So, after the abomination event on March 22, 2013, we had a 40-day probationary period as was foreshadowed to us in the story of Jonah that ended on the seventh day of Unleavened Bread on God's calendar. The Jewish calendar was off by a month in 2013 (and is again in 2026) because they are starting their Biblical year before the spring equinox. Daniel gives us a 1260 and 1335-day count that both started at this time, at the end of the 40-day probationary period, and these counts ended on the Day of Atonement and on the start of Hanukkah in 2016. At the end of the 40 days, however, we saw how that the Bride of Christ came together for 3 days of fasting and prayer for the Lord to have mercy on America. This was also foreshadowed to us in the story of Jonah and of Queen Esther. Mercy was granted and judgment was delayed. If you think this delay just happened and was not shown to us in the Bible, you are very wrong. Because God is all-knowing, He knew ahead of time that this would happen and He hid this delay in His Word. We are shown in Matthew 25:5 and Revelation 10:6 that the coming of the Bridegroom will be delayed. The desolation event was delayed and the days of the Great Tribulation were shortened, as Jesus told us that they would be in Matthew 24:22, when Jesus said, “And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.”

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Rather than there being 1260 (360 X 3.5) days of Great Tribulation, there will be 140 (40 X 3.5) days. This is a “time, times and half a time” using 40 days as the measurement of  “time”, as we see patterned for us numerous times throughout the Scriptures, that a time of testing or a time in the wilderness is 40 days in length.

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The judgment was to have started in the spring of 2016, just after the blood moons and solar eclipses on the Jewish feast days in 2014 and 2015. However, the year 2016 was an election year in America and I believe the Lord delayed His judgment further, in order to reveal the deep level of corruption in the American government (both in the Democratic and Republican party) and to fulfill all of the prophecies regarding the end-times. I personally believe that 2016 ended the 6000 years from Creation, but the Lord is counting the 6000 years from the fall of man, rather than from Creation. The Book of Jubilees tells us that Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden for exactly 7 years before they fell. Therefore, I believe the fall of 2023 ended the 6000 years from the fall of man and was to have started the “Day of the Lord” and the Year of Jubilee. However, there was still room for further delay in the puzzle and the Lord has delayed for 3 more years. I believe we are now living in the “Day of the Lord” and the Great Tribulation will begin on August 15/16, 2026, at the time of the firstfruits rapture.

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I believe that Daniel’s seventieth week was doubled to fourteen years and then the Lord added an additional three years to the puzzle. This was foreshadowed to us in the story of Joseph, with two 7-year periods, one of great abundance and one of famine, as well as the story of Jacob, who after working for 7 years had to then work an additional 7 years in order to marry his true love, Rachel. This was also foreshadowed to us twice in the Old Testament when the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Tabernacles were celebrated for 14 days rather than for 7 days. These stories were all meant to show us how the Lord was going to turn Daniel’s seventieth week into two periods of 7 years and not just one.

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​​​​Daniel 9:27 could be interpreted as this: “And he will confirm a covenant with many for the FIRST week.” Whenever the word “first” is used, it always implies that there will be a second one also. I believe that the final Year of Jubilee was to have been proclaimed on the Day of Atonement in 2022. However, the fall of 2022 to the fall of 2023 represented the seventh day of Unleavened Bread in God’s amazing puzzle, a Sabbath rest. The fall of 2023 to the fall of 2024 represented the eighth day of Tabernacles in God’s amazing puzzle, also a Sabbath rest. The fall of 2024 to the fall of 2025 represented the ninth day (Simchat Torah). The fall of 2025 to Hanukkah Eve on January 1/2, 2027, represents the tenth day, when we will leave our tents to go to our permanent homes to be with the Lord forever. Daniel’s seventieth week is now finished (twice over) and it is now time to “finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, make reconciliation for iniquity, bring in everlasting righteousness, seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy” (see Daniel 9:24).

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We read in the Books of the Maccabees that the religious Jews fled into the mountains for 3 years from 168-165 BC. They defeated the army of the evil Antiochus IV, a foreshadow of the Anti-Christ, on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev and returned to Jerusalem immediately to cleanse the temple. They had been unable to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles at the proper time for those 3 years because the temple had been defiled when a statue of Zeus had been set up there in 168 BC. So they decided to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles at that time and call it Hanukkah, which means to re-dedicate. The temple was cleansed and rededicated to the Lord. This was all a foreshadow to us of the three years the Lord would add to His amazing end-time puzzle, at the end of which His Bride, His holy temple, would be cleansed and purified and made ready to celebrate the wedding Feast of Hanukkah in heaven.

