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Papacy Rises to Power
When the emperor abandoned the capital in Rome for the new capital in Constantinople, he started the beginning of the secular power of the Bishop of Rome. This power was not fully recognized because the Roman caesars still influenced the election of the Bishop of Rome, and the barbarian tribes still pestered Rome. With the support of the Roman army - and especially the support of Justinian - the bishop of Rome would eventually see absolute power.
Hundreds of years later, it would lose power and rise again to global dominance.

Which Date? When did the papacy rise to power? According to the prophecy, it must be:

• After the breakup of Rome (476 A.D.)
• There should be ten dominant powers.
• After three powers were uprooted from the seat of Rome to make way for the little horn. The Aryan beliefs of these tribes also threatened the brand of corrupt Christianity that the papacy was trying to establish. Other tribes were uprooted, assimilated or destroyed but we must look for the tribes that threatened the authority of the bishop of Rome.

  Possible Dates
  Year	+ 1260	End Time History
  330	1590	The reformation
  533	1793	French reign of terror
  538	1798	Pope imprisoned
  755	2015	Future
  1929	?	It rose to power again

• Power broken after 1260 years
• Would regain power again.

We have at least four possible dates.

1. 330 A.D. The capital was moved to Constantinople and the bishop of Rome was left in charge. He had rival kings who threatened his power.
2. 533 A.D. - The code of Justinian gave it greater legal status. 1260 years later was during the French revolution.
3. 538 A.D. - The remaining barbarian tribe that occupied Rome was removed. 1260 years later the pope was imprisoned.
4. 755 A.D. - The papacy received land (papal states) and even greater political power.
5. 1929 A.D. - Lateran Treaty.The papacy received some power back and rose to power through 2015.

We can look at the example of Babylon to see what was important to God. God said that the people would be captured by Babylon for seventy years. However, their physical captivity was much shorter. God counted the time Babylon controlled the region as part of the seventy years, not when they had the most power over them at the final exile.
We choose 538 BC, because the church had absolute control over the region at that time.

Errors In The Catholic View of Prophecy
With an ultimate goal of political domination, there are several events in the Catholic prophetic view that drives them to certain actions. Some of these are incorrect and they must change their strategy:

Error	Catholic Expectation	Actual Prophecy
A revived Roman empire	This probably led them to start and nurture the European economic union. With the western preoccupation with money and their disregard for the spiritual, this was certainly an alliance that the governments would pursue, so it was in the best interest of the church to start and nurture this union.	There will not be a revived political Roman empire in Europe. God stated that the ten toes of the image of Daniel 2 will not cleave to each other. What will occur is that there will be a separate political Europe controlled by the church as it did in the dark ages. But European nations will be politically independent. All ten of the original nations in the region of the old Roman empire will not unite as one nation. The original Roman nations included northern Africa. These are now Muslim nations and would not form a single government with Europe. The remaining seven original nations will probably not unite as one nation.
Fall of the United States	In its attempt to be the spiritual ruler of the world, the church saw the communism of Russia and the secularism of the West as enemies of God and the leadership of the church. Since communism directly challenged God and directly caused many to abandon the faith - the church chose communism as the first system to fall. This policy was in agreement with the United States policy on communism, so both leaders cooperated in the downfall of the Soviet Union.	Prophecy sees the final powers as the Catholic Church, the United States of America and the teachings of the Pagan systems as the last three powers. Paganism by itself is not a tangible political power like the country of the United States but it is the ideology that people will adopt. But the United States will not fall like the Soviet Union, rather the church will learn that it must find a way to influence the laws and politics of the United States. After this, it can control the country to do its will. Prophecy sees the church controlling the European union but cooperating with and relying more on the United States as its source of military strength to enforce religion.
Worldwide appearance of Mary and the Christ	The church is hoping that this appearance will immediately convince all the world to obey its commands.	Prophecy does predict a counterfeit appearance of Christ. And it does predict that all the world will follow this powerful union of the Church with the United States of America.
Devotion to Mary	The church is convinced that obedience to the messages given in the Fatima visions and other visions of Mary will cause heaven to be totally on their side so that they can act out their will without worrying about public opinion. They are guaranteed success if they follow the visions.	This attitude will lead them to do the things predicted by prophecy. They must rely on false prophecies, miracles and visions as a sign of their special approval by God. But this policy will lead to disaster since it places them against God.

The Antichrist Blasphemes
Several parallel prophecies record the blasphemous words of the antichrist. Blasphemy involved at least two sins that eventually affects the good name of God and leads to unacceptable (vain) worship. These are claiming to be God and claiming to forgive sins.

