2023: Beginning of Prophetic Chaos?
2023:
Beginning
of
Prophetic Chaos?
The Coming Apocalypse
The Bible warns the coming “Apocalypse” will last exactly 7 prophetic years (2,520 days) from “Start to Finish” … during which almost all Mankind will be utterly destroyed.
Jesus Christ warns …
“For then there will be Great Tribulation,
such as has not been
since the beginning of the world until this time,
no, nor ever shall be.
And unless those days were shortened,
no human being (flesh) would be saved”
(Matthew 24:21-22)
The prophet Daniel was told …
“And he (the angel) said,
“Go your way, Daniel,
for the words are closed up and sealed
UNTIL the Time of the End …
and NONE of the wicked will understand,
But the wise WILL understand.”
(Daniel 12:9-10)
Even Isaac Newton wrote …
Sir Isaac Newton (who wrote more concerning Bible Prophecy than he did about Science and Mathematics combined) came to the following conclusion …
“About the time of the end,
a body of men will be raised up
who will turn their attention to
the prophecies of the Bible
and insist on their literal interpretation
in the midst of much clamor
and opposition.”
– Sir Isaac Newton –
(1643-1727 A.D.)
WHEN will the “Apocalypse” take place?
Over many years a number of Prophetic Forecast Time-Lines and Models concerning the “End-Times” (also called “The Great Tribulation,” “The Day of the Lord,” “The Apocalypse,” “The 70th Week (7 years) of Daniel,” and “The Time of Israel’s/Jacob’s Trouble”) have been presented which have all been based on valid Scriptural possibilities.
Most of the prophetic Time-Lines we will list below represent the year which would mark the END of the coming 7-Year Apocalypse (also called the Tribulation/Great Tribulation period) when Messiah (Jesus Christ) will return to fully restore the Earth and to rule over Israel (and the whole World” as these following prophecies of His Return describe …
“Behold!
He (Jesus Christ) is coming with clouds,
And every eye will see Him,
Even they who pierced Him.
And all the tribes of the Earth
will mourn because of Him …”
(Revelation 1:7)
“Behold!
The Lord comes with ten thousands (millions) of His saints,
to execute judgment on all,
to convict all who are ungodly among them
of all their ungodly deeds
which they have committed in an ungodly way,
and of all the harsh things
which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.’”
(Jude 1:14-15)
“For behold, the LORD will come with fire and with His chariots,
like a whirlwind (a global hurricane of fire),
to render His anger with fury,
and His rebuke with flames of fire.
For by fire and by His sword
the LORD will judge all flesh;
And the slain of the LORD shall be many.”
(Isaiah 66:15-16)
“Now I saw Heaven opened,
And behold, a white horse.
And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
His eyes were like a flame of fire,
and on His head were many crowns.
He had a Name written that no one knew except Himself.
He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood,
and His Name is called The Word of God.
And the armies in Heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean,
followed Him on white horses.
Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword,
that with it He should strike the nations.
And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron.
He Himself treads the winepress
of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
And He has on His robe and on His thigh a Name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”
(Revelation 19:11-16)
Prophetic Time-Line Estimates
Below is a list of prophetic Time-Line estimates which have been presented and studied over the years. Since the Bible warns the coming Tribulation Period (Apocalypse) will last 7 Years, we will include both the “START” and the “END” years (AD), when applicable:
2000 – 2075 Range: The 6000 Year (“7th Day” from Creation) prophecy which the early Church fathers and Jewish leaders both agreed upon)
1981 – 1988: Based on Israel’s return as a nation + 40 years as in the Wilderness
2011 – 2018: Based on Israel’s return as a nation + 70 years for a generation (Psalm 90:10))
2023 – 2030: Based on a recent study using the Ezekiel 4 “Days of Judgment” prophecy (a video link will be provided below to walk through this interesting prophetic study and interpretation)
2023 – 2037: Based on Jerusalem becoming re-united as Israel’s Capital + 70 years and then allowing an additional 7 Years for the Russia/Magog attack and invasion of Israel (Ezekiel 38-39). This is also based on the possibility the “7 Seal Judgments” found in the book of Revelation are a 7-year prelude to the final 7-Year Apocalypse as detailed in the “Scroll” itself
2027 – 2037: Also based on Jerusalem as above, but this time adding 3.5 years as a prelude to the final 7-Year Apocalypse as detailed in the “Scroll” itself for the Russia/Magog War (which could fit into the Jewish “10 Days of Awe” model as found in the Jewish “Fall Feasts”)
2030 – 2037: Based on Jerusalem becoming re-united as Israel’s Capital + 70 years
2061 – 2068: Based on Israel’s return as a nation + 120 years for a generation (Genesis 6:3)
2081 – 2087: Based on Jerusalem becoming re-united as Israel’s Capital + 120 years
According to the book of Daniel (and Sir Isaac Newton) “knowledge” concerning these things will “increase” as we approach the coming “Apocalypse” and we will be able to fine tune our estimates as we see those Signs the Bible warns we would be given to prepare (and protect) all who will take the Bible seriously during the Generation of the coming (and terrible) Apocalypse.
