I'm not at all certain of the Hebrew calendar. Did we just complete a Jubilee year or are we now going into one? What is the equivalent of Hebrew months to our May through September? At one time I had a copy of the calendar but can't place it now.
As for the observation....In reading in Isaiah this morning something caught my eye. Chapter 14 is about Lucifer being brought down and in it I see a type of Saddam Hussein. The prophecy certainly fits:
Isaiah 14:9 Hell from beneath is moved for the to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
11.Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
12.How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
15.Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16.They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
22."For I will rise up against them, "saith the Lord of hosts, "and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew,' saith the Lord.
He certainly shook the nations and their leaders. Hell is certainly waiting for him (I shouldn't judge so I'm guessing here). We pulled him out of a pit and what a sight he was. As far as vs.22 his sons were killed (maybe even a nephew or two).
I believe Daniel also references him as a type in his prophecy about Nebuchadnezzar:
Daniel 4:25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.
33.The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
Seven months passed from Saddam's statue being toppled until he was pulled out of the pit, his spider hole (or should I say serpent hole?) and again, do you remember how he looked? Hair like eagles' feathers, etc.
The statue itself is very interesting. Daniel described the king's dream and said:
Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven That revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.....
Daniel goes on to tell him that the statue's weakest point is:
2:42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
Where did the statue of Saddam fail and who pulled it down? It bent at the ankles and was taken down by someone who was "formed of clay". This is as it will be with Satan in that the elect, a mixture of clay, are his weak spot.
In that same chapter where Daniel described the statue we see that the makeup of the statue represents various kingdoms and that the head of gold was Babylon. In Daniel 8:2 we see that Babylon/Iraq is no longer important and has switched to Iran of today. In 8:19 the angel tells Daniel what will happen in end times and this concerns Iran.
So....After taking the long way around to get to my point, or observation, it was necessary to show what I belive is the importance of Iran in prophecy of end times.
Keeping that in mind we now go back to Isaiah:
Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
A warning for us not to rejoice that Saddam is gone because he's being replaced by another serpent. What caught my eye this morning was that the fiery serpent of Persia/Iran is flying to the United States this morning.
John 8:44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
We are certainly living in interesting times as shown in the film Douglas KC linked us to, a time in which all prophecy will be fulfilled.
So...That is what has been on my mind this beautiful morning. Just thought I would share it with you and DouglasKC. Please let me know about the calendar question. .........Ping
Here is a good one to use.
Did we just complete a Jubilee year or are we now going into one? What is the equivalent of Hebrew months to our May through September?
Here is a good explanation of why we have different calendars. I'm sure Douglas can add much more.
I enjoyed your scriptures and their analogies. What film provided by Douglas were you referencing?
I think the simple answer is that nobody really knows anymore. I found some good information at biblestudy.org
I personally believe the reasoning here:
According to William Whiston's footnotes to Josephus, 24 B.C. was a Sabbatical year, and 23 B.C. was a Jubilee year. This would mean that A.D. 27 was a Sabbatical year, and A.D. 28 was a Jubilee year. If this is true, then 1977 was a Sabbatical year and 1978 a Jubilee year. Sabbatical years would occur in 1985, 1992, 1999, 2006, 2013, 2020 and 2027, with the next Jubilee in 2028.
According to this reasoning, it's not till 2028. I don't believe there's a way to prove it biblically though.
Your observations are interesting. I haven't studied a whole lot of prophecy other than those that are clearly end time. In Isaiah 14 though some of the preceding verses don't seem to indicate a time table of today. For example:
Isa 14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Isa 14:5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.
Isa 14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
Isa 14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Isa 14:8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us
I could be wrong, but I thinks it's indicating a more peaceful time than now. But it's possible that certain sections of scripture can be applied to other events. I'm not a prophet so I don't know. :-(