Verse	Bible Text	Summary
Daniel 7:25	And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time, times and the dividing of a time	Daniel 7: 8, 11, 25 Daniel 8: 11-12 Daniel 11: 36-37 Revelation 13: 5-7 2 Thessalonians 2: 3-4 Can change laws God must obey priests They are gods They rule over the church Forgive sins Can withhold forgiveness
Great words against God. Boasts	"... the power of the priest is the power of the divine person; for the transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world. ... thus the priest may be called the creator of the Creator ..." - The dignity of the priesthood by Liguori, page 33 And God himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of his priest and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse to give absolution, provided the penitent is capable of it." - Liguori, Duties and Dignities of the Priest, page 27 Innocent III has written: "Indeed, it is not too much to say that in view of the sublimity of their offices the priests are so many gods." - The dignity of the priesthood by Liguori page 36
Change Times and Laws	The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ." "The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ." Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcopal Caption (The Pope can modify divine law.) Ferraris' Ecclesiastical Dictionary. The Pope is of great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine laws ... The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth." - Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Ribliotheca, "Papa," Article 2, translated The authority of the church could therefore not be bound to the authority of the Scriptures, because the Church had changed ... the Sabbath into Sunday, not by command of Christ, but by its own authority." Canon and Tradition, page 263 Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; -- she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority." - Reverend Stephan Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism, "On the Obedience Due to the Church," chapter 2, page 174. (Imprimatur, John Cardinal McCloskey, archbishop of New York.)
Wear out the saints	Experience teaches that there is no other remedy for the evil, but to put heretics (Protestants) to death; for the (Romish) church proceeded gradually and tried every remedy: at first she merely excommunicated them; afterwards she added a fine; then she banished them; and finally she was constrained to put them to death." - Cardinal Bellarmine famous champion of Romanism cited by Schumucker page 76 That the Church of Rome has shed more innocent blood than any other institution that has ever existed among mankind, will be questioned by no Protestant who has a competent knowledge of history . . . It is impossible to form a complete conception of the multitude of her victims, and it is quite certain that no powers of imagination can adequately realize their sufferings." -- W. E. H. Lecky, History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe, volume 2, page 32, 1910 edition. He is a heretic who does not believe what the Roman Hierarchy teaches. -- A heretic merits the pains of fire. -- By the Gospel, the canons, civil law, and custom, heretics must be burned." -- Directory of the Inquisitors 148, 169 The church may by Divine right confiscate the property of heretics, imprison their persons, and condemn them to the flames." - Vatican II	This was the fate of heretics or those suspected of heresy. According to the church, only death has worked to stop heresy. Therefore, do not expect them to use any other method in the future. Excommunicate Force Monetary fines Banishment Confiscate property Torture Death by fire
II Thessalonians. 2:3-4	the son of perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God [the church], showing himself that he is God
He is god	The pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man (...) he is as it were God on earth, sole sovereign of the faithful of Christ, chief of kings, having plenitude of power." - Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca, 1763, Volume VI, 'Papa II', pages.25-29 The pope is the supreme judge of the law of the land ... He is the vicegerent (replacement) of Christ, who is not only a Priest forever, but also King of kings and Lord of lords." - La Civilia Cattolica, March 18, 1871, quoted in Leonard Woosely Bacaon, An inside view of the Vatican Council (American Tract Society ed.), page 229
Daniel 8:11-12	And he magnified himself even to the prince of the host" - [Jesus Christ], and "... it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered
As great as Jesus or is Jesus	The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he is Jesus Christ himself, hidden under the veil of flesh. Catholic National July 1895 All the names which are attributed to Christ in Scripture, implying His supremacy over the church, are also attributed to the Pope." Bellamin, "On the Authority of Councils," book 2, Chapter 17
Daniel 11: 36-37	Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done. 37 "He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all.
Above everyone	All the faithful must believe that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Pontiff [the Pope] possesses the primacy over the whole world, and the Roman Pontiff is the successor of blessed Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and is true vicar of Christ, and head of the whole church, and father and teacher of all Christians; and that full power was given to him in blessed Peter to rule, feed, and govern the universal Church by Jesus Christ our Lord." -- First Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Christ, "Eternal Pastor," published in the fourth session of the Vatican Council, 1870, chapter 3, in Philip Schaff, Creeds of Christendom. volume 2, page 262
God must obey	... we find in obedience to the words of his priests - Hoc est Corpus Meum - God Himself descends on the altar, that he comes whenever they call Him; and as often as they call Him, and places Himself in their hands, even though they should be His enemies. And after having come, he remains, entirely at their disposal; they move Him as they please, from one place to another; they may, if they wish, shut Him up in the tabernacle, expose Him on the altar, or carry Him outside the church; they may, if they choose, eat His flesh, and give Him for the food of others. ;Oh how great is their power!' - The Dignity of the priesthood by Liguori page 26,27	" Hoc est Corpus Meum " means "This is my body". The power referred to is transsubstantiation and the power of the priest in moving the eucharist (bread) which is supposed to be the real body of Christ. With this act, they have God at their control.
Revelation 13: 5-7	There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty two months was given to him. And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them

Time Prophecies

Prophetic Time	Real Time
1 Year, (1 time)	360 Years
1 Month	30 Years
1 Day	1 Year
1 Hour	15 Days
1 Week	7 Days
½ Hour	7½ Days
About ½ Hour	8 Days

All time prophecies are based on the principle that a prophetic day equals 1 year of real time. There are many biblical examples that support this usage.

... lie down on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed you each day for a year. (Ezekiel 4: 6)

Fulfil her week, and we will give you this also for the service which you shall serve with me yet seven other years. (Genesis 29: 27)

The number of years of punishment for a rebellious nation.
After the number of the days in which you searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years. (Numbers 14: 34)

Daniel refers to the seven years king Nebuchadnezzar was mentally ill as days. Daniel 4:34 refers to the period as "at the end of the days", and Daniel 4: 23 refers to the length of his punishment as "seven years".

Daniel 9: 24-27 refers to a prophetic period of 490 years as "seventy weeks of years".

