Full Cup Principle /
Jubilee Language
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Summary
Even though the Bible
does not explicitly say when the
seven angels received the seven
trumpets, and even though the Bible
does not mention 1994, I conclude
that Jesus gave the seven trumpets to
the seven angels in April 1994
because God’s patience with
Earth ended with seventy Jubilee
cycles. According to His great mercy,
God granted Israel thirty Jubilee
cycles and the Gentiles forty Jubilee
cycles. Arriving at 1994 is not easy
and a fair amount of skepticism is
warranted. Nevertheless, I believe
that a synthesis of the topics just
discussed will rule out any other
date. In summary, here are five major
points:
1. Two
Different Ways of Measuring Time - There
has to a valid rule governing the
interpretation of apocalyptic time
because it is clear that some
prophetic time-periods are to be
translated and some are not. Based on
the information above, I have drawn
the line at 1994. Prior to 1994, a
day is translated as a year in
apocalyptic prophecy. After the
expiration of the Jubilee Calendar in
1994, the translation of time is not
permitted or justified. I cannot
accept the premise that expositors of
prophecy are free to interpret
apocalyptic time according to
personal whim or opinion because
apocalyptic prophecy is based on a
very intelligent design and
God’s Word speaks for itself.
2. The
Jubilee Calendar – The
Jubilee Calendar did not end at the
cross for two reasons. First, Jesus
died in the middle of the
seventieth week; therefore, the
seventieth week was unfinished at the
cross. Second, the 2,300 days of
Daniel 8:14 operate on both sides of
the cross; therefore the Jubilee
Calendar and the translation of a day
for a year operates on both sides of
the cross. In this particular case,
the 2,300-day year prophecy extends
from 457 B.C. to A.D. 1844. The
Jubilee Calendar did not end in 1844,
and the Great Day of Sabbath does not
end until 1994.
3. The
Great Week – The time
between the Exodus in 1437 B.C. and
the dedication of Solomon’s
temple in 947 B.C. was 490 years.
Then, the decree of King Artaxerxes
in 457 B, C. was another 490 years.
Then, the seventy weeks in Daniel
consisted of 490 years. Since there
are three units of 490 years each,
they suggest the presence of an
ongoing pattern. Today, we know that
God gave the Jews exactly thirty
Jubilee cycles of grace – to the
very year. It also appears that God
gave the gentiles forty Jubilee
cycles of grace (A.D. 34 –
1994). These two time periods of
grace total seventy Jubilee cycles in
all. Using the weekly template and
aligning each unit of 490 years as a
Great Day, we find the presence of a
Great Week. When the Great Week
ends, so does the translation of
apocalyptic time.
4. Full
Cup Principle - Evidently, God
uses the numbers seven and ten to
express the limits of divine
forbearance. When Israel violated seventy
Sabbath years, they were exiled
to Babylon for seventy years.
When God gave Israel a second chance,
He gave the nation seventy weeks.
We also see God’s use of seven
and ten used during Israel’s
annual judgment day, the Day of
Atonement. This special day occurred
on the tenth day of the seventh
month. Furthermore, the dragon and
the leopard-like beast in Revelation
12 and 13 have seven heads and ten
horns. The heads and horns represent
the sum of religious and political
powers on Earth. Finally, the whole
drama of sin fits neatly into seventy
centuries (7,000 years). In other
words, when the millennial Sabbath
ends (seventh millennium), Earth will
be made new.
5. God’s
Timing is Perfect – We find
throughout the Bible that God’s
timing is always perfect. He knows no
haste or delay. Given this fact, two
things stand out very prominently.
First, if we translate the
apocalyptic prophetic time periods
prior to 1994 according to God’s
calendar (a day for a year) and if we
treat all apocalyptic time periods
after 1994 as literal time periods
everything written about timing in
apocalyptic prophecy harmoniously
aligns with a 7,000 year picture for
the duration of sin. (Sin is
destroyed at the end of the 1,000
years in Revelation 20.) Second, now
that we understand what the seven
trumpets are, if we align Revelation
8:2 with the end of the Jubilee
cycles, it seems most appropriate
that Jesus would give the seven
angels the seven trumpets because
God’s patience with mankind ran
out in 1994. We are living on
borrowed time! In fact, giving the
seven angels the seven trumpets in
1994 is the only way I know of to
explain from the Bible the delay that
is imposed on the first four angels
in Revelation 7.
When all items
discussed in this segment are aligned
with a working knowledge of
God’s Jubilee Calendar and the
precision of God’s actions,
there appears to be only one
“biblically reasoned” date
for Revelation 8:2 and 1994 is that
date. Again, I say, “With God,
timing is everything.”
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