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Table of Contents: It's About Time
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Table of Contents
List of Time Charts xv
Introduction xvii
CHAPTER ONE 1
GOD'S PLAN IS FOUND IN HIS WORD 1
Jesus Christ Has Testified to the Inspiration of All Scripture 1
The Power of God's Word 2
For Israel, the Rejection of God's Word Is Always Catastrophic 4
The Word of the Lord Is Perfect 6
CHAPTER TWO 9
GOD'S CYCLES OF TIME 9
The Measuring of the Passing of Time 9
Daily Earth Cycle 9
Biblical Divisions of Time 10
The Year Cycle 11
The Prophetic Year 12
The Lunar Year 13
The Sabbath Cycle of Seven Days 14
The Sabbatical Year, a Cycle of Seven Years 15
The Jubilee Cycle of Fifty Years 17
The Various Uses of the Symbolic Horn Found in Scripture 20
The Trumpet in the New Testament 22
The Land Belongs to God 22
Jesus Christ, the Center of All Prophecy 23
CHAPTER THREE 27
GOD'S PLAN FOR THE AGES 27
God's Plan 27
A Generation Defined 28
Key Dates and Facts 29
The Thousand Generations of the Covenant Keeper 29
The 1000 Generations 30
Time Gaps 33
The Sign of the Altar of the Lord in Egypt 37
One Remarkable Generation 38
Dealing with Round Numbers Such as 10, 100, 1000, and 10,000 39
How to Number Our Days 39
God's Pattern for the Ages 42
Symbolism of Seven and Eight 43
Circumcision as a Sign of the Covenant 43
The 7 Days of Consecration and Sanctification 44
The 8th Day 44
The Leper (Symbolically Sinful Israel) 45
On the 8th Day, the Priest (A Type of Jesus Christ) 46
Presented Him (Cleansed Israel) to the Lord 46
CHAPTER FOUR 49
GOD WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF A LAMB 49
God Commanded Abraham to Offer up Isaac 49
God Intervened and Provided the Ram 49
Jesus Christ is Typified as the Passover Lamb 51
When the Male Lamb is Full Grown, it Becomes a Mighty Ram 51
Incomplete 50 Year Generation 51
Symbolically the Figures of the Lamb and the Ram Refer to Jesus Christ 51
Two Very Important and Yet Different Word Pictures 51
Lowly and Meek Lamb of God, Which is Associated with the First Coming 51
A Mighty Ram, Associated with the Second Coming 51
The Ram's Horn or Showphar is Also a Symbol of the Messiah 51
As He Rules over His People Israel in Power and Strength 51
CHAPTER FIVE 53
THE BIBLICAL CALENDAR SYSTEM 53
The 6000 Years or 120 Generations of 50 Years Each 54
God's Plan of the Ages in Profile 54
10,957 B.C. as the Beginning of God's Prophetic Time 54
God's Commandments to Adam and Eve 55
God First Prophecy of the Coming of Jesus Christ 56
This Prophecy Began God's Plan of Redemption in the Year 10,957 B.C. 56
Prophetic Time Begins 56
Bible Chronology 57
Ussher's chronology 57
10,980 B.C. as the Year of Creation 57
The Chronology from Creation to the Flood (6023 Years) 58
A calendar system that is universally accepted. 58
The Old Testament Patriarchal Calendar System 58
A Typical Example of the Patriarchal Calendar System 59
The Calendar Reference System 60
The Calendar Reference Patriarchs 61
Transition to Full Life Reference Patriarchs 62
Noah Was the Reference Patriarch for the 600 Years Before the Flood 65
The Generations of Shem 65
The Generations of Terah 67
The Counting of Time from Creation to the Flood 70
The Counting of Time from the Flood to Abraham 71
Establishing the Birth Date of Abram 72
From the Birth of Abraham in 2167 B.C. to the Birth of Jesus Christ in 7 B.C. 75
There Are 3 Sets of 720 Years or 2160 Years 75
The Exodus in 1447 B.C. to the Birth of Jesus Christ in 7 B.C. 76
There Are 3 Sets of Time Periods of 480 Years Each or a Total of 1440 Years 77
From the Exodus in 1447 B.C. to the Birth of Jesus Christ in 7 BC. 77
The Hebrew Word, "Yalad" and Hebrew Phrase "Qara Shem" 77
CHAPTER SIX 83
