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Urgent Message

This is an appeal to all people of noble character and good will, who care for their communities: Signs warn that we are coming to world war three, a nuclear war. By God’s grace, if we seek his wisdom and act in faith to care for people this war will not be the end but rather a Biblical moment of birth.

Welcome, I’m James Andrews from Hobart Tasmania and currently travelling in Australia with an urgent message to Christian leaders: We have truly Biblical signs of birth. Don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to predict the end. That’s not for us to know. However birth is different. Birth comes with clear signs and it happens more or less on time. We currently have clear signs of an apocalyptic moment of birth pointing to about the latter part of 2024, or around that time, and God promises his people success. A powerful ministry is set to begin.

Moments of birth bring blessings from God that overflow. Many Christians hope for a great last days awakening, a world wide revival, and the outpouring of his Spirit. Some call it, ‘the latter rain.’ Something special is promised and is widely expected, but caution is also needed. Birth is dangerous and involves a great struggle. It requires our full attention. The struggle of spiritual new birth is repentance. The struggle of the end times birth will have special symbolic meaning. In a powerful vision that I had in 2015 I saw Donald Trump as the King Herod figure, and nuclear war as the slaughter of the ‘innocent’ at the birth for the final generation.

In light of the signs to be presented here in due course, I’m calling for a coordinated Christian effort to plan and prepare for WW3. The good that we can do to help people will open the door of many people’s hearts to receive the gospel and to be ‘born again’ - the spiritual birth. An apocalyptic moment of birth for the final generation will be our greatest opportunity to proclaim the gospel and advance the Kingdom of heaven. God promises us success.

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Are we approaching a moment of birth in the last days? Daniel 11v36-44 is of key importance to the Cross2Victory mission as we test the concept. The circumstances of the birth of Jesus are seen in the ‘King Herod’ style act of destruction in Daniel 11v44. In addition we see the pattern of a ‘lived testimony’ in events that follow. The end, or the actual day of the Lord comes a bit later, in Daniel 12v1-3 with a moment of the cross, and the resurrection of the dead. Could the ultimate journey of the final generation form the pattern of a ‘lived testimony’ that reveals Jesus?

Before we examine Daniel chapters 11 -12 we should look at some other biblical moments of birth to see how prophecy begins, and how prophecy reveals Jesus in the form of ‘lived testimonies’. Please examine the Cross2Victory message and bring it to the attention of others as something ‘worth testing’. Signs suggest it is time to prepare for the end times birth, and for the ministry that will come afterwards.

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Prophecy

The purpose of prophecy is always to reveal Jesus. A true prophet doesn’t just speak his message verbally but lives out his prophecy, giving a ‘lived testimony’ that reveals Jesus. Prophecy often applies in four ways: firstly to the historical context, secondly to Jesus, thirdly to us spiritually, and finally to the end times. To demonstrate the hermeneutic or system of interpretation, the best example to begin with is the ‘lived testimony’ of Jesus himself.

The Testimony of Jesus

The whole life of Jesus is important to the gospel. He fulfilled Old Testament prophecy perfectly. The pattern of his life reveals the spiritual journey of salvation, and as I contend, the end times journey as well.

A ‘lived testimony’ always begins with a moment of birth. Jesus was revealed as a baby, and then he escaped a terrible conflict, King Herod and the slaughter of the innocent. The King Herod moment appears in other parts of the Bible, and also in end times prophecy.

“The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” — Revelation 19v10b

Why did Jesus need to escape King Herod?

Why did Jesus need to escape King Herod? It wasn’t just a one off event. Think of the birth of Moses for example with his escape from Pharaoh and the slaughter of the innocent. There are many Old Testament examples to consider. The meaning is spiritual.

The Spiritual Testimony

The struggle of spiritual new birth is a flesh - spirit war of repentance. We need to escape the power of sin and death. But Jesus had no sin to escape. Therefore he did it symbolically.

Jesus waited in Egypt for the ‘old man’ to die (King Herod). We must act in spirit and truth to put off the old man and put on the new man. That’s called repentance. We need to put to death the sinful nature so that we may live by the Spirit, and serve God. When King Herod was dead, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” — Mat 2v15. We flee from sin so that we may live in obedience to God.

The spiritual journey is revealed in prophecy through ‘lived testimonies’ that reveal Jesus. To understand prophecy of any kind, whether spiritual, past historical, or future end times prophecy, we need to recognise patterns of birth, life and death, that resemble the ‘lived testimony’ of Jesus.

Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies

The Bible reveals Jesus again and again from Genesis to Revelation. In fact Biblical history is a pattern of lived testimonies. The pattern is called a ‘chiasm’.

A chiasm mirrors from a focal point at the centre:
A - B - C - B - A

The Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies diagram below illustrates the life of Jesus symbolically (or apocalyptically) in patterns of birth & escape — life & ministry — death & resurrection.
Note: The colour theme is based on the rainbow around the throne of God in Revelation 4v3 and Ezekiel 1v28.

The Chiastic structure of the Bible means the first half of the Bible is mirrored by the second half. God declares the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46v10). Therefore the curse of original sin at the birth of the first generation will be mirrored by world war three at the birth of the final generation, but we will be blessed to be fruitful and multiply one last time as the final generation of believers sets out to complete the work of the great commission.

When prophecy begins we see a moment birth and an escape from calamity that resembles the birth of Jesus and his escape from King Herod. Various examples show a great difficulty of one sort or another, but by God’s grace through faith the challenge is miraculously overcome. This resembles the act of repentance and escape from the power of sin. Then a life long journey continues until a final more serious battle where salvation is fully accomplished.

Prophetic patterns of events reveal Jesus apocalyptically, that is in a symbolic, outwardly visible form. God doesn’t change. There is nothing new under the sun. What has been before will happen again when the time is right. By studying Biblical moments of birth we may understand the signs, the struggle and the blessings of birth so that we may be ready and able to care for people when the appointed times comes for God to act apocalyptically again.

A moment of birth in the last days will begin with an escape from the calamity of war, a modern day slaughter of the innocent. Those who escape will demonstrate the act of repentance symbolically, like Jesus did when he escaped King Herod. For some WW3 will bring a spiritual awakening and genuine repentance as the final generation is born, and the final testimony will reveal Jesus to the world in both word and deed.

The struggle of birth

What Jesus did in escaping King Herod was purely symbolic, because Jesus was perfect. He had no sin to repent of, so in Revelation 12 where the woman gave birth clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars, King Herod is clearly presented symbolically as the dragon, or Satan, and they escaped. To escape the dragon requires faith and the act of repentance.

Jesus went down to Egypt, but Egypt is also a type of dragon, called Rahab by the prophets. God said, “Out of Egypt I call my son.” — Matthew 2v15, which is confirmation that Jesus escaped the dragon as a baby. See The Rahab Dragon. To escape the dragon at the time of birth is always the act of repentance.

Genuine repentance must be made in spirit and truth. Repentance (Greek - ‘metanoia’) is a ‘change of mind’ which by nature is unseen. However sometimes, at certain appointed times God requires his people to act symbolically to reveal the miracle of repentance to the world in an ‘apocalyptic’ form which in Biblical times makes it ‘outwardly visible’.

We are currently seeing Biblical signs of birth in the world, so we should hope for revival, awakening, and the outpouring of God’s Spirit. Many believe something special is promised, and birth is a blessing to God’s people, but birth is always difficult. There is danger involved and an escape must always be made.

The struggle of birth and repentance is like war, and it requires our full attention. A nuclear war will be an unprecedented challenge, an apocalyptic call from God to all the world — repent for the day of the Lord is near.

Signs of Birth

Be alert to the signs of birth. We have recently seen the Revelation 12 sign in the sky. Jesus was born with a sign in the sky which the wise men followed to Bethlehem. The Church was born on the day of Pentecost with “wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapour of smoke…” — Acts 2v19. The appearance of the Revelation 12 sign in 2017 is believed to be a seven year sign of the end times birth.

This is the first time in nearly 6000 years that the sun, moon and planets have aligned to perfectly resemble God's sign of birth. The feast of Trumpets is God’s call to repentance. The 23rd of September 2017 was Shabbat Shuva in Israel, the Jewish day of repentance.

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It is understood to be an approximate seven year sign for the end times birth based on Joseph's dreams (Gen 37v9) and the seven year famine in Egypt. Confirmation is found in several other Scriptures, such as the sign of Immanuel (Isaiah 7v14-17) which was specifically a sign of God's help during a time of war. The Revelation 12 sign points to approximately the latter part of 2024, or around that time.

