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The True Fulfillment of Prophecy, final

In 1950 I was born into a post-WW2 world. Europe had been devastated; America had emerged relatively unscathed and was the greatest military and economic power in the world. Americans were both patriotic and optimistic, but they were also taught to fear their big rival, the Soviet Union, which had also developed nuclear weapons.

From the standpoint of prophecy, it appeared that the Dispensationalist view had triumphed with the establishment of the Zionist state on May 15, 1948. The “Great Tribulation” had begun, “proven” by the Israeli-Arab conflict that broke out. Candidates for the position of “Antichrist” were discussed—though none appeared. Christ was supposed to return within 3½ years or (some said) 7 years.

The year 1955 passed, and neither an Antichrist nor even Christ Himself had arrived on the scene. Nonetheless, few people re-examined the foundations of their prophetic views. Certainly, almost no one understood the Edomite and Chazar connections to the state of “Israel.” By naming it Israel, they succeeded in deceiving the evangelical and Pentecostal Christians into confusing Judah with Israel. It was a strange form of replacement theology, where Judah (Jews) had replaced Israel as the birthright holders. Almost no one realized that from a prophetic standpoint, it was actually Esau-Edom that had stolen Jacob-Israel’s identity.

I grew up in an evangelical world, surrounded on every side by the excitement of fulfilled prophecy, expecting Christ to return at any moment, now that the prophecies of Israel had been fulfilled. By the end of the 1960’s, I had quite thoroughly studied the Futurist views of Hal Lindsey and others, believing every word of what I read. I knew no other view.

Then, in 1971, when I was 21, God began to expose me to alternative views. At first, being confident that I already knew the truth, I read those alternate views in order to refute them. Instead, I discovered that my own view needed corrections. Most notably, I learned the difference between Judah and Israel, that they were two different nations, having two different callings. If that were the case, then what was I to think of the state that men called Israel?

This led to my renewed study in order to learn the truth of Scripture. In the 1970’s, especially after finishing up my formal schooling, I dove into the Scriptures, spending more time in the Word than at any time previously.

Broadening My Worldview

As a missionary kid in the Philippines for nine years, I unconsciously developed a worldview that was not readily available to most Christians in America. Americans as a whole tend to view America as the center of the universe; all other nations must adopt American culture and accept the Futurist view of prophecy that is prevalent in America. With my background, I never fully adopted that nationalistic view.

Then in 1973 I was stunned to discover the Restoration of All Things. This broadened my horizon, giving me a clearer picture of God’s plan for all creation. But many of these teachers had also put away the law and had thus concluded that all judgment for sin had been canceled by Christ’s death on the cross. Hence, my next major area of study (1978-1980) was the law itself. I came to see that the judgments of the law were valid, but that the purpose of God’s judgment was to correct and restore sinners, not to destroy them or lose them forever.

Then from 1981-1993 God took me out of the church and thrust me into the wilderness in a 12-year training program to teach me Paul’s principle in Romans 7:14, “the Law is spiritual.” Some had interpreted this to mean that the law had been abolished, even though Jesus Himself refuted this in Matthew 5:17. Paul agreed in Romans 3:31. I had to learn by revelation how the laws of God applied in spiritual matters, such as intercession and spiritual warfare.

This prepared me for leadership in the arena of spiritual warfare, especially from 1993-2001. These prayer battles instilled in me many previously unknown principles and practical applications of the spiritual laws of God. Throughout this time of warfare, we gained ground for the Kingdom of God. We laid foundations in preparation for the coming Kingdom.

The 40^th Jubilee of the Church

Israel’s 40 years in the wilderness began with that first Passover when Moses led the people out of Egypt (Exodus 12:13, 14), and it ended at Passover that Israel celebrated in the plains of Jericho (Joshua 5:10). It began under the leadership of Moses and ended under the leadership of Joshua. Moses led Israel out of the house of bondage, and Joshua led Israel into the Kingdom.

Moses was a type of Christ in His first coming, for Christ did the greater work of bringing us out of the house of sin’s bondage when He was offered as the great Passover Lamb to take away the sin of the world (John 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:7). Joshua, on the other hand, was a type of Christ in His second coming, when He brings us into the Kingdom. The 40 years in Israel’s experience was a prophetic type of the 40 Jubilees between the two comings of Christ.

From Christ’s “Moses” work on Passover of 33 A.D. to the start of Christ’s “Joshua” work in 1993 was 40 Jubilees (49 x 40 years). The 40^th Jubilee year itself was 1993-1994. The year 1994 was also 4900 years from Enoch’s ascension (Genesis 5:24), a period of 100 Jubilees.

