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And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Romans 13:11

  • ~4174 B.C. – The creation of the world.
    • ~4044 B.C. – Seth is born when Adam was 130 years old (Genesis 5:3).
    • ~3939 B.C. – Enosh is born when Seth was 105 years old (Genesis 5:6).
    • ~3849 B.C. – Kenan is born when Enosh was 90 years old (Genesis 5:9).
    • ~3779 B.C. – Mahalalel is born when Kenan was 70 years old (Genesis 5:12).
    • ~3714 B.C. – Jared is born when Mahalalel was 65 years old (Genesis 5:15).
    • ~3552 B.C. – Enoch is born when Jared was 162 years old (Genesis 5:18).
    • ~3487 B.C. – Methusaleh is born when Enoch was 65 years old (Genesis 5:21).
    • ~3300 B.C. – Lamech is born when Methusaleh was 187 years old (Genesis 5:25).
    • ~3118 B.C. – Noah is born when Lamech was 182 years old (Genesis 5:28).
    • ~2618 B.C. – Shem, Ham and Japheth were born starting when Noah is 500 years old, and had the last of his 3 sons roughly 2 years later (Genesis 5:32).
  • ~2518 B.C. – The Flood (Noah was 600 years old – Genesis 7:6).
    • ~2517 B.C. – Noah and his family leave the ark about a year later (Genesis 8:13).
    • ~2516 B.C. – Arphaxad is born when Shem was 100 years old, 2 years after the flood (Genesis 11:10).
    • ~2481 B.C. – Shelah is born when Arphaxad was 35 years old (Genesis 11:12).
    • ~2451 B.C. – Eber is born when Shelah was 30 years old (Genesis 11:14).
    • ~2417 B.C. – Peleg is born when Eber was 34 years old (Genesis 11:16).
    • ~2387 B.C. – Reu is born when Peleg was 30 years old (Genesis 11:18).
    • ~2355 B.C. – Serug is born when Reu was 32 years old (Genesis 11:20).
    • ~2325 B.C. – Nahor is born when Serug was 30 years old (Genesis 11:22).
    • ~2296 B.C. – Terah is born when Nahor was 29 years old (Genesis 11:24).
  • ~2166 B.C. – Abram (Abraham) was born when Terah was 130 years old.
  • ~2166 B.C. – Abram (Abraham) left Harran when he was 75 years old after his father died (Genesis 12:4, Acts 7:4). Terah died when he was 205 (Genesis 11:32).
  • ~2080 B.C. – Ishmael is born when Abram was 86 years old (Genesis 16:16).
  • ~2067 B.C. – Abraham is 99 years old when he and Ishmael are circumcised (Genesis 17:24).
  • ~2067 B.C. – Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed (Genesis 18:16, 19:1).
  • ~2066 B.C. – Isaac is born when Abraham was 100 years old (Genesis 21:5).
  • ~2006 B.C. – Jacob (later changed to Israel) was born when Isaac was 60 years old (Genesis 25:26).
  • ~1991 B.C. – Death of Abraham. Abraham lived 175 years (Genesis 25:7).
  • ~1943 B.C. – Death of Ishmael. Ishmael lived 137 years (Genesis 25:17).
  • ~1916 B.C. – Joseph is born. He was 17 when sold into slavery and 30 standing before Pharaoh (Genesis 37:2, 41:46).
  • ~1876 B.C. – Jacob (Israel) began living in Egypt and lived there 17 years (Genesis 47:28).
  • ~1876 B.C. – The Israelite people begin living in Egypt. This lasted 430 years (1876 BC to 1446 BC – Exodus 12:40).
  • ~1859 B.C. – Jacob (Israel) dies at 147 years old (Genesis 47:28).
  • ~1806 B.C. – Joseph dies at 110 years old (Genesis 50:22).
  • ~1529 B.C. – Aaron is born (Exodus 7:7). He was 83 in 1446 B.C. when he spoke to Pharaoh.
  • ~1526 B.C. – Moses is born (Exodus 7:7). Moses was 80 in 1446 B.C. when he spoke to Pharoah.
  • ~1446 B.C. – The Exodus from Egypt (1 Kings 6:1 specifies 480 years from the 4th year of Solomon’s reign, while Paul in Acts states it was over 500 years. However this is most likely because Paul is counting total time, while the writer of Kings is not counting the time the Israelites were under foreign rule). Moses was 80 years old at this time, Aaron was 83 (Exodus 7:7). We will use Paul’s dating.
  • ~1446 -1406 B.C. – The children of Israel wander 40 years in the wilderness (Numbers 32:13).
  • ~1406 B.C. – Moses dies at 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7) and Joshua takes over, around age 60, and leads the Israelites into the promised land.
