| Day 5 God creates the creatures of the sea and of the air. | Day 12 Savior is born and crucified. |
| How are day-5 and day-12 the same? Imagine the people living parallel the creatures of the sea (a sea of people), and the people who have died before the crucifixion of the air. By His Sacrifice, He opened the doors to heaven. Thus the City of God in the second heaven became populated. | |
Day twelve on God’s prophetic calendar begins with the New Testament. The symbolic biblical association with the number twelve represents Governmental Perfection or Divine Authority. Using an open mind, just think of the many things that are twelve. The birth of our Lord starts day twelve.
In the Holy Trinity there is: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. All are one and the same person and each title is a different function or office of God. God the Father is The Perfect, Supreme, Infinite Being, without beginning or end, Creator of all that is seen and unseen. He knows everything about everything. Being all powerful and all knowing, He controls and fills all space and time in the universe with His presence. We are inside Him. God the Son is this same Most High God, manifesting Himself in a way for us to talk to Him face to face. Jesus Christ is God and it is we who are in His image. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12) God wouldn’t ask us to do something He wouldn’t do Himself. Like each one of us are born from above, so is God; Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Hebrews 2:14-15) The Holy Spirit is the person of God that dwells within those whom God loves. He is our wonderful counselor who guides and protects us. He also promises that once He comes to dwell within us, He will never leave us. It's the Holy Spirit who makes things happen. He's God’s will in action and by His will He has made everything from nothing.
This, like most of the stuff I’m writing about is really insignificant as to the path that leads to righteousness. Then again, on a deeper level, maybe not. I guess what I’m trying to say is that you don’t have to be a Bible expert to know to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and to love your neighbor as yourself. These are the two greatest commandments God has given us on earth. So with these two commandments, what-ever you believe or understand to be God’s truth, then, that’s really good for you. We are all here in this world to help each other; not condemn one another. Live and let live and let God be the judge.
To explain the birth date of our Lord I would like to use the words of Bonnie Gaunt, from her book called The Magnificent Numbers Of The Great Pyramid And Stonehenge:
The world celebrates the birth of Jesus on December 25th - Christmas. The early Christian church did not celebrate his birth, thus the exact date was not preserved in tradition and festival observances. The first recorded mention of December 25 is in the calendar of Philocalus (354 A.D.) which showed Jesus’ birth to be Friday, December 25, 1 A.D. The date is inconsistent with itself for December 25 of that year was, in fact, a Sunday.
The date of December 25 was officially proclaimed by the church fathers in 440 A.D., and was chosen because it Christianized the pagan festival of the Saturnalia. The winter solstice had meant the diminishing of the sun and its return again. Its central idea, the return of light, became the hope of the world in the birth of Jesus, the light of the world. The transition from paganism to Christianity was gradual, but became generally accepted after the fall of Rome in 476 A.D.
The exact date of Jesus’ birth can, however, be determined from the available historical records. The information given in the Bible concerning the time of the conception of John the Baptist furnishes one method of calculation. Elizabeth, the mother of John, was a cousin of Mary and the wife of a priest named Zacharias. Luke 1:5 states that Zacharias was a priest of the course of Abia (Abijah). Verses 8-13 state that while Zacharias executed the priests office before God in the order of his course he was given the message that Elizabeth would have a son and that they should name him John. In verses 23 and 24 it is recorded, And it came to pass that as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
The priests were divided into 24 classes (1 Chronicles 24:7-19) and each class officiated in the Temple for one week. The courses of the priests changed duty with the change of the week, i.e., from the end of the Sabbath at sundown until the next Sabbath. Both the Talmud and the historian, Josephus, state that the Temple was destroyed by Titus on August 5, 70 A.D., and that the first course of priests had just taken office. The previous evening was the end of the Sabbath. The course Abia (Abijah) was the 8th course, thus figuring backward we are able to determine that Zacharias ended his course and came off duty on July 13, 3 B.C., and returned home to Elizabeth. The conception of John occurred that weekend (13th - 14th) and the birth of John would take place 280 days later, namely April 19th - 20th of 2 B.C., precisely at the Passover of that year.
Elizabeth hid herself 5 months, and at the beginning of her 6th month the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, telling her of Elizabeth’s condition. At the same time Gabriel told Mary that she, too, would conceive and bear a son who would be called Jesus. Upon hearing this Mary went with haste from Nazareth to Ein Karim to visit Elizabeth, who was then in the first week of her 6th month. The time was the 4th week of December, 3 B.C. The 23rd of December of that year, according to the Julian Calendar then in use, was precisely the winter solstice. If this were the date of the conception of Jesus, 280 days later would place the date of his birth at September 29, 2 B.C., i.e., 1st Tishri, the day of the Feast of Trumpets - the Jewish New Year. This day had been set aside in the Law of Moses as a holy day. How fitting that the holy Son of God should be born on that day!