More information on seven year signs, one year or 9 month signs and also third month, 50 day or 40 day signs.

Important Lived Testimonies

The prophetic patterns of the Bible reveal Jesus typologically, that is symbolically or by example. Revealing Jesus also reveals our spiritual journey of salvation, because we follow Jesus. The end times journey will consist of another pattern of symbolically meaningful events that will reveal Jesus in a way that is outwardly visible or apocalyptic.

The hermeneutic or system of interpretation is based on Revelation 19v10b: “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Similar references include Revelation 1v1-2 and 1 John 5v6-12.

The examples below all reveal the lived testimony of Jesus:

— Moses
— Noah
— The Greek period in Daniel 11v3-35
— The Final Generation in Daniel 11v36-12v3
Preparing for the end times birth
— Modern Israel
— Two Witnesses: flesh and spirit
— The Seven Step Testimony
— Two Witnesses of God
— Creation Testimony

The Testimony of Moses

Moses was a prophet just like Jesus (Deut 18v18). His life foreshadowed the life of Jesus. As a baby Moses escaped Pharaoh and a similar slaughter of the innocent. They put Moses in a little basket called an ‘ark’, (Exodus 2v3). The same Hebrew word ‘tebah’ is used for Noah’s Ark.

This pattern spans 80 years while the Israelites were in Egypt until the Exodus which reveals the moment of the cross. Jesus is the lamb of God and his sacrificial death was foreshadowed at the time of the Exodus when the Israelites killed the Passover lambs and put the blood on their door posts to shield them from the angle of death so that they could go home to the promised land.

This pattern reveals the whole life of Jesus, and when prophecy reveals Jesus we know it is true. The slaughters of the innocent that baby Moses and baby Jesus escaped were a relatively small scale events symbolic for acts of repentance. However the imagery of baby Moses in an ark shows that this moment of birth can happen on a global scale when we look at Noah’s story.

The Testimony of Noah

Birth & Escape:
Noah’s Flood was also a moment of birth on a global scale. It’s called a ‘baptism’ in 1 Peter 3v21, and was a new beginning for the world. But floods often relate to war in Scripture. The global nature of Noah’s flood relates spiritually to the cleansing and forgiveness of sin that is available to all people through faith in Jesus which involves the war of repentance. But apocalyptically floods can also describe real war.

The sign of the rainbow in Hebrew is a “war bow”, and it was given as a reminder of God’s covenant promise that he won’t destroy the whole world in a flood again. However the war in Revelation 6, 8 & 9 will destroy one third of the world.

As the flood receded the dove brought back the olive leaf in a way that resembles God’s spirit and God’s peace and the covenant with ‘all flesh’ in Genesis 9 relates to Pentecost, the birth of the church when God poured out his Spirit on ‘all flesh’, (Acts 2v17). It is interesting to observe that the flood mirrors Pentecost in the Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies.

Life & Ministry:
After the flood Noah was told to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth, which resembles the life and ministry of Jesus. Nimrod ruled the world during those days and of course Jesus lived during the time of the Roman Empire. We usually see a world government of some sort as can be seen in the central colum of the Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies. Persecution is also normal, but the gospel bears fruit.

Prophetic patterns are always life long. Some are 40 years, some are 70 years, Moses had 80 years until the Exodus. They span to the third and fourth generation and that’s what we see here in Noah’s case. There were four generations from Shem’s son Alphaxad born just after the flood until Peleg in who’s time the earth was divided — the tower of Babel. Jesus simply says, “this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.” — Mat 24v34.

We won’t know how long the journey will be for the final generation, but today we are approaching the birth, and unlike death, birth is something we do see coming.

Death & Resurrection:
The nations were scattered from the tower of Babel at the end of this pattern. The theme of scattering and gathering relates to death and resurrection. For example, as the patriarchs died they were ‘gathered to their people’. When Jesus was arrested the disciples were scattered from the garden of Gethsemane, (momentarily). The destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 AD was a greater scattering and an abomination that caused desolation, an endpoint for the Jewish nation. When Jesus returns at the end of the age he will ‘gather’ the elect from the four winds of heaven. Looking at the Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies we see these all appear in the right hand column of the diagram as moments of death and resurrection.

Now we are seeing signs of birth again. The Revelation 12 sign of 2017 is believed to be a seven year sign, and the rainbow is appearing everywhere too. Noah’s flood happened because of “hamas” the Hebrew word for violence in Genesis 6 vs 11 & 13. I have a vision and an understanding to share. Jesus spoke about wars and rumours of war and we don’t need fear them, so now that a real King Herod conflict appears to be coming in the world — world war three.

I am urging people to take action as Noah did before the flood, and Joseph did before the famine. We have a special opportunity to serve and the things that we do to help people will bring glory to God for the advancement of the gospel afterwards. But to test this prophecy and to plan and prepare for the end times birth it is important to know the timing. For this, the Daniel 11 prophecy is key.

Two Testimonies in Daniel 11

The prophecy in Daniel 11 describes the end times birth in most detail and will be of key importance as we want to understand the timing and circumstances of the birth. Daniel 11 has the patterns of two lived testimonies:
The first pattern was during the Greek period as the last prophetic testimony of the Old Testament, hense named ‘The Last Old Testimony’.
The second pattern is yet to come and will be for the final generation at the end of the age leading up to the second coming of Jesus.

It is important to study patterns of two ‘lived testimonies’ because, “Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.” — 2 Corinthians 13v1. The word ‘witness’ is the same as ‘testimony’ in the Greek. In Daniel 11 the first pattern spans verses 3-35, the second is 11v36-12v3.

Daniel 11 Part 1:

Alexander the Great conquered a third of the known world with great speed like a flood. Alexander the Great is somewhat like King Herod the Great. For example, in both cases when they died their kingdoms were divided into four parts:

• Alexander’s kingdom was divided between his four generals (Dan 11v4).

• In Herod’s case the Roman Tetrarchy was formed.

• At the birth of creation four rivers flowed out of Eden.

• When Hitler died Europe was divided between four nations: the Americans, British, French and Russia. Then the modern nation of Israel was born.

• The birth of the final generation will involve the nuclear war of Daniel 11v44, and the four horses of the apocalypse. There are many more examples at times of birth.

The end of this pattern was an event in about 167 B.C. known as the abomination that causes desolation. A nasty Selucid King, Antiochus IV Epiphanes sacrificed pigs on the altar in the temple and persecuted the Jews very severely. Jesus spoke about this event in Matthew 24. Antiochus is understood to foreshadow the final antichrist.

This first pattern provides context for the second pattern which speaks directly to the final generation.

Modern Israel is also seen as the first of two testimonies, or the two witnesses of the end times. In similar patterns of two testimonies yet to be considered the end of the first testimony intersects with the birth of the second. The penultimate generation is currently passing away as the final generation is being born. The concern here for the modern nation of Israel is that their 75 year pattern appears to be nearing an endpoint and an abomination is expected. However this leads on to a greater blessing and a time of repentance and revival as the send testimony begins: Part 2.

Daniel 11 — Part 2

This will be the life long pattern of the final generation.

A powerful king is described in verse 36 in terms that parallel Alexander the Great from verse 3 — a King who will “do according to his will.” The same Hebrew phrase also appears again in 36 where an end times king comes into view. I believe verses 36-39 describes the final King Herod figure, and then the war is described in verses 40 to 44 that concludes with a ‘King Herod’ moment of destruction.

Many others speculate that this boastful self exalting character is the final antichrist, but as we observe the birth — life — death structure of a ‘lived testimony’ we should note that this man appears at the time of birth in parallel to Alexander the Great and King Herod the Great. Therefore he only prefigures the final Antichrist. The actual Antichrist won’t come until the end of the final generation, and the final time of trouble in Daniel 12v1, just prior to the second coming of Jesus.

On a personal note, in 2015 I had a powerful life changing vision in which I recognised the character in Daniel 11v36-39 as Donald Trump. I call him ‘the King Herod’ figure of the final generation and I expect he will return to office just before the great destruction described in verse 44 — nuclear war.

To test this prophecy we need to watch for a fulfilment of verses 40-43, a major war that will spread through many countries in the Middle East at the time of the end. I have spent the last three years working full time to meet ministers, pastors and Bible believing Christian leaders from many churches to share this message. Daniel 11v36-44 is the key passage to look at as we test this prophecy to determine if we really do need to prepare for a nuclear war. The reference is printed on the back of the Cross2Victory.com business card as shown below.

