The Possible Start to the Counting of the 1335 Days Have Begun and Why!
My apologies to any and all who misunderstood as I did for what the “reciprocal” understanding of the 1335 days were for. They were obviously NOT for the “resurrection/ Rapture”! Again, I’m sorry, and there will not be given a speculative day/ date for this event on this website.
BUT what was done in a spectacular manner was the tying together that of the day (8th) after Tabernacles in 2014 to that of “Purim Katan” 1335 days prior on the 18th of Feb. 2011! This is in itself remarkable, since looking forward for the Sabbatical year to the leap year for Purim Katan, all the way to 2063, CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN!
But not only that, but in looking for any 8th day of Tabernacles in any year up to the 2022 (so far) and counting the 1335 days, it falls on neither a regular Purim nor on a Purim Katan! In my opinion, THIS is what was important. To show when the count of this blessing to ALL who will inherit the Kingdom of God, AFTER Jesus fulfills ALL of the appointed Feasts of the Lord! Jesus said:
Matt. 5:17 Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy , but to fulfil.
Jesus’ fulfilling of the Law and the Prophets in regard to His coming(s) is that of the spring feasts of the Lord and the fall feasts of the Lord! This is the blessing to all! That the Lord has left nothing unfulfilled in this regard.
Please change any charts, docs that reflect my error in beginning this count from the Feast of Trumpets, or download the corrected ones as I am able to get them corrected.
The rest which follows for the tying together of Purim Katan and Shemini Atzeret (means assembly of the 8th day) and Simchat Torah, meaning REJOICING IN THE TORAH (or the Law) is very good scriptural reasons for the tying together of these two days! And again, this will never happen again in our lifetime.
I have stated before, that I fully believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will establish HIs Kingdom at the beginning of a Sabbatical year! And that will immediately be following what is called the "70th week of Daniel", which is part of what is termed "the time of Jacob's trouble"! Which in its entirety is 3 consecutive weeks of 7 years each.
As I have stated before, I do believe that the 1335 days referred to in Daniel 12, is primarily to the "blessing" for ALL those who wait to come to the end of those days. And it has only been recently that I have realized that the "blessing" need to work both ways (or reciprocal). BUT NOT in that of the STARTING of the counting of those days be for the "resurrection/ Rapture"! Even though Daniel, and all those from the resurrection/ rapture and after will equally be blessed in the Lord fulfilling His word to the Law and the Prophets concerning His comings to the earth.
So let's take a look at what ties these two days together in their common referencing. I have come to realize that the "8th" (the Sabbath) Day of Tabernacles is the day that most epitomizes this reasoning. Here is why.
Dan.12: 12 Blessed ishe that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. ( the reciprocal blessing & if truly reciprocal, not only would there be a reason FROM 2014, but also a corresponding reason TO and in 2011)
The reciprocal understanding is what is common to both so that when this Day to begin counting of these days TO its fulfillment, it should be able to be clearly understood and recognized! There should be something so unusual and astounding as to grab anyone's attention (if they are indeed paying attention). And the counting of 1335 days from the 8th Day of Tabernacles to Purim Katan, is just that! Very astounding, amazing, especially as I said before this will never be able to happen again in our life time!
Daniel is then told: 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lotat the end of the days.
Pay close attention to the "lot"! Meaning portion (inheritance) or destiny! Daniel previously states: Dan 10: In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing wastrue, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Yes, there was an appointed or "set time"! It was "pre-determined"! As in the "casting of the lot" to determine the time or will of God!
See Acts 1: 24-26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fellupon Matthias; and he was numbered with the elevenapostles.
Dan 10:2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
I ateno pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Yes, I believe that this is prophetically referring to the 3 weeks of Jacob's trouble! In which Daniel is showing that the pleasant bread and wine (the feasting from the Kings table) will be fulfilled to the feast of Tabernacles! Because it is only at Tabernacles that such feasting occurs of the last 3 feasts of the Lord! The Lord now comes to Daniel!
10: 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent.
13: But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
The "prince of Persia" (Satan) withstood (You know what withholdeth; 2 Thess 2:6) Christ. How? By accusing the brethren. The NEED for Christ as our Advocate is crucial! But how long was this withstanding? Twenty one days! Now if we look at the 3 whole weeks (of 7 years) to be completed and then at "Rosh Hashanah" the 21 days being withstood, the next day the 22nd would be the day or set time that the Lord was sent!
