Talk about false prophets hanging on to their false prophecies even after they have obviously failed!
false prophet Ted Porter is "confirming" false prophet Ron Reese lies that the tribulation began on october 29th when obama "confirmed" the covenant with the gentiles (it was not even a seven year covenant as the bible says it will be) - so I am guessing these fruitcake false prophets are no longer pre tribulation rapture believers since they are now claiming the tribulation started last month.
II Tim 4:3-4"For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths"
Ted Porter's false teachings / "confirmations" of other false prophets:
---------------------------------------------------The "Man of Sin" must be accepted by the Jewish people as their Messiah,their savior. This can only happen if they have become apostate, fallingaway from the faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Otherwise,they would never accept this anti-messiah.Has that NOW happened?Ron Reese has stated in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that as of October 29, 2008, ITHAS. "OCT. 29, 2008 THRU SEPT. 23, 2015--HAVE WE ENTERED THE FINAL 7 YEARS???!" http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2008/ronr116.htm"OBAMA
IS ANTICHRIST AND FINAL 7 YEARS HAVE BEGUN--POSITIVE CONFIRMATION"http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2008/ronr117.htmBarry Soetoro has come onto the world stage under his own chosen name,Barack Hussein Obama, not his legal given name. On October 29, 2008, Barryaddressed the WORLD for 30 minutes. This happened right before the LASTAmerican WORLD SERIES game.
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2008/tedp1110.htm
Ted Porter (10 Nov 2008)
"What MUST precede the Rapture of the Saints!"
What MUST precede the Rapture of the Saints!
We learn, and then we repeat what we have learned. Many of us grew up being
taught that NOTHING would precede the RAPTURE of the SAINTS. I was. It
could happen at ANY moment. It was IMMINENT. You need to make a profession
of FAITH before it is too late.
But then there was that PESKY verse in the Bible that seemed to indicate
that TWO things would happen as SIGNS before the RAPTURE of the SAINTS.
1. Apostasy
2. Man of Sin Revealed
Let us set the stage. There were Christians/Jewish Believers in
Thessalonica who were worried that the RAPTURE of the SAINTS could happen at
any moment, that it was IMMINENT, that it was "at hand". How many people in
these last two thousand years that have been shaken, or troubled, because
they thought the Rapture was at hand? Paul writes them a SECOND letter to
reassure them that the RAPTURE is not at hand. And he gave them two signs
as confirmation. Let's turn to the Bible:
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by
our gathering together unto him, II Thessalonians 2:1
Paul is speaking of the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he
clarifies this coming by stating it is when we will be gathered together
unto him. He had already told them about this coming in his first letter to
them.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall
rise first: I Thessalonians 4:16
This still includes those he was addressing his letter to 2000 years ago, as
the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Continuing on where we left off in the second letter:
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor
by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. II
Thessalonians 2:2
Don't be shaken in mind that the day of Christ is imminent.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except
there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition; II Thessalonians 2:3
Let no man deceive you by any means. This past 2000 years have seen MANY
MEANS. One is repetition. Say something often enough and people start
accepting it. One is by fear. Accept Jesus Christ now as He could return
at any moment and then it would be too late. TOO LATE. DO YOU HEAR ME? DO
YOU WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND?
Many means.
But what again are the signs?
1. Apostasy - Falling away from the Faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob and His son Jesus Christ
2. Man of Sin Revealed
The "Man of Sin" must be accepted by the Jewish people as their Messiah,
their savior. This can only happen if they have become apostate, falling
away from the faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Otherwise,
they would never accept this anti-messiah.
Has that NOW happened?
Ron Reese has stated in NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that as of October 29, 2008, IT
HAS.
"OCT. 29, 2008 THRU SEPT. 23, 2015--HAVE WE ENTERED THE FINAL 7 YEARS???!"
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2008/ronr116.htm
"OBAMA IS ANTICHRIST AND FINAL 7 YEARS HAVE BEGUN--POSITIVE CONFIRMATION"
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/nov2008/ronr117.htm
Barry Soetoro has come onto the world stage under his own chosen name,
Barack Hussein Obama, not his legal given name. On October 29, 2008, Barry
addressed the WORLD for 30 minutes. This happened right before the LAST
American WORLD SERIES game. He did it to DELUDE them into believing HE had
the answer to all their problems. HE was their Savior.
