Chapter 1 – A Target Date?
After reviewing Wikipedia’s comprehensive list of predictions that have been made over the last 2,000 years , I can understand completely why folks are disturbed with the thought of another consideration being presented. I’m listing their complete compilation for your review in Appendix A at the end of the book in appreciation for the work and research that went into the content. I will choose a few examples from each period of time for our initial consideration in this opening chapter. Some of the names and dates you will recognize.
Past predictions:
First millennium CE
66–70 Simon bar Giora, Jewish Essenes The Jewish Essene sect of ascetics saw the Jewish uprising against the Romans in 66–70 in Judea as the final end-time battle which would bring about the arrival of the Messiah. By the authority of Simon, coins were minted declaring the redemption of Israel. It was also in 70 AD that the Temple was destroyed in Jerusalem, bringing about the end of the Rabbinical Priesthood.
365 Hilary of Poitiers This early French bishop announced the end of the world would happen during this year.
500 Hippolytus of Rome, Sextus Julius Africanus and Irenaeus All three predicted Jesus would return in this year, with one of the predictions being based on the dimensions of Noah’s Ark. (interesting indeed as the Ark is 515.6’ – 300 royal Egyptian cubits – added comment)
799–806 Gregory of Tours This French bishop calculated the end would occur between 799 and 806.
1000 Pope Sylvester II and others According to several sources, various Christian clerics predicted this date as the Millennium, including Pope Sylvester II. As a result, riots are said to have occurred in Europe and pilgrims headed east to Jerusalem. Other historians, however, have disputed that any of these events ever took place.
11th–15th centuries
1033 Various Christians Following the failure of the prediction for 1 January 1000, some theorists proposed that the end would occur 1000 years after Jesus’ death, instead of his birth.
1284 Pope Innocent III Pope Innocent III (died 1216) predicted that the world would end 666 years after the rise of Islam in 618.
1260, 1290, 1335 Joachimites After his 1260 prediction failed, the followers of Joachim of Fiore rescheduled the end of the world to 1290 and then again to 1335. (there were the calculations listed in the 12th chapter of Daniel)
1378 Arnaldus de Villa Nova This Joachite wrote that the Antichrist was to come during this year. (antichrist would initiate the beginning of the end)
16th century
1504 Sandro Botticelli This painter believed he was living during the Tribulation, and that the Millennium would begin in three and a half years from 1500. He wrote into his painting The Mystical Nativity that the Devil was loose and would soon be chained.
1 Feb 1524 London astrologers A group of astrologers in London predicted the world would end by a flood starting in London, based on calculations made the previous June. Twenty thousand Londoners left their homes and headed for higher ground in anticipation.
20 Feb 1524 Johannes Stöffler A planetary alignment in Pisces was seen by this astrologer as a sign of the Millennium.
1524–1526 Thomas Müntzer 1525 would mark the beginning of the Millennium, according to this Anabaptist. His followers were killed by cannon fire in an uneven battle with government troops. He died under torture and was beheaded.
19 Oct 1533 Michael Stifel This mathematician calculated that Judgement Day would begin at 8:00 am on this day.
1533 Melchior Hoffman This Anabaptist prophet predicted Christ’s Second Coming to take place this year in Strasbourg. He claimed that 144,000 people would be saved, while the rest of the world would be consumed by fire.
5 Apr 1534 Jan Matthys During the Münster rebellion, this Anabaptist leader declared that the apocalypse would take place on this day. When the day came he led a failed attack against Franz von Waldeck and was decapitated.
17th century
1 Feb 1624 London astrologers The same astrologers who predicted the deluge of 1 February 1524 recalculated the date to 100 years later after their first prophecy failed.
1648 Sabbatai Zevi Using the kabbalah proclaimed that the Messiah would come during that year. Later he claimed to be the Messiah in 1666-7
1656 Christopher Columbus In his Book of Prophecies (1501), Columbus predicted that the world would end during this year. He later revised his prediction.
1658 Christopher Columbus Columbus claimed that the world was created in 5343 BCE, and would last 7000 years. Assuming no year zero, that means the end would come in 1658.
1660 Joseph Mede Mede claimed that the Antichrist had appeared in 456, and the end would come in 1660.
1673 William Aspinwall This Fifth Monarchist claimed the Millennium would begin by this year.
1688 John Napier This mathematician calculated the end of the world would be this year based on calculations from the Book of Revelation.
Henry Archer In his 1642 work, The Personall Reigne of Christ Upon Earth, Archer predicted the Second Coming of Jesus would occur in approximately this year.
18th century
1705–1708 Camisards Camisard prophets predicted the end of the world would occur in either 1705, 1706 or 1708.
