Hosea’s Second Coming Prophecy Timeline

Hosea’s Second Coming Prophecy Timeline - by Jim Dodge - dodgejim990@gmail.com How close is the Rapture based on the Prophesied Signs? Those who attempt to estimate the start of the Tribulation, and thus the timing for the Rapture, based on the signs prophesied in Scripture alone are finding it difficultto do. Nearly all the prophesied signs pointing to the Lord’s return, starting with Israel’s 1948 rebirth as a nation appeared by the middle of the last decade. Today, the signs have essentially converged and, from this point forward, they will increase infrequency and intensity until the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and the Antichrist that begins the Tribulation. The world could remain in this pre-tribulation state for an extended period of time, maybe for a decade or more. Unfortunately, the warnings about the nearness of the Rapture emanating from pulpits and prophecy experts tend, with the passage of time, to de-sensitize those lookingforward to the return of our Blessed Hope making them less alert, less watchful and ultimately less prepared when the Rapture does happen. Paul makes it clear in his letter to the Thessalonians that now is not the time to let our guard down as Christ’s returndraws near, “…But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us be not like others, who are asleep butlet us be alert and self controlled” (1 Thessalonians 4-6). If this is true, and it is, what more we can know about the timing of God’s end time plan? What we can know comes from an end time chronology revealed in Scripture. The way to know and understand a precise window of time (not the day or the hour) for the Rapture is to understand and believe what the Bible tells us about the timing forChrist’s Second Coming. Nowhere in Scripture are we told that we cannot know or understand the timing for the Second Coming. Those who anticipate being raptured haven’t been overly concerned about the timing for the Second Coming because we expect to be withthe Lord when he returns at the Second Coming. But, God used the prophet Hosea in the Old Testament to reveal His chronology for the Second Coming long before the First Advent of Christ. Specifically, God revealed a date before which the Second Coming cannothappen. Importantly, Hosea’s prophesied ‘not before’ date requires an accurate chronology and timeline for Christ’s First Advent – a timeline that has not been universally settled after nearly 2,000 years. An Accurate Timeline for Christ’s First Advent In the Advent Chronologies paper on the link below, a strong case is made for an accurate First Advent timeline based on Daniel’s Seventy week Prophecy and the June 17,2 BC appearance of the Christmas Star. It yields a date that makes it possible to accurately interpret Hosea’s prophecy and determine a specific window of time for Christ’s Second Coming. https://thechristmasstar.org/ABibleBasedChronology/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Bible-Based-Chronology-for-the-First-and-Second-Advents.pdf The paper confirms that the Passion Week of Jesus Christ was not in 32 AD as is commonly assumed, but rather, it was in 33 AD as follows: Palm Sunday – 29 March 33 AD,Resurrection Sunday – 5 April 33 AD and Christ’s Ascension to Heaven – 15 May 33 AD. With a specific date for Christ’s ascension to Heaven to conclude His First Advent, it becomes possible to determine a Second Coming timeline from Hosea’s prophecy. A Timeline based on Hosea’s Second Coming Prophecy Hosea prophesied to the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II between 793-753 BC. His prophecy centers largely on the divinely inspired parallel betweenHosea’s love for his unfaithful wife Gomer and Jehovah’s love for unfaithful Israel. Chapter three parallels Hosea’s reconciliation with his wife to the Lord’s reconciliation with the nation Israel in the last days, “For the Israelites will live many dayswithout king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or idol. Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king.” They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days“(Hosea 3:4-5). Thispassage prophesies that Israel will return to the land and will seek the Lord and His blessings in the last days (also described in Zechariah 13:8-9). Through Hosea, God tells of his judgment against Israel as follows: “For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and goaway; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them. Then I will go back to my place until they admit their guilt. And they will seek my face; in their misery they will earnestly seek me” (Hosea 5:14-15). Here the Lord clearly reveals that He will destroyand disburse the Jews for their unfaithfulness, then return to His place until they recognize Christ as their Messiah and turn back to Him. The Messiah left his place in heaven when He was conceived in the virgin, Mary in September 3 BC (nine months beforehis birth). This is