That 22nd day from Rosh Hashanah would be the "LAST DAY of Tabernacles"! Not of the Feast days, but it is still a part of them! And this being the '8th day" of Tabernacles!
Lev. 23: 39 Also in the fifteenth dayof the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year.
The 8th day is connected to the 7day Feast, but it is not a part of the feast days. It is a new beginning! What also is associated to the 8th day which at times is synonymous with the 1st day as we saw in verse 39 above!
The 8th day was also the day for the circumcision of the male children!
What else was this 8th day of Tabernacles to be observed for? One very important issue was that the preceding 7 days God's people were to be dwelling in temporary housing or "booths"! Of which Tabernacles is also referred to! Now that 8th day, they were to no longer be dwelling in those temporary booths or tabernacles! This also depicts the "resurrection/ rapture"! The same day of the week that Christ rose from the dead!
The main prophetic aspects to the "Feast of Tabernacles" (the 7 feast days) is that of "dwelling in booths"! Yes it is that commemorating the wilderness experience, but ultimately that of our being "strangers and sojourners" in this world! Until it is fulfilled and the Lord brings us into His rest and a NEW BEGINNING!
With these 7days are the sacrifices and the offerings that go with them! Two important offerings are the drink (that of wine) and that of the "water libation"/ offering! And these are poured together at the altar by the High Priest. That of the water offering symbolizes that of the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. The "drink offering" is that of the wine of rejoicing as Christ said to the disciples, that He would not drink of the fruit of the vine until He drinks it anew in the Kingdom! The other aspect of the wine is that of God's anger and eternal wrath! Without the pouring of the two together, the salvation and regeneration of the Holy Spirit (the water), you are only getting God's eternal wrath!
This is what is meant in Rev.14: " The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixtureinto the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:"
Now the other aspect is that of the temple lighting ceremonies. Of which Christ is the Light of the world etc. And there are more references to Christ as light or the source of the light! Now what does all this have to do with that last or 8th day of Tabernacles?
When we take a look at the 8th day of the account in John's Gospel, we see that it was Christ that "stirred" the waters in the Pool of Siloam, to HEAL the blind man!
The 8th day is also of that which is called the "Shemini Atzeret literally means "the assembly of the eighth (day)."
It is also called Simchat Torah! Only outside Israel are there 2 holidays observed. But quoting from Jewish source:
Simchat Torah means "Rejoicing in the Torah." This holiday marks the completion of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings. Each week in synagoguewe publicly read a few chapters from the Torah, starting with Genesis Ch. 1 and working our way around to Deuteronomy 34. On Simchat Torah, we read the last Torah portion, then proceed immediately to the first chapter of Genesis, reminding us that the Torah is a circle, and never ends.
But on Sabbatical years, the entire Torah is read as per: Lev. 31:9!
Ok, here we see the day of assembly, the teaching of the entire Torah (the 1st 5 books of Moses) on a Sabbatical year. And special mention of the teaching of the Law of God to the children.
What happened on the "8th day"/ the 1st day of the week when Jesus rose from the dead?
Luke 24:25 25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? 27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Yes, on that 8th day, Jesus taught these two, beginning with the Torah- at Moses!
Now to the Lights or lighting for the feast of Tabernacles and the 8th day!
The Feast of Tabernacles itself begins in the middle of the month (15th of Tishri), and therefore is always associated to the "full" harvest moon! And that is what the implication is. The ingathering of all the saints into the Kingdom to shine as the reflection of the "SUN of Righteousness" who shall arise with HEALING in His wings! Now on the 8th day, the temple Menorah's are still lit up. What did the Lord say about these "lights"?
James 1: 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures
What or who is that good and perfect gift? It is that of Jesus Christ AND His Spirit (which is poured out)! Not only is Jesus the fulfillment of the Tabernacles festival of lights, but most likely "conceived at Hanukah! The Feast of Lights or Dedication! There really are too many examples of Christ "coming down" from above by the "Father of Lights"!
Also take the example of Jacob (the sun), his wife (the moon) and the 11 brothers (stars) who bowed to Joseph. And;
"And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven,"
It is time to get to the correlation of this "last day" of tabernacles, the 8th day! What properties have I brought to mind?
