When is the Restoration of All Things?

When is “The Restoration of All Things”

“Send Yeshua the Messiah!

Chapter 9 Preview: When is Father going to restore “all things” and what exactly does the Bible mean by “all things”? The primary purpose for this chapter is to show that the timeline for this event may be far sooner than many people think!

There is the only place in the Greek Testimony (“New Testament”) where the word “restoration” is used. Naturally it creates quite a stir.

Acts 3:21 He must remain in Heaven UNTIL the restoration of all things, [universal restoration] that Yehovah spoke about by the voices of His dedicated prophets recorded from antiquity. —As I would render the Greek

But verse 21 means something distinctly different in the Aramaic. Here it is with a running start:

Acts 3:19-21 So amend your ways and turn to Yehovah so that your sins will be wiped away, and TIMES OF REFRESHING will come to you [1][2] ‘from’ Yehovah, 20 and He’ll send Yeshua the Messiah, the One who was specially prepared [3] for you. 21 He must remain in Heaven UNTIL THE TIME WHEN EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED that Yehovah spoke about by the voices of His dedicated prophets recorded from antiquity.—Gabriel Version

There are other distinctions in these verses that differ between the Greek and the Aramaic:

[1] Both Murdock and Etheridge include the words “to you”. This clarifies that the “times of refreshing” arent conditional, but your being included is! The Greek lacks this. Interestingly, the KJV, perhaps uniquely, uses “when” rather than “so that”—an infrequent usage of the Greek, but it makes the same point, that the “times of refreshing” arent dependent on you. [2] This is one of those places where different Greek translations put different verse numbers, purely a modern glitch. Murdock used a different Greek translation as a reference point for placing verse numbers since, of course, there are none in the originals. Etheridge created a new numbering system that someone else mercifully fixed. So depending on the version you have, it is either in v.19 or v.20. The Gabriel defaults to the KJV for numbering. [3] The Greek says “to announce or proclaim or herald beforehand”.

Either way you look at it, once all of the prophecies are finished, the Everlasting Kingdom will be set up and then everything that needs fixing will be.

This should be a fairly easy event to pinpoint in time. Yeshua (Jesus*) will stay in heaven from the time that He was “ascended to Heaven, and sat on Yehovah’s right hand side” (Mark 16:19) “UNTIL” “EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED” and “times of refreshing” come, when Father will “SEND YESHUA THE MESSIAH”!

Actually the restoration process will begin with the prophesied “Elijah who is to come”, who will fulfill the same role as John the Immerser (Baptist) did:

Malachi 4:5-6 Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible Day of Yehovah comes. 6 He will turn the sentiments of the fathers to the children, and the sentiments of the children to their fathers, otherwise I’ll have to come and strike the earth with utter destruction”. —The Word of Elohim, Gabriel Version (WE)

I take this quite literally, and question why anyone else wouldnt. Either he is physically resurrected in the flesh, prescedents already set, or in my opinion, John traveled to the future and saw everything that the book of Revelation says that he saw.

Elijah, either one of the Two Witnesses or an associate, will begin setting things right likely on the first day of the 1260 days of prophesying, perhaps with a heavenly sign. But the Greek translations have a much more ambitious job for Elijah, they have him “restoring everything to its former state”!

Matthew 17:10-12 So the disciples asked Him, “Why do the Torah teachers say that Elijah must come first”? 11 Yeshua answered, “Elijah is indeed coming, so that everything [prophecied] will be fulfilled [1]. 12 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they didnt recognize him, but treated him any way they wanted to. Similarly, the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands”.

[1] The Greek translations have a much more ambitious job for Elijah, they have him “restoring everything to its former state”. While when translating from Aramaic to Greek, “restore” is a diverse but possible rendering, it certainly differs from John’s preparing the way analogy, and it doesnt conform to any other prophecy, and certainly not “everything” prophesied.

Yeshua, who referred to John as Elijah, said he must “again” prepare the way for the coming Messiah:

Revelation 10:11 He told me, “John, you must prophesy again before many nations, peoples, princes, and kings”. GV

Remember that John stayed with Mary, but the John/Elijah of the past and future confronts/confronted kings.

