There are more interesting heavenly events connected with the signs of the October 10/27/04 eclipse which I pointed out in my Election Connections Follow Up letter, as if these eclipse signs were not striking enough! Click Here to read the follow up letter.
Last year, on 8/27/03 at 5:51 AM EDT, Mars came the closest to earth that it has come in 59,619 years. Keep in mind that the Hebrew/Biblical meaning of Mars is Michael the warrior angel, the personification of war, or war itself. Approximately a few hours, day, month and year later [minus leap day 2/29/2004], on 9/29/04 at 9:35 AM EDT, the asteroid Toutatis made it's closest approach to earth since the 12th century. This asteroid is named after the Celtic/Gallic war god. The time frame between these two close approaches of hours, day, month and year closely resemble a similar timeframe found in the bible. The only instance of this timeframe is found in Rev. 9:15 "So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released to kill a third of mankind." [NKJV]. It is a part of the sixth trumpet. Here we have 2 celestial objects that represent war, with Mars also representing Michael, separated by a timeframe that represents judgment. Then a month later on 10/27/04 we had the amazing eclipse signs which also represent war, judgment, and Michael. I find this very interesting.
Then there are all the amazing signs of 2005 to consider. Click Here to read about these signs.
I also wrote of a possible timeline for the last 3 1/2 years of the 70 weeks [the great tribulation], which might run from spring 2006 through fall 2009. This timeline hypothesis can be read by clicking Here. As part of this hypothesis, I pointed out how scripture appears to be indicating that the covenant with many from Daniel chapter 9 could be made by Yeshua Himself, of which 3 1/2 years were completed at His first coming, with the balance to be completed at His second coming. Since then, several others have written letters expressing the same interpretation of this passage. I have also come across others who believe this as well. Studying this further, I am now of the opinion that it is in fact Yeshua HaMashiach that confirms the covenant for a 7. While this timeline could still be a possibility, there are indications that it might be sooner. Again, consider the signs and world events that just passed, and the signs that are to occur in 2005.
As I considered the possibility that the last 3 1/2 years before the end of the age might start as early as 2005, the following came into focus. On 2/23/05 [14th of Adar 1] there is an additional Purim known as Purim Katan. This minor Purim is only found in years when a second month of Adar is added, but it still represents being saved from the hands of Haman. It is interesting that 1260 days from 9/11/01 is 2/22/05, the day before Purim Katan. Moreover, from Purim Katan to the last day of Sukkot in 2008 [10/20/08] is 1335 days. If an earlier timeline proves to be true, I would expect something negative in Israel to occur related to the peace process [I.E. an opposite to what Purim represents] around Purim Katan, or perhaps Purim itself.
Then there were the letters from Miriam Howard about the Sabbatical cycles which led me to review some studying I had done on this in the past. These cycles are known as shmittahs. There are 2 generally accepted timelines of shmittah cycles, one of which is most likely correct. These two different timelines are only separated by one year. There is historical and biblical evidence that the 70 weeks of Daniel line up with the shmittah cycles that Israel should have been following at the time. If this is the case, then Yeshua's 3 1/2 years of ministry occurred during the first 3 1/2 years of a shmittah; the first half of the 70th week. Miriam reached this conclusion as well. One can then surmise that the completion of the 70th week would begin in the middle of a shmittah.
Based upon the two timelines of shmittah cycles, Yeshua would have begun His ministry in the fall of 27 AD or 28 AD depending upon which timeline is correct. His ministry would then have ended in the spring of 31 AD or 32 AD. Extending these shmittah cycles forward to our time results in shmittahs that would run either fall 2001 to fall 2008, or fall 2002 to fall 2009. Either one of these are very interesting. The spring 2006 to fall 2009 timeline I presented ends up lining up with the last 3 1/2 years of the 2002-2009 shmittah. I did not see this when I came up with this timeline hypothesis. But we must also consider that historically, there is more evidence that the earlier shmittah timeline is correct. With this in mind more interesting possibilities regarding 2005 come into focus.
Using the earlier shmittah timeline, Yeshua's 3 1/2 years of ministry would have ended at Passover 31 AD. Now apply the Hosea 6:2 prophesy "After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight." [NKJV] The 2 days end up working out to approximately 1971.25 years [360 x 2000 = 720,000 / 365.25 = 1971.25]. Add this to 31 AD and it brings you to 2002, within the first year of this earlier shmittah cycle [fall 2001 to fall 2002]. This Hosea prophesy could be pointing to this earlier shmittah of 2001-2008. If you now apply the possibility that it will be the last 3 1/2 years of a shmittah to complete the 70th week, you would have a period that would run from spring 2005 to fall 2008. So besides looking at Purim, I would expect prophetic events around the spring feasts as well.
If this earlier shmittah is when the balance of the 3 1/2 years are completed, then 911 becomes even more pronounced. 911 is what caused the US to go to war to reshape the Middle East, and you know my thoughts about our involvement there. 911 was also 7 days before the beginning of the 2001-2008 shmittah if the earlier timeline is correct. Remember the 1260 & 1335 day counts I pointed out earlier?
So 2005 could be the year that the final 3 1/2 years of the 70 weeks commences. We may only have a little less then 4 years before the end of the age. See the picture of the end of the age Here. I guess we will know if this earlier timeline is correct by the end of spring.
YBIC, Chris aka Prophbuff