state of being – such a male or female, etc.

 (Scripture: Ro 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities– his eternal power and divine nature– have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator– who is forever praised. Amen.26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.)

 Jesus in Matt 24 tells us that some of the following signs will occur as we approach the end times.

1. a)  Perilous times will come.
2. b)  False Christ’s and false prophets will arise.
3. c)  Wars and rumors of wars.
4. d)  Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom.
5. e)  Famines, pestilences (NKJV) and earthquakes.

                   (Note: pestilences=pandemics) 

(Insert: 2nd Tim. 3:1: “There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God– 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power) (End insert)

 

1. f)  Lawlessness and immorality will abound.

 The City of Babylon will rise again – i.e. – meaning it be rebuilt, presumably by the Antichrist.

 Russia and her Allies at the time Will Invade Israel. God will then supernaturally destroy this invading army. (Most likely Eze. 38-39). (Note: Gog is not Russia. Gog is a “ruler” – context is necessary. However, Magog in ancient history was a city in Turkey. Also Sheba was considered the Northern UAE, and Dedan the Southern areas. End of the year 2020 treaties illuminate the written scriptures of Eze.38-39.

 Main Events That Will Occur During the 7 Year Tribulation

Satan apparently forms an Unholy Trinity of sorts and due to length constraints of this paper, further exploits of the Antichrist and the False Prophet cannot be displayed. The reader is asked to recall that once again this entire writing has been severely condensed.

 Going forward in time:

 The Antichrist Establishes a Peace Treaty and a Covenant with Israel.

 The Jewish Temple is Rebuilt and daily sacrifices commence.

 God’s Counterbalances with:

 The 2 Witnesses

The question has been asked, “why, two”? The most apparent answer is to comply with Jewish law. At least two witnesses were needed to establish the guilt or innocence of a Jew. (Deut. 17:6). When Jesus said in Matt 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.“  is often taken completely out of context, with people believing there is more “spiritual power” in groups.

 Some commentators feel the two witnesses will be Enoch and Elijah since they have never died. However, others feel they will be Elijah and Moses. This reasoning includes the fact that Enoch was a Gentile.

 144,000 Jewish Witnesses 

 According to Jeremiah (2 ) these Jewish witnesses who now believe Yeshua Messiah came first as a Lamb, are utterly dedicated to Yeshua (Jesus) and display tremendous strength of character. The judgment of the “angels” empowered for their destructive purpose is temporarily put on hold, after the 144,000 are anointed and begin their tremendous success in telling the other Jews the Gospel of Yeshua bringing them into the Kingdom of God. However, it does not stop in Israel.  Rather the 144,000 go out into the entire world bringing all those written in God’s Book of Life, into the Kingdom forever.

 These 144,000 individuals are protected during the Tribulation and according to John 14:1, he sees them standing triumphantly on Mount Zion. Dr. Jeremiah (2) calls our attention to the fact “not 143,999, but the entire 144,000.”

 Major Outpouring of  Holy Spirit God.

 In his vision of heaven, John in Revelation sees a vast number of  tribulation saints who have been martyred by the Antichrist: (Re 7:9 After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. When John asks who they are, he is told, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation;

 Next: The Angel of the Everlasting Gospel is allowed to preach over the entire earth.

  A War in Heaven Breaks Out”

 –Michael the Archangel and his angels cast Satan —(all the way out of the atmosphere of the lowest heaven and onto the actual earth. )–The Devil becomes furious when this event occurs because he knows that his time is short. It is felt the first battle involved Satan and his followers in “heaven” being cast down to the first heaven, i.e. the atmosphere of the earth.

      This writer feels that since God is a God of sevens and since Paul was taken to the third heaven, it is entirely possible there are three “heavens” with seven levels each. Other than actual scripture, further documentation is needed, including any references to the “unknown expanse” of heaven.

The Abomination of Desolation”

 Three and half years into the Tribulation, the Antichrist will break his peace treaty with Israel, seat himself up in their rebuilt temple and proclaim himself to be God. This begins the judgments:

 There are seven judgments each of 1. Seal, 2. Trumpet, and 3. Bowl.