Revelation 11:1-3 A reed was given to me, John, like a rod; and the Messenger stood, saying, “Get up, and measure the Temple of Yehovah, and the altar, and those who worship there. 2 But leave out the court that is outside of the Temple, and dont measure it; because it is given to the other nations; and they will trample the dedicated city underfoot for FORTY-TWO MONTHS. 3 I will commission My Two Witnesses; and they will prophesy ONE THOUSAND TWO-HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS, clothed in sackcloth. GV

When was the last time that you can remember when 1260 days equaled 42 months? Can Father count? Why did He give the exact number of days involving the Two Witnesses? Many from the Seven Churches (Revelation 2-3) [actually Assemblies] will know exactly what the 1260 days of Daniel Chapter 12 means, as well as the 1290 days and the 1335 days. These are not “calculated averages”. I believe that the explanation is that Elijah will, by Father’s authority, speed the rotation of the earth around the sun to 360 days! It will be interesting to see if traditional Judaism will still hang onto their centuries old “temporary” calculated new moons, when the calculations are removed from reality by an additional 5.3 days for each passing year. [2004: There is now talk that the new Sanhedrin may return to actual sightings to begin the months.] It’s also not much of a stretch to think that Elijah will also, at the same time align, or likely realign, the plane of the earth and the sun and the moon by five degrees so that there will be lunar eclipses each month marking these new moons, every 30 days! A first “preparation” that Father may have scheduled for Elijah concerns the heavenly calendar! It is worth noting that all eight planets (omitting Pluto since it is actually smaller than our moon) are already in almost perfect alignment.

The “Restoration of all things” is said to be “Times of refreshing”. “Refreshing” in Greek literally means “a recovery of breath”! Father is going to have to resuscitate His creation after the Day of Yehovah (the Lord)! Yeshua’s incredible return, and the restoring “all things” is the majestic message that “He spoke by the mouths of His sacred prophets in times past” (Luke 1:70 GV). This is the very CORE message of the Bible!

“Restoration” Defined: (apokatastasis). Double compound (apo, kata, isthmi), here only in the N.T., though common in late writers. In papyri and inscriptions for repairs to temples and this phrase occurs in Jewish apocalyptic writings, something like the “new heaven” and the “new earth” of Revelation 21:1.—Quoted from Robertson’s Word Pictures of the New Testament.

When Yeshua the Messiah returns, and His “compensation is with Him”. That compensation will be a “New Heaven” a “New Earth” a “New Jerusalem ” and a New Family!

Exactly what does “all things” or “everything” mean? The following verses define it.

John 1:1-4 In the beginning, was the Word; and the Word was with Yehovah; and the Word was Yehovah. 2 He was in the beginning with Yehovah. 3 Everything came into existence thru Him; and nothing came into existence without Him. 4 Life was in Him, and that Life was the light of humanity [anthropos]. GV

This includes the entire physical universe.

1 Corinthians 15:27-28 He [Yehovah] has put everything under His [Yeshua’s] command. But when He [Yehovah] said that everything is under His command, this certainly excludes the One who authorized Him. 28 Now when everything is under His [Yeshua’s] command, then the Son Himself will yield the command to the One who authorized Him, so that Yehovah will be all in all. GV

Only the Father is not under the subjection of the Son.

Colossians 1:16 He created everything [1] in the Heavens and on earth, everything seen and everything unseen, thrones, governments, leaders and authorities—everything was created thru Him, and by [2] Him.

[1] This describes the universe. [2] The Greek accidentally says “for” instead of “by”. Yet of the 1,774 times that the Greek texts actually say eis (for), the KJV, for example, never translates “eis” as “by”. GV

“Everything” was created “BY” Yeshua! The “invisible” spirit world was also made by the Son!