AN OVERVIEW OF GOD'S PLAN 83
The Central Theme and Person of All Prophecy is Jesus Christ 83
The Key to Unlocking Prophetic Time Matthew 1:17 83
42 Generations 83
Jesus Christ Never Completed the 50 Years of His Generation 84
12 Prophetic Years 84
The Prophetic Time Clock of Israel Stopped 84
The Church Age Will Close When Jesus Christ Returns 85
The Counting of Prophetic Time Will Resume 85
Prophecies of Daniel and Ezekiel 85
2590 Years of Punishment 86
The Great Transformation 86
The Jewish Nation, Once Cut Off, Will Be Grafted Back 86
CHAPTER SEVEN 89
THE CENTER PIECE OF GOD'S PLAN 89
The 42 Generations of Matthew 89
Old Testament Scripture Foretold the Birth of Jesus Christ 89
Jesus Christ Presented as the Son of God 89
Jesus Christ Presented as a Son of David 89
Old Testament Prophecies Concerning His Second Coming 90
As the Lion of the Tribe of Judah 90
The 42 Generations Recorded in Matthew 1:17 90
Reveals Part of God's Timetable 90
Unlock the Structure and Pattern of His Plan 90
God Has Appointed Specific Lengths of Time for Each of the Ages 90
Abraham to Jesus Christ 91
Where Is Everybody? 91
Why Did God Chose 3 Sets of 14 Generations or 42 Generations 91
The Jubilee Was a Time Cycle of Seven Sabbatical Years Plus One Year 92
The Year of Jubilee Also the Year of the Ram's Horn 92
Defining a Generation 92
Key Dates 93
The 2100 Year Cycle 94
The 700 Year Cycle 95
The 25,200 Year Grand Cycle 95
Precession of the Equinoxes 95
25,200 Years Was the Duration of the Original Perfect Precession Cycle 95
Another Perfect Cycle of the 360 Day Year (Prophetic Year, See Page 10) 95
Mazzaroth, a Hebrew Word Referring to the 12 Signs of the Zodiac 95
Aries the Age of the Ram 96
Pisces the Age of the Two Fish 97
Aquarius the Age of the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit 97
Jesus Christ the Alpha and Omega 98
The Birth of Jesus Christ in 7 B.C. 98
Herod's Own Death Can Be Accurately Dated to 4 B.C. 99
The Star That the Magi Followed 99
7 B.C. is Also a Year of the Ram's Horn or a Jubilee Year. 100
God Uses 50 Year Cycles of Time 100
The Birth of Jesus Christ is the Center the of Ages 101
A Question to Ponder 102
Jesus Said "This Generation Shall Not Pass Until All Be Fulfilled" 103
CHAPTER EIGHT 105
THE PLIGHT OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL 105
Israel Nationally Rejected God, His Word and His Son 105
He Rejected Them and Set Them Aside 105
The Jews Must Nationally Acknowledge Their Sin and Seek the Lord 105
The Key Word "Then" in Exodus 19:5 and Deuteronomy 30:3 106
My People or Not My People 108
The Two Nations Forsaken 110
Israel, the Northern Kingdom 110
Judah, the Southern Kingdom 111
When Dealing with Both Kingdoms, God Sent "Spoilers" 111
He Will Cause the Jews to Come out from Their Graves (Gentile Nations) 112
The Prophesied Return to Jerusalem 113
God Would Appoint Cyrus to be King 113
The Return to Jerusalem Realized 114
Cyrus Granted Full Permission to the Jewish Exiles in His Kingdom to Return 114
Only a Small Remnant, Approximately 50,000 Jews, Choose to Return 114
They Remained a Vassal State of the Persian Empire 114
The Lineage of David Was Still in Authority 114
The High Priestly Line of Aaron (Exod 29:9,29; Num. 18:8) Was Also Preserved 115
The Jews Resumed the Daily Service and Observed the Feasts of the Lord 115
Their Neglect in Rebuilding the Temple Had Very Serious Consequences 115
God Tells the Jews They Must Start to Build His Temple 116
One Act of National Obedience Marks a Turning Point 117
The Lord Instructed Haggai to Speak to All the Remnant of Judah. 117
Events That Will Precede the Coming of the Messiah. 118
The "Desired of All Nations" is a Title for Jesus Christ 119
A Coming Greater Glory (Jesus Christ) Will Fill the Second Temple 120