The day on which Jesus was born was not only the first day of the year but was also the first day of the 77th Sabbatic Cycle since the Jewish return from Babylonian captivity. From the re-establishment of the Sabbatic Cycles in Tishri 534 B.C. till the birth of Jesus in Tishri 2 B.C. was also a great Paschal Cycle of 532 years - a Paschal Cycle being the product of the Metonic Cycle (19) and the Solar Cycle (28), i.e., 19 x 28 = 532 years.
Luke 3:1 clearly states that John the Baptist began his ministry in the 15th year of Tiberius. According to the Law of Moses a Jew was considered of age for the ministry at 30 (Numbers 4:3). Augustus had died on August 19, 14 A.D.; thus that year became the accession year of Tiberius, even though he had been involved in and associated with the Roman rulership before Augustus died. If John the Baptist had been born April 19th - 20th, 2 B.C., his 30th birthday would be April 19-20, 29 A.D., or the 15th year of Tiberius. Thus the 2 B.C. date for the birth of John is confirmed by the Biblical record. John was 5 months older than Jesus, making the birth of Jesus to be in the autumn of that year.
That his birth was in the autumn is further confirmed by the prophecy of Daniel (Daniel 9:24-27) which prophesied that there would be 3 and a half years from Jesus anointing as the Messiah until his death. If his ministry began when he was 30 (Luke 3:23) and lasted 3 and a half, and if he was crucified on the day of Passover (spring), simple arithmetic would show that his birth had to be in the autumn.
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:40)
Jesus was in the heart of the earth those three days proclaiming the Good News to all the people that had died before the crucifixion. All those who believed Him to be the Savior of the world were released from the heart of the earth and brought into a new heaven; the second heaven. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (John 5:25) That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. (Acts 26:23) The faithful who had died before the crucifixion were waiting for Jesus to come and free them from the bondage of death. Now it is Jesus who holds the keys of death. I am He that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. (Revelation 1:18)
Do you think it’s fair that those who died before the crucifixion get to hear the Lord Himself minister the Good News to them, while the rest of the people living on earth after the crucifixion only have what the preachers behind the pulpit are teaching? I tell you, not only is it not fair, but it’s not true. God is fair and everyone will at some point of their existence stand before the Lord and see the Truth. Every seventh year each of you must free any fellow Hebrew who has sold himself to you. After he has served you six years, you must let him go free. (Jeremiah 34:14) In associating ‘years’ with the ‘days’ of the Lord, when Jesus returns, as I mentioned earlier with this verse, the Eighth-day races will have been on earth for 6000 years. When Jesus paid the price for sin, the Sixth-day races had already been on earth for 6000 years.
It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. (Hebrews 9:27)
Many people believe that judgment comes immediately following the death of the physical body. Some churches may even use this idea to win converts. Yes, it is appointed unto all men once to die, then judgment, but that doesn’t mean that judgment immediately follows death. Judgment Day does not come until the end of the 1000 year reign of Christ. Nevertheless, I believe one of the first things a person does upon entering the spirit world is to review the physical life they had just lived. In the review, we stand before the Lord going over all those times of selfishness, hatred, greed and other sinful moments accumulated in our life-time. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (Ecclesiastes 12:17) In this, we experience the exact feelings others felt from our actions. During this, it might feel like Judgment Day came early but this experience is probably designed to humble and re-orient ourselves back to a heavenly, truly theocratic society. We also see those things that were positive if we’re fortunate enough to have any to show. When Judgment Day does come, our lives will be judged according to how we’ve been under the reign of Christ, with full knowledge of Truth and the true reality.
The life we live now is only a part in the play that has already happened. God is in control. Today there’s so many different religions with all of them claiming to have the truth that most people don’t stand a chance in the spiritual gauntlet of choices. God is fair and He will not judge us to potential extinction until we’ve been given a period of time to live under the reign of His Son; having full knowledge of the real Truth. This is basically the purpose for the millennial kingdom.
| A | B | C |
Above, A = The War in Heaven, C = The replay of this war on earth with the Anti-Christ and Armageddon. B = This second earth age and the many patterns taken from A; explaining why history repeats itself, warning God’s children of the future and teaching them what to expect so that they may be the overcomers they’re destined to be. God is in control. What-ever attitude you have now, what-ever it is that you will accomplish, you have already. The choice is yours. Knowing the outcome and who the victors are, which team do you want to be on? Then live as though you’re already on that team. What-ever choice you make, you have already made before you were born. God is perfectly fair in His justice and mercy. Live your lives as sacrifices to the Lord of eternity. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (Romans 12:1) Surrender your own self-glorifying ambitions for this life and dedicate the days you breathe to the One who did the same for you.
