Important Notice: The Date of the Rapture & Wedding of the Lamb is Sunday, October 6th, between 12 AM and 3 AM. This is the time to be watching. .The little season is interpreted wrong in this article. It is actually one-year and not a little less than a year from the October 7, 2023 date.

To understand and determine the date of our Lord’s return for the Rapture of His saints, you will need to understand the “Feasts of the Lord.” Christianity has all but completely ignored these all the way back in History to the very first Church at Ephesus in the book of Revelation.  To the first church Christ says: Revelation 2:5 (KJV)
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

“Do the first works” refers to the “Feasts of the Lord.” It’s not speaking of the 10 Commandments as they are mostly things you are not supposed to do. The “Feasts of the Lord” are God’s Master Plan. In Leviticus 23:2 the Lord says “These are My Feasts.” (appointed times) Each Feast represents a step along the pathway that leads to salvation. These Feasts are Commemorative, Prophetic, and Redemptive. 

“Quickly” is the Greek word “tachu” which is translated “by surprise” or “suddenly.” This is in direct reference to the “Feast of Trumpets” which represents our being separated from the things of this world. To today’s Christian this is known as the Rapture of His saints. If you have a good understanding of the “Feasts of the Lord,” you know the appointed time of the “Feast of Trumpets” is always celebrated on Tishri 1 & 2 on the Hebrew calendar. If you are honoring these feasts by doing them, your candlestick will not be removed, and the Lord will not come on you suddenly and catch you by surprise.

The Feast of the Lord are appointed meeting times. They are appointments made by the Lord. They are appointed meeting times he expects His faithful to meet, as well as meeting times between God and man. The Hebrew word for “Feasts” is “Moed.” It has nothing to do with eating food, but it has everything to do with appointed meeting times & places made by the Lord.  The word “Moed” in the Old Testament is only used for meeting times or appointments made by God. This fact is left out of the translations given in the Hebrew English dictionaries. The Greek language has no word equivalent, which partially explains why there is so little importance or understanding regarding them, with the exception being the Jewish people. For this reason, you must be the one to understand when the New Testament is referring to these meeting times. However, if you know nothing about them, of course you will incorrectly interpret verses which speak of them. Verses that use terms like times, seasons, times and seasons, new moon, sabbaths, due season, first works, trumpet, and more. For more info on the Feasts of the Lord, click on this link:

The FEASTS OF THE LORD; The Appointed Time of Christ’s Return

In order to have an appointment there must be two parties involved.  You do not have an appointment if only one party knows the time and date of the appointment. I’m sure you are well aware of the fact that if you do not know when an appointed meeting time is, you have zero to no chance of making it to the meeting.

There is no prophecy in the Bible that takes you from point “A,” and takes you to point “B;” with point “B” being the Rapture of His saints.  However, Daniel 12 comes close by describing an event, which is known to most on the planet, but practically no one is aware of its Biblical significance.  The Bible then reveals it will be a year, or a “little less” than a year from the time of that event until our Lord returns.  The only way one could know this all important day is to know the significance of this well known event, and the approximate length of time until the next “Feast of Trumpets.” (Judgement Day & Rapture of His Saints.)

If this sounds wrong to you, consider the Parable of the 10 Virgins. The foolish virgins new the year, month, and day of the wedding, yet they missed the Wedding of the Lamb because they were not aware of the hour the groom would come calling. Most of Christendom does not know when or where the wedding of the lamb takes place or even what it is!

To claim to know when our Lord will return for us goes against the almost universal teaching of Christendom today.  Current day preachers and teachers will tell you that nobody can know the time of Christ’s Return, and the people that sit under them believe it. They will also tell you that knowing this time is not important, but I know of 5 wise and 5 foolish virgins that would beg to differ with that interpretation.

Over the past few centuries there have been many predictions that obviously were wrong, which would seem to validate the position of the “can’t know the day and hour” crowd; but nothing could be further from the truth. Just because all the predictions have been wrong, does not mean that our Lord has not provided us with this information. It only means there have been many who have not interpreted the writings correctly.  I once was part of the “no one can know the day or hour” crowd, but with what I know now regarding the “Feasts of the Lord,” I will never be part of that group again. Even if I were wrong about what you are about to read, I know it is because I missed or misinterpreted something, and not because our Lord has not revealed it to us in His Word.

In Mark 13:23 Christ said, “But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.”  You probably have not noticed this, but our Lord starts this verse with a warning “Take ye heed.” Then he says “behold” which is saying look or let it be known, followed by “I have foretold you all things.” I fail to see how someone can misinterpret this, which means there sure are a whole lot of people out there that obviously don’t believe Him.  As you will shortly read, Our Lord revealed this all important day to us, but there is absolutely no way anyone could have known it more than a year beforehand.  That is because the event was the 5th Seal, and no one can know the events of the first five Seals until our Lord unsealed them. The 5th Seal is found in the 12th chapter of Daniel as well as the 6th chapter of Revelation.

