Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
I have been reading and studying the various books of the Bible since I was ten years old, over forty-five years ago. I remember my brother bought me a children’s Bible and I would spend hours reading the stories. Then later, my brother bought me a leather bound King James Bible and I spent many hours lying in my bed reading, and trying to understand, the almost foreign King James English, but eventually it became my favorite Bible.
We attended an Assembly of God Church and our Pastor, Dr. Paul Hamer, who had graduated from seminary just a few years before, would often discuss the meaning of the original Greek and Hebrew words, which led me to save up my lawn mowing money and eventually I bought my own Strong’s Bible Concordance when I was thirteen years old, the same year that I was baptized.
Mainly, I was always fascinated by Biblical prophecy. I have probably read the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation hundreds of times. I signed up to receive David Wilkerson’s prophetic newsletters, and of course I read all of Hal Lindsey’s books, I had Bible dictionaries, and Bible encyclopedias, and Bible commentaries…all while I was still a teenager. I seriously thought of attending a seminary, but that did not seem to be God’s path for me. I have been close to death many times, but somehow I have always escaped and mostly I have come out in one piece on the other side…always thankful to God.
I am not trying to brag…1Co 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
I understand that KNOWLEDGE PUFFETH UP, but I have had my share of buffeting to go along with the little spiritual knowledge I possess. The Lord willing, my foolish pride has been tempered by painful experience, I know that God loves everybody, and I most definitely know that just like everybody else, I was a sinner saved by GRACE!
I am trying to simply explain to my readers that this book that you are about to read is the end result of many years of Bible study. All I ask is that you read this book with an open mind. I am now thoroughly convinced by world events, and by much Bible study, that Jesus is coming back very, very soon.
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:
TRIBULATION TIMELINE
12 YEARS OF TRIBULATION
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
First of all, I want to say that I believe that Jesus Christ is going to physically return to this earth between the Fall of 2029 and the Spring of 2030 A.D. I have written a detailed account of how I arrived at these dates in my FREE e-book: Christian Exodus Out of Babylon. I am going to write a brief synopsis of how I arrived at the 2029 A.D. date that I believe is the date of the Second Coming of our LORD.
The key to the 2030 A.D. date is a verse found in the Second Epistle of Peter.
2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
There is an ancient Epistle of Barnabas that was written at about the same time as the Books of the New Testament. The writer of Barnabas lays out God’s broad framework for the original fall of Adam and Eve, and the final redemption of mankind.
Barnabas 15:4
Give heed, children, what this meaneth; He ended in six days. He
meaneth this, that in six thousand years the Lord shall bring all
things to an end; for the day with Him signifyeth a thousand years;
and this He himself beareth me witness, saying; Behold, the day of
the Lord shall be as a thousand years. Therefore, children, in six
days, that is in six thousand years, everything shall come to an end.
Therefore, it is not too difficult to count from the fall of Adam and Eve to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ…four-thousand (4000) years, and then count from the resurrection of Jesus Christ at 30 A.D. …another two-thousand (2000) years, thus we come to the obvious conclusion that Jesus will return on or around 2030 A.D.