As we move closer to the coming prophetic climax to all human history (as we now know it) we eliminated those prophetic forecasts or models above which were based on Israel’s prophetic return as a Nation (in 1948), rather than Jerusalem’s prophetic return as Israel’s Capital (called God’s Holy City) in 1967, which may have more prophetic support as the “trigger” event …
“Seventy weeks (of years) are determined upon thy people
AND upon thy Holy City (Jerusalem),
to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins,
and to make reconciliation for iniquity,
and to bring in everlasting righteousness,
and to seal up the vision and prophecy,
and to anoint the most Holy.”
(Daniel 9:24)
Note that the “Nation” of Israel is not mentioned here … only Jerusalem, “Thy Holy City.”
Also, the FIRST “69 (62 + 7) Weeks” of this prophecy were precisely fulfilled when Messiah (Jesus Christ) was “revealed” on Palm Sunday exactly when the Bible said He would be … and the Nation Israel DID fulfill a remarkable Bible Prophecy when it became a nation once again in 1948 (prophecy links below).
WILL YEAR 2023 BE PROPHETICALLY SIGNIFICANT?!?!?
As noted above, 2023 IS the next year that falls within the current Scripturally-based “Forecasts” or “Models,” and as with all, should be taken seriously, especially as we see so many prophetic “Warning Signs” now converging in today’s Generation.
Here are some of the prophetic warning signs the Bible warns we are to watch for:
- Israel back in her Land … (The clock started in 1948!!!)
- Jerusalem reunited with Israel as her Capital (fulfilled in 1967)
- A Russia & Iran Alliance (A coming prophetic War of the Ages)
- Troubles in Gaza!! (Gaza is linked to the ‘Apocalypse’)
- A Generation marked by “Violence and Immorality”
- A Generation marked by “Lying and Deceiving”
- A Generation marked by “Lawlessness”
- Wars and Rumors of Wars
- Ethnic Tension and Brutal Ethnic Wars … increasing!
- Deadly Diseases Spreading
- Strong Earthquakes Around the World
- Global Weather Extremes (Heat, Cold, Historic Storms)
- Knowledge and Travel Increase (unlike any other time)
- Churches No Longer Teaching Sound Doctrine
- Hatred and Violence Against Bible-Believing Christians
- China Rising in Power (will Destroy 1/3 of all Mankind)
- Push for a One-World Economy & Government
- Syria in the News (utter destruction lies ahead)
- Roman Religion and (Unholy) Roman Empire Rising
- Peace Plan for Israel (the 7-Yrs begin the day it’s signed!)
- Jerusalem a “cup of trembling”! (Armageddon will be fought over Jerusalem!)
Jesus Christ then warns:
“When you SEE these things,
Know that it is NEAR – –
AT THE DOOR!!”
(Mark 13:29)
Yet, the Bible also warns people around the World will just yawn, scoff at, and ignore these prophetic warnings of the coming global catastrophe sometimes called the “Apocalypse.”
Our Escape
We are told all those who sincerely believe in Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah, and humbly wait for Him in love and faith, are not “appointed” to go through the coming ‘Apocalypse’ which will one day engulf the whole world …
“And to wait for His Son from Heaven,
whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus (Yeshua),
who delivers us FROM the wrath to come.”
(1 Thessalonians 1:10)
The Scriptures warn us Jesus Christ will return . . . TWICE:
First, “As a thief in the night” . . . FOR those who waited in faith
Second, “Every eye shall see” . . . WITH those who waited in faith
A Few “Rapture” Prophecies:
“Behold, I tell you a mystery:
We shall not all sleep (die a bodily death),
but we shall all be changed
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trumpet.
(See the “trumpet of gathering” Numbers 10:11-14)
For the trumpet will sound,
and the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we shall be changed.”
(1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
“For the Lord Himself
will descend from Heaven with a shout,
with the voice of an archangel,
and with the trumpet of God.
And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up (raptured) together
with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air.
And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
(1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
“Come, MY people,
enter your chambers,
and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment,
until the indignation (the great Tribulation) is past.
