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THE GREAT TRIBULATION

The biblical Hebrew lunisolar calendar

First month: Nisan or Abib(in the Bible) (March-April)(30 days)

Second month: Iyyar or Ziv(in the Bible) (April-May)(29 days)

Third month: Sivan(May-June)(30 days)

Fourth month: Tammuz(June-July)(29 days)

Fifth month: Ab(July-August)(30 days)

Sixth month: Eloul(August-September)(29 days)

Seventh month: Tishri or Ethanim(in the Bible)(September-October) (30 days)

Eighth month: Hesvan or Bul(in the Bible) (October-November)(29 or 30 days)

Ninth month: Chislev(November-December)(29 or 30 days)

Tenth month: Tebeth(December-January)(29 days)

Eleventh month: Shebat(January-February)(30 days)

Twelfth month: Adar(February-March)(29 or 30 days)

Thirteenth month: Adar II or Veadar (29 days)

The lunar year has 12 months of 29 or 30 days. The intercalary month (Veadar) is regularly added to compensate for the difference of 11 days between the lunar year (354 days) and the solar year (365 days). In this case, this year has exceptionally 13 months, it is a “lunisolar”. In the Bible there is no direct mention of this process in order to adjust the lunisolar calendar to the solar year. Nevertheless, indirect information shows that this adjustment was made. For example, some months had to coincide regularly with seasonal crops, either spring (Abib (Nisan): spring) or autumn (Ethanim (Tishri): autumn) (Exodus 23:15). It is obvious that the Israelites of the biblical times realized this adjustment by the addition of the intercalary month (Veadar). The festivals celebrated the month in spring, remained spring, over the years. And all the autumn festivals of the month of Tishri, remained autumnal, over the years (Leviticus 23:37).

Currently the adjustment system, used by the Hebrew calendar, is made with a “metonic cycle”: 7 adjustments with 7 lunisolar years of 13 months, over a period of 19 years.

INTRODUCTION

"Woe to those who yearn for the day of Jehovah! What, then, will the day of Jehovah mean for you? It will be darkness, and not light" (Amos 5:18)

The blue sentences indicate additional and detailed biblical explanations. Just click on the blue hyperlink. The biblical articles are mainly written in four languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese.

"Woe to those who yearn for the day of Jehovah! What, then, will the day of Jehovah mean for you? It will be darkness, and not light" (Amos 5:18). The article below, about the great tribulation is written in the same mind of Amos 5:18, seriousness and sadness. When a meteorologist or a team of engineers, analyze the terrifying satellite images of a category 5 cyclone, with winds exceeding 300 km / h (160 knot/h), their feelings could be very mixed. They are between the need to warn the populations concerned, without triggering a general panic, which could worsen the situation. It is the same with regard to the great tribulation: There is a biblical duty to warn, without panicking people. It is necessary to show that the great tribulation is a very close event, which will really happen, while showing as clearly as possible, what it is necessary to do to survive. Jesus Christ himself announced this great tribulation, with a particular reference to the prophecy of Daniel:

"During that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who is standing in behalf of your people. And there will occur a time of distress such as has not occurred since there came to be a nation until that time" (Daniel 12:1).

"For then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again" (Matthew 24:21).

(The important biblical purpose, is to have good relationships with God and his Son Jesus Christ, through prayer, a behavior according to the Will of God and by reading and applying the Bible every day)

(What to do before and during the great tribulation, in order to come out of the great tribulation and to come in the earthly paradise?)

The prophecy of Daniel, and also, the prophecy of the Revelation, announce that there will be a great crowd of survivors:

"And during that time your people will escape, everyone who is found written down in the book" (Daniel 12:1).

"After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. (…) In response one of the elders said to me: “These who are dressed in the white robes, who are they and where did they come from?” So right away I said to him: “My lord, you are the one who knows.” And he said to me: “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" (Revelation 7:9,13,14).

