A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF "THE PROPHETS SPEAK"

The first 16 years of a prophetic study concerning the End Times was originally documented in a compendium in 1995. However, the essentials of a completed study embodying the kinds of historic evidence mentioned above was first published on the Olive Tree Studies web site in 1999. It is presented in  two study areas: 

·       “Coming Glory” shows how tools were developed to detect prophetic events in modern times, and discusses the prophetic nature of several books in the Old and New Testaments.

·       “The Prophets Speak” exploits those tools to examine historic events that occurred during the 1939-2005 time frame, and then applies the book of Revelation to that period. 

With these products now in place, it is now possible to describe in retrospect those notable findings along the way that eventually enabled the results obtained. The findings summarized below were not necessarily developed in the chronological order in which they are discussed, but are summarized in the order shown to better explain the rationale for the above conclusions. 

Just click on the hyperlinks associated with the following summary components to review backup material related to each of them.   

Using the verifiable work of Edwin Thiele in his chronology of the Hebrew kings, it was possible to  extrapolate back to the indicated date for Israel’s first entrance into the Promised Land in 1406/05 BC. From that date, a Jubilee Calendar was constructed spanning Biblical times according to the rules set down in (Leviticus 25). By overlaying the resulting Jubilee Calendar on Biblical history, again developed using Thiele’s chronology, it was found that the following important events apparently occurred on Jubilee years (see Jubilee Calendar).

1. The 2007/06 BC birth of Jacob (Associated with “Israel’s” birth) (Genesis 32.28).
   
   

2. The 1407/06 BC year when Israel was ready to enter the Land following the Exodus (Associated with the Lord’s promise that Israel would be given the Land as an eternal inheritance) (Genesis 15.18-21, 17.7)
   
   

3. The 1007/06 BC year in which David’s kingdom began (Associated with the Lord’s promise to David that his earthly kingdom would eventually become an everlasting one through Messiah) (II Samuel 7.12-16; Isaiah 9.6-7)
   
   

4. The 07/06 BC year of Jesus’ birth (Associated with the Lord’s promise to Israel that they would be redeemed through Messiah) (Matthew 1.21)

These positive matches suggested that the Jubilee Calendar had apparently fulfilled a role as a prophetic calendar for ancient Israel during Biblical times, and suggested that it might therefore continue to provide such a prophetic role until the second coming of Messiah to set up His Millennial Kingdom.

Since Jubilee years occur every 50 years, it was easy to extend the Jubilee Calendar into the 20^th century, causing 1944/45 and 1994/95 to be expected Jubilee years. The 20^th century was chosen because Israel returned to their Promised Land in 1948, and because the final 1994/95 Jubilee year in that century completed exactly two millennia, or “40” Jubilees, since the birth of Jesus, and exactly three millennia, or “60” Jubilees, since the setting up of David’s kingdom. “40” Jubilees was thought to be an appropriate number to be related to the time of Israel’s trial or testing during the Times of the Gentiles, and “60” Jubilees an appropriate number to be related to the time when Israel’s kingdoms would be subject to men rather than God. The historic fact of Israel’s 1948 rebirth, coupled with these prophetic linkages indicating that 1994/95 would begin a new millennium, heightened the expectation that events in the 20^th century might also be prophetic (see A 20th Century Jubilee Calendar).

The one-year ambiguity inherent in Edwin Thiele’s methodology caused an uncertainty about whether 1944 or 1945 was the first Jubilee in the 20^th century. However, this became easy to resolve when it was realized that the Holocaust was still underway in 1944, but World War II ended in 1945. Accordingly, only 1945 could have fulfilled the provisions of a Jubilee year, since that was the year when the Jews were released from their bondage under Adolph Hitler and permitted to begin their return to the Promised Land of their inheritance.

This fact then enabled the selection of 1995 as the indicated year for the final Jubilee of the 20^th century, thereby providing a reference from which to focus on possible 20^th century time frames in which prophetic events should occur.

With the identification of 1995 as a Jubilee year, it became possible to relate Israel’s rebirth on May 14, 1948 to that reference Jubilee year. The result was astounding, because it was determined that Israel’s May 14, 1948 “birthday” began a chronological pattern that precisely duplicated the Old Testament setting up of David’s original kingdom, to an accuracy of one day! This was seen when the two chronologies were compared as follows (see The State of Israel).