God Rejected Jewish Temple Worship for 15 Years Because of Disobedience 120
The Temple Foundation is Laid 121
The Completion of the Second Temple Construction 122
The Ark and the Shekinah Glory Did Not Return to the Second Temple 122
The Holy Seed 123
Terrible Report of Intermarriages 124
Nehemiah is Informed about the Ruins of Jerusalem and its Walls 124
The Prophet Zechariah 125
The Nation of Israel is Restored by God in Preparation to Receive His Son 126
Consider Now from this Day and Upward 126
From this Day on Will I Bless You 126
The Nation, Back in the Land with Temple Worship Accepted by God 126
Zechariah's Prophecies of the Rejection of the Messiah 126
The Figure of a Flock of Sheep as the Covenant Nation of Israel 126
He (Jesus Christ) is the Good Shepherd 126
The Good Shepherd Said "I Will Not Shepherd You" 128
The Breaking of the Renewed Covenant 129
They Conspired Wickedly to Give Him 30 Pieces of Silver 130
The Setting Aside of the Nation Israel 131
The Last 50 Years, 1994 to 2044 A.D. 131
The First War with Their Neighbors Beginning in the Year 2000-2001 132
A Second War Will Break out with Their New Neighboring Nations 132
Prior to the Last Great War, the Antichrist Will Be Revealed 132
CHAPTER NINE 135
EZEKIEL'S 2590 YEARS 135
Ezekiel 4:1-6, the Prophet Sketches the City of Jerusalem under Siege 135
And Lies Bound on His Left Side 390 Days for Israel 135
And 40 Days on His Right Side for Judah 135
Ezekiel's Prophecy as it Relates to the Church Age 136
The Time Allotted for the Punishment of the Israelite Nations 137
Each Day Corresponds to One Year 138
Moses Foretold the Destruction of Israel and the 70 Year Captivity 138
The Jews Must Nationally Acknowledge and Confess Their Sins and Repent 140
Which is an Absolute Requirement Before He Will Turn Back to Them 140
I Will Punish You Seven Times More for Your Sins 140
The End of Israel's Punishment 141
God Has Never Ceased Calling out to the Jews to Repent and Turn unto Him 142
"If They" and "When They" Turn unto Me Then "I Will" Turn unto Them 143
Ezekiel's Prophetic Time Table 144
Since 1948 When the Modern State of Israel Was Born 145
As a Secular Nation they Have Not Turned Back to God 145
In the Year 2001 A.D., a War Will Break out 145
The Year 2004 A.D. 145
The Year When God's Punishment of Israel Will End 145
When Israel Turns Back to God 147
God is Always Listening 147
Major Events Soon to Occur 150
The Year 2001 A.D. 150
The Year 2004 A.D. 150
The Year 2037 A.D. 151
The Time of the Return of the Lord Jesus Christ 151
The Message to the Church Until the Rapture 151
CHAPTER TEN 153
DANIEL'S PROPHECY OF THE 70 WEEKS 153
Daniel, Whose Name Means "My God is Judge" 153
A Prophet During the Babylonian Captivity 153
A Teenager in Jerusalem When He Was Taken Captive 153
The Times of the Gentiles 153
From its Inception to its Destruction 153
Daniel Unlocks Prophetic Time 153
The Way We Are to View and Understand Prophetic End-time Events 153
Daniel Introduces Us to the Following Concepts 154
The Number 70 154
The Symbolic Meaning of the Number 10 154
The Preservation of the Holy Seed 155
Abraham Thus Becomes the Spiritual Father of All Those Who Are Called by God 155
Through His Son Isaac Came the First Promise of the Messiah 155
Seventy Weeks Are Decreed 156
Key Phrases and Their Meanings of Daniel 9:24 156
Understanding the Prophecy of the 70 Weeks 157
The Two Periods of Time 158
A Time Gap of 2000 Years 158
The Starting Date of Daniel's Prophecy 158
The Four Decrees Concerning the Rebuilding of Jerusalem 159
The Fourth Decree Meets All the Requirements 160
Daniel's 70 Weeks Begins Counting Time from March 14, 445 B.C. 160
The Last Week of 7 Years or the 70th Week Delayed. 164