  • ~1356 B.C. – Joshua dies at 110 years old (Judges 2:8).
  • ~1356 – 1151 B.C. – The time of the Judges until Samuel the Prophet.
  • ~1151-1051 B.C. – Samuel’s birth, judging of Israel, and death. There is no definite time given, estimates are Samuel lived to be around 100 years old from other Jewish sources.
  • ~1051-1011 B.C. – King Saul reigned 40 years (Acts 13:21).
  • ~1011-971 B.C. – King David reigned 40 years (1 Kings 2:11).
  • ~971 B.C. – Solomon becomes king in place of his father David.
  • ~967 B.C – Solomon begins building the temple in the 4th year of his reign (1 Kings 6:1).
  • ~960 B.C. – The First Temple is finished. It took 7 years to build (1 Kings 6:38).
  • ~931 B.C. – Solomon dies (2 Chronicles 9:30,31). Ezekiel also prophesized 390 years after Israel first began apostatizing, that Jerusalem would be besieged by Babylon and destroyed (Ezekiel 4:1-5). We’re just not sure of the starting point for this prophecy.
  • ~597 B.C. – First siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, date confirmed on a tablet found known as the Nebuchadnezzar, or Jerusalem Chronicle. This is validated history (Google it).
  • ~587 B.C. – Second siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the city and temple.
  • ~587-500 B.C. – Daniel writes in his book the 70 weeks prophecy pointing to the Messiah (Daniel 9:24,25), and the 2300 days prophecy pointing to the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary (Day of Atonement) (Daniel 8:14).
  • ~457 B.C. – The decree of Artaxeres to rebuild Jerusalem (Ezra 7:13).
  • ~4 B.C. – Jesus is born in Bethlehem as predicted (Micah 5:2, Daniel 9:25).
    • “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem (Ezra 7:13 – 457 B.C.) unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks“ (Daniel 9:25).
    • Seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks = 7 + (3 x 20) + 2 = 69 weeks.
    • Using the 1 day for a year biblical prophecy principle, 69 weeks = 69 x 7 days = 483 days = 483 years until the baptism of Jesus in 27 A.D., when He was anointed by the Holy Spirit as a dove.
    • In addition to this, Luke records the secular government officials that were living when Jesus was born, and this date fits within those timeframes, verified by secular historians:
      • Caesar Augustus was Caesar of the Roman empire at the time of His birth (Luke 2:1).
      • Cyrenius was governor or co-governor of Syria (Luke 2:2).
  • ~27 A.D. – Jesus, Messiah the Prince, is baptized and His ministry begins – right on time, as predicted by Daniel. Jesus begins his ministry by stating “The time is fulfilled” in Mark 1:15. What time? The 69 weeks of Daniel 9.
    • 457 B.C. + 483 years = 27 A.D. (there is no zero year). Luke again records the secular government officials living when John the Baptist began preaching and baptized Jesus, and this date also fits within all of these timeframes, all verified by secular historians:
      • Fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar (Luke 3:1). Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea (Luke 3:1). Herod being tetrarch of Galilee (Luke 3:1). And his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis (Luke 3:1). Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene (Luke 3:1). Annas and Caiaphas being the Jewish high priests (Luke 3:1).
    • In addition, the world appears to have been created and running on a giant cosmic week timescale, a day for a thousand years (2 Peter 3:8, Psalm 90:4). 1 week = 7 days = 7000 years.
    • Jesus came on the 4th thousand-year day of creation, sometime after the 4000-year mark (Exodus 12:3-6).
      • 10th day to the 14th day = 4 days = 4000 years.
      • Jesus is the lamb slain from the creation of the world (Revelation 13:8).
  • ~30-31 A.D. – Jesus is crucified, as predicted by Daniel, Isaiah, and David (Daniel 9:26,27, Isaiah 53:1-12, Psalm 22:1,7,8,16,18).
    • “And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself” (Daniel 9:26). Jesus was “cut off” (died), not for himself, but for our sins.
    • “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease.” (Daniel 9:27).
    • In the midst, or middle, of the week, Jesus was crucified (cut off).
    • 1/2 week = 3.5 days = 3.5 years = 30-31 A.D., depending on when exactly Jesus began His ministry in 27 A.D.
    • At that point there was no longer a need for the Jewish ceremonial sacrifices and offerings pointing to the Messiah, those things (or shadows, or types) were done away with.
    • Jesus spent 40 days on Earth after his resurrection (Acts 1:3). Afterward, He ascended to Heaven and into the heavenly sanctuary (Hebrews 9:12). Also keep in mind that there are two veils (Hebrews 9:3).