This three-year period was also mentioned in Daniel 1, where we see not only the mention of a three-year training period, but also a ten-day period of testing (representing ten years in the puzzle). Daniel 1 speaks of those who do not defile themselves, which points us Revelation 14, where we read about those who are taken in the firstfruits rapture who are not defiled. Revelation 2 mentions a ten-day period of tribulation, at the end of which, those who remain faithful to Christ will receive the crown of life. This ten days mentioned in Daniel 1 and Revelation 2 is pointing us to the ten-year wait from 2016 to 2026, as the prophecies of Daniel 9 point us to a day being equal to a year.

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I believe the year 2026 is the prophetic fulfillment of the tenth day counting from the start of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, or the twenty-fourth day of the first Biblical month. We can see in Daniel 10 that it was on the twenty-fourth day of the first month that the Lord appeared to Daniel and His voice was like the sound of a multitude. This is the same wording that we see Revelation 19:6-8 at the start of the wedding of the Lamb. It was on the twenty-fourth day of the first month that the Lord spoke many amazing prophecies to Daniel regarding a war with Persia (modern-day Iran), the resurrection of the dead and deliverance of God’s people (rapture).

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I believe the year 2026 is also the prophetic fulfillment of the tenth day counting from the start of the Feast of Tabernacles, or the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month. We see in Nehemiah 9 that it was on the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month that the Jewish people put on sackcloth, a foreshadow of the two witnesses (left-behind saints) that will wear sackcloth (sign of repentance) and turn back to God after the firstfruits rapture takes place.

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So, the puzzle lasts for 17 years, from the seventh day of Tabernacles and Hanukkah Eve in 2009, until Hanukkah Eve on January 1, 2027. Seventeen is an interesting number in the Bible. The number seventeen relates to the significance of the numbers ten and seven. In other words, the number 17 expresses complete (10) sanctification.  The meaning of the number 17 is that of "overcoming the enemy" and "complete victory."

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Genesis 7:11 - On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, the springs under the earth broke through the ground, and water flowed out everywhere.

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Matthew 24:37 - But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
 
Jubilees 3:17 - And after the completion of the seven years, which he had completed there, seven years exactly, and in the second month, on the seventeenth day, the serpent came and approached the woman, and the serpent said to the woman, 'Hath God commanded you, saying, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?'

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Revelation 12: 15 - So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

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Genesis 8:4 - “In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat” 

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All of these Scriptures come together like puzzle pieces to point us to the seventeenth day as a significant date. We see in Genesis 7:11 how that the flood started on the seventeenth day of the second month. We see in the Book of Jubilees chapter 3 that the fall of man also took place on the seventeenth day of the second month, when the serpent came after the woman. We see in Revelation 12 that the serpent comes after the woman like a flood. We see in Genesis 8 that the ark rested on the seventeenth day, foreshadowing the rest of the Lord starting for those who are taken in the firstfruits rapture on the seventeenth day. And perhaps most importantly of all, the resurrection of Christ took place on the seventeenth day of the first month, a foreshadow of the resurrection of the dead taking place on the seventeenth day counting from the start of Daniel’s seventieth week! 

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Isaiah 34:8 - For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion’s cause.

On January 13, 2026, President Trump wrote on his social media platform: “Fear not, great people of Minnesota, THE DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION IS COMING!” 

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I believe 2026 is the day (year) of retribution that the Scriptures point to. In Daniel’s seventieth week, each day is equal to a year. We see this also in Isaiah 34, when the day of vengeance is also called a year of retribution. Interestingly, just as Daniel’s seventieth week began on the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles in 2009, when Mr. Obama was chosen as the Nobel Peace Prize winner, so also on the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles, on October 13, 2025, (the anniversary of the fall of Babylon), Mr. Trump signed a peace agreement in Egypt aimed at ending the war in Gaza following a ceasefire and the release of hostages. Both Mr. Obama and Mr. Trump were proclaimed as peacemakers on the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles. They both want to be the peacemakers, the saviors of Israel, America and the entire world. Only Christ is the true Savior and Peacemaker for Israel, America and for the world.
 

Luke 21:20-24 - “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.”

 

Matthew 24:15-22 -“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been shortened, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.”

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We see much of the same wording in Luke 21 and Matthew 24 when the Lord speaks to us about the end-time events. However, in Matthew 24, we see the abomination that causes desolation mentioned and someone standing in the holy place where he does not belong. In Luke 21, we see a completely different sign that we are to watch for regarding the desolation taking place. That sign is Jerusalem being surrounded by armies. We are right now beginning to witness the fulfillment of Luke 21 with the war in Iran. I believe the nations surrounding Israel are about to come together to fight against Israel and Jerusalem will be left desolate. The city will be captured. And then a time of great judgment will take place on the earth known as the Great Tribulation.

