Times of the Gentiles



And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.  Luke 21:24

44 AD to 2015 AD
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:  Acts 10:11

And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.  Acts 10:45

When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.  Acts 11:18

Andy Hunt as posted on Five Doves, (7/22/06), has researched the beginning of the times of the Gentiles when God first brought the Gospel to the Gentiles through Peter as being 44 AD.   Adding 2000 360-day years to this (1971 solar years) and one arrives at 2015 AD for the ending of the times of the Gentiles.  A strong argument is the times of the Gentiles will not end until Jesus Christ returns after the tribulation to become King of Kings and Prince of Peace, hopefully in 2015.

Numbers, such as presented in Arithmetic of God, can also give us much support and insight when properly applied.  For example, the number 44 is said to stand for "perdition".  At the end of the times of the Gentiles, if this is the same time that Jesus Christ returns, the beast and false prophet will go into perdition.

  Aas pointed out before, we are told over and over again in Revelation 20:2-7 that the next age will be 1,000 years long.  When something is important, it is stated over and over again.  In this case the two words "thousand years" are stated six times in six consecutive verses in Revelation, the sixty-sixth book of the Bible.  No where else in the Bible is there a reference to a "thousand years" being the length of the next age.  Why six?  Because perhaps this brings to a close six thousand years?  The seventh thousand is the seventh day millennial rest for the Earth.

Is it Biblical to compare the last thousand years with the last day of the week, the day of rest?  Well, the phrase "thousand years" besides the six previously cited, is found in only three other verses in the Bible, and all three give us insight, some even explicitly in comparing a thousand years with a day, two thousand years with two days, and all seven thousand days leading up to eternity with the seven days of the week:

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.  Psalms 90:4

Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?  Ecclesiastes 6:6

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.  II Peter 3:8

The start of the "2 day" times of the Gentiles would be at the end of the fourth day or four thousand years.  Notice that the start of this time would be in 44 AD.  Notice that the place in the Bible describing the beginning of this time is in Acts, the 44th book of the Bible.  Notice that this time may end at the time of the 44th president of the United States.  Notice that it was 44 360-day years from 6/7/1967 that brought us possibly 2 years into the final 7 to 10/19/2010 and a possible antichrist candidate revealing himself.  (Remember Joseph revealing himself to his brothers 2 years into the final 7 bad years of famine.)

5 BC to 1967 AD
Jerusalem was trodden down, burned, and destroyed by the Gentiles in 70 AD.  It remained in the possession of the Gentiles until June 7, 1967.  On that date, the nation of Israel in less than 20 years from when it was recreated, regained their capital and heart, Jerusalem.  Although Gentiles still live in Jerusalem, did this event mark the end of the times of the Gentiles?  Good question.  The Gentiles still reign over the World.  Jesus Christ has not set up His millennial kingdom.  But, there was at least a partial fulfillment.  The interesting point here is that seven weeks of 360 day years or 49 prophetic years as described in Daniel's 70 week prophecy, separate both June 7, 1967 from September 23, 2015, (Yom Kippur), and 44 AD from 5 BC.  The interesting point here is that the most  generally accepted time for the death of Herod the Great is in late March / early April of 4 BC.  The birth of Jesus Christ would be several months before which would place it in 5 BC.  So this may also allow us to pinpoint the conception and birth of Jesus Christ around 5 BC.

697 BC to 1968 AD
In one sense, Jerusalem has been trodden down by the Gentiles for a period of four times 666 years.  The first count starts at the end of the reign in 697 AD of Hezekiah, the last righteous king of Judah.  It goes through the Babylonian Gentile captivity, the conquering of the Medes and Persians, and the allowing of the Jews to return and rebuild Jerusalem.  And it ends in 31 BC with the battle of Actium when the Roman Gentiles now control Jerusalem.  This next period starts in 31 BC and extends another 666 years with the Roman Gentiles trodding down Jerusalem through the birth and death of Jesus Christ, the burning and razing of Jerusalem in 70 AD and through to the Saracen conquest in 636 AD.  Jerusalem is seiged resulting in the Caliph, Umar the Great entering the city on foot.  He guarantees Christians freedom of religion but prohibits Jews from living in the city.  Now adding 666 times 2 solar years and one arrives at 1968 AD.  Realize these dates go back a total 2664 years and are within roughly half a year of hitting June 7, 1967.



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