Dear friends:

My message yesterday spoke of the possible decree of Daniel 9:25 being that Knesset declaration of January 23, 1950 making Jerusalem the capital of Israel.  In a 49-year (7X7) countdown, to the exact day, January 23, 1999, we saw the unprecedented sign in the heavens of a gamma-ray burst and greatest known release of energy in the universe since creation.

In meditating on this, I am reminded of  what has happened in the seven years since then.  Connecting the dots:

1.  The very next year, on May 5, 2000, an extraordinary event occurred in our solar system. The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and at least five comets were in close alignment, fitting together in a geocentric arc of only 25 degrees. This alignment will not occur again until the year 2675! The last occurrence of this alignment was in September 1186 AD.  (God gave the heavens as signs -- Genesis 1:14).

2.  The latest Palestinian Intifida began that same year: September 28, 2000 (the last day of Jewish year 5760).  Jesus said that His return would be "as in the days of Noah."  Genesis 6:11 says that in the days of Noah, "the earth was filled with violence" (Hebrew chamac, Strong's # 2555, pronounced hamas!)

3.  Shortly thereafter, leading rabbis in Israel declared that Israel was now in the time of Jacobs trouble as prophesied by Jeremiah 30:7. This was a profound, historic announcement.

4.  Rabbis also declared that the Jewish year 5760 (modern year 2000) was the end of 6,000 years since Creation, or the end of the sixth millennial day.

5.  The very next year after the year 2000, in 2001, we saw the seventh anniversary of when the 21 fragments of the Shoemaker-Levy Comet that slammed into the planet Jupiter on July 16-22, 1994, no doubt a heavenly sign.  Historically, the planet has been linked to the Jewish Messiah. July 16-17, 1994 is especially significant. It overlaps with the 9th of Av on the Jewish calendar, a date that historically has meant destruction and tragedy for the Jews, and is commemorated by them as a dark day. The Midrah states that God marked the 9th of Av as a day of catastrophe and declared it an eternal day of mourning. Both Solomon's and Herod's Temples were destroyed by invaders on that very same day.  It may be no accident that the 21 comet collisions extended over seven days, possibly representing the seven years of Daniel's 70 week and the time of Jacobs trouble, as well as the 21 judgments of Revelation.

6. Also, September 11, 2001 saw the Al Qaeda attack on the Twin Towers, changing the world forever, and many believe a final warning.  This marked a major end-time release of demon power upon the world through radical Islam.

7.  With inclusive counting, the rare and stunning comet Hale-Bopp was discovered in 1995, seven years earlier than 9-11-01, and was closest to the earth on March 22, 1997.  The Jewish-Roman  historian, Josephus, described a similar comet hanging like a sword over Jerusalem before the prophesied Roman destruction of the city in AD 70.

8.  Jewish year 5760 began on September 11, 1999, the same year as the gamma-ray burst.  This year may have an unprecedented convergence of three of the most profound events in all history: (1) the end of the sixth millennial days (6,000 years) of creation and beginning if the seventh; (2) the end of the second millennial day (2,000 years) since Christ's birth and the beginning of the third; and (3), the Jubilee year (50th anniversary) of Israel officially declaring Jerusalem its capital on January 23, 1950.  Thanks to Bonnie Gaunt, we learn that the gematria, or letter/number equivalents of the Hebrew language, for the words SIX DAYS multiplies to 5760 and also the words THIRD DAY multiplies to 5760 (both with extra zeros). The statistical improbability of such an outcome must be astronomical.

In the past, I have pointed out some amazing things about the Jewish year 5760:

1.  Creation was in six days. Six days X 24 hours = 144 hours. Assuming 1 hour = 1 generation, and 1 generation = 40 years, we have 144 X 40 = 5760!

 2.  Verse number 5760 in the Hebrew Bible is Deuteronomy 32:7: "Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations." But that's not all: This verse exactly follows 50 verses from Deuteronomy 30:5 which speaks of Israel's rebirth in 1948, and the year 5760 exactly follows 50 years from Israel's rebirth!

4.  Counting multiple books as one (e.g., 1 and 2 Samuel), Revelation is book number 57 in the Bible. Book 57 verse 60 happens to be Revelation 3:11: "I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown." Counting numbered books also, Revelation is the 66th book of the Bible, making verse 3:11 verse number 66:60!

5.  Finally, here are some more fascinating tidbits: (1) A cube has six sides, eight corners and twelve edges, and 6 X 8 X 12 = 576, showing the importance of the number in God's design. (2) The gematria of "Messiah the Prince" in Daniel 9:25 = 576. (3) Similarly, "He shall appear in His glory" in Psalm 102:16 = 576. (4) Oddly, there are 5,760 grains in one pound (troy) of gold. Gold is symbolic of royalty and the coming King. (5) On the first day of the Jewish year 5760, monster hurricane Floyd was born, one of the largest in history, menacing the entire East Coast of the U.S.  Multiplied, the Hebrew gematria for FLOYD (pe, lamed, vaw, yod, daleth) = 5760 (00), a pointed reminder of Psalm 98:7-9: "Let the sea roar, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell in it... For He is coming to judge the earth. With righteousness he shall judge the world."

Amen.

Jim