Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel Prophecy

From The Coming Epiphany, Chapter 12.

 

 

Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel Prophecy

The following is the write up of a prophecy made by Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel that I believe is significant in regards to answering the question when, and may point to a possible year of the Second Coming. The original article appeared in Israel Today, March 2008^[1]

 

In 1217 the Jewish Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel prophesied that the Ottoman Turks would rule over the holy city of Jerusalem for eight Jubilees. A Jubilee is a period of 50 years according to Leviticus 25:8-13. Eight Jubilees would then be 400 years. Sure enough, 300 years later in 1517 the Ottoman Turks seized control of the city of Jerusalem and ruled over it for the next 400 years. They were finally driven out of the city and the holy land in 1917 by the Allied forces under the command of General George Allenby. The Rabbi's prophecy about the 400 years was fulfilled exactly to the year.

 

The Rabbi had also prophesied that during the ninth Jubilee Jerusalem would be a "no-man's land." This is exactly what happened from 1917 to 1967, due to the fact that the holy land was placed under British Mandate in 1917 by the League of Nations and literally "belonged" to no nation. Even after Israel's war of independence in 1948-49 Jerusalem was still divided by a strip of land running right through the heart of the city, with Jordan controlling the eastern part of the city and Israel controlling the western part of the city. That strip of land was considered and even called "no-man's land" by both the Israelis and the Jordanians. Anyone even stepping into that strip would be shot down. I lived during that period of time and well remember the reports in the newspapers and shown on TV about the division of Jerusalem. It was not until the Six Day War in 1967 when the entire west bank of the holy land was conquered by the Israeli army that the whole city of Jerusalem passed back into the possession of Israel. So once again the prophecy made by the Rabbi 750 years previously was fulfilled to the letter.

 

But that is still not the end of the matter. The Rabbi also prophesied that during the 10th Jubilee Jerusalem would be under the control of the Jews and the Messianic "end times" would begin. The 10th Jubilee began in 1967 and will be concluded in 2017.^[2]

 

Let's consider the data;

Jubilees 1-8 (1517 to 1917): Turks will rule.

Jubilee 9 (1917 to 1967): Jerusalem a “no man’s land.”

Jubilee 10 (1967 to 2017): Jerusalem under Jewish control, Messianic end times will begin.

Jubilee 11: Begins at Yom Kippur 9/30/17.

 

Jubilees 1-8 and 9 were fulfilled as his prophecy stated. His prophecy also states “during the 10th Jubilee Jerusalem would be under the control of the Jews and the Messianic "end times" would begin.” Therefore if the prophecy is to be trusted, then the Messianic “end times” would have to start within the time of the 10th jubilee, before the 11th Jubilee starts at Yom Kippur on 9/30/17. Thus if the Messianic “end times” refers to the beginning of the 70^th Week, then the prophecy implies the Second Coming will be no later than 2024. If the Messianic “end times” refers to Jacob’s trouble—the second half of the 70^th Week—then the prophecy implies the Second Coming will be no later than 2021.

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[1] http://issuu.com/ryaninzion/docs/israel_today_march_2008

[2]http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=message&task=view&MID=ZB007HAL&GroupID=2A004N9G&print=1



Cloudy with a Chance of Judgment

The showdown between Israel and the world is coming to a head. Israel is being surrounded by harsh opposition and extreme pressure is being applied to move her back to her pre-1967 borders. The world has been warned many times through various judgments. One of those judgments that stands out in my mind is Fukushima, which is still spewing radiation and it is being called the worst human disaster of all time because of all the damage and death throughout the world that the radiation will cause. Just go to Rense.com and read some of the articles.

I published two posts regarding the Fukushima disaster and its warning to the nations back in the spring of 2011. Here are a few snippets:

Is not an evil wind blowing from the coast of Japan that threatens to spew nuclear radiation over the whole earth? As you probably know from following the nuclear situation in Japan the information is sketchy and at present they are telling us that things are improving and I hope it does, but there is a real potential for the situation to develop into a devastating crisis that could effect the whole world with radiation. Also we only know what we have been officially told--only God knows the truth of what has happened already.