Three cogent observations were made from this comparison. 

1. Not only did the State of Israel’s time pattern precisely duplicate that of the setting up of David’s Old Testament kingdom, but that 20^th century pattern ended at the advent of Tabernacles, a Levitical feast designated in (Zechariah 14.16) for the nations to worship King Messiah during His Millennial reign.
   
   

2. The pattern in the above table obtained the result shown when the final "7 years" was counted on the basis of a 360-day calendar year, the same calendar metric used to define the arrival of Messiah in the first century, at the conclusion of the first "69 Weeks" of a "70 Week" period described in (Daniel 9.24-27). 
   
   

3. That final seven years = 2520 days was also completed in a Jubilee year, another requirement for Daniel’s 70^th Week, advanced by many Bible scholars.

These three findings suggested that the State of Israel was being led through a brief interval of history that would shortly lead to Messiah’s Millennial Kingdom, and that 1988-1995 was none other than Daniel’s 70^th Week!

With the identification of 1995 as a Jubilee year, and realization that the State of Israel was repeating the same Biblical time pattern that occurred when David’s Old Testament kingdom was set up, it appeared that all of the prophecies pertinent to the Millennial Kingdom should be fulfilled within that 1988-1995 span of time. Therefore, it came as a huge disappointment when it apparently failed to produce a Rapture of the Body of Christ, a coming of Antichrist, and certainly no visible return of the Lord at His Apocalypse. These facts created a real mystery, because it was apparent that the evidence already assembled was basically correct, so could not be dismissed, yet something was missing.

These concerns led to a careful review of what had already been studied, and a search for new Biblical insight on the subject. Four additional inputs emerged from this thinking:

1. The chronology of the Old Testament kings indicates that David’s reign over Judah began on Jubilee year, 1006 BC (see Jubilee Calendar), but his reign over all of Israel began 7½ years later (II Samuel 5.5). With that historic timeline, it was reasoned that Messiah’s reign should also begin on a Jubilee year if it were to fully reproduce the pattern set with David’s kingdom, yet 1988-1995 ended on a Jubilee year, so that seven-year period did not fully complete the Davidic pattern.
   
   

2. (Revelation 12.6 and 12.14) imply the existence of two seven-year End Time periods.
   
   

3. While it is evident that “70 Weeks” should complete the Lord’s promises for Daniel’s people (Daniel 9.24), it was noted that (Daniel 12.1) does not refer to “Daniel’s people”, but rather to the “Sons of Daniel’s people”, who would suffer that final time of “Jacob’s Trouble”. Some reflection about this distinction led to the view that “Israel” must be considered properly as two distinct entities. Those who lived during Biblical times were under the Law, subject to all of the restrictions and promises that entailed. However, those Jews living after the AD 70 destruction of the Temple could no longer practice the provisions attendant with the Old Covenant, nor could they reap its rewards. Thus 20^th century Jews constitute a totally different culture from their Biblical counterparts, and must be regarded as a separate and distinct generation from those ancient Jews.
   
   

4. A study of the reign of Hezekiah in the Old Testament, apparently unrelated to this prophetic study, nevertheless provided an essential input for the next step in this effort (see Hezekiah's Prophetic Timeline)

• Hezekiah’s reign recorded a redemptive timeline for the remnant of Judah following the destruction of the northern kingdom, which eventually brought about their full restoration under the old Covenant of Law and God’s blessing.

• Similarly, the two study segments just summarized showed that the State of Israel’s timeline is also following a redemptive pattern designed to eventually bring about their full restoration under a new Kingdom Covenant and God’s blessing.

• Even so, it was remarkable to discover that when the 34 Leviticus and Numbers Psalms were overlaid on 34-year spans of history for both Hezekiah and the State of Israel, each span selected by its location with respect to the Jubilee year, psalms that became linked with major events in both histories depicted them on a year-by-year basis, even though the two histories were separated by thousands of years!

• However, that comparison also stipulated that the State of Israel’s timeline must be extended an additional 10 years beyond 1995 if it were to completely overlay the full Hezekiah redemptive timeline. Accordingly, that required an extended timeline for the State of Israel to cover the period through 2005.