Did it work?
Six days later he was elected President of the United States
He was voted for overwhelmingly by Jews, even though by Barry Soetoro's own
admission, he was a Muslim, the sworn enemy of the Jew, from birth till he
was 27.
From the Jerusalem Post, the day after the election:
Exit polls: 78% of Jews voted for Obama
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1225715346628&pagename=JPost%2FJP
Article%2FShowFull
Only 22% voted against "Obama". Someone on FiveDoves
<http://www.fivedoves.com/> had noted that the states that voted against
"Obama" when viewed on a map of the whole United States, form the letter
"Tau" in the Hebrew alphabet. "Tau" is the last letter in the Hebrew
alphabet. Is this a sign and reference to Jesus Christ who states He is the
first and the last, the ALPHA and the OMEGA right after the description of
His Second Coming?
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also
which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith
the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 1:7-8
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest,
write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto
Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto
Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Revelation 1:11
It has been noticed that right after this the "Philadelphia" Phillies, won
the World Series. So remember through it all, GOD WINS!
"Tau" is also the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet. According to the
book, "The Arithmetic of God <http://www.etpv.org/books/taog.pdf> ", the
number "22" means "Light / Making Manifest" in the Bible.
"Obama" will be the 44th president of the United States. The number "44" in
the Bible according to "The Arithmetic of God
<http://www.etpv.org/books/taog.pdf> ", means "Perdition".
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except
there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition; II Thessalonians 2:3
Adding 22 and 44 together we have 66 which in the Bible according to "The
Arithmetic of God <http://www.etpv.org/books/taog.pdf> ", means "Image or
Idol Worship".
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore
cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of
Dura, in the province of Babylon. Daniel 3:1
And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into
the midst of a burning fiery furnace. Daniel 3:6
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns
like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of
the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he
doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the
earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to
the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power
to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should
both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the
beast should be killed. Revelation 13:11-15
And 66 is a precursor to the number of the beast, 666.
We have also been given examples or precursors of the Man of Sin, the Son of
Perdition. They can be found in the nature of Emperor Nero Caesar, who for
political purposes killed his own mother who raised him. They can also be
found in the nature of Fuhrer Adolph Hitler, who mesmerized the youth from
the actual steps of the Temple of Pergamus, called the Synagogue of Satan,
which had been moved and rebuilt in Germany.
Consider:
And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he
which hath the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works, and where thou
dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and
hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful
martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. Revelation 2:12
And:
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2008/jerryg1028-1.htm
Now consider how DARE the internet blogs state that it was too politically
convenient for the grandmother who "Obama" credits as raising him, who acted
as his "Mother", to die RIGHT before the election! How dare they say, "how
convenient is that". He lost his own grandma, the "Mother" who raised him.
How can you not vote for the guy? How dare they say he did it for political
advantage? True, it did work to his political advantage. And true, he did
visit her on Halloween, October 31st, 2 days before she died around
midnight, (the "witching" hour), in Hawaii. We may never know how she
actually died. We may never know how she actually voted on her absentee
ballot.
So, one is left to decide for oneself.
1. Has the apostasy, the falling away, occurred?
2. Has the Man of Sin, the Son of Perdition, been revealed?
If so, then the next item on the prophetic timeline is FINALLY, the RAPTURE
of the SAINTS!
When will this happen? We are told to Watch. But the again, the answer is
still 42!
"When is Jesus Returning? The Answer is 42!"
http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2008/tedp1013.htm
Shalom,
Ted Porter
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http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/oct2008/tedp1013.htm
Ted Porter (13 Oct 2008) "When is Jesus Returning? The Answer is 42!"
When is Jesus Returning? The Answer is 42!
Introduction
In 1978, a science fiction radio series aired on BBC called “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”. Created by Douglas Adams, it went on to become a spin-off TV series, comics, various books, and even a movie. One of the repeated themes in the various incarnations of “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy” is that a "simple answer" is asked of a computer called “Deep Thought” to “the ultimate question”. After “Deep Thought” has spent 7 ½ million years computing and checking the answer, it spits out the number “42”. Unfortunately, by this time, “the ultimate question” itself has been forgotten.