When Christ came to earth for the Spring Feasts, His visit was not in secret, even though there were extremely few that knew who He was. When the three wise men came looking for Him, they took everyone by surprise. Even though the Rabbis were unaware of His arrival, they knew exactly where He was to be born.  It has been stated that there are over 350 prophecies in the Old Testament that tell of His coming and what He would do. Yet there were very few that knew who He was, even though He fulfilled all the prophecies regarding His life and ministry in the Old and New Testament. So why would anyone think His second coming will be any different, especially when one considers the current state of prophecy. Bible prophecy today is either totally ignored by our churches or so misleading that Christians will never know or understand what’s about to happen. There are videos all over You Tube which claim they know the name of the Man of Sin (anti-Christ) yet I have not seen one that is even close.  Our Lord even gave us his name in Revelation 9:11, and he was called by this name in the Middle-East and on news reports here, but no one made the connection. For more info, go to this link:

The REAL 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Feasts & the 10 Virgins

When you study and understand the Feasts of the Lord, you realize that the month and day of our Lord’s return for His saints is not in doubt.  It is on the Feast of Trumpets, which is always the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar.  Tishrei 1 is the Rapture of His saints which will take 24 hours to complete as revealed in the “Sign of the Son of Man” in Matthew 24:27-31. It is immediately followed by Tishri 2, which is the “Day of the Lord.” In God’s master plan of salvation the “Feast of Trumpets” represents our separation from the things of this world (day 1) and our making Christ the King and ruler of our lives (day 2).

The hour we should be aware of is revealed in the Parable of the 10 Virgins in Matthew 25. In this parable Jesus Christ is the “bridegroom” which makes this parable the “Wedding of The Lamb,” which is the “Rapture of the Saints.” Most of Christendom fails to make this connection. Instead they view the “Wedding of the Lamb” and the “Rapture of His Saints” as being two individual and separate events, but in reality they are both one and the same.

Matthew chapter 25 starts out by saying “Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto 10 virgins.”  This tells us this is what will happen during the Rapture of His saints. It is patterned after a Jewish wedding. Again, most of Christendom is unaware that Jewish weddings take place at night under the stars. This in itself would tell you that the Rapture of His saints will take place during the night hours, which means it could not happen “at any moment,” which is the teaching almost universally heard from pulpits throughout Christendom. Verse 6 states:

Matthew 25:6 (KJV)

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Jesus Christ is the bridegroom and we were just told there will be a cry made at midnight, and we are to go out and meet Him.  This is so simple and so clear that anyone would see it if they had not been taught otherwise.  Also, there is a command here that you need to give special attention. When the cry goes out at midnight, we are to “go out and meet him.”  This is an act of faith that needs to happen or you will not be going anywhere. Christ always required faith of those He was about to make whole, and you will never be made as whole as you will be when you receive your heavenly body.  The 5 foolish virgins failed to go out and meet Him and they had no idea what to look for, so they were locked out of the wedding.

There is confirmation of this in other scriptures. Midnight is the same hour the Lord judged Egypt and killed all the firstborn males of both man and beasts. The difference being the Israelites were to remain in their homes.  Matthew 24 says the sun will be darkened (at night) and “the moon will not give its light.” That is the description of a New Moon, which you will find named in both the Old and New Testaments. When the moon is not seen on the night side of the earth, the night side of the Earth is very dark.  Mark says it will happen during the night watches and lists each of the night watches and then states: “Lest coming suddenly he finds you sleeping.”

The month, day, and hour to be aware of our Lords return is simple, clear, and not that difficult to understand when you know the “Feasts of the Lord” and what each Feast represents. However, the year has not been given much heed because the “can’t know the day or hour” teaching has prevailed, and the mysteries of Daniel’s prophecies were sealed until the time (year) of the end.  The year of our Lord’s return has been sitting in Daniel 12 for 2500 years, and has been almost totally overlooked because it was sealed by God.  I say “almost” because an author by the name of Ian Gurney published a book in 1999 called “The Cassandra Prophecy: Armageddon Approaches.”  According to Ian, Judgement Day would come in 2023. My research, which was done before I was aware of Mr. Gurney, came up with the same finding. The year “2023” is the solution attained by adding the 1335 year prophecy to the 688 A.D. date when the “Abomination of Desolation” was set-up. The problem is, we were both wrong.  We were one year off because we did not realize there is one more segment of time mentioned in Daniel 12:1 and Revelation 6:11.  One needs to consider both verses together before you can understand the identity of the souls of them that were slain and the event being referred to in both these verses.

Daniel 11 Leads into Daniel 12

Chapter 12 of Daniel is a continuation of chapter 11, which is prophecy from the time of the Persian Empire to the end of the Islamic Empire. It is obvious the last part of chapter 11 refers to Islam because the descriptions perfectly match Islam and its history.  In spite of this, the commentaries willing to try interpreting this tie the last part of chapter 11 to Alexander the Great’s two greatest Generals and their descendants, Ptolemy and Seleucus. Here are a few examples that show Islam is the better fit.