These four inputs led to a presumption upon which the prophetic study was continued. Since 1998 = 1948 + 50 was a Jubilee year for the State of Israel, i.e. “Sons of Daniel’s people”, it was presumed that 1998 would have to be the starting year for a second seven-year period, if one actually existed. With that supposition, an additional 7½ years to replicate the Davidic timeline would then end in 2005, thereby also providing the additional 10 years required to finish the overlay with the Hezekiah redemptive timeline.

The continuing review will show how this presumption enabled the continuation of the prophetic study.

The prophet Daniel was given a set of time periods, which were understood from the text to be associated with the 70^th Week. They are “time, times, and half a time” = 1260 days; 1290 days; 1335 days; 2300 days; plus 2520 days implied by the overall length of seven-years based on a 360-day calendar metric. With the previous identification of two possible seven-year periods, i.e. 1988-1995 and 1998-2005, the obvious chore was to determine whether or not Daniel’s end time periods could be found within both of those seven-year intervals (see Daniel's 70 Weeks)

The immediate problem confronted was that Daniel does not specify starting or ending dates for the time periods. However, this problem was ameliorated when it was discovered that the Daniel time periods suddenly became meaningful when they were associated with key Levitical dates found in the books of Leviticus, Haggai, and Zechariah. Furthermore, those Old Testament books were particularly suitable for a timeline of the End Times:

1. The end time prophecies in Daniel obviously are intended for Israel, and Leviticus records the Set Season Levitical dates for which Israel presently observes and remains subject under the Law, so it is proper that those Levitical Set Season dates might be somehow related to the Daniel prophecies intended for Israel.
   
   

2. The prophetic books of Haggai and Zechariah are both “post-Exilic” books, i.e. they apply to those Jews who returned to the Promised Land following periods of Exile. Of course, we know that Israel has suffered two times of Exile from the Land, the first by the Babylonians, and the second by the Romans. Moreover, the text in those prophetic books makes it clear that some of their prophecies apply not only historically following the Babylonian Exile, but also prophetically to the End Times. Therefore, it became quite natural to expect that their dates might apply in some sense to both post-Exilic periods.

With these stipulations, it was discovered that the Daniel time periods could be connected to the Leviticus, Haggai, and Zechariah dates in a way to produce the 1988-1995 and 1998-2005 timelines.

Notice that there are two (1290/1260/1335) triads located in the two seven-year intervals, one in the 1988-1995 interval, and the remaining one in the 1998-2005 interval, each related to significant Levitical set season dates, i.e. Trumpets, Atonement, Passover, and Pentecost. The two 2520-day periods, spanning their respective seven-year intervals, begin on the date following Chislev 4 (Zechariah 7.1), a date on which the first and second coming of Messiah was prophesied, and end on Tabernacles, 1995 and 2005 respectively, a Levitical feast often associated with Messiah’s Apocalypse and Kingdom. The 2300-day periods shown begin on Elul 1 (Haggai 1.1), when post-Exilic prophecies first came to the post-Exilic prophets; and end on Hanukkah, 1995 and 2004 respectively, an Intertestament feast associated with the abomination of desolation and cleansing of the Temple. Thus, these Biblical dates or the events associated with them caused all of the Daniel time periods to take on a special Biblical significance within the context of the 1988-1995 and 1998-2005 seven-year intervals. 

The Levitical Calendar system, based on a Lunar metonic cycle of 19 years, when so integrated into the 1988-1995 and 1998-2005 timelines, based on a Jubilee cycle of 50 years, combine to create a repeatability which is quite rare, not to be repeated again for about 950 years. Of course, when related to the unique rebirth of Israel, they will never repeat.

Finally, a summary of "Daniel's 70 Weeks", into which the above two 70th Week intervals were inserted, revealed the existence of two 14000-day periods that connected the first 69 Weeks with these two 70th Week intervals. That connection focused on two key events in the history of Jerusalem; (1) the AD 70 expatriation of the Jews out of Jerusalem, at the time of its destruction by the Romans, and (2) the AD 1967 repatriation of the Jews back into Jerusalem, at the time of the six-day war. A study of these two 14000-day periods made it apparent that there had to be two 70th Week intervals, and that those two seven-year intervals were required to complete Daniel's 70 Weeks.

