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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James Bailey is a blogger, business owner, husband and father of two grown children. In 1982, he surrendered his life to the Lord Jesus Christ. In 2012, he founded Z3news.com to broadcast the message of salvation by reporting end time news before it happens.
I mentioned in an earlier comment,there were 48 Kings and Queen of Israel/Judah,Athaliah,Saul,Ishbosheth,and Absalom (Counts,as he did seize the throne temporarily)
Joe Biden is number 46,if he stays in office until 2024,followed by 47 and potentially 48..It would bring us to 2032..
Research Pastor Jack Darnell,he was given a dream in the 1980’s that OBAMA WOULD BE THE LAST president,which makes sense,he never left office,Trump and Biden being show puppets?
The golden conjuction, as I have dubbed it, is on January 19th, 2038 in that the 2038 great pyramid timeline prophecy of edgar cayce and the 2038 problem of unix time in 32 bit integer systems crash worldwide and artificial Intelligence singularity. A.I. will be forced to utilize a natural interface or what is called nui. Ann you it, I knew it, an nui it, nui. Annuit Coeceptis, go accept this. The great pyramid on the dollar. The dollar is symbolic of these things mentioned.
Peyer Lemesurier- The Great Pyramid Decoded,bestseller, matches this dates,2033 and 2039! I absolutely agree with,after 37 years+ in ancient archeo-astronomies! I can confirm these dates dozens of times all over our world!!!
We are waiting for Jesus’ return as soon as possible.
The 15th year of Tiberius Caesar was 28 AD, not 29 AD..
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!
Very interesting! I haven’t seen this article before. Several months ago, I came across the teaching of the 7th millenium reign of Christ. It made much sense, so I did some research to determine what year would mark the beginning of the 7th millenium (meaning I needed to determine the year of the crucifixion). I concluded it must have been the spring of 32 A.D., but almost everybody on the Internet gave other dates. The ONLY other person I found who said 32 A.D. was Tim McHyde at http://www.escapeallthesethings.com. I believe (although I could be mistaken) that Christ will return on Yom Kippur/Rosh Hashana “at the last trumpet”–the festival that the Jews actually referred to during Jesus’ day as one which “no man knows the day or the hour” it would begin. The reason for that was that it began when 2 witnesses in Jerusalem saw the new moon appear; it could appear either one day or the next–no one knew just when it would be visible.
Anyway, I do believe that God revealed to me a few years ago that the church would NOT be raptured out of the world prior to the final seven years/great tribulation. The theory I had never been taught and which I didn’t want to believe acually gave me that unmistakable peace in my heart as I studied it.
I do not mean to be dogmatic about anything on which I could be wrong. However, I do think it is valuable for us to study and know the things God has revealed, even though the mysteries can be difficult to interpret! And some of the mysteries will remain just that–unknowable–until they actually occur and we can behold them. Our understanding is still only in part. Keeps our eyes on Him!!
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!
Israel is God’s prophetic time clock. Israel will be 70 in May. 7 years later is 77, His number of perfection. So, we have Israel’s rebirth and maybe the final 7 years = 77…
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 .
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
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!
Ive had a dream where jesus revealed to me that it would be 2032 for his 2nd coming.
I would like to hear more details about your dream.
Donald – I believe you’re right.
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/
The 3.5-year length of His ministry sounds right to me. I copied the following explanation from another site.
“According to Luke 3:1, John the Baptist began his ministry in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign. Tiberius was appointed as co-regent with Augustus in AD 11, and 15 years later would be AD 26. Jesus began His ministry shortly thereafter at approximately the age of thirty (Luke 3:23). This gives us a basis upon which we can approximate what year Jesus began His public ministry: around AD 26. As for the end of His ministry, we know that it culminated with His crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension.
According to John’s Gospel, Jesus attended at least three annual Feasts of Passover through the course of His ministry: one in John 2:13, another in 6:4, and then the Passover of His crucifixion in 11:55–57. Just based on that information, Jesus’ ministry lasted 2 years, at the very least.
Because of the amount of things that Jesus accomplished and the places He traveled during His ministry, many scholars believe there was another Passover, not mentioned in the Gospels, which fell between the Passovers of John 2 and John 6. This would lengthen Jesus’ ministry to at least 3 years.
