2013 Feast of Trumpets
By
Gary Primo
Sept. 6, 2013
Wow, another year has gone by already! And, what a year it has been.
On the global scene, the global masters have moved the nuclear clock from 5 minutes to 1 minute to midnight (although not officially). The crisis in Syria is threatening to explode into WW3. All the end-time scriptural prophesies seem to be in place and many are expecting the promised Messiah to return soon to put an end to the madness.
Today is the day that heralds the return of the (universal) King. It is also likely the day of his earthly birth more than two thousand years ago (Gregorian calendar). We are looking forward to His return today in much the same way people back then were anticipating His physical birth. No one knew the exact date or hour then, just as they don’t know now.
Yahushua will be coming as a thief in the night, just as He came the last time. The last time He came as a vulnerable human infant. This time He comes as the King of the Universe with all authority and power, with a host of angels, to conquer and subdue the earth. Those who have been earnestly striving to overcome the world and their own human nature are going to be protected. Those who do not will be lucky to survive.
This is a day to be vigilant. Today may be the big day. We have no way of knowing until the day is over. We should be keeping an eye on the eastern sky the whole day long. He may come at one minute to sunset.
Daniel’s Timeline
The following site has come up with a supposed timeline for the return of Yahushua.
http://www.danielstimeline.com/home.htm
Some of you may already be familiar with this site. For those who are not, give it a read. It is quite interesting and sounds very feasible; however, I have a number of reservations.
The biggest objection I have to the claims made by the site is that when Yahushua said no one would know the day or the hour, I believe Him.
Secondly, if the Tribulation has already begun with 2010 being the first year, where are the 2 end-time witnesses? Where is the 3 ½ years of global drought?
Rev. 11:3 - And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 - These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the Elohim of the earth.
5 - And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 - These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 - And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 - And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 - And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 - And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from Elohim entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 - And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 - And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the Elohim of heaven.
14 - The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh.
As one can plainly see, these 13 events make the first 3 ½ years of the Tribulation. The third woe, the second half of the Tribulation occurs following these events. Since these are events that the whole world is to witness and have not as of yet, one can only conclude that the Tribulation has not yet begun. If the timeline presented by this site were true (with the tribulation beginning in 2010) we should be witnessing the end of the witnesses’ prophesying and their death and resurrection right about now.
The site also makes the mistake of setting its dates by the Gregorian calendar rather than the Hebrew. This current year on the Hebrew calendar is only 5774. That leaves 226 years of man’s allotted time of self rule upon the earth. As difficult and as horrifying as it is to believe, we may just have another 226 years of suffering under human rule.
There is yet another prophesy that must be fulfilled before the end-time that marks the middle of the Tribulation, or the beginning of the second 3 ½ years (where according to this website, we should be right now). That is the prophesy of the abomination of desolation described at the end of the Book of Daniel.
Daniel 12:9 - And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10 - Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
11 - And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
12 - Blessed is he that waits, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shall rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Before this prophesy can be affirmed we must see:
A) The surrender of the Temple Mount by the Arabs.
B) The erection of a new Temple.
C) An idol of abomination set up as an object of worship at the temple.
In the days of the Greek occupation, the Greeks sacrificed swine on the alter inside the Temple. Perhaps this time they will set up a statue of a boar to be worshipped (or the Owl of Molech). This is the price the Jews will have to pay for placing their faith in their human allies to “save” them, instead of trusting in Yahuwah.
As difficult as it is to believe that the world can survive another 226 years continuing in its current direction, we must face reality in light of scriptural prophesy and history.
From the establishment of a new temple and the setting up of the abomination of desolation, we will yet have 3 ½ years to go till the return of Yahushua. Since these events have not yet occurred, we know that we have not yet reached the midpoint of the Tribulation.