  • ~33-35 A.D. – The remaining 1/2 week, or 3.5 years of the 70th week of Daniel’s prophecy ended with the stoning of Stephen, and after this the gospel went to the Gentiles and all the world (Acts 7:54-60).
  • ~68-96 A.D. – Sometime before 100 A.D., John writes the Book of Revelation
    • Through the Holy Spirit, John foretells Christianity becoming corrupted and the rise of the Papacy, described as the Little Horn (Daniel 7:8), the Man of Sin (2 Thessalonians 2:3,4), and the Antichrist in the Bible.
    • A Woman usually represents a church in prophecy. This apostate corrupted church sits on 7 mountains, or hills, according to the Bible (Revelation 17:9). Rome sits on 7 hills (Google it, or just go here).
  • 70 A.D. – “Your house is left unto you desolate…” – Jerusalem is besieged and destroyed, bringing about the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel and referred to by Jesus as a future event during his ministry (Matthew 24:15). Luke qualifies this further in Luke 21:20, additional proof that the Romans surrounding and destroying Jerusalem is what was referred to by Daniel and Jesus.
    • Ezekiel also prophesized 40 years for Judah’s iniquity (crucifying the Messiah), that Jerusalem would be besieged by Babylon and destroyed (Ezekiel 4:6,7).
  • ~1755-1929 A.D. – The beginning of the Time of the End, as many begin to run “to and fro” via transportation improvements on land, air, and sea, and knowledge increases (Daniel 12:4).
  • 1798 A.D. – The Papacy receives an apparent deadly wound (Revelation 13:3) when Napoleon’s general Berthier marches into Rome and takes the Pope prisoner. Unfortunately the bible says this wound will be healed (same verse).
  • 1844 A.D. – The cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary (Day of Atonement) begins, right on time, as predicted in Daniel 8:14.
    • “And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” (Daniel 8:14).
    • 2300 days = 2300 years = 457 B.C. + 2300 = 1844 A.D. (there is no zero year).
    • The believers God brought this truth to light to originally thought the cleansing of the sanctuary meant the end of the world, thinking the sanctuary meant the Earth. They later realized this was talking about the heavenly sanctuary since no earthly sanctuary had existed since the Romans destroyed the temple in 70 A.D.
    • The cleansing of the sanctuary by Jesus in the Most Holy Place and the judgement of the dead began at this time. Soon judgement will move to the living. And once finished, Jesus will come.
    • The 7th Day Sabbath truth, and the validity of the Ten Commandments in general, began to come to light again during this time.
  • 1929 A.D. – The beginning of the healing of the mortal wound of Revelation 13 with the Lateran Treaty between Mussolini and the Pope, restoring the Papal State in Rome.
  • 1948 A.D. – Israel becomes a nation again, after being off the scene for almost 2000 years (the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the 2nd temple around 70 A.D.). God allowed this to happen for what that nation did to His Son – “Your house is left unto you desolate” (Luke 13:35).
    • The nation of Israel will not see Christ again until His Second Coming (same verse). If the 3rd Temple ever gets built, it will be an empty vessel. And likely a false christ will enter in if that happens.
  • 2001 A.D. – The twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York fall. A fast-forwarding event, bringing about restrictions on personal freedoms and travel.
  • 2007-2009 A.D. – The Great Recession hits, America’s Fourth (and Final) Turning begins.
    • In the Bible, God typically allows four generations, or turnings, for a family or nation to repent of their sins.
    • “But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.” (Genesis 15:16).
    • “for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;” (Exodus 20:6).
    • “For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear” (Proverbs 30:21).
    • “Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;” (Amos 2:6)
    • If history repeats itself (and it usually does), America has between 20-25 years left as a nation at this point. And then there shall be time no longer.
  • 2019-2020 A.D. – Covid arrives on the scene, another fast-forwarding event, similar to the prior fast-forwarding events of 9/11 and the Great Recession. Laws, rules, and surveillance continues to increase. Individual privacy and personal freedoms continue to erode.
  • 2020-202x A.D. – As the end gets closer, society, morality, and natural events continue to get worse and worse.
    • Wars and rumors of wars, famines, earthquakes, and pestilence in various places (Matthew 24:6,7).
    • True Religious Liberty and the separation of Church and State continues to erode.
    • Technology reaches the point to allow the true gospel to go to all the world in a short amount of time (5G, Fiber Internet, smartphones, Starlink satellite Internet, etc.).
  • ~202x A.D. – Something changes in the U.S. and the world. Perhaps a civil war, a new global world order or reset, we won’t know for sure until it is upon us. Racial tensions, inequality between the rich and the poor, wars and global security, increasing natural disasters, inflation, food and water shortages, marked increases in immorality, etc. (Matthew 24:12). The pendulum will shift back to the far right and people will be clamoring for a change.