when the Lord became incarnate. He returned or went back to his place (Heaven) at His ascension on May 15, 33 AD per the First Advent chronology described in the paper. He will remain there, seated at the right hand of God, until Israelrecognizes Christ as its Messiah, repents, and turns to Him at the end of the Tribulation. Hosea then describes Israel’s ‘last days’ reconciliation with the Lord. “Come, let us return to the Lord, He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured usbut he will bind up our wounds. After two days, he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us; that we may live in his presence” (Hosea 6:1-2). This passage holds the key to understanding God’s timeline based on a day equating to one thousand years(Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8). Hosea 5:15 reveals that the Lord will go back to his place and remain there for at least two days or two thousand years. It will be after two days, on the third day (at the beginning of the next thousand year period) when the Lordwill restore and lift up the remnant of Israel at the beginning of the Millennial Kingdom period. The passage makes clear that 2,000 years must pass between the time of Christ’s ascension to heaven on May 15, 33 AD, and His return at the Second Coming. Therefore,the Second Coming cannot happen before May 15, 2033. Otherwise, God would not be true to His Word. The paper further defines a specific window of time for the Second Coming (2033-2038) based on Jesus’ predictions about the season of the Lord’s return in Matthew 24:32and the generation that will not pass away until all things be fulfilled in Matthew 24:34. But, based on God’s promise through Hosea to not send His Son back until after two days or 2,000 years (2033), there is no reason to assume He is slack in fulfillingHis promise once the prophetic date is reached. “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise as some men count slackness…”(2 Peter 3:9). If we assume, based on Scripture, that Christ’s return cannot happen before May 15, 2033, is it possible to determinea likely date for His return? Like many in the world of Bible prophecy, I believe the major end time events including the Rapture and the Second Coming will take place during the Jewish Fall feasts (the Rapture most likely during the Feast of Trumpets andthe Second Coming on the Day of Atonement). The first Day of Atonement on the Hebrew calendar after May 15, 2033 is October 3, 2033. Based on what we now see in the signs prophesied by Jesus and God’s revelations in Scripture that Christ cannot return before 2033 and - that the Lord is not slack in keepingHis promise, I believe a realistic, Scripture-based date for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to be on or about October 3, 2033. With this date in mind, and with the knowledge we have from Scripture about the timing for the Tribulation, it is possible todetermine a potential start date for the Tribulation. The Tribulation ends at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The Tribulation is divided into two periods of 3 ½ years, forty two 30 day months or 1260 days (Revelation 11: 2, 3 and 6). Using the two 1260day periods for the calculation, the length of the Tribulation is exactly 2,520 days in length or about six years and eleven months on our calendar, according to Scripture. So, if the Second Coming were to happen in October 2033, then the start of the Tribulationwould be sometime in November 2026. Because a pre-Tribulation Rapture must happen before the Tribulation begins, it becomes possible to determine a specific window of time for the Rapture. It’s between nowand November 2026. Even though the Rapture has been an imminent event since it was first described by Paul, the chronology revealed in Hosea’s Second Coming prophecy makes clear that it will most likely happen sometime in the next five or six years becausethe Lord is not slack in keeping His promise. If the timing described above is true, and I believe it’s more accurate than many are willing to admit, a great concern should be how woefully unprepared the world is forwhat’s coming. In the two part, A World Woefully Unprepared… paper on the link below, estimates of the number who will be Raptured made by some prophecy experts, who believe that one billion (14% of the world population) or more souls will be raptured, arecompared with what the Bible reveals about how God saves souls in the flesh and the spirit in both the Old and New Testaments. The paper concludes that only 1-2% of the world population (fewer than one in ten of those who call themselves Christians) will likelybe raptured. Please consider these articles and Scripture, and make the decision to fully commit your life to Jesus Christ now and prepare for His return if you haven’t already. Our Blessed Hope is coming SOON! Maranatha! VISIT: PROPHECY WATCHER WEEKLY NEWS: HTTP://PROPHECY-WATCHER-WEEKLY-NEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM