While the below timeline is far differnent from what many
expect, it does show that there would be some visit by Jesus
to the Temple / ie the Church/ in the Spring of 2012 AD. This
''visit'' would be at or near the time of Passover of
2012........a very short time away!!
Remember that Jesus did not 'come' the first time the way
''expected''...........we should keep our spiritual antennae
up so as to not miss the ''way'' He may appear the second
time!!
Peter had said ''I go fishing''.......apparently the
disciples had given up some hope about all the
events............and had returned to their ''jobs'' as
fisherman. So this RE-appearance of Jesus seems to be to
''make sure they got back on track''.......this is evident
from the converstation that followed with Jesus politely
rebuking Peter.......''do you love me more than
these''..........?
Jesus appeared in the morning on the coast of the
lake/sea.
Notice again the similarity to John's (ie same writer)
account in Rev. 10........a great angel.......no doubt
Jesus.......appears with one foot on land and one on the
sea.........just as Jesus appeared in John 21 on the
shore.............very likely with one foot in the water
and one on the sand.
In Rev. 10 there is a Re-commissioning to ''preach
AGAIN to many people/tongues/ nations etc/''
I believe this parallels John ch 21........the
disciples had ''fished all night'' and had ''caught
nothing''......that pictures the church age and this
current dispensation..........''the night is far spent''
said Paul. The church has ''fished all night''
..........during this age and compared to the population
has in effect ''caught nothing''........
In 12 AD Jesus visisted the Temple in Jerusalem at the
Passover time.......this is recorded in
Luke's gospel/ see chp 2:41-50. This coming Passover
season of 2012 AD will be 2000 years elapsed since
that event took place.
Here is my premise........not set in concrete though.
Will Jesus again visit the Temple......ie some of the
church......the Overcomers..........to re-commission them
to ''go again to many nations/peoples '' etc per REV. 10?
If so, that would be at the Passover season of
2012....this year! >From 2012 AD to 2029 AD is 17
years. As Bonnie Gaunt and I discussed this she got an
email ''out of nowhere'' from a relative who asked her
''if she had considered that the number 17 when added up
by its constituent numbers added to 153''?!!
Note the disciples.......after following Jesus' fishing
instructions in John 21 caught 153 fish!
And note that when this happened they were 200 cubits
from where Jesus was! This would suggest that the end of
the 2000 years of the church age and the completion of the
Temple in 2033 AD was still not reached.........but
when the disciples had caught the remaining 153 fish they
were THEN with Jesus on the shore!! Repeat, they
were with Jesus on the shore.........no longer separated
by the 200 cubits!
There are 17 years from 2012 AD to 2029 AD.
Here us how all this ''may'' fit together.
Bonnie Gaunt, I, and others have concluded that
the year of the cross was 33 AD. The church age, for the
building of the Temple is 2000 years long.........proved
by types in the Old and New Testaments. That means that
the Kingdom would start in 2033 AD. Again, there are
multiple proofs of this happening. Most know that the
church age is 2000 years long.
So, IF Jesus appears to some in the Spring of 2012,
will that be the re-enactment of John 21 and Rev. 10?
If so, the 153 fish are ''yet to be caught'' and I
remind you that from 2012 to 2029 is 17 years and that the
number 17 when added by its contituent
numbers..........adds to 153 !!
From 2029 AD/Fall to the close in 2033 AD/Nisan is 3.5
years........which I believe is the time when the gospel
goes back to Israel. Notice that Rev. 12 comes after the
re-commissioning in Rev. 11.
At the start of Rev. 12 ''some'' are measured..........ie
''taken in'' but the rest are not measured........what
does that mean?> It means that in 2029 AD when the
gospel goes back to Israel the Church and the 153
fish caught the preceeding 17 years are ''taken in'' or
raptured. If you read the remainder of REV it shows that
later..........others are ''measured''........what is this
measuring but the ''taking in'' / ie translation of those
''measured''!!
There then remains the 3.5 years to the Kingdom of God
starting in 2033 AD (that is from 2029 to 2033). Note that
immediately after the 2 witnesses go to Israel that the
7th trumpet is sounded and the Kingdom of God starts on
earth.........see the last few verses of Rev. 11. This is
after the 3.5 years that the gospel goes back to the
nation of Israel.
If the above is correct then what might we expect?
We can expect Jesus to visit the Temple/ ie the
overcomers in the church/ in the Spring of 2012 AD to
re-commission them to preach again to all the world
for the next 17 years in order to ''catch'' the 153
fish. Would this involve some changed to immortality? I
don't know. But if true, it would for sure be an
empowerment to finish the job. This would be the latter
rain and ther greater works that Jesus said Would
happen!
Note also that this same scenario is ''acted out'' by
the miraculous escape of Peter from jail in Acts 12 which
was shortly after the time of the Passover! After
his escape he appeared to the other disciples at Rhoda's
house...........he seemed to be ''in a different
dimension'' and did not go into Rhoda's house.......and
they thought they had ''seen an angel''! Was there
something different about Peter after his release from
jail?
Paul in Romans 11 clearly said that when the gospel
goes back to the nation of Israel it will mean ''life from
the dead''.......that would put the rapture at 2029 AD in
the Fall.
But I would assume some type of empowerment to those
Jesus appears to in the Spring of 2012. We are very close
to that time!
God bless,
DP