5 Apr 1719 Jacob Bernoulli This mathematician predicted a comet would destroy the Earth on this day.
1736 Cotton Mather Mather’s third and final prediction for the end of the world.
1757 Emanuel Swedenborg Swedenborg, a former Lutheran, claimed that the Last Judgement occurred in the spiritual world this year.
19 May 1780 Connecticut General Assembly members, New Englanders The sky turning dark during the day was interpreted as a sign of the end times. The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires, a thick fog, and cloud cover. In Appendix C there is a report on the dark day of 1780.
1792, 1794 Shakers The Shakers, a Christian sect founded in 18th century England, predicted the world would end in 1792 and then in 1794.
19th century
1805 Christopher Love This Presbyterian minister predicted the destruction of the world by earthquake in 1805, followed by an age of everlasting peace when God would be known by all.
1806 Mary Bateman In Leeds, England, in 1806 a hen began laying eggs on which the phrase “Christ is coming” was written. Eventually it was discovered to be a hoax. The owner, Mary Bateman, had written on the eggs in a corrosive ink so as to etch the eggs, and reinserted the eggs back into the hen’s oviduct.
19 Oct 1814 Joanna Southcott This 64-year-old self-described prophet claimed she was pregnant with the Christ child, and that he would be born on October 19, 1814. She died later that year having not delivered a child, and an autopsy proved she had not been pregnant.
1836 Johann Albrecht Bengel In the 1730s this Lutheran clergyman proclaimed that Judgment Day would come in 1836, with the pope as the anti-Christ and the Freemasons representing the “false prophet” of Revelations.
1836 John Wesley Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, foresaw the Millennium beginning this year. He wrote that Revelation 12:14 referred to 1058 to 1836, “when Christ should come”.
28 Apr 1843, 31 Dec 1843 Millerites Although it was not officially endorsed by their leadership, many Millerites expected the Second Coming to occur on April 28 or at the end of 1843.
21 Mar 1844 William Miller Miller, a Baptist preacher, predicted Christ would return on this day.
22 Oct 1844 Millerites After Christ did not return on 21 March 1844, the Millerites then revised William Miller’s prediction to 22 October that year, claiming to have miscalculated Scripture. The realization that the predictions were incorrect resulted in what was called “the Great Disappointment”.
1873–1874 Jonas Wendell Wendell, along with other Adventist preachers, predicted the Second Coming of Christ would occur in 1873 or 1874. In 1870, Wendell published his views in the booklet entitled The Present Truth, or Meat in Due Season concluding that the Second Advent was sure to occur in 1873. After the prediction did not bear out, Nelson H. Bardour reinterpreted the prediction holding that Jesus had in fact returned in 1874 but in an invisible form.
1881 Mother Shipton (attrib.) This 15th-century prophet was quoted as saying “The world to an end shall come, In eighteen hundred and eighty one” in a book published in 1862. In 1873 it was revealed to be a forgery; however, this did not stop some people from expecting the end.
20th century
1901 Catholic Apostolic Church This church, founded in 1831, claimed that Jesus would return by the time the last of its 12 founding members died. The last member died in 1901.
1892–1911 Charles Piazzi Smyth This pyramidologist concluded from his research on the dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza that the Second Coming would occur somewhere between 1892 and 1911.
1914 Charles Taze Russell (Johovah’s witnesses) Russell said “…the battle of the great day of God Almighty… The date of the close of that ‘battle’ is definitely marked in Scripture as October 1914. It is already in progress, its beginning dating from October, 1874.”
06 Feb 1925 Margaret Rowen According to this Seventh-Day Adventist, the angel Gabriel appeared before her in a vision and told her that the world would end at midnight on this date. She also claimed the close of probation would occur on Feb 6 1924.
1936 Herbert W. Armstrong The founder of the Worldwide Church of God told members of his church that the rapture was to take place in 1936, and that only they would be saved. After the prophecy failed, he changed the date three more times.
1941 Jehovah’s Witnesses A prediction of the end from the Jehovah’s Witnesses, a group which branched from the Bible Student movement and the Millerite movement of the 1800’s.
21 Dec 1954 Dorothy Martin The world was to be destroyed by terrible flooding on this date, claimed this leader of a UFO cult called Brotherhood of the Seven Rays. The fallout of the group after the prediction failed was the basis for the 1956 book When Prophecy Fails.
4 Feb 1962 Jeane Dixon, various Indian astrologers Dixon predicted a planetary alignment on this day was to bring destruction to the world. Mass prayer meetings were held in India.
1967 Jim Jones The founder of the People’s Temple stated he had visions that a nuclear holocaust was to take place in 1967.
1969 Charles Manson Manson predicted that Helter skelter, an apocalyptic race war, would occur in 1969.
Jan 1974 David Berg Berg, the leader of Children of God, predicted that there would be a colossal doomsday event heralded by Comet Kohoutek.
