3.7 Prophetic pattern of thirds

We have considered in the two previous sections the ‘time of the Gentiles” and the “time of Israel”, and that both biblical epochs are 2000 years. This is based on Jesus’s reference to the time of the Gentiles and the prophecy of Hosea 6:2. However, is there any further support for a theory of a ‘2000 year plan’ in scripture?

The answer is yes, but it is so in a very surprising and unusual way.

It is clear that God’s pattern of sevens, as considered earlier in post 3.1 and 3.2, paints a prophetic picture of God’s great mystery, His Ephesians 1:10 plan for this earth. God plans to put all things in heaven and earth under the rulership of Christ. A plan that will work out exactly as God intended, at the exact planned time, bringing Him praise, honour and glory. For a glorious 1000 years Jesus Christ will rule this restored planet as its King. After approximately 6000 years of sinful man’s rule on earth, starting on the first day of the seventh millennium, Jesus becomes the King of kings, the global ruler of this earth.

From Adam’s fall to Israel’s formation was approximately 2000 years (i.e. to the Gen 46:2-5 covenant with Jacob, re-named Israel), the next timeslot was the 2000 year period from Israel’s formation to Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. This concludes the ‘old’ covenant, 4000 years since Adam’s fall. It may similarly be anticipated that the final timeslot completing the 6000 years allocated for mankind’s self-rule will also be 2000 years. Christ returns to establish His kingdom. This initiates the final millennium, when Jesus comes as king, accompanied by the resurrected saints, at Armageddon(Rev 19). He establishes the sabbath millennium according to God’s plan, a thousand years of rest for this abused earth.

At the end of this final millennium, the third millennium A.D., the history of mankind on this earth is concluded.

Pattern of thirds

The Sabbath millennium does not give us guidance on its own as to a post-Jesus calendar of 2000 years. However, the pattern of thirds is a recognizable pattern in scripture. A third of angels fall, a whole series of thirds (10) occurs in Revelation. For example, in Revelation 8 a third of all trees are destroyed. Later on Jerusalem is divided in three parts.

Is the 6000 year history of humanity, as per biblical chronology, perhaps not also partitioned in thirds? It seems that way.  Two thousand years from Adam’s fall to Abraham, 2000 years for His chosen people (Israel) up to Jesus’s atonement and 2000 years for the Gentiles? Note that the pattern of thirds described below is a theory only. There is no direct evidence anywhere in the bible that God has decided to work in 2000-year time slots. This is merely an exploration of a possibility, based on the premise that Father God has a schedule by which events unfold, according to patterns which He has previously revealed. You can then decide whether such an exploration has any merit. The sheer number of these occurrences of thirds are telling…

Moses’s life partitioned in thirds.

Consider the life of Moses. It is neatly divided into three parts of exactly forty years. Forty in the palace, forty as a shepherd, and forty as leader. He dies exactly 120 years old. Is this a deliberate pattern or a coincidence, or did God plan it this way for no reason? If we conclude that it is deliberate, may we say that his life in Egypt represents the corrupt first phase of human history, the second the shepherding of Israel, and the third the ‘Exodus’ from our slavery to sin and corruption through the work of Christ on the cross?

Three kings of Israel continue a pattern

Next consider the three kings of united Israel; Saul, David and Solomon, who reigned prior to the 12 tribes being divided up. (Israel split into the 10-tribe Israel and the 2 tribes of Judah and Benjamin).  Each King was hand-picked by God. Each king reigned exactly forty years. It is statistically most improbable, if not impossible, that Saul, David and Solomon each reigned exactly 40 years and then died. (Acts 13:21, 1 Kings 2:11; 1 Kings 11:42).  They did not abdicate, retire or hand over their kingdoms, they reigned till their time was up. If we conclude that their remarkable lives are a deliberate prophetic pattern, then we may say that:

  • Saul represents the corrupt first phase of human history,
  • David represents God’s shepherding of Israel, and
  • Solomon the enlightenment of the gentile age, and the tragic ‘falling away’ at the end.

The number forty is 4 (the number of earth) times 10 (the number of perfection), thus can be seen as 4×10 = God’s perfect plan for earth/creation. The three reigns of forty years  seems to be a deliberate pattern, planned by God to act as a prophetic message.

Jesus’s  genealogy divided into thirds

Matt 1:17} So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

Matthew 1:17 is a remarkable partitioning into three groups of thirds. The genealogy of Jesus is numerically divided into three groups. Why would Matthew divide the genealogy into three neat, equally sized groups? At the same time, note how this grouping also reflects the partitioning of the history of Israel into its three major phases.  The grouping remarkably reflects Israel’s history from Abraham to Jesus, with David and the exile as the major markers of each new phase. Accepting that nothing in God’s Word is accidental or coincidental, what may the significance of this partitioning be? Clearly God is highlighting a pattern with the three groups of fourteen. The first group ends with David at the peak of Israel’s history, the second has Babylon at the lowest point and the third group ends with the most significant point in all of history, the life, death and resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ.