For more than 25 years it has been my firm expectation that we will see an American war in the Middle East, with Iran as the main opponent. The Iranian nuclear program is a serious threat. I believe the war has begun. The Middle East phase began with a terrible attack on Israel by Hamas on 7th October 2023. America is getting involved as expected.

The significance of the timing is that the war has begun as expected about a year before the seventh anniversary of the Revelation 12 sign of 2017 which points to a climax of war in about the latter part of 2024, or around that time. The Daniel 11 war is expected to take about a year or 9 months to move through the Middle East until the climax, which occurs in verse 44:

“But news from the east and the north shall alarm him, and he shall go out with great fury to destroy and devote many to destruction.” — Daniel 11v44

When Jesus was a baby the circumstances of verse 44 were seen when the wise men brought reports from the east and the north that alarmed King Herod, and he set out in a great rage to destroy and annihilate many. Thankfully Jesus escaped the slaughter of the innocent as did Moses in his little ark, and Noah in his bigger ark, etc. Therefore the end times generation of God’s children will be blessed to escape the dragon of nuclear war if we are ready for action to do everything we can with God’s help to care for each other, and as many people as possible.

Bethlehem for the End Times Birth

We urgently need to prepare for this war. By God’s grace, with his help we will be able to set up an ark for the flood, or a ‘Bethlehem’ for the end times birth. The name ‘Bethlehem’ means “house of bread” in the Hebrew. We need to prepare food for the famine that will follow a nuclear war.

The spiritual birth depends on spiritual bread which is the word of God. Jesus is the bread of life John 6v35. His word sustains us. “Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.” — Jeremiah 15v16 ESV. The word of God will be in high demand during the nuclear winter along with food for the body.

God will help us to prepare for war when we recognise the need to move to safe locations with the necessary supplies. For many this will come at quite short notice, perhaps with an approximate seven week warning event (to be discussed.) Our success will be God’s miracle because he promises his family success at the vulnerable time of birth when King Herod (Trump) is angry, and when the dragon of nuclear war is on the loose.

We are being called out of Egypt and back to the land. In many cases a farm with a good variety of animals will be the best place to weather the storm of WW3. It is fascinating to observe the nativity scene theme at times of birth. Flocks and herds are part of God’s blessings of birth in the examples listed in both the slide above and the slide below.

We will be the voice in the wilderness after this war and many Christians will decide to accept a more traditional lifestyle of holiness. But it’s a bit premature to discuss at this point. Right now we need to focus on taking safe delivery of God’s children as we see the end times birth approaching and the dragon of nuclear war threatening. We urgently need to prepare places of refuge for God’s people, and aid for as many people as possible.

At Biblical moments of birth our blessings overflow. As we prepare for the coming war we should work for the greater good wherever possible. The good that we are able to do to care for the wider community will open the hearts of many non-Christians to receive the gospel of Jesus. Therefore encourage a coordinated Christian effort to prepare for as many people as possible. Do everything that you can so that many lives may be saved.

Afterward

Birth is a fearful moment. It is physically intense and requires our full attention. But by God’s grace he gives us success, and then, when the child is born, we celebrate. Biblical moments of birth are much the same. Joel says,

“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved;” — Joel 2v28-32

TWO ENCOUNTERS WITH THE DRAGON

There are always two encounters with the dragon when prophecy reveals Jesus in the form of a ‘lived testimony’. Divine intervention takes place both at moments of birth when we are blessed to escape the power of the enemy (repentance), and again at moments of death when we are blessed to meet our Lord and Saviour in person at the resurrection.

The first encounter with the dragon is with a ‘forerunner’ to the antichrist. Those who respond appropriately turn to God and act in repentance. As Jesus had a forerunner, John the baptist, so does the antichrist. King Herod was pictured in Revelation 12 as the dragon. Rather, he was a forerunner figure as Jesus escaped that time. Through repentance we are blessed to be able to escape the dragon’s power. Prophecy gives a physical manifestation of the spiritual journey.

If the encounter with the dragon proves to be a moment of birth we are blessed to escape, and have opportunity to give glory to God, and serve him as Lord and Saviour. In Revelation 12 both the woman and her child escaped the dragon. This is a symbolic picture of repentance:

Revelation 12vs 5-6, 10 and 14
“She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.” — verse 5-6.

“And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down…” — verse 10

“But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.” — verse 14.

As we come through this terrible war the end times birth will be like Pentecost, the birth of the early church when God poured out his spirit on all flesh. Those who are living for the Kingdom of heaven will praise God. The physical action of escaping the destruction of nuclear war is only symbolic. Sadly not everyone will come to genuine repentance. Many people will curse God and they will not repent (Rev 9v20-21). However believers will repent of the sinful idolatrous lifestyle by acting not just physically but also in spirit and truth.

“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.” — Joel 2v28 NIV.

A powerful ministry is set to begin. We will reach out to all the people of the world with the gospel message during the life long journey of the final generation. The central column of the ‘Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies’ pictured earlier above is the life and ministry in this world. World governments are listed such as Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and the final Beast that is coming and will rise from the ashes of this war. God lets the wheat and the weeds grow together until the end.

The end brings another encounter with the dragon, which is sin and death. This encounter is greater and even more feared, but thankfully, when that time comes the victory of God’s people will be revealed — at the resurrection. The diagram below focuses on the end of the testimony, moments of death.

At the end of the journey there is a moment of the cross. Just as Jesus suffered and died, so must we. We are called to take up our cross daily, but when the appointed time comes which only God knows the timing of, there is a final battle. Not everyone will die a physical death, but we will all experience the final crisis in one way or another. Daniel calls it “a great distress” — Daniel 12v1. Elsewhere it is called, “the great tribulation,” “armageddon,” “Gog and Magog”, “Jacob’s trouble.”

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” — Hebrews 9v27-28 ESV.

In Christ we are victorious. Death is followed by the resurrection, and those who have put their hope in Jesus and followed him will be with him forever in the new creation.

NOT THE END — PREPARE for BIRTH

However today the signs are not pointing to the end. If people were talking “peace and safety” we would have more reason to expect the end (1 Thess 5v3), but we are currently approaching a time of military conflict and nations are preparing for war. This means there is opportunity for repentance. Jesus spoke about times of war saying, “See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.” — Mat 24v6. And he called it “the beginning of birth pains” — Mat 24v8.

If we pay attention to the signs and seek God’s wisdom we will be like the men of Issachar, “who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.” — 1Chronicles 12v32.

Birth is a vulnerable moment. Nuclear war will be like a ‘slaughter of the infants’. We need to prepare for a Biblical moment of birth, the ‘beginning of birth pains’, and one more ‘lived testimony’ for the coming generation. For the survivors a powerful ministry lies ahead, therefore we urgently need to prepare so that we may care for all God’s family and as many people. We must prepare for the end times birth.

Work with the Government

As we see the buildup to WW3 we should work with the Government to help as many people as possible. At times of birth our blessings over flow. God does miracles for his people and the good that we will be able to do for others will open the door of their hearts to the gospel.

There are some good Biblical examples of God’s people working to with secular governments at times of birth (refer to the Chiasm of Biblcal Testimonies for times of birth). The image below outlines the most notable examples:

Notice how in all of the examples listed above God’s people were living among gentile people when the time came to move back to the land. In many cases it is out of fear that the secular authorities are suddenly eager to help the Israelites leave with all their possessions and in addition to the many gifts that are given at these times. In our time the fear of nuclear war would definitely trigger this kind of response, especially in the last few months and weeks just prior to the moment when the button is pushed.

Perhaps the most heart warming example of gentile people in cooperation with God’s people is the birth of Jesus himself when the Magi (sometimes called ‘the three kings’) made the effort to bring gifts to God’s family. The miracles of the end times birth will be for the purpose of helping others, which is what the church is well known for doing in times of need, and God promises us a lot of success.

Therefore I’m urging Christian leaders to be ready for action, to mobilise their people to do everything possible to care for as many people as possible as we see world war three approaching. The good things we are able to do will serve to advance the gospel. There will be a great revival when God pours out his Spirit in the last days. Many are looking forward to the promised latter rain.

“So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” — Galatians 6v10.

Timing of Birth

Birth happens on time, more or less. It’s not like the end. Death can happen at any time, even a time that we don’t expect. However when there is a baby coming everyone knows. A woman will even calculate her due date and her estimate is usually pretty close. The end times birth is similar. We have signs of birth.