 Starting with Revelation 5, the seal judgments commence. The seals are such that they can only be opened by Yeshua (Jesus), and are as follows- 1-7:

 

1. A rider on a white horse (interpreted as the Antichrist), goes out to make war across the earth.
2. People kill each other around the world and there is no peace.
3. Famine occurs world wide due to above.
4. Many people die due to famine and “wild beasts” who deliberate seek out humans to kill them.
5. A vast increase in Martyrdom of Christian, Messianic, or Non Messianic Jews.
6. Tremendous earthquakes.
7. Introduction to the “Trumpet” judgments, with a “pause”.

 The Trumpet judgments:

 The seven angels who stand before God with the seven trumpets bring the following: (see note above regarding a temporary halt in action)

Angel 1- Hail and fire burn up a third of trees and grass.

Angel 2-A Volcano in the sea turns the sea to blood killing 1/3 of fish and ships.

Angel 3-A meteor falls like a torch in bodies of waters making them bitter and kill men who drink from them. (humanity)

Angel 4-A third of the sun moon and stars darkens the day.

Angel 5-Locusts, which sting like scorpions torment men for five months.

Angel 6-An army of 200 million kill one-third of mankind.

 After these trumpets, the great angel appears with a little book. He utters seven thunders, but God tells John not to write what they spoke. This angel declares there should be no more delay, that with the sounding of the seventh angel, the mystery of God will be finished that He declared to His prophets. He gave John the little book to eat that tasted sweet as honey, but in his stomach became bitter. He told him he must prophesy about many people.

 While the Revelation gives a prelude to the seventh bowl of the seventh trumpet, it continues to provide details of the events of the Tribulation, prior to the 7th bowl. This final bowl unleashes the finale or cataclysmic end of the age.

 In the 15th Chapter, John witnesses the seven angels having the seven final plagues to complete the wrath of God. The temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened and out of the temple came seven angels with the seven last plagues (Revelation 15:8). The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power. No one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

 In Revelation Chapter 16  the bowl judgments are released:

Bowl 1 Loathsome sores form on those who have the Mark of the Beast.

Bowl 2 The sea becomes like blood, and all sea creatures die.

Bowl 3 The rivers and springs become blood.

Bowl 4 The sun scorches men with fire.

Bowl 5 The throne of the Beast’s kingdom darkens, and men gnaw in pain.

Bowl 6 Poured on river Euphrates to prepare for Armageddon.

 Spirits like frogs from the mouth of the Beast, False Prophet and Dragon go out to kings of the earth of the whole world to gather them to the battle of Armageddon.

 Bowl 7: World-shattering earthquake and 100 or more-pound hail.

 The “Great Tribulation” begins in the middle of the seven-year time frame (Daniel 9:25-27).
All of these plagues will be released during it. They end at the battle of Armageddon; the most famous battle known to man, which will unite the world’s armies together in the war that ends all wars. All the nations of the world come against Jerusalem.

 This prompts the second coming of Jesus Christ, who returns in judgment with His heavenly battalion. Immediately, after God causes the cataclysmic finale of the sun darkening, stars falling from the sky and the powers of the heavens shaken (Matt. 24:29). The sky will literally roll up as a scroll and marks the end of the age. (https://erikagrey.com/the-trumpet-and-bowl-judgments-of-revelation/).

 Some have said it is best to interpret scripture literally which is common sense. Seek no other sense or you might end up with nonsense. Nevertheless, there are a number of commentators who do not regard the tribulations as literal.

(More to Come)

God’s 7,000 Year Plan

https://www.christianevidence.net/2019/01/gods-7000-year-plan.html

The above internet site discusses God’s 7000 year plan and this writer has attempted to summarize pertinent portions. Hyperlinks to the above site remain: Ctrl/Click will take the reader to the site itself – this site is used through pages five and six.

 Isa 46:10 “I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please”

Why did God take 6 days to create the world when He could have just snapped His fingers and poof, there it was? Why did God not create in 1 day, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 days, yet created for 6 days and rested the 7th day?

Many believe that since God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day (Genesis 2:1-3), that God has a 6,000-year plan for man followed by a 1,000-year reign by Jesus Christ (Revelation 20:4). 