1 - A day of Healing; 2-a day of Lights and especially that of the "Sun of righteousness with HEALING in His wings.3-the relationship of the "MOON" to that of the Sun, in that the Moon symbolizes the believers/ church that has no light of its own but reflects that of the Sun.4- a day of reading the Torah- the Law of Moses, especially for instruction (and Rejoicing in it) to the children. 5- the 8th day itself, is the same as the 1st day of the week (Again, a NEW BEGINNING) and is synonymous with Christ's Resurrection, which HE IS the first fruits. And we are to be a "kind of first fruits" with every man in their own order. 6-that of the circumcision. Which as we should know is looking at that of the heart. Whether Jew or Gentile, it makes no difference. In that manner the two become one in Christ Jesus! Even as a "Gentile" will eternally be "a Jew" by the circumcision of the heart! And 7-the 3 weeks of years to the 21 days withstood pointing to the 22nd of the month as the 8th day from Daniel. 8- the standing of Daniel IN HIS LOT at the end of the days (the 8th day)! And 9- the best for last is this 8th day is the day that cessation of dwelling in "booths" or temporary tabernacles happens. Depicting the "resurrection/ rapture" and again a NEW Beginning in the Lord's Rest/ Sabbath!
Now here is what is spectacular about this day as opposed to not studying and rushing to the Feast of Trumpets and Atonement before this. Counting back from both of those feast days had NO associated meaning to their ending days in 2011.
BUT, the 18th of February DOES! The 1335 days will land on the day of "PURIM KATAN" In Adar1!!! And it is the "set time" in which the Moon is FULL! Now this is happening from a Sabbatical year (2014) to a "Leap Year" for the addition of Adar1.
The cycle for Leap Years is 19. And there are only 7 leap years within that cycle. This count from a Sabbatical year (for which the whole Torah is to be read and celebrated) can only happen 2 to 3 times in the 19 year cycle of the Leap years. As 2 sabbatical cycles for their years are 14. Do you see how rare this is? There are only 7 out of 19 years for a leap year to coincide with only 2 to 3 years of those 7 to be a Sabbatical year to be possible to count to the day of Purim Katan- in Adar1! Very, very, rare! In fact I checked up to 2063 and this phenomenon will not happen to that point in time
What is it about Purim Katan besides the fact it is when the set time for the Moon (Church?) to come to its FULL ( by the SUN of Righteousness rising with Healing in His wings?)
It is also for the following from a couple of different Jewish websites:
http://rinah-shalom.tripod.com/id24.html
Jewish Leap Year And Purim Katan
"And it turned about: The Jews gained the upper hand over their adversaries." Esther 9:1
The word "Purim" means "lots" and refers to the lottery that Haman used to choose the date for the massacre of all of the Jews of the Persian empire.
This year is a Jewish Leap Year and today is the holiday of Purim Katan, or Little Purim, which takes place on the 14th day of the month of "First Adar" - in Hebrew "Adar Aleph". (There are two months of Adar during the Jewish leap year: Adar Aleph and Adar Bet) The little-known, yet important holiday of Purim Katan takes place seven times in the course of the 19-year cycle of regular and “pregnant” years (as Jewish leap years are referred to) that make up the Jewish Calendar.
In regards to this set time in Adar ALEPH, in the scriptures, the Lord said that He was the "FIRST (ALEPH) and the "LAST" (TAU), the beginning and the end? Isn't it remarkable that the Month is ascribed as the "ALEPH" and the day that was counted from was the 22 of Tishri 2014! The "END"- TAU is the 22nd letter and LAST letter in the Hebrew Alph Bet!
In a leap year, Purim Katan is frequently overlooked by the popular Purim Festival, which takes place during the "Second Adar" - in Hebrew "Adar Bet". However, there is no difference between the first Adar and the second Adar, aside from the reading of the Megillah (Book of Esther) and the distribution of gifts to the poor.
Following Purim Katan is Shushan Purim Katan, which begins Wednesday evening. Shushan Purim is regularly celebrated on the 15th of Adar Bet. All the days of Purim are a celebration of the hidden ways in which Yahveh Rules the world and Redeems His people, as well as a memorial to the people of Israel, who refused to bow down to their oppressors."
From another site:
" Otherwise, both Purims are the same, with Purim Katan being first!
Thetheme of both is Jewish victory over enemies: “And it turned about: the Jews gained the upper hand over their adversaries.” (Esther 9:2). So much so, that: “Many from among the people of the land professed themselves as Jews.”(ibid 8:17). Others were overcome with the “fear of the Jews,” and deferred to them because “The fear of Mordechai had fallen upon them”.(ibid 9:3)
The Maamar discusses the reaffirmation of Kabollas HaTorah of the Jewish people, in the time of Mordechai. This came through the self-sacrifice of Mordechaifor the Torah studies of the small children.Their Torah and self-sacrifice nullified the decree: “Out of the mouths of children and nursing babies You fashioned an invincible might… to end foe and avenger.” (Tehillim 8:3).Education of children is necessary for Jewish existence.
