2030 and Biblical Prophecy: Is It Really “Just a Coincidence”?

Does Coincidence Exist in the Hebrew Mindset?

It is a seldom discussed reality that the Hebrew language has no single word that directly conveys the concept of “coincidence.”

When attempting to express the idea of something being “coincidental” in Hebrew, one must incorporate the usage of at least two words.

The Hebrew expression “tsiruf mikrim,” meaning “a combination of occurrences,” is often used to denote “coincidence.” Another phrase is “hashgacha pratit,” which translates into “personal supervision” or “individual providence.” Ironically, this implies that there is a higher power at work within the coincidence.

While there have always been many secular minded Jewish people, Hebrew culture itself can typically be seen as more spiritual in nature.

To the spiritually minded Jewish people, it is common to acknowledge that a Sovereign God is in control of all facets of life. Even the seemingly lifeless aspects of Inanimate Nature were characterized by the Psalmist as being energized by God when describing Israel’s Exodus from Egypt:

“When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language;

Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like lambs; and ye little hills, like lambs?

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

Which turned the rock into standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.” Psalm 114

To the spiritually inclined of Israel, the idea of “coincidence” simply does not exist. The renowned Jewish scientist and intellectual Albert Einstein once famously quipped: “Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”

Coincidence and Fulfilled Biblical Prophecy

Perhaps nowhere can the folly of “coincidence” be seen more clearly than in the fulfilled prophecies found within God’s Word.

From the realization of the Messianic Prophesies in the life of Christ (Psalm 22, Isaiah 7:14, 53:7, Daniel 9:24-27) to the prophesied re-emergence of the Nation of Israel in 1948 (Isaiah 66:8, Zechariah 12:10, 14:2), they are too numerous to fully mention in the context of this paper.

Hosea’s Prophecy and the Year 2030

Concerning Biblical Prophecy that is yet to be fulfilled, there are also some quite interesting “coincidences” to be acknowledged.

One of these concerns the year 2030 A.D. This may be a possible year for the 2nd Coming of Jesus to the Earth to set up His Millennial Kingdom.

Many believe this could be the year of the fulfillment of Hosea’s prophecy. The prophecy states that Israel would be set aside for 2 days, and in the 3rd day God would revive them. They would then “live in His sight”:

Come and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath

smitten, and he will bind us up.

After two days he will revive us: in the 3rd day he will raise us up, and we shall live

in his sight.” Hosea 6:1,2

If we consider that “a day with the Lord is as 1,000 years with man” (Psalm 90:4, II Peter 3:8), then Hosea’s “2 days” would equate to 2,000 years.

If we add 2,000 years to 30 A.D., the likely year that Israel was set aside for crucifying their Messiah, we arrive at 2030 A.D. This could therefore be the likely last year of man’s 6,000 years of self-rule.

Two Days and the Third Day in Biblical Prophecy

The question that then arises is, “Are there any other passages of Scripture that would serve to affirm the possibility of Israel being set aside for 2 days, or 2,000 years, and then once again coming under the headship of God? The answer to the question is a resounding “Yes!”, for God does indeed live by His own principles, “…In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established” (II Corinthians 13:1).

Israel at Mount Sinai

In the Old Testament, we find the Hebrew people being met by God at the time of their arrival at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:3), at which time God told Moses:

“Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their

clothes,

And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight

of all the people upon mount Sinai.” Exodus 19:10,11, (“Every eye shall see him”). Rev. 1:7

Here we see the Nation of Israel being physically encountered by God. God then returns to Heaven for 2 days, followed by His coming back to the Hebrew people on the morning of the 3rd day (Exodus 19:16). This is presented as a perfect typology of Hosea’s Prophecy (Hosea 6:2).

Jesus and the Woman at the Well

In the story of the “Woman at the well” (John 4:7-30), Jesus leaves the Jewish lands of Judea and Galilee. He then departs for “2 days” into non-Jewish Samaria (John 4:43).

During his stay with these Gentile Samaritans (who are representative of the various non-Jewish peoples of the Church Age), Scripture tells us that through the testimony of the woman at the well, many of the Samaritans “believed on him” (John4:39).

