Eight Clocks Go Tickety' Tock

“God cannot give us real peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing”    —C.S. Lewis

Daniel’s 490-Year Clock Stopped Ticking:

This occurred on Sunday March 29th, 33 A.D. when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of a colt as prophesied by Zechariah (Zechariah 9:9; Mark 11:1-11). The year, according to Daniel’s 490-year prophecy, was year 483 and Israel’s Messiah had finally arrived in Jerusalem right on time. He was sent by God the Father and was exactly who the prophets had described. However, He was not what the religious leaders expected so they conspired with Rome to have Him executed  six days later on Friday, April 3rd, 33 A.D. (John 11:50, 53; John 19: 7, 12, 16).

The final remaining 7 years of Daniel's time clock are now understood to be the seven years of the tribulation period also known as “Jacob’s trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7). During this time period, the people of Israel and the world will experience a series of tremendous worldwide devastations in the hope of bringing them into the will of God (Matthew 24:6-8, 21-22, 32-36). This final 7-year clock will start ticking the day that the Palestinian Authority agrees to become a member of the Abrahamic Accord also known as the Middle East Peace Treaty with Israel. Then, 3.5 years into that peace treaty, Satan will be thrown to the earth (Revelation 12:9-12) and a demonic spirit will indwell the reigning world leader (Revelation 12: 12-13). This leader now becomes the infamous Antichrist who then declares himself a god worthy of worship (Revelation 13:4; II Thessalonians 2:4; Daniel 9:27). These final 3.5 years will begin the Great Tribulation which is the combination of the seven judgment seals of God, the wrath of Satan and the wrath of the Antichrist all poured out simultaneously on mankind. God will use this period in one last attempt to convince Israel and all mankind to believe and trust in Him. Satan will use this time to try and become the supreme spiritual ruler of the earth by way of his son the Antichrist. And the Antichrist will attempt to destroy both the Christians and Jews as they will refuse to worship him and his father Satan as gods. Thus, the ultimate question at this time will be, who is a person going to worship. Will it be God the Father through Christ, or Satan through the Antichrist.

The Four Blood Moon Warning Clocks Are Ticking:

The astounding four Blood Moons in a row in 2014-2015 were both an extraordinary astronomical event as well as a final warning that Israel and the world were now nearing the end of this final Age. A Blood Moon has always been seen as an omen from God of impending judgement (Joel 2:31). According to astronomical software, on the evening of the crucifixion of Jesus, April 3rd 33A.D., a full Blood Moon rose over Israel. A Blood Moon also rose over America on election day 2022.

The Jewish Jubilee Clock is Ticking:

The Jewish religious leaders have lost count of the 50-year Jubilee cycles. Bible scholars have come to various conclusion on the date of the next Jubilee year that range from sometime between 2017 and 2024. It is interesting to note that 40 Jubilees have occurred between the ministry of Jesus and today. And since the time of Moses, here have been a total of 120 Jubilees. Also, just before the flood, God declared that the lifespan of man would now be limited to 120 years (Genesis 6:3). While the Jewish calendar is not recognized by the Church Age as being relevant, it will be very significant to the Jews if the rapture occurs or the tribulation period begins on one of the 7 annual Jewish feasts dates. We know that God has not lost count of the Jubilee year cycles since the time of Moses.

During a Jubilee year, all debts between men are forgiven, all slaves are freed, all land is returned to its original owner, and all people, animals and the land are required to rest the entire year. This is a shadow prophecy of the return of Christ. At that time, all sin debts are forgiven, mankind's slavery to sin is ended, the earth returns back to God as it's original owner, and all people, animals and the land will now rest eternally from the toils of work.

The Rule of Mankind on Earth Clock is Ticking:

From the creation of Adam to the cross was 4,000 years. From the resurrection of Christ until today has been 2,000 years. This makes a total of 6,000 years or 120 fifty-year Jubilees. God created the world in 6 days. On the 6th day, God created man and thus the number 6 represents mankind. On the 7th day, God rested or was finished creating and reflected on all He had brought forth. The number 7 represents completion. If you are not enjoying your job, there is a reason. God did not create man to work, He created man to enjoy the world in a state of relaxation and to enter into His rest. This End of the Final Age clock is ticking and is very close to heralding in the end of the rule of man on the earth and the start of the 7th and final 1,000-year reign of Christ over mankind. The first day of the final 1,000 year reign will be the day of the Second Coming of Christ. On that day, He will descend to the earth, destroy all the unrighteous of the world with only a word, and establish His 1,000-year Millennial Reign. Governance duties around the world will be carried out by his followers the saints. These responsibilities were previously assigned to His saints at the Bema Seat Judgment. Thus, literally Christ will appear and take over the rule of the earth. Figuratively the day of His appearance will not end for 1,000 years (II Peter 3:8). Prophetically, the end of His reign will officially conclude the 7,000 year rule of the earth by mankind. It is then that the New Jerusalem descends to the earth which will serve as the eternal home of mankind and the Triune Godhead (Revelation 21:1-7).