Verse 31 of Daniel 11 states, “they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.” This clearly describes the Muslim Temple “Dome of the Rock.” This structure sits on top of the Temple Mount where King Solomon’s Temple and the 2nd Temple once stood.

Daniel 11:36 (KJV)

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

First it should be noted that marvelous things would be better translated ‘incredible blasphemies‘ against the God of gods. According to the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, when the word “pālā” is used in the negative it can be translated incredible. This would completely agree with other writings in Daniel, Isaiah, and Revelation.

Daniel 11:37 (KJV)

Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

Allah is a relatively new god that has only been around since the time of Mohamed. Before Mohamed the people of Arabia worshiped a whole multitude of gods. In fact, they had a different god for every day of the year.

Nor will he regard the desire of women. I have actually heard teachers say this means he will be a homosexual. No! It means that women will be subservient to men. Muslim women have little say regarding anything in Islam, except for their teaching Islam to the children. They cannot hold positions in government. Women are not to go anywhere without the company of a family male, even if the male is only a child. The reason women are treated so poorly by Islam goes way back to Genesis 3:15 where the Lord put enmity (Hatred) between Satan and women. This should give you a very obvious clue as to the true identity of Allah.

Daniel 11:38 (KJV)

But in his estate shall he honor the god of forces: and a god whom his father’s knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

Allah is definitely the false god of forces to whom this verse refers.  If you are born of Muslim parents, you are a Muslim. You have no say in the matter. Islam has spread through the force of war and the threat of execution. When Muslims invaded a land, the opposition had but a few choices. The new masters would give them the choice of becoming a Muslim by submitting to Allah, paying a jizya tax and be allowed to live, or having their head separated from the rest of their body. Or, if the master wanted to keep them as slaves, they would become his slaves. Sometimes they would agree to become Muslims and they were still doomed to a life of slavery.

Daniel 11 takes us up to the time of the end, and Daniel 12 takes it from there. Let’s now take a closer look at what Daniel 12 will reveal to us.

The BIG REVELATION’S of Daniel 12

Daniel 12:1-3 (KJV)

1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

“At that time” is the time of the end. This can be stated because the rest of verses 1, 2, and 3 describe judgement day when everyone found written in the book shall be delivered and those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake.

“There shall be a time of trouble” is the segment of time sealed by God, but has now been unsealed. This “time of trouble” in the past has either been completely missed or assigned the wrong amount of time. Most commentaries look to the story of Jacob when he worked 20 years for Laban while obtaining Rachel and Leah as his wives.  They refer to this 20 years as “the time of Jacob’s trouble.” However, as will be shown, this is not the length of the “time of trouble” meant in verse one.

Israel has been experiencing a lot of trouble for the last 100 years, and these last 20 years have probably been the hardest. Israeli’s have endured a lot of attacks from Muslims who believe they will be guaranteed a ticket to see Allah if they kill someone of the Jewish faith or any non-Muslim and die in the process. While it is true they will most definitely see Allah if they kill the innocent, it is also true that Allah is not who or where they think he is. One of the many names given to Allah is “The Great Deceiver,” but after nearly 1400 years they still haven’t figured out they are the ones he is deceiving.

Israel has also experienced literally thousands of rocket attacks from Muslims so close to them they only have 45 seconds to get to a bomb shelter once the warning sounds. They are living under conditions that are more stressful than the conditions of any other society on the face of the Earth. But it is still not the “time of trouble” verse one is referring to. Before we can know the answer as to what this “time of trouble” is, we need to know what is meant by a “time.“

Back in chapter 3 of this e-book, “The REAL Key to Deciphering Time Prophecy,” we covered the prophecy of a “time, times, and an half. “ A “time,” is a year and “times” is two years. When both time and times are used together the results would be 3 years. So the duration of “time” this first verse of Daniel 12 alludes to is 1 year.  So, instead of it being a “time of trouble,” the REAL meaning is a “year of trouble.”

Now that we know Israel will experience a “year of trouble” before our Lord returns for the Rapture of His saints, we can actually know the date this “year of trouble” begins, and we can also know when the Rapture will occur.

The actual “time of trouble” of Israel began on October 7th 2023.  We can be assured of this because of the description given at the end of the first verse.  It states “there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. This is a very accurate description of October 7th 2023. More Israelis were killed on October 7th than were lost during the 6-day war in 1967. It is estimated Israel lost between 780 and 950 people during the 6-day war as compared to over 1200 during the October 7th sneak attack. Never since the time Israel became a nation again has it endured so much senseless murdering, rapping of women, ripping babies from their mothers’ womb and baking them in ovens, and the slaughter of children. All this while they were celebrating the Last Great Day of the “Feast of Tabernacles.” The Hamas Terrorists who did this wore body cams so they could receive more praise from their fellow Muslims.

