Four
Proofs and Nine Days
By Pastor F. M. Riley
“My son, if thou wilt receive My words, and
hide My commandments with thee;
So that thou incline thine ear unto
wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest
up thy voice for understanding;
If thou seekest her as silver, and
searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Then shalt thou understand the fear of
the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.”
Proverbs 2:1-5
Introduction
Over the past seven
months of this year I have been repeatedly asked why I am so sure the Lord is
coming in 2009. I think this is a fair
question deserving of an answer. This
entire study will be devoted to answering this question for our readers. You are invited to join us for an
enlightening Bible study…….
The Four Proofs
Proof No. 1…..The Jewish Calendar…….This
present year 2009 on our Gentile calendar, is the Jewish year 5769
on the Jewish calendar. Since the
Gentile calendar and the Jewish calendar overlap, the present Jewish year will
end at sundown [6 p.m.] on Friday,
September 18th. At that time
the Jewish year 5770 will begin with the 1st day of the month
of Tishri, which will be Saturday, September 19th on our Gentile
calendar. The 1st day of
Tishri on the Jewish calendar is also known as Rosh HaShanah, and is sometimes
referred to by Gentiles as “The Feast of Trumpets.” This particular day marks the beginning of
the new civil year on the Jewish calendar, and also the end of the harvest
season for the previous year.
What is the prophetic significance
of these facts in the light of God’s Word?
I’m so glad you asked!
The
number “69” in the Jewish year, 5769,
is associated throughout the Scriptures with, “to bring to an end; to cut off; to finish; to complete; to fulfill.” What is then spoken of in God’s Word that should
be completed, finished, or brought to an end by or before the Jewish year 5769
comes to an end at sundown [6 p.m.]
on September 18th?
What immediately comes to mind is “the
fullness of the Gentiles,” Romans 11:25. This refers to the number of
Gentiles whom the Lord “foreknew” would be saved during
this present “dispensation of grace.” Read
Romans
8:28-30, Ephesians 1:3-6, and 2 Peter 3:11-12. This latter passage when carefully
studied, teaches true believers to be “Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of
God.” Check the Greek text! How can we New Testament believers “hasten”
the day of God? By winning souls to a
saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Read Proverbs 11:30. What an incentive to be a soul winner! Folks, when the last soul the Lord foreknew
would be saved during this present dispensation receives Christ as his (or her) Savior, the “fullness of the Gentiles” will be completed
and the resurrection and rapture will immediately occur. Glory!
Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
Also
the number “70” in the Jewish year, 5770,
is highly significant. This is the Bible
number associated with “the restoration
of Israel”
all through the Scriptures. This
leads me to believe that when the Jewish year 5770 begins on Rosh HaShanah, September
19th, the Lord’s church and all New Testament believers will have already
been resurrected and raptured to glory, and the nation and people of Israel
will be restored to their position as the representative of Almighty God
among men upon the earth.
The way these years on the Jewish calendar
are working out this year then makes it quite evident to me that the
Lord is coming to resurrect and rapture His people to glory this year; 2009. Now keep this truth about the Jewish calendar
in mind as you continue to read this study, for all four of these proofs work
together…..
Proof
No. 2…..The Jewish Sabbath Years…….The Law of the Land given to Israel in Leviticus
25 and the chronology set forth in both God’s Word and history
indicates that 5769 is a “Sabbath year” on the Jewish calendar. According to Jewish authorities this present
Jewish year of 5769 is the 42nd year in their 50 year cycle
leading up to the Jubilee year as set forth in Leviticus 25.
This means that 5770 is the first
year of the next seven year Sabbath cycle.
This next Sabbath cycle of seven years will then complete the
entire 49 year cycle set forth in Leviticus 25. 42 + 7 = 49. The year then following the
completion of these next seven years will be the Great Jubilee year. Glory to God!
Hallelujah!
This present Sabbath year of 5769 ends on
September 18th at sundown, and a new cycle of seven years begins at
that time with the first year of the cycle being 5770. Now let me illustrate this so that any reader
should be able to understand the truth that is being set forth…..
