About a month ago which would have been just before Christmas of 2021 I was earnestly praying for guidance to understand the potential beginnings of the Appointed Times here in Daniel 12. There is a concept which Christians and particularly Adventists have had from our beginnings from comments made by the Apostles Peter, Barnabas, Church fathers Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus, E.G. White and J.N. Andrews, Adventism’s first scholar for whom Andrews University is named, regarding a great cosmic week of prophecy which I will call the Great Millennial Week. Briefly the concept is that sin has existed on planet Earth for roughly 6,000 years and when Jesus returns for His people, the earth will lay bare and uninhabited for a 1,000 years while the redeemed saints of the Lord will be in Heaven during the Millennium. This is what is referred to as a cosmic week, 1,000 years of earth’s history standing for a day of a week and ending in a Sabbath rest for God’s people and the worn down earth. (2 Peter 3:8, 9)
Christians have generally stated and believed that Jesus came to earth as our Redeemer around 2,000 years ago. In the last several years Bible students have become aware that in the year 2027 it will be 2,000 years since Jesus was anointed as Messiah after His baptism in the Jordan River in the fifteenth Year of Caesar Tiberius (Luke 3:1) which was A.D. 27. The question has been raised therefore could 2027, which is 2,000 years since that event mark the 6,000th year since sin came to this planet, and would that be the completion of sin doing its damage to this earth and it’s inhabitants? (Barnabas 15:4) Understand this is not setting the time for the Lord’s return but observing the times and being alert and watchful as Jesus told His followers to be.
In my prayers I was specifically asking the Lord how this all might relate to Daniel 12 and the three Appointed Times of 1,335 days, Time, Times and Half a Time and the 1,290 days. It was just days later after praying that the following article showed up on my phone and computer and I don’t know from who and neither is an author listed. It’s obviously written by an Adventist Bible student and as I have read through it several times, it’s right on biblically and with the Spirit of Prophecy and my soul has been stirred within me that this was an answer to my prayer and truth for this present time and so I pass it onto you who have come to this website regarding Daniel 12. A statement on page 13 of this document struck at my heart; “Why is this 6,000 year mark JUST NOW being DISCOVERED??? Because the 1335 literal days of Daniel 12 will begin in early 2024, and God wants us to understand what is coming upon His people. THIS IS PRESENT TRUTH FOR US NOW!!” I would encourage you to prayerfully read through it and compare it’s concepts with what you have read in my four part written exegetical sermon which of course is on this webpage. May the Lord richly bless you as you read and pray.
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