Fortunately, in real life today, eschatologists, (those who study end-time Bible prophecy), know “the ultimate question”. That question is, “When is Jesus Returning?” And, some of those same eschatologists even know the answer, even if they are at a loss to explain it, which again is the number “42”.
The Arithmetic of God
In 1976, a book was published called “The Arithmetic of God”. This book claims that its Author is Jesus Christ. Don Kistler, the one we could suppose is the author, lists himself as only the scribe.
How audacious a claim is that? Is Don suggesting this book is inspired by God as to put this book on the same level as the original Hebrew Bible? Sounds almost like blaspheme! Wasn’t John the Disciple the last to receive revelation from Jesus Christ that became the last book of the Holy Bible, around 95 AD? Well, there is no way to prove that assertion either.
But then, before we are too quick to judge, should we not first examine the book? Remember that Jesus Christ when He was on earth, claimed to be the Creator of the Universe, the Great “I AM”, GOD. This would be blaspheme and grounds for stoning, had it not been true. Can we be sure that Don Kistler’s claim is also not true?
After examining this book, the author could find no contradictions that the author of “The Arithmetic of God”, like the Holy Bible, was not indeed Jesus Christ, the Word. This book not only agreed with the Holy Bible but it complemented and even helped explain the Holy Bible. But, of course, everyone will need to reach their own conclusions. Assuming Don Kistler did receive “inspiration” from God, he rightfully should give credit for that inspiration, to God. The author himself, while not claiming any infallibility, acknowledges that he can do nothing without God’s help. The book has since been out of print for a while and Don Kistler has gone on to meet his great reward in Heaven.
The author also became convinced after reading The Arithmetic of God”, based on clues throughout the book, that Don Kistler had been given by God, foreknowledge of when Jesus Christ was returning. As such, the author wrote a letter to Don Kistler during the 1980’s asking him if he could be more specific as to when Jesus Christ would return. This was his response:
Greetings in Jesus name
Praise the Lord!
The Lord God Jesus gave me a sign to look for and I didn’t ask for the sign, but He gave it to me willingly. I wish I didn’t put that in the book, but the Lord Jesus told me too.
The Lord Jesus gave me the “Arithmetic of God” because one day I decided to fast and pray which, is reading the Word of God to find out when He was appearing. After days had gone by He revealed to me that He is already here in His many membered body called the sons of God. (Romans 8:14, Gal 4:5-7, I John 3:1-2)
The sign the Lord Jesus gave me was not to be reveal, but He will reveal the sign to all the sons of God. The sign is in the Word of God, the Bible KJV and people must read it and search the scriptures for the truth not hand-me-down man-made traditions and doctrines. We are in the last days and enclose is a list of tapes of the teaching on the Bible. If you decide to really know the Word of the Lord, I believe you will get a revelation on these teachings.
I hope you will understand and may the Lord Jesus continue to guide you in all truth.
In the Love of Jesus of Nazareth
Bro Don
In examining this letter, Don gives several clues. The tone is remorseful that he could not reveal the sign foretelling the coming of the Lord Jesus as he was restrained by the Holy Spirit. Still he could say that the sign will be revealed to all sons of God. And the sign is in the KJV of the Word of God.
The Sign
Is the sign, wars and rumors of wars? Is the sign a nation being born in a day? Is the sign, Jerusalem, the city of Peace? What are some of the signs spoken of in the Bible? There are many signs, two in particular that appear to have recently been fulfilled:
1. Nation born in a Day = Israel Created. Fulfilled May 14, 1948?
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Isaiah 66:8
2. Times of the Gentiles be Fulfilled = Jerusalem no longer trodden down by the Gentiles. Fulfilled June 7, 1967?
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Luke 21:24
The Number
But then, what do we do with the sign? We must attach a number to it. But what number do we attach to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ? “The Arithmetic of God” has the answer and it is “42”. One cannot do justice by paraphrasing the answer. What follows is exactly what is written in the book by the Author Jesus Christ:
42 Second Coming of Jesus
Let's take 42. Number 42 is the number associated with the Coming of Jesus: both His first coming and the two manifestations at His second advent (He came into the world the first time in the 42nd generation from Abraham). He is coming back for His saints before the 42-month reign of the beast, perhaps 42 months before the beast's reign begins. He will return to the earth at the end of the 42-month reign of the beast to put an end to the wicked reign. The marvelous way in which this number works is the wonder of all wonders. My children of God, the time is at hand!