Prophetic Time	Meaning
A time (One year)	Rome would last for a "time" 360 years in the North. From the time Rome conquered Egypt in the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. until the time the capital was moved from Rome to Constantinople in 330 A.D., Rome existed in the North.
Ten Days (ten years)	This refers to the tenth organized persecution of the Christian church under emperor Diocletian during the year 303 - 313 A.D.
2300 days (Daniel 8:14) Daniel 9: 25, 26 (70 Weeks Cut Off ) Daniel 9: 27 1810 days 69 Prophetic Weeks 1 Prophetic Week 7 Weeks 62 Weeks 3½ days 3½ days 1810 years 49 years 434 years 3½ years 3½ years - 1335 years - - 1290 years Time of the end - 1260 years 457 B.C. decree to restore Jerusalem 27 A.D. Baptism 31 A.D. Crucifixion 34 A.D. 508 A.D. 538 A.D. 1798 A.D. 1843 A.D. 1844 A.D.
2300 days (2300 years)	The Restoration of the Sanctuary. From the time of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the cleansing of the Sanctuary would be 2300 years. This lasted from 457 B.C. to 1844 A.D.
70 Weeks (490 years)	The Time Remaining for the Jewish Nation. The first part of the 2300 day prophecy would trace the history of Israel until the Messiah arrived. The period lasted from 457 B.C. to 34 A.D. when the stoning of Stephen signified the full rejection of the Messiah. In 31 A.D. the Messiah was crucified and resurrected. After 3½ years of this evidence, the majority still rejected Him.
1 Week (7 years)	The Last Week of the Life of Jesus. This is the last 7 years of the 490 year prophecy. At the beginning, the Messiah was anointed (baptized by the Holy Spirit). He was crucified 3½ years later in 31 A.D. and by 34 A.D. Stephen was stoned and the mission to the gentiles was started.
42 Months, 3½ years, 1260 days (1260 years)	The 1260 Year Control of the Church. Time Text Event 1260 days Revelation 11:3 Two witnesses prophecy as they are in mourning 1260 days Revelation 12: 6 Woman nourished in the wilderness Time, times and half a time Revelation 12: 14 Church in the wilderness protected 42 months Revelation 11:2 The Holy city is trampled 42 months Revelation 13:5 Beast with blasphemous words given authority Time, times and the dividing of time Daniel 7: 25 Saints given to a persecuting king who speaks against God Time, times and half a time Daniel 12: 7 How long until the power of the holy people are shattered? Many days Daniel 11: 33 Saints martyred by sword, flame and captivity May time prophecies pointed to this period because the power identified is an important one. It is called 1260 days, 42 months, time times and half a time, time times and the dividing of times and three and a half years. This period lasted from 538 A.D. when the last of the Barbarian tribes was removed from Rome and the Bishop of Rome could exercise his full power. It continued until 1798 when Pope Pius VI was imprisoned by General Berthier of France and the forces of the French Revolution tried to remove Catholicism and Christianity. Daniel states that the church is given over to the persecuting power because they sinned against God. During this time, the church is persecuted and does the work of God under penalty of death. God provides some shelter for them in the wilderness, but many are martyred as the controlling power continues to offend God.
1290 days (1290 years)	This time period starts in 508 A.D. and extends to 1798. It traces the establishment and fall of the Papacy from the support of the church by the French when Clovis vowed to make the Bishop of Rome and Catholicism the religion of the world.
1335 days (1335 years)	This time period from the establishment of the Papacy to the judgment starts in 508 A.D. and extends to 1843 when the persecuting system was judged.
3½ days (3½ years)	The French Revolution. A critical period of the French Revolution lasted exactly 3½ years. During this time they attempted to ban God and replace the Church with a new religion. During this period, many of the secularist ideas that gave rise to communism, evolution and abandonment of God for personal beliefs were formed. See a more detailed discussion under the two witnesses.
5 months (150 years)	5 months of torment for people without the seal of God. July 27, 1299 - 1449 the Turks were at war with the Greek division of the empire without conquering Constantinople.
1 year, 1 month, 1 day and 1 hour (391 years and 15 days)	Rule of the Ottoman Turks over the eastern Roman empire. 1449 - August 11, 1840 Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks who were in power until 1840. But the sentence structure suggests that this is not a specific length of prophetic time but it is a specific time in history. The sentence emphasize the exact hour, day, month and year when something begins. This might refer to the beginning of the time of the end and the start of the formal process of judgment.
1 Hour (15 days)	1 Hour of testing for the church of Philadelphia. Could this be the critical time of 15 days after the great disappointment. When the faithful would be tested. This prophecy states that God would keep them from it. Therefore, they emerged from the ordeal with faith. Or is this referring to God's protection of His church during the final two weeks.
1 day (1 year)	In prophetic time 1 day is 1 year. The plagues come in a day. The seven last plagues will happen within 1 year.
1 hour (15 days)	Revelation 17: 12 - Ten kings rule 1 Hour with the Beast. The final events of the last days will happen quickly. This period is so short that it might refer to a formal procedural event in which the nations of the European Union give power or support to the Catholic church. This length of time is equivalent to the length of time of the punishment of Babylon in Revelation 18: 10. This handing over of power starts a brief intense period of persecution. Or, is this referring to the world as one kingdom (in the mind of the church) and this final 15 day period is the political recognition and assignments it gives to these ten kings in its new administration. This makes more sense since the prophecy describes them as not receiving a kingdom. But we know that is not true as far as the current status of nations are today. However, in the new world order ruled by the church - they have no recognized kingdom. The church gives them that recognition when they give it their military support. Because, what happens next (verse 13) is that as members of this new kingdom ruled by the church they give their power and armies and support to the church to carry out the intense persecution in verse 14. This is the way they operated during the middle ages. The church used the governments to carry out the persecutions. It sometimes controlled the justice system - having their own clerics make legal decisions.
1 hour (15 days)	Revelation 18: 10, 17 - the judgment of Babylon occurs in one hour. Is it the same time period as Revelation 17: 12? Babylon receives judgment as soon as it declares war against the people of God. It seems incredible, but the fall of Babylon involves millions leaving it. Apparently, the persecution of Revelation 17: 14 backfires, the Lord overcomes them. In two weeks the word of God is spread throughout the world and many make their decision to leave the church. Disgusted at the actions of the church in these persecutions, they finally see the light. Being true politicians, this brief alliance collapses when popular opinion turns against them. According to Revelation 17: 16, the ten kings will turn against her. The political alliance falls in 15 days.
about ½ hour (8 days)	The Feast of Tabernacles. For 7½ to 8 days all of heaven is emptied as Christ and the whole host of heaven come to take the saints home. It is a glorious reception. With heaven emptied there is silence. There is also no more opportunity for confession and conversion. Those who are unjust will still be unjust! Seven days is the length of the feast of tabernacles. This feast celebrates the time in which we will live with God. On the eighth day is the new beginning when the law is read. This is precisely what the Second Coming accomplishes. The Date of the Second Coming. Jesus told His disciples that no one knows the "day or hour" of His coming. The millerite movement and others have made the mistake of predicting dates for the Second Coming. Some cult leaders repeatedly set new dates based on obscure reasonings. However, we can probably guess one significant fact about the Second Coming - it will occur within eight days of the feast of Tabernacles. The reasoning is based on the following information: The feasts accurately portrayed the exact timing of the activities of Jesus. He died on the Passover and showed Himself as the wavesheaf offering on the same day he was resurrected. The Pentecost occurred exactly on that feast day. The feast of tabernacles represents the time God will live with us. This could have been fulfilled by His birth date. However, the Second Coming also represents a time when we will forever live with God. So this timing of eight days when heaven is silent is significant. So because we will not know what year, we cannot make a prediction and we can only guess whether or not He will come on the first day of the feast or if we will travel back to heaven in time for the first day.
1000 years	Millennium. The millennium lasts one thousand years, if this is prophetic time then it would be 360,000 years. Some say that because this occurs after the second coming then it is no longer prophetic time. But it doesn't matter who is right because we will be in heaven before this period starts. So if it lasts 360,000 years then Satan will be bound 360,000 years. If it lasts 1000 years then he will be bound that long. It does not matter because the waiting will be over for us.
Time no more	Delay no more. (Revelation 10: 6-7), During the days of the seventh trumpet, the gospel will be finished and there will be "time" or delay no more. This could refer to the fact that any other time prophecy is not to be counted as one day for one year. There are the possible times: The millennium (1000 years) The time periods associated with the judgment of Babylon and the plagues (one hour, one day) It could also mean that there is "time" no more - that is, the world does not have another 360 years after 1844.
Extended time. Why will Iraq never win?	Daniel 7:12 - An extended period of time given to the lion, bear and leopard after their dominion was taken away, but the little horn was destroyed. This just refers to the fact that the kingdoms which came before the little horn would continue to exist with much reduced power until the end. But the little horn will continue until the end and only at that time will he lose power. The three ancient powers of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece still exist today as Iraq, Iran and Greece. But the little Horn (Catholic Church) is about to control the world again.
Short time	Revelation 20: 3 states that Satan will be released for a short time after the millennium is over. This is because several things must still occur: The judgment of the wicked Satan must deceive the wicked again They must attack the city of God in the battle of Armageddon They are given time to hear God, hear Satan again and prepare to fight against God. This final period is there to demonstrate to all those who want a second chance that even after they have been personally taught by God and acknowledged their error that they will rebel again within a very "short time".
	Revelation 17: 10. The seventh head, the United States will exist for a short time or a little while as Babylon the Great

666 (The Number Of His Name)
There are two main methods by which the number 666 is interpreted.