For behold, the LORD comes out of His place
to punish the inhabitants of the Earth
for their iniquity (the coming Apocalypse)”
(Isaiah 26:20 – 21)
“Seek the LORD,
all you meek of the Earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness,
Seek humility.
It may be that you will be hidden
in the Day of the LORD’S anger.” (The coming Apocalypse)
(Zephaniah 2:3)
“Because you have kept
My command to persevere,
I also will keep you from the hour of trial
which shall come upon the whole World,
to test those who dwell on the Earth.”
“Behold, I come quickly (suddenly)!”
(Revelation 3:10-11)
“But of that day and hour no one knows,
no, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.”
(Matthew 24:36)
“Then two men will be in the field:
One will be taken and the other left.
Two women will be grinding at the mill:
One will be taken and the other left.”
“WATCH therefore, for you do not know
what hour your Lord is coming.”
(Matthew 24:40-42)
At this point there may be some of you saying …
“Okay, so, WHAT DO I DO NOW?!?!?”
First of all, here is one thing Jesus Christ commands us all to do …
“WATCH therefore, (learn the signs we are to watch for)
and pray ALWAYS
that you may be
counted worthy to ESCAPE
all these things
that WILL come to pass . . .”
(Luke 21:36) (It’s through faith in HIS “worthiness” and not ours!!!)
The Bible warns us to “examine” ourselves, and below is an imperfect description of those who will escape the coming “Apocalypse” … and those who will be left trapped in it.
To simplify things, let’s try to divide all of the people in the world into four groups:
- Those who sincerely believe and trust in Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah. All those (both Jew and Gentile) who believe Jesus Christ willingly and lovingly suffered and died upon the Cross for all of our sins, was buried, and then rose again the third day (1 Corinthians 15). Those who have sincerely accepted Him as their Lord and Savior (who saves us from our sins and from Hell). The Bible also promises all those who are “eagerly awaiting” His return in faith will be “counted worthy to escape” (be removed or raptured from) the coming Apocalypse.
- Those who call themselves Christians, but don’t really believe these things, and have no real faith in Jesus, God, or the Bible. Those who don’t believe they will need a Savior to get into Heaven. Those who have never willingly opened the door of their hearts to invite Jesus into their lives and receive Him as their Lord and Savior. Those who don’t believe, or take the Bible (or Christ’s return) seriously, and will not be ready to go with Him when He returns suddenly, “as a thief in the night.” For the Bible warns that no regular church attendance or crosses around our necks can ever save us without Godly repentance (acknowledging and turning away from our sins) and placing all of our faith and trust in Jesus Christ’s completed work on the Cross, where He demonstrated His perfect love for us.
- Those who do NOT believe, and who ridicule, scoff at, or despise those who do. Those who deny Jesus as Lord and willfully reject His loving offer of forgiveness and His freely offered gift of eternal life in Heaven. Those who think all of this Bible stuff is just plain crazy. These will not escape, but will enter into “The Day of the Lord” … the coming Apocalypse.
- Those children of Jacob (Israel) who have not yet accepted Yeshua (Jesus) as their promised Messiah have a clear prophetic destiny. Watch Israel. Israel is God’s timepiece in Bible prophecy, and all the prophecies of the coming ‘Apocalypse’ revolve around the tiny nation of Israel … the only nation which God calls His own.
It appears that only those believers in Group 1 will be “Raptured,” (or go to Heaven if our bodily death comes first) and thus be safely removed and hidden before the coming Apocalypse. Many churches, pulpits, synagogues, and pews will still be filled. Many people will be left behind.
Note of interest: The Bible warns of a coming World Leader who will be revealed sometime soon after the Rapture. This coming world leader has been given many names and titles in the Bible, both in the Old and the New Testaments … one of his ‘titles’ is the “Antichrist.”
There are some who feel this coming world leader may even powerfully convince those who are left on Earth after the Rapture that this missing segment of global population was kidnapped or removed by a much different kind of “alien” force.
IS 2023 THE YEAR IT MIGHT BEGIN????
Nobody knows for sure, and we are just doing the best we can to present what the Bible says concerning these things in order to help warn and prepare others for what now lies ahead.
Two of the Forecasts/Models above show 2023 may be a prophetically significant year.
The Bible DOES warn Jesus will return for those who are to be protected and sheltered from the coming Apocalypse/Tribulation at a time when WE LEAST EXPECT IT … “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye!!!” … and, we are told to be “eagerly awaiting His return” (it’s called our “blessed hope”).
So, let’s end this study with those words of warning which Jesus Christ has spoken to warn and prepare all who will simply love, believe, and trust in God’s Word …
“When you SEE these things,
Know that it is NEAR – –
AT THE DOOR!!”
(Mark 13:29)
Grace and Shalom
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