CHAPTER ELEVEN 167
GOSPEL HIGHLIGHTS 167
Birth of Jesus 167
The Boy Jesus, the Son of God, Visits His Father's Temple 168
The Offer of the Kingdom 169
Jesus Christ and His Words and Works Are Rejected by the Jews 170
Sign of the Prophet Jonah 171
The Rejection of Jesus Christ 172
The Secrets of the Kingdom Are Hidden Within the Parables 173
Whom Do the Jews Say That I the Son of Man Am? 173
The Church of Jesus Christ, Built of Living Stones, Is Revealed 174
Jesus Christ Foretells of His Death by Crucifixion and His Resurrection 175
The Triumphal Entry 175
Jesus Christ Institutes the New Covenant 176
The New Covenant Was Foretold in the Old Testament 176
Key Events Associated with the New Covenant 177
The Betrayal of Jesus Christ by Judas for 30 Pieces of Silver 177
The Religious and Civil Trials of Jesus Christ 178
The Jews Cried Out, "We Have No King but Caesar!" 179
Father, Forgive Them, for They Know Not What They Do 180
Jesus Cried Out, "It Is Finished" 181
He Arose on the Third Day after His Crucifixion and Burial 181
The Sign of Jonah Now Accomplished 182
The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost 183
Pentecost 187
Peter Preaches the Sign of the Prophet Joel and the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit 188
Peter Preaches the Resurrection Which Is the Validation of the Sign of Jonah 188
Peter Preaches in the Temple 189
Peter Tells the Jewish People "I Know That You Acted in Ignorance" 189
Arrested, Peter Preaches 190
The Rejection of the Preaching of Stephen 192
The First Rejection, God the Father (Yahweh) 193
The Second Rejection, God the Son, Jesus Christ 193
The Third Rejection 194
But the Lord God Has Proclaimed to Israel 195
The Kingdom Must Wait 196
CHAPTER TWELVE 199
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOOK OF ACTS 199
Israel's Persistent Blindness 199
Scripture Mystery 201
How Long Will the People of Israel Remain Blind 203
Jews Forever Linked to the City of Jerusalem the Temple and the Land 207
The Blindness of Israel Is Not Total 207
The Restoration of the Nation of Israel 208
The Acts of the Apostles and the Spread of the Gospel 210
The Keys Given to Peter 211
The Imprisoned Apostles Are Commanded to Preach in the Temple 214
God Is Pleading with National Israel to Repent 215
Stephen the First Martyr 216
The Spreading of the Gospel 216
Saul's Conversion 218
The Dating of Events in the Book of Acts 220
Rise of Gaius (Caligula), Caesar of Rome and the Elevation of Herod Agrippa I 221
Peter Unlocks the Gospel Message to the Gentiles 222
The Growing Church and Growing Persecution 223
The 3 ½ Year Rule of Caligula and the 7 Year Rule of Herod Agrippa I 223
Herod Agrippa I is Accepted by the Jews as Their Brother and King 224
King Herod Agrippa I Persecutes the Church 225
The Angel of the Lord Strikes Herod Agrippa I in 44 A.D. 225
Apostle Paul Commissioned to Go and Preach the Gospel to the Gentiles 226
Jerusalem Council 227
The Church Age Mystery 232
CHAPTER THIRTEEN 235
AFTER PENTECOST 235
The Timing and Sequence of Events 236
The Feast of First Fruits 236
The Day of Pentecost 237
Pentecost and the Church Age Prophecy 238
70 Weeks or Sabbaths 239
7 Weeks or Sabbaths plus One Day to Pentecost, Considered as a Time Prophecy 239
The Church Age: 2000 Prophetic Years from Pentecost 240
The End of Israel's Punishment 242
The Last 50 Year Generation Period of Time, 1994 to 2044 242
The Year 2003 - 2004 for Israel 245
CHAPTER FOURTEEN 247
CROSSING THE JORDAN RIVER 247
The Exodus 248
The Numbers 12, 120, 1200, Etc. Are Symbolic of Completeness and Perfection 249
The First Passover 249
Moses' Journey to the Land of Canaan 251
40 Years in the Wilderness 254
God Prepared Moses for Death and Elevated Joshua as His Successor 255