1. Gematria. Assigning numerical values to each letter in a chosen language. In languages, such as Latin, this is a legitimate method since their numbers were actually letters and the practice of adding the letters that had numerical value was known. This form of word play was called chronogram.
   
   Modern variations of this (in languages that do not have a numerical equivalent to letters) is to do the following:
   • Assign a number based on its order of appearance in the alphabet.

     Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
     Fear of the number 666

   • Adding the total number of letters.
   • Using a modern system of numerical assignments.
   • Use several languages.
2. Symbolic. By looking at the symbolic use of numbers in other Bible prophecies.

666 is derived by many by adding the numerical value of other people's name. This is done using many ancient numerical systems or by simply counting letters. But some of these systems are irrelevant because they do not use any methods known to the ancients at the time of the prophecy. At the time the prophecies were given, the Romans were in power. Since their numerical system included letters of the alphabet, one could get the "number of your name" by adding the letters in your name that are equivalent to numbers.
Therefore, any other system (like counting the number of letters in your name) are invalid.

A Latin title of the Pope is Vicarius Filii Dei which means "vicar of the son of God". The name adds up to 666. It is only one of several other pieces of evidence that is combined with other statements of prophecy which identifies this power as the little horn. Most names and titles are not blasphemous - a requirement.

Following is a list of some of the insane methods people use to get the number 666. Some use systems that only make sense in the English language translations. Others use alternate spellings, transliterations, systems that the prophets never heard of (for example, ASCII codes) and modern scientific discoveries. Many of these do not fit the method of interpretation used by God and some are too localized within a language or a culture that never existed when the prophecy was given. Almost all fail the test because they are not blasphemous names.

Some Other Applications of 666
Name	Method		Substitutions
The Value of Names			The Roman numerals and alphabet are the same characters used in the English and other languages. However, the Greek and Hebrew characters are not the same. Therefore, a Roman letter is substituted for the other language but the numerical value assigned is the number of the original language. This type of reasoning is illogical. Transliteration. Taking the sound of a word in one language and subitituting the letters that make the same sound in another language. All this accomplishes is to make one know how to pronounce the word but meaning is not transferred. e.g. "s'il vous plait" means "if you please" or "thank you" in French. Transliterated, it is "silver play".
Ronald Wilson Reagan	Counting the total letters in each of his name
George Walker Bush Jr	Counting the total letters in each of his name. But he is technically not a junior and counting letters is irrelevant.
Prince Charles of Wales	By counting the Hebrew and Greek numbers of his name. Also, "charles" spelled in Greek, comes on page 667 of Thayer's New Testament Lexicon. (That's stupid)
Kissinger	66 + 54 + 114 + 114 + 54 + 84 + 42 + 30 + 108. Add the order of the letters of his name multiplied by 6. For example, "a" = 1 x 6, "b" = 2 x 6.
Barney	Take all the Roman numerals in the English words "cute purple dinosaur" and add the numbers. C + U + U + L + D +I + U
Hitler	H (107) + I (108) + T (119) + L (111) + E (104) + R (117) . Using a system in which "A" = 101, "B" = 102 and "C" =103.
Saddam	Using an old Hebrew numbering system in which the first letter of the number is equal to a letter in his name. Since double letters are not used only one "D" is counted. = 60 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 600 ★ However, there is no numeric value for mem-final in Judaism	Letter Value Name S 60 Samekh A 1 Aleph D 4 Daleth A 1 Aleph M 600★ Mem (final)
Bill Gates	B = 66 I = 73 L = 76 L = 76 G = 71 A = 65 T = 84 E = 69 S = 83 I = 1 I = 1 I = 1. By converting the letters of his name to ASCII code.		Below are numerical equivalents of the alphabet in the languages used by the Bible. Roman Numerals Value Letter 1 I 5 U 5 V 10 X 50 L 100 C 500 D 1000 M "M" was added in the middle ages.
Al Gore	His name (including the space) in ASCII code. 97 + 108 + 32 + 103 + 111 + 114 + 101
Ellen Gould White	Using Latin numerals and substituting the letter "W" for 2 "V"s. W=0 but V V=10. This substitution was not done by the Romans, and the letter "W" was introduced hundreds of years later.
John Paul II	Using the Latin version of his name IOANES PAULUS SECUNDO
Section 666 of the social security act	Requires every state, as a condition of Federal Revenue Sharing, to obtain "the number of your name" (your social security number) before you can receive any state services.
The seats in the parliament of the European Union	Believers in the gap theory are speculating that the antichrist will be number 666.
WWW	The internet is the number of the beast because the value of the Hebrew letter "Vav" is 6. This letter is often transliterated as "W", so WWW is 666. Unfortunately, if this is true, Hebrew adds the value of each letter to get the number, so WWW would be 18
Allah	The Greek text for Revelation 13: 18 "number name" looks like the Arabic word for "in the name of Allah" ... IF you rotate the mirror image of the letters. "Chi" "Xi" (small letter), and "Stigma"
The Value of Titles			Greek Hebrew Value Letter Letter 1 Alpha Aleph 2 Beta Beth 3 Gamma Gimel 4 Delta Daleth 5 Epsilon Heh 6 Digamma Vau 7 Zeta Zayin 8 Eta Cheth 9 Theta Teth 10 Iota Yod 20 Kappa Kaph 30 Lambda Lamed 40 Mu Mem 50 Nu Nun 60 Xi Samekh 70 Omicron A'ayin 80 Pi Pe 90 Coph Tzaddi 100 Rho Qoph 200 Sigma Resh 300 Tau Shin 400 Upsilon Tau 500 Phi Kaph-final 600 Chi Mem-final 700 Psi Nun-final 800 Omega Pe-final 900 Sanpi Tzaddi-final ★ The numbers 500 to 900 are invalid usage in Judaism
VICARIUS FILII DEI	Using Latin numbers, it means "Vicar of the son of God". A title used by the pope.
LUDOVICUS	Using Latin numbers, it means "Vicar of the court".
DUX CLERI	Using Latin numbers, it means "Captain of the clergy".
ROMIITH	Means "Roman Kingdom". Add numbers using Hebrew numerical equivalents. = 200 + 6 + 40 + 10 + 10 + 400	Letter Value Name R 200 resh O 6 waw (vav) M 40 mem I 10 yod T 400 taw TH 400 taw
ROMITI	Means "Roman man". Add numbers using Hebrew numerical equivalents. = 200 + 6 + 40 + 10 + 400 + 10
Caesar Nero	An "n" is added to his name, resulting in Neron Caesar. Then the Latin is transliterated into Aramaic, resulting in "nrwn qsr". This is a praeterist interpretation of the number 666, that Nero fulfilled this prophecy. However, I do not know why an "n" was added to his name and why the switch from Latin to Aramaic. = 50 + 200 + 6 + 50 + 100 + 60 + 200	Letter Value Name N 50 Nun R 200 Resh W 6 Waw Q 100 Qoph S 60 Samech
Mathematical Calculations, Science and Technology
DCLXVI	The sum of the first six Latin numbers in order from large to small
The first three sixth powers	16 - 26 + 36
Sum of digits and cubes	6 + 6 + 6 + 63 + 63 + 63
Sum of squares of first seven prime numbers	22 + 32 + 52 + 72 + 112 + 132 + 172
The sum of cubes	(13) + (23) + (33) + (43) + (53) + (63) + (53) + (43) + (33) + (23) + (13)
Sum of numbers 1 to 36	1+2+3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +11 +12 +13 +14 +15 +16 +17 +18 +19+ 20+ 21 +22 +23 +24 +25+ 26+ 27+ 28+ 29 +30 +31+ 32+ 33+34+35 +36
The Center of Jerusalem	31° 47' 00 N + 35° 13' 00 E   66 6. 00   Adding the values of the lines of latitude and longitude gives 666. These are artificially assigned numbers which cannot be added. Their addition is as meaningless as adding the number of tires on a car to the age of the pope. In addition 47+13 minutes gives 1 hour not "6".
The carbon atom	The atom is made of six protons, six neutrons and six electrons. Since living things are made of carbon, it is a symbol of material and organic life, not spiritual life
Universal Product Code (UPC)	The three longer guard bands each have the numerical value of 6	0 Guard Band Product ID Guard Band Manufacturer ID Guard Band 0

