A spectacular series
of events are coming
together in the
heavens and in the
news that are either
an incredible series
of coincidences, or
else they are the
prophetic
fulfillment of
Revelation chapter
12.
I believe
these signs are
prophetic
fulfillment, and
they are telling us
that Daniel’s 70th
week is about to
begin.
Let me begin by
saying that I have
no idea when the
rapture of the
Church is going to
take place.
James, the
brother of Jesus,
told us that God is
busy taking a people
for Himself from
among the Gentiles
(Acts 15:13-18).
The only
thing that is
holding up the
rapture is the
arrival of the full
number of Gentiles
which God has
determined in
advance (Romans
11:25 and
Acts
15:13-18).
We have no
way of knowing what
this number is, so
we have no way of
knowing when the
rapture is going to
take place.
To make
things even more
impossible, we do
not know how many
people are already
in heaven or at what
rate they are
arriving.
This article is not
about when the
rapture of the
Church will happen.
Instead, it
deals with the
beginning of
Daniel’s 70th
week and the 7 year
period of
tribulation that
begins at the same
time, complete with
3 sets of 7
judgments upon
mankind.
If you should
happen to believe in
a pre-tribulation
rapture, as I do,
then you will know
that the rapture can
(and most probably
will) happen sooner
that most believers
expect.
Astrology is a sin
and is strictly
forbidden by God.
However, God
does use the
position of the sun,
moon, and stars to
indicate certain
holy days, feast
dates, seasons, and
even how to
calculate the length
of months and years.
God used a
sign in the heaven
to guide the wise
men to the infant
Jesus.
I have always
believed that the
moon, the stars, the
planets, and all of
the other lights in
the heavens, such as
galaxies, nebulas,
asteroids, and even
comets, are God’s
jewelry which He has
put on display for
our enjoyment and
for us to wonder at
as we ponder His
immense greatness.
God wants us
to admire his
magnificence in the
heavens, but he does
not want us to
worship anything
that is there, other
than Himself.
At the moment the
comet Elenin is
passing through our
solar system.
In ancient
times, comets were
seen as being
messengers that
brought warnings of
natural disasters
and times of
tribulation on the
earth.
Could Elenin
be a sign of the
beginning of the 7
year period of
tribulation before
the 2nd
Coming of our Lord,
which we more
accurately refer to
as Daniel’s 70th
Week?
Or is
Elenin’s appearance
at this time and
place in the sky
just a series of
coincidences that
only appears to be a
fulfillment of
Revelation 12?
And a great sign
appeared in heaven:
a woman clothed with
the sun, and the
moon under her feet,
and on her head a
crown of twelve
stars; and she was
with child; and she
cried out, being in
labor and in pain to
give birth.
And another
sign appeared in
heaven: and behold,
a great red dragon
having seven heads
and ten horns, and
on his head were
seven diadems.
And his tail
swept away a third
of the stars of
heaven, and threw
them to the earth.
And the
dragon stood before
the woman who was
about to give birth,
so that when she
gave birth he might
devour her child.
(Revelation 12: 1-4
NAS).
And when the dragon
saw that he was
thrown down to the
earth, he persecuted
the woman who gave
birth to the male
child (Revelation 12:13 NAS).
And the dragon was
enraged with the
woman, and went off
to make war with the
rest of her
offspring, who keep
the commandments of
God and hold to the
testimony of Jesus
(Revelation 12:17
NAS).
During the second
half of September,
the comet Elenin
will be in the
constellation of
Virgo, the virgin.
The sun will
also be in Virgo, so
the woman (Virgo)
will be clothed with
the sun.
At the same
time, the moon will
be at the feet of
Virgo.
During the
latter part of
September, Elenin
moves up the face of
Virgo to a place
where it would
almost appear to be
the tears coming
from Virgo’s eye as
she cries out in
pain as she is about
to give birth.
Then Elenin
moves further up
Virgo’s face to rest
on the top of her
head, like a crown.
Actually, it
will look like a
tiara among twelve
stars above Virgo’s
head.
All of this
will fall into place
on September 29, 2011.
Comets are rare, and
for one to appear in
this scenario with
Virgo, the sun,
moon,
Saturn, and Venus
would be incredibly
rare, indeed. But
there is more. . .
The planet Venus is
in the mid-section
of Virgo as if it
were a child in its
mother’s womb.
Saturn is
also present and in
the right position,
as if it were a
dragon waiting for
the child to be
born, so that it
could devour the
child.
Perhaps it is just
coincidence, but in
the world of legend
and the occult the
Roman deity, Saturn,
has always been
regarded as a dragon
and was identified
with the deity
Cronus.