Since the Biblical properties of the 1988-1995 and 1998-2005 intervals appeared to substantiate the proposition that collectively, they had the correct properties to be Daniel’s 70^th Week, it became imperative to assemble other historic evidence to affirm that truth, in addition to the Davidic pattern already observed with respect to Israel’s May 14, 1948 rebirth. Consequently, starting in 1988 special attention was directed to a study of major world events as they might somehow be correlated with the seven-year intervals.

The results of that study revealed that (1) the sudden collapse of European Communism in 1988-1989, (2) the Persian Gulf conflict in 1990-1991, (3) the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991-1992, (4) the formulation and conduct of the Oslo Peace Accord in 1993-2000, (5) the 2000 Palestinian Intifada, (6) the “9/11” terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001, and (7) the second 2003 Iraqi war, all possessed prophetic properties such that their timings were dependent on key Biblical dates, and their durations were singularly compatible with a 360-day calendar metric on which the seven-year timelines were predicated.  

1. The first four of those 20^th century major historic events just noted, directly or indirectly involved the Jewish people. Furthermore, they all ended on dates found in the post-Exilic books, and associated with events when (a) God’s intervention in the affairs of men were hidden, (b) a remnant of Jews had returned to the Land of their inheritance, but (c) many others remained scattered among the nations. Furthermore, the Biblical texts explaining the significance of those post-Exilic dates were found generally to characterize the nature of each of these recent 20^th century events.
   
   The first four historic events correlate positively with the first four Trumpets and Woe 1 described in (Revelation 8-9.1-12), and were timed in a way that caused them to become prophetic when they were measured within the context of a 360-day calendar metric, e.g. (a) 70 days could be associated with a time for “judgement” of European Communism, (b) 210 days to God’s completed “seven” 30-day months of judgement on Iraq and then the Soviet Union, and (c) 180 days to signify Satan’s “six” 30-day months of torment directed against Israel resulting from the Oslo Peace Accord, which conspired to trade their Biblical inheritance for a supposed “peace” with the Palestinians.
   
   

2. The fifth major historic event was the Palestinian Intifada, which began on Trumpets, 2000, immediately after the failure of the Oslo Peace Accord. It was marked by a (1290/1260/1335) triad of timelines displayed in the 1998-2005 seven-year interval. 
   
   

3. The sixth major event, involving a terrorist attack on the United States, is identified with Woe 2 in (Revelation 9.13-21), and was linked to a set of three Levitical dates in Haggai related to the rebuilding of the Second Temple. In this respect, the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, the subsequent United States’ response to it beginning on October 8, and the consequent fall of the Afghan Taliban regime on December 9, fell on three sequential Levitical dates within the post-Exilic book of Haggai. Furthermore, the associated Haggai text places the "Temple" rebuilding keyed to those dates as having a dual fulfillment, both in Old Testament times, and in the End Times when the Lord judges the Gentile nations.
   
   

4. The seventh major event, involving a pre-emptive military strike against Iraq in the spring of 2003 by a United States' led Coalition force, was linked to three Levitical dates, (1) Tishri 14, 1999 at the advent of Tabernacles, (2) Adar 15, 2003 during Purim, and (3) Nisan 13, 2003 at the advent of Passover. Furthermore, this second Iraqi conflict was initiated on the Levitical date immediately following the end of the previous 1991 Iraqi conflict, suggesting that it, in some sense, constituted the prophetic conclusion of that previous war 12 years earlier.

Until 1988, it had been supposed that Daniel’s 70^th Week would not only bring a Rapture of the Body of Christ and coming of an Antichrist, but would also bring the advent of the “Great Tribulation” spoken of by Jesus in His Olivet Discourse. Although the Levitical properties of the 1988-1995 timeline made it reasonable to expect that the first two of these would more likely occur within a seven-year interval rather than at its advent, it was expected initially that the “Abomination of Desolation” and “Great Tribulation” would surely occur near the beginning of Daniel’s 70^th Week. Admittedly, that early thinking was strongly influenced by the traditional interpretations for its timing based on the Olivet Discourse, and statements made in (Daniel 12.1, 11), which clearly refer to those events. Of course, this view is also one of the key pillars on which the Pre-Tribulation approach to eschatology is built.

Thus, it was exceedingly opportune to uncover the following facts, which demonstrated that World War II could be tied, not only to (Daniel 12.1), but also to the “Abomination of Desolation” and “Great Tribulation” depicted in the Olivet Discourse.