The Nuclear Clock is Ticking:

The world now has 9 nuclear powers. They consist of America, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Israel, India, Pakistan, China, North Korea and soon Iran. Korea now has a missile that can reach Alaska. Iran is currently under no treaty to stop its nuclear developments. It has repeatedly stated publicly that it will use its nuclear power to destroy Israel. Israel has publicly vowed that it will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. America continues to levy yet more crippling economic sanctions on Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. Russia has treaties with China, Syria, and Iran. The bombs are in place and the geopolitical fuse is ready to be lit. It would only take an air strike from Israel on Iran’s nuclear complex to draw Russia into the conflict. This would in turn draw in the United States with possible involvement by China, and overnight we have the beginnings of WWIII. According to the Book of Revelation, this final world war will kill one third of mankind or 2.5 billion people. It will be this devastation that will cause an outcry from the people of the earth to create a one world order under the rule of one man. This is when mankind will herald the sudden rise of a world leader to become known as the Antichrist (Revelation 9:18).

The Church Age Clock is Ticking:

Many Biblical scholars and church leaders see the practices of many of today’s churches as very similar to the 7th and final church age spoken of by Christ to the Apostle John in the Book of Revelation. The final church that Christ gave His warning to was called the Church of Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22). This church was seen as neither hot nor cold, but vacillating with the times. It was guilty of placating its members so as to keep them happy and donating money to a church tailored to what they want their God to be. Mega churches full of people, full of wealth and full of self-aggrandizement only lacking one thing…God. In the words of Shakespeare, “A tale told by a fool, full of sound and fury but signifying nothing!” (Macbeth). Jesus stated that He was repulsed at this final church and would vomit it out of His mouth (Revelation 3:16).

The Clock of Israel is Ticking:

Jesus cursing the fig tree was a prophecy concerning the 2,000-year diasporas that the Jews would soon endure. This began exactly 40 years after the start of Jesus’ ministry or 70 A.D. (Mark 11:12-25). Jesus openly wept at the thought of His people rejecting of Him and the incredibly harsh judgment that God was about to pour out on them (Matthew 23:37; Luke 19: 41-44). They were cursed for knowingly rejecting their Messiah and the crime of complicity in His execution. In fact, many of the religious leaders of that generation were guilty of the only “unforgivable sin”. And that was due to an attempt to discredit Jesus their Messiah, by attributing His powers to that of Satan (Matthew 12: 31-32). Jesus also prophesied that there would come a time when the curse of His being rejected by His people would start to be lifted. And the first sign would be the budding of the fig tree, or the rebirth of Israel (Matthew 24:31-34). The fig tree literally, figuratively, and prophetically budded on May 14, 1948 when Israel was declared a nation. The curse will ultimately be lifted when the proud people of the nation of Israel drop down on their knees, repent of their transgression against God, and earnestly pray as one nation for the appearance of their Messiah. They will do this in order to save themselves from an imminent annihilation by the armies of the Antichrist. It will be this action on their part that initiates the Second Coming of Christ (Hosea 5:15).

Israel has successfully defended herself from many ongoing attacks by its Arab neighbors. Israel has rapidly grown to become the most powerful economic and military power in the Middle East. It maintains the world’s number one rated secret service, and has a stock pile of over 300 nuclear warheads. It is currently forging peace treaties with a growing number of Arab nations under the formal name of ‘The Abrahamic Accord’. But the Arab nations have a deep-seated distrust, jealously and hatred for the Jews. And the time is fast approaching when the nation of Israel will be forced to deal militarily with Iran’s nuclear bomb program. When Israel destroys the nuclear complexes of Iran, Russia still smarting from Americas military assistance to Ukraine, will coordinate a ‘coalition of the willing’ from various Arab nations and lead them against Israel. Their goal is the complete elimination of the Jews from the Middle East (Psalm 83; Ezekiel 38-39). America will come to the defense of Israel and literally overnight, the world will be astonished at witnessing the beginnings of WW III. A war in which billions of people will be killed (Revelation 9:18).

The Endtime Clock of Numbers is Ticking:

The Jewish year of Jubilee occurs in 50-year cycles. During the 50th year, all debts are to be forgiven, men and farm animals are not allowed to labor, the land is not to be plowed or planted, bond slaves are allowed to go free if they so desire, and all land ownership reverts to its original owner. This was a commandment given by God as part of the Mosaic Law (Leviticus 25:8-55). On the 7th day God rested (Genesis 2:2-3). Seven cycles of 7 years equal 49 years. On the 49th year, man animal and the land were to rest and continue this way through the 50th year or for a total of 2 years. On the 6th year and the 48th year, Israel would receive from their God an exceedingly abundant crop yield that would support the people through the 7th year or in the case of Jubilee, also the 49th and 50th year. This miracle would serve to strengthen the faith and trust of the nation of Israel in God.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