More proof this date is correct can be found in Daniel 9:26 where it states:

Daniel 9:26B (KJV)
And the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 

In the Bible a “flood” refers to a large group of people leaving their country and flowing into another domain, like a river which overflows its riverbanks. In this case it was Muslim army along with many Palestinian (Muslim) civilians which left Gaza and flooded Israel. The name of this surprise military attack was “Al Aqsa Flood.” It is named after the Muslim Mosque that sits not far from the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Knowing October 7th, 2023, as the starting date of the “year of trouble,” and October 2nd 2024 as the first day of the “Feast of Trumpets,” it’s easy to see these two dates are a year apart. What makes this even more convincing is that Revelation 6:9-11 is a second witness to this “year of trouble.”

Revelation 6:9-11 (KJV)
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. Little 3398 

The “little season” spoken of in verse 11 covers the same period as the “time of trouble” of Daniel 12:1-3. In fact, you are looking at the same events taking place here as in Daniel 12, except Revelation 6 contains more detail.  “The Greek word used for little is “mikros,” which is defined as small, little, least, or less.  According to Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary a “season” is “conventionally a year,” meaning it is generally accepted to be a year.  When using the defined words together you have “less than a year” or a “little year” or a “little less than a year.”

Between these two passages of Scripture, we have enough information to declare the “October 7th 2023 cowardly attack on Israel the starting date of the “time (year) of the end.”  It is the date the 5th Seal of Revelation 6:9 was opened, and the same date Daniels’ book was unsealed.  Because of this, we know it will be a little less than a year later when the 6th Seal of Revelation 6 will open; beginning the “Feast of Trumpets” and the Rapture of His saints.  These dates are 360 days apart, which definitely is a “little less than a year.” In fact, some people call 360 days a “Prophetic Year.” After the October 7th, 2023 attack the next Feast of Trumpets is October 3rd, 2024. That is a “little less” than a year later.

To find out when the other seals were opened, read “The REAL 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse” To read more about the “Sign of the Son of Man” read:

The REAL Sign of the Son of Man; and Signs of the End

The REAL 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Daniel 12:4 (KJV)

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Our Lord is telling Daniel to close the book and seal it.  Essentially our Lord is telling Daniel to stop writing because our Lord is going to seal the book and it is not going to be unsealed until the time (year) of the end.  At the time of the end Daniels writings will be unsealed and the ones who understand it will “run to and fro,” telling others the interpretation that has been revealed to them. (Like what I’m doing now except the fact I am too old to run.

Even to the time (year) of the end tells us we cannot completely understand Daniels prophecies until the last year before our Lord returns. This is true because there was no way for us to know the October 7th attack on Israel was the 5th seal being opened, until after it happened.  Only after recognizing this event named Operation Al-Aqsa Flood can we understand where we are at in prophecy, and make sense of the 1335 day prophecy. Neither would we be able to know the year of our Lords return.

“And knowledge shall be increased” has nothing to do with our overall knowledge, except as it concerns the knowledge regarding Daniels writings. It is the book of Daniel that is the subject here and to try to make it about something else will only serve to lead people astray. “And knowledge shall be increased” tells us not all of Daniels book was sealed because the knowledge of it is “increased.” Most likely the sealing applies to the “time of the end” and the “little season” of the 5th Seal in Revelation 6.

Daniel 12:5-7 (KJV)

5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and swear by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

These verses sound a great deal like the first seven verses of Revelation 10, except here we are dealing with the two sides of a river, and in Revelation 10 a mighty angel has his right foot upon the sea and the other foot upon the earth. The man in linen of Daniel 12 lifted up his right and left hands up to heaven and swear by Him that liveth forever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; while the “great angel” of Revelation 10 lifted up His hand to heaven and swear by Him that liveth forever that there should be time no longer.

There is no doubt that the “great angel’ of Revelation 10 is Jesus Christ. It is also likely the one dressed in linen here is also Jesus Christ. Remember seas, rivers, waters, floods, are all metaphors for different groups of people. In the case of Daniel 12 the man in linen was upon the waters, just as the woman of Revelation 17 was upon the beast. The beast of Revelation 17 was men without the love of God in their hearts, so in this case the man in linen could be Christ and the people of the river His followers, or the “children of thy people” mentioned in the first verse.

Next the one on this side of the river ask the man clothed in linen “How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? The man in linen responds, “It shall be for a time, times, and an half;” and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

The big questions here are how long is a “time, times, and a half” and what is “to scatter the power of the holy people? The Hebrew word for power used here is the word “yad” which literally means “hand” or “the terminal part of the arm used to perform functions of man’s will.” This is referring to the punishment placed upon Israel by God for their rebellion and disobedience. They were removed from the Promised Land and dispersed all over the world. Gentiles would now control their Promised Land. This verse will reveal to us when the punishment of Israel is over, and they once again control their land.  After their punishment is over, we should look to Israel where the rest of end times prophecy will play out.

