In the holy scriptures, the Lord indicates that he will deal with man
on this earth for 7000 years before he creates a new heaven and new
earth. In Genesis chapters 1 and 2 it tells us how the Lord created
the heaven and the earth in six days and rested the seventh day. In
Genesis 2 it says,
“ 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he
had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he
had made.”
So we see here that God worked for 6 days and rested the seventh day.
In 2nd Peter chapter 3, it says,
“8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that
one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as
one day.”
So what we are going to do is take the Lord at his word and take the
one day as a thousand years and put it on this time chart:
“28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.”
So we can start to see that the Lord is working upon this Earth today, but there will be a time of rest also. First let’s go to Exodus 23 and see what the resting was for.
“12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.”
Notice how the resting was for a purpose, so that the body could be refreshed. Now from the holy scriptures we know that when the Lord comes back to this Earth there will be a 1000 year Kingdom before the new heaven and earth are created. This is commonly referred to as the millennial reign of Christ. During this 1000 year reign it will also be the Lord’s rest. In Isaiah chapter 11 it gives us a little info about how this reign will be and in verse 10 it says,
“10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his REST shall be glorious.”
Notice it refers to this time as his rest. In Acts chapter 3, Peter is preaching to the Jews about their salvation. Starting in verse 19 it says,
“19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the TIMES OF REFRESHING shall come from the presence of the Lord;
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.”
When the Lord comes back to this earth, this 1000 year reign will be known as the times of refreshing. In Hebrews chapter 4 it talks about the people obtaining a rest which they have not received yet in verse 9 it says,
“9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”
So what we have is that the last 1000 years is known as a time of rest and also a time of refreshing which lines up perfectly with the seventh day of rest on our chart.
Now before we get into the number of the years let’s strengthen the seven thousand year chart by trying it with more scripture. As we get into the numbers you will see that Jesus was born 4000 years after Adam was created and he died about 33 years later. This gives us a total of 4033 years from the creation of Adam until the death of Christ. With this in mind, let’s make another chart but make it a 10,000 year chart:
“20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these LAST TIMES for you,”
When was Jesus made manifest? In these LAST TIMES. Now let’s go to Hebrews chapter 9, which says,
“26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the END OF THE WORLD hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.”
Notice here the bible says that he came in the END OF THE WORLD. Now when we look on the 10,000 year chart we can see that Christ did not come in the last times or the end of the world. The 10,000 year chart breaks scripture which can’t be done. Now let’s try this 7,000 year chart:
OK, now it’s time to start dealing with the numbers. You can start in the book of Genesis and go all through the bible and God gives the number of years for all time except for the dispensation of grace. It’s a mystery and it’s number is not revealed, but there is a way to get it.
There are hundreds of scriptures that you have to go through to get the number of years so we are going to make this article the short version. In Genesis chapter 5, the Lord starts to number the years with Adam and 130 years after Adam was created he had a son named Seth. Seth lived 105 years and he had a son named Enos. This pattern repeats itself till you get to Abraham when he was 75 years old and God made a promise to Abraham. From Adam to Abraham when he was 75 years old is 2083 years.
In Galatians 3:17 it tells us the promise till the law was given is 430 years. As you know the children of Israel were in the wilderness for 40 years After this came the time of the judges in which the bible tells us in Acts 13 that the time came to about 450 years, so we show 435 years. Then we have the Kings.
Saul reigned 40 years, David reigned 40 years and Solomon reigned 40 years. After the time of Solomon, the Jews were split into two houses and the Kings reigned for 372 years until the time of the 70 years of desolation. When the going forth of the commandment came it was 483 years from the going forth of the commandment till the end of the year that Christ died. At the end of that year, Israel was cast away and the dispensation of grace was given unto the Gentiles. After the dispensation of grace is over, there will be a 7 year tribulation, then the Lord will come back and reign for 1000 years.
All these numbers are listed in the bible and you can count the number of the years from Adam till the new heaven and new earth, everything except for the dispensation of grace. When you list them it looks like this.
2083 Adam to the promise given to Abraham
430 Promise to the law
40 Wilderness
435 Judges
40 Saul
40 David
40 Solomon
372 Kings
70 Desolation
483 Commandment to Christ
______Dispensation of Grace
7 Tribulation
1000 Kingdom
When you add all of these up it comes to 5040 years. If you take the 7000 years that God is going to deal with man before the new heaven and new earth and subtract the 5040 it leaves 1960 years for the dispensation of grace.
2083 Adam to the promise given to Abraham
430 Promise to the law
40 Wilderness
435 Judges
40 Saul
40 David
40 Solomon
372 Kings
70 Desolation
483 Commandment to Christ
1960 Dispensation of Grace
7 Tribulation
1000 Kingdom
1960 is a really cool number. If you every played around with the numbers that God uses in the holy scriptures you will see that this number has special traits. Everyone knows the Lord’s perfect number is 7. In the scripture he also uses the numbers 14, 40, 70, & 490.
In Matthew chapter 1, he uses the number 14 several times, it rained 40 days and 40 nights, the Lord was tempted for 40 days, the desolation was 70 years, Jesus said to forgive 70 times 7, and from the going forth of the commandment unto the end was 70 times 7 or 490 years.
The amazing thing about the number 1960 is that all of these numbers can be divided into it.
1960 = 7x280 = 7x7x40
14x140 = 7x2x7x20
40x49 = 40x7x7
70x28 = 70x7x4
490x4 = 70x7x4
If the number would have been 1959 or 1961 none of these numbers would have worked.
Now if you want to see some details let's
look at the SuperChart.
As you can see, the Lord has done an amazing job with the numbers in
this bible. With these numbers you can tell that we don’t have
much longer. But our calendar is off so don’t waste your time
trying to match up the number of years with our calendar. The Lord says
no man will know the day or the hour. But studying the numbers does
tell us the time is near. If you have any loved ones that you know that
are lost, please try to reach them as soon as possible. As my wife and
I always say, “Everyday is one day closer.”
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