In brief, because this is way too long. Mordechai is a type of Christ at odds with Haman the type of Satan. We can see the people of God (as a "gentile Church) in Esther. Who was chosen by God the King, but is at her heart a Jew! This is that of the circumcision of the heart on the 8th day!
Mordechai, in that type of Christ, taught the torah (the Law) to the children in his self- sacrificing way!
He also rose to be great in the Kings House to be able to avenge and protect his people.
This "set day" came about by the casting of "lots!"
The tie between these two days from 2014 and now in 2011 by 1335 days is absolutely remarkable. Especially since it will not happen in this manner (A Sabbatical year to a leap year by 1335 days) until 2063 at least!
I believe that this is what the Lord allowed Me and other to hope for in that of the "resurrection/ rapture" for this 18th of Feb. 2011! Because if we did not and see what the ties were to both 2014 and 2011, we would not have discovered the beginning of the counting of the 1335 days to whom all will be blessed by the Lord's fulfilling of His Word concerning His comings and Feasts!
Now take a good look at the "lot" and the festival of LIGHTS!!
"What did the Lord say of those OF HIS WHO OVERCOMES?
Rev. 2: 17 To him that overcometh will I giveto eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
This is the Lord's LOT of affirmation or the answer of YES, that the individual is indeed His!
Now look at the links or the file!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urim_and_Thummim
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=52&letter=U
And we are at this time of the Casting of Lots- Purim Katan!! Look at what else these stones/ Lots/ Urim and Thummim are referred to!
Strong's Concord. and Dictionary.
Urim and Thummim
Exodus 28:30 And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and theThummim;and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
224. 'Uwriym, oo-reem';plur. of H217; lights; Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate:--Urim.
H217. 'uwr, oor; from H215; flame, hence (in the plur.) the East (as being the region of light):--fire, light. See also H224.
H215. 'owr, ore; a prim. root; to be(caus. make) luminous(lit. and metaph.):--X break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine
H8550. Tummiym,toom-meem'; plur. of H8537;perfections, i.e. (techn.) one of the epithets of the objects in the high-priest's breastplate as an emblem of complete Truth:--Thummim.
H8537. tom, tome; from H8552; completeness; fig. prosperity; usually (mor.) innocence:--full, integrity, perfect (-ion),simplicity, upright (-ly, -ness), at a venture.
H8552. tamam, taw-mam'; a prim. root;to complete; in a good or a bad sense,lit. or fig., trans. or intrans. (as follows):--accomplish, cease, be clean[pass-] ed, consume, have done, (come to an, make an) end, fail, come to the full,(FULL MOON?)be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole.
The Lord's LOTS are said to be full and complete in LIGHT(s), brilliance, PERFECT etc.
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Exodus 28:30
30And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.
Leviticus 8:8
8And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
Numbers 27:21
21And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counselfor him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, bothhe, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
Deuteronomy 33:8
8And of Levi he said, Letthy Thummim and thy Urim bewith thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and withwhom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
1 Samuel 28:6
6And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
Ezra 2:63
63And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
Nehemiah 7:65
65And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood upa priest with Urim and Thummim.
You can't get much more precise in the tying understanding of these 2 days that this!
Praise God!
The Lord Jesus Christ will soon be coming;
Phil Rogers
Now you have been told WHEN is POSSIBLE for the time and timing of the Rapture, for we have been preaching this for years (actually, for over 4 years at the Five Doves website)! There must be scriptural reason to recognize when this time for the Rapture is to happen. And yes, it revolves around and about the 70th Week of Daniel. But even that “week” (7 years) or time is referred to as the "time of Jacob's Trouble" (Jeremiah 30:7), of which the scriptures say that he (Jacob/Israel) will be saved OUT of that time of trouble! This is referring to the Lord Jesus Christ's 2nd Coming in power and great glory to bring salvation in Himself as Israel’s true Messiah and therefore bring Jacob/Israel (and the world) into His Millennial Kingdom or Sabbath rest!
The following charts (with brief scriptural references) can be seen in their entirety in the "Charts and Commentaries" section of this website. Just look there for the title of these charts for detailed scriptural and historical fulfillment of the scriptures that have been provided with them.
