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.
God had written in the Holy Bible in Genesis 7:4:
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the
earth forty days and forty nights; and every living
substance that I have made will I destroy from off the
face of the earth.
God added in Genesis 7:10-11:
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of
the Flood were upon the earth. In the six hundredth
year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth
day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of
the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven
were opened.
The ark that Noah had built was the only place
of safety from the destruction of the Flood. Likewise,
God’s gracious mercy is the only place of safety from
the destruction that is coming on the Day of Judgment.
In 2 Peter 3:8, which is quoted above, Holy God
reminds us that one day is as 1,000 years. Therefore,
with the correct understanding that the seven days
referred to in Genesis 7:4 can be understood as 7,000
years, we learn that when God told Noah there were
seven days to escape worldwide destruction, He was
also telling the world there would be exactly 7,000 years
(one day is as 1,000 years) to escape the wrath of God
that would come when He destroys the world on
Judgment Day. Because Holy Infinite God is allknowing,
He knows the end from the beginning. He
knew how sinful the world would become.
Seven thousand years after 4990 B.C. (the year
of the Flood) is the year 2011 A.D. (our calendar).
4990 + 2011 – 1 = 7,000
[One year must be subtracted in going from an Old
Testament B.C. calendar date to a New Testament A.D.
calendar date because the calendar does not have a
year zero.]
Thus Holy God is showing us by the words of 2
Peter 3:8 that He wants us to know that exactly 7,000
years after He destroyed the world with water in Noah’s
day, He plans to destroy the entire world forever.
Because the year 2011 A.D. is exactly 7,000 years after
4990 B.C. when the flood began, the Bible has given
us absolute proof that the year 2011 is the end of the
world during the Day of Judgment, which will come
on the last day of the Day of Judgment.
Amazingly, May 21, 2011 is the 17th day of the
2nd month of the Biblical calendar of our day. Remember,
the flood waters also began on the 17th day of the 2nd
month, in the year 4990 B.C.
The Holy Bible gives several additional
astounding proofs that May 21, 2011 is very accurate
as the time for the Day of Judgment. For more
information on this subject, you may request a copy of
We Are Almost There, available free of charge from
Family Radio.
God is proving to us that we have very
accurately learned from the Holy Bible God’s time-plan
for the end of the world.
GOD’S SUBLIME MERCY AND COMPASSION
God in His Holy Bible has given us a beautiful
example of His compassionate mercy. Included in the
Holy Bible is the book called Jonah. In it God tells of a
very wicked city with a population of more than 120,000
people that existed about 2,800 years ago. It was called
Nineveh, which was a capital city of the nation of
Assyria that knew nothing of the Bible. But because of
its wickedness and because Holy God is merciful, He
sent a prophet named Jonah to that city. Jonah’s
message from God to them was that in 40 days the
whole city was to be destroyed.
The whole city correctly believed with all their
hearts that this warning was from Holy God. Thus from
the king on down to the lowest servant they repented,
which means they turned away from their sins and their
pride. The Holy Bible tells us that they sat in sackcloth
and ashes. This meant that they fully realized that
because of their sins they had dreadfully shamed God.
To put on sackcloth and ashes was an act of supreme
humility to show in the clearest way to God and to all of
the people how greatly they were humbled by their
sins against Holy God. It showed that they knew that
they fully deserved that God should destroy them
because of their sin.
But maybe, there was hope that Holy God might
change His mind and instead have mercy on them. The
Bible tells us in Jonah 3:6-9:
For the word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he
arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from
him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in
ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and
published through Nineveh by the decree of the king
and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast,
herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed,
nor drink water: But let man and beast be covered
with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let
them turn every one from his evil way, and from theviolence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God
will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce
anger, that we perish not?
In answer to their complete humility we read of
God’s fabulous, incomprehensible mercy toward these
extremely wicked people. God tells us in Jonah 3:10:
And God saw their works, that they turned from their
evil way; and God repented of the evil, that He had said
that He would do unto them; and He did it not.
Because this entire wicked city of Nineveh
turned from their evil ways and with great humility cried
to God for mercy, Holy God did change His mind and
did not destroy them.
Sadly, the Holy Bible tells us that only a small
percentage of today’s world will turn from their evil
ways, and with great humility and fear will cry to God
for mercy. Nevertheless, the Bible assures us that many
of the people who do beg God for His mercy will not be
destroyed. We learn from the Bible that Holy God plans
to rescue about 200 million people (that is about 3% of
today’s population). On the first day of the Day of
Judgment (May 21, 2011) they will be caught up
(raptured) into Heaven because God had great mercy
for them. This is why we can be so thankful that God
has given us advance notice of Judgment Day. Because
God is so merciful, maybe He will have mercy on you.
The Holy Bible says in Psalm 51:17:
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
And in Psalm 51:1-3 Holy God shows us the
attitude we ought to have as we pray for His mercy:
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy
tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me
thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from
my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my
sin is ever before me.
Sadly, you can’t turn to your religion or go to
your priest or pastor or spiritual leader for help. They,
too, should be begging God for mercy for themselves.
This is a matter only between you and Holy God. God
knows every one of your thoughts, words, and actions.
Turn away from your sins and humbly beg, beseech,
and implore God for forgiveness.
And, thank God that in His great mercy He
has given you this warning of the destruction that is
almost here, and the great hope that you, too, might
be one whom God will bring to Heaven to be with
God forevermore in the highest happiness and joyand glory. Holy God in the Holy Bible teaches us in
Luke 18:10-14:
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a
Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood
and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I
am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust,
adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the
week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican,
standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes
unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down
to his house justified rather than the other: for every
one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
May God have mercy on you as He did on this
publican.
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