"So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations." That is in Matthew 1:17. Here are 14 generations three times over. Three times 14 makes 42. Here is the number three for the Resurrection, and 14 for Salvation.
"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." See Matthew 1:21. Christ is also the "Resurrection, and the life:" That is in John 11:25. When Jesus comes for His saints, the dead in Christ will be raised and the salvation of their bodies will take place, "and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." (Hebrews 9:28)
When three for the resurrection is multiplied by 14 for salvation, the product is 42, for the coming of Christ. When Jesus raised Lazarus, He spoke three words, "Lazarus, come forth." That is in John 11:43. There are also three Greek words here which have 14 letters. Here again the number three, for the resurrection, and 14, for salvation or deliverance, follow these three words with 14 letters. Lazarus came forth from the grave. When the three words are added to the 14 letters, they total 17 for victory out of the grave, "0 grave, where is thy victory?" (I Corinthians 15:55) "thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our (1) Lord (2) Jesus (3) Christ." This is in I Corinthians 15:57.
When the 14 letters in the three words Jesus spoke to Lazarus are multiplied by the three words the product is 42, for the second coming of Jesus. Fourteen times three is 42.
In all of this, there is a picture of what will take place when Jesus comes for His saints. Then the resurrection will take place, and three is for the resurrection. The salvation of their bodies will take place and 14 is the number for salvation. There is victory over death and the grave: three for resurrection and
14for salvation total 17, the number for victory. "So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory." (I Corinthians 15:54)
All of this will be brought about at the coming of the Lord Jesus. When three for the resurrection of the bodies is multiplied by 14, the product is 42, for the coming of the Lord Jesus, when all this takes place.
According to the Greek, the word "anastasis" is found 42 times in the New Testament. In the translation according to the revelation that Jesus gave me, this word translated "Resurrection" 39 times, "raising again," one time, "raised to life again," one time, and "that shall raise," one time. This makes 42 times this word occurs where John said, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." (Revelation 20:6) This connects the first resurrection with 42, the number for the coming of Jesus. A compound form of the Greek word "anastasis" is found one time in the New Testament; it is "exanastasis." It is found in Philippians 3:11, and is translated "Resurrection."
If this compounded form of anastasis be counted, the 42nd time this word would be found is in Revelation 20:5 where it is said, "This is the first resurrection." In the statement, "This is the first resurrection." there are five Greek words and 20 Greek letters. When the numbers from one to 20 are added up the sum is 210. When this number, 210, is divided by five, the number of words in the passage, it comes out exactly 42, which is the number for the second coming of Jesus.
When Jesus comes to raise His sleeping saints and to translate the living saints then their bodies will be redeemed and the manifestation of the sons of God will take place. "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God." (Romans 8:19) At that time it will be brought to light who are really the sons of God.
In the same connection Paul said, "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body." See Romans 8:23.
Number 22 stands for light or making manifest, number 20 stands for redemption, and when 22 js added to 20, the sum is 42, for the second coming of Jesus at which time the manifestation of the sons of God will take place and their bodies will be redeemed. Where can such a book as the Bible be found?
The return of Jesus to the earth to reign is also connected with 42. The beast or the man of sin is to be destroyed with the brightness of our Lord's coming. "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brighteness of his coming," (II Thessalonians 2:7-8)
There are 36 Greek words in this statement, the exact number of words found about the beast in Revelation 3:2, and the exact number of times the beast is mentioned in the book of Revelation. This also shows that this person will be destroyed with the brightness of our Lord's coming.
In Revelation 13:5, it is stated that the beast will continue 42 months, "and power was given unto him to continue FORTY and TWO months." In Revelation 19:11-21, there is a prophecy of the return of Christ to judge and make war. He is called Faithful and True in the 11th verse, in the 13th verse He is called the Word of God. In the 16th verse. He is called the King of kings and the Lord of lords. In the 19th and 20th verses. He is a prophecy of the beast being cast into the lake of tire and brimstone. So since the beast will continue 42 months and since he will be destroyed at the return of Jesus, then Jesus will return to reign at the end of 42 months of the beast's power, this again connects our Lord's coming with the number 42.