Convergence: Time Patterns And Date Setting
Convergence: Time Patterns
The process of predicting the exact date of the Second Coming is generally based on time patterns such as:

• Sabbath (7). God's time of rest occurs in the seventh cycle. Man had the first six cycles.
• Jubilee (49). God's time of freedom occurs in the seventh cycle of seven years (49 years).
• New Beginnings (8 and 50). The period after the jubilee and the Sabbath was a new beginning. Therefore, the eighth day and the fiftieth year were new beginnings.

Summary of Theories
Theory	End Date	Comment
49 months	2008	42 months (7 x 6) were given to the little horn. This ended in 1798. Could the next 210 years or 7 prophetic months (7 x 1) belong to God? During this time of the seventh trumpet, the gospel is preached. It is God's time. 7 prophetic months are also seven periods of time and it is the time for Babylon to fall before it rises again. So the papacy must regain some important power in 2008
Fiftieth cycle	1988	50 jubilees since the 2300 days prophecy began. Does this point to a new beginning
40-60 Jubilees	1988	40 jubilees since the Jesus announced His ministry and 1000 years before the 60th Jubilee
The Great Jubilee	1994	Seven cycles of 490 years since the exodus. The eighth cycle begins at this time. It is a new beginning for the church after the Second Coming.
	1994	Five cycles of 490 years since the prophecies of Daniel began. The eighth cycle begins after the millennium. It is a new beginning for the universe after the Third Coming.
Woman Cleansed	2011	30 cycles of time to cleanse the unclean woman (church)
Messiah Born	1994	2000 years since the birth of Jesus
Messiah Dies	2031	2000 years since the death of Jesus (2031-2034)
Covenant	2034	2000 years since the 490 prophetic years given to the Jews
The Great Week	1996* - 2028	6000 years on earth since the creation, then the millennial Sabbath.
	Before 2130	6000 years on earth since Adam fell, then the millennial Sabbath.
Recreation Week	After 7000 Years	The events in the recreation of man mimics the days of creation week
Time of the end	Before 2158	This began in 1798. It may end 360 years later (One time)
Time no longer	Before 2204	There will be no more "time" (or another 360 years) after the seventh angel starts to sound. This began in 1844.
Times of the Gentiles	2194	If these are multiples of 360 years since Israel was rejected for the church in 34 A.D. If the gentiles are given the same amount of time as the Jews (six times or 2160 years)
The Middle Of The Week	2531	Jesus is killed in the middle of the 7000 year "week". If the final day is the millennium then the Second Coming can be no later than 2531-34

* Most dates are approximate.
I do not intend to suggest a time for the Second Coming. However, I am demonstrating that time periods that point to the Sabbath rest and the new beginning with God seem to be converging within a 100 year period.
The dates cluster around the current time. Even those dates that are over a hundred years in the future represent the upper limit of those dates. According to the texts on which they are based, the end is before that time.

• The Great Week. This is based on the pattern of the Sabbath rest and the millennium. The millennium is the 1000 year Sabbath of a 7000 year week. Therefore, the earth will end in the year 6000. This theory was written as early as 200 A.D. in the Epistle of Barnabas.

  Creation	No Sin	Six Thousand Years					1000 Years
  		Human History (Sabbaths Broken)				Second Coming	Millennium
  		4000 Years		2000 Years
  Joy		Days of Sorrow (1-32)	Joy	Days of Sorrow (34-49)	Day 50		Joy

  ... of the sabbath He speaks in the beginning of the creation; And God made the works of his hands in six days and He ended on the seventh day, and rested on it, and He hallowed it. Give heed, children, what this means, He ended in six days He means this, that in six thousand years the Lord shall bring all things to an end, for the day with Him signifies a thousand years; and this He himself bears me witness, saying, look, the day of the Lord shall be as a thousand years. Therefore, children, in six days, that is in six thousand years, everything shall come to an end. And He rested on the seventh day. This he means; when His Son shall come, and shall abolish the time of the Lawless One, and shall judge the ungodly, and shall change the sun and the moon and the stars, then shall He truly rest on the seventh day.
  (Epistles of Barnabus, chapter 15.)