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We can see in Matthew 24 that the desolation event is connected to someone standing in the holy place where he did not belong, an abomination to the Lord (2013). However, the Lord delayed His judgment (see Matthew 25 and Revelation 10) because of the prayers of His people, as was foreshadowed in the stories of Jonah and Esther. We can see in Luke 21 that the desolation event is connected to Jerusalem being surrounded by armies. This time, the Lord will not delay and His judgment will take place. But the days of Great Tribulation will be shortened from 3.5 years to just 5 months.

The Lord told us that He would shorten the days of the Great Tribulation for the sake of His elect, or His left-behind saints. We repeatedly see in the Scriptures a “time, times and half a time” mentioned in reference to the length of time of the Great Tribulation. The “time” was to have been a prophetic year of 360 days, for a total of 1260 days. However, this “time” has been shortened to 40 days, as we see foreshadowed in the patterns of the Scriptures that a time in the wilderness is 40 days and that the time of purification for the mother of a male child is also 40 days, along with numerous other examples left for us in the Scriptures pointing to the “time” of tribulation being 40 days. This leads us to a 140-day count (40 X 3.5) that will start on August 15/16, 2026, the Firstfruits of New Wine Festival, and end on January 1/2, 2027, the twenty-fourth day of Kislev. The twenty-fourth day of Kislev is mentioned in Haggai 2 as the time when the Lord rises up to shake the heavens and the earth and was one of the two dates that began Daniel’s seventieth week. 

Scriptures also show us that from the opening of the Abyss at the time of the first woe there will be 5 months (see Revelation 9). These 5 months line up with clues given to us in Revelation 9 that show us that the sun will be in the Leo constellation when the Abyss opens, followed by the Virgo, Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius constellations. It is during the time that the sun is in the Sagittarius constellation that the time of the “scorpions” of Revelation 9 will be defeated when Christ rescues His left-behind saints, the two witnesses of Revelation 11, on Hanukkah Eve. Then, just as the sun enters the Capricorn constellation, Christ will return to the earth with His Bride after a 2-week wedding celebration during the Feast of Hanukkah on God’s calendar.

I believe this final “Day of the Lord” started on the seventh day of Tabernacles in 2025, when Mr. Trump signed a peace agreement in Egypt that was supposed to have ended the war in Gaza, and will end on the fourteenth day of Hanukkah on January 16, 2027, a 460-day period. According to the fourth trumpet judgment of Revelation 8, 1/3 of the “day” and 1/3 of the “night” is darkened. I believe the Scriptures are showing us that counting from the start of the “Day of the Lord” on the seventh day of Tabernacles on October 13, 2025, until the end of the “Day of the Lord” on the fourteenth day of Hanukkah on January 16, 2027, the final 1/3 of this time period will be a time of great darkness on the earth as the firstfruits Bride of Christ is taken to be with the Lord and the Abyss is opened for 5 months (153 days). The final 1/3 of these days begin on August 15/16, 2026, at the time of the Firstfruits of New Wine festival. The wise virgins, the “light of the world”, will be removed from the earth at the start of the Great Tribulation. 

In Matthew 26:29, Jesus tells the disciples at the Last Supper:  "From now on I am not going to drink any wine, until I drink new wine with you in my Father's kingdom."  Another translation:  "I tell you, I will never again drink this wine until the day I drink the new wine with you in my Father's kingdom." Jesus left us this 'clue' to the timing of the firstfruits rapture, the day we will drink the new wine with our Lord, 7 weeks after Pentecost, just as Pentecost was 7 weeks after the Feast of Firstfruits. The Jewish calendar is one month off from God’s calendar in 2026 because they started their Biblical year before the spring equinox, and the correct dates for these festivals are May 10, 2026 (Firstfruits of Barley), June 28, 2026 (Firstfruits of Wheat or Pentecost) and August 16, 2026 (Firstfruits of New Wine).

Those taken in the firstfruits rapture will be taken to a place prepared for them by God out of the serpent’s reach for 140 days, from August 15/16, 2026, to January 1/2, 2027. The left-behind saints will have to endure 140 days of Great Tribulation until they too are redeemed from the earth at the main harvest rapture on the twenty-fourth day of Kislev. The wrath of God will then begin on the earth after all Christians have been taken to the place prepared for them by God out of the serpent’s reach for the final 14 days before the return of Christ to the earth with His Bride on January 17, 2027.

 

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