5770 + 5771 + 5772 + 5773 + 5774 + 5775 +
5776 = 7 years. The Jewish year 5776
is again a Sabbath year, and also the 49th year in the
cycle. This means that the following
year; Jewish year 5777, will be the 50th year and the year of
the Great Jubilee. Folks, these
coming seven years correlate exactly with the seven years of the
Tribulation period, which will begin on or near Rosh HaShanah this
present year of 2009 on our Gentile calendar. This means that the Jewish year 5777
will also be the first year of the Millennial Kingdom
of Christ upon this earth. Glory to
God! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
These truths about the Jewish Sabbath
Years again make it evident to me that the resurrection and rapture of God’s
people will occur during this present year of 2009.
Proof
No. 3…..The Psalms…….I have previously written about the Book
of Psalms numerous times, pointing out the correlation between the Psalms
and the years of the 20th and 21st
centuries. This revelation was pioneered
by Pastor J. R. Church of Prophecy in the News in his book, Hidden Prophecies in the Psalms, which
was published in 1987. I continued to
study the correlation after reading Brother
Church’s book and have
proven the truth of it over and over again.
I realize there are some “super smart” Christians today who still don’t
want to believe it, but I also realize that such “Christians” [?] have never seriously studied the
correlation and have no intention of studying it. The inspired statement in Daniel
12:4 is totally wasted on such “professing Christians.” They [think] already “know it all,” and their minds are
closed to any further light from God’s Word.
But for those of us believers who are not
too proud hearted and arrogant to believe that the Lord is still opening up the
truths of His prophetic Word to those willing to seriously study the Word, I
have some good news…..
Psalm 108:6, which Psalm
correlates with 2008, plainly predicts the rapture of God’s people to
glory. It is plain enough in the KJV,
but it is even more explicitly stated in the Hebrew text. Look at it for yourself. However, in that verse it is in the future tense. This means that the rapture was not to occur
in 2008, but in some future year.
Now look at Psalm 109 which
correlates with 2009. This Psalm
quite obviously speaks of the Antichrist coming on the world scene during
this present year. It also speaks of
a “remnant” of Israel
once again crying out to the Lord for mercy upon the Jewish people. This means that before this year of 2009 is
completed, the Antichrist will make his appearance on the world scene and the seven
year Tribulation period will begin.
Now what better time is there for it to begin this year than at the end
of the Jewish year, 5769, and the beginning of the Jewish year, 5770? Well…??
Now I want to also illustrate this truth
for our readers…..
The last 3 and ½ months of 2009 + 2010 +
2011 + 2012 + 2013 + 2014 + 2015 + 8 and ½ months of 2016 = the 7 years of
the Tribulation. This will bring the
Tribulation to an end approximately at Rosh HaShanah of 2016, which will
be the beginning of the Jewish year, 5777. As previously stated, that year will also be
the year of the Great Jubilee and the first year of the glorious Millennial Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Some readers may wonder about this? Good!
An open inquiring mind is exactly what God’s people need in order
for the Lord to give them spiritual truth.
Now look at Psalm 116 which
correlates with 2016. In this Psalm
the “remnant” of Israel
is rejoicing and praising the Lord.
Why? Because the entire Psalm
repeatedly points out that the “remnant” of Israel has been [past tense] saved and redeemed from the
hands of their enemies. The Lord has
heard them and has helped them.
He has loosed their bonds and set them free. The Tribulation is over in Psalm
116! How could it be made
any plainer? Study it for yourself and
let the truth soak in. Glory to
God! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Lift up your voices and give praise to the
Lord who gave us such a wonderful Holy Spirit inspired book. Praise His Holy Name!
There is not the slightest question in my
mind that this brief look at these Psalms is absolute proof that the
Lord is coming for His people during this present year of 2009 and that the
Tribulation period is also going to begin this year. Glory to God!
Proof
No. 4…..The 42 year Generation…….Anyone who seriously studies the
prophecies knows that many of the prophecies in God’s Word are conditioned upon
Israel being reestablished as a nation again in their own land. This occurred in 1948. But also many of the prophecies are
conditioned upon the return to Israel
of their holy city of Jerusalem and the holy Temple mount. This did not occur until the Six Day War of
1967.
Folks, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself explicitly
stated in the Olivet Discourse that “the generation” which would see “the
fig tree” [a type of Israel; Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 24:5-7] “putteth
forth leaves” would not “pass away” [die off; cease to exist] until “the kingdom of God”
has been established upon this earth.