 In Biblical times, it was commonly believed among the Jews, and early Christians, that at the end of 6,000 years of history, Christ would return and reign for 1,000 years.

Early Christian writers, such as Barnabas, who was with Paul the Apostle in Lycaonia, wrote: “Therefore, children, in six days, that is in six thousand years, everything shall come to an end.” 

Another Christian author, Lactantius, wrote: 

 “As there had been 2,000 years from Adam to Abraham, and 2,000 from Abraham to Christ; so there will be 2,000 years for the Christian era and then would come the Millennium.” 

There is even an old tradition that the prophet Elijah taught there would be six thousand years for humans to rule under Satan’s kingdom, followed by one thousand years of abundance in the kingdom of God. The fact that both Jews and early Christians believed God had a 7,000 year plan, doesn’t mean that their belief is the reality. It’s just a factor worth considering.

Biblical “Hints” of a 7,000 Year Plan

Let’s look at some interesting things in Scripture that support this belief…

 

1. There are two places in Scripture that say a day with the Lord is as a thousand years:
   “For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it is past.” (Psalm 90:4)
2.  “But, 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.”  (2 Peter 3:8)

 Curiously, these verses do NOT say that a day is with the Lord as thousands of years (plural), ten thousands of years, or millions of years. It specifically states that “one day” is with the Lord as “a thousand years.” So, when the apostle Peter tells us that a “day” is with God as a thousand years, we should sit up and take notice!

Scripture also says that there still remains a day of rest for God’s people. Paul tells us that “the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now” (Rom. 8:22), which means that the creation has not yet entered into the rest that the Scriptures mandate (Isa. 11:10; 14:7; 44:21-23; 49:13; 55:12). This rest will occur under the rule of Jesus when He returns and sets up the promised kingdom on earth for one thousand years (Rev. 20:1-7)!

Interestingly, in Hebrews 4:4, 11, the seventh day of the week is pictured as a type of the peaceful “rest” on earth which will follow Christ’s return! Being a time of “rest” (Heb. 4:4-11), and lasting a thousand years (Rev. 20:1-7), it makes perfect sense that God would correspond it to the seventh day rest of Genesis 2:2. Since the last “day” of God’s plan for mankind is 1,000 years, it is logical to conclude that the other six days of creation typify 6,000 years of man’s government on earth.

Furthermore, the number 6 represents mankind and rebellion (6,000 years of man’s self rule?). The number 7 represents perfection (The Millennium?). The number 8 represents new beginnings (New Heavens and New Earth?). Could it be that God is trying to show us something here?

 There are many “pictures”, “shadows”, and “types” in the Bible that would seem to confirm the 7,000-year theory:

King Solomon had 6 steps to this throne and the 7th step was his throne (2 Chronicles 9:18).

Lazarus (a type of Israel) was sick and dead for a total of 6 days (John 11:1; 5-6; 14; 39). Jesus resurrected him on the 7th day (John 11:40-44). 

After 6 days, Jesus took his closest disciples up into a high mountain and was transfigured (a picture of the Second Advent) before them (Matt. 17:1; Mark 9:2).

After 6 days, Moses was called up to mount Sinai to be in the presence of God in the midst of the cloud (Exodus 24:16).

After 6 days, Jesus went to the wedding feast in Cana (John 1:51; 2:1).

Noah was 600 years of age when God destroyed the world with the flood (Genesis 7:6). And the ark rested in the 7th month (Genesis 8:4).

King Joash was the rightful king of Israel but was hidden in the temple of God for 6 years while an impostor reigned (Queen Athaliah – a picture of Satan the devil, the great usurper). At the beginning of the 7th year, the king was brought forth to sit on his rightful throne, and the usurper was put to death (2 Kings 11:16).

Slaves worked for 6 years and the 7th year was freedom (Exodus 21:2; Deuteronomy 15:1).

The list goes on. There are many other instances in the Bible that reflect a similar kind of timeline, and there is no need for such specific information (the six and a distinct seventh pattern) unless it hints at a larger truth!