Hebrews 1:1-3 In ancient times, Yehovah spoke with our ancestors in many ways, and by various methods thru the prophets. 2 But in these latter days, He has spoken with us by His Son; who has acquired by Sonship, His allotment—the universe. Thru Him He created the WORLDS. [This specifies the whole universe!] 3 He brightly reflects His splendor, and is essentially identical in His Being. He sustains the universe [or everything] by the power of His word. And He, in His own person, after He purified us of our sins, sat down at the right hand side of His Majesty on high. GV

While the word “all” often does mean “all” in Hebrew and Greek as we generally use the word today in English, it often only pertains to things within the immediate context in these older languages. I do not expect for the destruction of the Day of Yehovah to affect any part of outer space outside of the solar system. The word “heavens” does not necessarily mean anything outside of the viewable sky.

2 Peter 3:10-13 Yet the Day of Yehovah will come like a thieving false “minister in the time of moral stupidity and darkness, when the Heavens will suddenly pass by with a great noise; and the former things, will be dissolved by being set on fire; and the surface of the earth and everything being done there, wont be found. 11 Since ALL THESE THINGS will be dissolved, what kind of people should we be, in sacred conduct, and in reverence to Aloha, 12 anticipating and desiring the coming of the Day of Yehovah, when the Heavens being tried in the fire will be dissolved, and the former things being ignited will melt? 13 But we, according to His promise, expect new Heavens, and a New Earth where righteousness resides. GV

This Day of Yehovah account is astonishing.

Dont fail to notice that the Heavens and the Earth will need resuscitation after “the Day of Yehovah”! Peter’s reference is elaborated on more fully in “The Great and Awesome Day of Yehovah” (the Lord).

Job 14:10-15 But people die, and are laid low. Yes, people give up the spirit, and where are they? 11 As the water evaporates from the sea, and a river is diminished and dries up, 12 so people lie down and dont rise, TILL THE HEAVENS ARE NO MORE, they wont awaken, or be roused from their sleep. 13 “Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, and that You would appoint me a set time, and remember me! 14 If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my appointed service would I wait, until my CHANGE should come. 15 You would call, and I would answer You. You would long for the work of Your hands. —The Word of Elohim, Gabriel Version (WE)

How could a Scripture be more to the point: “people die, and are laid low” “TILL the heavens are no more”. At this point in time Job was wanting to die. He was actually awaiting his “CHANGE” to being “in the grave” so that he could await the resurrection in peace. Dont we have to wait until the 1000 years is past for that, as some assume. The New Heavens will arrive after Father’s “wrath is PAST”—a reference to the Day of Yehovah!

Is there a sign that will tell us exactly when Father’s wrath is finished? Absolutely:

Revelation 15:1 I saw another miracle in the sky, great and wonderful; seven Messengers, having the seven last calamities. With these Yehovah’s WRATH is FINISHED. GV

Revelation 21:1-7 I saw a New Heaven, and a New Earth; because the first Heaven and the first earth had gone; and there was no more sea. 2 I saw the sacred city, the New Jerusalem, descending from Yehovah out of the sky, like a fiancee made ready for her husband [for the Wedding of the Lamb]. 3 I heard a great voice from the sky, that said, “Look, the tabernacle [dwelling place] of Yehovah is with humanity [anthropos]. He lives with them; they will be His people; and Yehovah will be with them, yes Yehovah Himself will be with them”. 4 Every tear will be wiped from their eyes; and there will be no more death [1], or mourning, or crying; nor will the previous painful state exist anymore; because the previous evil things have departed. 5 The One who sat on the throne, said, “Look, I am making everything new”. And He said, “Write this down; because these are the faithful and true words of Yehovah”. 6 He told me, “I am the Aleph and the Tau, the Beginning and the Ending; I will allow anyone who is thirsty to drink freely from the spring of living water. 7 Anyone who is victorious will inherit these things; and I will be their Aloha, and they will be My offspring. GV

[1] The cessation of tears and death is at the very beginning of the Everlasting Kingdom. Compare to Isaiah 25:6-11, particularly v.8. Yet the wicked are excluded from this blessing, as mentioned in John 21:8.

Compare this to the following account.