See and compare Matthew 24:32-35, Mark 13:28-31 and Luke
21:29-33. Now how long is a Biblically
defined “generation”?
I have personally looked up every single place
in the entire Bible where the word “generation” occurs. In carefully studying the context I have
found every single place in God’s Word where a length of time is connected with
the word “generation.” Therefore
I know that the length of a “generation” as defined by the
inspired word of God is between 33 and 42 years. Period!
Now how long has it been since Israel expanded
their territory [putteth forth leaves] in the Six Day War in 1967? It has been 42 years! 1967 + 42 =
2009. It is then more than coincidence
that the number, 42, is associated with “the coming of Christ” over and over again in the inspired
Word. Glory! Glory to God!
Hallelujah!
So here again is a fourth proof
that this year of 2009 is the year our Lord is coming to take His people “home”
to glory. All four of these proofs are
based upon the sure foundation of the Word of God. Read 2 Peter 1:19. I hope every reader
will seriously examine these four proofs for yourself. Read Acts 17:11.
The Nine Days
Now I want to set before our readers a nine
day period which is commonly overlooked or ignored in God’s Word. I personally consider this nine day period
to be highly significant in relation to Bible prophecy and the coming of the
Lord to resurrect and rapture His people to glory.
The Lord Jesus Christ Himself stated, “And
as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the Son of
man,” Luke 17:26. See also Matthew
24:37. In these verses and
context the Lord explicitly stated that “the days” in which He
will come will follow the same pattern
that was set forth “in the days of Noah.” Therefore we need to turn back to “the
days of Noah” just preceding the flood to see what the Word of the Lord
has to reveal to us.
The account of “the days” just preceding
the flood, and then the account of the flood, is all recorded in Genesis
7. It is in this chapter that I
want our readers to notice a truth that has been sadly overlooked or
ignored.
Day One “And the Lord said unto
Noah, Come thou and all thy house
into
the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation……… Genesis 7:1.
Days Two For yet seven days, and I
will cause it to rain upon the earth
thru Eight forty days and forty nights; and
every living substance that I
have made
will I destroy from off the face of the earth…….
Genesis 7:4.
Day Nine And it came to pass after
seven days, that the waters of the
flood
were upon the earth. Genesis
7:10.
This inspired wording of these Scriptures
should make it obvious that the Lord spoke to Noah the day before the
seven day period began; “For yet seven days…”. Noah then spent the next seven days
bringing the animals, birds, etc. into the ark.
This makes a total of 8 days that passed including the day the
Lord gave the warning to Noah. Then it
is plainly stated, “after seven days” the flood began upon the earth. This then makes a total of nine days
from the time the Lord gave the warning to Noah until the day the flood
began. Read it for yourself, Genesis
7:1-10.
I
am sure some of our readers will wonder why I am setting forth this truth in
such a way. It is because of what the
Lord said, “For as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days
of the Son of man.”
Now look at your calendar. September 11th to September 19th
[Rosh HaShanah] is exactly nine
days. Count them for yourself. It appears that if the Lord’s people are
going to be given a “seven day” warning in exactly the same manner that
Noah was, then “the warning” is likely to come on September 11th. Then seven days will follow. Then on the day after the seven days,
which will be Rosh HaShanah, the Tribulation period may very well begin on the
earth, just as the flood began “in the days of Noah.” .
Am
I certain this is the way events will unfold just before the Tribulation? Absolutely not! I am sick to my stomach of proud hearted,
arrogant, dogmatism on the part of those claiming to be “God’s people,” who are
so dogmatically certain that they know everything there is to know about God’s
Word and anyone who disagrees with them knows nothing. Sic! Folks,
such “dogmatism” is wicked and it is wrong.
God’s people are supposed to be an humble people, serving the Lord in
meekness and humility. Such a “dogmatic” attitude stinks all the way to hell
and back. Every reader who claims to be
a “born again” believer needs to read 1 Peter 5:5-6 again and swallow down
a good dose of true Biblical humility.
What I have set forth about these nine
days is a distinct “possibility.”
Like all other true believers,
I will be “waiting” and “watching” to see what comes to pass in these next 33
days, and especially in the last nine days ending on Rosh HaShanah. Read Hebrews 10:35-39 and take heed.
May the Lord bless His Word to the hearts
and minds of every reader is my prayer.
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