2006 was an unusual year for me. In my 60 years of ministry I had no year like that one. I cannot go into all the details of what happened, but ten days before Pentecost Anneli and I spent more time in prayer for that particular day.
I asked the Lord how much time we have and immediately what came to mind was Pharaoh’s dream of seven good years and seven bad years. I thought that was interesting and I begin to ask the Lord when did the seven good years start, but there was no answer.
March 16, 2010 in my morning devotions the Lord led me to read the book of Exodus. I knew that He had a word for me and so in anticipation I started reading Exodus. Chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 and so on until I came to Exodus 12:2 “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.”
I sensed immediately that this was the word for me that morning of March 16, 2010. When I looked up to see what day and what month in the Hebrew calendar this was, it happened to be the first day of Nisan. Not the second day or the third day of Nisan, but the first. Coincidence? No! There is no coincidences with God. I gather from this that I was to look at time from Hebrew calendar and not from the Gregorian calendar we use.
It was the nomination of Donald Trump in November of 2016 to be the 45th president of the USA that the Lord was showing me when the seven good years started that was given to me in 2006 (ten years earlier).
However, I was not to count time from November when he was nominated, but from 1st of Nisan of 2016 which happened to be Nisan 1, 5776 or April 19, 2016.
7 years would take me to the 1st of Nisan 5783, which in the Gregorian calendar is our March 23, 2023, and then the seven bad years start. God was also showing me that we, the church, the Bride of Christ, would go through the first 3 ½ years of those seven bad years. 3 years then would take us to the 1st of Nisan 5786 or March 19, 2026 but adding the six months would be another 180 days. Bible Chronology looks at 30-day months or 360 days in a year, and not the 365 we have with the Gregorian calendar. This brings us to September 15, 2026.
The seven feasts of Israel (four in the spring and three in the fall) have significant importance. Christ’s first coming was feasts in the spring and His second coming, which also includes the rapture of the Bride of Christ, are the fall feasts.
Paul in teaching the church of Thessalonica about the rapture said this: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.”
How does this happen? Paul goes on to explain: 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed — in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
The first of the ‘fall feast’ is what is known as The Feast of Trumpets: “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord.’” (Leviticus 23:23-25) “And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.” Numbers 29:1
We see in Thessalonica that Christ descends from Heaven, but He does not come down where His feet touch the ground. He comes later and His feet will touch down on earth. It is believed by many that this is when the rapture will take place. Christ comes for His Bride to take them back with Him. We see that these feasts are a shadow of what is to come. (Colossians 2:16-17) “So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.”
If this is the case, then is the Feast of Trumpets in the year 2026? September 12, 2026 is the first day of Tishrei 5787, which is the 7th month in the Jewish calendar, the beginning of the Feasts of Trumpets.
After all this I was sent the name of a book called “God’s Keys of Time,” which I purchased. The author Dereck Walker brought out how when understanding how God views time, we can get a timetable of where we are in God’s overall program.
What are the keys?
The 1st has 2 KEYS revealing the divinely ordained Blueprint or Framework for Time, which governs the progression of God’s Plan: *KEYS 1 and 2: The Blueprint is a WEEK of 7 DAYS of 1000 years each.
KEY 3: At the end of every Jubilee Cycle of 49 actual years, God adds a special 50th year of grace. This must be a measurement in the Redemption Chronology.
KEY 4: The Principle of Unreckoned Time. God does not count times when His people’s sin causes His Plan of Redemption to be suspended.
When Israel and now the church is out of fellowship with God (rebellion has come in) then God’s redemption timetable is stopped.
We see this with us individually.
Dereck Walker brings this out in his book: “This is also a revelation of the total forgiveness of God. ‘If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to FORGIVE us our sins and to CLEANSE us from ALL unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) He remembers our sins no more. (Hebrews 8:12, 10:17) “He blots them out. (Psalm 51:1,9) Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out. (Acts 3:19) I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. (Isaiah 43:25) I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud, your sins. (Isaiah 44:22)’ If God completely blots out our sins, He must also blot out the TIMES of SIN, and so He blots certain times of history out of His Redemption Chronology! This principle shows that God deals with man in forgiveness.”
This is why it is important to have, like Paul, a clear conscience before God and man. How we need to maintain constant fellowship with God, and when sin does come – we confess immediately.
Dereck Walker using these keys show that from Adam to Abraham there are 2000 years (2 days) and from Abraham to Resurrection of Christ another 2000 years, or 2 days. (A thousand years is as a day with the Lord.) This means that the fourth day, or 4,000 years, ended 33AD with Christ’s resurrection. Two more days takes us to the end of the sixth day (our year 2033, 6,000 years) of the length of man’s rule, and brings us into the 7th day (1000 year) of Christ reigning on the earth.
WE know that Daniel’s 7th year, or what is known as the Great Tribulation (especially the last 3 ½ years), takes us to our year of 2026. Being “pre-tribulation,” the Spirit-filled church will not go through the tribulation but be taken (raptured) out. Those left behind will go through the first 3 ½ years of the Daniels 7 years. This is called the Great Tribulation of the saints. Many left behind will come to Christ, but many will die a martyr’s death in this time called the worst time on earth.
I believe that the Coronavirus that we are now going through is a “harbinger” of what is to come. The world is now changing and getting ready for the return of Christ.
Going to the grocery store early this morning I was struck with so many shelves being empty. In my 80 years I have never seen this before.
I (we) realize that having 6 years to do what the Lord gave His church to do; what does the Lord want me to do in these six years? May the Lord’s faithful disciples be doing the will of the Lord until He comes.