Its easy to get distracted from the verse 17 pattern by focusing on the number fourteen, or the supposed inconsistencies in the genealogy, however, the fact remains that verse 17 can stand on its own as a very remarkable piece of information. We should not be distracted by the fact that Joseph was only the husband of Mary, that God was Jesus’s real Father, or that it seems that the third group of fourteen relies on counting Jesus twice, once before and once after His resurrection. The intent of verse 17 seems, firstly. to clearly display that God is in control of history, that He directs seemingly random events to play out in accordance with his grand design. Secondly, like music or poetry, these events seem to play out conforming to a rhythm, as an exquisitely arranged work of art and wonder. If God’s design is perfect, would it surprise us that He also orchestrates events to form exquisitely interesting and amazing rhythms?

Could the above pattern, the outright division of Israel’s history in three parts, perhaps also be another clue to understand God’s grand design for the world’s history? That all of worldly history is also divided in three parts?

Patterns of three pointing to the millennium of rest and sustenance.

In Judges 3,5 and 8 there is a repeat of three equal periods of forty years. These are three ‘forties’ relating to a time of rest for the land:

  • The land had rest for forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. Judges 3:11
  • And the land had rest for forty years. Judges 5:31
  • And the country was in quietness for forty years in the days of Gideon. Judges 8:28

Three remarkable repeated occurrences in the book of Judges, in this case of forty years of rest. May this perhaps be considered to point towards three 2000 year periods in history, after which the restoration, the millennium, occurs?

Consider also the three accounts of God’s miraculous sustenance, provided in the wilderness (desert), for forty days and forty nights:

  • Moses was on mount Sinai without food for 40 days and 40 nights (Ex 24:18, 34:28)
  • Elijah was at Horeb without food for 40 days and 40 nights (1 Kings 19:8)
  • Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights after being baptized, before starting His ministry. (Matt 4:2)

Again three groups of forty, something extraordinary to take note of. There are no other accounts of fasting for such an extended time elsewhere. Medically speaking, in exposed conditions, such an attempt will fail. It is impossible for humans to still be able to function after such deprivation. These three events are thus  a clear demonstration of God’s supernatural sustenance. Whilst Moses, Elijah and Jesus were in God’s presence, their material needs vanished. They were powered by God’s spirit, not their stomachs. In God’s presence their physical needs vanished.

Once again, with the specific mention of forty days, is God perhaps drawing our attention to a pattern?  Perhaps it is intended like bait, to invite us to have a further look. If we remind ourselves that nothing in the word is to be glossed over, how would we then go about considering whether these three forty day events have any relevance? (refer to the end of the post for ‘further studies’)

The pattern of Jubilees.

The Jubilee is a year of celebration, a celebration of freedom. The Jubilee year was a year when not only all Hebrew slaves are set free, but also all debts released, all property returned to the original owner’s families, and the land laid fallow to rest. God intends us to long for freedom, for a release from bondage to this world and to enter His rest. The spiritual metaphor of the Jubilee is that God that will eternally release us all from bondage to death and decay and gift us eternal joy and peace.

The biblical Jubilee occurs every 7×7=49 years but is celebrated in the 50th. (Leviticus 25 confirms that, from verse 8 onwards). The cycle is 49 years, but the 49th year is still a normal ‘land-sabbath’ year. It is the 50th year when the full celebration happens, that is, in the first year of the next land-sabbath. Note every seventh year in Levitical law was a ‘land-sabbath’, a sabbath-rest for the land where the land laid fallow to rest.  (refer post 3.2).

Hence, for example, if there was a land sabbath in 20AD, with a Jubilee year in 21AD, say, then the next Jubilee year would be 49 years later, in 70 AD, and the prior land-sabbath in 69AD. What is quite remarkable though, is that the Jubilee celebrations would already start earlier, on the day of atonement, Yom Kippur, in the previous 49th year (69 AD in our example above). Refer to https://www.the13thenumeration.com/Blog13/book-download/  for a detailed Jubilee study by William Struse. Download ‘Prophesies and Patterns (book 3) where chapter 4 explains the jubilee sequence.

What makes Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, special is that it is a prophetic picture of the nation repenting and returning to God. Yom Kippur is on the 10th day of the 7th month every year.

The question now arises if the final Yom Kippur, when Jesus’s comes to release us from bondage to decay and gift us eternal bodies, will be in a Jubilee year. It has been suggested that this is likely to be the case.

The Jewish religious feasts

The day of atonement is the 6th of the 7th prescribed feasts in the Jewish religious calendar. Passover is the first, on the 14th day of the first month. There are clear indications that there is a prophetic aspect to Passover, and so to the remainder of the feasts.

Jesus fulfilled the first feast, being the Passover lamb, slain for the sins of the world and for the cleansing those who will believe. Pentecost, the fourth feast, 50 days after Passover, was fulfilled with the filling of the Holy Spirit in Acts. The last 3 feasts are still to be fulfilled. The day of atonement points towards God’s reconciliation and restoration of the Jewish remnant, at Jesus’ (Rev 19) coming on the white horse, and the commencement of the Millennium. Similarly the feast of trumpets and tabernacles have prophetic value. (refer to the separate post on the religious feasts)

Three groups of 41 Jubilees.