According to
legend of Cronus, he
was to be killed by
one of his children,
so Cronus would wait
nearby each time one
of his children was
to be born and then
he would devour the
child as soon as it
was delivered.
In Revelation 12 the
woman represents the
nation of Israel.
When the
dragon persecutes
the woman and makes
war with the rest of
her offspring we
will be experiencing
the 7 year
tribulation period
of Daniel’s 70th
week.
I am not attempting
to predict the exact
date that Daniel’s
70th Week
will begin.
What I am
saying is that a
remarkable series of
signs are coming
together on the last
couple of days of
September that
certainly seem to
warn of the imminent
resumption of
Daniel’s 70th
Week and the 7 year
period of
tribulation on the
earth which is a
part of Daniel’s 70th
Week.
There is an
excellent
presentation of
these events on You
Tube by Anton Fiori
of Crimson Pill TV
entitled, Elenin
& Prophecy:
“Fulfills”
Revelation Ch 12 on
9-29-11.
I am sure this is
just a coincidence
as well, but during
the second week in
September the
Palestinians are
going to seek full
membership in the
United Nations based
on the borders prior
to the war in 1967,
with
East Jerusalem
as their capital.
God has made
it very clear that
He will not tolerate
anyone taking land
from His chosen
people and He is
particularly
sensitive about His
holy city, Jerusalem.
I believe
that if anyone wants
to look for
prophetic signposts
they need to watch
Israel,
and particularly
Jerusalem.
God considers
Israel,
and particularly
Jerusalem,
to be the center of
the world.
I am not
predicting that
worldwide
tribulation might
break out because of
these actions by the
Palestinians.
After all,
things have been
real peaceful and
lovingly quiet over
there for years –
right?
I am just
glad that I will be
on the opposite side
of the planet on
that day and if you
find me hiding in a
deep cave, that will
just be a
coincidence as well.
The Bible tells us
that in the last
days Israel will be all alone in the
world with few, if
any, friends.
The Lord
warned
Israel
that they would be
hated and persecuted
by all nations
because of Him
(Revelation 12:9).
The United States
is one of only five
nations that have
veto power in the
United Nations.
If the United States should fail to veto
statehood for the
Palestinians, this
final piece of
prophecy would come
to pass.
Speaking of
coincidences, the
first day of Rosh
Hashanah occurs on September 29, 2011 (Tishrei 1).
This is the
Jewish New Year and
it also the day that
some believe is the
actual birthday of
Jesus.
This could
certainly be as good
of a time as any for
Daniel’s 70th
Week to randomly
begin ticking away
again.
When the prophet
Daniel was about 80
years old the angel
Gabriel gave him a
prophecy about the
future.
This prophecy
is recorded in the
chapter 9 of the
Book of Daniel, and
is often referred to
as God’s Prophetic
Time Clock.
Israel
was given 70 weeks
of years (490 years)
to accomplish 6
goals.
It further
says that after 69
of those 70 weeks
(483 years) the
Messiah would come
but would be
rejected and killed,
the Temple would be destroyed,
the prophetic time
clock would stop,
and the people would
be dispersed.
We know that
during a gap in time
of unspecified
length God would
take a people for
Himself from among
the Gentiles.
When the full
number of those
Gentiles has “come
in” God will turn
His attention back
to Israel, and the clock will start
running again for
the last week (7
years). This is
where, I believe, we
are now – just
seconds away from
the clock beginning
to tick again.
Rosh Hashanah is
also known as the
Feast of Trumpets.
In the New
Testament there are
two very special
occasions for the
blowing of trumpets.
They are the
rapture and the 2nd
Coming.
Rosh Hashanah takes
place at the time of
the new moon, rather
than a full moon,
when only a tiny
sliver of its
surface is visible.
The timing of
the new moon is
difficult to
predict, and a
minimum of two
visual sightings are
required to confirm
it.
For this
reason, Rosh
Hashanah has come to
be known as the
feast where “no one
knows the day or the
hour”.
It is also
interesting to note
that Jesus told us
in 4 places in the
Bible that “no one
knows the day or
hour” of His return.
This is pure
speculation on my
part, but wouldn’t
it be a remarkable
coincidence if He
was actually giving
us a hint as to what
day to look for His
return?
Actually, I believe
there are incredibly
few things which
occur in our
universe that are
truly random.
Our God is an
incredibly precise
God and everything
we see in our
universe, from the
motion of the
planets and stars,
to the microscopic
world of the
building blocks of
life, to the
infinitesimally
small world of
atomic particles,
are incredibly
precise.