It is the prophecy of Zechariah which gives the most precise information about the great tribulation, regarding this "great crowd", which will come out of the great tribulation: "And in all the land,” declares Jehovah, “Two parts in it will be cut off and perish; And the third part will be left remaining in it.  And I will bring the third part through the fire; And I will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ And they will say, ‘Jehovah is our God" (Zechariah 13:8,9). God divides mankind into three "parts" (H6310 Strong's Concordance: "פֶּה" (peh) "part"). At first, one might think that it would be "three parts" equal, or three "thirds" (H7992 Strong's Concordance "שְׁלִישִׁי" (sheliyshiy) "a third"). In the Hebrew text, it is a question of the first two parts (peh) and the third (sheliyshiy), according to the context of this sentence, third "part". So, these three parts of humanity are not necessarily the same number of humans (That is "Three Third"). To know what represent these three "parts" of mankind regarding the biblical context, we must take attention to the dramatic celebration of the Day of Atonement, Ethanim,10 (Tishri).

(The great crowd of all nations, peoples and languages will come out of the great tribulation (Revelation 7:9-17))

Many biblical prophecies designate the great tribulation as the "Day of Jehovah". While referring to it, this article will primarily rely on the prophecy Zechariah, to know what is the great tribulation and when it will happen.

(Jesus Christ described the signs that would announce the proximity of the great tribulation)

What is the Great Tribulation?

The Great Tribulation is the time when Jehovah God, through his Son King Jesus Christ, will end to this system of things

To put it very simply, this is the time when Jehovah God, through his Son King Jesus Christ, will end to this system of things (Revelation 14:15-20; 19:11-21 ). Other biblical prophecies refer to the Great Tribulation as the "Day of Jehovah": "Blow a horn in Zion! Shout a war cry in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of Jehovah is coming! It is near! It is a day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick gloom, Like light of dawn spreading out on the mountains" (Joel 1:15; 2:1,2; see also Amos 5:18-21; Obadiah 15; Zephaniah chapter 1 and 2:1-4; Zechariah chapters 12, 13, 14).

How long will the Great Tribulation last?

ONE DAY

After careful reading of all the prophetic texts mentioning the "Day of Jehovah" or the "Great Tribulation", it can be said, without a shadow of a doubt, that this day will last only ONE DAY.

The clearest prophetic text over its duration is that of Zechariah and the Book of Revelation, both of which describe the Day of Jehovah as one day, or the only date of one day:

"And it will become one day that is known as belonging to Jehovah. It will not be day, nor will it be night; and at evening time there will be light" (Zechariah 14:7).

This text alone shows that it is a 24-hour day, and not a period of few days, because it is written that at the time of day, it will be neither day nor night, and that at the time of evening there will be light. However, the most explicit text is that of the book of Revelation, where this Day is connected with a date on the Jewish calendar. In Revelation 11:18, it is written: "But the nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time came for the dead to be judged and to reward your slaves the prophets and the holy ones and those fearing your name, the small and the great, and to bring to ruin those ruining the earth" (Revelation 11:18). This text refers to the time of the Great Tribulation, when God "will bring ruin to those who ruin the earth". However, what is even more interesting, is that verse 19 repeats this time in enigmatic way, connecting the Day of Jehovah withe the vision of the ark of his covenant: "And the temple sanctuary of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple sanctuary. And there were flashes of lightning and voices and thunders and an earthquake and a great hail" (Revelation 11:19).

This verse has two main parts: The first is the vision of the "ark of his covenant", the date of only one day. Indeed, Jehovah God did not allow to see the ark of his covenant (by the high priest), any day other than Ethanim (Tishri), 10 (Leviticus 16:2,29). The second part of the verse 19, is the symbolic description of the Great Tribulation. The Ethanim, 10 (Tishri), corresponds to the dramatic celebration of the Day of Atonement. The process of celebration is described in Leviticus chapter 16. It is a dramatic moment, because it describes symbolically, what will happen during the Day of Jehovah, the Great Tribulation. It will be a day of sadness, because Jehovah had given this instruction regarding this day: "It is a sabbath of complete rest for you, and you should afflict yourselves. It is a lasting statute" (Leviticus 16:31) (The vision of the Ark of the Covenant, is the date of the one Day of Jehovah: the Ethanim, 10 (Tishri)).