As far as the Rapture goes, I liken it to those "who are alive and remain" unto the coming of the Lord. However, this is not what happens FIRST unto the Lord's coming! What happens first is that the "dead in Christ” shall rise (be resurrected). It is no wonder that so many people have never found the timing for the Rapture in scripture, because that is not what happens first! Such people have not realized that it is not “all about them”, and that the Rapture is the by-product or aftermath of the resurrection of the “dead in Christ”!
So when is it (from scripture) that the resurrection of the "dead in Christ" is to occur? First of all, it (like all resurrections) can only happen in the "last day", meaning the 7th “day” (the Lord's Day)! This “last day” or “7th day” is the (greater) Sabbath Day! Secondly, the resurrection of the “dead in Christ” is associated to the "last days" or the 70th Week of Daniel. And of course it depends upon one's eschatology as to where in association to Daniel's 70th Week it should happen!
To our understanding of these "last days", we have been preaching the full continuity of prophetic scripture to be fulfilled and reconciled in their fulfillment for years now. But in regard to the resurrection of the “dead in Christ” and the subsequent Rapture of the living saints, we have been preaching for four years (since 2006) that this can ONLY happen "in the midst of the week" of Daniel's last or 70th Week! And "in the midst of the week" will come the "blessing” to the one (like Daniel, the dead in Christ) who waits and comes to the 1335 days! And WHY is it (by scripture) that this can ONLY happen at this time (in the “midst of the week”)? It is first of all recognizing that the doctrine of “imminence" (that Christ could come at any time for the Rapture of the "Church") has always been in error! Secondly it is recognizing and standing on the promises of God/Jesus as our Faithful Witness (our High Priest and Advocate) that He will never leave us nor forsake us! And realizing that because of His propitiation in His death on the cross (washing away all our sins and transgressions) that the Father will remember our transgressions no more! And because of having put our faith in Jesus Christ for our eternal life, His righteousness is imputed to us (which is what the Father sees) and why He remembers our transgressions/sins no more! And since this is the scriptural case, then Jesus Christ cannot leave heaven from before the throne of God as our Witness and Advocate against the accuser of our sins. And that accuser is Satan himself!
When is it that Satan (the Dragon/Devil) is no longer accusing the brethren? It is when there is war in heaven and Satan and his angels are FIGHTING, no longer able to be accusing the brethren (us)! This is shortly before being cast to the earth, knowing that his time is short and then going after the “woman” (the remnant of Israel) who is fleeing into the wilderness. And then empowering his antichrist with his power, seat, and great authority! Now when does this happen? IN THE MIDST OF THE 70th WEEK OF DANIEL!
Now if Christ were to leave heaven (to come for the resurrection/rapture) before Satan is unable to accuse THEN JESUS CHRIST WOULD HAVE LEFT US WITHOUT A DEFENSE AND A WITNESS TO THE ACCUSATIONS OF SATAN OF OUR SINS! JESUS WOULD HAVE FORSAKEN US AS A FAITHFULL WITNESS AND AS OUR ADVOCATE! JESUS' WORD WOULD BE FOUND TO BE UNTRUE AND THEREFORE HE HIMSELF A LIAR AND NO GOD AT ALL! But the scripture states that the "war in heaven” (and Satan's casting out) does not happen until “the midst” of that week (the midst of the 70th Week)!
The following charts (what we have been preaching for years of Christ's coming(s) and establishing of His Kingdom) are for the purpose of recognizing when this 70th Week of Daniel was to begin! And also to recognize when the “day of the Lord” began and how the Sabbatical days and 7 year cycles are in perfect harmony to and for their fulfilling of them by Jesus! And in this harmony and reconciliation of the scriptures is that of Christ's 2nd Coming to fulfill the Fall or Autumn "Feasts of the Lord" to begin His 1000 year Sabbath rest (the Millennial Kingdom)! This must begin with the "Feast of Trumpets" or Rosh Hashanah! And with this means that ANY 7 year period you are looking at to begin that 70th Week of Daniel MUST begin at the "Feast of Trumpets". This is exactly what you will see in the following charts (below) and the historical fulfilling of them to date.