Did God let the devastation happen to Japan because of her treatment of Israel? Was the "cloud" a sign from God? Will an evil wind blow upon the whole world because they have aligned themselves against Israel? Only God knows the answers to those questions but scripture will be fulfilled--And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Gen 12:3...

I believe the message of the sign is clear: Nations of the world do not set your hand against Israel or you will be judged.

If it bothers you that I have the audacity to make that statement I refer you to God’s Holy Word the Bible--And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: Gen 12:3—in other words, God already said it.

My hope is that the nations of the world will heed this sign and stop aligning themselves against Israel so that perhaps God will have mercy upon the world and judgment can be averted. Want to help? Send this info to your government...

So it looks like the nations of the world have not heeded this sign and are poised to come against Israel and divide her land. If the world chooses to do this then my forecast is; "cloudy with a chance of judgment." And guess what the weather forecast for New York city is this week? Cloudy and rainy all week, as we would call it in the Northeast--dreary. It kind of gives me a sense that God is not pleased and is saddened at what is about to take place.

I felt prompted to draw a line from the United Nations building to Washington D.C.--In D.C I picked the Christmas tree that has associations with Israel, the United States, the Palestinian state and comet Elenin.  The line is at 232.81 degrees. Extending the line south it hits the gulf of Mexico near New Orleans. Continuing the line North it hits the Golan heights and Syria.

Let me give you some information about this line. The line goes directly through the house that I grew up in for 23 years--this startled me! I did some more checking of the line; It goes through the high school I attended. It goes through another housing development where I lived for a few years. It goes through my favorite and most visited restaurant--The Olive Garden. It comes close to another housing development that I lived in and comes close to my mother's grave--she died when I was 6. It goes through the town where I was saved at age 20 while at college. It goes through the Apartment complex I lived at for some of the time at college. It goes through the property where I worked while at college. It goes through my favorite place to practice food gathering skills--striped bass fishing spot--too bad they destroyed the fishery. It comes within 18 miles of where I attended college for my M.Div.--that is about 600 miles from my house. All I can say is WOW!

A few more observations of the line: The last place it hits in the USA to the North is Nahant Island, MA. Nahant means "at the point" or "two things united" The last road it hits is Rosemary rd. One of the possible meanings for Rosemary is "famed sea of bitterness." 

As already mentioned the line continues on to hit the Golan heights--one of the disputed territories and comes very close to the tsunami sign.

The last place it hits in the USA to the South is The Mississippi delta near Buras-Triumph. One of the meanings of Buras is a type of coarse woollen cloth--kind of reminds me of sackcloth. The last road it hits is Route 23--remember that

The line also crosses through Liberty Park and goes between 2 interesting circles there--kind of hinting that a line should be drawn there. Notice it also crosses Freedom Way.

The world is suppose to decide on the Israel/Palestine issue on Friday 9/23/2011. Here are some interesting things about that date. It is the first day of Autumn. A satellite is expected to fall to earth that day with the possibility of  26 pieces totaling 1100 lbs to make it through the atmosphere with a 1 in 3200 chance a piece will hit someone. (I pray that God would be glorified in its fall, and it would be a sign to the world.) 9/23 is also in the +- 3 day range of when comet Elenin will have a Sun-Elenin-Earth alignment.

Hmm 23 and its reverse 32 seem to keep popping up. 23 is an interesting number, here is one fact from the linked article; The first morse code transmission - "What hath God wrought?" - was from the Bible passage Numbers 23:23. In telegraphers code 23 means "break the line". In fact the first transmission was between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore--the line also runs between Washington and Baltimore. How bout 32; The Biblical Numerology Meaning of this number: comes from my understanding that it normally deals in reference with having a covenant or agreement with a certain person or party.