  • ~202x A.D. – Correctly theorizing that the reason for all the calamities and judgements from God upon the world, including the continuing worsening of morality and conditions in nature and society, are due to not doing God’s will and keeping His commandments – governments, starting with the United States, will force the conscience by enacting a National Sunday Law (NSL), most likely at first tying it to “climate change”, or something similar, thinking this will save them and the planet.
    • The deception will be so great, that this is the correct path to take, that the whole world will be deceived, almost even the elect, if that were possible (Revelation 13:13,14, Matthew 24:24).
    • This will bring about the Mark of the Beast. Legislation will be enacted preventing anyone from being able to buy or sell unless they claim the 1st Day of the week (Sunday) as the Sabbath instead of the true 7th Day Sabbath (Saturday) (Revelation 13:17).
    • In a short amount of time, the United States, in partnership with most of the apostate “Christian” churches, which do not actually keep God’s commandments, will cause the rest of the world to enact similar legislation (Revelation 13:11-16).
    • During this time, the final messages of warning are given to the world by the few proper Christians left on the planet, in partnership with heaven (Revelation 14:6-12).
    • The Gospel – that Jesus died to save us FROM (not IN) our sins, to give us the power to keep God’s commandments here on this earth – goes to all the world, to finish the work and the loud cry of the three angels messages (Matthew 24:14, Revelation 14:6-12).
    • Around this time, The Time of Trouble begins. There has never been, and never will be, another time like it, in terms of trouble going on (Matthew 24:21)
    • If God didn’t keep these days short, no one would make it out alive (Matthew 24:22).
    • There will still be some semblance of normal life during this time – people will still be going out to eat, partying, and marrying, just like the days of Noah, unaware of what’s coming:
      • “For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:38,39).
    • Also around this time, and very close to when Jesus returns, the restriction on buying and selling will not be enough to stop the true commandment-keeping, 7th-Day Sabbath Christians. Satan will try to destroy the remnant that do not accept his rule. A death decree will be passed against all those who worship God and do not keep the 1st day of the week as holy (Revelation 13:15).
    • After the final messages of warning are given, those that listen and turn to God are sealed and saved, and those that don’t are also sealed, but with the Mark of the Beast (Revelation 7:3, 9:4).
    • The Seven Last Plagues begin to fall on the unrighteous – all those that have the Mark of the Beast and not God’s seal (Revelation 15:6,16:1-21).
    • Just before the enactment of the death decree against God’s people, with the lost and fallen world and its inhabitants thinking that by the removal of the true Christians, they will finally have peace – sudden destruction comes upon them (1 Thessalonians 5:3).
    • Those that stand true to God and Jesus will be saved (Matthew 24:13, Revelation 14:12).
  • ~202x-203x A.D. – Jesus Returns at the Second Coming to usher in the Millennium (1000 years of rest).
    • “After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.“ (Hosea 6:2). 2 prophetic days = 2000 years. 27-31 A.D. + 2000 years (plus also remember the remaining 2 cosmic week days left) = 2027-2031 A.D. We just don’t know if the 2000 years start at His baptism or death.
    • Every eye will see him. His coming is like the lightning in the sky (Revelation 1:7, Matthew 24:27).
    • The righteous dead are raised, the righteous living meet The Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17).
    • A special resurrection takes place of some of the evil dead, so those who crucified Him can see His second coming (Revelation 1:7).
    • The evil living and small group of evil resurrected dead are destroyed by Jesus at His second coming (2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 19:15, 21)
  • ~202x-303x A.D. – The Millennium. The earth will rest for the final thousand years, or 7th day (Sabbath) of the grand cosmic week.
    • The righteous will be in heaven with Jesus. The unrighteous are dead and sleeping in their graves, waiting for the final resurrection, and final death in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:4-6).
    • During this time, God allows the saved to look at the records of every individual to confirm God’s judgement was true (Revelation 20:4).
  • ~302x-303x A.D. – Jesus returns after the Millennium with the New Jerusalem city coming down from heaven. The evil dead are raised, Satan is loosed, along with the evil angels, and the evil group surrounds the holy city and attempts to take it by force (Revelation 20:7-9).
    • Fire comes down from God out of heaven and destroys all the evil people permanently (Revelation 20:9).
    • Satan is cast into the lake of fire to pay for all the sin and misery he has caused (Revelation 20:10).
    • Anyone not written in the Book of Life is also cast into the lake of fire, a permanent death for all eternity (Revelation 20:15).

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