The Planetary Jubilee

Introduction

“For since the Law has a shadow of the good things to come, but not the very substance of the things, [men] can never with the same sacrifices from year to year which they offer continually make those who approach perfect” (Hebrews 10:1). The Mosaic Law has a prophetic value. Jesus Christ and Christianity are the expression of this prophetic reality: "For those things are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to the Christ" (Colossians 2:17). The fulfillment from the great tribulation, until the end of the millennial reign of Christ, are part of this prophetic dimension of the Law (Revelation 19 and 20). By reading Leviticus Chapter 25, we will see that the fulfillment of the law of the Jubilee corresponds, with regard to the Day of Jehovah, the great tribulation, with the beginning of the resurrection.

The Sabbath Law to Jehovah and the rest for the land

"Six years you should sow your field with seed, and six years you should prune your vineyard, and you must gather the land’s produce. But in the seventh year there should occur a sabbath of complete rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Your field you must not sow with seed, and your vineyard you must not prune. The growth from spilled kernels of your harvest you must not reap, and the grapes of your unpruned vine you must not gather. There should occur a year of complete rest for the land" (Leviticus 25:3-5). Thus, the Israelites could sow their land for six years, and the seventh year was a Sabbath to Jehovah, a rest for the land. This law was applied for seven cycles of 6 years of agricultural work and 1 year of rest, leaving the land uncultivated, 7 times, (6 years more 1 year) which corresponds to 49 years. At the end of these 7 sabbatical cycles, there was the famous Jubilee, in the beginning of the year fifty...

The Jubilee Law

"And you must count for yourself seven sabbaths of years, seven times seven years, and the days of the seven sabbaths of years must amount to forty-nine years for you. And you must cause the horn of loud tone to sound in the seventh month on the tenth of the month; on the day of atonement you people should cause the horn to sound in all your land. And you must sanctify the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land to all its inhabitants. It will become a Jubilee for you, and you must return each one to his possession and you should return each one to his family. A Jubilee is what that fiftieth year will become for you. you must not sow seed nor reap the land’s growth from spilled kernels nor gather the grapes of its unpruned vines. For it is a Jubilee. It should become something holy to you. From the field you may eat what the land produces" (Leviticus 25:8-12). After seven earthly sabbaths, that is, forty-nine years (7 x (6+1)=49 years), in the fiftieth year was proclaimed a Jubilee (7 x (6+1) + 1= 50 years).

How does the Jubilee have a link with Jehovah's Day, the Great Tribulation? On several biblical quotes we can understand that this Day will correspond to the planetary fulfillment of the Day of Atonement (Yom (Day) Kippur (Atonement)), which took place on Ethanim (Tishri), 10. However, the biblical text (written above) states that the law of the Jubilee, in this same Day, there was a proclamation of liberty throughout the country of all its inhabitants, in Ethanim (Tishri),10. In addition, in the prophecy of Jesus Christ, about the End of this system of things, he very clearly linked the End, the Great Tribulation, with the release of faithful humans, in a situation of waiting and observation of the fulfillment of the Sign of the End: "But as these things start to occur, stand up straight and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is getting near" (Luke 21:28).

This, deliverance is a release. But what kind of release? The release of the adamic sinful law which inexorably leads to a death sentence, by aging, illness and death. It is the prophecy of Daniel, in the last part, chapter 12, which associates both, the Great Tribulation (the Day of Jehovah), which will be a planetary destruction (by God) of the human system, leading, then to the beginning of the resurrection: "During that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who is standing in behalf of your people. And there will occur a time of distress such as has not occurred since there came to be a nation until that time. And during that time your people will escape, everyone who is found written down in the book. And many of those asleep in the dust of the earth will wake up, some to everlasting life and others to reproach and to everlasting contempt" (Daniel 12:1,2).

Without going into explanatory details, this resurrection of the prophecy of Daniel, seems to refer to the earthly resurrection which will have a selective judgment, also written in john 5:28.29. However, the law on the Jubilee stipulated that this proclamation had to be made by a powerful sound of a horn, on Ethanim (Tishri), 10. This powerful sound of horn or trumpet, is described by the apostle Paul, as being the beginning of a heavenly resurrection: "because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet, and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first. Afterward we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17).

