2010: A SPACE ODYSSEY
By Robert R. Breaker III
copyright 2007
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This tract in printed form can be ordered from Breaker Publications.
*DISCLAIMER: This tract is a HYPOTHESIS, or a best guess scenario, and not a doctrinal teaching that the rapture will happen in 2010. I do not and cannot know for sure the date of the rapture. This is only my best guess. If 2010 goes by and rapture has not come, it does not mean there is no such thing as the rapture. It just means, my GUESS was wrong. Truthfully, I hope I am wrong! I hope the rapture comes much, much sooner!!!
2010: A
SPACE ODYSSEY Years ago Hollywood made a movie
entitled, "2001: A Space Odyssey," in which, some astronauts traveled into deep
space. Later they made a sequel entitled, "2010: First Contact," where
astronauts made contact with celestial beings. Both of these, of course, were
pure fiction. But what if there were to be a real Space Odyssey for
Christians in the year 2010? What if that's the date of the rapture, when
all born again believers travel into outer space with their Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ up to the third heaven? What if 2010 were the year that Jesus came
for the church? Would that be too far fetched? Many Christians are quick to bark, "No man can know the
day or the hour of Christ's return!" This is certain, for this was
what Jesus said in Matthew 25:13. However, in 1 Thessalonians, we read that
it's possible for a Christian to know about when Jesus comes. (Maybe
not the day or hour, but possibly the month or year).
For there we read in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4: But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need
that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord
so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety;
then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with
child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Paul plainly tells us in this passage that the rapture (found
in chapter 4:13-18) will not overtake a Christian like a thief in the night.
It's like the pains of a woman who is about to give birth. No one can
know the exact day or hour when a baby is to be born, but they can sure get
close, because they know it's about nine months from the time of conception. In
other words, they can know, as Paul says, "the times and the seasons."
When it comes to the Rapture of the church, will the body of
Christ know the season when Christ is coming? Could we know at least the year of
his return? In the Book of Matthew, the Bible speaks of wise men who came
from the East searching for the baby Jesus. Why? Because they knew he was
coming, and they saw his star (Matthew 2:1,2). The Bible further says they were
questioned by Herod of when they saw the star (Matt. 2:7), and Matthew 2:16
implies that they knew within two years of Christ's first coming. Could we as
Christians also know within two years of Christ's coming for us at the Rapture? THE CHURCH AGE According to the Bible, Christ Jesus came to the world to die
for sinners (1 Tim. 1:15). After he rose again, he promised to return for his
own (John 14:3). But when exactly will this be? The Bible teaches the rapture will be at the end of the
Church Age, or time in which the Church lives upon the earth, which lasts
exactly two thousand years. We arrive at this number by reading 2 Peter 3:8,
which states:
If we take this formula of one day equaling one thousand years and vice versa, we can plug this into the literal seven days of creation and we find an amazing thing! The seven days of creation line up with the seven thousand years of human history!
See chart below:
Through careful study of the genealogies of the Bible, one can clearly see that from Adam to Jesus is almost exactly four thousand years! We now are in the year 2006 (as I write this tract).
And the last one thousand years of human history, according to the Bible is that of the "millennial reign of Christ" which the Bible tells us is exactly one thousand years (Rev. 20:6).
How awesome is the word of God! It lays out the entire history of man (7000 years) in the first couple of chapters of Genesis!
Those who study their Bible know that we are in the "Church Age," a period of time after the death of Jesus in which salvation is by grace through faith. In this age, God works more with the Gentiles than the Jews, who rejected Jesus as their Messiah. But God is not done with the Jew, and will rise them up again (For further particulars see Romans chapter eleven).
According to Hosea chapter six and verses one and two, we can see how long the church age will be when we read the following prophecy to the Jews:
"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight."
Going back to our formula of one day as a thousand years and vice versa, we clearly see that the Church age (a period of time for the Church, and not the Jews) is exactly 2000 years.
THE PROPHECY IN DANIEL
The book of Daniel tells God's plan for the Jews. God is not finished with them, and in Daniel's time, He prophesied unto them
70 weeks (Dan. 9:24). This 70 weeks is not a week of days, but rather of years. Each week is seven years according to the scriptures (490 yrs total).The prophecy then continues in Daniel 9:25,26:
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself:
Here the scripture teaches that the Messiah (Jesus) will be cut of at 69 (sixty-two plus seven) weeks. That means that there is one week left to go. Many Bible Scholars and teachers make this final week of seven years the Tribulation period in which the Anti-Christ reigns on the earth (see 2 Thess. 2:1-4) after the rapture.Thus, to try to pinpoint the rapture, one must then count exactly two thousand years (according to Hosea) from when the Messiah was cut off (died), which marks the beginning of the church age and body of Christ (see Eph. 2:16), and he should be able to find when the rapture will be and when the Tribulation will begin.
