This page is intended to be an introduction to
HIStory, Our Future:
Pearls for the Bride Bible studies. It is for
those who shy away because it’s too confusing, too controversial,
or just never knew there were such accurate foreshadows, mirrors, and prophecies in the Bible. It
is also for anyone who has already studied Bible prophecy, but perhaps with insights you may not have
heard before. Given the amount of information, this is a jumping off point
to look at individual studies and their consolidated perspective pages.
I found it very beneficial to focus on topical studies to get to the
root of understanding terminology often discussed in prophecy, but
sometimes misunderstood.
There is a lot of information here, and just as I've struggled to put
it together, I know most will struggle to follow along as it is an
investment of time to dig into the depths of God's Word, but the reward
is truly unmatched. It took me a lot of introspection and study to grow
in the Spirit to the point that I had grown enough in the foundation of
understanding, to release the hold of the carnal and physical and to
allow the Spirit to work in me to grow in the spiritual according to the
guidance of the Word of God. I pray as you recognize the time
approaching for the end of life as we know it and the glory to come that
you too are weaned from the carnal and become more heavenly minded,
conforming yourself to the image of Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto
spiritual, but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you
with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it],
neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among
you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Hebrews 5:12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have
need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of
God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every
one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a
babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, [even] those who
by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Isaiah 28:9-13 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to
understand doctrine? [them that are] weaned from the milk, [and] drawn from the
breasts. For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon
line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little: For with stammering
lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This [is]
the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the
refreshing: yet they would not hear. But the word of the LORD was unto them
precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here
a little, [and] there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be
broken, and snared, and taken.
Concepts and understanding are spread throughout the Old and New
Testaments. Each piece and perspective is true and accurate, yet many
times only the bringing together of these shines a light on the full
meaning. Many a time have doctrines been built on one part of scripture
to the leaving out of other defining scripture leading to false doctrine
and stumbling blocks. These studies are meant to get into the meat of
the Word, examining history, archaeology, science, and prophecy from the
foundation of the Bible.
2 Peter 1:19-21 We have also a
more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed,
as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and
the day star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that
no prophecy of the scripture is of any private
interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time
by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by
the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 14:29-33 Let the
prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. If any thing be
revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all
may learn, and all may be comforted. And the spirits of the prophets are subject
to the prophets. <[The
Bible interprets itself] For God is not
the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of
the saints.
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord
GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret
unto his servants the prophets.
Mark 13:22,23 For false Christs
and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to
seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. But take ye heed: behold,
I have foretold you all things.
John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send
in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
HIStory, Our
Future is my attempt to bring you on a comprehensive and scripturally
based walk through of historical prophecy to show the fulfillment
of God’s Word in the past to build your faith in the promise of fulfillment
in your future. These are pearls for the bride of Christ, Yeshua revealing
to His friends what He is going to do so that we are not in darkness and
can be awake, aware, and unaffected by deception that is most definitely
here and will only grow. The Holy Spirit worked through the prophets of
old to bring us the Word of God. We have all we need within the Word
to be protected from deception.
Bible prophecy is not only about understanding the future, but is
also a proof that God knows and foretells the end from the beginning. Much
of prophecy is never fully realized until after the events foretold. However,
as we look from the last days throughout known history according to scripture,
we have a more clear perspective than anyone previously of the Truth of
God’s Word and its application to our lives and our understanding
of our future. God has revealed His plans to His servants the prophets,
whose words we read in scripture. These are meant to build our faith in
God’s Word and therefore our relationship.
Isaiah 46:9-13 Remember the former
things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God,
and there is none like me, Declaring the
end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not
yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will
do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the
man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken
it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do
it. Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: I
bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation
shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Isaiah 48:3-7 I have declared
the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my
mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew,
and thy brow brass; I have even from the beginning declared it to thee;
before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine
idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath
commanded them. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare
it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things,
and thou didst not know them. They are created now, and not from the
beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou
shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
John 15:12-17 This is my commandment,
That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends,
if ye do whatsoever I command
you. Henceforth I call
you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but
I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father
I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit,
and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of
the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you,
that ye love one another.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, 14-28 But of
the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto
you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh
as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety;
then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with
child; and they shall not escape.
But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the
children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night,
nor of darkness. Therefore let
us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night. But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting
on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of
salvation. For
God hath
not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live
together with him. Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and
edify one another, even as also ye do. Now we
exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded,
support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none render evil
for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among
yourselves, and to all men. Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from
all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly;
and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth
you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us. Greet all the brethren
with an holy kiss. I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read
unto all the holy brethren. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you. Amen.
God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient and many are blinded by
the things of this world while distracted from, or with little faith in,
God’s Word. I believe this is a small part of the prophesied apostasy of the
end times. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 They are also blinded by wicked people
for whom God’s wrath is coming. This is
why I place importance on watching what is going on so that I can alert
those with ears to hear what I am seeing. We are not of this world, but
we are the salt and light of it through Christ. I believe understanding
what is really going on in the world in light of Bible prophecy will be
an adrenalin shot to the heart of all who believe the Word of God. May it
bring you greater faith and hope and love to share with those around you.
