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Ch. 1, The
Wise Shall Understand;
Ch. 2, The
Abomination of Desolation Throughout History;
Ch. 3, The
Mark of the Beast;
Ch. 4: Will
Israel Save the World?;
Ch. 5, What
Happens When Christ Comes?;
Appendix:The
Rise, Decline, and Death of Islam in Bible Prophecies.
Prophecy: Roger
Morneau's escape from a high-level Satanism Cult
Geology: View
photos and read facts about "pre-flood" petrified wood with no growth rings.
contact: chasclever@yahoo.com
THE WISE SHALL UNDERSTAND
The Daniel 12 Code Revealed
presented by charles huntley clever
INTRODUCTION
Many religious skeptics and devout believers notice disharmony in the Religious Community, especially among pious Jews, Christians, and Moslems, who profess to follow the same God of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael, yet whose varying interpretations of "The Book" may well approach the number of sand granules in the Sinai Desert. People should not falter in their faith or be embarrassed by this confusion. The Author of the Bible code, the One who holds the entire universe in His grasp, plainly foresaw that Satan would cause chaos among His followers.
Jesus was the “prophet”
promised in Deuteronomy 18:15 of whom God commanded: " you shall hear."
He sent this warning: "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible,
they shall deceive the very elect (Matthew 24:24). The Apostle Peter correctly
predicted that "followers" would be "contaminated": "There shall be false
teachers among you, who secretly shall bring in damnable heresies..." (2
Peter 2:1). And Paul also knew confusion would follow his departure
and left this message: "Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking
perverse things, to draw away disciples after them" (Acts 20:30). These
predictions were soon to fulfill; in fact, the early church of Ancyra in
Galatia was plagued with pseudo-prophecy. While denigrating valid Bible
teachings, some members would fall into a kind of trance and unnatural
ecstasy and chatter and talk nonsense (Eusebius, The History of the
Church, Penguin Classics, 1989. pp 160-167).
Regardless of religious
irregularities, God patiently allowed obvious error and disharmony to exist
because He had a solution, and it lays encoded on two obelisks, that is,
the monuments engraved with His ten-commandment law. It is used to reveal
another
encoded message in the twelfth chapter of Daniel, "sealed" for over
2,500 years. Twice within that chapter Daniel is told these predictions
were not to be understood until the close of history. In
verse four we read: "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book
until the time of the end...." This statement was followed with a mysterious
number in verse seven. Then two more encoded numbers appear after
verse nine admonishes: "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up
and sealed until the time of the end. 'Many shall be purified, made white,
and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall
understand, but the wise shall understand.'"
The "Lord of the code" has patiently waited until
"the time of the end" to revive important truths essential for "the wise."
That is what this book is about: it educates in these forgotten truths;
and, as one enlightened reader from Dallas, Texas, says: "Isn't it wonderful
how God puts things in the right perspective."
First published on the Internet
(www.revealed.org) in 1998, this material received over 40,000 "hits" that
year. In printed format, you can read it while away from a computer and,
more importantly, share it with your friends. But before we get into
the book, let us talk a little more about what the Bible code reveals.
Although providence allowed
30 years to pass before giving me precise timing of verse seven, the most
confusing part of Daniel 12 are the encoded 1290 and 1335 day prophecies
of verses 11 and 12. Failing to find a single scripture hidden somewhere
in the King James Bible to "unlock" these numbers, I began thorough
readings of several different Bible translations from Genesis
to Revelation. This study revealed the encoded "key" by comparing
the creation account in God's law or Genesis with another scripture--this
will be explained in the following chapter, "The Daniel 12 Code Revealed."
Since discovering the
scriptural "key", I have often been amazed how God could close Daniel 12
until now to be unlocked so easily as earth approaches its demise. An important
part of the prediction authenticates Jesus as the enabling Sacrificial
"lamb" for humanity. This truth is increasingly ridiculed by agnostics
and belittled by various religious elements. The essence of Bible
truth tells of the fall and degradation of earth by Adam's disobedience.
Adam was God's appointed ruler, and the only available solution to restore
the unity of this lost planet with God's universe required the "LORD your
God" to become a man--assume human form as the "last Adam", live vicariously
without sin, and die an atoning death as man's substitute. Through our
first ruler's sin, separation from God and death passed to all men, but
through Christ's vicarious life and death, all of
humanity,
whether righteous or sinful, will live a second time--the non-compliant
must then stand before the judgment seat of God; they are not
held accountable for Adams transgression, but for their own selfish
ways (Daniel 12:2; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 2 Corinthians 5:10).
Christ accepted the punishment for His faithful subjects and also gained the right to the dominion Adam forfeited; "It will come to You, even the first dominion" (Matthew 5:5: Micha 4:8). That is the legality of God's dealing with transgression, but this offers no enabling remedy for our weakened and perverted nature that unfits us for residency in heaven with holy beings. So, that same condemning law that was inscribed on tables of stone is activated as "The kingdom of God is within" and our immaculate Creator reigns in our weakened psyche; His enabling presence unites us once more with His dominion (which is the immaculate universe) and His imparted righteousness enables us for future residency there (Jeremiah 31:33/Hebrews 8:10; Luke 17:21). For those seeking an increased understanding of God's plan to redeem and restore our unity with the universe, and who need their faith in the crucified Savior strengthened, Daniel 12 emphasizes Christ's enabling sacrifice for us.
It also confirms Jesus' warnings
concerning the Abomination of Desolation who first century Christians knew
was Rome. Why is this generation the only one allowed the privilege
of understanding these encoded prophecies? I wondered. This information
would have proven useful to strengthen faith as Christians faced Nero's
lions. And give credence to their decision to vacate lands and dwellings
during the brief period of victory after the aborted siege by Rome and
the temporary liberation of Jerusalem in 66 A.D. And added a margin of
comfort to those of independent mind and the Reformers as their bodies
throbbed with pain and terror in torture chambers or from burning faggots
piled at their feet. This is all precisely true, but you must
understand that because people were being persecuted by an "official"
state religion recognized by governing bodies, there was no doubt in their
minds that Rome was the Abomination of Desolation that the Bible
warns about. This is not true of humanity today--we either
do not remember, are indifferent to what Rome did, or are ignorant of the
numerous Bible cautions. It now appears to the unwary that those
episodes have passed into the archives of history and we are an "enlightened
generation." Rome has apparently changed!, we say, and this makes
us extremely vulnerable to future deceptions. This is exactly how Satan
would have it and exactly in accordance with his plan.
In His divine providence, God knew
that after the great tribulation of the "Spiritual Dark Ages" (closing
in 1798) humanity would eventually forget the lessons learned from the
Bible
and history, and be charmed by overtures of peace, love, forgiveness, and
kindness from the leadership of this organization; therefore, God delayed
the full understanding of Daniel 12 to remind us that the last-day deceiver
is still the Abomination of Desolation of history. This
should encourage us to exercise caution and study significant errors
they introduced into Church doctrines.
The Bible plainly predicts that this deceiver will persecute God's people again and hamper their ability to obey His ten-commandment law--this will also be fully explained in this book. It is not my natural disposition to point fingers or subject myself to controversy, so I refrained from publishing this information for over two decades hoping God would lay the burden on others. With great reluctance it was published because of increased advances by the unwary to integrate with this institution; yes, it is imperative that this information be disclosed.
Contrary to Western beliefs, about 20 per-cent of our world population are non-violent follow-ers of Islam who seek a deeper knowledge of God’s will in their lives. They anticipate the judgment day, which includes the coming Kingdom, and covet the peace promised in the Koran. The writings of Mohammed encourage the study of the prophets who are all descendants of their “father”, Abraham. These “descendants” authored much of the Old and New Testaments many centuries before the Middle-East land dispute that ignited in 1948. For the benefit of Christians who are concerned about Muslim roles in Bible prophecy, last-day events, and Islamic fundamentalists, at appropriate points the teachings of the Koran are compared to “the Book” (The Holy Bible). Additionally, in the Appendix there is a short article describing the rise, decline, and death of Islam as described in biblical prophecies.
Meanwhile, we must speak well of
dignitaries and respect and pray for our Statesmen to make wise decisions
as we face perilous times that our world has never encountered (2 Peter
2:10; Jude 1:8). Our governments are "ordained of God...." and Christians
should be model citizens (Romans 13:1). But in the "New Testament", God
set a standard of high integrity for church leadership and Christians were
instructed to shun and criticize bigoted religious teachers "before all,
that others also may fear"; in fact, the apostle Paul called the High Priest
a "whited wall" (2 John 9:11; Romans 16:17; 1 Timothy 5:20; Acts 23:3).