I've just told you something, children of God, Hallelujah!
Jesus revealed unto me of His coming and when. Oh, if you can just see what Jesus has revealed to you! That you might know the time of His coming! Not the day nor the hour, but the time of His coming.
Let us see how 42 balances with the number of the devil plus the number of the beast. Here is something to make us marvel indeed. Peter said in I Peter 1:13, "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." When five for grace is multiplied by 42 for the coming of Christ, the product is 210. Keep this number in mind.
In Jude, in the 14th and 15th verses, there is a prophecy of Jesus coming in judgment. "And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these saying. Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints. To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him." Here is a prophecy of Jesus coming in judgment. Number 11 stands for judgment and 42 for the coming of Jesus. When 42 is multiplied by 11, the product is 462. Let this number, also, be kept in mind.
It was Enoch, the seventh from Adam, who prophesied of this judgment. When 462 is divided by seven, the number connected with Enoch, it comes out exactly 66 times. Enoch prophesied of judgment. When you take 11, the number for judgment, and add all the numbers from one to 11, the sum is 66.
A description? This coming in judgment is given in Revelation 19:11-12 and Revelation is the 66th and last book of the Bible.
Now let us add 210 (which was obtained by multiplying 42 for the coming of Jesus, by five, the number for grace as given in I Peter 1:13) to 462 (which is 11, for the judgment, divided by 42, which is for the coming of Jesus). These two numbers, 210 and 462, make 672. Six, the number for the devil or Satan, added to 666, the number of the beast (see Revelation 13:18), equals 672. The evil combination of the devil and the beast will be broken up by our Lord's return.
How about those numbers, children of God? Who could write such a book or books and make them balance like this? Only one inspired by God to do so, by the revelation of Jesus Christ! Each of the 66 books of the Bible was inspired and guided by Him, Who is all-wise and never makes a mistake.
Okay. The biggest clue is at the beginning.
He is coming back for His saints before the 42-month reign of the beast, perhaps 42 months before the beast's reign begins.
Boy is that the biggest “perhaps”. Assuming this “perhaps” can be removed, then if we can figure out when the 42-month reign of the beast should end, we can count backward 42 plus another 42 months to the Rapture. We surmise that the 42-month reign of the beast ends with the final return of Jesus Christ to earth. Then this “perhaps” backs us up another 42-months for a total of 84 months. Now, we need to figure out when Jesus Christ is returning the final time to earth.
Passion, Power & Glory
When counting time as in the books of Daniel and Revelation, how long is a month and a year? Are they Gregorian, composed of 30 or 31 days, Hebrew, composed of moon to moon or 29.530588 days, or what can be called prophetic, composed of 30 days with 12 months making a 360 day prophetic year? In 2003 the author had considered them prophetic, or composed of 30-day months and 360-day years. That is when by plugging in dates and numbers in a spreadsheet, the author noticed that exactly 49 “prophetic” years or 17,640 days, to the day, were between Jerusalem Unification Day, June 7, 1967 and Yom Kippur, September 23, 2015. Having read Sir Isaac Newton’s “The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse”, the author saw the connection with fulfilling Newton’s interpretation of the Prophet Daniel’s 7 weeks equivalent to 49 prophetic years, separated out of the total 70 week prophecy. This connection was posted on Five Doves and later published in book form the following year as “Passion, Power & Glory – Watching for the Return of the Prince of Peace. From pages 44-46:
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
There is usually at least one original overriding idea in many great books. Sir Isaac Newton's well written book, "The Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse", (originally published in 1733) may contain many but one of the greatest was the following assertion. That regarding Daniel's 70 week prophecy, the 62 weeks from the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem related to Christ's first coming and the 7 weeks from the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem relates directly to Christ's second coming. Quoting from the revised edition published in 1998 by Printland Publishers, Hyberadad, India, starting at the bottom of page 132.