After 2 days absence from the Jewish homeland, Jesus once again returned to the land of the Jews (John 4:43). This is presented as a typological depiction of God setting aside the Jewish people during the Church Age. The 2 days represent a 2,000-year departure, followed by Jesus’ return to them in the 3rd day.

The Prophetic Timelines of Ezekiel

The Old Testament Prophet Ezekiel also provides two additional prophetic timelines to the eschatological future. This is in keeping with the Biblical Maxim that “God will not do anything without first revealing it to the Prophets”:

“Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants

the prophets.” Amos 3:7

In the 4th Chapter of the Book of Ezekiel we read:

“Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city,

even Jerusalem:

And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp

also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

Moreover, take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and

the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against

it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according

to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.

For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days,

three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the

iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

Therefore, thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be

uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to

another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.” Ezekiel 4:1-8

The Northern and Southern Kingdoms

Here God tells Ezekiel to lay on his side for 390 days. This demonstrated a coming period of discipline for the 10 Northern Tribes of Israel lasting 390 years.

Ezekiel was then told to roll over on his other side for 40 days. This would signify a 40-year period of discipline for the Southern Kingdom of Judah.

These times of discipline for both the Northern and the Southern Kingdoms would be associated with the city of Jerusalem coming under siege.

During the siege that would initiate the punishment of the 10 Northern Tribes of Israel, God would provide an iron wall of protection for Jerusalem. The city would not be destroyed.

From the subsequent history of the Hebrew people, we find both prophesies being fulfilled completely. In 701 B.C., the Assyrian army laid siege to Jerusalem. Although the Northern Kingdom of Israel was taken captive by the Assyrians, Jerusalem and the Temple were not destroyed.

In the siege of Jerusalem against the Southern Kingdom of Judah by the Roman Army led by Titus in 70 A.D., both the city of Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed, and the nation scattered abroad.

Leviticus and Ezekiel’s Prophetic Timeline

The key to understanding Ezekiel’s Prophetic Timeline is to be found within the Book of Leviticus.

Here we read that if Israel refused to repent after a period of chastisement, God would multiply the discipline by a factor of 7:

“And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven

times more for your sins.” Leviticus 26:18

Scripture then goes on to say that if Israel would still not repent of their sins, then God would once again multiply their disciplinary sorrows by an additional 7 times (Leviticus 26:21). He then promised yet again and again, that if Israel continued in their wayward ways, that He would multiply their punishment by a factor of 7 (Leviticus 26: 24, 28).

The Northern Kingdom Timeline and 2030

When we consider the case of the 10 Northern Tribes of Israel, we see that their disciplinary period of 390 years started in the year 701 B.C. Scripture indicates that the peoples of the Northern Kingdom were never again a nation in repentance, so we can assume that Israel’s time of chastisement would be multiplied by a factor of 7.

When we multiply 390 years by 7, we get 2,730 years. We then add those 2,730 years to 701 B.C. We must also remember that between 1 B.C. and 1 A.D. there is only one year, since the calendar has no year zero. This calculation brings us to 2030 A.D. as the possible end of their discipline, should they choose to repent at this time.

The Southern Kingdom Timeline and 2030

In the case of the Southern Kingdom, Judah’s disciplinary period of 40 years began in the year 30 A.D., the year of the Crucifixion. In that the nation did not repent of their sin of murdering their Messiah, Jerusalem was besieged in 70 A.D. by the Romans.

God then multiplied their chastisement by a factor of 7 (40×7 = 280 years). By the year 350 A.D., the Jewish peoples still had not repented.

Therefore, God multiplied their sorrows by another factor of 7.

When we multiply 40 by 7, and then by 7 again, we get 1,960 years. Adding 1,960 years to 70 A.D., the year of Jerusalem’s besiegement, once again brings us to 2030 A.D.!

Jesus as the Last Adam and the 6,000-Year Timeline

When we examine possible prophetic timelines revealed in the New Testament, a 4th prophetic timeline pointing to the year 2030 A.D. also emerges. For within the New Testament, we find Jesus being likened unto Adam, as Scripture refers to Jesus as being, “the Last Adam” (I Corinthians 15:45).