1. Bible scholarship generally supports the view that the “willful king” described in (Daniel 11. 36-45) can be at least partially identified as Antiochus Epiphanes who carried out an abomination of desolation against the Jews during Intertestament times. However, that personality seems to fall short of a complete explanation, since disparities are found between the known military exploits of Antiochus and those prophesied for the “willful king” in verses 40-45. This has caused many to speculate that these verses must ultimately describe another evil personality who would arise during the End Times, and perpetrate a final Abomination of Desolation against the Jews.
   
   Therefore, it was startling to discover that the military exploits of the “willful king” described in verses 40-45 are a carbon copy of the major military exploits conducted by Adolph Hitler during World War II, thereby suggesting that Jacob’s Trouble, alluded to in (Daniel 12.1), was actually the Holocaust of World War II! (see World War II Military Campaigns)
   
   

2. Next, a study of the Olivet Discourse made it clear that the Abomination of Desolation and “Great Tribulation” must occur during the Times of the Gentiles, simply by following the accepted rules of Bible interpretation using concordant scriptures. Therefore those events had to occur prior to Daniel’s 70^th Week, not during it. (see When Should The Great Tribulation Occur?)
   
   

3. Finally, it was observed from the 1988-1995 seven-year interval, that the starting date for the 2300 days leading to Hanukkah was “September 1”, 1989. Of course, the ancient 2300 days ending on Hanukkah was connected with the abomination of desolation launched by Antiochus Epiphanes during Intertestament times. However, this 20^th century 2300 days, beginning on “September 1” and ending on Hanukkah during 1988-1995, came as a shock. “September 1” is the memorial date for World War II, so once more; Adolph Hitler was being connected to Antiochus Epiphanes, and World War II and its Holocaust to the abomination of desolation, through this 2300-day period! (see 1988-1995 interval)
   
   

In 1986, a book titled, “Hidden Prophecies in the Psalms” by J.R. Church, was published. The first few pages made it clear the author believed that the Psalter is prophetic of the End Times, even declaring that 1988-1995 should be the seven-year period of Daniel’s 70^th Week on the basis of the Psalter alone. Since Church strongly espoused the Pre-Tribulation doctrine of eschatology, it occurred that his view of the Psalter seemed curiously at odds with his eschatology, which holds that the Rapture is “imminent”, i.e. that it must always be considered about to occur at any moment whatever. Contrary to this, the 1986 book presented evidence that the Psalter depicts an ordered set of end time events beginning many years before 1988, thereby requiring that at least some of them obviously would have to occur before the Rapture.

Nonetheless, this book provided a new perspective on the Psalter leading to an intensive personal study of both the individual Psalms and the overall organization of the Psalter. Based on that study, it was discovered that the Psalms do indeed possess fascinating prophetic characteristics. Here were the chief findings of that independent study (see Israel's Restoration)

1. The Psalms depict major events in the State of Israel’s formative years.
   
   A reading of (Psalms 42-48) revealed that the content of each numbered Psalm seems to characterize what happened to the Jews during the pre and early formative years of the State of Israel, the relevant Psalm having the same numeric value as the 20^th century year in which the event actually took place, e.g. 

• Psalms 42-44 depict terrible persecution, appearing to characterize the 1942-1944 Holocaust years.

•  Psalm 45 is one of joy, appropriate for Jubilee year 1945 when they were released from bondage.

• Psalm 46 declares that the Lord has made war to cease, reflective of the fact that in 1946 there were no wars on the earth for that brief span of time.

• Psalm 47 extols the theme that the King will subdue the nations and choose their inheritance, indicative of the fact that 1947 was the year when the United Nations voted to give the Jews a homeland in Palestine.

• Psalm 48 alludes to “kings” who watched in amazement a “woman” in travail, related to the fact that in 1948 the State of Israel became a nation, and was immediately forced to fight a victorious war of independence against Arab nations.

2. The Psalms seem to treat the State of Israel as a “person”, depicting its growth toward the Kingdom as prescribed according to the Levitical Law, e.g.   

• Israel reached the Levitical age of Covenantal awareness in 1948 + 12 years = 1960.
  --- So Psalm 60 claims all of the remaining portions of the Land of Israel, including the modern-day areas of the West Bank with regions to the east of the Jordan River (v6-7), and the Gaza Strip (v8), even though none of those areas were possessed by Israel in 1960.