The following are very interesting statistics concerning the Jubilee year. From the creation of Adam till the birth of Jesus is four thousand years or 80 Jubilee yeas. The Book of Psalms tells us that the longest time span of a generation is eighty years. The number 8 is the number of perfection and a new creation. If you lay the number 8 on its side, it become the symbol for eternity. From Adam until the building of the Temple of Jerusalem was 60 Jubilee years and 6 is the number of man. From the time of Moses until today is 70 Jubilee years. 7 is the number of completion not perfection. From the time of Jesus until today is 40 Jubilee years. The Balford Doctrine, a pledge by Britain to establish a national homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine, was made public in 1917. Fifty years later in 1967 the Jews captured Jerusalem their capital from Syrian control. In 2017 many Jews celebrated this year as a Jubilee year based on the historical gains of nationhood and Jerusalem as their capital since both occurred exactly fifty years apart. The Jubilee of 2017 marked the 120th Jubilee year since the creation of Adam and was year 5777 on the Jewish calendar. The year 2028 marks the 80th year anniversary of Israel as a nation.

The number 120 appears only twice in scripture. God said, “My spirit will not always strive with man for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years” (Genesis 6:3). Literally, God was saying He was no longer going to allow man to continue to live many hundreds of years. Instead, He would now only allow man to live as long as 120 years. He did not immediately impose this life span. Instead, He slowly phased it in to allow those that survived the flood to repopulate the earth. Figuratively, God was saying that the sins committed by men were so many and so grave that to allow them to continue to live hundreds of years only compounded their sin debts held against them. Also, the Bible does not state that all men lived hundreds of years. It is possible that only those patriarchs whose ages are listed in the lineage of Jesus lived these extraordinarily long lives. Prophetically, God was saying that there will come a day when the corrupt rule of man on earth would end. It was in Genesis that God became so upset at the wickedness of man that He decided to flood the earth in order to break the cycle of sin and give mankind a fresh start (Genesis 6:5-7). The number 120 appears a second time in the Book of Acts. This was the number of followers of Christ who gathered immediately after His ascension and elected Matthias to replace Judas as one of the 12 Apostles (Acts 1:26).

Some scholars see a prophetic correlation between the numbers 120 and the number 50 as it concerns the finite lifespan of man and the Jubilee cycles. Fifty Jubilee cycles times 120 years equals 6,000 years. Since it has been 6,000 years since the creation of the race of Adam, this may very well be a veiled or shadow prophecy. If we take the 6,000-year reign of men who descended from Adam, and add the coming 1,000 Reign of Christ, we have a total 7,000-year time span of the rule of the earth by the Adamic race of man. Again, in the Genesis creation story, man was created on the 6th day so the number of man is 6. God finished creation and rested on the 7th day so the number of completion is 7. In this prophetic scenario, we have mankind ruling the earth for 6,000 years or 6 the number of man. This time period is ended by the Second Coming of Christ who rules the earth in peace or rest for a final 1,000 years. It is at the end of this final 7,000-year period that the earth is regenerated, purified by the fire of the Holy Spirit, and Christ presents it to God the Father who now descends down onto the earth and dwells eternally with mankind (Matthew 19:28; II Peter 3:10-12; I Corinthians 15:28; Revelation 21:1-3).

Russia’s Clock is Ticking:

Russia will be defeated by Ukraine possible by the end of this year. This will be an embarrassing blow to the Nation’s ego. They will look to Putin to right this wrong. Putin holds America responsible for the defeat of the entire and once feared Russian army by a small nation with only a civil defense system. He will look to strike out at America but not in a direct way. Instead, he will attempt to embarrass America by attacking and defeating the Nation of Israel. He will do this by offering to organized an attack to be carried out by the Muslim nations against Israel. This is known as the Ezekiel 38 and Psalm 83 War. Putin is now Gog and the Russian confederation of nations is Magog. They will attack Israel with China and North Korea {Kings of the East} providing an arsenal of weapons (Revelation 16:12). However, God has promised that He Himself will personally destroy 90% of the Russian and Muslim confederation the moment they arrive on Israeli soil (Ezekiel 38:1-4, 8-22). The whole earth will watch the catastrophic and total annihilation of these two mighty armies. This is the reason that the Muslim armed forces are not mentioned in the final assault on Israel by the armies of the world led by the Antichrist. With the defeat of the Middle East armies, Israel could easily expand its border east to the Euphrates River, south to the Nile River and continue to keep its current northern border with Lebanon. This configuration was the original boundaries that God promised to Abraham for His nation.

It is not clear in prophecy if the rapture takes place before or after this war. But it is clear that the rapture will take place just before the signing of the Palestinian Peace Treaty of immediately after. As it is the signing of this treaty that starts the 7 year tribulation clock countdown to Armageddon.