Know also and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to cause to return and to build Jerusalem, unto the Anointed the Prince, shall be seven weeks. The former part of the Prophecy related to the first coming of Christ, being dated to his coming as a Prophet; this being dated to his coming to be Prince or King, seems to relate to his second coming. There, the Prophet was consummate, and the most holy anointed; here, he that was anointed; comes to be Prince and reign. For Daniel's prophecies reach to the end of the world, and there is scarce a prophecy in the Old Testament, concerning Christ, which doth not in something or other relate to his second coming. If divers of the ancients, as Irenaus, Julius Africanus, Hippolytus the martyr, and Apollinaris Bishop of Laodicea, applied the half week to the times of Antichrist, why may not we, by the same liberty of interpretation, apply the seven weeks to the time when Antichrist shall be destroyed by the brightness of Christ's coming.
Very well said.
Likewise is Sir Robert Anderson's groundbreaking book on Daniel titled "The Coming Prince" (1895). One original overriding idea is in the evidence presented that the first part of Daniel's prophecy of Christ's first coming as King of Kings was fulfilled to the exact day. This brought us to what we celebrate as Palm Sunday, the Sunday before His passion when He entered Jerusalem as King of Kings but was later rejected that same day. One simply had to substitute, using the conversion used in Revelation, 360 days for each of the days represented in the 70 week prophecy of Daniel regarding the 7 and 62 weeks total. (The days represent years and the years contain 360 days.)
Now, standing on the shoulders of these giants and creating a synthesis of these two original ideas to create a third. That is, the modern day commandment to rebuild Jerusalem occurred when the Nation of Israel captured Jerusalem on June 7, 1967. Rebuilding has indeed occurred since that time in Jerusalem. Adding 7 weeks or in other words 49 years of 360 days from June 7, 1967 brings one to exactly Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, in the year 2015, (September 23, 2015, Tishri 10, 5776). Would this not be the fulfillment of prophecy for Christ to return as the King of Kings "when Antichrist shall be destroyed by the brightness of Christ's coming"?
In addition, “Heavenly Signs in 2015” are discussed on page 135 of the same book, which reads in part:
Heavenly Signs in 2015
It is also of interest the heavenly signs around September 23, 2015.
http://w3c.ct.astro.it/calendario/almanacco/2015almaeng.html
On September 13, 2015 at 6hr 43min UT we have the new moon which would be Rosh Hashana. Exactly 13 minutes later we have a partial eclipse of the Sun (magnitude .791). Ten days later which would be Yom Kippur, 9/23/2015, the proposed 2nd Coming of Christ, there is also the autumnal equinox, (8hr 21m 34s UT)….
Five days later on 9/28/2015 (2hr 49m) there is a total eclipse of the moon (magnitude 1.27). Exactly 3 minutes later there is the full moon, although because of the eclipse it would not be seen. The previous spring equinox (March 20th), there was a total eclipse of the Sun.
Counting backward one period of 42 months from 9/28/2015 to come to the possible start of the reign of the beast brings one to the date 4/11/2012. Counting backward another period of 42 months to come to the possible Rapture brings one to the date 10/29/2008. At the time of the writing of the book, it was possible to count back another period of 42 months for watching for the Rapture, which brought one to 5/18/2005. This date did not appear significant. However, the number 555 did appear related to the Rapture and the date 5/5/05 preceded this date by less than 2 weeks. Another possible date to watch for the Rapture was also proposed which was 10/5/2005, Rosh Hoshana. Reconciling these two dates into one date was not possible. Both had reasons to be watched. Note that 5 times 5 times 5 is 125 and 42 + 42 + 42 is 126. So counting 3 times 42 inclusively equals 125 or 5 cubed.
However, now we are almost to the time of two times 42 months from 9/23/2015, Yom Kippur, or 2520 days, which brings us to 10/29/2008. This is the beginning of the second month of the current Hebrew calendar. However, consider in the last 2000 years, the precession of the equinoxes has moved the constellations one month backward. So, while from the Suns standpoint it would be the beginning of the second month, from the standpoint of the Universe it would be the beginning of the first month, Rosh Hoshana.