Governing bodies, however, are
to be respected even while erring, and Jesus' disciples rejoiced
because of injustices against them by the authorities (Acts 5:41). When
legislators err, they are still "God's ministers", even when forcing obedience
contrary to His law; God is merely using them to test faithfulness while
developing "the patience of the saints" (Romans 13:1-6; Revelation 13:10;
14:12).
Christians must not resort
aggressively to grievances against lawful authorities, and if by humbly
refusing to disobey the Bible tries your loyalty to God and subjects
you to scorn, be aware that heavenly agencies have already made provisions
for God's faithful saints who, like Jesus, peaceably face death rather
than violate the superior ten-commandment law of the great Jehovah.
It was not Moses, but God,
that caused the destroying plagues on idolatrous Egypt and delivered Israel
from Paganism--His subjects merely followed divine instructions instead
of yielding to Pharaoh's demands. And had the populace obeyed the priests
and rulers who condemned Jesus, there would be no Christianity today. Early
Christians believed in the validity of God's ten-commandment law which
prohibits worship of emperors claiming divinity--these faithful subjects
humbly accepted death in the Coliseum rather than offer the smallest quantity
of incense to Caesar because God said: "You shall have no other god's before
Me" (Exodus 20:3).
As the Abomination of Desolation
and its accomplices coerce government leaders to legalize sin, legislators
must "not allow it to happen on their shift" like the spineless Pontius
Pilate or deluded Pharisees--they are, like you, culpable before the judgment
seat of God for knowingly breaking the supreme laws of Heaven.
God demands that His people give
precedence to His righteous commandments that safeguard His sovereignty:
"We ought to obey God rather than man"; and He pleads: Come out of her,
my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive
not of her plagues (Acts 5:29; Revelation 18:4). Obeying God is of
supreme importance, and this is the reason for publishing The Wise Shall
Understand; for your benefit it offers rational solutions and
unmasks many of Satan's greatest delusions that are peddled as facts.
It is a misnomer for
me to imply that "I discovered the hidden code." True knowledge only comes
from Him who is infinite in wisdom and the revealer of secrets: "A man
can receive nothing, except it is given him from heaven" (John 3:27).
And this principle applies to you: "See all this; and will you not declare
it? I have showed you new things from this time, even hidden things, and
you did not know them" (Isaiah 48:6). A Gospel minister in Canada was searching
for a greater understanding of the Bible. His letter of appreciation
says: May God bless you for making this information available to me.
I would never have dreamed I could learn so much about the Bible, and now
I know the message God would have me give to those He has entrusted to
my care.
To either discover or understand
spiritual truths requires your cooperation--a deep soul searching.
Jesus said: "If any person wants to obey God, he will know of the
truth, whether it is of God or if I speak my own words" (John 7:17, paraphrased).
Are you willing to surrender complete control of your life to the omnipotent
One regardless of intimidation by others? Then and only then will God's
Holy Spirit give you discernment; and He, who suffered the greatest agony
in your behalf, will never fail you!
For these reasons, to properly
understand and refresh your memory of these prophecies, you must first
take several minutes to pray and read the thirteen verses of Daniel 12--they
are listed in the
Appendix. As you read, do
not be discouraged as you will probably not understand much of Daniel's
writings at this time, but they will be clearer as you study this book.
Then you will see that Charles Huntley Clever has not created something
new; instead, that Daniel 12 has stimulated a deeper search for long-forgotten
truths; then you, too, can read the Bible with understanding and
say: "Isn't it wonderful how God puts things in its right perspective."
Back to Introduction
The Wise Shall Understand
The Daniel 12 Code Revealed
Chapter One
As you will soon see, the
plan of redemption and restoration of earth is revealed in the Daniel twelve
code--from Eden fallen to Eden restored--in a prophecy that was closed
until the end of time. Daniel humbly said: "Although I heard, I did not
understand...." The angel replied: "Go your way, Daniel, for the words
are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.... None of the wicked
will understand, but the wise shall understand" (vs. 9, 10).
After reading this chapter, you
should realize why many historical expositors of Daniel 12 failed in unlocking
its code. They did the best they could with an encoded message that was
not to be completely "unsealed" until God chose. Therefore, they usually
applied the one-day-equals-one-year "key" of Ezekiel 4:6 and Numbers 14:34--an
effective tool when computing chronological-timed prophecies (These will
be discussed in another chapter). Applying that tool may give one an element
of success, but may actually cause confusion with Daniel 12 because the
resulting long periods of historical time force scholars to only assign
the numeric periods to medieval history. Others speculate on future
events. In this they, too, will miss the encoded application necessary
to unfold Daniel 12.
In addition, please understand
that without dispute, Daniel was authored over 500 years before Christ's
birth--many portions of manuscript have been found in what we now call
"the Dead Sea Scrolls" that are dated before the Christian dispensation.
This means that only an omnipotent God could foretell through Daniel 12
some events that would later become part of our known history.
It is not wise to set dates for Christ's return--we must "watch and be ready"--Jesus said that only His Father knew the day or hour; yet, the Scriptures plainly state: "At the time appointed, the end shall be" (Daniel 8:19). Even though Daniel 12 does not teach the exact date of Christ's return, it denotes long suppressed epochs--established times and seasons for important events (Acts 1:7). Some touch the time of Christ as the apostle Paul notes: "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His son..." (Galatians 4:4). This strengthens one's belief in Jesus, the suffering Messiah described in Isaiah 53 seven-hundred years before He become the sacrificial "Lamb" slain for our sins.
The unfolding of the Daniel-12
code only requires knowledge of elementary mathematics and some Bible
background. It is so simple that you will wonder how God concealed it until
our day; even children can understand it.
Satan is well able to lessen your
comprehension--perhaps you are pressured or distracted at this time. Please
turn off the television or move to a quiet place to study; or better yet,
read this with your family to allow better comprehension. And more important
than this, take time to pray and make certain you have read Daniel 12 (Appendix)
before continuing this chapter.
Beginning in the early 1970s I was attempting to receive greater understanding of the scriptures by consecutively reading different translations of the Bible from cover to cover. Perhaps, I thought, different wordings may give insight in finding the code. Sensing that popular church teachings include tenants of mythology and human philosophy, I uninhibitedly asked God to be my mentor. Newly baptized and having never read the entire Bible, I was free from the contaminating influence of church tradition and the intimidation of church superiors or denominational payroll. This allowed a pact with God that if He would be my instructor, I would never teach an untruth to support church doctrines; "Show me," I pled, "I will never place my trust in man."
Such prayers are exactly what
God desires because His Guide Book does not have hidden motives or yield
to coercion when humbly studied in its entirety: "If any of you lack
wisdom, let him ask of God. . ."; "Thus says the LORD: Cursed is
the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart
departs from the LORD"; "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put
confidence in man"; "You shall not add to the word which I command
you, neither shall you diminish from it, that you may keep the commandments
of the LORD your God which I command you"; "Do not add to His words [given
by prophets], lest he reprove you, and you are found a liar" (James 1:5;
Jeremiah 17:5; Psalms 118:8; Deuteronomy 4:2; Proverbs 30:6).
Although God's Word sanctions the
unity and stability that Church fellowship and organization affords, church
leadership is bound to Christ's commission to His disciples: "Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you"; in
other words, one must avoid interpreting the Bible "to their own
destruction" by explaining Scripture according to Christ's teachings (Matthew
28:20; 2 Peter 3:16).
Although the Bible authorizes
the training and ordination of church leadership, the writings of God's
prophets (including Jesus) are readily available and must be humbly studied
in their entirety and remain your primary guide because the scriptures
define sin and offer no alibis for transgression (Matthew 10:41; James
1:5,6; Titus 1:5).
God has ordained that His
Word be readily available and accepts no excuses from those neglecting
its study. It is literally "God breathed": "All Scripture is inspired [breathed]
by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for
training in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works" (II Timothy 3:16,17).
In the future we must individually
answer to the One who can never be intimidated or bribed--"every one of
us shall give account of himself to God"; to be saved you must "hunger
and thirst after righteousness [right-doing]" remembering that your weakness
and great need makes you strong in God's omnipotence (Romans 14:12;
Matthew 5:6; 2 Corinthians 12:10).
Only by reading the entireBible
can it be correctly interpreted, by studying "line upon line" (Isaiah 28:10).
For example, when comparing the Bible with First Corinthians 15,
that chapter speaks strongly of, and proves to skeptics,
the validity
of Christ's resurrection from the grave. Knowing this, you would
understand Paul's thought-provoking question in verse 29 correctly: "Why
are they [who do not believe in Christ's resurrection] then baptized for
[Jesus] the dead [Savior]....?"; instead of, "Why are they then baptized
for their [deceased friends and relatives]....", a practice lacking biblical
precedence.