The Time of Jacob’s Trouble
(7) First “week”: Jacob goes to his distant relative (Laban) seeking a wife and the peaceful union of marriage. Jacob agrees to serve “seven years” for Rachel (Genesis 29:20). The historical fulfillment of the type (Rosh 1993 to Rosh 2000) is illustrated by Yitzak Rabin (leader of Israel) going to Yassar Arafat seeking peace in 1993. The Oslo Peace Accords were signed on Rosh Hashanah 1993
(7) Second “week”: Laban lied to Jacob and substitutes Leah for Rachel. This was a “lied-to” agreement. Jacob then agrees to serve “yet seven other years” (Genesis 29:28). This is a time of great distress for Jacob. The historical fulfillment of the type (Rosh 2000 to Rosh 2007) is illustrated by Ariel Sharon (leader of Israel) going up on the Temple Mount to pray on Rosh Hashanah 2000. This incited the Arabs to violence and Arafat called for the Intifada that very day, seven years from the signing of Oslo! Terrorism and suicide bombings increased drastically in Israel during this 2nd “week” (Rosh 2000 to Rosh 2007). The Oslo Accords were a “lied-to” agreement, with Arafat breaking the agreement seven years later on Rosh Hashanah 2000!
(7) Third “week”: Which would be this 70th week of Daniel! Jacob ceases from labor, having fulfilled 14 years of service for Rachel and Leah. This is the Sabbatical Year of “rest”. This third “week” is the “yet seven other years”
Then Jacob serves for the remaining six years (Genesis 31:41) of the total of seven; ”. Jacob then flees from Laban and wrestles with God, culminating with God changing his name to “Israel” (Genesis 32:28), which is a type of the 2nd Advent itself. The historical fulfillment of the type (Rosh 2007 to Rosh 2014) is illustrated by the Sabbatical Year of rest (Rosh 2007 to Rosh 2008) ending on Rosh Hashanah 2008 when the stock market crashed, dropping by 777.68 points. The 3rd “week” of the Genesis account was characterized by Jacob working for his material wealth (wages, goods, money). The historical fulfillment is therefore about the ECONOMY and God gave the world a sign (stock market drop by 777.68 points) right on Rosh Hashanah 2008, showing that the final countdown has begun.
The Lord Jesus Christ (according to the prophetic type of Jacob’s trouble) will bring in His Millennial Kingdom on Rosh Hashanah 2014.
The Day of the Lord
This term is used many times in the Bible. It is also referred to as the Lord's Day, the day of Christ, the Last Day, the great day, the great and terrible day, the day of God's wrath, the day of Rest, “that day”, et cetera. Using the scriptures, just what is this "day", how long is it, and when could it possibly have begun?
The first six days of creation were a type of the 6 prophetic “days” that mankind would be given before the 7th “day” began. Within that 7th “day” Sabbath of rest, God will bring in His “rest,” which is the Millennial kingdom. Of the first six days of the creation week, each had an evening and morning, and the corresponding 6 prophetic “days” that followed (6000 years of mankind’s history) were periods of 1000 years each according to Psalm 90:4 & 2nd Peter 3:8.
The 7th day of Creation had NO evening or morning however. Its prophetic type (the Lord’s Day) is a period of time that can contain more than 1000 years! For within that 7th day (the Lord’s Day) the 70th week of Daniel must occur, followed by the 2nd Advent and the one thousand year Millennial reign. Following the Millennial kingdom, Satan is “loosed” to tempt man one last time. All these events must take place before the “8th day” when the Eternal Kingdom is to begin.
As you can see, “that DAY is GREAT, so that NONE is LIKE IT” (Jeremiah 30:7), and this is why the Lord’s Day is not restricted by time or the parameters of time (i.e. evening and morning)! The 7th day is the “last day” (John 6:44, John 11:24). The “last day” is when all resurrections occur AND NOT BEFORE (John 11:24)!
Rosh Hashanah 2000 ended the 6000 years (called the “Year of the Mikvah”) and the Jewish Rabbis declared the beginning of the “time of Jacob’s trouble”
How were we told when this Day was to begin?
Joel 2:30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31:The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Yes, there will be these "signs" which MUST be seen as fulfillment of them BEFORE this “day” comes!
Signs of the Times
“And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,beforethe great and the terrible day of the LORD come.”-Joel 2:30-31
The following chart is only to show the relationship of "The Lord's Day" (beginning at Rosh Hashanah of the year 2000), the "signs of the times" connected to the beginning of that day (see above) to that of the"time of Jacob's Trouble", the Sabbatical cycles of Israel, and the 70th Week of Daniel. To then show the reasoning and correlation of all these in their pattern of scripture and fulfillment of them to the timeline of the 70th Week of Daniel, found in John chapter 7.