Tree periods of 41 Jubilees totals 6027 years. (3x 2009 = 6027). Why is 41 significant? Why does Matthew divide Jesus’ genealogy into three groups; two of 14 names each and one of 13…14+14+13=41 ? Why the three groups? Why is the third group stated as 14 but the count only gives 13 names? Matthew the mathematician making a mistake? Or is this a deliberate mistake to grab our attention. Is God prompting us to pay attention to the number 41 of Jesus’ genealogy, and then suggests to us to apply it to 41 x 3 Jubilees for His second coming?

Alternatively, it may also be that we should rather consider the number 50, rather than 49, in the Jubilee count. In this case the pattern of Moses’s life of 120 years is clear. Three partitions of 40 years, multiplied by a 50 year Jubilee multiplier, is 3 x (40x 50) = 3x 2000 = 6000 years!. Moses’s unusual  life is a likely prophecy of God’s 6000 year plan for the restoration of humanity. With Adam’s fall possibly occurring at 30 years of age, and adding 4000 years to Jesus’ resurrection yields 30AD. Adding another 2000 years may be pointing to 2030AD as the start of the millennium.

Using the 2000 year theory and ‘the time of the gentiles’ as per previous post yields 2029 AD. A further option, that of Daniel chapter 9’s 70th week, yields 2026AD. The 49 year Jubilee theory points to 2028AD. However, we cant be 100% sure about this 123rd Jubilee pointing to 2028 AD. Neither does biblical chronology, with its debatable periods, allow us to be 100% sure about the ‘times of the Gentiles’ theory, nor the Daniel’s 70th week theory.  However, when we combine these theories they do make a very strong case that we are living in the end-time generation!

What we can know from prophetic patterns  is that there are an astounding number of pointers indicating that the next 10 years are going to be a most dramatic in world history.

TBC.

Kingdom of heaven ….  in three measures…

Matt 13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

The parable of the leaven must be the shortest of all parables. It emphasises the hidden nature of the work of God in establishing the kingdom of God. But it contains a mysterious clue… ‘in three measures’. Could it be that there would be three measures, or partitions in the run-up to the kingdom of heaven?

Jesus will gather all his kingdom children and put all enemies at his feet when ‘.. in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are  on earth; even in him’ (Eph 1:10).

The kingdom of heaven will be established once the three measures are leavened. Could it be that God is giving us a hint that he has allowed the entire world history to occur in three distinct partitions, which together herald the kingdom of heaven at the end of history as we know it?  His Kingdom Comes when his hidden work with humanity, in three measures,  is done?

The purification of Israel

The refining and purification of Israel prior to the millennium is prophesied to occur in portions of one-third and two thirds.   Ezekiel 5 and  Zach 13:8,9 clearly indicate such patterns of judgement:

And it shall come to pass in all the land,” Says the Lord, “ That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one third shall be left in it: I will bring the one third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ” (Zechariah 13:8, 9 NKJV)

If three is Gods number of completeness and perfection, then does one third perhaps mean divided or separated by God? Is this a pattern which could be applied to the 6000 years allocated to mankind?

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. 2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.……..12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.(Ez 5:1-4,12,13)

Ezekiel received this prophecy, about the ‘house of Israel’, whilst in exile of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin in Babylon. The timing is interesting. Ezekiel prophesies about Israel many decades after the dispersion of the 10 tribes of Israel, by the Assyrian Empire’s rulers. It was the Assyrian custom to relocate an entire population of a troublesome conquered country, to minimize further opposition.

There is no record of where the  the 10 tribes of Israel were relocated to. However, God has a plan, to restore a small remnant, presumably out of the third part that was scattered. (refer post 3.5 ‘Revival of the remnant’)

The temple as one third and two thirds.

2 Chron 3:3 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore (i .e. sixty) cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 

2 Chron 3:8 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty  cubits

The tabernacle, and Solomon’s temple, was divided into two distinct portions. The Holy place occupies 40×20 cubits in area, while the Most Holy occupies 20 x 20 cubits, one is two-thirds of the total area and the other one third. Is this geometry possibly a prophetic representation of God’s 6000 year plan for mankind? Two-thirds of history (4000 years) precedes Jesus, and one third (2000 years) follows it. The first two thirds are accessed by priests, while the remaining one third is accessed by the high priest only, sprinkling the atoning blood on the ‘mercy seat’ of the ark once a year. Two-thirds are allocated for priests serving God, the one third is accessed by the high priest only. The atonement by the high priest represents Jesus, our high priest, who sacrificed himself for us, and sprinkled his blood in the temple in heaven. (Heb 9:11-12, 24-26)

Heb 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

9:24-26 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

The most holy place is thus a beautiful representation of the blessed condition of believers over the last 2000 years, having received purification and cleansing from sin by the blood of Jesus.