  Of all the theories, this has the best legal basis.
  • The Final Curse and the Rest for the Land. The covenant requires God to give back to the land all the rest it did not get because of human activity. The millennium is the period of rest after six thousand years of sin, six thousand years of broken weekly sabbaths and broken land sabbaths.
  • Creation Week. God prepared for six days before He created man.
  • Weekly Sabbath. God rested in the seventh time period after the ceation was completed.
  • Yearly Sabbath. God gives the land rest in the seventh year.
  • Lag B'Omer. This holiday comes on day 33 of a fifty day cycle of fasting and mourning. This is at two thirds of the time. It is a day to be joyful during a period of sorrow. Weddings are allowed. Approximately 4000 years after creation, the Messiah and bridegroom appeared two thirds of the way through a six thousand year period. This is why His disciples did not fast (Matthew 9:15).
    The lamb is killed at the beginning and the Holy Spirit comes at the end. Christ is the Lamb slain at the foundation of the world. He is the Bridegroom who comes 4000 years later. Day fifty may be the coming of the Holy Spirit in the Latter Rain before the end of the world.
  • 7 + 7 Times. One at least two occasions, when the seventh period came there seemed to be a delay of seven more periods.
    • Jacob and Rebekah. Jacob worked seven years for Rebekah, only to be given Leah. Then He was given Rebekah with the promise that he would work another seven years.
    • The Fall of Jericho. Israel marched in silence around Jericho for six days. On the Sabbath they marched seven times in one day before the priests blew the trumpet that preceeded the fall.
    The point is that the goal was sill obtained in the seventh period despite what seemed like a delay or a setback.
  • Cleansing Leprosy. The procedure to cleanse a person or a house with a mark of leprosy requires seven days of quarantine between inspections.
• Seven Periods Of Time. Great events in the war against sin occur in the order and pattern of creation week. Man is recreated in the same order in which he was created.
  1. Dark And Light (Sin) [0]. Sin began and darkness entered the world of light.
  2. Air, Water and Rainbow (Noah's Flood) [1656]. Rainbows are formed by light, water and air. These are the products of the second day of creation. God destroyed the wicked in a flood and gave the rainbow sign.
  3. Tree (Israel) [2083]. God planted a righteous tree in the nation of Israel when He chose Abraham.
  4. Sun, Moon, Stars (Jesus, Church, Disciples) [4256]. Jesus came in the fourth millennium to bring back light to the world. He began the church which is to reflect His light like the moon in the darkness and He holds the seven stars to guide the world in the darkness.
  5. Fish and Birds (The Sea Monster). The dragon from the sea persecutes the church which is given two wings of an eagle.
  6. Animals, Man and Woman (Last Generation) [50??]. The crusades begin at the dawn of the sixth millennium (1095 AD). The perfect church (woman) is formed out of the perfect Man (Jesus Christ) who is to be her husband and she escapes the clutches of the beast.
  7. Sabbath Rest (Millennium). For 1000 years the righteous will rest in heaven.

  Dark - Light		AirWater		Earth and Trees		Sun, Moon, Stars	Fish - Birds	Animals - Man		Sabbath
  Sin	Death			Flood	Israel		Crusades	Beast	Israel	Heaven

• Three Periods Of Time. The law says that affliction sould occur within three to four periods of time. This prophecy by Hosea applies to the three days of suffering of Jesus. If we expand the rule to three millennia where a day is 1000 years then we have the following pattern of events that apply to both the people before the flood and the Jews.

  Period 1			Period 2		Period 3
  Torn		Wounded	Bandaged		Revived	Raised	Healed	Live Before God
  	Beaten	Crucified	Embalmed	Buried	Alive	Resurrected	New Body	Heaven
  	Sin	Death	Ark	Flood	Noah	Abraham	Israel (Tribes)	Canaan
  	Slavery in Egypt		Plagues	Red Sea	Exodus	Cross Jordan	New Nation	Messiah (27-31)
  	Romans	Temple, City	Scattered	Holocaust	Israel (1948)		Latter Rain	Millennium

  Three Days Of Affliction. Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us but He will heal us; He has wounded us but He will bandage us. He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him. (Hosea 6: 1-2)
  • First Day (Afflicted). We are afflicted and in distress.
    Antedeluvians. We were mortally wounded by sin on the first day.
    Jesus Christ. Jesus was wounded and killed on the first day.
    Ancient Israel. The Jews were enslaved for 430 years and wandering for 40 years in the desert, then fighting off their enemies for 1500 years after the exodus.
    Modern Israel. The Jews have been torn and wounded by the Roman empire. They lost their Messiah, temple and city in the first millennium. The starting date is either 63 BC (annexed by Rome), 31 AD (crucifixion), 70 AD (temple destroyed) or 132-136 AD (exiled from Jerusalem).
  • Second Day (Revived). We are revived and resurrected near the end of the second day.
    Antedeluvians. The flood occurred 1656 years after creation and the nations of the earth were revived through the seed of Noah and populated the earth afterwards when they were dispersed at the Tower of Babel around 1756.
    Jesus Christ. Jesus was dead and in the grave on the second day.
    Ancient Israel. The Messiah came in the second millennia after the exodus and about 2000 years after they were enslaved by Egypt.
    Modern Israel. They were scattered throughout Europe and the world for centuries and then they became a nation in 1948 near the end of the second millennium.
  • Third Day (Live). We live with God on the third. During the millennium we will be living with God.
    Antedeluvians. Abraham was born around 2008 and called 2083 years after creation and the Jewish nation was created to live before God as an example to the world.
    Jesus Christ. After spending the second day in the tomb, Jesus was probably revived at sunset on the second day and resurrected or emerged from the tomb at dawn on the third day and went to live with God that evening.
    Ancient Israel. The Jews settle in Europe in the middle of the Christians.
    Modern Israel. It is almost 2000 years since the Jews have been afflicted after the crucifixion. Sometime near the end of the 2000 years they will be revived, then raised up. So the events will occur around the years 1938, 2031, 2070 and 2132-2136. The creation of the modern state of Israel in 1948 has to be a revival. The raising up is either the first resurrection or the revival that will accompany the spreading of the Gospel to the world when the Jews and Gentiles unite. They will accept the Messiah as the Lord Jesus Christ in time for the millennium.
• The Great Jubilee.

  Year	Period	Period	History	Government	Sanctuary	New Sanctuary Event
  1437 BC - 947 BC	1	:	Israel ruled by judges and priests	Theocracy	Laver	Exodus (Red Sea) The first Sanctuary
  946 BC - 457 BC	2	:	Israel ruled by kings	Self rule by kings	Sanctuary	Dedication of Solomon's temple
  457 BC - 34 AD	3	1	490 years remains for the nation	Foreign kings	Lamb	Rebuild Jerusalem and second temple
  35 AD - 524 AD	4	2	Decline of pagan Rome	Brutal foreign king	Incense Altar	Messiah (God's Temple)
  525 AD - 1014 AD	5	3	Rise of papal Rome (538)	Church	Bread (Broken body or word)	False Sanctuary doctrines and persecution (Crusades, Inquisition). Extreme unction, purgatory, worship of images and relics 995 - Canonization of dead saints. 1050 - the mass. 1090 - the rosary. 1190 - selling indulgences.
  1015 AD - 1504 AD	6	4	Persecution under absolute power of papal Rome (1095). Schism in 1054	Church and State	Wine (blood shed)
  1505 AD - 1994 AD	7	5	Reformation (1517)	Republics	Light	Reformation Sanctuary restored 1545 - Doctrine of infallibility.
  Millennium	8	6	New beginning for saints at the Second Coming	Theocracy	Ark (Mercy Seat)	Transformation of the body temple. Law written in the heart.
  	:	7	Second half of Millennium		10 Commandments	Judgment. Sanctuary vindicated
  After Millennium	:	8	New beginning for the universe. Sin is destroyed		In the heart	God tabernacles with men.

