THE SEVENTH DAY
Genesis 2:1-3
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”
THE 7th THOUSAND-YEAR PERIOD
As you have discovered from Day 1 through Day 6, God’s prophecy has been accurate for the past 6,000 years. The coming 1,000 years, or the 7th thousand-year period, will be a period of rest reflecting that of the 7th Day of creation.
God does not want you to be ignorant! As events unfold, keep your ears and eyes open. God has no intention to leave you in the dark – literally and figuratively. Eternity is a long time to be wrong.
“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. [Not sure he could have been more clear.] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:8-9
Timeline
According to Biblical History
1st thousand-year period = 0 (Creation) -999
2nd thousand-year period = 1000-1999
3rd thousand-year period = 2000-2999
4th thousand-year period = 3000-3999
BIRTH OF CHRIST
5th thousand-year period = 4000-4999 (0-999 on our calendar)
6th thousand-year period = 5000-5999 (1000-1999 on our calendar)
7th thousand-year period = 6000-7000 (2000-2999 on our calendar)
There were 4,000 years before Christ was born and 2,000 years have passed since he was born. Therefore, 6,000 years have passed according to Biblical history. Matching the Genesis prophecy, the first 6 days have passed and we’re already 26 years into the 7th day.
The period from Adam to Abraham was 1948 years. God called Abram from his generational country to go to a promised land flowing with milk and honey that would become the birthplace of God’s nation, Israel. Through God’s strategic plan, the 12 tribes (sons) of Israel were exiled from their country until May 14, 1948, when Israel signed its Declaration of Independence. Is it a coincidence that the year was 1948 that God brought his people back into the land he promised Abraham? Coincidence? Not a coincidence? You decide. This is the rebirth of the fig tree.
Throughout the Bible, God represents himself as the fig tree. The rebirth embodies a passionate joy for the Lord our God. In fact, in Hosea 14:8, God compares himself to a tree, “I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.”
Fig trees in the middle east are a fruit-producing tree or shrub. The size of the tree, and its capacity to produce figs, depends mainly on the soil that the tree is rooted in. Typically, the fig tree blooms before sprouting its leaves in the spring, and normally would produce not one, but two crops of figs each year. This also aligns with God’s prophecy of the two “blooming” stages of the fig tree, to the two “coming home celebrations” (1) in 1948 and (2) during the Millennium, depending upon our being “rooted” in relationship with God through the Messiah.
Hosea’s Prophecy
The Old Testament prophet Hosea wrote: “After two days he will revive us; in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then we shall know, if we follow on to know the Lord, that his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.” Hosea 6:2-3
According to Hosea, after two days (2,000 years after Christ was born) he will revive us, and in the third day (the 3rd thousand-year period after Christ was born) we would be raised up.
Hosea’s prophecy couldn’t apply to Christ rising from the grave on the third day, because it says he will “raise us up”, not Jesus. But if we combine 2 Peter 3:8-9 and Hosea 6:2-3, we can say that two thousand years after Jesus’ birth (the 5th and 6th thousand-year periods) he will revive us; in the third thousandth year (7th thousand-year period) he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight – if we know him and follow him as Lord.
Daniel’s Prophecy
“And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the [end times] kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men, but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.” Daniel 2:42-45.
Matthew’s Prophecy
“So likewise, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” Matthew 24:32-35.
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations (the great Worldwide Revival now occurring), and then the end will come.” Matthew 24:13. Think “Charlie Kirk”.
God’s promise, his word, is that this current generation (those born after 1948) will see the coming of Christ. Prior to this special Millennium will be a worldwide preaching of God’s word that all nations will hear. This global revival will be followed by the rapture of God’s people, which will usher in a 7-year period of severe tribulation such as the world has never seen.
Millennium Transition Signs
“Then the Lord said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. “Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God. Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They open their mouths as wide as the grave, and like death, they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and swallowed many peoples.” Habakkuk 2:2-5
“An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?” Jeremiah 5:30
“Therefore, the Lord has rejected his people, the House of Jacob, because they are filled with customs from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.” Isaiah 2:6
“How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers. Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards; they do not judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them. Therefore, said the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will rid myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies.” Isaiah 1:21-24
“Behold, your people in the midst of you are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies…” Nahum 3:13
“Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses; I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.” Ezekiel 7:24-25
“…Therefore, I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.” Ezekiel 28:7
“Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.” Lamentations 5:2
“A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women; a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.” Jeremiah 50:37
“I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.” Isaiah 13:11
“Son of man, tremble as you eat your food, and shudder in fear as you drink your water.” Ezekiel 12:18
“The rich men are full of violence, and the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Therefore also will I make you sick in smiting you; in making you desolate because of your sins.” Micah 6:12-13
“For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.” Lamentations 4:6
“The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.” Isaiah 24:5
“And at that time, shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people, and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.” Daniel 12:1
1st RAPTURE
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, do not be partakers of her sins, and do not receive her plagues.” Revelation 18:4
“Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.…” Rev 3:10
“Jesus said, My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself that where I am, you may be also. You know where I’m going and you know the way.” John 14:2-4
“I am the way, the truth and the life. No man comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6
“Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by. See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the earth will conceal its slain no longer.” Isaiah 26:20-21
“You will not leave in a hurry, running for your lives. For the Lord will go ahead of you; yes, the God of Israel will protect you from behind.” Isaiah 52:12NLT
“I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense and seek my face; in their affliction they will seek me early.” Hosea 5:15
“Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.” Revelation 20:6 NIV
ATONEMENT
“And I say to you, my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear him who, after he has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him.” Luke 12:4-5.