The temple in heaven

For those not familiar with scriptures confirming that there is a temple in heaven, consider that the book of Revelation has twelve references to the temple in heaven, for example:

Rev 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.  (Also see Rev 3:12, 7:15, 11:1&2, 14:15 & 17, 15:5&18, 16:1&17)

Note also from Hebrews 8 & 9 that the earthly temple (tabernacle) was patterned after the temple in heaven, and the earthly temple serves only as an example of the heavenly temple:

Heb 8:5: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Heb 9:23-24: It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

Is this not amazing? Jesus was crucified, died, went down to hell in our place, but then He also went up to heaven to sprinkle His blood on the ark and temple furniture, exactly like the high priests had done annually since Sinai. This has now been done once for all, and His blood will remain there in the temple in heaven until ‘earth and heaven have fled away’ (Rev 20:11) at the end of the Millennium, when they will be replaced by the New Jerusalem where there is no temple:

Rev 21:22: And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

There is no need for a temple in the New Jerusalem, as the harvest has fully come in and will be with God forevermore.  After the white throne judgement (Rev 20:11) sin and the possibility of it will have passed away forever, just as ‘the first heaven and the first earth were passed away’ (Rev 21:1).

20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. :

Doesn’t this boggle the mind? The purpose of the earthly temple is to point towards the heavenly temple, and the purpose of the heavenly temple is to constantly display, at the throne of God, His plan of rescue for mankind until it is completed! The plan of salvation is before Him day and night. God Himself constantly has our salvation and of all those around us on His mind and displayed in front of Him. He works day and night to draw every man unto Himself, wonderfully interlinking our lives and events around us, so that perhaps one further soul might believe and be saved!  His Son has done all the work, salvation for all is available! It has been earned for us by His Son, and is given as a gift, to all who believe and call upon His Name to be saved.

However, time is limited. The first earth and heaven, including the temple, will pass away. God is looking for those who will see and believe. He will continue to be working with mankind during the Millennium. But after that the current things will pass away. They will be replaced by the New Jerusalem where “ the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.”

The dimensions of the Most Holy place:

In addition to the patterns of forty discussed earlier, we may perhaps consider the height, breadth and length of the most holy place. They are 20 cubits each. Are these three dimensions, 3 x 20 cubits, perhaps also indicative of the three 2000 year periods of history allocated to man? (also see 2 Chron 3:8)

1 Kings 6:20 “And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold“.

 

The three days and three nights in the heart of the earth

Up to now we have mainly been considering the patterns of forty, occurring in groups of three, pointing toward the three periods of history allocated to mankind. We have also come across some ‘pattern of thirds’ occurrences which have been pointing towards a grouping of one third and two thirds. Remaining for us to explore now are some further parallels, not involving thirds or groups of forty, but involving the number three.

Much like the prophetic pattern that God painted by His use of the number of seven to illustrate the Sabbath Millennium (refer to post 3.2), so it seems that He has made use of ‘the third day’ pattern for a further illustration. A pattern also similar to”after two days, on the third” of Hosea 6:2 (refer to post 3.5) . Here, however, although each day still refers to a millennium as per 2 Peter 3 1-10, we have a three day pattern. Is it perhaps possible that each of the three days also indicative of each the three 2000 year periods of history allocated to man? Remembering that Jesus was in the ‘heart of the earth’ for 3 days and 3 nights, does this perhaps also have some significance?:

Matt 12:40 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

The bible teaches that Jesus went down to hell in our place,and faced the consequence of our sin on our behalf.

Eph 4:8-10 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

Acts 2:25: For David speaks concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: {2:26} Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: {2:27} Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Could these three days also represent the three periods comprising the 6000 years allocated to sinful mankind? As we have seen earlier, from Adam’s fall to God’s covenant with Israel was approximately 2000 years, from Israel’s formation to Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was 2000 years, and it may be anticipated that the time till Christ’s second coming will be another 2000 years. The three days in the heart of the earth may thus possibly be serving as a picture of the redemption of three bi-millennial periods of history.

Jesus resurrected “the third day”

Can Jesus’ resurrection “the 3rd day” be considered as a pointing toward the conclusion of His millennial rule, during the third millennium A.D, and the coming of the New Jerusalem.? Perhaps we may start by asking why Jesus was resurrected ‘the 3rd day’ and not earlier or later. Why ‘the third day’ and not the fourth, like with Lazarus? (John 11:39) Is it significant that Jesus was resurrected the third day?

Is his ‘the third day’ resurrection not also a prophetic pattern of his second coming after 2 Millennia and His rebuilding/restoring the world/temple during the third, after which the New Jerusalem comes down from heaven in purity and holiness?  As we have seen in section 2, there is still sin present in this world during the third millennium, and perfection only comes after the third millennium. Or should we suffice with and conclude that nothing more can be read into the three days than that three is a number of God’s perfect ways?

What do you think of the following verse mentioned well before the Passover: “And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.”  (Luke 13:32) . Are these words of Jesus deliberate? Wasn’t Jesus doing cures throughout his ministry? Why this specific mention of two days? And if so, do they only prophesy His resurrection? Does the “two days of curing & healing” maybe represent the two millennial days to come (the church age) and after that the third and final millennium of rest and restoration? May we conclude that the “after two days and on the third” of Hosea 6:2, a millennial prophecy (refer 3.5), is also being referred to in this passage?

