Nevertheless, let’s now attempt to bring the two time periods together, that is, “The Time of the End” and “The End of these Wonders.” You know, God is absolutely remarkable. He established a complex plan yet He touched it in a simplistic way so His Creation might grasp the pieces through continual study. Men, like the late Howard Rand, who spent lifetimes studying prophecy, have been blessed with an insight to which most of us only aspire, but through their dedication, have left us with some pretty interesting thoughts to make our journeys through an understanding of prophecy a little easier. On the surface, it isn’t easy, what with God making such intricate use of mathematics, employing everything from numbers to coins, to cubits, times, gerahs, shekels and so on in His measurements. Then too, like we find in this study, God used different measuring sticks in His calculations. Ezekiel 4: 6, “I have appointed thee each day for a year,” was mentioned earlier but we should understand that God utilizes three different methods in measuring a year. There is the “Lunar Year”, the Prophetic Year and the Solar Year. The Lunar year is roughly 354.367 days long, the Prophetic 360 days and a Solar year 365.2425 days. Those who read my article “The Prophecy of the Lord’s Great Week,” will recall that God’s Plan covers seven days of 1000 years, comprising six days (6,000 years) of labour and one day (1,000 years) of rest (the Millennial Kingdom). What follows is a look at the time frames when the solar equivalent of 6000 lunar and prophetic years, along with 6000 actual solar years, are added to the date of the fall of Adam, projected by most Bible scholars as between 3,996 to 4,004 BC. Some convincing scholars seem to pinpoint 3,999/4001 BC and based on my studies, I’m inclined to agree. Nonetheless, adding the 6,000 years (whether Lunar, Prophetic or Solar) to 4000 BC, ( a well accepted date) we end up with some very interesting dates.

Firstly, let’s consider a Lunar Year. To calculate, 6,000 lunar years equals 5,821 solar years (354.367 times 6000, the answer divided by 365.2425).

Certainly 1821 AD marked a period of increased travel and knowledge. Steam powered boats were beginning to speed up waterway traffic and the first railway was in the planning stages. From then on, knowledge, travel and cunningness (knowledge with a selfish twist) accelerated rapidly. Yet, it was also the beginning of the prophesied falling away (2 Thessalonians 2: 3) as the Church of Laodicea emerged, ushering in the seventh and last period mentioned in Revelation 3. Verses 14 to 19 depict the condition of the organized Church at the close of the age. Certainly, since the early part of the nineteenth century, we have witnessed complacency, false doctrine, ecumenism and the blitz of the false prophet, “The Media,” actually push Jesus Christ outside the Church. Yet, He remains faithful, always beckoning, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3: 20)

Turning to prophetic time, 6000 prophetic years equals 5,913 solar years (360 times 6000, the answer divided by 365.2425).

Certainly, the year 1914 heralded the beginning of bondage for the descendants of Jacob Israel as control of the world’s largest central bank fell into the hands of private bankers. World War 1 witnessed the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of our finest young men. Soon came the income tax, the Communist menace, a depression that saw our industries taken over, World War 2, the abomination of desolation, the scattering of our power to the one world interests and the United Nations, the killing of nearly forty-million babies through abortion, mental bondage, loss of Christian values, the transformation of Christianity into a watered down version, influx of strangers into the land and a world-wide growth of evil. No wonder the Bible refers to it as the “Time of Jacob’s Trouble” (Jeremiah 30: 7).

The end of 6,000 years of solar time heralds the greatest event of all, the ushering in of the Millennial Kingdom.

Nothing more needs to be said. We are at that point where all eyes should be watching for His Return. Whether soon, as most of us hope, or later, we can be sure it will happen. Certainly, it looks very much like His prophetic time frame for 6000 years has nearly expired. If so, it is very appropriate to end this message with these verses from Edras 2: 3-4.

“By measure hath he measured the times
And by number hath he numbered the times
And he will not move or stir them
Until such measures have been fulfilled”