Unbelievers
are not going to expect what is coming, but believers are supposed to understand
and be in the light about it so that it doesn’t take us like thieves
because those who aren’t in darkness shouldn’t be surprised
by anything that happens. It is easy in these modern times to be of the
opinion that everything will just continue on as it has for millennia
and this physical world we live in will remain as we know it. However,
there is a time coming where heaven will invade earth and life as you
know it will never be the same. The God of heaven and creation will
dwell amongst His creation and each and every one of us will have to
have made a decision to accept His plan of redemption or not, to exist
eternally with Him or exist eternally apart from Him. The choice has
been set before us, it is ours
to make alone. I choose life.
The Lord always does things in accordance with His Word, which never
changes. Yet if we allow it, it will always change us to conform to the
image of Christ. While not every detail of history is apparent, there is a framework
that revolves around God’s chosen people, Israel. So while not every
detail is readily apparent we know God’s way from His Word. And so
our actions, whether in accordance with His Word or contrary to it, will
produce an expected result because God has made known the benefits and consequences
of our actions whether aligned with or against His ways respectively.
Revelation 19:7-10 Let us be glad
and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is
come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted
that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine
linen is the righteousness of saints. And he saith unto me, Write,
Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the
Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. And
I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do
it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony
of Jesus: worship God: for
the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
The HIStory
is also related to that last part of the passage, the fact that the testimony
of Yeshua is the spirit of prophecy. The Bible is centered on Christ, His
selecting a peculiar people, His being born of a virgin through that people,
His foreshadows of the plan for mankind and His interaction with us through
appointed times and other commands viewed as odd to the rest of the world.
He is the Creator, He is the salvation (יֵשׁוּעַ Yeshua), He is the
Redeemer of mankind.
Hebrews 10:5-7 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice
and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt
offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Then said I, Lo, I
come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Fulfilled prophecy, in my opinion, is one of the best tools to bring
the reality and precision of Bible prophecy to life. The Word of God is
alive. We are told loud and clear that we should understand God’s
plan. He went to the trouble to spell it out for us so it must be important.
Almost 27% of the Bible is predictive prophecy yet all of scripture is
in support of this narrative, and it is all written about Christ. The
purpose of scripture is for us to know our history, our God, and our
Savior to be in relationship with Him based on how He describes Himself
in His Word.
1 John 4:7-11, 17-19 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of
God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth
not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God
toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we
might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that
he loved
us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so
loved us, we ought also to love one another. ... Herein is our love made
perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so
are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out
fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We
love him, because he first loved us.
My desire is to focus on Christ and His plan for those who follow Him
now, as well as His chosen people Israel, while hopefully making the
confusing parts a little less so. This is thanks to the varied work of
those much smarter than myself as well as insights from scripture the
Spirit has led me to in answer to prayer.
There is a lot of debate within Christianity on specific beliefs regarding
the end times prophecies and I feel that, for some, this has pushed them
away from trying to understand what God said about what is going to happen.
It is my desire not to assume I’m right in all that is presented,
but rather build on what I’ve learned from God’s Word and lay
it out as best I can in hopes that it will expand your understanding and
hopefully bring a little clarity to some of the confusion.
This collection of studies is meant to present the information I’ve
found in my research from both history and Bible prophecy regarding the
center of prophecy, Yeshua (Jesus) the Christ. Revelation 19:10 It is my
honor to be sharing these studies in hopes of sharing the understanding God has
given others and myself from His Word and the simultaneous confidence, faith, and peace
in the coming turmoil and feeling closer to understanding God’s plan.
I believe in the end the Bible will be revealed to those who love and honor
it, taking God at His Word. I hope that this most of all leads to you reading
the Word of God personally and taking it for truth, bringing you to a closer
relationship with your Creator, Yeshua.
My prayer for you is that you grow your faith and understanding of the
coming times to remove all doubt and fear, instead comforting and reminding
all who read this to put your focus back on your relationship with Yeshua.
All the things you have may be gone in the future, all you’ve built
and worked for may go up in smoke. Trust in God, understand what is coming,
and find that peace that passes all understanding. Share that with those
in the world who have no hope.
1 Corinthians 14:1-5
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye
may prophesy. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not
unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the
spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he
that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation,
and comfort. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth
himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. I would that ye
all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is
he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret,
that the church may receive edifying.
Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory
of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of
kings is to search out a matter.
Acts 17:11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that
they received
the word with all readiness of mind,
and searched the scriptures daily,
whether those things were so.
Exact Day PropheciesAbout the time of the end, there are a
series of exact periods marking the time from one event to another.
Put together, this provides an exact day framework of the 70th week
of Daniel.
Found through Charlie at
Wonderful1.com who references
John Zachary who came up with this conclusion on 14,000-day
periods other than the one in the Holy Bible. He found
these two patterns in 1986 while I was still serving our county in Japan
and long before I met Christ. His calculation from Jesus until
the destruction of Jerusalem aided me significantly. However,
he was lacking the connection to the Old Testament. You can read Mr.
Zachary’s analysis
here.
Guy Cramer’s collection of studies on cyclical changes in
the measurement of time through history and its affect on Bible prophecy.
I’ve come to view this less in the context of a 360-day
year, but more in the context of the lunar months as related to
the moedim.
“Be not overcome
of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21
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