Excerpt from Marilyn Agee

P&C 453, 2-15-00

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(Note:  I do not necessarily agree with all of Marilyn's conclusions, but she is an unusually knowledgeable person and serious seeker, and her views deserve prayerful consideration.  For example, she believes Jesus was crucified in A.D. 30, whereas I am inclined toward the evidence pointing to A.D. 33.)

June 9 or 10, 2000, is when I think the Rapture is most likely. That will be Sivan 6 and 7, 5760, Shavout....

I am not a prophet. I can only tell the way it looks to me.

Things happened to Israel "for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world (aionon, ages) are come" (I Cor. 10:11, KJV). The Complete Jewish Bible has "These things happened to them as prefigurative historical events, and they were written down as a warning to us who are living in the acharit-hayamim."

Therefore, it seems very significant that there is a parallel between the length of "this generation" in Mt. 23:36 (first century) and "this generation" in Mt. 24:34's fig tree parable, which applies to our days.

Concerning Jerusalem, first century. From the time that Yeshua entered Jerusalem riding on the donkey and presenting himself as king (Sun., Nisan 9 in 30 AD) to the destruction of Jerusalem on Av 9 and 10 in 70 AD was 40 years plus 120 days (by inclusive reckoning).

Concerning Jerusalem, our days. From June 7, 1967 (Iyar 28, 5727), when Israel took the rest of Jerusalem, through Sept. 12, 2007 (when Tishri 1, 5768, begins at 6:00 PM) is also 40 years plus 120 days. It doesn't matter that 5768 is a leap year, because the days between Nisan 1 and Tishri 1 are always constant in all 6 year types.

It must be a leap year, because it is the day of destruction, and "It will take the house of Isra'el seven months to bury them, in order to cleanse the land" (Eze. 39:12, CJB) for the Lord's return on the following Nisan 1 (Eze. 29:17,21, KJV), first day of the Regnal Year.

On Tishri 1, 5768, I believe the "enormous blazing mountain" (asteroid) of Rev. 8:8 (CJB) will be "hurled into the sea" (the Mediterranean, Zeph. 2:4,5). When there is woe on the seacoast, Jerusalem will have fiery coals scattered over the city.

Eze. 10:2 (CJB) says, "He spoke to the man clothed in linen: he said, 'Go in between the wheels (orbits) under the k'ruvim (terrestrial planets), fill both your hands with fiery coals from between the k'ruvim, and throw them on the city.'" These "fiery coals" sound like what Rev. 6:13 is talking about at the breaking of the 6th seal. In the CJB, it says, "The stars fell from heaven to earth just as a fig tree drops its figs when shaken by a strong wind."

There is another correlation. When Joseph was in Egypt, there were 7 good years and 7 bad years. In our days, the Oslo Accords were signed Sept. 13, 1993. That + 7 = Sept. 13, 2000, when the Final Status Agreement is supposed to be signed. That + 7 = Sept. 13, 2007, which is Tishri 1, 5768.

The Oslo Accords were ratified in Israel 3 days later, on Tishri 1, 5754. That date + 7 + 7 = Tishri 1, 5768, which is Sept. 13, 2007. This seems like something the Lord arranged.

Just as the Israelites were given a covenant at Sinai on Pentecost, and the Essenes of the first century renewed their covenant every Pentecost, I think the Final Status Agreement will be "confirmed" (Dan. 9:27, KJV) by the Beast and False Prophet on Pentecost in 2001. The CJB has "He (the 'prince yet to come') will make a strong covenant with leaders for one week [of years]."

I expect the Seventieth Week of Daniel to start on the Feast of Weeks/Pentecost in 2001. From Sivan 6, 5761 to Tishri 1, 5768 is, according to inclusive reckoning, the 2300 days of Dan. 8:14. Those are the days when the Jews can sacrifice plus the days when they can't because the "prince yet to come" desecrates the temple in the middle of the Tribulation.

Thus, the shortened Tribulation (Mt. 24:22) is 2300 days. Those 2300 days end on Tishri 1, 5768, just like the 40 years plus 120 days from June 7, 1967 to Tishri 1, 5768, do. The Lord seems to have tied it all up in a neat package. Surely the Rapture can't be far off. Shalom