Zechariah 14:1,8,11,16 A day of Yehovah is coming when your things will be taken from you as spoils and divided in front of you!... 8 On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem; half toward the eastern sea, and half toward the western sea; continuously in summer and winter. ... 11 People will live there, and there will longer be a curse; but Jerusalem will safely inhabited. ... 16 Then everyone who is left behind [survives] from all the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, Yehovah, leader of Heavens army, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. WE

This Scripture parallels the Revelation 21 account where: “I will allow anyone who is thirsty to drink freely from the spring of living water.” when the New Jerusalem arrives. Compare to: “LIVING waters will go out from Jerusalem” in the Zechariah account.

There are more Scriptures that place the New Jerusalem, with its restorative waters, just after the Day of Yehovah. However you need to see that the last nine chapters of Ezekiel are entirely about the Latter Day. You do have to read carefully to see the timing clues in these chapters. Many would have you believe that these chapters must be history instead of end of this age prophecy. Others would have you believe that Ezekiel 38 and 39, the devastation of Gog and Magog, which positively identifies the end time context of the latter chapters of Ezekiel has to do with the distant future—at the end of the Millennium. While there is another Gog and Magog battle after the “thousand years” mentioned in Revelation, the end time context of this Ezekiel Gog and Magog battle is unmistakable:

Ezekiel 38: (various verses) The word of [Yehovah] came to me, saying, 2 son of [Adam], set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say .... 8 After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, [the just finished Great Tribulation] that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them .... Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth, shall shake at My presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. WEB

The “latter years“ “great shaking” is in reference to a one time event. It is the Great earthquake also mentioned in Hebrews and Revelation:

Revelation 16:18 There was lightning, and thunder, and voices; and there was a great earthquake, like nothing that has ever happened since people have inhabited the earth, such a widespread earthquake, and such magnitude! GV

Hebrews 12:25-29 Be careful not to refuse to listen to the One who is speaking to you. Because if those who ignored the One who spoke with them on earth didnt escape, how much less will we, if we ignore the One who speaks to us from Heaven, 26 whose voice shook the earth, as if by a great wind; but now we have His promise, “Once again, I wont only move the earth, but Heaven also”. 27 By His saying, “Once more”, it indicates a major rearrangement of the things that are moved, because they were created so that the things that wont be moved can remain unchanged. 28 So, since we are receiving a stable Kingdom that is immovable, let’s hang onto His loving kindness, so that we can serve and please our Aloha with reverence and fear, 29 because Aloha is a consuming fire. GV

Now returning to the Gog and Magog Scriptures, we see some other events that could not possibly be done after the thousand years, and they certainly have not happened yet. Verse 7 is a key to the timing, for it is at this time that Father will choose to make known His name to all twelve tribes of Israel. While it might be argued that Father made His name known to ancient Israel during the First Exodus it cannot be said that Father crushed “the nations” as mentioned in this chapter, letting them see that He is the Father of Israel. Furthermore, it would be absurd to claim that Israel will not know their Father until the thousand years are finished. Verses 23-29 make abundantly clear that the amazing fall of Gog and Magog takes place during the Restoration of Israel. The restoration of all things will primarily be done to make a homeland for Israel! Every good aspect of ancient Israel will be restored! Anyone trying to stand in Father’s way will be mown down!

Ezekiel 39:1-29 You, son of [Adam], prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord [Yehovah]: Behold, I am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal: 2 and I will turn you around, and will lead you on, and will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north; and I will bring you on the mountains of Israel; 3 and I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. 4 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured. 5 You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken it, says the Lord [Yehovah]. 6 I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the islands; and they shall know that I am [Yehovah]. 7 My holy name will I make known in the midst of My people Israel; neither will I allow My holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am [Yehovah], the Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord [Yehovah]; this is the day about which I have spoken. 9 Those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall make fires of the weapons and burn them, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the war clubs, and the spears, and they shall make fires of them seven years .... 12 Seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land .... 23 The nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against Me, and I hid My face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I to them; and I hid My face from them. 25 Therefore thus says the Lord [Yehovah]: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name. 26 They shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses by which they have trespassed against Me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid; 27 when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations. 28 They shall know that I am [Yehovah] their Father, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there; 29 neither will I hide My face any more from them; for I have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel, says the Lord [Yehovah]. WEB