The time, times, and a half” is probably not what you think it is. Most current day teachers will teach it is 3½ years. That may be true if you are just discussing the Hebrew language and customs, but this is Bible Prophecy, and time used with times has a different value.  There is no way the punishment of the Jews was only 3½ years. The key to understanding time in Bible Prophecy is a day is equal to a year, so in order to know the length of time revealed here you must know how many days there are in 3½ years and convert it to years. Most people would say ”that’s easy, 3½ years is 42 months times 30 days in a month equals 1260 days. Sorry, but that’s not correct. If you count the number of days in 42 months you will find yourself off by 19 days. The correct answer is 1279 days, which when converted gives us 1279 years. This is our answer, but where does it take us? Please be patient and we will solve all these prophecies in the upcoming paragraphs. You will be able to see how our great and wonderful Lord has revealed everything to us, just as He said He would.

Daniel 12:8-10 (KJV)

8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? 9 And he said, go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

Daniel did not understand so he asked another question. What shall be the end of these things? The King James translators added the word “things” to further clarify this verse for us; but in this case it may not have been needed.  Daniel’s question literally was “what is the end of these.”  The word used for “end” here is “aharit,” which means “end, latter, last, or hinder-most.” Daniels question was really “When is the end?”

The response Daniel is given may sound as though Daniel’s question was not going to be answered, but the opposite is true. More than once in Daniel an angel tells him he is greatly beloved. Also, remember it was in response to Daniels prayer that our Lord gave the 70 weeks prophecy, which gave Israel a second chance to shorten their punishment.  No, our Lord answered Daniels question, but Daniel had no way of knowing what it meant because the answer takes place at the end, and it’s difficult to get any more distant future than that! After Daniel is told his book is already closed and sealed, he is given a description of the end when “many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly and not understand.” Our Lord is telling Daniel many will read and understand his book, but the wicked will not understand.

Daniel 12:11 (KJV)

And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

Most Bible Prophecy students believe the “daily sacrifice” stopped in 583 B.C. when Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple were destroyed, but that is not the date to which Daniel 12:11 refers.  The verse specifically says “from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away.”  The meaning of “taken away” is more like “carried away” or “departed.”  King Jehoiakim began his reign over Judah in 609 B.C.  Jeremiah 36:9 says “And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. The reason for this fast is that King Nebuchadnezzar had just defeated Syria and Jerusalem was next on his list.  If you take into consideration, it was the 5th year and 9th month of the reign of King Jehoiakim and the time it would take to bring his army to Jerusalem, choose and find those that would be taken to Babylon, and organize and prepare for the return, it would have been close to 6 years into his reign and 603 B.C. The Jewish Encyclopedia Online actually gives 603 BC for this date.

When the King of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, II Chronicles 36:7 tells us “Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the House of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.”  Thus, the vessels they used to perform the sacrifice were taken or “carried away.”

The computation of 603 B.C. and adding 1290 years to it, will come out to 687 A.D. on a calculator.  However, when going from BC to AD you must add 1 year because the timekeepers forgot to calculate in a “zero year.” They actually believed zero is nothing! Because of this, you cannot calculate from BC to AD or AD to BC by simple addition or subtraction. To compute time the way it was set up, you must remember to add a year when going from BC to AD and subtract one year when going from AD to BC.

dome-of-rock-set-up

When you add 1 year to 687 A.D. your answer is 688 A.D., which is the year construction began on the Dome of the Rock which the Bible calls the “Abomination of Desolation.”  Just as Christ foretold in Matthew 24:15, the “Abomination of Desolation” spoken of by Daniel the prophet would “stand in the Holy Place.” It stands on Mt. Moriah, the very same “Mount of the Congregation” where the first 2 Jewish temples stood. Also, please notice the prophecy is very specific as it states, “the abomination that maketh desolate set up.” The Muslim temple “Dome of the Rock” was started in 688 A.D. and took more than 3 years to build. It’s called “abomination” because that is what our Lord called all the places the heathen and Israelites built on hills to worship false gods. (Satan) It’s called “of desolation” because that is what happened to Jerusalem and the surrounding regions after it was completed.

This is also the fulfillment of Isaiah 14 where God is talking to Satan and says:

Isaiah 14:13 (KJV)

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

You have just read 3 prophecies regarding the Abomination of Desolation. All of them were absolutely correct, and you cannot name another building that was “set up” on Mt. Moriah and fulfills all 3 prophecies. Our God has been extremely patient in leaving this structure stand this long. It’s not hard to see how offensive it is to him because He has told us He is a jealous God and He uses the building of this temple as the base year for prophecies in the Old and New Testament.  Perhaps the biggest of them all is the one we have saved for last.