We have spectacular seven year signs, one year signs, and next we can expect to see some seven week signs, or ‘Third month / 50 day / 40 day signs’. These are approximate because even birth is slightly unpredictable. The exact time remains unknown just as the Feast of Trumpets is also called, ‘the day no-one knows’. I’ve written about these below, and also on a separate page, Seven Year Warning.

SEVEN YEAR SIGNs

At Biblical moments of birth God sometimes gives a seven year announcement. Examples are listed in the picture below. We have seen many seven year signs of the end times birth:

The most important sign of the end times birth is the Revelation 12 sign of 23rd September 2017. This is understood to be an approximate seven year sign. Therefore we need to be highly alert to the possibility of nuclear war in the latter part of 2024 or around that time.

The Blood Moons also known as The Eclipse Reversal has already proven to be a true seven year sign. The Eclipse Reversal pattern focused on 5th January 2015 and seven years later, January 2022 Putin came out against Ukraine, surrounded the country, and the war began in February.

Many numerical signs point to the rise of Donald Trump. These are explored on the 777 Signs page. More signs are listed in the SIGNS MENU, and in the footer.

ONE YEAR SIGNs

At Biblical moments of birth God often gives a one year announcement. The diagram below lists some of them.

Perhaps the most significant one year announcement was given to Abraham, “The Lord said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” — Genesis 18v10. Sarah laughed because they were old. It was hard to believe.

Now however the story of Abraham has extra relevance to us. The reasons are laid out on this page: Abram born 1948 AM, and called 2023 AM. I have also explained a bit further down on this page under the heading, “Modern Israel”.

In short, Abram was born in the Jewish year 1948 which parallels the birth of the modern nation of Israel in 1948 AD. The Abram was called when he was 75 years old which happened to be the Jewish year 2023 AM. The Modern nation of Israel turned 75 years old in 2023 and the war began right on time when Hamas attacked Israel just two weeks after the sixth anniversary of the Revelation 12 sign of 2017.

Therefore we have a potential one year warning. “This time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son” —Gen 18v10 parallels the end times birth. Indeed, nuclear war is looking more and more likely for the latter part of 2024, or around that time.

THIRD MONTH / 50 DAY / 40 DAY SIGNS

At Biblical moments of birth God sometimes gives an approximate seven week warning. The diagram below lists a few of them.

We haven’t seen this sign yet so we can only speculate on what it may turn out to be, but whatever it is I expect it will trigger the exodus of Christians from cities all over the world shortly before a full scale nuclear war.

Because of the powerful life changing vision that I had in 2015 I believe Trump’s return to office will be part of this sign. I call Trump ‘the King Herod figure’ of the end times birth. I am watching for the circumstances described in Daniel 11v43-44 and I speculate that perhaps North Korean and Iranian nuclear attacks on America and Israel might trigger presidential succession. That is, if Biden and Harris are incapacitated Trump could suddenly be made president via Mike Johnson’s position as the Speaker of the House. The house speaker is second in line to the office. Mike Johnson is one of Trumps strongest supporters and if he survived this feared attack on America he would no doubt stand aside in favour of Trump with the full support of house republicans. One way or another Trump would suddenly become the commander in chief again.

If Trump returned to office in dangerous circumstances such as these everyone would recognise the imminence of a full scale nuclear war of the kind that would release the four horses of the apocalypse and the trumpets of wrath described in Revelation 6, 8 & 9. China and Russia would be the greatest threat.

“But reports from the east and the north will alarm him and he will set out in a great rage to destroy an annihilate many.” — Daniel 11v44.

This is the ‘King Herod’ moment for the birth of the final generation. A second coming of Trump to office just before a full scale nuclear war would be symbolic. It would resemble the second coming of Jesus, with fire from heaven. Thankfully God’s children are blessed to be able to escape the dragon at Biblical moments of birth, just as Jesus escaped King Herod (Revelation 12). I call it ‘symbolic repentance’. The true meaning is spiritual. When we are born again we are called to repentance and those who respond are blessed by God’s grace, to be able to escape the power of sin and death.

When prophecy is fulfilled we see a physical manifestation of the spiritual testimony, the life long journey of faith that is revealed in Jesus, from birth. When it is time for prophecy to begin, moments of birth always come with clear signs, and these continue to intensify right up to the moment of birth.

After an approximate seven week warning prior to nuclear war the exodus of millions of people out of the cities would be a huge priority. I expect God will put it in our hearts to do whatever is needed. We have the opportunity to save many lives, by God’s grace, and both Christians and non-Christians will respond. That is a “mixed multitude”. However not everyone will take the threat of nuclear war seriously. Sadly many lives will be lost. Then the focus will shift to caring for the survivors.

Two Stage Exodus

Lot was warned prior to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah but he lingered. He tried to persuade his relatives to leave but they thought he was only joking. Lot’s example is quite difficult because he lost his wife and didn’t have a suitable community to shelter with while waiting for the calamity to pass, but some wisdom is revealed in his two stage exodus from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19v17-30).

First Lot ran to Zoar, a small town not so far away. In small towns outside of larger cities we will be able to help many people, especially if we work with the government. This is what I want to encourage many Christian leaders and churches to plan for in stage one.

However Lot didn’t feel safe to be in Zoar for too long. Small towns will become places of great distress following the nuclear war so it won’t be a good place for a family. Children and the elderly will need somewhere more secluded. Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he moved on to a cave in the mountains (Gen 19v30). If we prepare such places ahead of time we could call them ‘Bethlehems’ — stage two.

God’s appointed times are times for gathering together, so people should work with within communities of faith to prepare ‘Bethlehem’s or ‘houses of bread’ for the end times birth. These will be arks of safety. It will be in these places in the quietness and darkness that follows the storm that the dove will bring the olive leaf, just as for Noah after the flood. The dove represents God’s spirit who brings peace with God.

Bethlehem means ‘house of bread’. It also means, ‘house of war’. The Hebrew words for bread and war share the same root. When we enter the spiritual ‘Bethlehem’ to be ‘born again’, the word of God comes as the ‘bread’ of life, and it begins the ‘war’ of repentance. As we study God’s word together in God given arks of safety during the flood of WW3 we will be nourished with God’s wisdom and will enjoy a great awakening. We will understand that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, and by acting together in apocalyptic repentance we will be beginning the ultimate journey of prophecy.

The Countdown

Observe the one year or 9 month countdown that Abram was given leading up to the birth of Isaac, (Genesis 18v10). Sarah laughed at first, but then the countdown began. ‘What if there are 50 righteous people? What if there are only 45? 40? 30? 20? 10?’ until Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. In our case the countdown is expected to come from the events of Daniel 11v40-44 when we see an American war moving through the Middle East. The countdown is expected as we approach the time of the seventh anniversary of the Revelation 12 sign of 2017.

As we see the birth coming we must pray earnestly for God’s wisdom, protection, and the guidance of his Spirit. We will need God’s help as we work together to prepare for world war three so that we will be able to care for all God’s people, and as many people as possible.

Modern Israel

The birth of the modern nation of Israel was similar to the birth of Jesus. Hitler was like King Herod and the holocaust was like the slaughter of the innocent. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, and we have two testimonies, or two witnesses in prophecy. Before we consider the two witnesses it is worth noting that the life of Abraham also corresponds to the history of Modern Israel.

The birth of Abraham appears parallel to the birth of modern Israel in Biblical chronology. Abram was born in the Jewish year 1948 AM. That’s ‘Anno Mundi’ or the year of the world which is counted from the creation of Adam fowards. (The BC system counts backwards.)

The years AM (Anno Mundi) are provided in Genesis 5 and 11 when adding from father to son, that is the age of each father when his first son was born. There were 20 generations from Adam to Abram and when added up Abram was born 1948 years after Adam was created. (Don’t refer to Bishop Usher’s work, he changed Terah’s age in Genesis 11v26 from 70 to 130 in his calculation, and gives a different date.) The birth of Abram in 1948 AM is remarkable because the Modern nation of Israel was reborn in 1948 AD.

Then Abram was 75 years old in Genesis 12v4 when God called him. The call of Abram was in the Jewish year 2023 AM. His journey began in the year 2023 AM. This is a powerful sign that an end times journey is coming.

During the last three years of the Cross2Victory mission I’ve been showing people this sign to alert people to the potential urgency of the hour if the events of Daniel 11 are to occur as expected. More Information: Abram born 1948, called 2023.

