There is such a great contrast between the world we see today and the one described in the end time prophecies of the Bible. If the Lord is coming soon, then dramatic changes in our world are coming even sooner. The purpose of this post is to consider how soon he might be returning, so we can understand how soon to expect other changes that we know are coming.
The Lord is not trying to conceal the timing of his return. We know that because he taught us how to recognize the signs that would identify the season of his return. See my previous post, Ten Signs We Have Entered the Season of the Lord’s Return.
He said we would not know the day or the hour, but he stopped short of saying we would not know the year. So maybe it is possible to know that. In any case, I don’t believe there is anything wrong with digging in a little deeper to consider what might be the year of his return.
The Bible reveals many specific events that must happen before the Lord returns. See my previous post, Ten Things that Must Happen Before the Rapture. Since we already know what these things are, we can learn a lot about the future by identifying how soon these things must take place. Based on these findings, I believe we have already reached a critical pivot point where the world as we know it is about to change forever. If that is true, then we must begin now to prepare for what is ahead.
We can estimate the year of his return by relying on the information provided in the Bible. The creation week reveals God’s larger plan for man’s time of dominion in the earth. Each day of the creation week represents one thousand years in the history of the earth because with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like one day (2 Peter 3:8). There is much more to this topic, which will be explained in more detail in a future post.
We have already seen this pattern unfolding from the beginning of creation until now. By counting the years in the lives of each person listed in the generations recorded in the Bible, we find the following amazing symmetry:
- One thousand years from Adam to Noah, the first day
- One thousand years from Noah to Abraham, the second day
- One thousand years from Abraham to David, the third day
- One thousand years from David to the Messiah, the fourth day.
- Two thousand years from the Messiah’s crucifixion to the Messiah’s return, the fifth and sixth days.
- One thousand years from the Messiah’s return to the creation of a new heaven and a new earth, the seventh day.
That is interesting, but it gets even more interesting. By combining the Scriptures with historical records from the Roman Empire, we can identify the exact year the Lord was crucified. Luke 3:1-3 tells us the word of the Lord came to John the Baptist in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Since the Romans kept detailed historical records, we know Tiberius Caesar began his reign on August 19 of the year 14 AD, so the fifteenth year of his reign would be the year 29 AD. We also know Jesus began his ministry soon after John the Baptist began his, and continued his ministry for three years before he was crucified. Therefore, Jesus was crucified in 32 AD.
The fifth and sixth days are the two thousand years of the church, which began with the resurrection of the Lord and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit fifty days later on the day of Pentecost. So if the age of the church began in 32 AD and continues for two thousand years, it would conclude in the year 2032 AD.
Amazingly, this timing fits precisely with the timing revealed to Terry Bennett by the angel Gabriel. The angel told Terry by the year 2028 we would see 666, which means we would see the world government, economy, and religion all come under the rule of the antichrist by 2028. See my previous post, Terry Bennett: You Will See 666.
If the antichrist begins his reign in 2028 and is then allowed to rule for 42 months (Revelation 13:5), then his time to rule would be brought to an end in 2032.
This timing also fits perfectly with all of my studies regarding the sequence of events, which are summarized as follows:
- The tribulation begins with the antichrist making a seven year covenant, peace treaty, with many nations. (Daniel 9:27)
- The antichrist rules for 42 months (Revelation 13:5)
- The antichrist takes his seat in the temple (Daniel 9:27, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4)
- The tribulation escalates into the great tribulation with the breaking of the sixth seal, causing a great earthquake and other calamities. The sky is split apart like a scroll and the sign of the Son of Man appears in the sky. (Matthew 24:29-30, Revelation 6:12-17)
- The seventh seal is broken (Revelation 8:1).
- The last trumpet of the church age is sounded (1 Corinthians 15:52).
- The great multitude comes out of the great tribulation and appears standing before the throne of God in heaven, which is the raptured church (Revelation 7:9-17).
- There is silence in heaven for half an hour, which marks the end of the church age and the beginning of the day of the Lord (Revelation 8:1). It also marks the end of the sixth day and beginning of the seventh day.
- The Lord releases his wrath in the earth with seven trumpets (Revelation 8-11).
- The day of the Lord continues with the Lord Jesus ruling on the earth for one thousand years, the seventh day, the day of rest (Revelation 20:2-7).