 Bible chronology shows there were approximately 2,000 years from Adam’s creation until Abraham (Genesis 5; 11) and 2,000 years from Abraham until Jesus Christ. Is this merely coincidence? Given that the Millennium, the final “day” in God’s plan for human history, will be 1,000 years, it requires no great leap of exegetical skill to posit a comparable 2,000 years from Jesus’ First Coming to His Second Coming.

The notion that there will be 2 days, or 2,000 years, from Christ’s death till the Second Coming, or 4,000 years from Adam to Christ’s death, also seems to be confirmed by Bible analogies:

Jesus stayed with the Samaritan woman (a type of the Church) for 2 days (John 4:40).

The Good Samaritan (a type of Jesus) gave the innkeeper 2 pence (equal to 2 day’s wages) to care for the wounded man, promising to return and settle the account (Luke 10:35).

During the 6 days before going to the wedding feast in Cana, Jesus took a trip on the 4th day and was not seen again until the 7th day (John 1:19; 29; 35; 43; 2:1).

The Passover lamb was set aside 4 days before it was sacrificed (Exodus 12:3; 6). This of course is a type and shadow that pointed to Jesus, the Lamb of God, who was to come and die for the salvation of mankind. The Lamb of God was sacrificed from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8) and was killed at Passover 4,000 years later.

“Life” shows up after the 4th day in the creation narrative. Likewise, Christ shows up after 4,000 years and brings “life” (John 1:1-5; 10:10; 3:16; 1 John 1:1-2; 5:12-13).

Lastly, Hosea pictures Christ’s Second Coming 2,000 years after his ascension, in one of the most remarkable passages that supports the theory of God having a 7,000-year plan:

 “I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.” (Hosea 5:15-6:2)

 No one seems to be able to explain this verse (Hosea 5:15-6:2) until you apply this verse inside the 7,000-year template: “I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence . . .”  refers to Jesus returning to heaven after being rejected and crucified by the Jews. He will remain there until they “acknowledge their offense” and “seek” him in the Great Tribulation, which the passage calls “their affliction.” They will then “return unto the LORD” and be revived “after two days,” which equals the third 2,000-year time slot in God’s Plan, toward the end of which Israel becomes a nation (1948) in preparation for a spiritual revival later. Finally, “in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight” refers to the nation being totally revived and regenerated at the Second Coming of Christ and living in His sight in the millennial kingdom, which is the “third day” after Calvary, the “third day” after their offense of rejecting Christ.

Keep in mind that not all uses of the word “day” in Scripture mean a 24-hour solar day (Gen. 1:5). Take, for example, what God told Adam in Genesis 2:17:

“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Gen. 2:17). 

Adam died at the ripe old age of 930 years (Gen. 5:5). The “day” in which he died was certainly not the “24 hour” day. But the Word of God also speaks of the “millennial” day, or the “thousand year day.”

Scripture statements seem to support that we have been in the LAST DAYS ever since Jesus died:

 “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.” (Acts 2:17)

 “In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.” (Hebrews 1:1-2)

These verses are likely referring to the latter days of the 7,000 year week. If there is no 7,000-year plan, then the New Testament statements above about then being in the last days make little sense.
There are other Scriptures showing support for a 7,000-year plan, and the lateness of the hour makes this truth more relevant today than at any time in human history.

 

When Does the 6,000-Year Rule End?

Have you ever wondered why the Bible records the ages of people all the way back to Adam? Or why it records the number of years the Kings of Israel ruled? It seems God wanted us to be able to count the years from creation. Interestingly, after stating a thousand years is as a day in Psalm 90:4, the Psalmist writes that our own days are limited and we should number our days that we may have the heart of wisdom (Psalms 90:4-12)! Could understanding approximately where we are in the 6,000 years be a wise thing to do?

Historical records indicate that almost 6,000 years have elapsed since the re-creation of the earth and almost 2,000 years since the death of Jesus Christ. Based upon certain calculations, it seems that Adam and Eve were created and/or apparently left the garden of Eden between roughly 3959-3975 B.C. (it is most likely that the 6,000 years began once Adam sinned as Adam had not rebelled before then). This would suggest that the 6,000 years should be up sometime between 2026 A.D. – 2042 A.D.

