The
Prophetic Significance
In the Book of Deuteronomy and the Book of Joshua
there is a parallel to “this generation” that I believe is prophetically
significant.
I urge you to study the chronological record of
events involving Israel, as recorded in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and
Deuteronomy.
Moses led Israel out of Egypt 2,513 years after the
creation of Adam. Due to their unbelief and rebellion, the Israelites spent 40
years wandering in the wilderness. As the end of that forty years was
approaching, Moses began delivering his final messages to Israel on the 1st day
of Shevat, the 11th month on the Jewish calendar (Deuteronomy 1:3). The
ministry of Moses was concluded and he died on the last day of that same
month; the Jewish month of Shevat, Deuteronomy 34:5-7. The children of
Israel mourned for Moses 30 days, the whole month of Adar on the Jewish
calendar, Deuteronomy 34:8.
Then on the 1st day of Abib [Nisan] on the Jewish
calendar [a new year], the Lord commissioned Joshua to take the children of
Israel across the Jordan into the “Promised Land,” Joshua 1:1-9. Ten days
later on the 10th day of Abib, the children of Israel came up out of the
Jordan River and entered the “Promised Land,” Joshua 4:19.
Because many of God’s people don’t seriously study
Bible chronology, they don’t realize that almost immediately after entering the
“Promised Land,” the Israelites began fighting a war against their enemies that
lasted seven (7) years.
There is a parallel between Israel’s first 40 year
“generation” some 3,400 years ago, and this “last generation” that we are
living in today.
Forty-two + years ago [June, 1967] Israel regained
control of the city of Jerusalem and the Temple mount. At that time they had an
opportunity to rebuild their Temple and renew their covenant with God. But
because of the unbelief of their “faithless” leaders, those unbelieving leaders
gave most of the territory they had gained, including their beloved Temple
Mount, to their sworn enemies. Over these past 42 years Israel has continued in
“spiritual blindness,” wandering in the wilderness of this world, always
seeking “peace,” but finding none, and being constantly hated and oppressed by
their enemies. Now here at the end of “this generation,” Israel still faces the
7 years of Tribulation. Is there not a parallel to be seen here?
We are living
in the very end of “this generation” as shown on the Hebrew Calendar.
The Jewish Civil Year 5769 ended on Rosh Hashanah in
2009, and the Jewish Civil Year 5770 began. However, on the Sacred Calendar
that the Lord Himself gave to the Jews in Exodus 12, the Sacred Year 5769 ended
and the Sacred Year 5770 began on March 29th – 30th, 2010. Glory to God!
Every area of life as we have known it in the past
is collapsing. There is no question in my mind that total collapse will occur
very soon. The economy will collapse, our money will become worthless, more
businesses and factories will close, thousands of people will be without work,
gas and food shortages will develop, utilities [gas; water; electricity] will
fail, all forms of communication will break down [yes, even your computer and
cell phone], crime will mushroom, law enforcement and governmental authority
will break down, and people will be left to their own resources to provide for
themselves and their families or starve and die. Martial law will be declared
and the authorities will oppress and enslave the people. Humanity is now facing
a time unlike anything they have ever seen before in human history. If any
reader doesn’t believe this, it won’t change the truth one bit. Just keep
breathing and you will see major changes for yourself.
But don’t despair! In this dark forecast there is a
bright side!
Again, in Revelation 3:10 the Lord said to His Church,
“Because thou hast kept the Word of My patience, I also
will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the
world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”
We are living in the very end of “this generation”
on the Jewish calendar. It is time for God’s people to “look up” and get
serious about living for the Lord. It is also time for every lost sinner [one
who has never received Christ as their own personal Savior] to get serious
about seeking the Lord for the salvation of your soul. Quit playing games with
God. Since the Lord uses
the Jewish calendar in prophetic reckoning, you may have another 30 days
or so to “prepare to meet thy God,” and you may not have even another day or
another hour. God have mercy!
The Lord
Jesus Christ is coming very soon. Don’t put Him off. Get the eternal destiny of
your soul settled NOW.