After completing several different translations, I purchased a Jewish Bible called The Holy Scriptures. It is a quality work published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, and has no "New Testament." It was soon discovered that something obvious had been overlooked while reading other translations. Contemporary interpretations of Daniel 12 were incomplete--there had to be an obscure, yet undiscovered, scriptural "key" to give greater emphasis to these encoded verses that were sealed for centuries. Perhaps there is an error in translation, I thought, while struggling with these "sealed" numbers; but an error was not possible because all the manuscripts I checked contain the same numbers--even the Greek Septuagint; this translation was popular in Christ's day. Since we are now living near the "time of the end", the Bible was primarily searched for latter-day predictions and an understanding of the Daniel 12 code. God is faithful to answer prayer, and as you would expect, He gave the correct "key" to solve the puzzle. Now, let us study the "key."
You may recall that the fourth commandment of God's
law, as well as the first chapter of Genesis, tells us that God created
the heavens and earth in SIX literal days: "And God saw every thing that
he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning
were the SIXTH day" (Exodus 20:8-11; Genesis 1:31). And "So the heavens
and the earth were finished, and all the host of them" (Genesis. 2:1).
By comparing these creation narratives with Genesis 2:4, we find an apparent
contradiction: "These are the generations of the heaven and of the
earth when they were created, in THE DAY (Hebrew, yom, means one
day) that the Lord God made earth and heaven." God tells us He
created and finished the heavens and earth in SIX DAYS, yet please notice
that God calls that SIX-DAY unit of time "THE DAY" (Genesis 2:4).
Daniel 12 verse 11 reads: "And
from the time that the daily [ministry] is taken away, and the abomination
of desolation is set up, [there shall be] one thousand two hundred and
ninety days." Wondering if a one-day-equals-six-day "key" could unlock
the encoded number, 1290 was multiplied by SIX. This totaled 7740 (6 X
1290 = 7740).
With a math background from the
study of electronics, numerical repetition in the Bible had caught
my attention. And now, 7740--suddenly some familiar integers appeared.
At that moment I did not know what 7740 meant, but knew that God had finally
revealed the "key" because sevens and forties predominate throughout Scripture.
For example, the seven-day week, seven-year jubilee and the seven plagues.
. .; and you may recall the 40 days of Noah's rain, Moses' 40 days on Sinai,
Israel's 40 years in the wilderness, 40-day fast of Jesus, etceteras.
Perhaps you, too, have noticed the repetition of these noble numbers and
wondered:
Why did God put them there. The answer is simple: God
is obviously a mathematician and is trying to tell us something throughout
the Bible to substantiate His "end of time" revelation of the hidden
code--something concealed from the view of superficial readers. You should
now realize that somehow 7740 will identify the point in history when the
"daily" (sacrifice offered by earthly priests) is taken away and the abomination
that makes desolate established. Therefore, you must study the Scripture
with the goal of finding its significance.
Once discovered, I realized that
the subliminal message encoded in the Bible is quite astounding.
And this was about 25 years before Bible decoders, using computerized
equal-skip programs, discovered that another encoded message could be found
in God's law. God wants us to study His Word; He even commanded its public
display (Deuteronomy 27:2,8). In any language, His Bible reveals
simple truths like the Daniel 12 code and the identity of its Author that
may not be learned by complex computer analysis. And once you discover
who the Author of the code is, it should encourage you to study the literal
text of His magnificent book, the Holy Bible (John 5:39).
The SIX-day code is engraved by
God in the fourth of His eternal ten-commandment law (Exodus 20:8-11).
One researcher, Michael Drosnin, tells of his quest to find another code
in his second edition, Bible Code II--Countdown to Armageddon (In
that volume he meticulously refutes accusations of word manipulation).
His book says
another code can be found by opening two obelisks,
or monuments, of sapphire and lime stone, which are written in language
mankind can easily understand. Those who have studied the Bible
know God first engraved His 10-commandment law on two obelisks (monuments),
and wrote them again on the stones Moses prepared. Although
some archaeologists plan excavations of Palestine in search of the obelisks,
this is not necessary because they are easily found in your Bible
as you open God's monuments to His great law. It is His gift to mankind
and is preceded with: "I am the LORD your God..." and begins, "You shall
have no other gods before Me..." (Exodus 20: 2-17).
Drosnin's research tells how the
code on two obelisks reveals the Creator's identity, the One who designed
our DNA, which He gave as an inheritance for mankind. Truly, God is the
author of the complex genetic DNA spiral, with Adam being our original
template or model. Those reading Drosnin's
Bible Code II, published
by Viking Penguin in 2002, especially around pages 152 and 153, should
see the connection between our Creator and the Daniel 12 code.
The obelisks are only fulfilled
through love--God's law replaces about 35,000,000 man-made ordinances;
and the "Sabbath commandment" is the only part of his law that contains
the imbedded code because it alone identifies the great "I AM" as our Creator.
The LORD is also our law-giver who engraved these words in stone two
times: "For in SIX days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the
sea, and all that is in them..." (Exodus 20:11). And that same God
is the eternal Author of, not only our universe, but that imbedded code
that enhances our understanding of His great plan at the time of the end
(Daniel 12:4, 9, and see: Drosnin, pp 25, 31-36; 78).
Now, let us decipher the meaning
of the 7740 in our mathematical calculation. It will prove a humbling
experience as you learn the awesome identity of the LORD of the code: "All
things [including the Bible code] were made by Him; and without
Him was not anything made that was made" (John 1:3). Then, realize the
Majestic Creator's great mission: He became the ultimate sacrifice when
the Lord your God offered His life for you. This was the only remedy after
sin entered His immaculate universe. And unlocking the Daniel 12 code will
certainly clarify your understanding of His great plan to restore harmony
to His immense domain.
Christians have an advantage over skeptics in "unlocking" the code because they understand the significance of the first century--they know that through the blood Jesus shed from His side at Calvary, the symbolic-sacrificial-system of the "Old Testament" met fulfillment; that the temple curtain was torn from top to bottom symbolizing God's departure, and He allowed the Roman soldiers to destroy His temple. Please refer to the third chapter of Luke and count generations, starting with God the Father, and count straight through Christ's genealogical lineage that ends with God's Son, Jesus (The physician Luke knew Joseph was not Jesus' real father, so many believe he traces the blood lineage through Mary), you will see there are exactly 77 generations, the first part of our encoded number.
There is another way to calculate
this number that may be important because there is a figurative connection
between Enoch and Jesus as both were taken to heaven. Count generations
from Adam to Enoch, of whom it was written: "Enoch walked with God: and
he was not; for God took him" (Genesis 5:24). "And Enoch also, the seventh
from Adam, prophesied..." (Jude 1:14). As recorded, we know that there
are seven generations. Now, using the Hebrew method of counting that includes
both the first and last unit (see an example in Matthew 1:17), from Enoch
to Jesus, there are seventy more generations. Jesus also "walked
with God... [and] God took Him." Seven generations, plus 70 more, reaches
to Christ, again, the number 77.
That encoded number reaches to
the promised offspring of Adam whose heel would be bruised (it was pierced),
and who would bruise the serpent's head (Genesis 3:15). Interestingly,
archaeological findings show that some criminals were crucified with the
spike driven through their heel; also, as you read, you will learn that
Satan's head wound will ultimately be fatal.
In the Bible God uses sevens
and forties separately, so we will use them individually in interpreting
the 7740. Following this logic, let us study the 40 of our factored number.
God also uses the word "generation" for both genealogical lineage and 100-year
periods. Israel was in Egypt about 400 years and that period of time is
called four generations: "But in the fourth generation [century]
they shall come here again" (Genesis 15:13, 16).
Although there are theories
of evolutionary sequencing that traverse millions of years, to uncover
the timing of the
Bible, chronologists combine Biblical history
with known world events to estimate the "in the beginning" of creation
(Genesis 1:1). Considering a generation one-century, there are 40 centuries
(4,000 years) from the divine creation of Adam to the Divine Embryo created
in Mary's uterus nine months before His birth. A popular figure for Jesus'
birth is 03 B.C.; Jesus' humanity really began in the preceding Jewish
year as a living embryo in Mary's womb. This was shortly before John
the Baptist, in uteri six months, recognized the Messiah's embryonic presence
and leaped in his mother's womb (Luke 1:41-44). We might simplify Jesus'
humanity by suggesting that God implanted His Son as a Y chromosome in
the X chromosomes of Mary's artificially fertilized womb. Virgin births,
although uncommon, are not impossible today in surrogate mothers, but they
are not of divine origin.
