When I originally wrote this post back in 2015, I was missing one key piece of information and that was a “correct” calendar. I was using the Gregorian calendar with the creation date of 4004 BC. Our current calendar has been corrupted more than once and is not reliable. However, with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has emerged what I believe to be an accurate calendar created by the Essenes.
Who were the Essenes? They were simply the “believing” jews that held on to and accepted the patriarchal testaments. People like John the Baptist, the apostles Peter, John, and James. You see, when Jesus was born, the devil had 30 years to form two occults of Judaism prior to the Lord’s ministry. The occults of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Pharisees ended up in control over the Jewish government at the time of Christ’s ministry. The Apostle Paul was actually a Pharisee, but he perhaps became one of the most influential apostles of all after Jesus showed him the truth. God will use whom He will use. Interestingly, the devil has had two thousand years to corrupt the “Church” that Jesus left upon His death. Just look at all the denominations. Here is a chart outlining the differences in the Jewish sects.
Concerning the calendar, within the Dead Sea Scrolls literature, the Essenes had prophesied the calendar would be corrupted and that is exactly what the Pharisees did. In a simplistic sense, God had instituted a Solar calendar in Genesis meant to stay for the 7,000 years of man. “The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.” Psalms 33:11. At some point the calendar was changed over to the lunar cycle by the Pharisees. There is a 164 year difference between the Essene and Pharisee calendar. This current Pharisee lunar calendar does not necessarily follow the Gregorian calendar either, but regardless, the Essene calendar is accurate in my opinion. At least accurate to what we have available to us. You can find more information here: https://dsscalendar.org/. Looking at the generations again below.
The Essene calendar has AM 1 equating to 3925 BC as the year of creation running to AM 6000 or 2075 AD as the last year for the current age of grace. The total years add up to 7019 for Adam’s generations. We subtract the 1000 Millennial reign to arrive at 6000 years from Adam to the end of the Church age which includes the Tribulation period. That leaves an odd 19 years. However, they are there for a reason. First of all, 19 is the number for destruction. Destruction comes towards the end of the 6000 years via the Tribulation and again at the end of the Millennial rein with the 2nd Gog & Magog war and Satan’s final destruction. Notice the tens place digits of 75&25 above.
In the early generations, at 75 years of age, Abraham was called out of Ur to start a people group and establish a land area for God. The 7 comes from Seth whose name means appointed/compensation. This verse sums it up. “And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.” Gen 4:25. The 5 comes from Enos whose name means Mortal/Man. “And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.” Gen. 4:26. So as Abel was killed, another seed leading to Jesus and men calling upon the name of the Lord started early in the generations.
Situated in the latter generations, the number 25 can refer to an age for reigning as 6 times in the OT is says “….. was twenty and five years old when he began to reign”. Jesus will rule and reign at the end of the 6000 year period. More importantly, the phrase “Day of the Lord” and “they shall know that I am the Lord” are used exactly 25 times in the KJB. The 2 comes from Methuselah whose name means “His death shall bring”, for when Methuselah died, Noah’s flood came. The 5 comes from Lamech whose name means despairing/powerful. Lamech lived exactly 777 years. Those sevens always represent God’s program on behalf of man. Here we see towards the end of the generations once again God’s judgment will commence with death and desperation.
To recap, we have 7019 years remove the ten’s digits and the 1,000 year Millennial reign leave us 6,000 years added to the creation date of 3925 BC gives us 2075 AD for the end of the current age. A Jubilee last 50 years. According to the Essene calendar the last Jubilee for the current age will start in 2026 and run to 2075. It is interesting to note that Noah’s name means rest/comfort and is used exactly 51 times meaning that rest/comfort will come once again during this last Jubilee that ends in 2075 and the 1st year of the Millennial reign of 2076. Noah, the last generation, lived 950 years, or 50 years shy of 1,000 years. Here we sit on the cusp of the final 50 year Jubilee of this age.
Now I can hear some of you saying “it’s still another 50 years to the end of the Church age”, however that is not the case at all. If we look back at the transition of the other ages, we can see that fulfillment came early in preparation for the next age. For example, one will be giving a birthday party for his daughter on a specific date. Prior to that one must make multiple arraignments in order to allow the birthday party to commence. Order the cake, send out the invitations, rent the facility, etc. etc.
The last Jubilee for the age of Torah/Law was from 25 AD to 75 AD according to the Essene calendar. The Church age started in 75 AD. Many prophecies were fulfilled for the Lord’s first coming in a short period prior to the beginning of the Church age in order to set it up and commence it. Jesus was born, had a ministry for 3.5 years, died on the cross and resurrected on the 3rd day. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit was sent and the Apostles started churches. The temple of the Pharisees was destroyed. You get the idea. The same thing happened during the transition from the age of the Patriarchs to the age of Torah/law.
The Tribulation ending prior to the end of 2075 makes sense. There needs to be time to build the Millennial Temple prior to commencement. Jesus is the builder, but it is highly unlikely in His nature He will speak and it just appears. This also provides time for a specific prophecy to play out that I have had trouble reconciling. That is this prophecy against Egypt.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. Ezekiel 29:8-11
Egypt will lay desolate and uninhabited for a 40 year period and this does not fit into the Millennial reign, a time of peace, righteousness, and Christ’s rule on earth. Egypt must be restored prior to fulfil the below prophecy.
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. Zech. 14:16-19
Here is a possible timeline for the end.
May 14th, 2028 Israel turns 80, eight for new beginnings. Exactly 33 weeks later is a blood moon on 12-31-2028 which can be seen in Jerusalem. It is also 7 months 17 days later. Jesus was possibly 33 years old at His death and Genesis 8:4 says, “And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.” This time, instead of rest, perhaps it is chaos. Some of you may know about Apophis, the asteroid projected to hit earth April 13th, 2029. The late Tom Horn suggested this strike marked the mid-point of the Tribulation. However, I believe it to be part of the Gog & Magog war as described here:
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Ezekiel 38:21-22
Perhaps God uses Apophis to rain down fire and brimstone after the asteroid explodes in the atmosphere just shy of hitting the earth. This event would certainly cause confusion among the enemy causing them to fight each other. This event could also trigger great earthquakes.
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. Ezekiel 38:18-20
As you can see, Ezekiel 38 is mixed with Tribulation verbiage, so it is quite possible the next event after is the signing of the covenant with the AC. It does not specify what the covenant is. Most speculate it is a seven year peace treaty, however it does not say anything about peace in Daniel 9, but It does speak of the temple and sacrifice.
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Daniel 9:26-27
Remember the phrase “they shall know that I am the Lord”? Twenty four of the twenty fives times it is used in the KJB is in the book of Ezekiel, twice referring to the Gog & Magog war.
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 38:23
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 39:6
Could it be the covenant is to allow Israel to continue the sacrifices at the temple on the Temple mount which they had already started prior to the war, specifically now that they know God intervened for them in this war…..
If the Tribulation starts in April of 2029, then it ends in April of 2036, Israel will be 88 roughly a month after, once again new beginnings. Depending on the date alignment, this could leave 40 years, a time of testing/preparation, until 2076…..
Looking for that Blessed Hope! 