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 The Coming Devastation 2009

 by Jeremy James

 This document is a compilation of 8 papers published on the Internet by Jeremy James in the period January-June 2009 . 

 (Due to the length and download time of the pictures (click on the thumbnails for much larger versions than are shown on the pages ) we (The Tribulation Institute) have separated each document.  Just click on the subject title which is a link to the page on our website.  You can return here for the next article or click on the link on that page for the next article as they are listed here.  Thanks)

(Also please note Jeremy James says his writing are not prophetic but from analysis and observation and don't take them as prophecy.  I would also like to note that some of the dates given below have already passed without the stated things happening.  That doesn't mean that they won't for I believe that he is right in his assessment of this is what the Illuminati want to do and will probably do, so please be cautious and do not dismiss the things written here as they won't happen because Jeremy had the dates wrong.  These are not prophetic writings as he already stated)

Biblical Support for an End Time

Start Date of 2009

 by Jeremy James

 The prophetic time periods given in the Book of Daniel and elsewhere in the Bible are often very precise. It is reasonable, therefore, to assume that the year the End Time begins is also clearly specified. Taking verses from Genesis, Jeremiah, Daniel, Hosea, Matthew, Mark, Luke and Revelation, along with Psalm 90, we arrive at 2009, as shown below.

 Starting with Hosea 5:15 - 6:2 

 "I will go and return to My place, till they acknowledge their offence and seek My face; in their affliction they will seek Me early. Come, let us return unto the Lord; for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten and He will bind us up. After two days will He revive us; in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight"

Some ancient Jewish commentators state that each day mentioned in this passage is equivalent to 1,000 years.  There is clear scriptural support for this:

 “For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.” (Psalm 90:4).

 The ‘third day’ (Hosea) is therefore a reference to the start of the Millennium. Furthermore, given the way Biblical themes often prefigure later events, the Resurrection of Christ on the third day may prefigure the resurrection of His people on the third day.

 Based on this interpretation of Hosea, the ‘third day’ starts 2000 years after the Resurrection and marks the commencement of the End Times.

 Further confirmation of this may be found in Matthew 24, Jeremiah 24 and Hosea 9, as follows.

 In Matthew 24, the disciples ask Jesus, “Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” In the course of a detailed reply, Jesus said: “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.”

 The Old Testament tells us that the fig tree symbolises the nation of Israel. For example, Hosea 9:10 says: “I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time:” And Jeremiah 24:5 – “ Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah.”

 Taking the phrase “I will go and return to My place” (Hosea 5:15) as meaning the Ascension of Christ, then the specific time from which the ‘clock’ starts is 31 AD –  see Note A on page 18.

Taking a lunar year as 360 days, then 2,000 Biblical years equate to 1,971 solar years [2000 x 360/365.25 = 1971] – see Note B on page 19.

 This brings us to 2002 AD (31 + 1971 = 2002).

 If we allow for the possibility that the 70^th week in Daniel 9:24 should also be included (in addition to the 62 + 7 weeks already noted) then the additional 7 years will bring us to 2009 – see Note C on page 19.

 This is further Biblical confirmation that we are on the threshold of the End Times and that 2009 could mark the start of the Tribulation.

 Make what preparations you can and trust in the LORD:

 “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.” (Proverbs 22:3)

______________

Jeremy James

February 6, 2009

NOTES

Note A                 Scriptural support for the date of the Resurrection

 Luke’s gospel says that Christ’s minstry began in the 15th year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius:

 “Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee...” (Luke 3:1) 

 His predecessor, Caesar Augustus, died on 19 August 14 AD. Since Tiberius succeeded Augustus within any opposition or interruption, the 15^th year of his reign began in August, 29 AD.

 This is confirmed by the following:

 “Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.”  (Daniel 9:25-26)

 We know from Genesis 29:27 that a ‘week’ equals 7 years (“Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.”)

 The Babylonian king, Artaxerxes, gave the command to rebuild Jerusalem in 445 BC. This activity took 49 years (7 times 7 years). A further 434 years (62 times 7 years) elapsed before the Messiah was “cut off” on Calvary. Thus, the combined time from the command to build Jerusalem to the Death and Resurrection was 483 Biblical years (49 + 434). These translate into 173,880 days (483 x 360). Dividing by 365.25, we convert this period into solar years, giving 476 years. The year of the Resurrection was therefore 31 AD. This is consistent with the date given in Luke 3:1 for the start of Christ’s ministry (29 AD).

 This interpretation also lends further support to the view that, for purposes of computing prophetic time periods, a Biblical year is equal to 360 days (See Note B).

  Note B             Scriptural support for a Biblical year equal to 360 days

 The 360-day year is used in the Book of Revelation:

 “They will trample on the holy city for 42 months. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” (Rev. 11:2-3).

 [1260/42 = 30. This gives a 30-day month or 360-day year]

 The 360-day year is also used in the Book of Genesis:

 "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month – on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened" (Genesis 7:11).

 "The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days  the water had gone down, and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat" (Genesis 7:11).

 These verses from Genesis show that a period of exactly 5 months is equal to exactly 150 days, giving 30 days per month or 360 days per year.

 Further support for a 360-day year is given in Note A above.

  Note C                           Week 70 in the Book of Daniel

The 70^th week in the Book of Daniel is often taken to be the 7 years of the End Time Tribulation. Daniel 9:27 seems to support this view:

 “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”         (Daniel 9:27)

 However, Daniel 9:24 cites 70 weeks as the period needed “to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy” -

 “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.”         (Daniel 9:24)

     Since this points to the Messiah, who arrived after 69 weeks (not 70 weeks – see Note A), then the 70^th week could be a grace period before the Tribulation begins. 

Scripture makes it clear that while weeks 1-69 are consecutive, week 70 is out on its own (At least this is the view taken by most Biblical commentators). However, many have assumed that the week mentioned in Daniel 29:27 is the 70^th week implied by Daniel 29:24. While there is no doubt that Daniel 29:27 is a direct reference to the 7 years of the Tribulation, it may not necessarily be week 70 itself, but the week commencing at the end of week 70.

 Since scripture should be used to interpret scripture, we should look for confirmation of this pattern. In essence, the pattern depicts a ‘greater’ 7 followed by a ‘lesser’ 7. This may be found in at least four prominent locations:

            Instance 1:        Genesis 29, where Jacob serves 7 years for Leah, who

                                    bore 6 of the 12 fathers of the tribes of Israel, and a

                                    further 7 years for Rachel, who bore only 2.

             Instance 2:        Genesis 41, where Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dream to

                                    mean 7 years of plenty followed by 7 years of famine.

             Instance 3:        Mark 8, where Jesus fed the multitude with 7 loaves,

                                    from which 7 baskets of crumbs were collected.

             Instance 4:        Matthew 25, in the parable of the good and faithful servants,

                                    who with 5+2 talents produced an additional 5+2. This

                                    parable is given by Jesus specifically in connection with

                                    the End Times. 

The 7 years of the period 2002-2009 were very definitely years of plenty, albeit of a wasteful kind. During those 7 years, many Watchmen warned everyone who would listen of the coming calamity. Most used the Internet for this purpose, a vehicle for instant global communication. Ever since 9/11, when the Illuminati lit the torch of destruction, the writing has been on the wall. In a sense, 9/11 marked the start of week 70, the week of grace.

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