Using negative
numbers for B.C., and the popular date of 4004 B.C. for the creation of
Genesis, Christ's conception may be expressed mathematically as:
- 4004 B.C. + 4000 years = - 04 B.C.; this is 40 centuries to the year
of Jesus' humanity.
Although hard to understand, Christ's
humanity is called the "mystery of godliness", when God identified himself
with us by becoming a human fetus, suffered the trauma of childbirth, and
thirty-three and one-half years of misunderstanding and abuse by those
He loved enough to experience death for (1 Timothy 3:16). Also, we will
detail later that another application of 40 centuries is when Jesus, our
Creator in human form, faced the wilderness temptations of Satan and was
victorious 40 centuries
after Adam succumbed to temptation and failed.
Additionally, count Matthew's patriarchal
genealogy through Joseph, and recorded in Matthew 1:1-16. Starting with
the divinely-promised birth of Isaac, the offspring of the aged Abraham
and Sarah: "And in your seed [offspring] shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice" (See Genesis 22:18;
and Galatians 3:16), to its accomplishment in the divinely conceived Jesus,
the "Son of David", there are 40 genealogical generations; that is, forty
generations from the son of Abraham to the Son of God (many believe Matthew
traces Jesus' "patriarchal" lineage).
The Daniel 12 prophecy says
the wicked will not understand; therefore, it is expected that many
will ridicule these most sacred revelations and distort my logic as they
"trample under their feet..." these simple yet significant truths
"and rip" (belittle) me (Matthew 7:6). Please give God's Word a chance
and continue to read: the Bible is a marvelous revelation of Christ,
the anticipated Messiah. All that is actually required to open the SIX-day
code is 77 generations from God the Creator to God the Redeemer and 40
centuries (generations) from the first Adam to, you might say, the
second, unfallen Adam, the prophesied Savior and Messiah born about
2,000 years ago (Jesus is called "the last Adam" in 1 Corinthians 15:45).
So the numeric prophecy of Daniel 12:11 factored to 7740 does not merely
point to a specific date in future or medieval history; instead, it illuminates
the first century. That is the most incredible event of eternity,
when the "LORD of the code", Christ the Messiah, would come to save this
doomed world through his substitutional death.
There are several religions that
wrongly classify Jesus as merely a faithful apostle or prophet. One alleged
prophetess says He actually remained alive in the grave. And a popular
religious book, revered by a billion people around the world, implies that
they
did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but they thought they did.
It further states there is no trinity, that God is but one God, and denies
that He could have a Son because His Heavenly Father would have saved Him;
yet the Mighty God must not interfere: He gave His son as a sacrificial
lamb for the slaughter; and must allow Jesus to perish, otherwise we
would all perish (Koran 4:157, 171-172; John 3:16).
Abraham is the father of the biblical
prophets and according to the Koran, you must obey them; if
revelations of subsequent "prophets" (which includes Mohammed) perfectly
match the sacred writings of God's prophets recorded in the Holy Scriptures,
then you may know God sent them (Koran 2:174-178; Deuteronomy 18:22).
Jesus said He would send
true prophets, and their words should be compared to His teachings; "By
their fruits you shall know them", He said (Matthew 7:15, 16; 23:24; Isaiah
8:20). God gave us prophets to foretell the future because: "Where there
is no vision, the people perish" (Proverbs 28:18).
The Koran tells followers
what to do, such as how many wives they may have or rocks to use in cleaning,
but it does not detail future events. The Bible prophets predict
the future; in fact, the book of Revelation mentions the word prophecy
seven
times, such as: "Blessed is he that reads and they that hear the words
of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein" (Ibid.
1:3).
In addition to sending us true
prophets, Jesus explicitly warns that false prophets and saviors would
come (Matthew 24:24). John the Beloved is one of God's prophets and writes,
"Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ" He is antichrist,
that denies the Father and the Son" (1 John 2:22). This conflicts with
the Koran. It classifies as infadels or unbelievers those who believe
that God [Jesus] is the Messiah, the son of Mary (Sura 5:17). Being
stigmatized as an
unbeliever carries the most serious condemnation
in the
Koran (Sura 9:73; 9:123).
The accuracy of the Old and New
Testaments are well established by extant manuscripts, and God's plan to
redeem mankind is confirmed throughout the Bible. And now, unfolding
the SIX-day code at the "end of the days" becomes one more significant
discovery to validate Christ's mission with even greater emphasis.
Another prophecy predicting Christ's
death is found in Daniel 9:27. This Messianic prophecy of the "Messiah
the Prince" is greatly misunderstood and often erroneously applied to a
future date, individual, and event. Now that the SIX-day code is revealed,
we know with certainty that it applied to Christ's great sacrifice for
mankind because, "the daily" mentioned in the 1290-day prophecy is "taken
away" at the cross when "He [Jesus] shall bring an end to sacrifice
and offering" (Daniel 9:27 quoted). We know that the pronoun "He" in
that verse refers to Jesus, the Messiah--not to a future "antichrist" as
falsely presented from many publications and pulpits today; because, the
antecedent, the "Messiah the Prince" (verses 25 and 26) who would be "cut
off [killed] but not for Himself", is Jesus the Son (Prince) of
God who was slain for us. Many witnesses saw Jesus' empty grave;
to silence their testimony the embarrassed priests paid large sums to the
Roman guards to say He was stolen from them--the truth is, Jesus is
risen, and forever intercedes for us in heaven (Matthew 28:12,13; Hebrews
7:24,25).
Paul embellishes Christ's mission
in his epistle to the Hebrews, noting that the Levitical priests offered
an imperfect sacrifice "daily"; but now, "we have [Jesus,] such
a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty
in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle
[in Heaven] which the Lord erected, and not man" (Hebrews 7:27; 8:1, 2).
Our heavenly Father's Son, "Michael,
Prince Emmanuel", meaning "like God", or "God with us", became "the Lamb
of God who takes away the sin of the world" (see Isaiah 7:14; 53:10; John
1:29). This means that Jesus (Joshua/Yeshiva in Hebrew meaning
"God saves") abolished the Levitical daily-sacrificial-system by offering
Himself as a ransom for mankind. Therefore, the old, or temporary Levitical
covenant established by Moses is terminated and we now operate under the
"original and eternal covenant"--the apostle Paul and King David call it
"the order of Melchizedek"; it was God speaking through David and
says: "You will be a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek"
(Psalms 110:4; Hebrews chapters four through seven).
Under a religious system in effect
before Abram was called of God, there was a king and priest of the
Most High called Melchizedek. Abraham paid tithes to him and Melchizedek
asked God's blessing upon Abraham (Genesis 14:18-20). Melchizedek's dual-system
of government modeled the perpetual legal system where God rules the universe
from eternity and forever. Jesus is the Supreme Prime Minister, who
"continues endlessly"--He heads the eternal and "unchangeable priesthood"
as King, High Priest, and God; that is, church and state combined under
one impeccable leadership (Hebrews 7:24). "And every creature which is
in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the
sea, and all that are in them, heard I [John] saying, Blessing, and
honor, and glory, and power [belong] unto him that sits upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb for ever and ever" (Revelation 5:3).
Jesus, our "unfallen ruler", must
accept our punishment and die for humanity, and by that sacrificial death,
the atypical sacrificial system of the Old Testament, with human priests,
found complete fulfillment when the "shadow met its "substance"--no longer
must we sacrifice animals for the remission for sins. The LORD God offered
the first and last blood sacrifices for us. The first sacrifice
in Eden was to clothe Adam and Eve with animal skins to cover their nakedness
(Genesis 3:21). That act symbolized the last sacrifice at Calvary,
when Jesus offered Himself a ransom for your "past sins" (Romans 3: 24-26,
Numbers 15:24-36). At the instant Jesus died on the cross the "daily" ministry
by Levitical priests, who "perpetually" offered sacrifices in our behalf,
was "taken away", or abolished (Daniel 9:27; Hebrews 7:27); but there is
more. The Daniel 12 code also reveals another important truth: At that
time of history (7740) the prophecy not only indicates the "daily is taken
away," but that "the abomination of desolation is set up
[i.e., established]" (Daniel 12: 11).
Jesus warned His disciples to flee
Jerusalem "When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place..." (Matthew 24:15;
Mark 13:14). A similar description is found in Luke, chapter 21: "And when
you shall see Jerusalem compassed [encircled] with [the] armies [of Rome],
then know that the desolation thereof is near"; Jerusalem would be "trodden
down by Gentiles" for many centuries until "the times of the Gentiles are
fulfilled" (Luke 21:20, 24).