The Sabbatical Cycles of the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble”
From Rosh Hashanah 1993 (Oslo) to Rosh 2014 (Second Advent)
It is IMPORTANT to note the relationship of the Jewish Sabbath year/ "day" to that of simple time of each of the three weeks of "Jacob's Trouble"! And that the Sabbatical cycle is not one and the same as the Time of Jacob's Trouble, but it is OFF- SET by one year/ day!
Rosh 1994 to Rosh 2001 is a complete Sabbatical cycle for example. That last year (the 7th) is the Sabbatical (Sabbath) Year (Rosh 2000 to
Rosh 2001). Each Sabbatical cycle has 6 years plus the one year Sabbatical year (called the “Shmita” year). In this example, the Sabbatical cycle is the 6 years (1994 to 2000) plus that one year Sabbatical Year (2000/01). The purpose of Sabbatical Year (in the account of Jacob/Rachel/Laban) is to show that the Sabbatical cycles are intact and in harmony with the “time of Jacob’s trouble”!
The 1st Week of the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble”
Rosh Hashanah 1993 to Rosh Hashanah 2000
Genesis 29:18-19-the contract for Rachel begins on Rosh Hashanah and at the end of a six year Sabbatical cycle, beginning the 7th year or Sabbatical year.
Genesis 29:21-“give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled”-refers to man’s days of dominion (6000 years-6 “prophetic” days, 1000 years each). The 6 days have to end at the same time of a “feast” (verse 22), which is the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah)! This is the typology showing the end of the 6000 years and the beginning of the Lord’s Day. Though the “day of the Lord” began on Rosh 2000, the type here in the passage (the days fulfilled by Jacob) is showing that they end on a cyclical Sabbath cycle, always on Rosh Hashanah. Jacob’s first “week” (of 7 years) ended on a Sabbath cycle of 6 years on Rosh Hashanah (which corresponds to 1994 to 2000). The end of 6000 years occurred (“fulfilled my days”-corresponding to Rosh 2000), and the Lord’s Day (the 7th “day”) began at the beginning of the 2nd “week” in the account.
Jacob’s 2nd “week” begins on Rosh 2000, which was the beginning of the “day of the Lord”. The seven year cyclical pattern of the Sabbatical cycle is shown to be intact throughout the entire 21 year period (7-7-7) of Jacob’s trouble. The Lord cannot return and establish His Kingdom other than in a Sabbatical year in a seven year Sabbatical cycle! That is the difference between the “time of Jacob’s trouble” and the sabbatical cycles. However, they must BOTH be seen as being in harmony with each other and WITH NO CONTRADICTIONS!
The 2nd Week of the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble”
Rosh Hashanah 2000 to Rosh Hashanah 2007
Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) typified by Laban’s “feast” (begin Sabbatical year/Rosh) ending the 1st “week”
The second “week” of Jacob’s trouble began on Rosh Hashanah 2000 and ran through Rosh 2007. The 7th year of the previous Sabbatical cycle (Rosh 1994-Rosh 2001) was the Sabbatical year of 2000/01. It was on Rosh Hashanah 2000 that the 7th “day” (the Lord’s Day) began.
Laban threw a “feast” (Genesis 29:22) at the end of the 1st “week” which corresponds to the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) in the year 2000. This date also marked the breaking of the “lied-to” agreement (Oslo) between Israel (Jacob) and Laban (Arafat). On Rosh Hashanah 2000 the Intifada was declared, beginning a time of great distress in Israel. As the Sabbatical cycle wound down and the distress eased, the Sabbatical year (2007-2008) of “rest” approached. The Sabbatical year was a time of relative calm in Israel, for it was to be a period of “rest” from labor (the previous 14 years of laboring).
The Sabbatical year (2007/08) proves the intactness of the Sabbatical cycle throughout the entire “time of trouble”, in which it is clearly seen that within the “time of Jacob’s trouble”, the worst part is that of the “6” years of Jacob laboring for his economic wealth! All of which leads to the Sabbatical year (the 7th of the cycle-Rosh 2014 to Rosh 2015) and the establishing of Christ’s Kingdom! But, the preceding year is the last year of Jacob’s Trouble in which he (the nation of Israel) WILL BE SAVED OUT OF IT (Jeremiah 30:7)!