It is imperative to understand that there will be a Second Exodus from slavery. The First Exodus was only a “dress rehearsal” when viewed from the worldwide scope of the second Exodus. Here are a couple of very revealing verses:

Isaiah 11:11 It will happen in that day that the Lord will set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. WEB

Jeremiah 23:7-8 Therefore, behold, the days come, says [Yehovah], that they shall no more say, ‘As [Yehovah] lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt’; 8 but, ‘as [Yehovah] lives, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, [Europe: north of Israel] and from all the countries where I had driven them. They shall dwell in their own land’. WEB

Carefully notice some things about the above quote: First Father is going to “shake” “the earth” “once more”, not two or three times. That will take place within the Day of Yehovah. Secondly, because of that shaking, there must be a literal “transposition” or a major “change” of the earth. Thirdly, the context of this event is when we are “receiving a kingdom”! Fourth, the Kingdom of Father “cannot be shaken” not when its established, nor a thousand or million years from now! “Our Father is a consuming fire”, He is literally the “Spirit of burning”. Much of this present “old” earth will “shake” and endure a great fire! This is yet another proof that the Kingdom of Father will, of necessity, be set up on the New [renewed] Earth! This is also the very time when the New Heaven will be established! Note also, not only is the “removal”, or more literally, the “transposition” of the earth being addressed “but also the HEAVENS”. In the near future we will have both a New Heaven and a New Earth!

If there is any remaining doubt about when the shaking takes place, then read the scripture that Paul was quoting from:

Haggai 2:6-9 This is what Yehovah, leader of His army says; ‘Yet ONCE, it is a little while, and I will SHAKE the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land; 7 and I will SHAKE all nations. The precious things of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with splendor, says Yehovah of armies. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine’, says Yehovah of armies. 9 ‘The latter splendor of this house [the coming 3rd Temple] will be greater than the former’, says Yehovah of armies; ‘and in this place will I give peace’, says Yehovah of armies”. WE

Father “will shake all nations”. This is during the time when modern “Babylon” is being destroyed.

He will “shake all nations” over the course of a full year. Apparently “heaven” will be shaken first, a few months prior to the great earthquake. Afterward, the “nations” and finally the “earth” will also be shaken during the seventh bowl plague.

Isaiah 13:6-13 Wail; for the Day of [Yehovah] is AT HAND! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and everyone’s heart will melt. 8 They will be dismayed. Pangs and sorrows will seize them. They will be in pain like a woman in labor. They will look in amazement one at another. Their faces will be faces of flame. 9 Behold, the Day of [Yehovah] comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy its sinners out of it. 10 For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The SUN will be darkened in its going forth, and the MOON will not cause its light to shine. [This event precedes the shaking of v.13, when the Day of Yehovah. is “at hand”] 11 I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible. 12 I will make people more rare than fine gold, even a person than the pure gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will [SHAKE the HEAVENS: NKJV], and the earth will be SHAKEN OUT OF IT’S PLACE ‘in’ [during] the wrath of [Yehovah] of Armies, and in the ‘day’ [Year: Isaiah 34:8] of his fierce anger. WEB

This change in “it’s place” or “orbit” will likely alter the sun and the moon and the earth’s alignment by five degrees forming a perfect alignment, resulting in monthly solar and lunar eclipses. The movement of just one heavenly body, either the moon or the sun or the earth would result in the restoration of perfect alignment. The movement of any one of these bodies would correct the alignment—a great heavenly sign. The earth might “move” only in relative placement, just as the sun only appears to rise. The logical time for this to begin is on the very first day of the 1260 day period. The shaking of the earth itself is far into the year of retribution because the Seventh Bowl of Revelation 16:18 indicates: “there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there were men on the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.”

There is another reference to the heavenly signs that has significance in relation to the timing of end time events:

Joel 2:18-25 Then [Yehovah] was jealous for His land, and had pity on His people. 19 [Yehovah] answered His people, “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations. 20 But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise.” Surely he Has done great things. 21 Land, dont be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for [Yehovah] has done great things. 22 Dont be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. 23 “Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in [Yehovah], your Father; for He gives you the former rain in just measure, and He causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before. 24 The threshing floors will be full of [grain], and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. 25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, My great army, which I sent among you. WEB

This is just prior to the Day of Yehovah when Father will cause a separation between His remnant, which He will call into the New Israel, and those whom He will destroy. See The Great Judgment Day.