At the time of Christ, the Abomination
of Desolation initially referred to ImperialRome. Previously Rome supported
the Jewish religion, but at that time of history (7740), they were "set
up" or established. They became the power that crucified Jesus, persecuted
God's people in the Coliseum, besieged and destroyed Jerusalem in
A.D. 70, and dispersed the Jews throughout the Roman slave market.
At the time of Christ, Imperial
Rome made a transition from a protective government supporting Judaism
(The restoration of that temple with Roman assistance was called "Herod's
Temple") to one that would persecute God's people, and later continued
this abuse under such titles as "The Holy Roman Empire", ruled by Papal
authority. According to the Bible, this system will ultimately be
destroyed by fire under the fifth plague (Daniel 7:11, 12; Revelation 16:10).
The next chapter is devoted to this most significant topic.
Are you beginning to understand the importance
of properly understanding the Daniel 12 code? Although some consider "Revelation"
a sealed book, its mysteries helped Christians understand and endure their
great trials throughout history; however, Daniel 12 is the only chapter
the Bible says is closed until our day; God concealed this prophecy
until the "end of the days" to not only warn us and help us correctly understand
Christ's mission, but to allow greater understanding for those facing unimaginable
trials as this period of history closes.
It was through God's providence
that Jesus controlled the elements, walked on water, healed disease, raised
the dead, and performed other miracles in the presence of skeptics. Those
acts of creative power proved Jesus' divine origin and authenticated His
mission, yet the prideful and self-sufficient attributed them to natural
causes, satanic delusion, or trickery; thus, they rejected Christ's ultimate
proof of His divine origin and redemptive mission and this sealed their
doom (Matthew 12:32).
Likewise, there is a class whose
senses are thrilled by esters of fragrance emitting from beautiful flowers,
and gaze in wonder at the amazing design of splendid creatures like the
peacock, or contemplate the metamorphose that forces stiffening catalysts
into the wings of the intricately painted butterfly, yet they do not realize
these mysteries are speaking of the Master Craftsman's skill and immense
love for humanity. This same class may also think the wonderful revelations
of the Bible and mathematical repetitions of the hidden code are
clever
manipulations or insignificant. They, too, are rejecting God's revelation
to a lost world, and are scorning the final appeal of heaven to mankind.
For this reason, I urge each reader to contemplate the significance of
the Daniel-12 code. It is unfolded for your benefit, to add emphasis
to neglected truths. Satan despises this message, yet it is essential to
prepare us for his final assaults; please do not underestimate the significance
of God's last-day revelation.
By unlocking the first part of the
code we see that the 7740 applied to the first century and illuminated
God's plan of
redemption. It is now obvious that the number 7740
and many of the other sevens and forties in the Bible pointed forward
to one event--God's great atonement to save us, the one rebellious planet
in His vast creation, but what about the other number? It is actually quite
easy to understand and illuminates God's plan of restoration--the
final end of the conflict between good and evil. This will close the celestial
controversy and terminate Lucifer's experiment with sin.
"Blessed is he who WAITS, and comes
to the 1335 days" (Daniel 12:12). The word "blessed" recalls to our
memory the eleven "blessings" of Christ's sermon on the mountain (Matthew
5:1-12). And especially the third one that reminds us of the restoration
of Eden: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth" (verse
5). That blessing forecasts the most significant time in the eons of God's
eternity when the controversy between good and evil is finished, and we
"come to the [blessings of the] 1335 days" and when "all these things shall
be finished" (Daniel 12:12,7). Multiplying 1335 by our SIX-day
code totals 8010 (1335 X 6 = 8010), another encrypted number.
Remember, in unfolding Daniel 12
we are dealing with 100-year generations, or centuries. Therefore, the
eightieth 100-year generation (80th century, or eighth millennium) from
the temptation and fall of man in Eden is truly what the "blessed"
have waited for. That is 1,000 years in the future when we literally inherit
the earth, Satan is destroyed, and we skip like calves on the ashes of
our accuser (this point will be covered in greater detail later). And further
in this chapter I have quoted part of the apocryphal writings of Enoch
to show that even before the Christian dispensation it was known that the
eighth millennium (80th century) starts a new eternity.
Now, let us discuss the TEN of
the factored number, 8010. Please note that there are ten (10) generations
from Adam to Noah--the one ransomed from among the destroyed generation.
This number signifies the redeemed from planet earth. You can understand
this when you see that the tenth (or tithe) has always represented God's
portion--that which He has reserved for Himself. And in Isaiah 6:13 we
are told that He will "not make a full end, but a tenth will return...
the Holy Seed" (Scripture uses "seed" to denote descendants).
The Bible often symbolizes
the resurrection of the saints to heaven as harvesting; for example, Jesus
said: "The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels"
(Matthew 13:39; Revelation 14:14-16). So, the tenth of the harvest, or
tithe that was returned to God is really pointing to the ten-percent (a
figurative number) of God's seed (children) harvested (resurrected) and
who will literally "inherit the earth." Another thought for your
consideration is, for us, the "end of the days" generation that watches
the closing conflict on earth, there will be ten generations (centuries),
or 1,000 more years to the rebirth of Eden and the beginning of our new
eternity; yes, it will be worth the WAIT.
One-thousand years after the saints
are resurrected to heaven, the redeemed, those who have WAITED for the
fulfillment of God's promises, will return, they "shall inherit the earth;
and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace" (Psalms 37:11;
Matthew. 5:5). Truly this is the culmination of the work of redemption--the
restoration and repopulating of earth to God's original design--when the
peace and perfection of Eden is renewed: "Blessed is he who WAITS,
and comes to the 1335 days [8010]" (Daniel 12:12). This, too, will be explained
in greater detail in other chapters.
Most Bible scholars apply the italicized "there
shall be" in the rendering of Daniel twelve in the K.J.V. Bible,
verse eleven, to centuries, days, or years, but these words are not
in the original manuscripts, but were added by translators. By searching
libraries and the Internet, you will also find many modern scholars looking
for significant
starting points to unlock Daniel 12. They juggle
dates to reach their different conclusions, but this is speculative because
Daniel 12 actually has no starting or ending times for the 1290
or 1335 days--they are just integers (whole numbers) waiting to be deciphered.
That is exactly as God would have it because these numbers give greater
end-time understanding when God's "six-day creation code" is understood.
And by accepting this, you will see the ultimate applications necessary
to understand the significant message of the Daniel 12 code: The identity
of the Abomination of Desolation, that Jesus is really the Messiah who
superseded the "daily" ministries of the Jewish priesthood, and the ultimate
time when the paradise of Eden is restored and the conflict between good
and evil ends. It is as if Daniel 12 is God's last plea for humanity
to remember His ultimate plan and blessings for us, while encouraging our
study of His Word to prepare us for future falsehoods; yes, we will be
talking about this in other chapters.
Did you notice that I previously emphasized WAITS by
capitalization? We humans have always exhibited impatience, especially
when it comes to God's promises. Jesus was asked by his anxious disciples:
"Are you to set up the kingdom at this time?" (Acts1:6). Even John the
Baptist grew tired of WAITING in prison and sent his disciples to ask Jesus:
"Are you the one, or are we to look for another?" (Luke 7:10). WAITING
is not our best talent; yet the prophecy says, "Blessed is he who WAITS."
There are numerous prophecies in the Bible of the total destruction
of earth, with the elements melting with fervent heat, atmosphere dissolving,
and no living person left alive. In spite of the redundancy of doom and
gloom, we are like the disciples who were discouraged by their Master's
crucifixion--they had hoped for a restored visible kingdom in Solomon's
splendor.
The majority of Christian denominations
now expect the world to be restored in our day and for Christ's earthly
1,000-year reign, but we are told to WAIT until the 80th century--"Blessed
is he who WAITS, and attains to the 8010" (Daniel 12:12). Others "spiritualize"
or rationalize away these texts showing the impending destruction of earth.
Their goal is the same; they make it appear that Messiah is soon to establish
His kingdom here for 1,000 years. They, too, choose not to WAIT. By not
WAITING, they will be ripe for deception when "he himself [Satan] sits
in the temple of God, showing himself to be God" (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12).
Jesus will actually rescue us from this destroyed planet when we are caught
up in the CLOUDS to meet him in the AIR and go to the mansion prepared
for us (see 1 Thessalonians 4:17 and John 14:1-4).