However, a more accurate way to calculate when the 6,000-year period ends would be to add 2,000 years from the year Jesus Christ was crucified – and the Church Age began – which likely marks the beginning of the third 2,000-year time slot in God’s Plan.

 Although we cannot state with absolute certainty the amount of time that passed since Adam, we can establish the date of the crucifixion with fair certainty: Virtually all scholars believe, for various reasons, that Jesus was crucified in the spring of either 30 A.D. or 33 A.D. (Insert: Some sources show one come not be called a Rabbi unless one were 30 years of age). Based upon the above calculation, we COULD expect the 6,000 years to end, and Jesus Christ to return, in 2030 A.D. or 2033 A.D. (Insert: Based on the Rabbi principle, 2033).

 The  author of this article  —  “Joel” at: https://www.christianevidence.net/2019/01/gods-7000-year-plan.html takes care to state he is “NOT” setting a specific date for Jesus to return, but only suggesting a “possibility” based on whether the 7,000 year plan is correct or not).

What About the Rapture of the Church?

Since there is a seven-year tribulation period foretold to occur just before Christ’s return, the Rapture of the Church (1 Cor.15:51-52 and 1 Thess. 4:15-17) would be prior to this date, i.e. prior to the 7 year tribulation and prior to the Second Coming). 

 The Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Quaker, etc, reject the idea. of an “ascension/snatching away” (Raptura in the Latin Vulgate – Harpazo in Greek) of Christians to meet Jesus in the Clouds and members of these denominations have never received teaching on this particular potential phenomena. There are three divisions of teaching on this phenomena called PreTrib, MidTrib, and PostTrib.

 For those readers who have had no teaching on “The Rapture”, please see numerous articles on the Internet as well as multiple YouTube videos on this subject.

Conclusion (of this particular article): https://www.christianevidence.net/2019/01/gods-7000-year-plan.html

OTHER REMARKS:

We must keep in mind that there is no conclusive evidence anywhere in the Bible that God has a 7,000-year plan, or has decided to work in 2,000-year time slots. While these connections are simply speculation, let’s remember it is just a theory. You can decide whether such an exploration has any merit!

Considering almost 2,000 years have passed since Christ’s crucifixion (making a total of nearly 6,000 years—or six millennial days—from Adam), and at this precise juncture in human history mankind stands poised with the ability to blow up and blast out of existence all life on planet Earth, the 7,000-year plan is more believable than ever!

In any case, with Israel being a nation in the land again, and many other prophetic implications ramping up as of late, we know that Jesus will return very soon. The time is short. (Insert: This is the end of this Internet site article on God’s 7000 year plan. Some Editings were made to this article)

https://www.christianevidence.net/2019/01/gods-7000-year-plan.html

Dr. David Reagan has an extremely interesting review of the “7000 year plan of God”, entitled The Prophecy of the Week of Millenniums” in Volume XLII Lamplighter, January 2021February, No. 1.

Dr. Reagan mentions the three commands from the Medo/Persian rulers of Babylon where the Jewish population was taken as a conquered nation 70 years prior, and Daniel (see the book of Daniel in the Bible), had come to the conclusion of the 70 years of discipline having come to an end. It is generally concluded by students of prophecy, that the third command to rebuild Jerusalem was given in the year 445 BC.

 Dr. Reagan states the following: Using 445 as a starting point, experts on biblical chronology, have concluded that the terminal point of 483 years would be 27 AD at the earliest or 33 AD at the latest. The difference depends on whether you are using a solar year, or 360 day lunar days.”.

(Insert: It is generally understood, God gave Israel a lunar calendar.)

 Dr. Reagan mentions that in canonical scripture the Second Coming of the Messiah points our the “judgment” of ungodly  sinners. (1 Jude).

1Jude 14:15, Jude 1:14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones

 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

 Using scripture known as “noncanonical, the Second Book of Enoch, states there will be 7000 years of history and that the beginning of the 8000th year would mark the start of the “Eternal State“. 2 Enoch 33:1.

Dr. Reagan notes that “whether these writings date from the time of Enoch or were written later by someone using his name, they indicate that the idea of 7000 years of human history on the earth is a very old tradition”. (Underlining added)

 The reader may not understand the talmud, mishnah, etc. and the explanation are given below as short as possible– with a hyperlink to “Got questions” for additional questions.