This resurrection is not the same as that mentioned in Daniel 12:2, because it is before the great tribulation and it is a heavenly resurrection. It will be before the great tribulation, corresponding to the death and the instantaneous resurrection of the rest of the 144,000, on earth, which will go to heaven, before the great tribulation, and which are the earthly remnant of 7,000 (actually): "And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and a tenth of the city fell; and seven thousand persons were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven" (Revelation 11:7-13).

The city represents the people of God. The fall of the tenth city, is the death and resurrection of the 144,000 kings and priests, as a fully constituted group in heaven, which at the same time will instantly bring about the death and resurrection of the remaining 7,000 of the heavenly group of 144,000. The "rest" of the city that will be afraid of this awesome event, and will give glory to God, are the great crowd that will come out of the great tribulation (Revelation 7:9-17). The Planetary Jubilee will be the release of the humankind imprisoned in the sinful law inherited from Adam (Romans 5:12 and 6:23). This release will be made by the healings of diseases and the rejuvenation, of the great crowd of those who will come out of the great tribulation, and after there will be the earthly resurrection of the dead of all humanity, during the millennial reign (Revelation 20 and 21:1-4).

This jubilee which will be fulfilled, will be the return of the dead to life and to their family with cries of joy. In addition, Leviticus 25 specifies that there will be a "return" in his property, which means that the resurrected one will henceforth have a property or an earthly lot which will belong to him for ever: "But as for you, go on to the end. You will rest, but you will stand up for your lot at the end of the days" (Daniel 12:13). This "lot" is double, with the everlasting life and an earthly property that the Owner of the Earth will have granted to him: "Because the land is mine" - Says Jehovah (Leviticus 25:23).

THE GREAT TRIBULATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN A LUNISOLAR YEAR

OF 13 BIBLICAL MONTHS

The Western calendars are based on the Gregorian solar calendar of 365 days (Wikipedia Gregorian calendar).

Othes countries use the lunar calendar. The lunar year has between 354 and 355 days. There is therefore a difference of about 11 days between the solar calendar (365 days) and thelunar calendar(354 days). Nevertheless, theHebrew lunar calendar, also takes into account the solar cycle of 365 days, so it is a "lunisolar" calendar (WikipediaHebrew lunar calendar).

The important points to know about the biblical calendar, like the Hebrew calendar, are the following (important to understand the biblical reasoning that will follow):

In the Bible, the days begin in the evening after the sunset. For example in Genesis 1:5, regarding the first day of the symbolic “And there was evening and there was morning, a first day".

In the Bible, the months began at the "new moon" (Psalms 81:3). Lunar months are either 30 or 29 days.

Nevertheless, at this stage of the study, there is a significant difficulty regarding the biblical definition of the new moon (Wikipedia New Moon). Some think that this is the moment when the moon completely disappears (in the currentHebrew calendar). Others think that this is the first crescent of the moon. For this reason, there is a special study of the theme of the New Moon that will indicate the necessary and important choice between these two options to determine exactly a biblical date (that of the memorial to the death of Jesus Christ (Nisan 14th) and Tishri 10th) (After this article (below)).

THE LUNISOLAR YEAR

Currently the adjustment system, used by the Hebrew calendar, is made with a “metonic cycle”: 7 adjustments with 7 lunisolar years of 13 months, over a period of 19 years.

In the book of Ezekiel we can understand that the year in which the Great Tribulation will occur will be Lunisolar, with 13 months, according to the Jewish calendar. In Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39 we have the prophetic story of events before, during and after the Great Tribulation. After the Great Tribulation the prophecy gives the information of a seven-month period of cleansing the Earth: "The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land" (Ezek. 39:12-14). How would this simple information make us understand that this would be a year of 13 months?

According to Revelation 11:19 the Great Tribulation will take place aTishri 10th. At the end of the seven months written in Ezekiel 39: 12-14, it is written that the prophet had the vision of the Temple which represents the dominion of the Kingdom of God on earth, a certain in Nisan 10th: " In the 25th year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the 14th year after the city had fallen, on that very day the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he took me to the city" (Ezekiel 40:1)

Can we know?

