36“Then
the king will
do as
he pleases,
and he will
exalt himself
and boast against every god and
will speak [ar]dreadful things against the
God of
gods;
and he will be successful until the
indignation is
finished,
because that
which is
determined will
be done. 37And
he will show no regard for
the [as]gods of
his fathers or
for the [at]desire of
women,
nor will
he show regard for
any other god;
for he will
boast against them all. 38But [au]instead he
will honor a
god of
fortresses,
a god whom his
fathers did
not know;
he will honor him with
gold,
silver,
precious stones,
and treasures. 39And
he will take action against
the strongest of
fortresses with the
help of a
foreign god;
he will give great honor to [av]those
who acknowledge him and
will make them
rulers over
the many,
and will
parcel out land for
a price.
40“And
at the end time the
king of
the South will
wage war with
him, and the
king of
the North will
storm against him
with chariots,
horsemen,
and with many ships;
and he will
enter countries,
overflow them, and
pass through. 41He
will also
enter the [aw]Beautiful Land,
and many countries will
fall;
but these will
be rescued out
of his hand:
Edom,
Moab,
and the
foremost of
the sons of
Ammon. 42Then
he will reach out with
his hand against other countries,
and the land of
Egypt will
not escape. 43But
he will [ax]gain control over
the hidden treasures of
gold and
silver,
and over all the
precious things of
Egypt;
and Libyans and
Ethiopians will
follow at
his [ay]heels. 44But
rumors from
the East and
from the North will
terrify him,
and he will go out with
great wrath to
eliminate and [az]annihilate many. 45And
he will pitch the
tents of
his royal pavilion between the
seas and
the beautiful Holy Mountain;
yet he will
come to
his end,
and no one will
help him.
In
verse 36 above
I noted the
word "then"
which in my
mind followed
"until the end
time".
To me, there
was a long
pause in the
account from
when Antiochus
was on the
scene to the
arrival of a
future
Antiochus-like
person at the
end time.
In
other words, I
came to the
conclusion
that the
transition
into the
judgement
years in front
of us would
begin at a
Hanukkah.
It is my
understanding
that Youtuber
and Messianic
Rabbi Mark
Biltz thinks
similarly but
he references
Jesus'
warnings in
John 10.
Youtuber and
Messianic
Rabbi Jonathan
Cahn also has
good teachings
on this.
(Along
these lines I
also keep
something else
in my mind (on
the back shelf
so to
speak).
Not long ago
there was a
president who
had no love
for Israel at
all yet made a
point to light
the Hanukkah
menorah each
year. My
intuition back
then was that
he was looking
forward to a
future
opportunity
along the
lines of what
Antiochus
attempted.
He was not
celebrating
the Jewish
victory over
their
enemies.
With the
current
administration
and who is
likely running
things behind
him, I think
that prior
person is very
much still on
the scene to
attempt his
version of
what a future
fulfillment of
a Hanukkah is
to be like.)
An
additional
detail about
Hanukkah is
that the first
day of the
10th month
takes place
within
it.
Esther went
into the
presence of
the king seen
in Esther 2:
16So
Esther was
taken to
King Ahasuerus in
his royal palace in
the tenth month,
which is
the month Tebeth,
in the seventh year of
his reign.
It
is my
understanding
that when only
a month for a
date is
expressed in
the Bible but
no specific
day is
mentioned,
then it is
referring to
the first day
of the month.
My
thought is,
"Might we go
into the
presence of
the King of
Kings on that
day? In
the middle of
Hanukkah?"
Another
event happened
on the same
date, but it
is described
as the first
day of the
fourth month
because this
is before the
exodus
event.
This detail is
from Jubilees
3:
32.
And on the new
moon of the
fourth month,
Adam and his
wife went
forth from the
Garden of
Eden.
Because
of what Jesus
accomplished,
might the
anniversary of
when Adam and
Eve left the
manifest
presence of
God in the
Garden be the
very time we
are brought
into the
presence of
God?
Lastly,
as I look for
possibilities
as to when
Jesus might
come for us, I
also try to
see if a 40
day transition
might be tied
to that timing
so as to allow
Jesus (perhaps
with some of
us) to, in
some way,
fulfill the 40
day warning
sign of
judgment from
Jonah to
Ninevah.
Jesus mentions
this in Luke
11:30 as He
was also
describing a
return of His
in the future:
For
just as Jonah
became a sign
to the
Ninevites, so
will the Son
of Man be to
this
generation.
