Prophecy Club - Session 18

In today's Prophecy Club session, we began our study of the fifth key to unlocking End-time Bible Prophecy: the Sabbaticals and Jubilees.

There were several key points which we discussed, as follows:

1) Many Christians are afraid to study the Jubilees and Sabbaticals, because they fear that it would narrow down the timing of the Second Coming too precisely, when Scripture "forbids" it.

2) The idea that Scripture "forbids" us to narrow down the year of the final Jubilee is based upon the common understanding of the verse: "No man knows the day nor the hour"...

3) Actually the term "No man knows the day" is a Hebrew idiomatic expression, which referred to the Feast of Trumpets - the first Day of the Seventh Biblical month.

The 1st day of the 7th month, the Feast of Trumpets, does not begin until the new moon is sighted. The practice of watching and waiting for the appearing of the new moon sheds some light on a teaching of Yahshua concerning His Coming, which is tied in to the Feast of Trumpets, since it is the first day of the Seventh Biblical month (Tabernacles is the 15th Day of the 7th month):

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” Mat 24:36-44

The phrase “no one knows the day or hour” is a Hebrew idiom referring to the appearing of the new moon. When the old moon wanes until nothing is left, the new moon appears anywhere from a day and a half to three and a half days afterwards. In Biblical times, the only way to know when the 7th month began was to watch for the new moon sighting. So one never knew the precise day in advance, you just had to watch and wait for its appearing. This is how the Feast of Trumpets came to be known as the Day when No Man Knows the Day of the Hour.

The only annual feast day of Yahweh which is celebrated at the new moon is the Feast of Trumpets. And we can see in the above passage, Yahshua refers to the appearing of the new moon by the common Hebrew idiom, “no one knows the day or hour.” He also refers to His Coming in the same context. 

4) Doctrinal beliefs and interpretations of Bible Prophecy need to all be confirmed by the Torah - Isaiah 8:20. Yet the idea that we are not to know the timing of the End-time Events is counter to Torah. Genesis 1:14 clearly states that Yahweh gave His people a full understanding of time...  including prophetic time ("signs" in Genesis 1:14 is a reference to prophetic time). 

5) In addition to Torah, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5 plainly teaches that Yahweh's people will know the "times and seasons" and are thus children of the Light. Only those who are in spiritual darkness will have the Day of Yahshua's Appearing come as a thief in the night to them.

From that basis, we started our study by looking at the Scriptures which refer to Sabbaticals and Jubilees. At this stage, we are simply studying to find the connection that Jubilees are a prophetic Key relating to the Messiah's Return...  With that in mind, we are looking at a special Jubilee chapter: Isaiah 61...

CLASS RECORDING: 

If you wish to watch the November 12, 2020 Prophecy Club class again - or if you were unable to join us live, due to the time - please click the following link to watch the recorded class: 

November 12, 2020 PROPHECY CLUB ZOOM RECORDING

Shalom and we'll see you in the next class (Tuesday, November 17)!

Just as a quick heads up, there will be no Prophecy Club meeting during the week of November 23-27 (due to family activities over Thanksgiving).

ZOOM LINK TO CLASS: 

A few are having trouble finding the Zoom link to class. So, I am going to provide it here. Please remember, you can only use this link to go to the Prophecy Club class at the scheduled time. Here's the link to Zoom to class:

ZOOM to Prophecy Club (LIVE)