Yesterday, Michelle Anne (my granddaughter's name) referred to my post of September 2004.  I thought some of the Doves might want to see it, below.

Jim
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"The year everything changed"
Jim Bramlett
Sep 16 2004 09:20AM


Dear friends:

This week, outstanding prophecy scholar Billye Brim is teaching on television with Gloria Copeland (WGN, 7:30 a.m., ET and TBN, 11 a.m. ET -- highly recommended). 

Today Billye retold interesting information about an ancient Jewish prophecy that I received from her in 2002, and that I sent out in a message and posted on July 18, 2002.  For new readers and a reminder for the others, I will repeat it below.  It is about the "shemittah" year (every seventh year -- a sabbatical year according to Leviticus 25:1-4), which begins on Rosh HaShanah.  

By the way, today is Rosh HaShanah (Feast of Trumpets), or new year's day, on the Jewish calendar.

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July 18, 2002
Jewish sages and the 'shemittah' year

Dear friends:

Yesterday I received in the mail from a friend a copy of an article by Bible teacher Billye Brim, titled, "The Shemittah Year." The article contained information that really got my attention. Billye Brim is an outstanding teacher and knowledgeable of Israel, Hebrew and Jewish customs, often with wonderful insights. She frequently is a guest on Gloria Copeland's television program.

The article was about "the shemittah year," which is a sabbatical year according to Leviticus 25:1-4.

I will not try to transcribe and include the whole article, but will excerpt pertinent portions. Billye says:

"When I went to my Jewish source in Israel in May (AFCM Tour 2001), he reminded me again that 'SEPTEMBER 11, 1999, WAS THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED AND THE BEGINNING OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS' (emphasis supplied… see below about Jewish year 5760).

"He told us that according to the sages and the Oral Tradition, once 'the year everything changes occurs,' a war will start on the next shemittah year following that, beginning a war cycle. 'After this war cycle is completed' -- his eyes lit up as he spoke -- 'it is the year of Meshiach ben-David' (Messiah, Son of David)!

"In September 2000, the next 'shemittah' year after September 1999, war began (just as predicted). We were witnesses to this fact as Ariel Sharon went to the Temple Mount to pray and Arafat declared jihad ('Holy War') the following day. This was the beginning of the 'war cycle' just as the sages had predicted.

"On September 11, 2001, terrorism struck our nation. Now the United States is in a war.  (Bramlett note in 2004: They are calling it a world war, with no end in sight.)

"According to the Jewish sages, the war cycle will end at the end of a 'shemittah' year -- as little as one year or a set of sevens, up to 49 years (until the Year of Jubilee). (BRAMLETT COMMENT: THE NEXT SHEMITTAH YEAR WILL BE 2OO7, but the prediction about the ending of the cycle is vague.)

"The year following the 'shemittah' year after the war cycle ends is the year of King Messiah. (Billye then quotes from Zachariah 12.)

"I'm not saying that I absolutely believe that Jesus will come on the year following a 'shemittah' year, or set up His kingdom then, but it could happen. Prophecy is being fulfilled around us on a daily basis. We are very close to the day of His appearing, the Rapture, and His coming to establishing His Kingdom here on earth."

(End of Billye Brim quote.)