1981 Chuck Smith The founder of Calvary Chapel predicted the generation of 1948 would be the last generation, and that the world would end by 1981. Smith identified that he “could be wrong” but continued to say in the same sentence that his prediction was “a deep conviction in my heart, and all my plans are predicated upon that belief.”
21 Jun 1982 Benjamin Creme Creme took out an ad in the Los Angeles Times stating that the Second Coming would occur in June 1982 with the Maitreya announcing it on worldwide television.
1982 Pat Robertson In late 1976 on his 700 Club TV programme, Robertson predicted that the end of the world would come in this year.
30 Sep 1989 Edgar C. Whisenant After all his 1988 predictions failed to come true, Whisenant revised his prediction date to this day.
23 Apr 1990 Elizabeth Clare Prophet Prophet predicted a nuclear war would start on this day, with the world ending 12 years later, leading her followers to stockpile a shelter with supplies and weapons. Later, after Prophet’s prediction did not come to pass, she was diagnosed with epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease.
6 Sep 1994, 29 Sep 1994, 2 Oct 1994 Harold Camping Camping predicted the rapture would occur on 6 September 1994. When it failed to occur he revised the date to the 29th of September and then to the 2nd October.
26 Mar 1997 Marshall Applewhite Applewhite, leader of the Heaven’s Gate cult, claimed that a spacecraft was trailing the Comet Hale-Bopp and argued that suicide was “the only way to evacuate this Earth” so that the cult members’ souls could board the supposed craft and be taken to another “level of existence above human”. Applewhite and 38 of his followers committed mass suicide.
Jul 1999 Nostradamus A quatrain by Nostradamus which stated the “King of Terror” would come from the sky in “1999 and seven months” was frequently interpreted as a prediction of doomsday in July 1999.
18 Aug 1999 The Amazing Criswell The predicted date of the end of the world, according to this psychic well known for predictions.
Jan. 2000 Ruth Montgomery This self-described Christian psychic predicted the Earth’s axis would shift and the Antichrist would reveal himself in this year.
Jan. 2000 Edgar Cayce This psychic predicted the Second Coming would occur this year.
Lester Sumrall This minister predicted the end in his book I Predict 2000.
Jan. 2000 Jonathan Edwards This 18th-century preacher predicted that Christ’s thousand-year reign would begin in this year.
21st century
2001 Tynnetta Muhammad This columnist for the Nation of Islam predicted the end would occur in this year.
27 May 2003 Nancy Lieder Lieder originally predicted the date for the Nibiru collision as May 2003. According to her website, aliens in the Zeta Reticuli star system told her through messages via a brain implant of a planet which would enter the solar system and cause a pole shift on Earth that would destroy most of humanity.
29 Apr 2007 Pat Robertson In his 1990 book The New Millennium, Robertson suggests this date as the day of Earth’s destruction.
21 May 2011 Harold Camping Camping predicted that the rapture and devastating earthquakes would occur on 21 May 2011, with God taking approximately 3% of the world’s population into Heaven, and that the end of the world would occur five months later on October 21.
29 Sep 2011 Ronald Weinland Weinland, the founder of the Church of God Preparing for the Kingdom of God, stated Jesus would return on this day. After his prophecy failed to come true he changed the date to 27 May 2012.
21 Oct 2011 Harold Camping When his original prediction failed to come about, Camping revised his prediction and said that on May 21, a “Spiritual Judgment” took place, and that both the physical rapture and the end of the world would occur on 21 October 2011.
21 Dec 2012 Various The 2012 phenomenon predicted the world would end at the end of the 13th b’ak’tun. The Earth would be destroyed by an asteroid, Nibiru, or some other interplanetary object; an alien invasion; or a supernova. Mayanist scholars stated that no extant classic Maya accounts forecasted impending doom, and that the idea that the Long Count calendar ends in 2012 misrepresented Maya history and culture. Scientists from NASA, along with expert archaeologists, stated that none of those events were possible.
Apr 2014–Sep 2015 John Hagee, Mark Biltz The so-called blood moon prophecy, first predicted by Mark Biltz in 2008 and then by John Hagee in 2014. These Christian ministers claim that the tetrad in 2014 and 2015 may represent the beginning of the Messianic end times. Some Mormons in Utah combined the September 2015 blood moon with other signs, causing a large increase in sales of preppers survival supplies.
With all of the predictions over the last 2,000 years it seems unlikely that any future warning of coming tribulation or the 2nd coming of Christ would be taken seriously. Even Christ’s Disciples believed the Savior would return in their day. Along with all these past predictions there are the future predictions as well that have been offered up. We will list many of these in the Appendix. I have no doubt that many (NOT ALL), of the individuals sighted above were very sincere in their research and study coming to the conclusions that motivated their predictions. However, there was a key element that was overlooked in their enthusiasm to get out a warning message. The key factor was tied directly to the plan of salvation itself.