  I proposed this "Great Jubilee" theory so feel free to dismiss it. It is based on the remaining 490 years for Jerusalem written in Daniel 9. I noticed that since the jubilee time was introduced at the time of the exodus, that there were exactly two sets of 490 periods before the start of the period mentioned by Daniel.
  
  Using the knowledge that the eighth cycle was a new beginning, I counted forward in time I noticed two possible beginnings for the eighth cycle.
  1. Second Coming. The eighth cycle begins around the year 1994, if the first cycle begins with the exodus. The Second coming would be a new beginning for the people of God. This sequence converges with the Great Week.
  2. Third Coming. The eighth cycle begins after the millennium, if the first cycle begins with the prophecies of Daniel. The Third Coming would be a new beginning for the universe.
  The table below shows two possible sets of 7 complete 490 year Jubilee cycles with a new beginning at the eighth. Sometime during the 70 year period around the end of 490 years - a new important event occurs.
  » New Beginnings. This pattern is so strong that even if you place the first 490 period at the entrance of Israel into the Promised Land (when the Jubilee cycle started), or start the first period with Daniel's vision, both show an eighth cycle that begins with either the Second Coming or the third coming. Both events are new beginnings.
• The Jubilee Years. Please note that I am adding this paragraph at the end of 2010.
  When Jesus began His ministry and stood up to read Isaiah, He was announcing the year of the Jubilee (Luke 4: 17-19, 21 and Isaiah 61: 1-2). If 27 AD was a jubilee year then 1988 ends another 40 cycles of jubilees. The Third Coming is the real time when all the promises of the jubilee will be fulfilled. There are 20 jubilees during the millennium, it leaves an extra 20 years. That makes the year 2008 approximately 20 jubilees before the Third Coming. This gives a total of 60 jubilees from the start of the ministry of Jesus to a possible Third Coming.
  
  » The Year 2008 AD. Besides being related to the Third Coming, this year is 210 years since the fall of the Papacy in 1798. If we compare this to the prophecy in Daniel 4: 23 which says that Nebuchadnezzar would lose power for seven times and if we use one month as a prophetic period of time, then by 2008 the Papacy would have fallen for seven prophetic months.
  In this year we find a great global financial crisis and Babylon the Great looks like it is falling and a person of a race that has been and still is viewed as lower creatures became president. I am a member of that race. The Lisbon Treaty became law on 1 December 2009. It was the best compromise that could be done to form the European Union without a constitution. Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy a Jesuit was voted in as their first president of the union on 19 November.
  On 21 December of this year I began to receive the information about the Bible science.
• Cleansing The Woman. On 19 August 2012 I was editing the time prophecy contained in the cleansing of a woman after the birth of a son and a daughter. According to these rules after having a son a woman is unclean for seven days, then the son is circumcised on the eighth day and she is unclean for another 33 days.
  Jesus is the second Adam, the Son whose life was patterned after these time periods. He was circumcised on the eighth day, but it was only after he was 33 years old that He died to cleanse the woman from sin. A woman is a symbol of the church. He began His ministry at the age of 30, the legal age for a priest to serve. Then He was crucified or circumcised or cut off at the age of 33 after a very important seven final days. So his 33 years on earth was book ended by seven important days.
  
  After having a daughter a woman is unclean for fourteen days, then she is unclean for another 66 days. Jesus spent a second week in heaven after the crucifixion week. When the Holy Spirit fell on Pentecost it was 66 days after the beginning of the year (Nisan 1). The sanctuary was inaugurated on Nisan 1. The Holy Spirit is the One who will cleanse us from sin by writing the law in our heart.
  If the woman begins her final ministry after 30 periods of time then these are the important times.
  » Birth (4 BC to 1977).
  » Ministry Begins (27 AD to 2007).
  » Crucifixion (31 AD to 2011).
  » Covenant Transferred (34 AD to 2014).
• Legal Time Periods. Two separate laws state that judgment begins between the third and fourth period. This is the origin of two classic time periods and the pattern that the righteous are judged before the wicked.
  1. Righteous (40 Periods). If the righteous judgment began in 1844, then this is during period forty.
  2. Wicked (42 Periods).
• Five Months Of Satan. While people may have time periods based on 40 and 42, Satan appears to have periods based on five. The significance of this time period appears in the fifth trumpet. Satan was allowed to work for this period, but only those who refuse God will be fooled.
  And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. (Revelation 9: 2-5)
  This prophecy refers to the 150 years of Satanic theories that emerged in the 1800's - evolution and atheistic communism. However, if this time period is related to the allotted legal rise and fall of Satan's domination then it will appear in history as multiples of this time. The five prophetic periods can appear as 150 days, 150 weeks, 150 months, 150 years, 1500 years.
  • 1500 Years Of Sin (Flood). The flood occurred 1656 years after creation. Seth was born when Adam was 130 and Noah preached for about 120 years. Sin occurred before year 130, so Noah may have been called about 1500 years after sin began.
  • 1500 Years Of Rome. The Roman empire fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1500 AD. 1500 years after they tried to kill the baby Messiah. The Reformation began soon after.
  • 1500 Years To The Covenant. Moses received the covenant on Sinai 1500 years before the Messiah came to put an end to sin.
  • 150 Years Of Communism (1841-1991). Marx's theories emerged to the fall of communism.
  • 150 Years Of Evolution (1859-2008). From Darwin's book to the revelation of Bible science.
  • 150 Months Of Trials (12-13 Years). Those whose faith was severely tested suffered greatly for about 13 years.
    • Abraham. Isaac was born 13 years after Ishmael.
    • Jacob. He worked for both wives for 14 years but began to gather his inheritance of spotted and striped flock in the last year.
    • Joseph. He was a slave and a prisoner for 13 years.
  • 150 Weeks (3 Years). This is probably the worst period of the 1260 days.
  • 150 Days (5 Months). The final period of the plagues.
  • 150 Hours (6 Days). The final week on earth with intense persecution.
• Prophetic Time Periods.
  1. 2300 Years. Based on the knowledge that the fiftieth year is a new beginning after the jubilee year. The fiftieth cycle of jubilees after the beginning of this prophecy in 457 B.C. starts in 1994.
  2. 1260 Years. Forty two months were given to the little horn to operate. I noticed that this was a multiple of (7 x 6). Six periods of seven months for the system of man to operate. Following the same pattern, God would have (7 x 1), one period of seven months for his work. This is 210 years of real time. It is significant to notice that at the end of the 1260 years prophecy, God started to take the following actions in this period known as the "time of the end".
     • Judgment began
     • The gospel is supposed to be finished in this time.
     • The book of Daniel was opened so that the wise would understand.
• One Prophetic Time. It is based on the fact that a prophetic time is 360 years, these are some observations.
  1. Time Of The End. If this begins in 1798, then the period ends in 2158.
  2. Time No More. When the seventh trumpet sounds, the angel states that there will be "time" no more (Revelation 10: 6). This could mean that there is no more time greater than 360 years remaining. The gospel would be finished within that time. If this period starts in 1844, then it would end before 2204.
  3. Times Of The Gentiles. Romans 11 states that the Jews would return to God after the times of the Gentiles were over. We do not know how long this is but we can look at how much time was given to the Jews.
     From the call of Abraham in about 2147 B.C. to the rejection of the gospel in 34 A.D. is about 2160 years. This is six periods of 360 years. Again we have the pattern of six times being given to man.
     Using this as a guide, if we begin in 34 A.D. then the times of the gentiles ends in 2194. If the gentiles have five times, then the period ends in 1834. Around that time, the Judgment was about to start and the last time called "the time of the end" had just begun. Is this a coincidence?
• The End Of Time. Through the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation we can trace the "time of the end" to 1798. There are other prophecies that show that when Jesus came, earth must have finished over half of its life because it was called "the end".
  Appeared At The End. For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (Hebrews 9: 26)
  Jesus came about 4000 years after the creation. So the earth must have less than 4000 years to exist. 2000 years have already passed and 1000 years will be spent in the millennium. So at most we have less than 1000 years before the Second Coming.
• The Exodus Pattern. This does not point to any specific time but the events in the experience of Israel parallels the experience of the people of God at the end of the world.
  1. Exodus. There was an exodus from Egypt and there will be an exodus from the earth so that we can go to the Promised Land.
  2. Millennium. Israel spent almost 1000 years in the Promised Land before they were judged and captured by Babylon for their rejection of God.
     The saints will spend 1000 years in heaven before the wicked are finally judged.
  3. Judgment. Israel was captured by Babylon and the temple was destroyed. The wicked will be judged by God and the old earth and the false religion will be destroyed.