Question: “What is the Talmud?”
Answer: The word “Talmud” is a Hebrew word meaning “learning, instruction.” The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism and consists primarily of discussions and commentary on Jewish history, law (especially its practical application to life), customs and culture. The Talmud consists of what are known as the Gemara and the Mishnah.

In addition to the inspired written Hebrew scriptures, which Christians call the Old Testament, Judaism has an “Oral Torah” which is a tradition explaining what these scriptures mean and how to interpret them and apply the laws. Orthodox Jews believe God taught this Oral Torah to Moses, and to others, down to the present day. This tradition was maintained only in oral form until about the 2nd century A.D., when the oral law was compiled and written down in a document called the Mishnah. Over the next few centuries, additional commentaries elaborating on the Mishnah were written down in Jerusalem and Babylon. These additional commentaries are known as the Gemara. The Gemara and the Mishnah together are known as the Talmud. This was completed in the 5th century A.D.

There are actually two Talmuds: the Jerusalem Talmud and the Babylonian Talmud. The Babylonian Talmud is more comprehensive, and is the one most people mean if they just say “the Talmud” without specifying which one. The Talmud is not easy to read. There are often gaps in the reasoning where it is assumed that you already know what they are talking about, and concepts are often expressed in a sort of shorthand. Biblical verses that support a teaching are often referenced by only two or three words. The Talmud preserves a variety of views on every issue and does not always clearly identify which view is the accepted one. (Whew).

Christianity does not consider the Talmud to be inspired in the same sense that the 66 books of the biblical canon are “God breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16). While some of the teachings from the Talmud may be “compatible” with biblical teachings, the same can be said for many different writings from many different religions. For the Christian, the study of the Talmud can be a great way to learn more about Jewish tradition, history, and interpretation, but the Talmud is not to be considered the authoritative Word of God.

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 Some of the following is repetitious, but also in detail with more descriptive aspects: https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-the-Torah.html

 Question: “What is the Mishnah? What is a midrash?”
Answer: The Mishnah is the oral law in Judaism, as opposed to the written Torah, or the Mosaic Law. The Mishnah was collected and committed to writing about AD 200 and forms part of the Talmud. A particular teaching within the Mishnah is called a midrash.

Orthodox Judaism believes that Moses received the Torah (the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) from God and that he wrote down everything God spoke to him. However, they also believe that God gave Moses explanations and examples of how to interpret the Law that Moses did not write down. These unwritten explanations are known in Judaism as the Oral Torah. The Oral Torah was supposedly passed down from Moses to Joshua and then to the rabbis until the advent of Christianity when it was finally written down as the legal authority called halahka (“the walk”). The two main sections of the Oral Torah are the Mishnah and the Gemara.

The Mishnah (משנה, “repetition”) essentially records the debates of the post-temple sages from AD 70—200 (called the Tannaim) and is considered the first major work of “Rabbinical Judaism.” It is composed of six orders (sedarim), arranged topically:

• Zeraim (“seeds”) – discussions concerning prayer, diet, and agricultural laws
  • Moed (“festival”) – discussions about holidays
  • Nashim (“women”) – discussions about women and family life
  • Nezikin (“damages”) – discussions about damages and compensation in civil law
  • Kodashim (“holy things”) – discussions regarding sacrifices, offerings, dedications, and other temple-related matters
  • Tohorot (“purities”) – discussions regarding the purity of vessels, foods, dwellings, and people

After the Mishnah was published, it was studied exhaustively by generations of rabbis in both Babylonia and Israel. From AD 200—500, additional commentaries on the Mishnah were compiled and put together as the Gemara. Actually, there are two different versions of the Gemara, one compiled by scholars in Israel (c. AD 400) and the other by the scholars of Babylonia (c. AD 500). Together, the Mishnah and the Gemara form the Talmud. Since there are two different Gemaras, there are two different Talmuds: the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem (or Palestinian) Talmud. The Talmud can be thought of as rabbinical commentaries on the Hebrew Scriptures, just like there are commentaries written on the Bible from a Christian perspective.