According to the Word of God, He was faced with a formidable problem that developed in His Creation; the Bible calls it “Sin” or “Rebellion”. How would God deal with this situation, this cancer that invaded His perfect Universe? How long would this disease be allowed to exist? Would humanity decide, or the unfallen worlds, perhaps the angels; or had God already devised a script, a Blueprint to handle the problem? Was there already a failsafe plan to allow sin to run its course; a precise blueprint established before creation for such an emergency? Is there hidden in the ancient Scriptural text, the answers for us to discover? Is this the right time in His-story for such a revelation of truth to be revealed?
Over the centuries many have been impressed to offer up a specific date as to when Jesus Christ would return as He promised (John 14:1-3), or promote a date when the saints would be raptured to heaven leaving the wicked on earth for a second chance? Many are familiar with such predictions.
The insight in God’s word is inexhaustible of course, there is always more to be gleaned. Could it be that despite these clever guesses within this endless living stream of suggestion and supposed wisdom, exists a revelation of God’s will, defining the parameters of His tolerance of the sin problem? We will allow the Scriptures to speak for themselves, confronting you with a determination and conclusion, of course, you must weigh the evidence for yourselves coming to your own conclusions.
What we will discover is that in fact within the pages of God’s inspired Word, an unnoticed ratio, that if correctly understood, provides evidence establishing a blueprint of parameters for the timing of what we call, “the plan of Salvation”. There would be a beginning to the sin problem and there would also be an end, the in-between is what we call human history.
The concept of a PLAN, demands some organized structure; a process designed to accomplish something significant. A contractor today would call such a structured plan (one written on paper), a blueprint.
Since there is an abundance of numerical markers in Scripture, the targeted probationary time for sin to run its course, and humanity to make their choice, for or against God’s invitation, can be calculated. This would certainly demand a closer look specifically at the inspired numbers; they are included in the Scriptures for a reason.
The blueprint actually establishes a targeted year (on the Gregorian calendar), one that brings humanities scheduled probationary time to an end, with a remaining 1,000-year millennial period that follows; completing the ratio. The ratio is founded on a seven cycle, being displayed in Scripture as a 6:1 ratio. I invite your investigation into God’s Word with me, to discover for yourselves God’s amazing blueprint, and just what it means for you and your loved ones. Scripture provides a timetable alright, one of incomprehensible love and a revelation of His miraculous plan to save us, all based, however, on His pre-ordained Divine Blueprint!
Was the plan for sin to run its predetermined course and finally come to an end?
ust”, pulling the planets toward the Sun on this day.
2000 Peter Olivi This 13th-century theologian wrote that the Antichrist would come to power between 1300 and 1340, and the Last Judgement would take place around 2000.
Ruth Montgomery This self-described Christian psychic predicted the Earth’s axis would shift and the Antichrist would reveal himself in this year.
Edgar Cayce This psychic predicted the Second Coming would occur this year.
Sun Myung Moon The founder of the Unification Church predicted the Kingdom of Heaven would be established in this year.
Ed Dobson This pastor predicted the end would occur in his book The End: Why Jesus Could Return by A.D. 2000.
Lester Sumrall This minister predicted the end in his book I Predict 2000.
Jonathan Edwards This 18th-century preacher predicted that Christ’s thousand-year reign would begin in this year.
21st century
2001 Tynnetta Muhammad This columnist for the Nation of Islam predicted the end would occur in this year.
27 May 2003 Nancy Lieder Lieder originally predicted the date for the Nibiru collision as May 2003. According to her website, aliens in the Zeta Reticuli star system told her through messages via a brain implant of a planet which would enter the solar system and cause a pole shift on Earth that would destroy most of humanity.
30 Oct–Nov 29 2003 Aum Shinrikyo This Japanese cult, which carried out the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995, predicted the world would be destroyed by a nuclear war between 30 October and 29 November 2003.
12 Sep 2006 House of Yahweh Yisrayl Hawkins, pastor and overseer of The House of Yahweh, predicted in his February 2006 newsletter that a nuclear war would begin on September 12, 2006.
29 Apr 2007 Pat Robertson In his 1990 book The New Millennium, Robertson suggests this date as the day of Earth’s destruction.
May 2008 Pyotr Kuznetsov Followers of Kuznetsov, 31 adults and 4 children (one 18 months old), went into a cave in Russia in November 2007 thinking they would be safe from an apocalypse occurring in the spring. Kuzentsov did not join them, was later committed and attempted suicide when some had left the cave in the spring. By the time all the followers had left the cave in the spring, two adults had died.
2010 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn This magical organization, which existed from 1887 to 1903, predicted the world would end during this year.
21 May 2011 Harold Camping Camping predicted that the rapture and devastating earthquakes would occur on 21 May 2011, with God taking approximately 3% of the world’s population into Heaven, and that the end of the world would occur five months later on October 21.