There are many events listed here, but most of them happen very fast. For example, the rapture happens in the twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 15:32).
Continuing this exercise a step further, if the Lord returns in 2032 then we now have only seventeen years left. That means we are about to see a shifting, which will transform the world we have always known into the world described in the Bible during the last days.
These dates are just estimates based on the limited information available to me, and could easily be years off. I cannot say for sure the Lord will return in 2032, but that is not the point. The purpose for this exercise is to show the time is very short. Knowing that can help motivate us to make the most of every hour we have left to do all we can to advance the kingdom of God. It can help us get our priorities aligned with God’s priorities. It might also give us insights into the timing of other future events, which could help us make better decisions in preparing for them.
I believe we are now entering into the fulfillment of Isaiah 60, which will bring about a transformation of the world into something very dark, but it also means the glory of the Lord is now arising upon his people.
Those who know the Lord have nothing to fear. They will do great exploits in these days (Joel 2). However, those who don’t know the Lord should be terrified about what is coming. Today is the acceptable time to come to the Lord to receive his promise of eternal life. Find out more about how you can receive his free gift.
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Author: James Bailey
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Hello!
I truly believe that the year 2032 is the “END OF THE AGE”. I have been shown many things and am very excited for the future!!
Here is the timeline:
2018: God is going to release the Latter Rain for 7 years
2025: The Rapture of the Church (pre-trib)
2028: The AntiChrist (probably OBAMA) signs the peace treaty with Israel
2032: The End of the World and 2nd Coming of Christ
I believe the Crucifixion was in the Spring of 32 A.D. and 2000 years later is the year 2032.
There is a Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse in 2032 (Joel 20:31)
We all know the world is becoming increasingly more evil and wicked, but God is going to restrain the evil with the Glorious Latter Rain for 7 years until the year 2025.
WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF SOMETHING GLORIOUS MY FRIENDS!
If you know the future with specific dates as you have listed, then you are the only person I have ever heard of who has been given such detailed prophecies, which is why I am skeptical. I believe God sometimes reveals dates because there are scriptural examples of that, but more often He gives us signs to watch, purposely giving us partial information to help us keep our eyes on Him. So if He has given you these dates, then please explain exactly how it was revealed to you. Otherwise, this is all just speculation and opinions, which is okay as long as we make it clear that’s all it is. On the other hand, claiming to know things we don’t know can cause confusion.
No,Graham Hancock,our great archeoastronomer dealing with Gobekli Tepe archeoastronomical stelaes,gives in his book,Magicians of the GODS,clearly,on numerous pages,that up to 2040,our civilisation may dissapear! Bonnie Gaunt,in her Great Millenium( my former personal friend,before she passed away),is clear dated,2033,based on biblical gematria and events! Peter Lemesurier,in his Great Pyramid,gives the same date of 2033! The KJV BIBLE – CODES,on right,preselected pages,below the religious texts,in summary,as pages( codes like A,B,C,D,up to X,Y,and Aa,Bb,etc.) are clear also, 2034,or 20J74! And I’m not hardheadedly saying 2033,but akso possible date is 2074! Qur’an has 29 coded suras,transkate their values trogh Arabic alphabet,plus the amount of the coded suras,gives clearly, 5,777 A.M.,teda as the year of 2016-2017,as the end of the Great Year,matching the Hindoos and others,including the Mayas,giving us Tzol’kin of 20×13 and 2013,with the Ha’ab civil calendar of 20×18 days and year 2018,as the end of the Great Year ! It is also confirmed by the slopes of the Cheops and Chephren soli-lunar pyramids! It is also confirmed by the Europarlament amount of people,or the luni-solar Congress and Senat of 540 people,as Pentagon has 540° arc degrees multiplied by the arc seconds,is lunar Great Year! And Pentagon you can see also in Vat-i-Can,as Castello di Angelo,on some maps as Pentagon with SQUARE and Circke buildings indide( within the Pentagon), therefore,540! The Scandinavian Valhalla,or 540 ststues of Angkor Wat!( Anchored Vat/Tav)! And I don’t go to confirm to you,where everywhere in the measures of pyramids and temples is the year,2033!