In Judaism the Talmud is just as important as the Hebrew Bible. It is used to explain the laws that may not be clear in Scripture. For example, Deuteronomy 21:18–21 is the law governing the punishment of a rebellious son. But what behaviors make a son “rebellious”? The Scripture only mentions gluttony and drunkenness. Are there other behaviors that would be classified as rebellious? What if only one parent thinks the son rebellious? How old does a son have to be to be held accountable for his rebellion? There are many questions that are not directly addressed in the Law, and so the rabbis turn to the Oral Law. The midrash on Deuteronomy 21:18–21 states that both parents must consider the son rebellious for him to be presented to the elders for judgment. The Talmud also states that in order to be considered rebellious the son must be old enough to grow a beard.

A second type of writings in the Talmud is called the Aggadah (also spelled Haggadah). Aggadah are not considered law (halakha) but literature that consists of wisdom and teachings, stories, and parables. The Aggadah are sometimes used with halakha to teach a principle or make a legal point.

For example, one Aggadah tells the story of baby Moses being held by Pharaoh at a banquet. As baby Moses is sitting in Pharaoh’s lap, he reaches up, removes Pharaoh’s crown, and places it on his own head. Pharaoh’s advisers tell him that it is a sign that Moses will one day usurp the king’s authority and that he should kill the baby. But Pharaoh’s daughter, insisting that the baby is innocent, offers a test. She tells her father to place the baby on the ground with both the crown and some hot coals. If the baby Moses takes the crown, he is guilty; but if he takes the hot coals, he is innocent. The Aggadah goes on to say that an angel pushed Moses’ hand to the coals. Moses then burned his mouth with the coal, and that is why Moses was “slow of speech and tongue” as an adult (Exodus 4:10).

There are many Aggadah in the Talmud that are prophetic about the Messiah. One such is the story of the White Ram. It is said that God created a pure White Ram in the Garden of Eden and told him to wait there until God called for him. The White Ram waited until Abraham agreed to sacrifice his son of promise, Isaac. When God stopped the sacrifice of Isaac, God brought the White Ram to be substituted for Isaac. The White Ram, created before the foundations of the earth, was slain, and this anecdote presents a picture of our Messiah as the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:20; Ephesians 1:4; Revelation 13:8). The White Ram willingly laid down his life for Isaac. Also, the ram’s two horns were made into shofars (trumpets). According to Aggadic tradition, one shofar sounded when God announced Himself to Moses (Exodus 19:19), and the other horn will sound at the coming of the Messiah (see 1 Thessalonians 4:16).

Different sects of Judaism have different views on the Talmud. The Orthodox sect holds that the Oral Law or Talmud is just as inspired as the Bible, but Conservative and Reform Jewish sects do not. Reform and Conservative sects believe they can interpret the Talmud as written by rabbis but are not necessarily required to follow it. Karaite Jews do not follow the Talmud or rabbinic teachings at all but only the Hebrew Bible.

While Messianic Jews and Christians can certainly study the Talmud for background information, we should not take it as inspired Scripture.

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 Getting back to Dr. David Reagan’s remarks, he details the oldest existing reference to the Week of Millenniums is one found in the Talmud which references a statement attributed to the prophetic school established by the Prophet Elijah: “Six thousand years is the duration of the world. Two thousand of the six thousand years are characterized by chaos, two thousand years are characterized by Torah from the era of the Patriarchs until the end of the mishnaic period. and two thousand years are the coming of the Messiah (Sanhedrin 97A).

 This above concept was echoed in a 10th Century midrash, at which point Dr. Reagan lists the 6000 year declamation as listed above, but closing of the last two thousand Messianic years with the words: “He should have come at the beginning of the last 2000 years: the delay is due to our sins”.  The “Christian” or “Messianic Christian” however, understands the He (Jesus Messiah) did come but was rejected by the Jewish people.

Rabbi Baruch S. Davidson who is an existing writer for Chabad, an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic movement is noted in agreeing completely with the 7000 year concept for the world and the idea is accepted apparently across all divisions in the Jewish Community.