According to advocates of the Millennial/Day Prophetical timeline, God created the Heavens and the Earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th. It would therefore follow that mankind would also have 6 days of work. Man would then have his day of rest from self-rulership on the 7th day during the Millennial Reign of Christ.

According to Biblical chronologists, it is commonly accepted that Adam was likely created in the year 4,004 B.C. When we once again consider the fact that “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (II Peter 3:8), then we could surmise that the completion of man’s 6 days consisting of 6,000 years would be the year 1996 A.D.

However, Jesus is likened to the “Last Adam.” If Jesus lived 33 ½ years without sinning, after which He “became sin” for us while “nailed to a tree” (II Corinthians 5:21), the argument proposes a parallel with the first Adam. Adam would likewise have refrained from sinning for 33 ½ years in the Garden of Eden, after which he “became a sinner” while standing “underneath a tree.”

This would make the year of Adam’s Fall to be 3970 B.C. When we add the 6,000 years of man’s future self-rule to the year 3970 B.C., we again come to the year 2030 A.D. as the likely year for the start of the Millennium!

For another study of the proposed 4,000-year and 2,000-year prophetic pattern, see 2030 Prophetic Time Table 5 – The Examination of the Passover Lamb.

Abraham, Israel, and Another Possible 2030 Timeline

As if this were not enough, there may be a 5th prophetic timeline. It also points to the possibility that the Millennial Reign of Christ may begin around 2030.

For Bible chronologists tell us that the Father of the Hebrew people, Abraham, was born in the 1,948th year after the creation of Adam, or 1948 A.M. (Anno Mundi). It is of interest to note that Abraham’s descendants were reborn into becoming a nation exactly 1948 years after the initiation of the modern age, in 1948 A.D.

Abraham was called by God to leave his father’s house and come under God’s direct control when he was 75 years old. This provides another possible finger pointing to the year 2030.

For if we add 75 years onto the year 1948 A.D., we come to the year, 2023 A.D. as a likely year for Abraham’s progeny to also come under the direct influence of God.

The last 7 years of Daniel’s prophecy have yet to occur (Daniel 9:27). These years are identified here with the Great Tribulation, when Israel will once again come under the direct influence and discipline of God immediately prior to the Millennial Kingdom. This provides another possible prophetic finger pointing toward 2030 A.D.

For a more detailed examination of Daniel 9:27 and the proposed Jubilee timeline, see 2030 Prophetic Time Table 6 – The “Big Picture” of Daniel 9:27.

Are the 2030 Prophetic Timelines Just a Coincidence?

Could these timelines realistically be considered “Just a Coincidence?” They involve many different and distinct elements, yet they all appear to conclude in the same year.

I think not. Time will tell.

I believe we can now more readily understand why the Hebrew people never developed a single word for what Western secular thinkers call “coincidence.”

For to the enlightened Hebrew, there was never a need to acknowledge a concept or thing that quite likely does not even exist.

God’s Sovereignty Over History

Whether or not the Millennial rule of Christ will begin in the year 2030 still remains to be seen.

But we would all do well to acknowledge that History is not controlled by mere chance or “coincidence.” Rather, it is controlled by a Sovereign God who ordains the events of History according to His own timetable!

“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and

there is none like me,

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet

done, saying My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.” Isaiah 46:9,10

For an additional proposed prophetic timeline involving Daniel Chapter 9 and the restoration of Jerusalem, read 2030 Prophetic Time Table 7 – God’s Finishing Touch on His Daniel Chapter 9 Prophetic Timeline.

Continue the 2030 Prophetic Time Table Series

Explore the related studies in the 2030 Prophetic Time Table series:

• 2030 Prophetic Time Table 5 – The Examination of the Passover Lamb
• 2030 Prophetic Time Table 6 – The “Big Picture” of Daniel 9:27
• 2030 Prophetic Time Table 7 – God’s Finishing Touch on His Daniel Chapter 9 Prophetic Timeline