Anchor Points on the Lord's Schedule
The anchor points are the key connections between the events dated by relative means and our present calendar. These means of absolute dating are the subjects of this group of studies. Those of us whose ears are opening to hear the inaudible voice of the celestial heavens will find ourselves walking in the footsteps of the Magi of old, who found and worshiped the King of Heaven on His arrival in a terrestrial body. The Heavenly scroll is being reopened and opened anew! We will discover that the sealed messages imprinted into the very structure of the written scroll of the book are being unsealed. The prophetic language learned in the previous studies was symbolic, where the words used had other meanings on further levels of application. This is a simple form of substitution cipher where allegorical and metaphorical figures teach us what needs to be known. We learn the language by becoming careful students of the past, and the consider what is implied about our future. Only then can we truly interpret the present as must be done in order to act appropriately in the present.
Languages spoken by these other prophetic witnesses are similar. Each is designed to conceal truth, allowing their testimony to only become known as the keys to their interpretation are given at the appropriate time to the appropriate people. Every secret message system requires that its message is not only hidden to all but those for whom it is intended, but also that those who receive it are assured of its authenticity. in all this, the originator of these messages, even the creator of the languages and of those to whom they are sent, is glorified!
The Bible can be viewed as having different kinds of structures. One structure is seen in the division of the Bible into chapters (and Psalms) and verses, which divisions have been dismissed by most men as having no authority but will be shown to have been overseen by its author. There is a literary structure, where the thematic elements of the message are organized in such a way as to become a messaging substructure that is related to the superficial message. In the relationship between them, one frequently presents a riddle that is answered in the other. This is a "context" messaging system. There is a structure we have seen that consists of the set of Hebrew letters that comprises the Hebrew Bible. They are ordered in a sequence that can only be interpreted as intentional because language elements such as words, phrases and sentences formed at various intervals have meaning far beyond chance. The matrices formed are sometimes discovered to relate to the superficial text in which they are found, and sometimes found to relate astonishing detail about particular subjects of interest. Each type of structure is a messaging system that is an independent witness. As their testimonies are compared, we refine our understanding of their prophetic languages because they validate each other. And what we gain in the process isn't merely knowledge for the sake of knowledge: We gain the wisdom necessary for the salvation intended!
Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
2 Corinthians 13:1b
I'm going to proceed by presenting the basis for several of these indicators of absolute chronology for an introduction and to begin to establish their credibility. Then I will build upon each of them to show what will appear as a rich tapestry of interwoven threads. They testify to the importance of Yom Teruah in 1991 as the beginning of the period of Y'shua's coming. They speak of the turning of the millennium in the fall of 1999, which is a necessary validation point for confidently determining where we are in the cycle of Shemittah. Then we will have established anchor points on the Lord's schedule for the eventual calendar dating of the Famine week. I say "eventual" not in the sense that it is as yet unknown, but in the sense that there are yet further studies to be presented before that point in this series is reached.
The Bible's Divisions Speak About time
The "Hidden Prophecies in the Psalms," and in the Torah, popularized by J.R. Church are valid. In this study, certain key events in the past are compared to the Psalm or Torah verse that is numbered according to the year in which the event occurred. The Infinity Code (as discovered, named and popularized by Al Neal) is a system that addresses all 1189 divisions of the Bible from Genesis through Revelation. Some aspects of this remarkable messaging system are introduced by way of example, although the timepiece functionality is awaiting a study that will come later in the series.
With the solid foundation laid in the other studies, the testimony of the celestial signs speaks to us about the significance of Yom Teruah in 1991. Dramatic signs in the earth validate their testimony. The season of the Lion of the tribe of Judah's coming in judgment began as prophesied, just as His coming as the Lamb to be sacrificed had begun; at the appointed time with the appropriate prior notice given to a few.
Knowing such things as the dates of Y'shua's birth, baptism and beginning of the season of His coming in judgment can be very useful to us, but only if we're able to understand the relationship between these events and the key events whose times have been given relative to the watches in the night. This relationship is the topic of the next study!
The Shemittah or Sabbatical years must be as all other elements of the Lord's calendar: Prophetic. In this study, evidence is presented that reveals where we are on the Lord's Shemittah accounting today. The numbering of the Shemittah according to the count from Adam seems very enlightening indeed!