What does all this mean? Is this line pointing out where the next judgment will fall and why? Does the line point to where the next major hurricane will make landfall? BTW the next storm/hurricane will be named Ophelia--meaning "help"--and she is expected to develop this week (note she developed late 9/20 and so did a storm in the Pacific named Hilary). In the pic above do you notice the recent earthquakes (colored dots) that are parallel to both sides of the line? Is this line pointing to an earthquake judgment? With the line's associations to the National Christmas tree, is it pointing to a judgment connected to comet Elenin? Or could it be all three? And why does the line go through the house that I grew up in and have many way beyond chance associations to me? And how bout the meanings of the names and numbers?

Again I pose the question; What does all this mean? As the saying goes, time will tell--I am not predicting anything, but it looks like the world has not heeded the warnings of the past and will come against Israel this week and then again maybe they won't. If they do I know that in the past when countries have gone against Israel judgment has fallen upon them. So if they do my forecast is; "cloudy with a chance of judgment." But remember the sun is always shining above the clouds--so let the SON shine in, He will take care of you. Read about God's gift of salvation.

Oh BTW, after writing the rough draft of this post, that night I prayed and asked God to give me a message when I opened my Bible for devotions the next morning. I randomly opened to Ezekiel 21, it has 32 verses.

1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2. Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
19Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.

There are a lot of implications here, but one observation that I would like to point out; Remember who the king of Babylon is, the meaning of Nahant--the last place the line hit to the North in the USA, and look at verse 21.

Would you like to know the meaning of this line? See the sequel; Cloudy with a Chance of Judgemnt; The Meaning

I received another comment from a reader the other day, I am posting in hopes that it will help some decide to read The Coming Epiphany. I take no credit for the book, but give the credit to God and thank Him for the priviledge of being used by Him.

God bless you for the efforts you have spent. I must have 100 prophecy books and listen to many of the greats - MacArthur, Missler, Stearman, Stone, Lindsey, Church, Jeffries, etc. Yet, your book with it's clarity helped jump start my studies and further my end times understanding. It is now my go-to reference book.


You will undoubtedly get a lot of criticism and flack, but that's just how it is these days. Let it roll off, by knowing you have done a great service to those of us who seek to be ever vigilant and prepared servants. It is also apparent you have done a good job setting ego aside. There is no place for that as agents of the Most High.

May your work greatly prosper in his hands.

DPC

Hurricane Irene and the goddess of Peace

Tropical storm Irene is brewing in the islands. At present she is predicted to become a hurricane and head toward Florida. I am not predicting anything, and I hope it does not develop, and does not effect us but given the fact that we are putting pressure upon Israel to give up her land--It was announced on Monday Aug 1, 2011 that Benjamin Netanyahu has bowed to US pressure by agreeing for the first time that a Palestinian state should roughly follow the contours of the 1967 borders.--it bears watching.

It also bears watching in light of the meaning of the name Irene--it comes from the name of the Greek goddess of peace. Hmm; we are pressuring Israel into a peace agreement which will cause her to give up her land and we have a storm threatening the USA named after a Greek goddess of peace or should I say demon of peace--satan's way never brings peace--but it will bring destruction.

A Continuing Whirlwind and the 1967 Borders

photo credit: http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2007/05/31/faq-on-the-1967-war/

God made a covenant with a people group thousands of years ago and He is still keeping that covenant today. The covenant was made with Abraham and his descendants.

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 

3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

7  And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.  Gen 17:1:8

As you well know the descendants of Abraham are the nation of Israel. So God has made an everlasting covenant with the nation of Israel. God has also promised to return to others what they do to her, both good and bad.

And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Gen 12:3

So in other words "Back off." Don't mess with Israel or you will bring judgment upon yourself. Look Israel is not perfect they have committed sins--many of which are listed in scripture. But that does not give any nation the right to go against them. They are God's special people and God has made a covenant with them and has promised to return in kind what others do to them. BTW Christians are special too--God's children.