Date Setting

• No One Knows The Day Nor the Hour. Operating within the limitations of humanity, Jesus could truly say that He did not know the time of the Second Coming.
  But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. (Mark 13: 32)
  Since He has reclaimed His divinity, He now knows.
  However, this knowledge is being withheld and nobody can claim that they absolutely know for certain that the Second Coming is on a particular date.
  » The Day and Hour. If the time patterns are reliable, the Second Coming might be during the feast of Tabernacles. So we might know the day and hour but not the year. The final generation might know the year if they can be sure that it is the seven last plagues..
  » The Lion. Satan also is able to tell that his time is short.
• Signs of The Times. On the other hand, Jesus seems to require that we recognize that the end is near by looking for the signs. Jesus scolded the Jews for not recognizing the signs of the times. He seems to infer that it should be a easy as recognizing the change in the seasons.
  He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky; but can you not discern the signs of the times? (Matthew 16 : 2-3)
  
  However, in other places He says that His coming will be a surprise like a thief in the night.
  Unexpected Coming - Like A Thief. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3: 10)
  Wicked Surprised. But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say: Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
  Righteous Not Surprised. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. (1 Thessalonians 5: 1-5)
  So I conclude that by the time of the global evangelism, the false Second Coming and the seven last plagues we should be sure based on these signs. Therefore the righteous should not be surprised, only the wicked.
• The Final Generation. So the final generation ought to have a sense that the end is near, based on a series of events that have managed to raise false hopes in the past and on a few distinct promises that have never been fulfilled. Only when all events are occurring can we say for sure that this may be the final generation.
  • Convergence of Signs. Unfortunately different groups have different expectations and many of these signs are clearly based on politics, not religion. In addition, when a potential sign appears we run with it to the exclusion of all the other signs that are not occurring. Some natural disasters are signs and some are simply bad natural disasters.
  • Persecution. We tend to ignore persecution as being significant unless it is happening to us.
  • Latter Rain. The Latter Rain has fallen and we have experienced a revival of the true gifts as experienced during the life of Christ.
  • Gospel Preached. We have completed a successful evangelistic tour of the world. Some are willing to settle for less than ideal conditions for the fulfillment of this sign. Many point to their vast technological global network as proof that they are reaching all the people. I believe that Jesus meant that all people must have a real intellectual attempt at deciding for God, not that they are within range of a broadcast that they are ignoring.
  • The Seven Last Plagues. If the plagues are falling, then this final generation has cause to believe that the Second Coming will be within one year. However, people are willing to settle for uncoordinated natural disasters as a plague while ignoring the other unfulfilled prophecies that must come before the plagues.
  However we have some built in uncertainties. God said that He would "cut the time short" in righteousness otherwise "no flesh will be saved".
• Short Time Remaining. Ever since the crucifixion, the devil knows that he has a short time remaining. This means that 2000 years ago we must have passed the half way point.
  For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time. (Revelation 12: 12)
  Be of sober spirit, be on the alert Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. (1 Peter 5: 8)

 

Convergence Of Time Periods
Theory	1	2	3		4			5			6		7		8
Great Week	0 - 1000	1000 - 2000	2000 - 3000		3000 - 4000			4000 - 5000			5000 - 6000		Millennium		New
Exodus	Exodus from Egypt			Millennium		Judgment		Exodus from the earth					Millennium		Judgment
Great Jubilee	Starts with the exodus			1	2		3	4		5	6	7	Second Coming
	Starts with the decree of 457 B.C.						1	2		3	4	5	6	7	Third Coming
Prophetic time	2300 years						47 jubilees					3	Millennium		New earth
	1260 years (42 months) and a final 210 years (7 months)									42 Months		7 Months
"Times" called	Nations called		Israel (6)						Gentiles (5)			God (1)
Creation, flood Abraham called (2147 B.C.), Exodus (1500 B.C.) Decree to build Jerusalem (457 B.C.) Gospel to gentiles (34 A.D.) Church rule Time of the end. Pope imprisoned (1798) Judgment begins (1844) Millennium