29 Sep 2011 Ronald Weinland Weinland, the founder of the Church of God Preparing for the Kingdom of God, stated Jesus would return on this day. After his prophecy failed to come true he changed the date to 27 May 2012.
21 Oct 2011 Harold Camping When his original prediction failed to come about, Camping revised his prediction and said that on May 21, a “Spiritual Judgment” took place, and that both the physical rapture and the end of the world would occur on 21 October 2011.
Aug–Oct 2011 Various There were fears amongst the public that Comet Elenin travelling almost directly between Earth and the Sun would cause disturbances to the Earth’s crust, causing massive earthquakes and tidal waves. Others predicted that Elenin would collide with Earth on October 16. Scientists tried to calm fears by stating that none of these events were possible.
27 May 2012 Ronald Weinland Weinland’s revised date for the return of Jesus following the failure of his 2011 prediction.
30 Jun 2012 José Luis de Jesús This cult leader predicted that the world’s governments and economies would fail on this day, and that he and his followers would undergo a transformation that would allow them to fly and walk through walls.
21 Dec 2012 Various The 2012 phenomenon predicted the world would end at the end of the 13th b’ak’tun. The Earth would be destroyed by an asteroid, Nibiru, or some other interplanetary object; an alien invasion; or a supernova. Mayanist scholars stated that no extant classic Maya accounts forecasted impending doom, and that the idea that the Long Count calendar ends in 2012 misrepresented Maya history and culture. Scientists from NASA, along with expert archaeologists, stated that none of those events were possible.
23 Aug 2013 Grigori Rasputin Rasputin, a Russian mystic who died in 1916, prophesied a storm would take place on this day where fire would destroy most life on land and Jesus would come back to Earth to comfort those in distress.
Apr 2014–Sep 2015 John Hagee, Mark Biltz The so-called blood moon prophecy, first predicted by Mark Biltz in 2008 and then by John Hagee in 2014. These Christian ministers claim that the tetrad in 2014 and 2015 may represent the beginning of the Messianic end times. Some Mormons in Utah combined the September 2015 blood moon with other signs, causing a large increase in sales of preppers survival supplies.
23 Sep–15 Oct 2017 David Meade Conspiracy theorist David Meade predicted that Nibiru would become visible in the sky and would “soon” destroy the Earth.
23 Apr 2018 David Meade After his 2017 prediction failed, Meade predicted the rapture would take place and that the world would end on this date.
9 Jun 2019 Ronald Weinland Weinland, who previously predicted the world would end in 2011, 2012, and then 2013, predicted in 2018 that Jesus would return on June 9, 2019. Prior to the date occurring he began to express some doubts regarding his own prediction.
Appendix B – Scriptures 6:1 ratio Examples
We have thus far considered a number of examples of the 6:1 ratio listed in Scripture, but these have been the more notable that many folks might think of if asked. There are however, others that we have not taken the time to mention with any great detail. We did not want folks to get hung-up on the numbers and miss the point of just what they were pointing too. So here in the Appendix we will list many other examples.
Weekly Cycle – I will re-mention the weekly cycle, not only because it is the first of God’s hints from Scripture of the 6:1 ratio, but because it is referenced on 10 occasions throughout Scripture; Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but THE seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God…(Ex. 20:9-10)
Creation of mankind – This is an interesting illustration of the 6:1 ratio. We aren’t privy to all the anatomic particulars with Adam and Eve, however, in 2 Sam. 21:20 we find a story of a giant fighting in a battle that had 24 digits (6 fingers and 6 toes on each hand and foot). Scripture reveals
that those living before the great flood were giants (Gen. 6:4), even much larger than this warrior in fact in the book of Samuel. Even after 1500 years of sin humanity was still 15-16 feet in height (estimates from Archaeological remains), and living to be over 900 years. The point is it seems that God created mankind originally with a 6:1 ratio on each foot and hand. As humanity degenerated dramatically after the flood event we not only lost tremendous age, but perhaps quite literally, fingers and toes. It appears that sin has depraved and diminished us to about 10 % of what God started with.
Noah’s Ark – constructed using a 6:1 ratio; God’s blueprint demanded 300 cubits in length, 50 in width. This incidentally has been found to be the very best length to width ratio by the US navy for sea-worthiness. The other ratio of 10:1 (length to height-300 long 30 high), would also seem to be related to our previous example of how humanity that was saved through the Ark degenerated so dramatically after the flood. Noah lived to be 950, many today are lucky to see 95.
The Clean animals by sevens – It is Matthew Henry the author of a prominent Bible commentary series
that suggests the 7 clean animals could be a 6:1 ratio example. Commenting on Genesis 7:2, however, others have been more decisive on the matter, suggesting real purpose and reason to the interpretation that there were only seven of every clean kind on the ark. Animal sacrifice to God was practiced during the Patriarchal Age, and it is apparent that the faithful could distinguish between the clean and unclean. Thus, it is suggested that when Noah left the ark and offered a sacrifice to God “of every clean animal” (Genesis 8:20), three pairs (6) were left for domestication by man so that he would have food and clothing.