Jonah’s 3 days and 3 nights

Jonah was a most unusual prophet. He did not seem to prophesy much by his words. He prophesied through his life,  by the picture that his life-events painted of the future. (refer to post3.1 on for a description of these events). Jesus then quotes Jonah as such; Jonah’s experience will become Jesus’ experience:

Matt 12:40 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

Jesus clearly stated that he would be in the ‘heart of the earth’ for 3 days and 3 nights. This conflicts with the current ‘Good Friday’ Passover, which simply assumes that Jesus was in the grave for two nights only, i.e. Friday and Saturday night. We all agree Jesus was resurrected early on the Sunday, the first day of the week (Luke 24:1). Counting backwards  3 nights it means that Saturday, Friday and Thursday nights were the three nights that He was dead, or ‘in the heart of the earth’. As we believe in the inerrancy of God’s word, this would seem that man has somehow contrived to get the ‘Good Friday crucifixion’ wrong. We will show below that the 15th day of the year was a special feast day, a special sabbath, which was on ‘Good Friday’. That was when the angel passed over Israel at night  and the Egyptian firstborn died. However the lamb was killed the  day before, on the 14th day of the year, as was Jesus. The afternoon before was the day before, as an Old Testament day ended at sunset.

In Exodus 12  and in Leviticus 23 Israel is commanded to remember the Passover day, the 14th day of the year, when the lamb was killed! They applied the blood on the doorposts on the 14th, and the angel of death ‘passed over’ their homes midnight on the 15th.

Refer to the link Crucifixion week sml for a pictorial representation of Thurdsday crucifixion timeline. Note that there is also a ‘Wednesday crucifixion theory’, which also has merits, but it also has some problems. A wednesday crucifixion would place the triumphal entry of Jesus, on the 10th day of the year, on a sabbath.

Prophetic interpretation:

The Thursday interpretation also seem to have prophetic value. As the third slide on Crucifixion week sml indicates, there are two back-to back days during which ‘no work’ is to be done. Doesn’t this perhaps correspond to the two millennia, after Jesus’ sacrifice, where we are clearly taught that we are not required to do works to be saved?

Rom 4:5} But to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. {4:6} Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputes righteousness without works,

 

Refer to a detailed discussion on the Thursday crucifixion at the end of this post.

Other “third day” occurrences:

Notable “3rd days” found in the Bible:
*Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac on the “3rd day”. (Gen. 22)
*Joseph held his brethren in prison until the “3rd day”. (Gen. 42)

Also consider Exodus 19:10-11, at Sinai:” On the third day the Lord came down….upon mount Sinai” God asks Israel to prepare for two days for His coming down . Coincidence? Furthermore:

*God verbally gave the law at Sinai on the “3rd day”. (Exo. 19)
*David hid himself in the field from Saul until the “3rd day”. (1 Sam. 20)
*David learned of Saul & Jonathan’s death on the “3rd day”. (2 Sam. 1)
*Hezekiah was healed and went up to the temple on the “3rd day”. (2 King 20, quoted below)
*The 2nd temple was finished on the “3rd day” of Adar. (Ezra 6)
*Esther stood before the king of Persia on the “3rd day”. (Est. 5)
*Israel will be restored in the “3rd day” (Hosea 6)

“And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 5 “Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. 6 And I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake, and for the sake of My servant David.”’” 7 Then Isaiah said, “Take a lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What is the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord the third day? …..And on the third day the sundial moved back ten degrees.

We all know that the sun can only move back if the earth reverses it’s spin or the sun moves relative to the earth. In today’s terms, such an event would wipe out the earth’s population. Whichever way, this is an unthinkable cosmic disturbance, perhaps representing the destruction of the heavens and earth prior to the New Jerusalem? (ref  Revelation 20:11)

 Then Isaiah said, “This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing which He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten degrees?”

Then we also have a remarkable comment in John 4. “Jesus stays with the gentiles, the Samaritans for 2 days. This is the only clearly recorded time where Jesus lived among the Gentiles. Is this reference to two days perhaps prophetic of the 2000 year duration of the “time of the Gentiles”?

An equally remarkable comment precedes the wedding in Cana. In John 2:1-2 , apparently for no obvious reason, it is recorded: “On the third day”, and then follows Jesus’ attendance at the wedding feast. Is this a reference to the wedding feast of the Lamb after two millennia, during the Sabbath millennium?  Were there not also six jars of water that Jesus changed into wine? This may also be worth thinking about.

Peter links a day to a millennium, in end-time context.

2 Peter 3:1-10 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 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. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

In this section we ask the speculative question: Is Jesus’ reference to ‘rebuilding the temple in three days” perhaps also a hidden prophecy of the rebuilt millennial temple, to be established sometime in the third millennium after Christ?

Hence, if one could conceive that a day refers to 1000 years, like in the Hosea 6:2 prophecy, then Jesus could be referring to the millennial temple being rebuilt after 2000 years after his crucifixion.  Figuratively, the resurrection of the ‘temple of His body’ occurred on the third day. It is possible that there is more to Jesus’ words than this. A literal fulfillment of Jesus words, in addition to a figurative fulfillment that has already taken place, would be the millennial temple.In many other prophesies there are multiple fulfillments. Is there in this case perhaps a multiple fulfillment too? We know that the Jewish temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD by the Romans under Titus. Could there be literal fulfillment of its reconstruction 2 millennia later, ‘ on the third day’? Note once again that this prophetic link is pure speculation.