“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:32-34
“Jesus said: I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.” John 5:24.
TRIBULATION
“That terrible day of the Lord is near. Swiftly it comes—a day of bitter tears, a day when even strong men will cry out. It will be a day when the Lord’s anger is poured out—a day of terrible distress and anguish, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, a day of trumpet calls and battle cries. Down go the walled cities and the strongest battlements! “Because you have sinned against the Lord, I will make you grope around like the blind. Your blood will be poured into the dust, and your bodies will lie rotting on the ground.” Zephaniah 1:14-17
“I will utterly consume all things from off the land, said the Lord.” Zephaniah 1:2 “Therefore, their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine of them. The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord; the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.” Zephaniah 1:13-14
“Therefore, as I live, said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be like Sodom and the children of Ammon like Gomorrah…. because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the Lord of hosts.” From Zephaniah 3:9
“I will ruin her vines and her fig trees, which she said were her pay from her lovers; I will make them a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.” Hosea 2:12
“Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down. Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them. Even if their enemies drive them into exile, I will command the sword to kill them there. I am determined to bring disaster upon them and not to help them.” Amos 9:2-6
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered every kind: which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Jesus saith unto them, Have you understood all these things? They say unto him, Yes, Lord.” Matthew 47-51.
Details: Book of Lamentations
2nd RAPTURE
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people who shall be left…”. Isaiah 11:11.
“But in those days, following that distress, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Mark 13:24-31
1 Thessalonians 4:16: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” I would not recommend waiting for the 2nd Rapture to choose to accept Christ.
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he has on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelation 19:11-16
The battle will end as Jesus, the Christ, the visible image of the invisible God steps in, and by his word, the Sword of the Spirit, ends Satan’s reign on earth.
TRIBULATION OVER
CONVERSATION DONE!
“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.” Revelation 20:2-3
“Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as before…” 2 Samuel 7:10
“In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all—the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship. People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the Lord’s teaching will go out from Zion; his word will go out from Jerusalem. The Lord will mediate between nations and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer fight against nation, nor train for war anymore.” Isaiah 2:2-4 NLT
THE MILLENNIUM
Every prophet in the Old Testament, with the exception of Jonah, described at least some part of the Millennium, or 7th Day Prophecy. There are way too many portions to publish but following are some great examples. End Time references to Judah refer to the Jews and references to Israel refer to the Christians. The title “Christians” includes anyone who has accepted, and become joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. See Restoring the Two Houses of Israel by Eddie Chumney. Ezekiel 37:15-28
God will transform the world as we know it now into a spiritually peaceful kingdom here on the earth. The 3rd temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt and Jesus will sit on the throne for all to come and see (Ezekiel 40-48). “Then I saw thrones, and the people sitting on them had been given the authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony about Jesus and for proclaiming the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his statue, nor accepted his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They all came to life again, and they reigned with Christ for a thousand years.” Revelation 20:4. “But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.” Revelation 20:5.
“At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. In those days the House of Judah shall walk with the House of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.” Jeremiah 3:17-18
“This is what the Lord said; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. Thus said the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.” Zechariah 8:3-5
“I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear. I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill.” Ezekiel 34:25-26
“Then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.” Zephaniah 3:9
“Behold! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore. Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and delight in my people. And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard in it no more. No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! In those days people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards. For my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains. They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune.” From Isaiah 65:17-25
See Also: Jeremiah 23:3-8; Jeremiah 30:18-24; Jeremiah 31; Jeremiah 33:13-26; Joel 3:18-21; Amos 9:11-15; Nehemiah 9:26-32; Micah 4:1-8; Obadiah 19-21; Zechariah 14:8-21; Isaiah 1:24-28, Isaiah 61:2 (2 purposes: then and now).
Final Judgment
At the end of the 7,000th year is the Final Judgment. Those who die before or during the final Tribulation battle – without trusting God – will sleep through the 1,000 years of rest to be raised at the Final Judgment.
“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” John 5:28-29
“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hades delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:12-15
“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” Revelation 20:10
Eternity
After the Final Judgment at the end of the Millennium, a new Jerusalem will descend from heaven, and Eternity will begin for those who trust and follow God. “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea. And, I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.” Revelation 21: 1-3
“Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
Revelation 22:7
“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
See Also:
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
The Fig Tree Prophecy
The 7 Feasts of God
The 2 Houses of Israel
Because
Who Am I?
Gideon