In the list below, the numbers with a ‘J’ is the genealogy of Joseph; the earthly father of Jesus. The numbers with an ‘M’ is the genealogy of Mary; the earthly mother of Jesus and the numbers to the far-left of the columns pertain to the prophecy below the chart. The bloodline of both Mary and Joseph branches off with David’s sons, Nathan and Solomon.
| 3 | 22 | Jacob / Israel | 7 | 39J | Joram | 4 | 50J | Abiud | 61M | Mattathias |
| 4 | 23 | Judah | 39M | Jonam | 50M | Cosam | 62M | Maath | ||
| 5 | 24 | Perez | 8 | 40J | Uzziah | 5 | 51J | Eliakim | 63M | Naggai |
| 6 | 25 | Hezron | 40M | Joseph | 51M | Addi | 64M | Elsi | ||
| 7 | 26 | Ram | 9 | 41J | Jotham | 6 | 52J | Azor | 65M | Nahum |
| 8 | 27 | Amminadab | 41M | Judah | 52M | Melki | 66M | Amos | ||
| 9 | 28 | Nahshon | 10 | 42J | Ahaz | 7 | 53J | Zadok | 67M | Mattathias |
| 10 | 29 | Salmon | 42M | Amon | 53M | Neri | 68M | Joseph | ||
| 11 | 30 | Boaz | 11 | 43J | Hezekiah | 8 | 54J | Akim | 69M | Jannai |
| 12 | 31 | Obed | 43M | Levi | 54M | Shealtiel | 70M | Melki | ||
| 13 | 32 | Jesse | 12 | 44J | Manasseh | 9 | 55J | Eliud | 71M | Levi |
| 14/1 | 33 | DAVID | 44M | Matthat | 55M | Zerubabbel | 72M | Matthat | ||
| 2 | 34J | Solomon | 13 | 45J | Amon | 10 | 56J | Eleazar | 73M | Heli |
| 34M | Nathan | 45M | Jorim | 56M | Rhesa | 74M | MARY | |||
| 3 | 35J | Rehoboam | 14 | 46J | Josiah | 11 | 57J | Matthan | 75M | JESUS |
| 35M | Mattatha | 46M | Eliezer | 57M | Joanan | |||||
| 4 | 36J | Abijah | 1 | 47J | Jeconiah | 12 | 58J | Jacob | ||
| 36M | Menna | 47M | Joshua | 58M | Joda | |||||
| 5 | 37J | Asa | 2 | 48J | Shealtiel | 13 | 59J | JOSEPH | ||
| 37M | Melea | 48M | Er | 59M | Josech | |||||
| 6 | 38J | Jehoshaphat | 3 | 49J | Zerubbabel | 14 | 60J | JESUS | ||
| 38M | Eliakim | 49M | Elmadam | 60M | Semein |
Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and (70 years later) fourteen from the exile to the Christ. (Matthew 1:17)
On the Third Day Jesus will Return. The earthly ministry of Jesus ended about three decades into the 12th Day, leaving 99.7 percent of the Day (millennium) to finish. The 12th Day is the first day and 14th Day is the Third Day; the Day our Lord returns as King of kings and Lord of lords!
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (Psalms 2:12)
The Lord will choose whom-ever He wants to do His will and the Lord chose Judas Iscariot to be the one who betrays Him. The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. (Mark 14:21) Should we assume that because Jesus said this, that the man who betrays Him is destined to damnation? If we do, then likewise we could assume that the whole world is going to believe the Anti-Christ when he comes to deceive the earth. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time. (Revelation 12:12) But we know that only half the world (I’ll talk about halves being deceived later) will fall for the lies of Satan. Therefore, to whom Woe is directed toward doesn’t mean that they’re not going to heaven. It more than likely means that it’s not going to be a very pleasant experience; at least not one that people would volunteer for.
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. (Luke 22:3-4) Satan took possession of Judas and made him go out to arrange the betrayal.
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. (Matthew 27:3-5)
It was written long ago that the Lord would be betrayed. Judas fulfilled his destiny as the betrayer and somebody had to do it. Where would the world be today without a Savior? Where would the dead be? Would there be any hope for the living? Judas repented after his betrayal to the Lord and gave the money back. We as Christians should know that the Lord will forgive us of our sins if we repent. Judas, feeling absolutely terrible for his part surrounding the Savior and knowing that Jesus was undoubtedly innocent of all charges for which He was to suffer, repented for what he had done. Judas is not the Accuser; Satan is.
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. (Acts 1:16-18)
From the above verses comes the controversy. I don’t believe that Judas hung himself. I believe Judas was a victim of a conspiracy. The conspiracy was obviously against the Lord Jesus by the priests and Pharisees. They didn’t want to give up their positions of control that they had as so-called holy men. All of their man-made rituals, traditions and legalistic teachings would have become meaningless. Woe unto you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in you hindered. (Luke 11:52) They would be out of a job. After Judas tried to give the money back, the priests and the Pharisees got scared. They feared their conspiracy would be exposed for trying the Lord in a trial that was done illegally. So they had him hanged and disemboweled, which is a pretty difficult thing to do by one’s self.
Regardless of the conspiracy, the bottom line in this matter is that Judas repented and who are we to say whether or not the Lord forgave him?
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Revelation 21:14) This wall of the city is in the final heaven and earth; the third heaven and earth age; the eternity. I believe the twelve apostles of the Lamb are the twelve apostles that Jesus Himself chose in His earthly ministry, including Judas.