Furthermore, since no one yet has witnessed the empowering of the two end-time witnesses prophesying from Jerusalem, holding back the rain, devouring their enemies with fire that comes from their mouths, etc., etc., we cannot even confirm that the Tribulation has even begun yet.
There will be no mistaking these two witnesses. The world is going to hate them and demand of the world governments that they be killed. The government forces may try, but if within the 3 ½ year window, they will be destroyed. The two witnesses will undoubtedly be front page news worldwide and will be the chief topic of conversation around the globe. Since this has not happened yet, the Tribulation has clearly not started yet.
Daniel also reveals here that there will be a period of 45 additional days following the 1290 about which he only reveals, “Blessed is he that waits, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.“ He offers no specifics as to what will transpire during those days. All we can guess so far is that it will take that long for Yahushua to subdue the earth and set up His government. Only time will tell what these days really mean.
Regardless of any formula that anyone comes up with, the fact remains that even Daniel was not told everything that was to come upon the earth. A portion of the prophesy was sealed up until the end-time. That means that no one besides the Father knows what is going to happen or when.
For anyone to dare to presume they do know, when they do not, is simply foolishness; and all who blindly believe that person without checking the facts is are doubly foolish. That is why I keep stressing, “Believe no man (including myself) but search and prove all things for yourself. Yahuwah also stated that all men are liars. Not that they always lie intentionally, they just get caught up in strange doctrine that they honestly believe to be true, but have not done a thorough enough job of checking out the facts.
The following from http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/jamieson-fausset-brown/ in regard to what took place in the past and how these dates played out then.
11. from . . . sacrifice . . . taken way . . . abomination--( Daniel 11:31 ). As to this epoch, which probably is prophetically germinant and manifold; the profanation of the temple by Antiochus (in the month Ijar of the year 145 B.C., till the restoration of the worship by Judas Maccabeus on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month [Chisleu] of 148 B.C., according to the Seleucid era, 1290 days; forty-five days more elapsed before Antiochus' death in the month Shebat of 148 B.C., so ending the Jews' calamities [MAURER]); by pagan Rome, after Christ's death; by Mohammed; by Antichrist, the culmination of apostate Rome. The "abomination" must reach its climax (see AUBERLEN'S translation, "summit," Daniel 9:27 ), and the measure of iniquity be full, before Messiah comes.
thousand two hundred and ninety days--a month beyond the "time, times, and a half" ( Daniel 12:7 ). In Daniel 12:12 , forty-five days more are added, in all 1335 days. TREGELLES thinks Jesus at His coming will deliver the Jews. An interval elapses, during which their consciences are awakened to repentance and faith in Him. A second interval elapses in which Israel's outcasts are gathered, and then the united blessing takes place. These stages are marked by the 1260, 1290, and 1335 days. CUMMING thinks the 1260 years begin when Justinian in 533 subjected the Eastern churches to John II, bishop of Rome; ending in 1792, when the Code Napoleon was established and the Pope was dishonored. 1290 reach to 1822, about the time of the waning of the Turkish power, the successor to Greece in the empire of the East. Forty-five years more end in 1867, the end of "the times of the Gentiles." See Leviticus 26:24 , "seven times," that is, 7 X 360, or 2520 years: 652 B.C. is the date of Judah's captivity, beginning under Manasseh 2520 from this date end in 1868, thus nearly harmonizing with the previous date, 1867. [CLINTON] begins in 1862. Seven years to 1869 (the date of the second advent) constitute the reign of the personal Antichrist; in the last three and a half, the period of final tribulation, Enoch (or else Moses) and Elijah, the two witnesses, prophesy in sackcloth. This theory is very dubious (compare Matthew 24:36 , Acts 1:7 , 1 Thessalonians 5:2 , 2 Peter 3:10 ); still the event alone can tell whether the chronological coincidences of such theories are fortuitous, or solid data on which to fix the future times. HALES makes the periods 1260, 1290, 1335, begin with the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and end with the precursory dawn of the Reformation, the preaching of Wycliffe and Huss.