Daniel was also told to WAIT: "But
you, go your way till the end [your death]: for you shall rest [in the
grave] and will arise to your inheritance [in the resurrection of the righteous]
at the end of the days" (Daniel 12:13). This subject is also covered in
greater detail in another chapter. For now, remember that there is wisdom
in anticipating the resurrection and WAITING for the restoration of earth
and Christ's literal earthly reign at the beginning of the 8th millennium.
We can understand when the ultimate "end of the days" is--when everything is finished--by studying the answer to one angel's question: "How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?" (Daniel 12:6). The angel Gabriel had previously given an outline of world history occupying more than two chapters of Daniel. The historical sketch closes with the submission of "Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians..." (Once predominately Christian nations, they have submitted to the teachings of Mohammed); Moslems have planted a "palace [mosque] between the seas and the glorious holy mountain [Jerusalem]" (Daniel 11:43-45). Today, most of the land God gave Israel is occupied by others, and all of Daniel's historical prophecies have fulfilled; except "he shall come to his end [Armageddon], and no one will help him" (Daniel 11:43-45). The chapter "Will Israel Save the World?" discusses how Moslems conquered Christian and Jewish nations and their role when, after his brief reign, Lucifer is destroyed in the battle of Armageddon. For now, please note that the angel Gabriel says that two more events comprise the prophecy: "time, times and a half-time" and "the power of the holy people shall be completely shattered" (Daniel 12:7). Gabriel emphasizes that those events conclude his prophecies by saying: "all these things [all of his previously-stated predictions] shall be finished" (Ibid.).
Most Bible scholars
recognize the timed declaration as one-half of the number seven, where
time
(singular for one) plus times (plural for two) and one-half time
added together equals three and one-half (1 + 2 + ½ = 3½).
To understand this number, we must discover a few additional facts:
Please recall that God's eternal Ten-Commandment law mentions His six days
of creation plus one day of rest. Using God's eternal Law as a model, you
will observe that several other combinations of six plus one equals
seven are mentioned in the Bible, such as Leviticus 25:3 where
the Hebrews were commanded to till the soil for six years, then allow it
to remain fallow during the seventh (symbolizing our future sabbath rest,
the earth being un-worked during the seventh millennium). Also, Daniel
was familiar with "seven times", as Nebuchadnezzar became insane under
a sentence of seven times (Daniel 4). You may also remember that
Christ nobly entered Jerusalem on "Palm Sunday" and culminated His six-day
redemptive week by resting in the tomb on the Sabbath, the seventh day.
Another factor to consider is that symbolically we can stretch one day
as Peter does: "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one
day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one
day" (2 Peter 3:8). And a thousand year period is mentioned six times,
once in each verse of Revelation 20:2 thorough 7. Chronologists, like the
Irish Bishop, Usher, established creation at about October 23, 4004 B.C.
Dating from the fall of man to the restoration of earth (still 1,000
years in the future) there is 7,000 years. What does all this mean?
Please observe that Daniel's
life under Persian rule was located in the approximate MIDDLE of
SEVEN MILLENNIUMS. There are three and one-half thousand years from
creation to Daniel's era, and after this period, another three and one-half
millenniums (times) from Daniel to the end of the seventh millennium
(or beginning of the 8th millennium). This is about 1,000 years in the
future when "all these things shall be finished" (Daniel 12:7).
Because God uses round numbers in
Acts 7:6 and Genesis 15:13-16, compared with Galatians 3:17 and Exodus
12:40,41, I was content with the approximate figures, but continued
to search for the precise beginning and end of the time, times and half
time prophecy that "concludes everything." For several years, B.C.
474 appeared repeatedly in my calculations* displaying the central year
of the 7,000-year controversy on earth and the "boundaries" established
by God. Research was hampered while in the mission field and away
from our home library; then, on August 30, 2004, while studying significant
dates in the lengthy introduction to "Esther" in my wife's research Bible,
the correct application for that year was providentially discovered. The
Bible
records a universal death decree that fulfills the heavenly messenger's
declaration: "The power of the holy people shall be completely shattered"
(Hebrew, naphats: shattered, broken, scattered; Acts 17:6; Daniel
12:7). The wording does not suggest the "holy people will be annihilated,
but their "power" will be lost.
This happened about 60 years after
Daniel's vision when God's "holy people", "all the Jews, both young
and old...", faced a universal-death-law on Adar 13 of King Ahasuerus'
twelfth year (April 17, B.C. 474). That year the ignoble Haman forced a
decree to completely exterminate the Jews throughout the 2,000,000 miles
square (5,179,000 KM) Persian Empire, extending from India to Ethiopia
(Esther 3:1; 12, 13; Daniel 12:7). The narrative in "Esther" tells
how the "power" of the "holy people" was literally "scattered," or "broken"
until Mordecai's decree 70 days later on June 25, B.C. 474 authorizing
self
defense. It gave permission to utterly "destroy, kill, and annihilate"
the forces of those assaulting the Jews. Under Mordecai's decree their
"power" was completely restored, more than 75,000 of their enemies killed,
and many people of understanding "became Jews" (Esther 8:9,11,17;9:16).
The following chart shows that Haman's decree
marks that significant point in the center of the 7,000 year conflict between
the forces of good and evil on earth, dating from Adam's temptation** to
the re-creation of earth; also, B.C. 474 affirms the date of Adam's "fall",
and that date correlates remarkably with the forty centuries to the year
A.D. 27 when John the Baptist began his ministry and baptized Jesus: that
year was the "last Adam's" temptation and victory over Satan's enticements.
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A year for Armageddon and the resurrection is not included on this chart because, as explained later, these events are determined by fulfilled prophecies, "watch and be ready", and are not based on timing (Matthew 24:42, 50).
**The 30 years in this chart indicates that the inclusion of earth in the galactic drama between Lucifer and God began in Eden at the deduced date of 3974 B.C., 30 years after creation ( - 4004 + 30 = - 3974 B.C.). After forty centuries (generations) Jesus, "the last Adam", was victorious over temptation at about age 30 and resumed the lost dominion of "the first Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45; Luke 3:23). And the Levites also represented Jesus' ministry by their appointment to the priesthood at age 30 (Numbers 4:30). We may conclude that Adam and Eve met Satan thirty years after creation, precisely three and one-half millenniums before Haman's infamous decree, marking the beginning of the "fall" and degradation of earth. Therefore, the year 3974 initiates the elapsed time of 4,000 years (40 centuries/generations) from Adam's temptation and fall to Christ's wilderness temptation and victory ( - 3974 + 4000 + 1*** = 27 A.D.), and 3,500 years to Haman's infamous decree in 474 B.C. ( - 3974 + 3500 = - 474 B.C.).
The death-decree of Haman against God's people, and Pilate against our Savior, both occurred after three and one-half units of time. Haman's in B.C. 474; and Pilate's in A.D. 31, which was 3 ½ years after Christ's victory over Satan's wilderness enticements in A.D. 27--God gave His people victory through both of those events.
How appropriate that God permitted Haman's decree at the central point of the 7,000-year conflict on earth to expose Satan's hatred against the saints. Your adversary the devil knows he is condemned for stealing subjects from God's kingdom and would execute death decrees "daily" against the "holy people" except God especially intervenes in their behalf.
Knowledge of God's deliverance from Haman's death-law should revive our commitment to remain faithful to His commandments because of an increased appreciation of God's concern, love, goodness, and special care in our behalf. Said Jesus: "He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me will be loved of My Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him" (John 14:21).
***Use your calculator to confirm my figures. Remember that there is no year zero in chronological time, so one year must be added when crossing from negative years, B.C. (or B.C.E., for Before Common Era), to positive years, A.D. (or C.E., for Common Era).
If you are content with this chart, or mathematics frustrates you, then advance to the paragraph entitled: "THREE MORE EVENTS TO FULFILL."
Three and one-half millenniums (3,500 years) from Haman's decree extends to A.D. 3027; again, that closes the conflict on earth about 1,000 years in the future ( - 474 + 3500 + 1 = 3027 A.D.). This is the second-half of the 7,000-year portion of the cosmic conflict on earth, and 3,000 years after the beginning of Jesus' public ministry in A.D. 27 (27 + 3000 = 3027). The first 3,500 years of the conflict, from creation and after Adam's fall, to Haman's decree, can be calculated like this: - 4004 + 30 + 3500 = - 474 B.C.