• Israel reached the “Bar Mitzvah” age in 1948 + 13 years = 1961.
  --- So in that year they were dutifully awarded recognition by the United Nations with a seat at the U.N. Table of Nations.

• Israel reached the Levitical age of “manhood” in 1948 + 20 years = 1968.
  --- So in that year, they consolidated their victories attained in the 1967 six-day war by renaming the West Bank according to its Biblical names of Judea and Samaria, and declaring Jerusalem to be their eternal and indivisible capital. Psalm 68 is a Messianic Psalm in the form of a song of praise to the ascended God who will ultimately bring salvation to all nations. It depicts a “victory” already completed (v7-9), when kings fled (v12), many were captured (v18), and God humiliated the prideful (v21-23) that delighted in war (v30).

• Israel became potentially eligible for Levitical service in 1948 + 25 years = 1973.
  --- However, without a Temple for sacrifice, and no Messiah as their sin Mediator, they had to be sacrificed during the 1973 Yom Kippur war, when their losses exceeded those of all previous conflicts involving 20th century Israel.

•   Israel became potentially eligible for Priestly service in 1948 + 30 years = 1978.
  --- So although the famous Qumran "Temple Scroll", containing instructions for the establishment of Temple worship was first published in 1978, Israel remained unredeemed and disqualified for priestly service. Therefore, Psalm 78 utters a "mystery" to be revealed to the “generation to come" (v1-4, 6), giving an historic discourse about their eventual inheritance through the line of David (v67-71).

3. Psalms 87 and 88 appear to mark a time of dramatic transition for the State of Israel.

• Psalm 87 is a Messianic Psalm that speaks of "Zion", the "City of God", whose dwelling is glorious (v2-3). It speaks of the end times when the nations are referred to it (v4), when the people of Zion will be "registered and established” (v5-6).

• Conversely, Psalm 88 is a cry to God for deliverance from death, but without apparent hope. It is unique among all the Psalms, being totally negative and without a ray of hope. In ancient times, it was set to music for the purpose of afflicting and upsetting the listener to repent with utter sincerity.

The contrast between these two Psalms is so stark that they have received special attention by Bible scholars. Psalm 87 is understood by many commentators to refer to God’s saved remnant through past ages. Viewed in this way, It is remarkably appropriate for this particular Psalm to occur here in the Psalter, because this location is singularly correct for the final depiction of the Times of the Gentiles and Covenant of Grace, just prior to Psalm 88, which should depict the beginning of Daniel's 70th Week and a totally different kind of situation. As such, it would be altogether fitting for the Lord to count and register that saved multitude from previous economies, just prior to His officially turning to Israel for the final countdown.

4. Finally, the overall Psalter appears to be organized so as to earmark epochs in the State of Israel’s history over the entire period from 1942 through 2006.
   
   The Psalter is divided into a fivefold organization named the Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy Psalms. Although each group of Psalms within this ancient organization is universally acknowledged in all translations of the Bible, the underlying reason for this organization has never been understood. However, when the Psalter is compared with the State of Israel's entire history, as previously summarized, it is seen that the overall organization of the Psalter, marks epochs in their modern history.  

• The “Exodus Psalms” begin with three consecutive (Psalms 42-44), each depicting a time of terrible persecution, just as the Jews suffered through the height of the Holocaust during 1942-1944, prior to their “Exodus” out of the Gentile nations back to the Promised Land.

• The “Leviticus Psalms” focus on worship. They begin with (Psalm 73), just as Israel became potentially eligible for Levitical service at age 25 in 1973.

• The “Numbers Psalms” denote a time of testing. They begin with (Psalm 90), corresponding to 1990, when Israel began to face an international challenge regarding the legal status of Jerusalem, and their intrinsic legitimacy in the Land.

• The “Deuteronomy Psalms” begin with (Psalm 107), corresponding to the year 2007. Just as the book of Deuteronomy applied to that second generation of Old Testament Hebrews about to enter their Covenantal promise, the timing of the Deuteronomy Psalms also indicates that they should complete the State of Israel's modern-day sojourn. Since the Deuteronomy Psalms do not begin to apply until 2007, this suggests that a remnant of modern-day Israel will not reach the time of their redemption before 2007.

