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The mechanics of prophecy and timing

When I write about so many events from the past to correlate them to the present, it can make many eyes glaze over. It would be helpful to include pictures of timelines or graphs, but such things take time, which is a precious commodity. So a certain level of confusion certainly exists. It is even worse for new readers who have not been able to follow the events from past years.

I could, of course, just write my conclusions without showing you how I arrived at those conclusions. But my calling as a teacher compels me to explain the process as well as the events. And in order to do that, I have to provide the date of each event, so that anyone who is interested may search it out in The Wars of the Lord or elsewhere.

The problem with dealing in prophetic things, there are always those who are skeptical, as well as those who know little or nothing about the realm of the prophetic. I have no problem with being skeptical, as long as a person is willing to look at the evidence presented. But that means I must add documentation—which invariably means providing the dates of past events—and the sheer abundance of dates can easily be confusing.

All of these things are things I had to walk out personally, and so I have an advantage of being able to picture those events. Everyone else has to use their imagination. The things I have seen and done are part of my personal history, whereas everyone else is reading about someone else’s experience. So I realize that this can be more difficult.

Nonetheless, many of my experiences turned out to be prophetic, because God was laying many foundations for what He is doing today in building His Kingdom. This has been a long process. For me, it has been a 40-year journey. Others have done such Kingdom work as well throughout the years, but few of them kept accurate records, and even fewer dated the events.

One of the earliest lessons that I learned was that the date of a revelation usually has something to do with the timing of its fulfillment. Many write down their revelations, but not everyone actually record the dates of their revelations. In my own experience, it did not take very many years to see this correlation of timing.

I remember back in the 1980’s when I would often have a question, the first thing I would do is go back to my records and see what God had said (or shown me) on the same date in earlier years. I usually discovered that He had given me the answer to my present question in an earlier year. Sometimes the answer was in two parts, each part being given in a different year on the same day of the year.

This occurred, for example, on July 10, 1993, when an important question came up. I discovered the answer in my notes for July 10, 1982 and in 1984. Not many have discovered this, because few people—if any—have kept meticulous records as I have done. For this reason, I have a lot of documentation that is sure to confuse as many people as possible.

In our present situation in 2022, the dominant patterns are derived from events in 1983 and in 2001. It is hard enough for people to link events today to a single story from the past—such as in 1983. But when we must overlay the 1983 events with those from 2001 as well, this complicates matters considerably. I myself have no problem with it, since I remember both years very well; but others, I know, can have a problem trying to comprehend it. It is not absolutely necessary for you to understand how this works, but I have to include it in these weblogs for those who are interested in learning the mechanics of prophecy and timing.

It is now March 22, the anniversary of my meeting with the pastor in 1983 (after a 5-day delay). It is also the anniversary of the start of the third prayer battle in 2001. This prayer battle went a full two days from March 22-24, 2001. There is no doubt that we are seeing this re-emerge now, as events are already proving this to be the case.

A senior bank official, representing our enemies, called John today, asking to meet tomorrow in a neutral place to arrange a “settlement” in the dispute in South Africa. Essentially, she is waving the white flag, knowing that the time has come to capitulate. No doubt she hopes that many of her colleagues can avoid prison. The enemy positions are collapsing, and if my sense of timing is correct, this should be over on March 24.

Our prayer campaign in 2001 ended at 1:47 pm on March 24. At that time, America was granted a divorce from the golden calves that Jeroboam had set up shortly after the death of Solomon. This opened up the revelation in regard to God’s marriage proposal, which was to occur on June 19, 2001. No doubt this relates now to the time of finding a wife for Bradley.