We can be sure this millennial temple will be built. The rebuilt millennial temple is described by Ezekiel in detail (Ezek.41:4). He takes great care in five chapters to describe every nook and cranny of this temple. (Ezekiel chapters 40 to 44).  This re-built temple may be the physical fulfillment of Jesus’ words ” I am able to destroy the temple of God and build it in three days.” (Matthew 26:61)

Consider the possibility that the physical destruction of the temple in 70 AD may be followed by physical fulfillment of its reconstruction after 2 days (millennia) , on the third.

Mark 14:58. During the interrogation of Jesus the false witnesses say: ““We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”” Mark 14:58 NKJV. This is repeated in Mark 15:29 by the passers-by of the cross. Matthew 26:61 and 17:30 has the same sequence, except that Jesus  said:” I am able to destroy the temple of God and build it in three days.

Does Mark 14 and Matthew 17 have an additional meaning? Is there a more literal fulfillment as well? Surely Jesus doesn’t mean that he will destroy his own body, should He be referring to His body as a temple of God in these passages? The only possible way He could destroy ” the temple” as he says, would be if it was a physical temple. This destruction happened in 70 AD. The temple is still not re-built. Is the  rebuilding that Jesus is referring to here, the temple ‘built without hands’, then perhaps a hidden prophecy of the rebuilt Millennial temple?

Elsewhere, as suggested by John 2:19, we have been taught that Jesus refers to his own body as the temple,  “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” It does seems that Jesus’ referrals to the rebuilding the temple in 3 days was indicative of His physical resurrection. However, in Mark He adds a bit of mystery. Is this intentional?

The third day and the New Jerusalem.

A further parallel may possibly be drawn by the three days that Jesus descended down to hell. Note that there are likely to be three millennia of history remaining after the crucifixion (ref post 3.5 and 3.6). Also remember from post 2.5 that during the sabbath millennium there will still be sinful people populating the earth. The saints among these future people, by believing on Jesus, will also have had their sins paid for on the cross. The full completion of God’s plan for this earth is likely to occur when the three millennia subsequent to Jesus’s sacrifice are complete. The ‘third day’ pattern thus may be pointing to the end or conclusion of the sabbath millennium and the coming of the New Jerusalem. To the time that remains for God’s plan for our redemption to be fulfilled.

Note also, as an aside, that these three millennia are divided into one-third and two-thirds. One-third with perfect governance, the current two-thirds with corrupt governance.

The 2000 year pattern summary

Combine the above with Daniel 9 where Gods plan with Israel is put on hold till the last ‘week’, and we have a pre-determined two millennia on the end-time calendar, prior to the third day of restoration, starting from Christ’s atonement on the cross.

Thus:

  •  1) A 2000 yr calendar prophecy in Hos 6:1,2 as explained in a previous section.
  • 2) A 2000 yr calendar prophecy in Jesus’ resurrection on the 3rd day as a pattern of His second coming after 2 millennia, at the start of the third millennium.
  • 3) A 2000 yr calendar prophecy, where the three 2000 year phases, or ‘generations’ of God’s plan are represented by the deliberate partitioning of Moses’ 120 year life? This is repeated in the deliberate equal partitioning of the 120 years allocated to the three kings of the ’12 tribes of Israel’.
  • 4) A number of references to “after two days” in exodus, 2 Kings and John which are difficult to explain and seem a deliberate reference to a two day time period.

* Note: The title of this blog represents a theory based on scripture. This theory can only be validated it by personal and prayerful self-study. To each person questioning the theory I suggest a read of Revelation 19-22. If you can accept that this section, especially Rev.20:1-6, represents a prophecy with a literal future fulfillment, then the patterns in scripture leading to the Sabbath millennium will be an easy concept to consider.  So will the 2000 year plan, by extension.

*Further study

There may perhaps be further patterns to be discovered in the following: It rained for “forty days and forty nights” during Noah’s flood (forty days is mentioned 3x in Gen 7), Noah opened the window of the ark after 40 days after the tops of mountains were seen, Isaac and Esau both got married at 40 years of age, the spies explored Canaan for 40 days, Israel was in the desert for 40 years, during which Joshua was 40 years old at the start and 80 years at the end of the desert sojourn, 40 stripes was the punishment for certain sins, Israel was delivered into the hand of the Philistines 40 years (Judges 13:1), Eli was a judge for 40 years (1 Sam 4:18), Goliath challenged Saul for forty days (1 Sam 17:16),  Johoash reigned 40 years (2 Kings 12:1), Joash reigned 40 years (2 Chron 24:1) , In Ezekiel 29:11,12 its prophesied that Egypt will be desolate for 40 years, he also bears the iniquity of Judah for 40 days/years (Ez 4:6), in Jonah Nineveh got 40 days to repent.