The END of These Things

Some that read this may be skeptical about what comes next. This will especially be true if you are one who uses one of the newer Bible translations. I can say this because I have spoken to several pastors as well as those who spend a lot of time studying the Word of God using the new translations. It doesn’t matter how many or how well any number of prophecies perfectly fit Islam as the end time anti-Christ, they will not believe you. In many cases, they don’t even want to read anything that would upset the things they were taught and believe. I even heard a pastor I respect say, “There is nothing new in the Bible that any regular reader of it is going to uncover that hasn’t already been found.” One can only conclude this must be coming from a newer translation of Daniel 12, because our Lord put a seal on Daniel’s book until the time of the end. However, they may have a different take similar to the one offered by The English Version (TEV) Bible:

Daniel 12:4 (TEV)
He said to me, “And now, Daniel, close the book and put a seal on it until the end of the world. Meanwhile, many people will waste their efforts trying to understand what is happening.”

First of all, it was sealed till the time of the end and not the end of the world, which are two different things. Secondly, Daniels book is the main subject of the previous sentence, so is this Bible version saying it is a waste of time trying to understand what Daniel is writing about?  I certainly hope not; because the fact that Daniels book was sealed until the time of the end tells us we will need the important information found in his book during the time of the end. The Word of God even tells us when the 5th seal is opened, which is when the time of the end begins!

I can honestly say that I have believed for some time there is a prophecy that would reveal the year of our Lords return for us. He has given us the month, day, and hour to be aware already, and He has stated He foretold us “all” things, so why would He withhold the year from us?

The answer is He would not and did not. If you correctly interpret the players and happenings in prophecy, you will know the year when you see the events prophesied happening.  Besides, even if we did not know the year, we know to be watching for Him during the Feast of Trumpets which begins on Tishrei 1 every year.

A few paragraphs up you saw how our Lord uses the Abomination of Desolation as a base or starting point for several prophecies. In the first few verses of Revelation 11 the temple is being measured to identify the location on the Temple Mount where the “Dome of the Rock” will be placed. It will be built on a wing of the Jewish Temple. You always take measurements before you begin building. The starting point of the 42 month and 1260-day prophecies of Revelation 11 begin with the setting up of this Moslem temple. The same is true with the “time, times, and half a time” of Daniel 12.

We have already determined that the Abomination of Desolation was “set up” in 688 A.D. We also ascertained that it would be 1279 years from that date the scattering of the holy people would be finished. This is also the date when the Time of the Gentiles will be over, and Israel will once again be in control of the Temple Mount.

Israel Back

When you put the dates together and add the 1279 years to 688 A.D., the answer returned is the year 1967. You should recognize this as the year of the Middle Eastern “Six Day War.” This brief war took place when Israel’s Arab neighbors were planning to go to war with Israel.  Israel uncovered their plan and caught the Muslim world by surprise by attacking first. Against all odds and having to defend themselves on multiple fronts, Israel was able to pull off a stunning upset of their Arab neighbors. Even more miraculous, Israel suffered far less loss of planes, tanks and human casualties. Israel also expanded their borders by taking a lot of land from Egypt and regaining control of the Temple Mount. This ended the “Time of the Gentiles” as well as the end of the Jewish punishment for rebelling against God.

Daniel 12:12 (KJV)  

Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

First, please notice that there is nothing in this chapter that tell us to add the 1335 Days to the year the Abomination of Desolation was set up. Neither will you find the instructions to do so in any other chapter or verse. It is just something you know to do when you are aware of history and how it has unfolded. Also, you have other prophecies of time that use it in the same way. By using three different prophecies that are all tied to each other, it sets up a triple check on your calculations. If you are wrong as to when the Abomination of Desolation was set up, you will be off on the others. Also, since we know the year the Abomination of Desolation was set up, and we know the 1967 date is when Israel was restored, we can know the 1335 day / year prophecy is correct.

The way Daniel 12 is worded, one would assume the 1335 days is speaking of a time that is just 45 days after the Abomination of Desolation is set up. This is the way it is calculated by most who try to interpret this prophecy. However, there are a couple of problems with this which rule out this interpretation from being considered.

First, the end did not happen 45 years after 688 A.D., so it obviously cannot be a correct interpretation.

Second, there was nothing of any major importance that happened in 733 A.D. (688 + 45 = 733) However, if you go back one year to October 10, of 732 A.D., you will find that is the day Charles Martel defeated the Muslim Umayyad Army led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi in the Battle of Tours. This would be 45 years after 688 A.D. on the Jewish calendars because the Hebrew year changes to the next in September or very early October. So, this could fit this prophecy because it was a great blessing the Muslim invasion of Europe was stopped, but the subject of this date has nothing to do with the defeat of the Muslim army. However, it has everything to do with the “Time of the End” and the “Last Day,” which are the questions that have been asked.

If you take a close look at how the verse is worded, it says “Blessed is he that waiteth,” AND blessed is he that cometh to the 1335th day, which in Bible prophecy would make it the 1335th year. This is a hard thing to know for sure, but here are some possibilities.