 Church fathers as early as Justin Martyr (100-165 AD) spoke of their belief in  6000 years followed by a Sabbath of rest lasting 1000 years.

 Irenaeus, (120-202A.D.) Bishop of Lyons, France, wrote: “For in as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded”.

 Edward Gibbons, another early well respected writer, in his writing of the Roman Empire, wrote of the 7000 year concept in complete agreement.

 Despite it’s early popularity, after 400 AD the Roman Catholic Church accepted the “spiritualizing” interpretation of Origen and Agustine, and adopted an Amillenial viewpoint which argued Jesus was never going to return to earth because of the Pope taking His place.

 As people began to obtain copies of Scripture for their own use at their own homes, following The Reformation, a renaissance occurred and a man by the name of W. E. Blackburn wrote a book called “Jesus is Coming” in 1898 which brought back the 7000 year concept in full.

 Other distinguished Christian Doctrinal experts are listed in Dr. Reagan’s article.

 The existing problem seems to be in determining the date that would give at least an estimate of the time of The Rapture, which at this time (2021) has no pre-existing conditions to occur. The question might be raised, “well what about Eze. 38,39 concerning all the nations around Israel attacking?” The answer would actually be quite simple. Eze. 38,39 might well bring about the seven years of Great Tribulation since all known enemies of Israel are killed by God Himself, and a “man of peace” – someone who could reunite the world to leave Israel alone would be welcomed. However, this man (the Antichrist), could not come unless Holy Spirit God permitted it.  We assume that since Holy Spirit God is present in everyone who has believed John 3:16 – fulfilled John 3:3, and who will go up to Heaven with the believer during the Rapture, this action effectively brings about God’s permission for the Antichrist to begin his temporary reign of seven years.

 The big question then is this: If we are near the end of the six thousand year mark, why is this the year 5781 on the Jewish Calendar? According to the Talmud, per Dr. Reagan, “the calculation of the Jewish Calendar, was done in the 2nd century AD by Rabbi Yose ben Halafta. His rabbinic chronology is called the ‘Seder Olam Rabbah’. It is almost universally agreed that the Calendar is off by 200 years due to the fact that Rabbi Yose guessed wrong as to the length of the inter-testamental period for which there are no biblical records. This period is referred to as ‘the Persian period’ —-.”

 Dr. Reagan writes of a New York attorney, named Mitchell First, who authored a book called, “Jewish History In Conflict”, in 1997. Apparently he points out all the errors in Jewish calendar that “amount to a total of over 200 years”.

 Dr. Reagan writes of the primary reason for leaving the errors is first:

“Tradition” and next to give the “sages” of the past, the “benefit of the doubt”. He further notes, the third reason as being the most important although divisive between Messianic Jews, Christians and Orthodox Jews. Dr. Reagan believe that the Jews deliberately have a wrong time line to Daniel 9, in order to “prevent people from using the passage to accurately predict the time when the Messiah would come”.

 Dr. Reagan feels the correct Jewish year at the present, should be around 5991. He then goes on to remind us of Matt:24:32-34 and the Parable of the Fig Tree. It is generally understood the fig tree is a symbol that represents Israel. Jesus said that “when the fig tree blossoms again”, the generation that witnesses that event, will be the one that will be living when the Lord returns, (insert i.e. The Rapture, not the Second Coming). Dr. Reagan goes on to mention the fact of the cursing of the barren fig tree the day before Jesus spoke this Parable, indicating Israel and the fig tree “withering” – Matt:21:18-19. The next day Jesus said when the fig tree “blossoms again” – i.e. Israel is re-established as a nation – – He (Jesus) would return.

 Hosea 5:15 – 6:3, is detailed as the Messiah returning to heaven and remaining there until the Jewish people acknowledge their guilt in rejecting Him and earnestly “seek His face”. Dr. Reagan assumes the “tribulation” will produce this reaction.

 Dr. Reagan concludes with the admonition “are you ready”?, and writes: “If Jesus were to appear in the heavens today to take His Church out of this world before the Great Tribulation, would you be ready?”

 Instructions are given to be “ready” in this article, but they may also be found on this home page of www.theendofamerica.net with other articles on the End Times available under the area called “blog”.