The Rule of 40 After Certain Major Biblical Events Suggests 2041 A.D. Could Be A Huge Year!!

     The Bible has patterns written into it.  I don't think many frequent Bible readers would argue that.  And there have been major catastrophic events in the Bible that had the same very strange and very similar pattern preceding them.  Here are the constants in those instances: 

1.)  2 paired hard breakable things are destroyed by or near a central figure.

     A.)  Moses came down the mountain carrying the two stone tablets, (One in the crook of each arm?) and saw the Israelites worshiping the golden calf they had made, and in anger Moses threw down the two stone tablets he carried, breaking them.  

     B.)  Samson stood between the stone pillars in the Philistine temple and pushed outwards, breaking them.

     C.)  Jesus was crucified and died on the cross, and on either side of him the leg bones of those crucified beside him were forcefully broken by a Roman soldier.

     D.)  Airplanes, which seen from above have something of a 'crucified person' shape, crashed into the twin towers and destroyed them.     

2.)  3000 people were killed or 'killed' as in changed in form from alive to dead.

     A.)  Moses told the Levites to wade out into the crowd of Israelites that had been worshiping the golden calf and slay away.  The scripture says they killed 3,000.

     B.)  Samson pushed outward on the pillars holding up the roof of the crowded Philistine temple in Gaza.  They buckled and the roof came down.  The scripture says that 3,000 Philistines and Samson were killed.

     C.)  After Jesus was crucified (50 days later) the Holy Spirit came down on the gathered disciples, and about 3,000 people that happened to be gathered in Jerusalem for a feast day were converted to Christianity...their old man died, and a new man was born in each of the 3,000 who became believers.

     D.)  About 3,000 people died on 9-11-2001.  You often read 'about 3,000 died' concerning that day. 

3.)  The word 'penta' or perhaps the number 5 was involved.

     A.)  Moses wrote the Pentateuch in those days.  The first 5 books in the Christian Bible, essentially, but for the Jews...the Torah.

     B.)  Samson destroyed the worship temple for the Philistine's false gods in Gaza, one of the 5 major cities of the Philistines (Gaza, Gath, Ekron, Ashdod, and Ashkelon) known as the Pentapolis cities.

     C.)  Aftert Jesus was crucified the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentacost, 50 days later. 

     D.)  Not just the twin towers were struck on 9-11, but also the Pentagon.   

4.)  A period involving 40 years immediately followed.

     A.)  The Israelites wandered the Sinai under Moses' leadership for exactly 40 years scripture says.

     B.)  When the Judge Samson was killed, the Judge Eli followed him (according to some Bible scholars) and Eli was a judge in Israel for 40 years and then broke his neck on the day the Ark of the Covenant was captured by the Philistines in a battle against the Israelites, and Eli's two bad sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were killed also that day. 

     C.)  40 years after Jesus was crucified the Romans destroyed Jerusalem.

     D.)  It remains to be seen if a great event will happen 40 years after 9-11-2001.  That is still 17 years away, as I write this.  Who knows but God?

5.)  A monumentally important event in God's plan followed right after the period of 40 years ended.

     A.)  The Israelites wandered the Sinai for 40 years then miraculously entered the promised land.  (the Jordan River parted for them to cross over into the promised land on dry land.)  And they very soon shattered the walls and destroyed the city of Jericho.

     B.)  When Eli died after his 40 years of being a Judge in Israel the Philistines thought to celebrate their victory over the Israelites and their stealing of the Ark of the Covenant that day.  They hauled the Ark back to their land, even giving it a 'place of honor' in the temple of one of their false gods because all local peoples knew the power of the Israelite God and His Ark.  But they celebrated too early...the Ark almost destroyed every Philistine city they took it to, so in terror and dread they gave it back to the Israelites, with a valuable tribute of gold trespass offerings.

     C.)  When Jerusalem was destroyed 40 years after Jesus' crucifixion the Jews began wandering for about 1,878 years.  During this diaspora of the Jews great gains in souls were made by Christianity all over the face of the globe as the Christian church became a gentile religion...a religion open to all men and women.

     D.)  It remains to be seen what great wonderful event may occur to God's people at the end of the 40 years that follow 9-11, if indeed the continuation of this pattern turns out to be more than speculation, which it certainly may or may not.  Only God knows.  

     So, to sum it up, this is all just speculation, but 9-11 does hold elements of this major Biblical pattern:  

     The destruction of the 'twin towers' in New York City on 9-11-2001 involved 2 paired things being destroyed.

     About 3,000 people were killed on 9-11-2001

     The 'PENTAgon' was also hit that day.

     40 years after 9-11-2001 would be 9-11-2041.

     We are awaiting major (and wonderful) coming events prophesied to occur to God's people.  Could they come in 2041?

     We Christians are awaiting the return of Jesus our Savior and the Jews think their Messiah is still coming, but Christians believe their Messiah is/was Jesus.  Jesus return is possibly the monumentally important event that might occur in 2041.  But at any rate, since 40 hours have passed since 9-11, and 40 weeks have passed, and 40 months have passed, all without a truly huge transformative event occurring (that I am aware of) it is now likely to be the passage of 40 years that fulfills this pattern if the 9-11-2001 events are a continuation of this ancient prophetic Biblical pattern at all.

     So, in 2041 A.D., possibly on about 9-11 or possibly on Oct 31, which is 50 days after 9-11 and also is All Saints Day and Halloween both, or possibly on December 7 (the last time a disaster happened for the USA in a '41...1941, the Pearl Harbor attack) the pattern might exhibit itself for one last final time if God so desires.  Only the Father knows the day and the hour but perhaps He left hints about the year and maybe even the day.  Who knows?  But our job is to live as Christians, avoid and oppose sin, tell the world about the Gospel of Jesus and to be ready for whenever it is that Jesus really does return.  It's certainly not just pastors and priests that are to do the work of Jesus while we wait.  It is every Christian believer's job to do work for our Lord while we count on taking faith in Jesus, the One the Father Sent, for our Salvation.  Works does not buy salvation, faith does.  But work is owed and rightfully expected for so great a gift as the forgiveness of our sins and the granting of our salvation.  Let's hope we can all take that to heart.