During my study of the counting of the 6,000 years and the 2,300 days of years of Daniel 8, I began to get curious as to whether or not there may be additional keys in Revelation based on its layout and where things appear. Rather than spend time trying to explain my reasons, I will just present the items I have found so far and add to this page as I find more. Because of what I have found so far, I know that I will be studying this much more.

The following items have to do with the number seven and the number three. These two numbers are quite prevalent in prophecy.

The tribulation of seven years, when calculated to God's time, of one day being as a thousand years, equals ten minutes. If I multiply these ten minutes by three I have thirty minutes or one half an hour. The exact amount of time that Heaven falls silent after the seventh seal is broken and before the first trumpet sounds.

If we multiply three woes times seven aspects of each (7 seals, 7 trumpets, and 7 vials) we have a total of 21. This is the same as the number of days from the fulfillment of the first of the last three feasts until the end of the third and final feast (Feast of Trumpets starts on Tishri 1 and the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles is on Tishri 21).

The 22nd and last chapter of Revelation pertains to the start of the eighth day - the beginning of eternity. I decided to set it aside because this is a study of the seven days/7,000 years and not what comes after the completion of the seven millenniums. What we are left with is 21 chapters. Again the number 21 shows up. As mentioned above, three and seven used together (in this case 3X7) indicates Divine and Perfect completion. Is it a coincidence then that the 21st chapter of Revelation tells us of the new heaven and new Earth and everything else that occurs at the end of the 7th millennium?

I then decided to break things down further to see if the pattern held and here are the results:

In Revelation we have three groups of seven judgments (seals, trumpets, and vials) for a total of 21 and we have 21 chapters (excluding the 22nd chapter describing what comes after the ending of the seventh millennium). Since I have the same number of chapters as the number of judgments, I decided to divide the chapters the same way that the judgements were - three groups of seven chapters each. The following is the result of what I found.

The basic breakdown is that the seven seals are opened in chapters 1 through 7 (the 1st set of 7 chapters), the seven trumpet judgments appear in chapters 8 through 14 (second set of 7 chapters), and the seven vial judgments appear in chapters 15 through 21 (the third set of 7 chapters). There is one exception in each case as follows -

The seventh seal is broken in the first verse of chapter 8 (start of second set), and the seventh trumpet is not sounded until the start of Christ's reign, even though it is described in chapter 11 (within the second set containing the rest of the trumpet judgments). In thinking about it we could say that there is one more exception. That exception would be the fulfillment of the final prophecy of entering into eternity (being carried over from chapter 21) and taking place at the beginning of the last chapter (chapter 22) of Revelation. This would be after the end of the seventh millennium in chapter 21.

In the case of each exception there is only one small detail that is carried over - the breaking of a seal, the blowing of a trumpet, and entering in to eternity. I should also mention that the seventh seal does not involve an actual judgment; but seems to be more of a marking of the end of one phase and the beginning of the next. In the case of the seventh trumpet, again, there is not a judgment associated with it; but seems to be the announcement of the second coming of Christ, the final restoration, and the start of the Jubilee.

Allow me to expand a little on the Jubilee year - If, as I believe, the seventh millennium begins in a Jubilee year then the timing of the tribulation (at the beginning of the 7th millennium) would fit perfectly. The reason is really quite simple: While the Jubilee year itself is thought to begin on the first of the month (Tishri) the actual celebration of the Jubilee year doesn't begin until the blowing of trumpets on the 10th of the month (Day of Atonement). That is when actual and final restoration takes place. Again, this matches perfectly with the outline I have given above and the fact that the seventh trumpet is sounded when the nations and kingdoms of the world become the nations and kingdoms of Christ upon His second coming - on the Day of Atonement - and final restoration to the proper heir, Jesus Christ is complete.

One final note on the Jubilee year and the verse Genesis 2:2 - After thinking about these things I can't help but wonder if perhaps the item hinted at in Genesis 2:2, to end the work which He had made, could have been the writing of the scroll or will (pun intended) of God. Knowing the end from the beginning He would have known that Adam would lose his inheritance and the scroll would then be used to restore everything (in the end) to the proper and only heir - Jesus Christ. That would also be the reason that the opening of the scroll by breaking the seals is the first thing to happen when the tribulation begins. Also, as far as the Jubilee year - It is my understanding that the restoration process (in the Jubilee year) begins on the first of the month - arrangements to restore land, release of slaves from bondage, and etc. - but the Jubilee year is not considered to officially begin and actual restoration take place until the blowing of the trumpets on the tenth of the month - Day of Atonement.

Is it still unreasonable then that there was one small detail carried over to the Sabbath in Genesis to end the work which He had made? After all each item carried forward in Revelation is also the item that ends that group - the last seal, last trumpet, last event. As for me, I believe that this could well be a pattern that has been established all along. It's just that it is there in a way that even scholars through Biblical history would not have seen or understood; and wouldn't be able to until the last days when knowledge is increased.

Here are a couple of examples:

1. Counting the 2,300 days of years - at the time of the vision, Alexander the Great hadn't even been born yet; so how could they understand?
2. In later years you have the dispersal of Israel - from that point on, until 1948, there was always at least one piece of the prophecy puzzle missing.

Thank you for visiting and reading this and may God richly Bless!! -- Bob

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