The call of Abram in 2023 needs to be seen within the context of the chiasm of events that spans ten chapters of Genesis, 12- 21. The call of Abram mirrors the birth of Isaac, and the focus of the chiasm is on the birth of Ishmael in Genesis 16. The struggle between Ishmael and Isaac or Hagar and Sarah relates to the struggle of repentance (Galatians 4 & 5). The ‘chiasm of birth pains’ relates to the end times birth as discussed here: ‘Abraham’s Prophecy.’

UPDATE:

Now that war has begun in the Middle East the call of Abram in 2023 AM is proving to be a true sign. We can be more certain that the end times birth is indeed coming, but we must continue testing the prophecy... War is expected to progress as described in the Daniel 11 prophecy mentioned earlier. For about nine months or year we can expect a countdown (Genesis 18v10 ff) leading up to the moment of birth. The seventh anniversary of the Revelation 12 sign of 2017 points to the latter part of 2024 or around that time for the climax of war, a full scale nuclear war.

Abram and Sarai were greatly blessed by God with Isaac’s birth. We are greatly blessed with spiritual new-birth and growing success in our struggle for repentance. Likewise we can trust God give us success during the struggle of the end times birth when the ultimate testimony begins for the final generation.

The Two Witnesses

“I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy…” — Revelation 11v3a

There is a lot of debate about the two witnesses of Revelation 11. Who are they? Are they literal or symbolic, or something else? There are a variety of views. Some churches teach that they represent Old Testament and New Testament believers. I see multiple levels and layers of truth, but I’m primarily interested in how the two witnesses relate as two ‘lived testimonies’.

The word ‘witness’ is the same as ‘testimony’ in the Greek. True prophets live out their prophecy, and a testimony continues life long. ‘Lived testimonies’ are often arranged one after the other as Elijah was followed by Elisha, or as Jesus was followed by the Early Church. Often there are varying degrees of overlap. Some occur almost side by side, in parallel. John the Baptist foreshadowed Jesus, preparing the way. We will consider the spiritual pattern, Jesus’ pattern, the end times pattern, and other typological patterns.

Fulfilled Spiritually

Those who are born again have two testimonies, or two witnesses; the old life before meeting Jesus, and then the new life in Christ. Both testimonies hold to the birth — life — death pattern of a ‘lived testimony’.

The initial focus of prophetic attention is the point where the old testimony meets the new for those who are ‘born again’ John 3v7. By God’s grace through faith in Jesus we are offered forgiveness of sin and a new beginning. Those who accept receive God's Spirit (the dove), and spiritual cleansing like a water baptism (the blue circle). Birth is always a great struggle (the cross) but if successful we are blessed to escape the power of the enemy, which is sin and death.

The escape that comes with new-birth does not destroy the enemy but achieves freedom from his power. The struggle is called repentance and is fought between flesh and spirit. By the power of God’s spirit we are able to overcome the desires of the flesh when we commit to following Jesus. We must put to death all rebellious fleshly desires and crucify the sinful nature. This involves great personal sacrifice, but by living by God’s spirit in obedience to him we may enjoy a fruitful and Godly life.

The struggle of repentance continues life long but in Christs strength we are increasingly given the power to overcome. A blessed and fruitful life is lived to bring glory to God. However a much greater battle is coming at the end of the journey, but we don’t fear it. Jesus will come with the ultimate victory when he raises the dead. Sin and death will be completely destroyed.

Fulfilled by Jesus

As a true prophet Jesus revealed the testimony of God most perfectly 2000 years ago. He gave us two witnesses, or two ‘lived testimonies’. John the Baptist foreshadowed his entire life of Jesus too, so in this case we have three ‘lived testimonies’. The diagram below illustrates the two witnesses of Jesus, firstly in the flesh, and secondly in the Spirit.

Jesus came in the flesh. This point is strongly emphasised, (John 1v14, 1 Timothy 3v16, 1 John 4v2-3, 2 John 1v7). On Pentecost Jesus sent the Spirit, Acts 2v17, John 14v15-29. The point of transition like conversion involved great sacrifice. Jesus was crucified. The spiritual moment of birth was truly apocalyptic as seen by the Church in Acts 2.

“And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; 20 the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” — Acts 2v19-21.

The first generation of the church multiplied and was very fruitful. The gospel advanced greatly. Then a kind of physical death brought an end to that typological pattern. The destruction of the Old Testament city and the temple by the Romans in 70 AD was the end of a testimony, and symbolically the end of the world.

Modern Israel and Final Generation

The final generation of the church will fulfill the whole prophetic pattern just as did the first generation of the Church, with a pattern of two ‘lived testimonies’. Prophecy is just like the gospel. It is first for the Jew, and then also the Greek. (Rom 1v16, 2v9-10, Acts 3v26.) Therefore the rebirth of modern Israel in 1948 was like the birth of Jesus. Hitler was like King Herod and the holocaust was a slaughter of the innocent.

The life of modern Israel has been blessed with much success and fruitfulness, but as with any testimony the end must eventually come, which is always a difficult moment. However if it brings a conversion a greater birth is promised, a spiritual awakening, and the latter rain. It is widely believed that Jewish believers will come to accept Jesus Christ through this time of trouble. Like Pentecost, this moment of death and re-birth will be frightening and apocalyptic, but it brings great blessing.

The war of Daniel 11v40-44 will spread through many countries. It will go through the ‘beautiful land’, or ‘glorious land’ which is modern Israel. I have had dreams and visions about this from my childhood years and have spent the last three years travelling full time to alert Christian leaders. We need to prepare for nuclear war. It is described in terms of a ‘King Herod’ moment of destruction in Daniel 11v44. God promises us an escape, because this war is God’s ultimate call for world to come to repentance before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes. For us this will be an opportunity to help many people, and to reveal Jesus. We must prepare.

The dividing wall of hostility between Jewish and gentile believers will be broken down, and together we will become one new man in Christ — again. Together, we will have a powerful testimony during the journey of the final generation.

We can’t know how long the journey of the last days generation will be, but we will be fruitful and multiply after WW3 as we work to share the gospel. The early Church had 40 years from Pentecost to 70 AD. Some patterns extend 70 or even 80 years, or to the third and fourth generation. God will give us time to complete the great commission in the post apocalyptic world because in Matthew 24 Jesus promises that the end is ‘not yet’ (verse 6). This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. (Mat 24v34).

The End

The greater battle comes at the end, first for the Jew, then for the Greek in the pattern of two witnesses. There are two ends to consider as shown in the diagram. For Israel WW3 will be like the end, but they will ‘give birth to wind’, and God’s wrath will pass over, (Isaiah 26v18-20). Jesus will pour out the spirit once more. There will be one more ‘lived testimony’ for a future generation, and only after that will the end will come, the great and terrible Day of the Lord.

The end of a testimony may be called ‘the abomination that causes desolation’, or armageddon, or even the battle of Gog and Magog. This involves blood. It is always the most difficult part of a testimony. The word testimony or witness also means martyr. There is an antichrist moment to overcome, a persecution. Before the glories comes the sufferings. We are all destined to die once, and judgement begins with the household of God, (1 Peter 4v17). The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy, so we follow him even to the moment of the cross, and in him we are victorious. Therefore we don’t fear the second death.

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun be will turned to darkness, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” — Matthew 24v29-30.

Fulfilled by Moses

The two witnesses are seen many times in Old Testament Bible prophecy typologically. Moses is a good example to start with because he was a prophet just like Jesus (Deut 18v18). Note: The green / blue colour theme is based on the Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies chart.

BIRTH: The birth of Moses was like the birth of Jesus, escaping a slaughter of the innocent. The miracle of birth foreshadows the greater victory to come.
LIFE: Moses had 80 years while the Israelites were slaves in Egypt. Their slavery represents our bondage to sin prior to being saved.
DEATH / NEW-BIRTH: At the exodus the Israelites were set free from their Egyptian bondage. Jesus was revealed as the Passover lamb. The blood on the door posts protected the Israelites from the angel of death, and passing through the sea represents death and resurrection to the first testimony, or birth and baptism (1 Cor 10v2) to the second testimony. Mount Sinai parallels Pentecost in a number of important ways worthy of further discussion. According to the pattern world war three will come like a Mount Sinai moment as shown in the diagram below.
NEW-LIFE: The journey to the promised land was 40 years, or until the generation of men 20 years of age upwards had passed away. This is very similar to Jesus’ statement: “This generation shall certainly not pass away until all these things are fulfilled.” — Matthew 24v34. God travelled with them. His presence was made manifest in the ark of the testimony, and the tabernacle.
SECOND DEATH: Crossing the Jordan River represents death and resurrection. It also represents another birth for the next testimony but Moses had already fulfilled the whole pattern of prophecy and 120 years is the maximum human lifespan. No flesh may enter the new creation without being changed, so Moses needed to die before the Israelites entered the promised land.