Soo... I believe that the latest turn in events that has been all over the news between the United States and Israel is not good and will result in judgment coming upon us. What did we do to them? We made it clear that the United States--who by our own admission "owns" the peace process--is pursuing a radical policy change in that we want Israel to return to its 1967 pre-war borders (map 1) while establishing the Palestinian state. The administration back pedaled a little bit on that and are now saying the 1967 borders with mutually agreed swaps.

photo credit: http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2007/05/31/faq-on-the-1967-war/

In fact we have the support of many nations in this 1967 borders endeavor and are trying to gain more support.

Obama has already secured the political backing of the United Nations, European Union and Russia who, with America, are collectively known as the "quartet". Signalling his determination to keep up pressure on Israel, Obama will be looking to enlist the public support of the UK prime minister. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/21/obama-cameron-pre-1967-palestinian-borders

Israel's response: Israel said this is unacceptable because it would place them in an indefensible position and our demands were like a slap in the face that sent chills through Israel's government. In response Israel also announced plans to build 1500 more settlements in East Jerusalem.

So knowing that God will return to us what we have done to her, how might God respond to our actions in leading the world against Israel? Well what are we trying to do to them? We are trying to force Israel to give up about 2800 sq miles--about 30% of their land--that would cut their land in half and would put them in an indefensible position--it would bring them back to 1967. We are also basically saying that their 1967 war was illegitimate. This was truly a slap in the face! And the latest is that we have told Israel that patience is running out in regards to the peace process--inferring that they are to blame for this whole mess.

I like the way Ultraguy from New Wineskins put it; "Put another way, the President of the United States is not only joining, for the first time in history, all other nations on the planet in opposing Israel’s right and ability to defend itself (and thus it’s right to exist). He is leading that initiative, raising the nations’ expectations, adding fuel to those sentiments" http://newine.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/the-67-borders-another-quick-note/

So if God were to respond to us in kind then what might He do to us? Well I believe that God's patience is running out with us and maybe He will make us give up a portion of our land--cutting our land in half--that would put us in an indefensible position which might bring us back to 1967 in a lot of ways. How do you say New Madrid Fault with lands under water? I am not predicting anything but I feel confident that if we cause them to split their land that God will split ours and we may well see the Gulf of Mexico connect to the Great Lakes!

I would not expect this to happen until we actually cause this to be done to them but it would not surprise me to see serious troubles brought upon us in the meantime for what we have said, trying to warn us not to do this, such as; storms, floods, earthquakes, terrorist actions, tsunamis, financial turmoil, etc.

I have a scripture for this whole situation,  I randomly opened my Bible to Ezekiel 36. How it fits is truly amazing.

1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:


2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:


4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;


5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.


6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:


7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

As you can see the passage talks about how the heathen speak against Israel and claim their land for themselves--sound familiar? After reading the passage, and there is a lot more to it and I would suggest reading the rest of the chapter, I got thinking about what happened the night before to me and how it was a small microcosm of what just happened to Israel--I was verbally slapped in the face, Israel was verbally slapped in the face--then God brings me to this passage about how the heathen have spoken against her and are threatening to take her land and that God will not forsake her and that all her adversaries will be dealt with harshly as they have dealt with her!

The position that our country is placing ourselves in is treacherous and it is unfortunate because I do not believe that this is the sentiment of the American people. In fact a recent Fox News poll showed that 89% of respondents felt it was wrong to try to make Israel go back to her 1967 borders. Why won't the leaders listen? I will say it again for the sake of our country and our children maybe it will reach the ears of the decision makers; America stop "cursing" Israel or God will continue to "curse" us and we will bring judgment upon our heads. Let's not forget The Tsunami Sign.

Will the nations ever learn? No--End times Bible prophecy tells us that the nations will come against Israel, divide her land, and leave her desolate, but that does not mean that America has to--I pray we don't. What will God do in response to the nations that come against Israel? Jeremiah 30 has the sobering "continuing whirlwind" answer;

3. For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it...


10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.


11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished...


15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.


16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.


17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after...


23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.


24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

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