The only question is how God counts years in the church age. When Jesus worked with the Jews, he used a Lunar calendar. That is to say, a year was counted as 360 days. However, in the church age, would God count 364¼ days per year as Gentiles do? (Remember the church age also includes The Times of the Gentiles. See Luke 21:24).
Counting from Christ's death two thousand years would bring us to the date of 2033 (for Christ Jesus was thirty three years old when he died). Does that mean that the rapture will take place in 2033? You decide.
But if God is using the Jewish calendar, then it would be much sooner. Below are my calculations using both the Gentile and Jewish methods of counting years.
Let us start with the Gentile calendar, and multiply 2000 years times 364¼ days.
2000 x 364.25 = 728,500 days
If we go by the Jewish calendar, then we multiply:
2000 x 360 = 720,000 days
Between the two sums, we have a difference of 8,500 days or 23.36 years (divided by 364¼ days of the Gentile Calendar) or 23.6111 years (based on the 360 day year in the Jewish Calendar).
We must then subtract twenty three years (the difference on the Jewish calendar) to see how long 2000 years would be if God is using the Jewish calendar.
2033 - 23 = 2010
Could it be that God is using the Jewish Lunar calendar (remember that the moon is a type of the Church in Scripture). Could 2010 be the year that Christ returns for his bride the Church???
If this year is indeed the date of the rapture, we have a very interesting picture unfolding when we apply Biblical Numerics with the dates after the Rapture. They line up somewhat with what's going to happen in the Tribulation according to the book of Revelation!
If the rapture indeed is in the year 2010, then the following dates are more than just coincidence when you look at the Biblical numerics of each date.
WHAT IF... ?
2010. Ten is the number of the Gentiles in the Bible. What if the rapture comes in this year, and it's when the Gentiles begin their reign in the Tribulation?
2011. Eleven is the number of judgment in the Bible. What if the world is judged in the tribulation with plagues or other things?
Twelve is the number of the Jews. What if God begins to deal with the Jews in the Tribula- tion here? What if this is the year the 144,000 Jewish witnesses begin to preach?
2013. Thirteen is the number of Rebellion. What if the Anti-Christ dies and rises again this year, and Satan incarnate sits on the throne in Jerusalem, as the Bible prophecies, in rebellion calling himself God.
2014. Four is the number of the world in the Bible. What if the devil is reigning as a One World Dictator where the entire world is completely under his control?
2015. Five is the number of death. What if people begin to die as the plagues of the tribulation take place, and the Antichrist kills off many of them as mentioned in Rev. 9:15-18
2016. Six is the number of the Beast. What if the beast is in full control of the entire world by this year?
2017. Seven is the number of completion. What if Satan's rule and reign ends when Jesus comes back this year at Armageddon?
2018. Eight signifies a new beginning. What if this is Jesus' first year of the millennial reign?
2019. Nine is the number of fruit. What if the tree of life is already planted and bearing fruit now in Jerusalem?
2020. The number we give to people who see perfectly is 20/20. That means they can see things clearly. What if this applies to people seeing Jesus on the earth in his millennial reign???
If all of this is indeed true, then that means that exactly one thousand years later, in 3017, the Devil would come back and rebel against God, as the book of revelation prophecies. Could 3017 be the date of the Battle of Gog and Magog??? And would 3018 be the beginning of the new heavens and the new earth?
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
2010 might very well be the year that we Christians take our "SPACE ODYSSEY" through the clouds to our celestial home above! Are you ready?
But I could be entirely wrong. He might come even sooner than that! Maybe today!
Thus, before closing, I want to stress to the reader that all of the information in this tract is speculative. And I want to clarify that I'm not dogmatically stating that the rapture of the church must happen in the year 2010. Nor am I prophesying "Thus saith the Lord, the rapture will be in 2010!" No, I've seen too many "false prophets" and "date setters" who have dogmatically set the date of the rapture on one of the following years: 1988, 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2000.
I don't wish to do the same, and look like a fool if it doesn't come to pass. Thus, I'm only stating the possibility in this tract that the rapture could very well happen in the year 2010.
But I will go out on a limb, and boldly state that the rapture of the church must take place no later than the year 2033 (if our calendar is right), according to Hosea 6:1,2 and 2 Peter 3:8.
Many will claim I'm crazy for what I've written here, but my motive is pure. My only desire is for Christians to read this material and get a sense of URGENCY! For the time most certainly is short, and we as true believers need to do even more for the Lord and work even harder to win souls as we see the great day of the Rapture approaching. For truly Christ Jesus is coming soon! And it won't be very long until:
... The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18