Fulfilled by Noah

In Noah’s time prophecy spanned four generations. The pattern of four generations was given formally to Abram in the covenant of Genesis 15v16 as mentioned in the chart above. By counting the generations from Abram until the Exodus we actually see two lived testimonies that spanned eight generations. The same occurred in Noah’s time, and now it’s happening again.

Today a human life can last to the fourth generation if we live to see our great grandchildren. Today the most elderly generation lived through world war two and saw the birth of modern Israel. Now they have their great grandchildren. Therefore we can expect the next pattern to begin. World war three will be like the exodus through the sea to Mount Sinai, or in this case like Noah’s Flood.

Four generations before the flood:
Enoch who was regarded as a prophet was taken, much like the child in Revelation 12 who escaped the dragon. The four generations to the flood were Enoch (1), Methuselah (2), Lamech (3) and Noah (4) Genesis 5v21-32. Shem went through the flood with Noah.

Noah’s flood was like the end of the world as it relates to the flesh, and the first testimony. But from the point of view of the spiritual testimony the flood relates to birth, baptism, and the new beginning that we have in Christ. The imagery of the dove bringing back the olive leave, the covenant with all flesh relates to Pentecost and the outpouring of God’s Spirit as mentioned earlier. The destruction caused by the flood relates to the struggle of repentance and baptism in which the sinful nature must be put to death so that we may truly live as part of the new creation.

Four generations after the flood:
Alphaxad was born two years after the flood as the second testimony began. Alphaxad (1), Selah(2), Eber (3), Peleg (4). In Peleg’s time the earth was divided, (Genesis 10v21-24, 11v10-16). The nations were scattered from the Tower of Babel without any further warning.

Scattering and gathering is a theme that relates to death and resurrection as can be seen in the right hand column of the Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies diagram below. As the Patriarchs died they were “gathered to their people,” a much repeated phrase. When Jesus died the disciples were ‘scattered’ from the garden of Gethsemane. The events of 70AD caused a great scattering too. When Jesus returns at the end of the age he will ‘gather’ the elect from the four winds of heaven.

The 24 Elders

The Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies diagram below has been modified to show examples of two witnesses, or two ‘lived testimonies’. In many cases the two witnesses follow each other sequentially, one after the other as Elijah was followed by Elisha, or as Jesus was followed by the Early Church. The diagram below is still a work in progress, but the picture that emerges is like that of Revelation 4 with a rainbow around the throne of God, 4 living creatures and 24 elders.

“and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.” — Revelation 4v3-4 (ESV)

The throne of God or the Kingdom of God is represented by the Kingdom of Israel at the centre of the chiasm. The division of Biblical history into 12 or 24 testimonies is illustrated below. It is a work in progress. Thoughts on how to best identify the remaining sets of two witnesses are welcome. (cross2victory@gmail.com).

When each testimony is divided to form two witnesses we get 24 elders around the throne of God.

The Seven Step Testimony

The significance of this pattern comes clear when we observe the movements of God’s people into and out of the land, movements that mirror across the chiasm of world history. A ‘lived testimony’ is revealed with seven steps giving us a more detailed picture of the journey of salvation:

THE SEVEN STEP TESTIMONY

1. Original sin will be mirrored by world war three. We find ourselves in trouble and outside of the garden of Eden. Fallen and broken, we cry out to God for help.

2. We see Jesus and he washes us clean (by his blood) like Noah’s flood. It is a birth / baptism moment, and a new beginning for the world. We are delivered and forgiven.

3. Having met Jesus he calls us to follow him. Abram came out of Babylon to God’s place, to God’s land. Ezra did the same. This is similar to “Out of Egypt I called my son.” Through repentance we establish a right relationship with God. The question of marriage was an important matter that both Abraham and Ezra needed to get right.

4. Having established a good relationship with God he sends us back out to the world to shine the light of the gospel in Egypt or Babylon. We told to be fruitful and multiply which we do by evangelism, sharing the gospel message and bringing more people to know Jesus.

5. As life goes on we reach old age, like the wilderness years, but God continues to provide for us even more intimately. We must wait for the generation to pass away before we reach the promised land. During the Assyrian time there were only two tribes left when Nebuchadnezzar came and destroyed the first temple. This is death.

6. Kings and judges relates to death and judgement. Jesus died as ‘King of the Jews’, and he took our judgement. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, …” — Hebrews 9v27-28a (KJV).

7. “and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” — Hebrews 9v28b (KJV). The Kingdom of Israel represents the new creation.
   
   Jesus revealed the journey of salvation in his own life, and now he is with us as we follow him. Jesus is the cornerstone, the keystone, and the capstone as shown in the diagram below.

Genesis 1 — Creation Prophecy

Bible prophecy begins in Genesis 1 where the creation account foretells each new chapter of salvation history. God’s work on each new day of creation connects directly with the imagery used to describe each major biblical moment of birth when a new journey began. The rainbow gives perfect colour co-ordination, but from the perspective of the creation account the colours needed to be arranged in the opposite order to that of the previous charts.

The 6 day creation account confirms the Chiasm of Biblical Testimonies is accurate by introducing the theme for each new major revelation of Jesus. The structure of biblical history and progressive revelation was planned in the beginning. The pattern relates to our spiritual journey, revealing six chapters of life experienced during our personal journey of faith in this world. It also appears to foretell the apocalyptic journey of the final generation which is described on the next chart.

In the Beginning God: (Violet)
The alpha and omega, the first and the last, and for many churches it is the liturgical colour of Advent and Lent.
Genesis 1: “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” — Gen 1v2

Day 1: Indigo (The early morning sunrise colour.)
Genesis 1: God created light and separated the light from the darkness.
Prophesying Adam & Eve who are to be mirrored by the Final Generation
Adam and Eve sinned. Good and evil is like light and darkness.
God declares the end from the beginning. Nuclear war will bring a curse, the pollution will be like the curse of original sin, not the end but the birth of the end times. We will understand that we are broken.
Step 1 of 7 — We are born in sin (Psalm 51v5).

Day 2: Blue
Genesis 1: God created the heavens separating the waters above from the waters below.
Prophesying Noah’s Flood which mirrors Jesus & the Church
Like Noah’s Flood, a baptism (1 Peter 3v21).
Jesus came down from above and washed the world clean.
The church was born, a baptism in the holy Spirit.
Step 2 of 7 — Forgiveness.

Day 3: Green
Genesis 1: God created dry land, and vegetation, especially seed bearing plants, and fruit with seed. Emphasis on seed.
Prophesying the call of Abram which mirrors the return of Ezra, both coming out of Babylon.
Abram and Ezra moved to the land to be fruitful. It is through the seed of Abraham that the promises come.
Ezra returned with Zerubbabel. The name Zerubbabel means, ‘sown from Babylon’. The seed re-established in the land.
Step 3 of 7 — By acting in faith through repentance we become fruitful.

Day 4: Yellow
Genesis 1: God created the sun, the moon and the stars.
Prophesying Israel in Egypt which mirrors Israel in Babylon.
When Israel went down to Egypt, the sun, the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to Joseph for he saved them from the famine. In Egypt they multiplied greatly from 70 to about two million, to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, a picture of evangelism.
Jeremiah 31 is filled with birth imagery, and God’s covenant will endure for as long as the sun, the moon and the stars (v35-36).
Step 4 of 7 — We multiply to become as numerous as the stars of the sky. (Evangelism).

Day 5: Orange
Genesis 1: God created the fish and the birds.
Prophesying the wilderness journey which mirrors the remnant during the Assyrian time.
The Exodus took Israel through the sea, and God said, “I bore you on Eagles wings and brought you to myself.” (Ex 19v4).
The Assyrians came like a flooding river, “it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and it’s outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.” — Isaiah 8v8. (Fish and birds).
Step 5 of 7 — Life is short, it flows on and flies away, (Old age).

Day 6: Red
Genesis 1: God created living creatures and mankind.
Prophesying the times of the Judges of Israel which mirrors the time of the Kings.
When Joshua entered the land the waters of the Jordan river stopped flowing and rose up in a heap “at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan” — Joshua 3v16. Jesus is the last Adam (1 Cor 15v45). Zarethan means ‘tribulation’. Jesus took our punishment so that we may cross over into the promised land. The remaining waters flowed on into the dead sea.
Kings and Judges relates to death and judgement.
Step 6 of 7 — Man’s number is six because we are mortal, we fall short. Because of sin we die.