Since Daniel 12 and Revelation 6 cover the time of the 5th and 6th Seals being opened, the “Blessed is he that waiteth,” would be all those that have died in Christ and are waiting for their redemption during the Rapture of His saints.

The “Blessed is he that cometh to” would refer to those who are alive and fully trusting in Christ when the “end of these things” comes. Those who know and understand the Sign of the Son of Man are aware of when and where to look for our Lord to appear.  These are those who can know and experience the joy and excitement a bride has as her wedding day draws closer with each passing day.

In Daniel 12:8 Daniel asked when the end of these things will be. There is no doubt the 1335th day \ year is the answer to Daniels question. Our Lord told us in both Matthew and Luke to “Ask, and it shall be given you.” Do you really think God would just ignore Daniel’s question? Do you think if Daniel asked Him when the end will be, do you really think our Lord would ignore him or tell Daniel when the Muslims, (of whom Daniel knew nothing) will lose a battle?

Luke 11:11 (KJV)
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

The answer to Daniel’s question looks like this graphic when you do the math correctly.

The End

The answer 2023 is the answer as to when the “time (year) of the end” will begin. As revealed earlier, Revelation 6 and Daniel 12 reveal a one- year warning prophecy at the end of time. You now know the last year began on October 7th, 2023, when the 5th seal was opened. If you understand the “Feasts of the Lord” you know the first day of the “Feast of Trumpets” represents the Rapture of His saints. The next “Feast of Trumpets” will occur on October 3rd, 2024. This is a little less than a year after the 5th Seal was opened on October 7th, 2023, just when the Lord said it would.

Our Lord made the month, day, and hour to be aware available to all who would study His word with an open mind.  However, He did not make the year available to anyone until a year before His return. There is a good reason for this. Like any good father, He gives us the information we need when we need it and not before. Giving this information before we need it could end up hurting us. Why teach a 5-year-old to drive a car, if he will not need to know before he is old enough to have a driver’s license. If you did try to teach him, the best you could hope for is a smashed-up car and an injured child.

You saw how this works out using our Gregorian calendar, but our calendar is not God’s calendar. The two calendars differ a bit when it comes to the celebration of the New Year. So how does it work out using God’s calendar, the Hebrew calendar, the calendar we should be using?

First, we must convert the year the Dome of the Rock was “set up” to the corresponding Jewish year. In order to do this, you will need to go to the internet and find a website that can convert from the Gregorian calendar to the Hebrew calendar.

https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=3&gm=10&gy=2024&g2h=1  Is one of the two sites I used.

Now enter the date of the Feast of Trumpets in 688 A.D.  That date is September 4th, 688 A.D. The graphic below is similar to the website listed above showing the data as entered and answer returned.

Hebrew Solution

After entering the date in “Convert from Gregorian” and pressing enter, the date returned will be Tishrei 1, 4449 on the “Convert from Hebrew to Gregorian” side. When you add 1335 days / years to it, the result is the current year on the Hebrew calendar, 5784. The morning of the Muslim attack on Israel was October 7, 2023 on the Gregorian calendar, and Tishrei 22nd 5784 on the Hebrew Calendar. Both dates mark the opening of the 5th Seal and the beginning of the “time of trouble,” or “little season” in Israel.”  It also marks the beginning of the last year before our Lord returns to judge this world. Towards the end of Revelation 11 these two distinct days can be clearly seen.  Versus 11-13 portray the Rapture of His saints, (the 2 witnesses) and verse 14 on down refer to the “Day of the Lord.”

If we have done all our computing correctly, it would indicate the rapture of His saints should begin on Tishrei 1, the Feast of Trumpets 5785.  This is the First day of 5785 on Hebrew calendar and October 3rd, 2024, on the Gregorian calendar.

However, I would urge you to search this out for yourself.  I have found differing thoughts on how to determine when the Feast of Trumpets begins. The problems arise because of two different calculations.

First, the Hebrew day begins when the sun sets, and one is able to see 3 stars in the sky. This is usually around 6 to 7 P.M.  For most everyone else the day begins at midnight October 3rd.

The calculation of when the new moon occurs is done with computers now. This is important because it differs from the way it used to be done. The moon orbits the earth once every 29½ days. Because of this, those in ancient time did not know exactly when it would happen. That’s why the “new moon” was called “the day and hour that no man knew.” When someone spotted the first crescent of the moon, they would tell the priest. After receiving two witnesses the priest would go out and confirm it, and the Feast of Trumpets would begin.  The problem is some say the night the first crescent of the moon appeared was Tishrei 1, and some say that day is Tishrei 2.

Another problem arose when they could not spot the crescent moon the next day or even the day after that.