Now,
I observe that
for the Esther
and for the
Adam and Eve
date clues, I
have a first
day of a tenth
month (per
Israel's
calendar) and
a first day of
the fourth
month (per the
nations'
calendar).
Might there be
an insight if
I flip
those?
Might there be
a detail clue
if I look at
Israel's first
day of their
fourth month
which would
then be the
first day of
Noah's (the
nations')
tenth
month. I
believe there
is.
(I
think I can do
this because
of how the
Lord's Feasts
are somewhat
tied together,
especially as
I compare the
first and the
seventh
months, which
are six months
apart. I
believe God
set it up this
way because
His view is
for the whole
world and He
took into
account the
opposite
seasons of the
southern
hemisphere
compared to
the northern
hemisphere.)
Recall
when Israel
embraced the
bad report of
the
unbelieving
spies.
They were to
go into the
promised land
on about the
11 of
Av. The
spies went
through the
land for 40
days per the
direction of
God.
That would
mean that God
told them to
check out the
promised land
on the first
day of
Israel's
fourth
month.
40 days later,
instead of a
blessing, a
judgment
began.
For the moment
keep this
mind.
In
terms of Noah
and the first
day of his
tenth month,
see the
following from
chapter 8 of
Genesis:
5And
the water decreased steadily until the
tenth month;
in the tenth month,
on the first day
of the month,
the tops of
the mountains became visible.
6Then
it came about at
the end of
forty days,
that Noah opened the
window of
the ark which he
had made; 7and
he sent out a
raven,
and it [b]flew here and
there until the
water was
dried up [c]from
the earth. 8Then
he sent out a [d]dove,
to see if
the water was low on
the [e]surface of
the land; 9but
the dove found no resting place for
the sole of
its foot,
so it returned to
him in the ark,
for the water was
on the [f]surface of
all the
earth
Noah
released the
raven and dove
on the 11th
day of his
11th month,
with this date
being the same
day of the
year as to
when Israel
was to go into
the promised
land but
instead had to
experience
judgment.
In
my thinking,
the above
release of the
raven is a
type/shadow of
God releasing
the spirit of
the antichrist
via the first
seal's white
horse
rider.
The dove
represents the
Holy Spirit
going through
out the earth
but not being
able to rest
because the
Spirit of
Jesus is not
in any of the
people.
The Spirit
will be
release by the
Father from
heaven because
earlier it had
arrived there
in us.
The key detail
in Genesis 8
is the 40 days
took place
after the
first day of
Noah's tenth
month.
This would
have laid over
the same 40
days on
Israel's
calendar when
the spies were
spying out the
land. At
the end of
both 40 days,
a judgement
began.
In one case,
those who were
to enter the
promised land
could
not. And
in the other
case at the
end of the 40
days, the
raven was
released and
the Holy
Spirit found
no place to
rest.
Tying
it all
together, on
one hand the
middle date of
the upcoming
Hanukkah has a
theme pointing
to our
entering the
presence of
the King. And
also thinking
in terms of
similar dates,
the middle of
the upcoming
Hanukkah might
also be the
beginning of a
40 day
transition
that ends with
the judgment
years
beginning.
Might these 40
days be also
when Jesus
fulfills the
sign of Jonah
to
Ninevah?
If we go on
the first day
of the tenth
month this
year, or about
December, then
the 40 days
will end,
counting
inclusively ,
on January
21st.
What
is very
significant
about January
21st is that
when the sun
get to its
position in
the sky on
that date, it
will also be
at the very
same place
where the very
long lasting
blood moon was
right next to
a very large
Mars (Mars was
in orbital
proximity to
the Earth),
bright (like
the full moon,
Mars was
opposite our
Sun and so was
fully lit up)
and noticeable
(Mars just so
happened to be
experience a
planet wide
dust storm
which
increased its
brightness and
apparent size)
on July 27/28
in 2018.
I
do not believe
that sign back
in 2018 was
without
meaning.
It was a
warning of
future
judgment.
Back then I
did not know
how to
interpret its
timing.
For years
after I
struggle to
comprehend it
timing.
I am now
wondering if
it was
pointing to a
future January
21st. I
am thinking it
might be this
coming January
21st.
For
what it is
worth.
God
bless you.
Douglas
Henney
dougsspare@yahoo.com