Day 7: All the colours added together make white light. Or when printed on paper all the colours make black. White or black represents heaven or hell. The journey of life leads either to heaven or hell.
Genesis 1: God rested.
Prophesying the Kingdom of Israel, King David and Solomon were the pinnacle of the history of Israel. God commanded Israel to rest on the seventh day, and seventh year, and ultimately the seventh millennium.
The Kingdom of Israel is symbolic for the heavenly Kingdom of God, the new creation.
Step 7 of 7 — The journey of salvation is complete.

The Journey of the Final Generation

Prophecy is true on multiple levels. We have considered prophecy on the grand scale of Biblical history spanning 7000 years. Many look into the events of the final seven years. The chart below looks at what the pattern of prophecy reveals about a life long journey for the final generation.

Two Witnesses of God

God has two testimonies, or possibly three in himself, but is without sin. We are made in the image of God, according to the same pattern, and so Adam was the pattern of the one who was to come. (Romans 5v14).

In the Beginning

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.” — John 1v1-2 (ESV).

This is the divine nature of God. He has two witness in and of himself: Firstly God the Father or the LORD, YAHWEH, and secondly the word, Jesus Christ.

So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true…
… it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. 17 In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. 18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.” — John 8v13-18 (ESV).

Heaven and Earth

God’s character is reflected perfectly in his creation. The Bible begins having the two witness of heaven and earth in Genesis 1v1. Perhaps the water may present a third witnesses, if you are willing to accept it, being associated with the Spirit.

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” — Genesis 1v1-2

God himself testifies having two or three witnesses within the oneness of the Godhead.  Trinitarians by definition accept all three. The Jewish perspective of God being one and only one is incomplete until they meet Jesus.

“On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses the one who is to die shall be put to death; a person shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness.” — Deuteronomy 17v6 (ESV).
Everyone will have opportunity to be saved. The gospel will be preached in all creation (Mark 16v15).

God testifies having two or three witnesses within the oneness of the Godhead. This is most clearly stated in 1 John 5v6-8 (NKJ):
“This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.”

If we count two there are three within, or if we count three, they appear twice.

Two Witnesses in the End

God has two witnesses in creation: heaven and earth, and these will be destroyed and made new. In his word God also has two witnesses: his books, and the book of life.

“Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done”. — Revelation 20v11-12

Daniel also saw these books in his vision (Daniel 7v10).

Two books will be opened at the end of time when Jesus comes back to judge all people. The first book is not named so I suppose it will not be remembered. It will pass away with this world if it bears record of things done in the flesh, and like the flesh it will be destroyed. The second book is the book of life.

It is important to have our name written in the book of life.
“And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” — Revelation 20v15.

A new heaven and a new earth

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. — Revelation 21v1

These witnesses are in keeping with the eternal gospel about flesh and spirit, that we can only live in Christ, by his spirit. Our first life in the flesh will come to and end. Physically we will die and pass away from this world. To have life we need the new-birth, the spiritual birth.

This current earth is like flesh and will pass away. The first book of deeds will destroyed and remembered no more. To have citizenship in the new creation we must have our name written in the second book, the book of life. Good deeds done by God’s Spirit will endure for eternity in the new creation.

And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.” — Revelation 21v6

Moses’ example

Moses’ account gives us a prophecy about the final witness of heaven and earth when the end comes. The prophecy came at the end of his second lived testimony when the time was approaching for him to die.

After forty years in the wilderness God spoke to the Israelites through Moses:
26 “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed...
 29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul…
31  For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them. — Deuteronomy 4v26, 29 & 31.

At the end of Moses’ life, just before he died the Lord said to Moses,
“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life.” — Deuteronomy 30v19

God’s witness is both the first and the last in the history of the world. He is the alpha and omega, and he declares the end from the beginning.

The Final Battle — the blood

We will eventually meet God the Father, but only after we have fought the final battle and overcome. The final battle is called Armageddon, the battle of Gog and Magog, or the Abomination that causes desolation. It involves blood. This is death.

God himself bears witness to the final battle in the person of Jesus Christ by his death and resurrection. He fought the battle for us, on our behalf, but not so that we can go our own way. If we are in Christ we must take up our cross and follow him. We must fight with him firstly in repentance to put off the flesh, and secondly in the greater battle which involves blood, and comes at the end of our second testimony on the day of the Lord; death and resurrection.

“This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.” — 1 John 5v6-8 (NKJ).

The two testimonies of God are important to us given that we are made in his image. We must follow his example. The victory Jesus won at the cross pays for our success, but we are only truly redeemed if we follow. If we don’t follow him and fight as he did we are waisted, we are lost. To share the same testimony we must follow him in spirit and truth, by word and deed.

Two Revelation 12 Signs

Would God give us the same sign for birth of the first and last generations in history? It appears that he has, and it is in keeping with his character. The Revelation 12 sign of 2017 has only happened perfectly one other time in history: 5930 years earlier. This is exactly 70 years short of 6000 years.

For God a day is like a thousand years, and Adam was told that in the day he ate of it [the forbidden fruit] he would surely die. The chiastic pattern of history would suggest that as Adam lived 930 years himself, the remaining 70 years of his ‘millennial day’ would be the approximate period of the final generation.

The sign is discussed in more detail on the following pages:
Revelation 12 sign
Revelation 12 sign - a response to critics
Two Perfect Revelation 12 Signs

We don’t know the time of the end because death can come at any time, so we always need to be ready to meet Jesus. We don’t know when Jesus will return at the end of the age. However moments of birth are different. God gives us signs of birth. Naturally we always see a baby coming. A woman understands the signs and calculates her due date. Her prediction is usually pretty close. The sign of Revelation 12 is understood to be an approximate seven year sign of the end times birth. Therefore we need to prepare for the birth of the end times generation.

Bible Chronology Confirms the Signs

The most simple Bible chronology is likely to be the most accurate. The astronomy software (Stellarium) is extremely accurate too. Jewish historical books such as Jubilees teach that Adam and Eve had seven years in the garden of Eden before sin. The chronology below suggests salvation history began about seven years after the sign. What astonishing precision!

We have powerful reasons to take urgent action so that we may be able to care for each other as we see nuclear war approaching. It will be as serious as original sin and the ancient curse.

A more careful analysis of this chronology is here: 6000 years.

Please give this matter your full attention and alert as many people as you can. The signs are pointing to an end times birth in about the latter part of 2024, or around that time. God will do the miracles. We are his servants. If we pray for wisdom and ask his help he will put into our hearts whatever we need to do, and he will give us success so that the gospel may continue to advance.

Eclipse Reversal

The sign that first came to my attention was known as the Biblical Blood Moon Tetrad. When I looked into it, by God’s grace he lead me to discover the ‘Eclipse Reversal’ or ‘the sign of the dragon’ — Revelation 12v3. An astronomer at the University of Tasmania told me that it was a scientific discovery. Coming in 2015 just after my vision about Donald Trump it was astonishing, and a powerful confirmation of what God is doing. I tell the story at the bottom of this page: Vision

The phenomenon is a chiastic pattern involving all eclipses, and the focus of the chiasm is 5th January 2015, Epiphany Eve, the day that Christians traditionally remember the heavenly sign that the Magi followed to Bethlehem. All eclipses form symmetrical pairs like identical twins spaced at equal time intervals from the Tetrad of 2015. I studied the phenomenon myself because no one was able to explain it. By the end of 2015 I had scientific evidence that proved it was exactly what some Christians were saying it was: The Sign of the Dragon (Revelation 12v3).

The pattern is caused by the Inex eclipse cycle that has a perfect count of 777 draconic months in it’s cycle. I explain in more detail on the Eclipse Reversal page. The draconic month was named after the dragon in ancient times because whenever there was an eclipse people would say, ‘look, the dragon is taking a bite!’ The 777 draconic months suggests ‘GOD’s DRAGON’. Of course God made the dragon, Satan, so we can call him ‘God’s dragon’. God will destroy him at the final judgement.

The Inex cycle is named ‘In - ex’ because like king of the eclipse cycles it puts the most beautiful cycle, the Saros into order, marking the incoming and exiting, or birth and death of each series. This is very much like the character of God. He is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. The focus of this pattern being Epiphany Eve, and the 12th day of Christmas suggests the appearance of God’s dragon for the end times birth.