The pattern, as Matthew Henry noted, then follows that of the working week and Sabbath day (the first 6:1 ratio example), in that “God gives us six for one in earthly things, as in the days of the week,” while the seventh is for devotion to God (n.d., p. 61). The 1599 Geneva Bible also seems to concur: “Which might be offered in sacrifice, of which six were for breeding and the seventh for sacrifice”.
There is concerning this particular example questions as to just what the seven seven implies? Whether this is one group of seven (three females and four males-the odd male out used for sacrifice)
or seven males and seven females (seven equal pairs). We’ll let you decide, either way one animal or even one pair could have been designated for sacrifice still denoting a 6:1 ratio.
During the Jewish Dispensation seven feast – Having lost perhaps from the Adamic dispensation the obvious ratio reminder (6 digits on each hand and foot), it is during the Jewish dispensation that we discover numerous 6:1 ratio considerations being implemented, it is as if God is wanting to make this most obvious again.
Once the Jewish nation developed God instructed 7 main feasts that were rehearsals for what would become the 2nd and 3rd scheduled interventions (His 1st coming as Messiah and His 2nd coming as King of Kings). Three occurred in the spring of the year, and three in the fall. The feast of weeks or Pentecost fell in early summer, May-June between the 3 spring and 3 fall feasts. The feast of weeks not only pointed to the sacrifice of Messiah (burnt offering, sin offering, peace offering etc.), but also symbolized the Jubilee (a 50 year cycle). This feast was performed on the 50th day after the feast of Firstfruits. This feast pointed to the ultimate Jubilee which is the 1,000 year millennium when the land
shall rest from all activity. What makes this a 6:1 ratio is the obvious link to 6,000 years of probationary time and than the 1,000 years of millennial rest, while the remaining 6 point to the 1st and 2nd comings of Christ respectively.
Buying a Hebrew servant – Since the plan of Salvation was designed to set the captives (humanity) free from the bondage of sin over a 7,000 year coarse, a 6:1 ratio (6,000 yrs probation: 1,000 yrs rest), if you were a Hebrew servant/slave this example also applied to you. A slaves contract also ended after 6 years. Ex. 21:2, Deu. 15:12, Jer.34:14 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve 6 years; and in the 7th year he shall go out free and pay nothing.” This is another 6:1 ratio!
The Shemitah year – this was a regulation set up by God to establish and build trust, every seventh year the land was to rest with the last day of that year (Elul 29) voiding out credit and indebtedness. Ex. 23:10-11 states, 6 years to sow and work the land, the 7th year the land would rest, again another 6:1 ratio.
On Mount Sinai – When the Jews were guided to Mt Sinai after their exodus from Egypt, God would
provide specific instructions for them. This would be accomplished primarily through Moses. God calls for Moses to meet Him on the mountain, Ex. 24:16-18 states that God’s glory covered Mt Sinai for 6 days, than on the 7th God calls out to Moses to approach Him. Coming into the presence of God is presented in a 6:1 ratio format. The anti-type of this occurs at the 2nd coming, after 6,000 yrs of earthly probation.
The earth made new – This is also indicated in the earth made new from Is. 66:22-23 we read, “For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me, says the Lord, so shall your descendants and your name remain. And it shall come to pass that from one new moon to another And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord”. Here we discover the 6:1 ratio of the weekly cycle and the Sabbath occurring for all eternity as we come before God to worship Him.
The 7 branched Menorah – (candlestick) was one of the pieces of sacred furniture in the Tabernacle. This rested in the 1st compartment known as the Holy Place. The Menorah was constructed as a 6:1 ratio, with one main central stem and 6 connecting
branches (Ex. 25:32). The typical style of Menorah we see today does not reflect the original from the 1st temple period. The purpose of the candlestick was to provide light for the Holy Place and illustrated Christ (the central stem) the light to all the world. John in the book of Revelation chapter one presents the living version of this 6:1 ratio concept where Jesus is seen in heaven in the midst of the golden candlesticks. Seven candlesticks, Christ the main stem, surrounding Him His church the remaining branches (Rev. 1:12, 20). As ambassadors of the kingdom our mission is to reflect the light of Christ to a darkened world.