Everyone likes to play around with dates. It is fun. Even I enjoy trying to come up with something that seems to make sense. Yet, I have yet to come up with something that I would be confident enough in to build a whole doctrine around and try to sell to others. The only word that I trust is Yahuwah’s and Yahushua’s (really one and the same).
The 2010 start date for the Tribulation is obviously false, yet the source believes it to be true. He (perhaps conveniently) sidesteps the prophesy concerning the two witnesses altogether. The truth is that no one, save the Father, knows when the tribulation will start. The best we can do is look forward to Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets) every year and be vigilantly watching the Eastern sky for any sign of his coming. We must also be looking for evidence of the two witnesses before we can be sure that the Tribulation has started.
Until we see and affirm this event, we should not believe anyone who comes up with a reasonable sounding formula. If figuring out a formula was so simple, I am sure someone would have figured it out a long time ago. If our ancient ancestors had of figured out such a formula, they would have saved themselves a lot of grief. We can save ourselves a lot of grief by working vigilantly on our studies and forgetting about trying to come up with a mathematical equation for everything.
How many false prophesies have already come and gone with barely a whisper. We all know that there have been hundreds, maybe even thousands over the 2,000+ years since the resurrection of Yahushua. Yahushua warned us that many are going to come in His name to deceive the masses and the indeed have. Do not be deceived. Do not listen to anyone who bases their prophesy on mathematical formulas. Yahushua gave us specific signs to watch for. “Watching” is the key word. Yahushua wants us to be vigilant and watching all the time. He wants us to trust in His words not those of other mortal men.
When Yahushua told us that no man knows the day or hour of His coming, we must take those words at face value and accept that we are simply going to have to wait on the signs that Yahushua foretold and patiently wait on Him. How many past generations have thought that Yahushua was coming in their time? Even the apostles believed that He would return in their day. All were wrong. Only the Father knows and He isn’t telling anyone – yet.
The only mathematical formulas given anywhere in the Scriptures concerning the Tribulation is the 3 ½ years of testimony from the two witnesses and another 3 ½ years till the return of the Messiah following the setting up of the abomination of desolation on the Temple mount. These are the only two formulas we should be placing our faith in – not the formulas of men.
I am sure that the author of “Daniels Timeline” has all of the best intentions; but he himself is deceived and does not realize it, else he would not be deceived. He does not realize that he is deceiving others by his predictions. He honestly believes he is teaching truth. Yet the signs that Yahushua said would predate His coming conflict with what this author is saying. How are we to read this? We are to believe Yahushua, not any man.
Conclusion
When I first started writing this study, I was not sure if it this topic was appropriate for this special day or not; however, since this day represents the return of our King, I figured I would take the chance.
I know that all of us are eagerly anticipating the return of Yahushua and our glorification as sons and daughters of Yahuwah. However, we must learn the lesson of having patience as well; and relying on Yahuwah’s word alone for all doctrine.
The Messiah will return someday. That is a foregone conclusion. In the mean time, we are to be found diligently striving to overcome all things and learning to take on the nature of our Creator. That nature is based on love; and it is with love and patience that must deal with all well-meaning prophets. Gently show them the truth from Scriptures and hope that he sees the light. That fulfills our duty and his blood will not be on our hands. That is about the best we can do.
It is my hope that everyone had a wonderful Feast of Trumpets this year. I hope that it was meaningful and educational. Yet the best F of T is yet to come. That will be the day when the Messiah returns to us and becomes our eternal-living King and High Priest for all time. We can look forward to this day, but we cannot predict when it will come until we see the signs that Yahushua promised to send before that day.
So, until then, let’s be vigilant and patient and wait on Yahuwah for His promises. Remember, our prime goal is to attain the nature of Yahuwah; and that is a monumental task in itself without chasing after all manner of dubious doctrines.
Yahuwah Bless
G.P.