Continuing: 26-32 You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of [Yehovah], your Father, who has dealt wondrously with you; and My people will never again be disappointed. 27 You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am [Yehovah], your Father, and there is no one else; and My people will never again be disappointed. 28 “It will happen afterward, [after deliverance from the northern army] that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. 29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out My Spirit. 30 I will show wonders in the HEAVENS and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The SUN will be turned into darkness, and the MOON into blood, before the great and terrible Day of [Yehovah] comes. 32 It will happen that whoever will call on the name of [Yehovah] shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as [Yehovah] has said, and among the remnant, those whom [Yehovah] calls. WEB

Note that Father will pour out His spirit on some of the Children of Israel preceding the “Day of Yehovah”. Some enlightened people of other nations will accompany Israel in the Second Exodus, as happened in the First Exodus. Notice that the darkening of the sun and moon also occurs “before” the Day of Yehovah, while the shaking of the heavens occur during or “in” the Day of the (see Revelation 16 above) The shaking of the heavens likely be the event that will alter the length of a year to 360 days. This would of necessity occur on, or possibly before, the first day of the 1260 day period, for the math to work. It would apparently also be the first sign given by the Two Witnesses!

Psalm 104:24-33 [Yehovah], how many are your works! In wisdom have You made them all. The earth is full of Your riches. 25 There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals. 26 There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there. 27 These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due seasonm .... 29 You hide Your face: they are troubled; You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust. 30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are [re]created; and You RENEW the face of the [earth]. 31 Let the glory of [Yehovah] endure forever. Let [Yehovah] rejoice in His works. 32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to [Yehovah] as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. WEB

This chapter would not be complete without some mention of the need for a renewal of earthly Jerusalem.

Isaiah 29:1-24 Woe to Ariel! Ariel, [Jerusalem] the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around; 2 then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to Me as an altar hearth. 3 I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you. 4 You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust. 5 But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly. 6 She will be visited by [Yehovah] of Armies with thunder and EARTHQUAKE, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire. 7 The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night .... 16 You turn things upside down! Should the potter be thought to be like clay; that the thing made should say about him who made it, “He didnt make me;” or the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding?” 17 Isnt it yet A VERY LITTLE WHILE, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest? 18 In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness. 19 The humble also will increase their joy in [Yehovah], and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off-21 who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony. 22 Therefore thus says [Yehovah], who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale. 23 But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him, they will sanctify My name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. 24 They also who err in spirit will COME TO UNDERSTANDING, and those who grumble will receive instruction. WEB

The ignorant of the earth who survive the Great Tribulation and the Day of Yehovah (Judgment Day) “will come to understanding” on the very day when Jacob is resurrected and “when he sees his children”.

This will ALL happen in “a VERY little while” once these things begin to occur.

Is nothing exciting then left for after the millennium? The best is yet to come! Year 7000 is another Jubilee year. When Passover of the year 7000 comes, we will begin a new millennial week. Perhaps all of the secrets of the universe will be revealed then. Perhaps as we will have learned how to rule over one Galaxy during this millennium we will then have the entire universe to work with! Then, on the Days of Unleavened Bread of that year, all of the “leavening” in the Galaxy will be gone forever! Then, probably on Pentecost of year 7000, the membership of Father’s family will grow dramatically. To paraphrase Acts 2:41: “Then those who gladly received His word were made like their Father [John 10:34] and that day billions were added to them.” Perhaps, just as we were preparing for great things in the final years of this age, and Satan was stirring up trouble on earth, so it might be then. Satan will be back for a final fling. He will assemble those whom Father couldnt use. He’ll gather his goats for a goat roast and then they will be ashes for eternity. The Biblical Days may perpetually mark the greatest events for all of the eternity that awaits us!