WHAT Is Going On in 2018?

Last post we looked at how we arrived at the year 2018. And, we found the clue in Zechariah 1:12. With that established, now we need to answer the question we left off with, WHAT is going to happen in that year?

If one will read closely, the angel in verse 12, appears to ask his question in the 70th year. Thus, it could be, in reality or in analogy, that the angel was actually discussing this in the year 2018. And, this is the answer he got.

"THEREFORE, I AM returned to Jerusalem with mercies:"

This first part of the verse shows that YHWH "IS returned" to Jerusalem with mercies. But, how? In 70 A.D. and prior Josephus records how the Shekinah LEFT the Temple, and how the populace heard voices in the sky around Jerusalem saying daily, "Let us depart this place." So, if we understand it correctly, YHWH DEPARTED from the Temple and has NOT returned to it, since there is none to return to, yet. But, here we see He is to return, and "AM returned" at the point in time of this conversastion. How? In the same way He left or departed, in Spirit.

So, in 2018, if we are correct, the YHWH of the Hebrew Scriptures will return to sit in His House again in Jerusalem. See this now...

": my HOUSE [i.e. the Temple] shall be built in it, saith YHWH of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem." Zech. 1:16 This is a clear statement that the TEMPLE will be built in Jerusalem.

Over the years folks have seen and heard my wife and me tell our viewers that an amazing economic system will arise in the Mid-East with Israel at the center of it. Well, here is just one of the sources that show that...

"Cry YET, saying, Thus saith YHWH of hosts; My cities through PROSPERITY shall yet be spread abroad;" verse 17.

What we have here then is the WHAT of 2018. It is no puzzle or unclear. The Scriptures are always clear to those who are the wise spoken of in Daniel.

With the above as a foundation, then many other Scriptures of prophecy open up to our understanding, telling us what is going to happen now on through 2032/3.

A critical year to watch also is 2011. For, there is good reason to believe that this is the year the Temple could be started, and then be completed in 2018, right smack dab in the middle of the 14 year cycle ahead of us, that is, in 2018. Or, remember, it could be 2018 itself when it starts. But, YHWH says He is returned. So, it certainly appears the building has to be up in 2018 for Him to return to and inhabit, or certainly in progress or planning at the least.

Look again at the pattern: 5, 7, 14, 7.

The first FIVE is finished. We have completed those five years.

The SEVEN year period coming next ends in April of 2011. Right now we are in November of 2006.

Next is the question we started with, 2018 -- Chronology and the Greek Scriptures? How does that fit? What difference does it make if we change the present order of the books in the New Testament to the correct manuscript order? Next post we will cover that.