The High Priest garments – Even though the Tabernacle itself was laid out in a 2:1 ratio and I might add for a specific reason, many of the implements and furnishings connected with the Tabernacle highlighted the 6:1 ratio. This would include things connected to the High Priest garments. One thing added to the garments was two onyx stones, which was set in a gold frame. These set on each shoulder of the high Priest. A 6:1 ratio is displayed on each of these stones, for on each one are the names of 6 of the 12 tribes of Israel (Ex. 28:9-10). The breastplate as well could
fall into a similar category as it displayed 12 various stones, also representing the 12 tribes, but beneath them rested the Urim and Thummin. In this area we find a 12:2 representation or once again a 6:1 ratio.
The Altar of Incents – If it were not for the numerous 6:1 ratio markers I would think that the cumulative total of cubits for the Altar of Incents was just a coincidence. When adding the construction measurements, we come to 6 cubits for this Altar.
Table of Showbread – The Priests were instructed to place 12 cakes of showbread in two separate stakes of 6 on the table. At first glance folks could perceive these were another representation of the 12 tribes of Israel. However, this is not the case, the word Challah is used for many offerings and means “pierced cake”. The piercing of the dough would speed up the baking process much like the same technique used with cooking potatoes. However, the spiritual significance becomes quite obvious; this pierced bread is a representation of Christ and His sacrifice. As we partake of this bread it is then that life becomes blessed. Christ is the bread of life, every heartbeat, every nerve impulse;
every breath is a gift from the Savior, without Christ we take all these blessings for granted. These two stacks of bread become a 6:1 ratio when on each of these stacks was also placed a dish of frankincense. This was a spice or herb used quite extensively for healing and pain. Here again is another perfect symbol of what Christ would accomplish for humanity; Christ the perfect bread sent from heaven is for the healing of the nations. His pain set us at liberty; with His strips we are healed. Also, the bread was replaced every weekly cycle, every seven days, and thus associated with the very first 6:1 ratio marker.
Cities of refuge – Out of the 48 cities that were given to the Levites there would exist in the promised land 6 that were designated as cities of refuge, this was at God’s instruction (Num. 35:6-8). These were established should a person kill someone accidently and relatives of the slain seek revenge. This would mean an entirely new start for the perpetrator. Though these numbers reflect an initial 8:1 ratio, 8 being the designated number for a new start such as with the 8 survivors of the flood, or the new start with the New Jerusalem in the 8th millennium, the 6:1 ratio is also applicable.
A person being allowed to gain a fresh start in one of the cities of refuge could eventually relocate to one of the other cities, 6 possibilities for refuge, one for their final destination.
The feast of unleavened bread – In Deut. 16 there is a review of God’s three main feasts He commanded Israel to observe. The feast of unleavened bread (spring harvest) occurs the day after the Passover celebration and would require 7 days. In this review six of these days they were to eat unleavened bread, with the seventh being a solemn assembly unto the Lord, no work was to be done. (Deut. 16:8), (another example of a 6:1 ratio).
Destruction of Jericho – This is a classic 6:1 example, Joshua is instructed to march around the city for 7 days, the first 6 days he is to march around it just once. It is the seventh day that he is instructed to march around the city seven times. This instruction in procedure is in itself a 6:1 ratio. Each time as they march around the city, 7 priests with 7 trumpets go before the Ark of the Covenant, and blow the trumpets. It is the 7th day, on the 7th trip around the city that the 7 priests blow their trumpets with a certain long blast which is the signal for the people to shout “with a great shout” and the wall of the city falls. The priest are aligned in a 6:1 ratio has they go before the Ark, three pairs of two with a single priest in the lead. Six days they sound the trumpets; it is not until the 7th day that the long blast is used. Every aspect of Jericho’s destruction is reflected with a 6:1 ratio.
Solomon’s throne – Solomon’s ivory throne has 6 steps in order to reach the top, an example of another 6:1 ratio. God’s throne in heaven is also an example of the same ratio, one of the inner circles maintains 24 seats with 24 elders in them (Rev. 4). Near the very center are 4 living beings, 24 divided by 4 is a 6:1 ratio. However, also, like Solomon’s 6 steps to his throne, in heaven there are 6 distinct groups eventually displayed around God’s throne. They are, from the largest to the smallest: The faithful Angels – the great multitude of the redeemed – the 144,000 the living saints translated – a small group described as bran’s plucked from the burning, this small group of individuals who were once the fiercest opponents of the truth – the 24 elders – and lastly 4 living beings, all surrounding God’s throne, the ultimate 6:1 ratio.
Seraphim’s – Just as humanity was once created as giants and quite possibly possessed 6 digits on each hand and foot, seraphim were created with 6 wings, 6 wings on one angel is another example of God’s 6:1 ratio. These examples reveal that this ratio is a Divine signature; it seems to be God’s holy equation, an outgrowth of His perfect number seven.
Gathering of the Manna – “Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. And he said unto them, this is that which the LORD hath said; tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none” (Ex. 16:4,23,26). Here is a classic 6:1
ratio illustration, which God is using to teach the children of Israel obedience to His law.