The3rd Week of the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble”
Rosh Hashanah 2007 to Rosh Hashanah 2014
“Daniel’s Seventieth Week”
Again note: that the Sabbatical Year and its cycle is PART of the 3rd Week of Jacob's Trouble, but is clearly seen as being OFF- SET by one year in its fulfillment! If there is to be any confirmation of this last week found in scripture, it MUST be shown with this "off- setting" of the Sabbath Years and Sabbatical cycle to the 7 years/ days of Daniel's 70th Week!
The 2nd “week” ended on Rosh Hashanah 2007 and began the 3rd “week” and the Sabbatical Year of “rest” from labor (the previous 14 years that Jacob served). The Sabbatical Year ended on Rosh Hashanah 2008 and the final 6 years of labor began. This was fulfilled historically by the stock market crash. The NYSE experienced the single largest drop in history on Rosh Hashanah 2008, dropping by 777.68 points, matching the three sevens of the time of Jacob’s trouble. The “.68” in the “777.68” is a reference to the Jewish year of 5768 (our 2008). That 3rd “week” of Jacob’s trouble was characterized by “wages” and “goods”. Jacob labored that 3rd “week” for his material wealth. The prophetic implications are of the worsening ECONOMY pointing toward the coming time of “great tribulation” (Matthew 24:21) where the economy collapses completely (“A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine”-Revelation 6:6).
The70th Week & the Days of Daniel
Again: note that we have been preaching for years that the 1st day/ year of Daniel's 70th week began with a Sabbath day/ year! And that the 2nd day/ year would begin the Sabbatical cycle!
The “midst of the week” is the 4th year in the 70th Week, therefore the “midst” occurs from Rosh Hashanah 2010 to Rosh Hashanah 2011. Revelation 12-13, Daniel 8:14, and Daniel 12:11-13 provide specific timing of the prophetic events that happen during the “midst of the week”.
(a)- The the 1335 day countdown begins. The 45 days ARE WRONG, (light blue shaded area of chart) before the “abomination” is enough time for the following events to take place: the antichrist’s head wound and healing (Revelation 13:3), the antichrist “shewing himself that he is God” (2nd Thessalonians 2:4), the “lie” and “strong delusion” (2nd Thessalonians 2:11), total chaos and economic collapse after the Rapture necessitating martial law and the beast’s “mark” system of commerce, and time for the “image” to be created and set up for the worship of the antichrist (Revelation 13:14). In Daniel 12:13, Daniel is told that he will “stand” in his “lot at the end of the days”. Daniel is given the exact timing of this event. See above and the correlation of Tabernacles to Purim Katan on the 18th of Feb. 2011!
(b)-1290 days (Daniel 12:11 ALSO COUNTED AS BEFORE AS STARTING AT THE TIME OF THE 1335 DAYS) from the setting up of the “image” (Revelation 13:14) to be worshipped (“the abomination that maketh desolate”- Daniel 11:31), and the taking away of the daily sacrifice (“war with thesaints”-Revelation 13:7, Daniel 9:27) to the end of the war, including the resurrection and catching up of the 70th Week martyrs killed by the antichrist (Revelation 6:9). This resurrection (of the Tribulation saints - those killed by the antichrist) is NOT the same as the resurrection/rapture in 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 and 1st Corinthians chapter 15.
(c)-1260 days-first seal opened (Revelation 6:1-2); “abomination” set up (Matthew 24:15)-the “image” of the antichrist to be worshipped (Revelation 13:14). The antichrist “continues” 42 months (Revelation 13:5-7). The “midst of the week” (Daniel 9:27) is the entire 4th year (Rosh 2010 to Rosh 2011) in the “midst” of Daniel’s 70th Week. BUT THE 30 DAYS AT THE END ARE WRONG AND NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BY 22 DAYS IN MY OPINION!!
As you can see in the last two charts above, that we have been preaching Christ's coming for the resurrection/ RAPTURE CAN ONLY HAPPEN "IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK"! That being in the "midst" of the 70th week of Daniel! And it is for those during that week who are "blessed in waiting and coming to the 1335 days"! That BOTH the dead in Christ and those who are alive and remain are "blessed" (See Daniel 12:12-13) ! And this also includes those who will be the "dead in Christ" and come out of Great Tribulation! And those who will be alive and remaining to enter into the Lord's REST to inhabit the Millennial Kingdom! ALL to be blessed to have come to the 1335 Days as the Lord fulfills His Word and His Feasts/ appointed times at the conclusion of Tabernacles!
Updated by Phil Rogers
2-28-11