Bonny Gaunt,in her Great Millenium book,gives you all the biblical details,gematria date-numbers! Peter Lemesurier in Great Pyramid bestseller gives you the same date,2033,with Christ 2nd Coming cca 2038-39!
I’ ve UK published,CODED BIBLES,and one KJV BIBLE-its Precessional codes gives the end times in 2034,or in another important code,as ” 20J74″, as are the meadures if the Great Sphinx,having Aquarian head( neither male nor female,but both) and leonine body,as the two halves of the Great Year,Anno Magnus!As West-East repolarisation of our planet!
Dear sir,
I agree with the historical day of Jesus crucifixion.
If Jesus was crucified in 2029, then it means the rapture takes place (end of Church age) 7 years earlier; i.e in 2022. and since we know the years of a man is 70 or at best 80 according to Psalm 90:10, then this is within the parameters which everyone seeking the Lord is getting.
In 2004, while reading Matthew 24, the Lord specifically told me that Israel was the fig tree and Israel became a Nation in 1948. And the people who were born in 1948 will not all die before His son came. He gave me Psalms 90:10.
I had just been born again and I knew very little about the Bible since I had been raised a catholic. It actually shook me. It was the second time for the Lord since I had got born again. The first one is when He delivered me from alcoholism and simultaneously healed me of a growth and same time got born again.
But since 2028 is the 80th year, may because of our dating system, the rapture would be in the Feast of Trumpets in 2021.
I agree with what the Lord showed you about those born in 1948 will not all die before He returns. However, I don’t agree with the other dates you listed because the Bible reveals many things that must happen before the Lord returns and many of these things are major events that will take years to fulfill. I documented some of these in my previous post, Ten Things that Must Happen Before the Rapture. Here is the link: http://z3news.com/w/ten-things-that-must-happen-before-the-rapture/
I was told in a very clear dream back in 2011 that the Antichrist will come before the Senate in the year 2032.
James, are you saying that you think the Rapture will be in 2028?
No, I don’t believe the pre-trib rapture theory. I laid out the sequence of events in this post. As I stated I was not trying to nail down any specific year, but wanted to show how we might be a lot closer than most people are thinking.
I think you must have meant to say much farther than most people are thinking. I don’t see any way this world can go in its rapid moral decline for that long. Things are spiraling downward so fast right now that I don’t think the world can be sustained that long unless a major course change is made.
Also, I don’t see anyway of of a post trib rapture. That is the only rapture viewpoint that makes no sense to me. What would even be the point at that time? You survived the tribulation so just go ahead and populate the millennium.
We are waiting for Jesus’ return as soon as possible.
The 15th year of Tiberius Caesar was 28 AD, not 29 AD..
I feel inside the hunger for Jesus Christ second coming, I saw many people from all over the world list specific or approximated year,e.g.2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023…..2028,2033……..I have no idea what to say now, I think some of people made a strange dream and want to share with other people , some people say a specific year plus some personal idea, which the whole incident is likely staged in a bid to get attention . some people maybe used by Satan to make a mess .
It’s great to know we don’t have to know the exact timing since we already have Him with us today and everyday forever.
Great quote/statement James! You just said alot in those 3 lines – I am writing this one down to remember and recite to others (quoting the author of course)😊
Thank you for this wonderfully divine perspective!
Hi Lynne,
Robert Mawire shares that the year could well be 2026 (because The Lord can delay another 100 years…)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xgN0t4x67K0
Robert said, “there is no participation [of the Lord’s End Time Harvest/Final Show Down against the enemies] without Preparation!”
Be prepared!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLF35vfu2aYh7SL_rMK-hq4fAU55B0sWSp&v=9r9kln_Cnco
Your Best is ahead!
Ming
Ive had a dream where jesus revealed to me that it would be 2032 for his 2nd coming.
Donald – I believe you’re right.
I would like to hear more details about your dream.
You almost have the right start date but the 3.5 year ministry is a traditional teaching as it was only just over 1 year: https://guidetothebible.wordpress.com/jesus-one-year-ministry/
Jesus finish in 30AD on the 4000th year: https://guidetothebible.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/guidechronologylatest1.pdf
Therefore the 6000th year is from September 2029 to September 2030: https://guidetothebible.wordpress.com/but-no-one-knows-the-day/
Another most excellent article James. Thanks much for your considerable work !