Daniel's 70 Weeks seems to suggest that God's Plan for the redemption of Israel's remnant should be completed during the fall of 2005, however a study of the Old Testament Song of Songs, which typifies Jesus Christ and the Body of Christ, indicates that Israel's redemption should be associated with the Rapture of the Body of Christ, and that this event should occur in the spring of a year. Consequently, a period of time is suggested following the fall of 2005 for two reasons:

1. The existence of the Body of Christ is a present fact, independent of Daniel's 70 Weeks, or of a completed 7½-year period to replicate the 7½-year period when David's kingdom was originally set up. Moreover, the Rapture of the Body of Christ must occur before a remnant of modern-day Israel is redeemed, otherwise two salvation Covenants would be in existence simultaneously.

2. If the Rapture of the Body of Christ were to occur in a springtime, a delay of at least six months following the completion of Daniel's 70 Weeks would be required, and if it does not occur until the Deuteronomy Psalms begin to apply, a delay at least until the spring of 2007 would be required.

 

The material just summarized surely indicates that we are presently living in the latter phases of the End Times. Likewise, the book of Revelation certainly must span that same period, since it records an unbroken sequence of events leading right up to the Lord’s glorious Apocalypse. Consequently, those traditional approaches that place the fulfillment of Revelation entirely in history, or omit Israel's role in the End Times, or organize the book in a way that disallows any correlation with major 20th century events now known to have been prophetic, are in fundamental conflict with the findings of this prophetic study.

Accordingly, it was found that the Revelation could be correlated with the material just summarized when it was organized in the following way:

1. The Seven Churches (Revelation 1-3):
   
   According to traditional interpretation, it was found that these churches actually existed in Asia during the first century, but also appear to depict seven specific chronological church periods spanning the entire Church Age.
   
   

2.  Four keys to unlock the Revelation (Revelation 4-5):

• “Key one” related a concordant text in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24.29) to Seal 6 of the Revelation, causing Seal 6 to be the first event to follow the Times of the Gentiles, and requiring that Seals 1-5 occur during the Times of the Gentiles.

• “Key two" examined the twenty-four “Elders" seen in chapter 4 when John was first caught up into Heavenly places. It found that the Elders could be related to Gentiles who lived during Old Testament times, both before and during the Covenant of Law.

•  “Key three" compared those four “Living Creatures" seen by John, with the "Seraphim" of (Isaiah 6.2-3), noting that the Seraphim faces were hidden in Isaiah but revealed in the Revelation. When it was recalled that details of the Times of the Gentiles were never revealed to those Old Testament prophets, it was surmised that the Living Creatures, who later administer Seals 1-4, must preside over the Times of the Gentiles.

• “Key four" examined the characteristics of that seven-sealed Scroll received by the "Lamb" in chapter 5. Based on knowledge of the physical makeup of such ancient scrolls, it was established that the seven Seals had to be opened chronologically.

3. Seals 1-4: The Covenant to Kingdom Period (Revelation 6.1-8):
   
   The character of each of the four principal Tribes of Israel, i.e. each of the faces of the Living Creatures, was correlated with the Revelation texts for Seals 1-4 in order, and with known history through the Times of the Gentiles, to discover that these factors were in harmony with one another, thereby demonstrating that Seals 1-4 can be associated with four major periods of history during the Times of the Gentiles.
   
   

4. Seal 5: Israel’s Restoration (Revelation 6.9-11):
   
   The wording of Seal 5 clearly identifies Israel as the subject, and its word pictures like, ”How long, O Lord”, directed attention to the Psalms just summarized. This vital link enabled Seal 5 to be understood within the context of the State of Israel, and confirmed through the Psalter linkages that Apocalyptic Times do not begin until Seal 6.
   
   

5.  Seal 6: Apocalyptic Times (Revelation 6.12-17):
   
   Since Seal 6 must follow Seal 5 chronologically, and since “Key one” indicated that Seal 6 should follow the Times of the Gentiles, its apocalyptic language became an issue. It was found that this type of language is quite common throughout the Old Testament prophetic books, when describing known historic events involving God’s direct interventions in the kingdoms of men. Moreover, it was also found that conservative traditional Bible scholars of years past typically interpreted such apocalyptic language in this way. Therefore, it seemed quite reasonable to associate Seal 6 with Daniel’s 70^th Week, when upheavals of a prophetic nature among the nations actually began to occur.
   