These figures are authenticated by the well-known year of Jesus' baptism and confrontation with Satan in the autumn of A.D. 27, "in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar" (Luke 3:1, 2). Remember, Jesus is the one who abolished the eternal sacrifice, and His embryonic humanity began 40 generations (centuries, or 4,000 years), after the creation of Adam: ( - 4004 + 4000 = - 04 B.C.). Likewise, in A.D. 27, 40 centuries after Adam's fall, "the Spirit drove... [Jesus] into the wilderness... [to be] tempted of Satan", and Jesus earned the right to be our "second", or "unfallen" Adam ( - 3974 + 4000 + 1 = 27 A.D.; Mark 1:12, 13; 1 Corinthians 15:45). From Christ's temptation in A.D. 27, 3,000 years remain in the conflict, again, taking us to the year A.D. 3027, three and one-half millenniums after Haman's decree( 27 + 3000 = 3027 A.D.). The year of Jesus' humanity (conception) to His baptism and the beginning of His public ministry can likewise be expressed as: ( - 04 + 30 + 1 = 27 A.D.); again, that is the year of Christ's victory over sin, at the same age we have determined for Adam's failure. The year B.C. 4004 can also be used to locate Christ's victory over Satan's wilderness temptation by adding 40 centuries (4,000 years) to the inferred date of Adam's fall at age 30 as follows: ( - 4004 + 30 + 4000 + 1 = 27 A.D.).
*Perhaps these calculations have overwhelmed
you, or you are aware of alternative dates. I have no controversy
with those who contest my logic, and am quite content with approximate
(round) numbers, but God is all-knowing. We can confidently trust our Leader
because "He... has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds
of their habitation" (Acts 17:26; Genesis 1:14).
Although explained in greater detail in other chapters, for now we will briefly acknowledge three events fulfilling after Haman's decree and before, as the messenger state, "all these things shall be finished" (Daniel 12:7).
First: Michael the Great Prince
resurrecting "those who sleep in the dust of the earth" (both good
and evil) when the earth experiences "a time of trouble, such as there
never was since there was a nation..." (Daniel 12:1). Although some graves
opened during the earthquake at Christ's death on Friday, the dead did
not come forth until "AFTER His [Sunday] resurrection" from the
grave; this possibly included the repentant thief--Jesus promised him on
Friday ", you shall be with me in paradise" (Matthew 27:52; Luke 23:43).But
the general resurrection at our time of history that Jesus spoke of is
"the resurrection of life" and a few servants of Satan (that pierced Him--Revelation
1:7; Matthew 26:64)--“It [the grave] stirs up the dead for you [Lucifer]…”
(Isaiah 14:9). And the much larger "resurrection of damnation" is 1,000
years in the future (John 5:29; Revelation 1:7; 20: 3,4).
Second: Those "found written in
the book [of life] shall be delivered" (Daniel 12:1). The saints
were delivered after Haman's decree, and before the destruction of Jerusalem
in 70 A.D. They will also be saved after a death law during our time of
history and, once more 1,000 years in the future when Satan marshals the
wicked to destroy the saints in the Holy City that descends from heaven
(Revelation 13:15; 20:7,9).
Third: "The power of the holy people
has been shattered" (Daniel 12:7). As previously noted, this occurred by
Haman's decree. It also repeats when a death decree is passed before Armageddon,
and once more when Satan mobilizes the wicked to attack the saints 1,000
years in the future.
These episodes will end the controversy
between good and evil in A.D. 3027 when "the fulfillment of these wonders
shall be" and "the wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament...
forever and forever" (Daniel 12:3, 6).
These important events,
finding their ultimate fulfillment about 1,000 years in the future, are
emphasized two times in Daniel 12: by the time, times, and one-half
time prophecy and the "blessings" of the 1335 days (8010). When
it is "doubled... it is because the thing is established by God, and God
will shortly bring it to pass" (Genesis 41:32).
God does not want anyone to err
on understanding these final events closing the conflict between good and
evil and restoring peace to His universe. That is when Lucifer and
the resurrected wicked are destroyed (Ezekiel 28: 18, 19). And that act
closes the conflict between God and His rebellious angels, when sin and
sinners are eliminated from the cosmos (Other times-times-1/2
time prophecies repeat with related numbers throughout the Bible;
these also had a valid historical applications during the tribulation
and will be discussed in the next chapter.
We have discovered some astounding facts in Daniel 12. Most are not new, but merely forgotten truths waiting to be revived. The disciple Jude, possibly Christ's step-brother and who identifies himself as the brother of James, quotes from the apocryphal writings of Enoch as recorded in Jude 14. And fragments of Enoch were discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls and elsewhere. I will quote from this manuscript, not because this work is authoritative, but to emphasize that before the time of Christ it was taught that the earth would be restored after the passing of 7,000 years. This is how Enoch reads:
"And I blessed the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, on which He rested from all His works. And I appointed the eighth day also, that the eighth day should be the first-created after my work, and that the first seven revolve in the form of the seventh thousand, and that at the beginning of the eighth thousand [again, 1,000 years in the future] there should be a time of not-counting [without death and decay, time will loose its significance], endless with neither years nor months nor weeks nor days nor hours" (Secrets of Enoch, 32:4; 33:1; quoted from "The Lost Books of the Bible..." 1926, Alpha House, Inc. ISBN 0-529-03385-2).Similarly,Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons, France, indicates that this world will come to an end after six-thousand years. This quotation was written about A.D. 185:
"In as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded. . . . For the day of the Lord is as a thousand ... years: and in six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that they will come to an end at the sixth thousand year." Against Heresies, Book v. chap. xxviii. sect. 3.
Properly understood, Daniel 12 is an important augmentation to our knowledge. God wanted this revealed in the last days, as Daniel says: "I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 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" (Daniel 12:8-10).
So what can we look forward to in
the near future? As you now know, the final destruction of this planet
and a resurrection to heaven for 1,000 years (See John 14:1-4 and Revelation
20). I look forward to the voyage to heaven, and can WAIT for the earth
to enjoy its Sabbath rest, and after the seventh millennium, we can celebrate
eternity together in Eden restored on this re-created planet (Revelation
21).
Chapter 24 of Isaiah describes
the soon-coming last-day on our celestial globe and tells us the reason
for its demise: "The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, because
they have
transgressedthe laws, changed the ordinance,
broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured
the earth and those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants
of the earth are burned, and few men are left" (A few living saints will
survive the heat to participate in the resurrection of the righteous (verses
five and six quoted).
Man's law may change each time parliament sits or a judge rules, but God's law is unchangeable. Please observe that Isaiah said the earth is destroyed because of a change in law--this must certainly mean God's eternal Ten-Commandment law. A power did attempt to do this, and thought to CHANGE God's law dealing with TIME. This power is the same "abomination of desolation" that we just discovered in Daniel 12. It says, "And he [this power] shall intend [or think] to change TIMES and law..." (ch. 7:25). God said: Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, that is, transgressing, changing, or breaking, God's law causes the seven last plagues, and that subject is to be covered in another chapter. Perhaps you do not remember which of God's Commandments was changed that deals with TIME; discover for yourself by reading them in Exodus 20: 3-17 (Appendix).
I hope you have been blessed with a strengthened faith
in Jesus our Savior, and possess a greater understanding of God's control
of the destiny of earth as revealed in this study. But before we close
this chapter, there is another subject that needs discussing: A word of
caution to millennialists.
Millennial fever has inoculated many in our world
today and an anxiety plagues Christendom as some count years and set dates
for Christ's coming and Armageddon. This is as Satan would have it because,
as the dates pass uneventful, scoffers are emboldened to continue in transgression
and the embarrassed speculators loose faith in the Scripture--some are
lost to disappointment, skepticism, and unbelief. In anticipation of this,
in 1996 I wrote letters to some concerned individuals telling them that
an earlier figure of the seventh millennium,October22, 1996, would pass
uneventful. I repeated that admonition for Y2K; and again here, for your
benefit; because, Christ's second coming is not bound to specific dates
such as those beginning with creation, Adam's failure, or Jubilee-year
speculation.
I might suggest that certain events happening in the first century must repeat sequentially in our time. For example: Since Jesus was tempted in all ways as us (Hebrews 4:15). And at the age of 30 Jesus met Satan in the wilderness in 27 A.D., knowing that Haman's death decree was on April 17, one might be bold enough to suggest the saints will also meet Satan on April 17 of the year 2027 A.D., six millenniums after the inferred date of the Edenic fall. Then Jesus faced a death sentence in 31 A.D.--likewise, the saints must also meet a death decree (to be discussed in another chapter). Following this millennial logic, could a death decree be slated for 2031 A.D.? Then, probation closed for the Jews in 34 A.D. (discussed in chapter four) so, 2034 A.D. is a logical derivative for the close of man's probation; but there is more. Jerusalem was destroyed in A.D. 70--the fortieth Passover from Jesus' crucifixion--could this set the year 2070 as the time for Armageddon, which will also destroy Jerusalem and the world?