*Jubilees and the millennium of restoration (requiring further study)

In the Mosaic law the Jubilee is the biblical year of restoration, occurring the year after every 49th year. During the Jubilee, every landowner had to return any land acquired back to the previous landowner family, if they had defaulted due to debt during that time. The land was restored to the original owner. The word ‘jubilation’ would express the joy of the previous landowner family, who had fallen on hard times, when their land was restored at the Jubilee. Consider that this year of Jubilee, the 50th after 7 years of 7, may be symbolic, and point towards the final 1000 years of restoration, as represented by the Jubilee?

Perhaps we can consider, in the light of similar occurrences mentioned near the beginning of this post, that the sequences of three 40 day periods may also point towards mankind’s allotted three groups of 2000 years?

We note that God sustained Moses, Elijah and Jesus supernaturally when they fasted 40 days and 40 nights, and that each of these three periods of  ‘doing without’/fasting, was in the desert. This may perhaps point to our miserably dry state during the last 6000 years, of us being subjected to the slavery of sin (John 8:34, Rom 8:20-22), whilst at the same time dependent on God for our existence every day. Perhaps this dry state may be contrasted to our eventual release from this slavery to sin and corruption into bountiful conditions that are prophesied to exist during the coming millennium?

Rom 8:18-21 “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.  For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God.   For the creature (i.e.  we) was made subject to vanity (i.e. emptiness, meaninglessness), not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same (i.e.  us) in hope ,  Because the creature (i.e.  we) itself also shall be delivered (i.e.  God subjected us to emptiness so we could hope to be delivered…) from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Moses represents the Law, Elijah the prophets, and Jesus fulfills the Law and the prophets. Jesus’s fulfillment of the law allows for our release from the bondage of the law, by the writing the of the law in our hearts, pointing towards the release and restoration that will occur during the millennium (refer posts 2.0 to 2.5). Because the Jubilee (a fifty year period) in the bible represents a period of release and restoration (refer post 3.1), perhaps the illustrative combination of 40 x 50 = 2000 also points in that direction. The three events of forty days, in this case, may thus also be considered to point towards three 2000 year periods in history, after which the restoration, the millennium, occurs.

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Further Thursday Passover discussion:

‘Friday crucifixion’ defenders

In order for Jesus to be dead ‘in the flesh’ (as per Matt 12) for 3 nights would mean that He was crucified on the Thursday (around the 6th hour, 12:00 noon and died just after 3 p.m. Thursday), not the Friday. There is no other way to interpret it, unless one tries to say that the 2-3 hours on Friday counts for both a day and a night. There are ‘Friday crucifixion’ defenders who do this.

If I were to say to someone that I was going to visit a mutual friend Tom in hospital the Friday, there would be no misunderstanding if I only visited Tom, during the day, for 2 hours. But if I were to say that I’d be there ‘the day and night’, it would be dishonest if I had only intended to come once, in the day, for 2 hours. Some Friday defenders say just that, that it was nevertheless acceptable to count both day and night in the ‘Jewish culture’ of the day. That seems like a quite a stretch, and I doubt if its supported elsewhere in scripture.

As we agree Jesus was resurrected early on the Sunday, then Saturday, Friday and Thursday nights were the three nights that He was in the dead in the flesh. Clearly Thursday must have been the day of the crucifixion. But why does it seem that the bible implies that he was crucified before the sabbath? There is a simple explanation for this, and that is because there were two back to back ‘holy days’. This situation arises because the first (and last) day of the feast of unleavened bread are considered ‘holy days’ during which no servile work was to be done’.

The first day of unleavened bread a ‘sabbath’

In this case the Friday was a religious holiday, being a ‘sabbath’ and the first day of unleavened bread. The day before was also called the ‘day of preparation’. This coincides with the 14th day Passover, when the lamb got killed shortly after dark, on the ‘day of preparation’. Note the Passover ‘preparation’ and the following feast day could be any day of the week depending on what particular year is being considered. In this case the 15th day ‘unleavened sabbath’ was immediately before the ‘regular sabbath’.

Exodus 12:15 ‘Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: ,…’ …. 12:16 ‘And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them,…..’

Numbers 28:16 “And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.  And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten (starting on Friday-my addition) In the first day (Friday-my addition) shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein… i.e. like a sabbath.

Ezekiel 45:21 ‘In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.’

In Exodus 12 the Passover lamb is killed late on the 13th day before the start of the feast of Passover/unleavened bread on the 14th, which is much like a sabbath. For more detail listen to Steve Anderson’s Luke 22 sermon: http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/011718p.mp3. Also see post ‘3.8..The Jewish ceremonial Calendar’. This now ties up with Luke’s account as follows:

Thursday: (starts at 6pm on the previous day)

On Wednesday evening (our reckoning), but already the first hours of Thursday (Jewish reckoning), the following is recorded:

  • And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. Luke 22:14 (Also see Luke 22:1, Jesus eats a meal (not the Passover), on the ‘day of preparation’ with His disciples. His disciples had prepared the Passover meal for the following night. As Jesus was going to be the Passover lamb later that day, He could not both be the Passover lamb and eat the ‘Passover’ on the same day. Note that only bread and wine is mentioned at the meal. Also the custom of the time probably allowed an early Passover meal preparation in order to avoid ‘working’ on the sabbath, hence the acceptance of the disciples of to prepare the meal a day early… refer to Steve Anderson’s link above)
  • {22:39} And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives;……..
  • {22:54} Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house
  • “And as soon as it was day (i.e. Thursday a.m.), the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together,(Luke 22:66)
  • (Herod) … sent him again to Pilate. {23:12} And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together…
  • {23:21} But they cried, saying, Crucify…{23:25} And he released unto them him (Barabbas) that for sedition and murder was cast into prison,
  • {23:44} And it was about the sixth hour (Thursday 12.00 noon), and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. {23:45} And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
  • {23:53} And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.”