With that said, I would go with what “The Sign of the Son of Man” teaches us. (Matthew 24: 27-31)  It specifically tells us it will be after the sun is darkened and the moon does not give its light. This is definitely the night of a “New Moon,” and not the day after it. Also, as you read earlier, Daniel 12 and Revelation 6 are quite similar in that they both reveal the “REAL” appointed meeting Feast of Trumpets our Lord will appear without needing to provide a calendar date. You only need to understand the “Feasts of the Lord” and Bible prophecy, or you will never be able to know this.,

In case you need more evidence the Rapture of His saints will occur on October 3rd, 2024, sometime after midnight; there will be a “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse as is described in the Sign of the Son of man when the 6th seal is opened. The sun and moon description portrayed in the “Sign of the Son of Man” is correct but it is not a complete description. It must be combined with the “moon will be confounded and the sun ashamed of Isaiah 24:23 and the description given in Revelation 6:12

Revelation 6:12 (KJV)
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood.

Revelation 6:12 (KJV)
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Ring of Fire

This is actually a more detailed description than “shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light.” The being darkened could be interpreted as simply happening at night when the sun goes down. The “sun became black as sackcloth of hair” describes an event known as an eclipse of the sun. An eclipse of the sun can only happen on the night of a new moon when the moon is on the daylight side of the earth and is directly between the earth and the sun. Because “the moon became as blood” tells us the specific type of eclipse this will be. It will be an annular eclipse also known as a “ring of fire” eclipse. As this picture shows, the sun appears black and the ring around the moon is much redder than the “blood moons” we have seen during a lunar eclipse.

Yes, this is exactly what the Bible is referring to and it is going to be happening on the daylight side of the earth in the afternoon of October 2nd, 2024, according to the NASA eclipse website.

Let’s finish with a few facts that make this “ring of fire’ eclipse even a little more unique.

  1. This eclipse is a member of Saros 144, as in there will be 144,000 servants of God that will receive His seal on their foreheads. 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel. (Saros is the number given to the different patterns of eclipses which repeat every 18 to 19 years.
  2. There are 70 events or eclipses which fit the same pattern in Saros 144.  In Hebrew, the number 70 is written with a symbol which looks like a human eye. It’s meaning is to see, or to appear. This is similar to what we see in Daniels 70 weeks prophecy. It marked the time when Christ would appear to the world and begin His ministry.

  3. As you can see from the globe below, very few people are going to see this eclipse. The red line that begins on the east side of South America is the ending point, and on the west, it extends very close to the international date line. With hardly any people living within the area of visibility, it gives a new outlook concerning “I come as a thief in the night.” It’s been estimated that over 43 million people saw the total eclipse of the sun on April 8, 2024. The number that could see this “ring of fire” eclipse is less than 175 thousand. That is almost nothing when you compare it to the estimated 8+ billion people currently residing on this world.

Eclipse 144-70

In the chapter you have just read, you were shown how each of the prophecies given by Daniel who lived more than 2500 years ago, have been accurate even up to out present time. Even more miraculous is how did Daniel know there would be a “ring of fire” eclipse a little less than one year after Israel would be viciously attacked.  The answer is easy, the Holy One of Israel is a great God, who really knows the end from the beginning. 

This is just a small part of the rest of the things you will discover by reading the rest of the free e-book chapters provided below.  Tell all your friends and family as October 2nd, 2024 is just around the corner!!!

The Sign of the Son of Man &

The Appointed Time of Christ’s Return

                    CONTENTS

Book Introduction (Read for more info contained in the book)

  1. The REAL 4th Kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream  (Daniel 2)
  2. The REAL King of Babylon  (Isaiah 14)
  3. The REAL Key to Deciphering Time Prophecy
  4. The REAL Secret Prophecy of Daniel 4
  5. The REAL Beast of Revelation 13
  6. The REAL 8th Beast of Revelation 17
  7. The REAL 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse  (Revelation 6)
  8. The REAL First 4 Trumpets of Revelation 8
  9. The REAL 4 Angels of Revelation 9 And the Plague of Islam
  10. The REAL Woman, Dragon and Flood of Revelation 12
  11. The REAL 2 Witnesses of Revelation 11
  12. The REAL 70 Weeks of Daniel 9
  13. The FEASTS OF THE LORD; The Appointed Time of Christ’s Return
  14. The REAL Appointed Year of Our Lords Return as Revealed in Daniel 12
  15. The REAL Sign of the Son of Man; and Signs of the End (Matthew 24)
  16. The REAL Parable of the 10 Virgins (Matthew 25)
  17. The Fall Feast Days as Revealed in the Book of Revelation  (Revelation 6,7,8,11)
  18. The REAL Warning to the Church of Laodicea; the Church of Today  (Revelation 3)
  19. Closing Thoughts & the REAL Day of the Resurrection of Our Lord
  20. Ready You Ain’t, Even if You’re a Saint  Not Part of Book 
  21. The “REAL” Appointed Time of Christ’s Return   MUST READ!!!
  22. Main Page: The Appointed Time of Christ Return