I stimulated others to deeper thoughts
with this millennium hypothesis in 1995, and it is as good as any one can
imagine, but IT IS NOT FACTUAL. There are some secrets that God will not
reveal: "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things
that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that
we may obey all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29).
Our duty is to trust God's faithfulness
and, through His enabling presence, obey all the words of His law
while preparing for Christ's coming. The year 2070 may very well pass uneventful;
it has NOT been given us to know the exact "times and seasons" (Acts 1:7).
As the guardian angels of earth are now allowing increased calamities,
our "hearts are failing us for fear." We just can not imagine that this
world will last much longer. And tomorrow you may carelessly
step from the curb as a truck approaches and, one might say, Instant
Armageddon!
Concerning theoretical dates for
Armageddon and Christ's coming, God is not bound by any specific dates
or times, as the author of Romans states: For He will finish the work
and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work
upon the earth (Romans 9:28). Jesus made several statements that
tell us His coming is not restricted to timing, but by events that God
controls: "He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come"; and, "when these
things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for
your redemption draws near" (Luke 21:28; Matthew 13, 14). Jesus could have
come before this if conditions had properly fulfilled; this means we must
"Watch therefore...." for "that day and hour knows no man, no, not the
angels of heaven, but my Father only" (Matthew 24:42; 24:36).
Therefore, my concerned brothers
and sisters, this side of heaven nobody knows exactly where to date
Armageddon or the resurrection, and our mathematical calculations only
reveal the timing of the overall controversy; they are worthless for predicting
the exact time of "dooms day." It is a definite fact that Jesus is
coming, and sooner than we might suspect; meanwhile, He has given us a
work to do. Like Noah, the "preacher of righteousness", we must share biblical
truths and warnings, while watching; because, we will see Jesus' return
when we do not expect Him (2 Peter 2:5; Matthew 24:44). So please
do not become weary of God's apparent delay; He has not forgotten us. And,
above all, remain faithful while watching and praying to be kept for that
coming.
The one thing you can know for
certain, though, is time is running out. God wanted the SIX-day code unfolded
at the "end of the days" to prepare
His people to receive vital truths occurring before
He returns. And just the fact that the Daniel 12 code is revealed tells
us we are living at "the time of the end" (Daniel 12:4, 9).
Thank you for reading this chapter, and I hope it has not left you confused. Some parts of the Bible are easy to understand; for example, Habakkuk speaks of the Lord's second coming with visible "rays of light flashing from His palms" (Habakkuk 3:4, margin: side,). And Zechariah describes our looking on "Him whom they have pierced" (ch. 12:10). This means we will plainly see the wounds Jesus received at Calvary. But it takes a "deciphered" interpretation to understand that Eve's being given to Adam by a wound in his side at creation, really revealed God's remedy for sin before the fall, as the Messiah, Jesus Christ, would receive His people through the blood He spilled from his side on the cross: "He was wounded for our transgressions.... He was cut off [killed] from the land of the living; for the transgressions of My people He was stricken. And they made His grave... at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth", and, "I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore..." (Isaiah 53:5; 8, 9; Revelation 1: 18).
Much that Christ taught was confusing
to the people because He spoke in "encrypted" or symbolic language. He
acknowledged the unbelief of these listeners and commented: "The words
that I am speaking to you are spirit and life" (John 6:63). The religious
leaders were inclined to be teaches of the Word and, although the insignificant
carpenter from Nazareth pointedly told the truth, they thought themselves
above receiving religious instruction. Likewise, we must wisely evaluate
our biased education and motives, and avoid the mistakes of those who rejected
the very truths that would have been a "savor of life unto life" (2 Corinthians
2:16). Because some of the events foretold in Daniel 12 undoubtedly conflict
with what you have been taught, please make them a subject of deep contemplation
and prayer because "the wise will understand."
GOD IS OUR CREATOR
The proper understanding of Daniel 12 requires a belief in God as our Creator and faith in Bible chronology. The following photographs were taken by my wife, Tish, and me. The first photo is from the Griffith Observatory in the Los Angeles area. The others at the CreationEvidencesMuseum in DinosaurPark near Glen Rose, Texas; they are used with permission from Dr. Carl Baugh. You will find that this evidence sustains the flood and biblical creation.
The following photo shows me looking
at an ammonia solution under vacuum at an older display in Griffith Observatory,
Los Angeles (That chamber has been replaced by a cosmic-ray animation).
This impressive apparatus allowed one to see visible evidence of cosmic-ray
penetration to the surface of earth. Called a Cosmic Ray Cloud Chamber,
small bursts of vapor appeared on the surface of the ammonia about every
two seconds as tracers from cosmic-ray bombardment.
Today, the volume of water in our oceans
would cover a perfectly spherical earth to a depth greater than 6,000 feet
(2,000 meters). The Bible says: "The Spirit of God was hovering
over the face of the [pre-existing] waters." "And God made the atmosphere,
and divided the waters which were under the atmosphere from the waters
which were above the atmosphere; and it was so" (Genesis 1:2, 6). On the
new earth all will be restored as John says: "There was no more sea" (Revelation
21:1). With a tremendous volume of water again encircling the earth, like
a huge green house, we will be protected from harsh radiation, including
cosmic-ray bombardment. "And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
[diffused] light [of the sun] shall not be clear, [or] dark. ...at evening
time it shall be light" (Zechariah 14:6, 7).
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I am standing next to the large skull of a bison. Evolution attempts to establish a higher order of beings with the passage of time, yet this bison would have stood over three meters (10 ft.) tall at the shoulders. They have discovered shells called ammonites which were two meters (6 ft.) tall, and the height of reeds that grow next to ponds 18 meters (60 ft.), with seed pods (cat tails) of three meters (10 ft.) length. Obviously, creation has undergone decay since Eden. |
This petrified finger belonged to a "prehistoric" human, and was found in cretaceous limestone. It is broken short of the middle joint, and measures 7.6 cm (3 in.). At full length it would measure about 15 cm (6 inches). Excavations of this limestone also revealed a child's tooth and human hair. |
We photographed this dinosaur footprint
in cretaceous limestone on the banks of the PaluxyRiver. It is approximately
30 cm (one ft.) across, and located with similar tracks. Early excavations
in this area revealed human footprints inside the dinosaur tracks
leading to rumors that the human prints had claws--later excavations uncovered
human foot prints up to 64 cm long (25 inches) next to the dinosaur
prints--this discounted the rumors.
A human hand print was also uncovered. The term cretaceous means that dinosaurs occupy that period of geological history. Human prints contemporary with dinosaurs contradict modern evolution theories because mankind was not to evolve for another 75 to 100 million years. |
This is one of many human footprints contemporary with dinosaurs taken from the PaluxyRiver located in DinosaurPark near Glen Rose, Texas. It is contrasted with my sandaled foot, and exceeds 45 cm (18 in.) in length.The cross sectional cuts allowed compression studies, and indicated that it was probably a woman's footprint. Estimates of this woman's stature are approximately 305 cm (10 ft.) and 454 kg (1,000 lbs.). Several strata of human prints with dinosaur prints have been excavated in this park. According to Dr. Carl Baugh, the archeologist who coordinated the excavations, these strata were laid down during the first few days of Noah's flood when water levels were low enough to allow daily tidal changes to form layers of mud so fleeing creatures could seek higher ground--the upper strata showed no prints because the flood waters were too high. |
This interesting photograph is of a hammer found in similar strata. Its iron head and wooden handle are solidified in sandstone. Metallurgical studies show that it was constructed of a type of iron that could not have been made under present atmospheric conditions. It is believed that before the flood our atmosphere was compressed to approximately twice its current density and no ultraviolet radiation. |
Doctor Hilton Hinderliter of Apollo
Campus, Pennsylvania State University, studied the evidence presented at
the Glen Rose, Texas, excavations and stated: "I would have to say that
the belief in evolution is in a state of terminal illness but its death
will only be admitted by a new generation of scientists whose minds have
not been prejudiced by the type of education now prevalent in the nation's
public schools, an education which starts with the belief that evolution
has happened, which interprets all evidence according to that faith and
which simply discards any evidence which cannot be fitted into the evolutionary
framework' (Quoted with permission from
Dinosaurs by Dr. Carl E.
Baugh, 1987. Promise Publishing Co., Orange, CA92667).
The Bible speaks of these
majestic people who lived in Noah's day. Of them it is said: "For since
the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead,
so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they
did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their
thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise,
they became fools..., who exchanged the truth of God for the lie" (Romans
1:20-22, 25).
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