Hence, the Jubilee year 1993-1994 was a major pivot point in prophecy regarding the church. The church in the wilderness under Moses (Acts 7:38 KJV) set the pattern for the second church that began, not at Passover but at Pentecost in 33 A.D. The Passover church extended from Moses to Christ’s death on the cross; the Pentecostal church then began in Acts 2:1 and ended in 1993-1994. We then began to transition into the third and final church through the feast of Tabernacles. This is the church of the overcomers.

The other important Pentecostal pattern was established by King Saul, who was crowned at Pentecost (Feast of Weeks). He started out good but ended up in rebellion against God (1 Kings 15:23), not much different from the Israelites who left Egypt under Moses. Both examples set prophetic patterns for the Pentecostal church that was to come. It started out good, but it then degenerated into rebellion and lawlessness, eventually becoming the little horn of prophecy that waged war on the saints (Daniel 7:21; Revelation 13:7).

The corruption and rebellion of the church in the Age of Pentecost made it necessary to bring forth a third church that was destined to rule the Kingdom in the Age of Tabernacles. The hinge point was 1993, the year that my own 12-year wilderness training period concluded. We were led to issue a “call to arms” to conduct the Jubilee Prayer Campaign from November 21-29, 1993.

This was conducted on the 46^th anniversary of the United Nations debate over the Palestinian Resolution (November 21-29, 1947), which resulted in the partition of Palestine. This became the prime irritant that pitted Edom against Ishmael, which is now reaching its culmination.

John 2:19-21 says,

¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” ²⁰ The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” ²¹ But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

The modern parallel was that the Zionists were given 46 years in which to build them carnal temple from 1947-1993. Even if they had succeeded in building a physical temple in Jerusalem, it would have been inadequate and insufficient in meeting God’s righteous standard. Our Jubilee Prayer Campaign was where the overcomers appealed to the divine court to be given the birthright—the right to bring forth the true temples, the sons of God.

We won our case, but there was much more warfare to accomplish in preparing the way for the coming Kingdom. We were unaware, at the time, that Esau-Edom had been granted 76 years to prove himself unworthy of the birthright. We still had another 30 years to go. Esau’s time finally ended on October 7, 2023, with the Gaza revolt against the Zionist oppression. Thereafter, the Zionist policy of genocide and ethnic cleansing would horrify the whole world and lay bare the bloodthirsty spirit of Edom. God used this to expose Esau’s heart and to justify His intention to strip Esau of the birthright and the birthright name, Israel.

As we often see in such cases, God allows men to go beyond their mandate in order to obtain legal cause against them in the divine court. He did this with Pharaoh in the time of Moses, for if Pharaoh had let Israel go immediately (according to the will of God), Egypt would not have been destroyed by the ten plagues and at the Red Sea.

The same has occurred with Zionist Edom today, which desired the birthright but did not want the responsibility that came with it. Hence, they are being held accountable in the divine court for not using the authority of the birthright to set the world free by the power of the Jubilee.

The Abrahamic Calling

Whoever holds the birthright is responsible before God (and the divine court) to release the nations of the world from bondage and extend to them the freedom of the children of God (Romans 8:21). It is an awesome power, backed by heaven itself, but it comes with an equal amount of responsibility and accountability. The promise to Abraham came with the responsibility to “bless” all families of the earth (Genesis 12:3). Again, God says in Genesis 22:18,

¹⁸ In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.

This blessing is interpreted in Acts 3:25, 26,

²⁵ It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, “And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” ²⁶ For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.

“Turning” or returning to God is the fundamental sign of blessing. Anyone who lays claim to the birthright is responsible for bringing repentance from “wicked ways.” One does not bless by cursing, nor does one bless by committing genocide. The Kingdom’s foundation is love, not self-interest; it works to set men free, not to enslave them and make their lives miserable.

Overcomers must develop a Kingdom worldview that transcends national interests. They must see themselves, not as nationalists but as part of God’s government which extends equal and impartial justice to all men and all nations. Only by this worldview can the saints properly judge the world (1 Corinthians 6:2). Without this perspective, no one can reign with Christ in the Tabernacles Age to come (Revelation 20:6).

Jesus meant it when He said to the Pharisees in Matthew 21:43,

⁴³ Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing the fruit of it.

An abundance of fig leaves will never replace God’s requirement for fruit.