I believe
that God rarely ever
uses the word
“approximately.”
This is why I
find it so hard to
believe that either
the rapture or the 2nd
Coming of our Lord
will occur on a day
which has no special
significance other
than being the day
when the counter on
the gates of heaven
just happen to click
on the
pre-determined
number set in
advance by God.
Several
thousand years from
now when we are all
sitting around in
the New Jerusalem
reminiscing about
how it was “back in
the day” on the “Big
E” (earth), I am
certain that there
will be armchair
quarterbacks with
their 20/20
hindsight who will
be proclaiming how
they cannot possibly
understand why the
people on earth
could have missed
all of the signs and
not possibly known
the exact day of
both the rapture and
the 2nd
Coming.
What they
will fail to realize
is that looking
backward is easy.
Trying to
interpret the signs
of the times in
advance is almost
impossible because
there are so many of
them.
There are so
many signs out there
it is becoming
increasingly
difficult to see the
road.
There are many other
events happening in
the world at this
moment that suggest
the start of
Daniel’s 70th
Week is at hand.
Daniel’s 70th
Week will begin with
a series of 3 sets
of 7 judgments that
will start off bad
and get
progressively worse
until, the Bible
tells us, all life
will be destroyed if
God does not
intervene to stop
them.
The beginning
of these judgments
involves the four
horsemen of the
apocalypse which we
find in chapter 6 of
Revelation.
The first horseman
rides a white horse
and represents the
anti-Christ, who
goes forth
conquering and to
conquer (Revelation
6:2).
The entire
Islamic world is in
turmoil at the
moment and is
without a leader.
This huge
power vacuum is
going to be filled
with somebody very
soon because nature
does not like a
vacuum.
I shudder to
think who this
person will be, but
if he is the leader
of all of the angry
Muslims out there,
he is not going to
be a very nice guy.
The second horseman
rides a red horse
and is going to take
peace from the earth
(Revelation 6:3-4).
I can
certainly see how
the
Middle East
is ready to explode
into war and pull
the rest of the
world into the
conflict.
In fact, I am
truly amazed that we
have had peace for
this long.
The third horseman
rides a black horse
and is going to
bring famine and
economic collapse
(Revelation 6:5-6).
As I sit here
and type, there are
12 million people in
Africa
who are starving in
the severest drought
in 60 years.
In fact, this
drought has been
declared the worst
humanitarian crisis
in all of history.
North Korea
is also experiencing
severe famine, as
well as parts of
China,
India, Pakistan, and many other parts of
the world.
As for
economic collapse,
most of the world’s
countries are in
serious economic
trouble with Greece, Ireland,
Spain, Italy, and Portugal on the verge of default.
The United States is not doing real well
at the moment,
either.
The fourth horseman
rides a pale horse
and brings death,
followed by hell
(Revelation 6:7-8).
One-fourth
of the world’s
population will die
in the seal
judgments
(Revelation 6:8),
and a third of those
who survive will die
in the trumpet
judgments
(Revelation
9:15).
I can
certainly see how
deaths could easily
number into the
hundreds of millions
as a result of the
first three horsemen
riding forth.
I can also
see how hell could
follow closely
behind.
There will be
incredibly few
believers around
when the four
horsemen start their
ride, especially if
the rapture of the
Church has already
occurred.
Unbelievers
who die go to hell,
yet I seriously
doubt that there are
any unbelievers in
hell once they get
there.
When I look at
conditions in the
world at this
moment, I cannot
help but wonder how
things could have
become this bad
without Daniel’s 70th
Week actually
starting, but we
still have to see
someone confirm a
covenant, or series
of covenants, with
Israel (Daniel
9:27).
I am sure that it is
also a coincidence,
but September is
when the “don’t ask,
don’t tell”
restrictions will be
officially lifted in
our military and
homosexuals will
obtain the special,
privileged status
they have sought
after for so long.
September is
also when Egypt is scheduled to have its
elections in which
the Muslim
Brotherhood is
expected to win.
September 11, 2011, will also be the 10th
anniversary of when
our nation was
attacked.
God has given each
of us gifts in this
life and we are
expected to be good
stewards of both our
lives and these
gifts.
If we think
that we know the
date when our Lord
will return, it is
important that we
continue to be good
stewards of our
lives and our gifts
until the Lord
actually arrives.
It is also
very important that
we do not cause any
of our brothers or
sisters to be harmed
by our guessing.
The most
important thing for
us to do is to be
ready when the Lord
does arrive.
If anybody should
happen to read this
article and wants to
either agree or
disagree with me, my
e-mail address is
oaktree3168@aol.com.