We can add more time because of all that took place before the first Passover of Jesus’ ministry in John 2. By the time of that first Passover (in the spring of 27), Jesus had already traveled from the area of the Jordan to Cana to Capernaum to Jerusalem. He had been baptized by John (Matthew 3:13–17), been tempted in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1–2), began His preaching ministry (Matthew 4:17), called His first disciples (John 1:35–51), performed His first miracle (John 2:1–11), and made a trip to Capernaum with His family (John 2:12). All this would have taken several months, at least.
Add to that the 40 days between Jesus’ resurrection and His ascension (Acts 1:3), and we have a total length of Jesus’ earthly ministry. From His baptism to His ascension, the late summer of 26 to the spring of 30, we have approximately 3½ years.”
Three Biblical records prove Jesus started His ministry some time after 8th September 28 AD, the first is when John the Baptist is recorded as beginning His ministry in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign:
Luke 3:1-3
1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—2 during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Tiberius’ predecessor Augustus Caesar died on 19 August 14 AD and although Tiberius had been co-ruling for just over a year, which had been made official by Augustus on 3 April 13 AD, most historians usually quote reigns from when the predecessor has died, so the later date of 19 August 14 AD is most likely. This fact places John the Baptist as starting his ministry from some time after 19 August 28 AD; the beginning of Tiberius’ 15th year.
The second is when the Bible states that Jesus was about 30 when He began His ministry:
Luke 3:23
Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry.
It can be known that Jesus was born on 11th September 3BC because there was a specific astronomical sign given at His birth. When God made the stars it was not just some random act, the stars and constellations He made were a purposeful and deliberate heavenly pictograph displaying and foretelling what would happen to mankind, from Adam to Jesus and until the end of the age:
Psalm 19:1-4
1 The Heavens proclaim the Glory of God. The skies display His Craftsmanship. 2 Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make Him known. 3 They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. 4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world.
In Revelations 12:1-2 we read:
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.
This was fulfilled that evening when the constellation of Virgo, representing the Virgin Mary, became visible just above the horizon towards the west, as the stars began to appear it looked as if the sunset was cloaking her body and the crescent moon was positioned under her feet. Above Virgo’s head are the nine stars of Leo that represent the Lion of the tribe of Judah and that night there were three planets also in Leo; Mercury the messenger, Venus the mother and Jupiter the king planet making a total of twelve stars above Virgo’s head that represented the crown. The word planet literally means wondering star.
The best time to have witnessed this momentary display was between 5:53 p.m. and 6:35 p.m. that evening and Jesus was born at about 6:12 p.m because at that precise time the brightest star in Virgo, called Spica, that represents an ear of corn held in Virgo’s left hand, appeared to ‘touch’ the horizon, or ‘alight to the earth.’as the stars set below the horizon. The name of this star in Hebrew is Tsemech which means ‘branch,’ and is the subject of prophecy by Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Zechariah. Spica is actually Latin for ‘a kernel of wheat’ and Jesus Himself alluded to this sign:
John 12:23-24
Truly, truly I say to you, unless a kernel of wheat alights to the earth and dies, it remains a single seed. But if it dies, it bears fruit.”
This means Jesus turned thirty on the day of Trumpets which was the 8th September 28 AD that year and according to Numbers 4 Priests were only allowed to do the work of a priest once they turned thirty (God repeats this in the law 7 times) Jesus had to be thirty in order to full-fill the law and not break it:
Numbers 4
2“Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families. 3 Count all the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
22“Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans. 23 Count all the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
29“Count the Merarites by their clans and families. 30Count all the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.
34Moses, Aaron and the leaders of the community counted the Kohathites by their clans and families. 35All the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
38 The Gershonites were counted by their clans and families. 39All the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
42 The Merarites were counted by their clans and families. 43All the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,
46 So Moses, Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted all the Levites by their clans and families. 47 All the men from THIRTY to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the tent of meeting
Finally this date also agrees with this verse:
John 2:20
They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?”
This was said to Jesus when He cleared the temple on the first Passover of His ministry, history records Herod became king in 37 BC and Josephus records Herod began to rebuild the temple in his 18th year, which was therefore from 20 to 19 BC. Adding 46 years to this arrives at 27 to 28 AD and thus the 47th year in which this was said was from 28 to 29 AD and Passover that year began at sunset 18th April 29AD.