It confirmed my vision of Donald Trump as the ‘King Herod’ figure, and nuclear war coming with the birth of the end times generation. Another confirmation came in January 2022 when Putin surrounded Ukraine seven years after this sign. The war began in February.

The other seven year warning sign is the star alignment known as the Revelation 12 sign of 2017 which points to a slaughter of the innocent in the latter part of 2024, or around that time. With these two signs in mind we could possibly imagine the birth to be in 2022, and the King Herod moment of destruction to come a little later at about the age of two. (There are several ways of looking at it.) The famine in Egypt had been going for two years before the sun, the moon and the eleven stars (Joseph’s family) came to bow down (Genesis 45v6). It was a seven year famine.

Two or Three Witnesses

A third heavenly sign?

The two big heavenly signs of Revelation 12 that we have discussed, the Eclipse Reversal of 2015 and the Revelation 12 sign of 2017 are like two witnesses pointing to the end times birth. Whenever Jesus is revealed in Bible prophecy we find at least two witnesses. Paul said, “Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.” — 2 Corinthians 13v1.

This principle originates in the Old Testament: “One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established.” — Deuteronomy 19v15. (NKJ)

Is there a third heavenly sign of the end times birth? We don’t play with astrology or do divination for our own purposes, but God made the sun and the moon and the stars and said, “Let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years.” — Genesis 1v14. When God has a Biblical moment of birth planned he announces it from the heavens, (Psalm 19).

There could be a third heavenly sign of the end times birth. A remarkably beautiful alignment will happen on 11th September 2027 that looks similar to the Revelation 12 sign of 23rd September 2017. It could be an echo pattern, a confirmation. The differences and its timing are meaningful. If this sign is a true sign, (and that is up for debate), it would seem to testify to the success of the end times birth — if you are willing to accept it.

Meaningful differences between the alignments of 2017 and 2027:
— In 2027 the woman is no-longer pregnant. Her child has been “caught up to God and his throne” (Rev 12v5): Jupiter is in the crown, “to rule all the nations with a rod of iron.” When we are born again we are raised up in Christ and seated with him in heavenly places in Christ Jesus (Ephesisans 2v6). The first resurrection is a spiritual resurrection. Physically we continue in this world because we have a testimony and a ministry to fulfil, but spiritually “we are more than conquerors.” Romans 8v37. The end times birth will bring victory to God’s people in the work of the gospel. It will bring a great revival.
— The sun is also in the crown, a slightly higher position. He is risen.
— Mars, the red planet representing war is under her feet. The struggle of repentance is a war between flesh and spirit that takes place when we are born again. This indicates that repentance is achievable in Christ Jesus. In 2017 Mars was in the crown. Before repentance we are ruled by sinful passions. Through repentance we overcome the power of the dragon. There was a war in heaven and dragon was defeated. “The great dragon was thrown down” — Rev 12v7-9. WW3 will be a symbolic for the war of repentance.
— She is ‘clothed in Venus’; Jesus, the bright morning star covers our sin.
— Mercury is sometimes called the ‘messenger’ planet. We have a message to share.

Assuming this alignment will appear roughly three years after nuclear war, God says, “Afterwards I will pour out my Spirit …” (Joel 2v28). Perhaps in 2027 we will be receiving the latter rain, an outpouring similar to Pentecost. The first and the last generations of the church both have lived testimonies that reveal Jesus.

The end times birth will demonstrate the act of repentance symbolically or apocalyptically when millions of Christians around the world are blessed with the divine wisdom needed to escape the cities prior to their destruction by nuclear war. This will be similar to the way Jesus escaped King Herod as a baby. It was echoed for confirmation when Jesus went into the wilderness after his baptism, being tested by Satan and overcoming temptation. In Revelation 12 the woman escapes the dragon by fleeing into the wilderness.

I understand the woman in Revelation 12 to represent all God’s people of faith, Jewish and gentile believers together because the end times birth will be like Pentecost when we become one people, united in Christ. Her twelve star crown relates both to the twelve tribes of Israel and to the twelve apostles of the church. The child represents both Jesus and all God’s children. The Revelation 12 sign is for the family of God.

The 2027 alignment appears to testify to the success of the end times birth. “And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, “Now the salvation and power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down…” — Revelation 12v10

Third Historical Patterns

We can sometimes find a third witnesses in the historical patterns of salvation history — ‘if you are willing to accept it.’ John the Baptist is an example:
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light,” — John 1v6-7 (ESV).
“And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.  Whoever has ears, let them hear.” — Mattew 11v14-15. The first or third pattern in a triple testimony is often harder to make out, perhaps like the third member of a triple rainbow.

The pattern of John the Baptist is actually fairly clear and easy to accept. He had a miraculous birth and prepared the way for Jesus. He completed the same pattern of a lived testimony, and as the first witness he represents the flesh to Jesus in the flesh / spirit pattern. John said, “He must become greater; I must become less.” — John 3v30.

There are often numerous echo patterns within a lived testimony too. Jesus escaped King Herod as a baby, then as an adult his Baptism was another moment of birth, the spiritual birth. It was followed by another encounter with the dragon when he was tested in the wilderness. The third and greatest encounter with the dragon was at the cross.

In our modern time are considering how the two witnesses are appearing as modern Israel, born out of WW2, to be followed by a future final generation to be born out of WW3. If there are three end times witnesses consider the 1917 Balfor Declaration during WW1 which announced support of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. Zionism and Jewish immigration increased dramatically in the years following and leading up to the official rebirth of the nation in 1948.

The timing of the Balfour Declaration is interesting. It came 100 years before the declaration of Jerusalem as the Jewish capital in 2017. The Revelation 12 sign in 2017 also seems to be strongly paralleled by events in 1917 known as ‘the Miracle of the Sun’ which was seen by thousands of people in Fatima, Portugal. The miracle came with numerous Marian apparitions which again connects directly with the sign in Revelation 12 where the woman is recognised as both Mary and Israel, and even all God’s people (three layers of application each one increasing in scope). But many people less willing to accept these outlier patterns. As Jesus says, it’s ‘if you are willing to accept it.‘

An earlier pattern is evident in the life of Abraham when we read the extra-Biblical books of Jewish history. Jasher 8 describes the birth of Abram with a sign in heaven and then an escape from Nimrod in circumstances very similar to the birth of Jesus who was born with a sign in heaven and then escaped Herod and baby Moses who escaped Pharoah. As already mentioned, the birth year of Abram in 1948 AM parallels the birth of Modern Israel in 1948 AD. Again, the pattern is an outlier and only there for some, “if you are willing to accept it.” — Matthew 11v14.

These triple witness come at key focal points in history arranged fairly evenly at 2000 year intervals: Creation — 2000 years — Abraham — 2000 years — Jesus — 2000 years — Final Generation. This is also discussed on the Bible Chronology page: 6000 Years.

The Book of Revelation

There are a few common ways of interpreting the book of Revelation, but perhaps the most helpful approach is to look at it in seven cycles. The testimony of Jesus appears seven times. The focus of attention moves progressively a little more towards the end with each successive cycle. The system is called, ‘progressive parallelism’. I’ve highlighted the central three columns which focus on the birth — life — death pattern of a lived testimony.

I designed this chart about 20 years ago, and added some colour more recently.

The Book of Revelation Table — PDF

Conclusion

Now we are seeing signs that strongly suggest we are coming to an end times birth and an apocalyptic King Herod conflict. I believe we are approaching world war three, a nuclear war as described in Revelation 6, 8 & 9, and in the book of Joel. But God’s miracle of birth will be revealed, so for us it will lead to a ‘Pentecost moment’ which will come ‘afterwards’, as Joel says, (Joel 2v28).

At times of birth God gives his people great success, and the journey of salvation is good. By God's grace our overflowing success in caring for each other during the war will open the door to the gospel for many. There will be a powerful ministry in the coming years and decades after the war while the final generation of God’s people work to complete the great commission before Jesus returns.

Signs of birth are pointing to a climax of war in the latter part of 2024, or around that time. When it happens it will be apocalyptic. We can see the end times birth coming and we needn't fear, but it is time to take action. We need a coordinated Christian effort to plan and prepare for nuclear war so that we may be able to care for each other and as many people as possible. Please test this prophecy, pray for wisdom and alert others. We must warn and encourage people. God is good and birth is a blessing for God's people. If we are obedient to him he promises to give us success.