Boaz’s gift to Naomi of 6 measures of barley – This is part of a redemption story; how Naomi instructed her daughter-in-law Ruth to confront Boaz with the possibility of marriage. Boaz is impressed with Ruth and sends a gift of 6 measures of barley to Naomi as a thank you gift. The story is a great read in (Ruth 3-4)
Joash the boy King – Joash was hid in the house of the Lord six years while Athaliah was reigning over the land of Israel and on the 7th year he and the rulers were brought in before the boy king. It was in this 7th year that the rightful king took the throne. Joash was seven when he was anointed king, another 6:1 ratio. The story is found in 2 Kings 11.
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. (2 Kings 11:2)
Summary
It is becoming clearer and clearer that God has been working from a blueprint concerning the plan of Salvation from the very beginning. What started on Earth nearly 6,000 years ago is soon coming to an end. Events and circumstances that the children of Israel found themselves in, and we ourselves today as well, were prompted from things that were pre-scheduled. God even tells us that He knew us before we were born! (Jer. 1:5)
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
This reveals without question the fact that God pre-ordained not only events, but individuals as well, God’s will is that none be lost (2 Peter 3:9), His atonement paid the price for all humanity, but He is also omniscient and has a knowledge of who will graciously accept that free gift. With this knowledge, He can place and utilize individuals to His own advantage.
God as a God of order skyrockets to a whole new level. Many in the Christian world today are oblivious to the markers God established from eternity past, with the thought that things take place in some type of random or arbitrary fashion; nothing could be further from the truth. God sits in the heavens and laughs at the folly of scheming men (Ps.2:1-4), He is in full control.
All that I have listed is an accumulation of evidence that points to a pre-ordained plan, which I would call a blueprint. Just like a blueprint there is a key or ledger code that coordinates all the numbers, revealing a consistency for the plan. It is important in accomplishing anything to work from an outline, guideline, instruction manual, schematic, agenda, notes, etc. This is the same process used in numerous disciplines and even how folks make basic decisions. We take bits of information categorize it into a folder in our minds, then once we are satisfied that several bits point to a conclusion, we can come to a logical perspective.
This is what occurs in archaeology research, the deeper one digs, the more evidence comes to light, the clearer the story it reveals. This is what has really occurred with the numerical markers from Scripture, if considered without bias, or preconceived thought, they add up to one conclusion, once sin entered the clock began to tick, the sand began to flow through the hour-glass of time. Liar’s figure, but figures don’t lie, God would deal with the sin problem over a pre-determined 7,000-year cycle, revealed in a 6:1 format. We are rapidly coming to an end of the six-thousand years of probationary time. The intel revealed by Scripture was recorded by individuals, but not initiated by them, it is the work of the Holy Spirit.
Just what does it say to us as Christians that the Scriptures were compiled over a 1,600 year period with forty different penman? To observe the harmony in the whole of Scripture is more than amazing, especially when most of the contributors did not know one another. Only the Holy Spirit could truly be the Author, and He would have complete access and authority over the pre-determined blueprint. However, it is still miraculous to sense all the circumstances God must have orchestrated to achieve each and every targeted marker designated for application and ultimate fulfillment. Our God is indeed an awesome God!
This ratio used for designated time, is crying out from the Scripture’s that probations hours are nearing an end. This book is indeed meant to create in its viewers a sense of urgency concerning the close of probation and the coming of the Lord. The numbers do not lie, time could be cut short at any moment, we have no time for playing church, no time for non-sense or ignoring what is so blatantly right before us. I urge you to go to your knees in repentance and place your hand and life under the control of the only resource capable of a rescue, the Lord Jesus. Study God’s word as never before, time is short!
May God richly bless you as you follow with awe the display of scheduled events, as the unfolding of God’s word is portrayed right in front of our eyes, of not only things relevant in the world, but ones relevant to our very own lives and salvation!
Keep on the path of Truth!
Jerry
Appendix C
The dark Day of 1780
New England’s Dark Day occurred on May 19, 1780, when an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada, even extending as far south as New Jersey. The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires, a thick fog, and cloud cover. (Wikipedia)
There is also another rational theory that has been presented, that of a fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
The 1869 edition of Webster’s Dictionary has the following entry. “THE DARK DAY, May 19th, 1780 so-called on account of a remarkable darkness on that day extending over all New England. In some places, persons could not see to read common print in the open air for several hours together. Birds sang their evening songs, disappeared, and became silent; fowls went to roost; cattle sought the barnyard; and candles were lighted in the houses. The obscuration began about ten o’clock in the morning, and continued until the middle of the next night, but with differences of degree and duration in different places. For several days previous, the wind had been variable, but chiefly from the south-west and the north-east. The true cause of this remarkable phenomenon is not known.”
Due to wind conditions and the large area affected by this strange darkness, it seems that there was more going on than publicized by the scientific community.