2000 Cubits of Separation 256
Israel Crossing Through the Waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan River 258
Crossing the Jordan River 260
The First Set of 12 Stones 262
The Second Set of 12 Stones 263
God Magnifies Joshua 264
The Similar Symbolic Works Performed by Moses and Joshua 265
Come Ye up out of the Jordan 266
Israel's 40 Years of Punishment as Covenant Breakers 268
Circumcision to Be Performed on All Males Who Enter the Promised Land 268
God's Warning to the Nation of Israel in the Promised Land 271
CHAPTER FIFTEEN 273
TAKING THE PROMISED LAND 273
The Horn of the Ram, a Symbol of the Messiah in His Strength 273
Israel Was Positioned in the Area of Gilgal 274
The Situation of the Nation of Israel 276
Symbolic Time Elements 276
Garden of Eden Was a Type of the Promised Land and the Coming Kingdom 278
The Taking of the City of Jericho 279
The Battle of Jericho 280
Caleb and Joshua 281
Joshua a Type of Jesus Christ 283
The Two Witnesses 284
Moses and Elijah 284
The Scarlet Cord 286
Rahab's Faith and Works 287
Symbolic Links with Rahab the Harlot, Babylon and the Dragon (Satan) 287
The Ancient Dragon Was Wounded in Egypt 287
The Dragon Empowers His Harlot System Rise to Power in the End-time 288
During the End-Time God Destroys the Harlot System 288
The Dragon Slain 288
The Ram's Horn Is a Symbol of the Lord Jesus Christ Returning as the Ram 289
The Taking Possession of the Promised Land 291
Significant Time Periods 294
CHAPTER SIXTEEN 295
THE TABERNACLE 295
God's Time Patterns as They Are Incorporated in the Tabernacle. 295
The Eastern Court 295
5000 Years of God's Covenant Promises and the Age of Law 295
The Holy Place 295
The 2000 Year Age of Grace 295
The Holy of Holies 295
The 1000 Year Kingdom Age 295
The First Altar 295
The First Law 296
The First Covenant 296
Patterns and Measurements of the Tabernacle. 298
The Holy Square 300
The Holy of Holies 302
The Holy Place 302
The Eastern Court 302
Measurements in the Tabernacle 303
The 20 Cubit Buffer Zone Surrounding the Holy of Holies. 304
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 307
THE ANTICHRIST 307
A Portrait of the Antichrist 308
Antichrist in Jerusalem and the Temple 308
The Great Tribulation 309
The Four World Empires 310
Daniel's Vision of the Messiah's Second Coming 311
The First World Empire: Babylon 312
The Second World Empire: Medo-Persia 314
The Third World Empire: Grecian 314
Antiochus IV, Epiphanes 315
The Pollution of the Temple by Antiochus IV 316
The Fourth World Empire: Rome 317
Free Will and Predestination 317
The Offers of the Kingdom 319
The Mystical Brotherhood: Nimrod King of Babylon to Caligula Emperor of Rome 320
Pergamum, the Seat of Satan at the Time of the Apostle John 321
Attalus III 321
Julius Caesar 322
Made Pontiff of the "Etruscan Order" in 74 B.C. 322
In 63 B.C. He Was Made Supreme Pontiff of the "Babylonian Order" 322
Julius Caesar laid claim to divinity 322
Octavian (Augustus) 322
Julius Caesar Recognized as a God of the Roman State in January 42 B.C. 322
Octavian's Rise to Power in 27 B.C. and His Name Supplemented by "Augustus 322
Augustus Became Pontifex Maximus in 12 B.C. 323
Pontifex Maximus, an Office Held for Life 323
The Julio-Claudian Line 323
Gaius (Caligula, Little Boots) Germanicus 323
Emperor and Pontifex Maximus of Rome 323
Herod Agrippa I 323
Galigula Declares That He Is God 324
Caligula Plans to Set up His Image in the Temple of Jerusalem 324
Caligula is Assassinated on January 24, 41 A.D. 325
The Prophetic Clock 326
King Herod Agrippa I, the King of the Jews (A False Messiah) 327
King Herod Agrippa I is Struck by the Angel of the Lord and Dies in 44 A.D. 329
So Who Is the Antichrist 331
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