Luke 23:54a) And that day was the preparation,….

Friday: Luke 23:54b …..and the sabbath (the holy day ‘sabbath’- my addition) drew on. {23:55} And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. {23:56} And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; (i.e. on the ‘unleavened sabbath’, it was probably allowable to prepare for funerals on a sabbath ‘holy’ day)……..

Saturday  {23:56} ……; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Sunday  {24:1} Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre,

Is it clear already? Lets try the same with Mark and Matthew. Mark is essential because it clearly states that the day of preparation is the day before the (‘unleavened’- my addition) sabbath, a separate day which obviously was the Friday ‘holy day’, the day after the crucifixion.

  • Thursday Mark 15:37 “And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. {15:38} And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom…………”
  •  And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the (unleavened – my addition) sabbath, {15:43} Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus…..and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. {15:47} And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
  • Friday and Saturday – the back to back Sabbaths – no work was being done by man while Jesus was doing the work of our salvation. A fitting picture that Jesus did all the work in redeeming us, there is nothing we can do to add to that work!)
  • Sunday {Mark 16:1} And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

It also ties up with Matthew’s account as follows:

  • Thursday (Preparation day and the Crucifixion) Matt 27:45: Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Matt 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: {27:58} He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. {27:59} And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, {27:60} And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. {27:61} And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
  • Friday: {Matt 27:62} Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, ……{27:65} Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. {27:66} So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
  • Sunday: {Matt 28:1} In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. {28:2} And, behold, there was a great earthquake:

Why the ‘Good Friday’ error?

Jesus did not institute the Easter celebrations. There is no reason for Christians to consider Easter as a ‘holy day’. We are only required to remember Jesus sacrifice on the cross regularly during communion. That’s it. Christmas and Easter are feasts instituted by man, and are purely traditional.

It will be seen that all ‘new’ translations (originating from Westcott and Hort’s Greek text/Vaticanus/Sinaiticus) change the KJV’s ‘the third day‘ to ‘on the third day’. In this way its easier to say that Jesus was in the grave on Friday and Saturday night, and resurrected ‘on’ the third day. (Adding the word ‘on’ succeeds to deceive us …the sabbath was 6pm Friday, to 6pm Saturday, i.e. one day. Jesus rose approx. 12 hours later , early on the Sunday. By that (wrong) reckoning, if one counts Friday as the first day, He rose ‘on the third day’.)

However, the KJV clearly doesn’t teach this:

Matthew 16:21  “From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.”
Matthew 17:23  “And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.”
Matthew 20:19  “And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.”
Matthew 27:64   “Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.”
Mark 9:31  “For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.”
Mark 10:34  “And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.”
Luke 9:22  “Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.”
Luke 13:32  “And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.”
Luke 18:32-33  “For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:  33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.”
Luke 24:6-7   “He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,  7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”
Luke 24:21  “But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.”
Luke 24:46  “And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:”
Acts 10:39-40  “And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:  40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;”
1 Corinthians 15:3-4   “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;  4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”

The above is a good illustration of how easily we can get deceived by ‘the majority opinion’. It could be dead wrong.

Nevertheless, its quite remarkable that the scriptures make it obvious that ‘the third day’ is a very important piece of information. The “3rd day” is one of the most frequently mentioned pieces of chronological information related to Jesus’ death and resurrection. If there is one part of Jesus’ Passover week the New Testament that is emphasized, it is that Jesus rose from the grave the “3rd day”.

3 thoughts on “3.7 Prophetic pattern of thirds

  1. Hello,
    Thank you very much for this work. I pray that the Lord blesses you abundantly for this tremendous effort on your part. You have more than adequately heeded the call to grow and serve the Church. I have one request concerning this end-time study: do you have one, or perhaps several DOWNLOADABLE pdf/word/rtf versions of the entire study? This is because I live in a third-world country and internet is costly for me; my internet time is therefore rationed (by me) due to the cost factor. I do dearly want to read the WHOLE study, but it is practicable for me if I download the entire study ONE TIME and save it in my computer and study it offline thereafter.
    You can send it to me via e-mail. I have similarly downloaded all of Dr Luginbill’s work and Curtis Omo’s.
    Thank you again.

    In Jesus’ name,

    Resi.

    1. Hi Respicius,
      I’ll email you the whole study.
      As I’m constantly updating minor points online, the internet version is more up to date than the PDF.
      Regards,

      1. Hi Resi,
        The section on ‘The 2000 year plan’ has been substantially revised.
        Please keep that in mind when using the PDF/wordfile
        Regards,

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