One analogy of the two advents of the second coming of Jesus is that the first advent, the Rapture would occur on Rosh Hoshana, Tishri 1, and the second advent would occur on the date, 9 days later Tishri 10 or Yom Kippur. Consider using the measure of time which is a measure of man, gestation. Taking 40 weeks of days as being the period of gestation times the 9 days between Tishri 1 and 10, (40 x 7 x 9) and one also arrives at 2520 days.
Confirming Witnesses
After this book was published in 2004, many others have added to the research bearing witness for watching around 2015 for the return of Jesus Christ. This interest has heated up as we approach the date of October 29, 2008, seven prophetic years before September 23, 2015, and 42 prophetic years from June 7, 1967.
Bonnie Gaunt in August 2006 published a study showing that 2015 is a jubilee year.
Mark Biltz in April 2008 received much media attention when he uncovered more information regarding the heavenly signs in 2015 and 2014. This especially in regard to lunar eclipses falling on Jewish feast days in clusters called “tetrads”.
In July 2008, Joshua Elsom posted on the internet, research instead of going forward from June 7, 1967 the 7 weeks of Daniel’s 70-week prophecy, going backward 62 weeks in fulfillment of another part of Daniel’s 70-week prophecy.
In September 2008, No. 1 best-selling author David Flynn released a new book called, “Temple at the Center of Time – Newton’s Bible Codex Deciphered and the Year 2012”. In it he discusses in depth the relationship between distance and time and how it relates to the number 2,520. (Remember two periods of 42 prophetic months is 2,520 days.) He reveals the amazing discover that the writing on the wall from the book of Daniel of Mene, Mene, Tekel, Uparsin are actually monetary units. And a Mene is worth 1,000 gerahs, a Tekel worth 20 gerahs, and an Uparsin or Peres is worth half a Mene or 500 gerahs. So the total of Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Uparsin are 1,000 + 1,000 + 20 + 500 = 2,520. Guess what page this amazing discovery is revealed? On page 42!
Another amazing discovery was that Israelites cubit from Moses to Solomon, used for construction of the Ark of the Covenant and the Temple was equal to 25.20 inches, another reference to 2,520. This is not revealed till page 84! Whether these discoveries were placed on these pages on purpose or by accident, it is still interesting, even here, to see the equivalency between 42 and 2,520.
Conclusion
Now let’s apply the number 42. Consider the first advent of the second coming of Jesus which will be in the clouds at the Rapture. Will it occur exactly 42 prophetic years to the day after the fulfillment of the sign of the end of the times of the Gentiles, Jerusalem Unification Day? Consider the reign of the beast foretold in the book of Revelation. Will it begin exactly 42 prophetic months after the Rapture of the Saints, the sons on God? And consider the second advent of the second coming of Jesus when He sets foot upon the Mount of Olives and ends the reign of the beast. Will it occur exactly 42 prophetic months after the start of the beasts reign, two times 42 prophetic months after the Rapture, to the day, on Yom Kippur, the Holiest day of the year? This would make the second advent of Jesus exactly 49 prophetic years or 7 prophetic weeks or one prophetic jubilee, to the day, past Jerusalem Unification Day to fulfill the 7 weeks of Daniel’s 70 week prophecy.
Consider the first advent of the second coming of Jesus to occur at the end of the term of the 42nd different president of the United States, (one president had two separate terms of office). Consider His coming signaling an inclusive seven-day warning before the next president of the United States is planned to be elected and a two times 42 day warning before the next president of the United States is planned to be inaugurated.
Consider periods of 49 prophetic years, which is 7 prophetic weeks, which is one prophetic jubilee, ending with the last prophetic week being October 29, 2008 – September 23, 2015. Counting backward it works out to the time from 28 AD to 35 AD. This would be the 42nd prophetic period when Jesus was cut off, crucified in the middle of this time. From then till just past 4000 BC, the time of Creation, would be another two times 42 prophetic periods. This would be the same as from now to then as three times 42 prophetic periods or prophetic jubilees. This whole period of Man’s lease on this planet earth totals 126 prophetic 49-year jubilee periods. Or put another way, the difference is 125 prophetic 49-year jubilee periods and 125 is 5 times 5 times 5. Below is a table of each 49 prophetic year period going back to Creation:
Shalom,
Ted Porter
porter@endofage.com
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