   

6. Interlude: The “144,000” and “Great Multitude” (Revelation 7):
   
   As the Revelation Seals must unfold chronologically, the Chapter 7 Interlude between Seal 6 and Seal 7 had to be placed in the time interval between 1988 and 1989, i.e. the brief interval following the opening of Daniel’s 70^th Week before the commencement of those 70^th Week prophetic events summarized earlier. Consequently, when it was discovered that the "144,000" could be related to the Body of Christ, and the "Great Multitude" to Gentiles who also lived during the Times of the Gentiles, the special treatment given to these people at this particular time became understandable.
   
   

7. Seal 7: Trumpets 1-4 (Revelation 8):
   
   Immediately after the above Interlude, Seal 7 is opened. There is a brief silence, apparently signifying that Seal 7 should be regarded as a solemn epoch in world history, for the events to occur are to have great impact on mankind, but especially on Israel. Following that silence, and the prayers of all the "saints" offered upon the Heavenly Altar of Incense, four Trumpets are blown with apocalyptic events occurring as a consequence of each.
   
   Since the above Interlude was associated with the 1988-1989 interval immediately after the opening of Daniel’s 70^th Week, it was found that the apocalyptic language of the Trumpets could be related, using Biblically concordant texts from the Old Testament, with those first four major historic events previously discussed, and in the order they actually occurred, i.e.

• Trumpet 1 to the 1989-1990 fall of Communism in Europe.

• Trumpet 2 to the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War.

• Trumpet 3 to the 1991-1992 collapse of the Soviet Union.

• Trumpet 4 to the 1993 early negotiations and signing of the Oslo Peace Accord.

8. Seal 7: Woes 1-2 (Revelation 9):

• Woe 1 (Trumpet 5) is depicted as a satanic deception against those of Israel who remain unsealed.
  
  In 1993, when it should have begun, the Oslo Peace Accord was implemented. The essence of that Accord required Israel to trade portions of their Land for peace. However, the Bible expressly forbids anyone from "dividing" the Land of Israel, warning that those who do so will be subject to God's judgement (Joel 3.2). Yet, that is precisely what Israel conspired to do during the 1993-2000 tenure of the Oslo Accord. In effect, many of their leaders and citizenry regarded with contempt their part in an eternal inheritance in the Land, thereby “desiring death" (Revelation 9.6).
  
  

• Woe 2 (Trumpet 6) was also understood to be of demonic origin, since the four angels are bound initially in the river Euphrates.
  
  The nature, origin, and timing of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States World Trade Center and Pentagon, and ensuing events, allowed this attack to be identified as the start of Woe 2 in the following way:  

1. The attack occurred in the first hour (Revelation 9.15) of Elul 24, Afghan time, the first of three dates related to the rebuilding of the "Temple" (Haggai 1.15).

2. The subsequent U.S. aerial attack against the Afghan Taliban and Al Qaida a few weeks later, began on Tishri 21, the second prophetic date (Haggai 2.1).

3. The fall of the Taliban regime occurred on Chislev 24, the third and final prophetic date (Haggai 2.20-22), when Gentile kingdoms are to be overthrown.

This summary has just reviewed seven major contributions to the prophetic study for the End Times, i.e.

1. Construction of a Jubilee Calendar identifying the Jubilee related to the 70^th Week

2. Congruence between the timelines for the State of Israel and the Davidic kingdom

3. Rationale showing how two 70^th Week intervals fulfill Biblical texts for the end times

4. Analysis showing how two 70^th Week intervals satisfy Biblical dates and time periods

5.  Prophetic nature of major 20^th/21^st century events over the period 1939-2005

6. Relevance of the prophetic properties of the Psalter to the State of Israel

7. Identification of the present time in which we live within the Revelation    

It has been shown that each of these contributing inputs substantiates the very same time frame for the end times, even though each was developed from an independent Biblical perspective. Moreover, they indicate that God’s Plan for the end times has been fulfilling a whole array of Biblical prophecies in both the Old and New Testaments, as it unfolds in a very orderly way toward its culmination in the Lord’s Millennial Kingdom. Consequently, it is believed that the agreement produced by all seven of these contributing inputs provides a synergism of confidence upon which to base the assertion that we are presently living in the period following Daniel's 70 Weeks, just prior to Trumpet 7 (Revelation 11.15).