"Keep on the watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming"

(Matthew 24:42)

"Certainly unless you wake up, I will come as a thief, and you will not know at all at what hour I will come upon you"

(Apocalypse 3:3)

These two biblical quotes, show that it is advisable to answer, depending on the context. The answer of the first biblical quote, is that we cannot know the moment or the date of the Great Tribulation, while the second text suggests that this ignorance will not be permanent, so as not to be surprised.

Sometimes the Bible, in the same chapter, expresses the thesis and the antithesis of a situation: "Do not answer the stupid one according to his foolishness, so that you do not put yourself on his level. Answer the stupid one according to his foolishness, so that he does not think he is wise" (Proverbs 26:4,5). The verse 4 is a thesis that makes it clear, in certain situations, it is advisable not to respond to a stupid man, in order to avoid the snare of being discredited, by lowering oneself in the level of his stupidity. The verse 5 is an antithesis, which shows that in a different context, someone can be in the duty to respond to the stupid, in order to put him in front of his own foolishness. It is the insight, that makes it possible to understand the nuances of an answer to a situation, or to a specific question (Hebrews 5:14).

The different approaches to the question above are the following: in the current state of things, there is no certainty on a possible date. However, that does not mean that Jehovah God and his Son, Jesus Christ, will constantly leave us in this uncertainty: "For the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will not do a thing unless he has revealed his confidential matter to his servants the prophets" (Amos 3:7). There are biblical teaching points that allow the date, to be fixed in a kind of year (which is currently not known with certainty): the Ethanim (Tishri), 10, and the kind of year, lunisolar year of 13 months (Apocalypse 11:19 (Tishri, 10); Ezékiel 39:14 (seven months of earth cleaning); 40:1,2 (Nisan, 10)). However, it is not enough.

In order to target this information, in a specific year, we must see the simultaneous fulfillment of prophecies that converge on this date and specific year. This is why there is no certainty. In doing so, the only way of observation is to use the biblical information, on the date and the kind of year, comparing with the observed fulfillment of the prophecies. By presenting a “landmark date”, without necessarily saying that it will be the date of the Day of Jehovah, it will be compared with the progress of the worldwide events, to understand the possible convergence with this day and specific year (the landmark date)... Here is the landmark date, that is to say the closest to biblical standards (understood):

Tishri, 10, 2026

Saturday evening, after the sunset in Jerusalem,

September 19, to Sunday, September 20, 2026

(New Astronomical Moon)

It has only a benchmark value (it will not be qualified as the date of the Day of Jehovah (great tribulation)), in order to proceed to the gradual observation of world events, with regard to both, of the biblical prophecies and this landmark date. Updates will be made when there will be significant global events. They will be announced on the home page of the site (as it is the case currently).

As for the Official Date of the Yom Kippur 2026, it will take place on the basis of the religious (or ecclesiastical) new moon (the new religious moon is based on the Chiourim calendar (French edition)), September 20, 2026 (one day late). Here is also the dates of the years 2024 and 2025, regarding the Ethanim (Tishri), 10, based on the new astronomical moon and the new religious moon (with 1 or 2 days late): Ethanim (Tishri),10, 2024: October 10/11, 2024 (new astronomical moon); October 11/12, 2024 (new religious moon). It should be noted that on the basis of the year 4026 BCE, a traditional date of the year of creation of the man Adam, the year starting with the autumn of 2024, to the autumn of 2025, will be jubilee and will represent the year 6050, of the existence of man on earth, according to the biblical chronology (Genesis 2:7). Ethanim (Tishri),10, 2025: September, 29/30, 2025 (new astronomical moon); October 1/2 2025 (new religious moon). The years, 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 will not be lunisolar. The year, 2026/2027 will be a lunisolar year (with the intercalary month of Veadar (or Adar II)).

These details are given in order to demonstrate that all the interpretative options are taken into account and the earlier the kingdom of God will be established on earth, better that will be (Matthew 6:9,10)... As for the list of the biblical prophecies linked with the Day of Jehovah (Great Tribulation), here are the main:

The Planetary Jubilee:

English: http://yomelyah.com/436580028/

French:https://yomelijah.com/436562889/

Spanish:http://yomeliah.com/436505187/

Portuguese:http://yomelias.com/436549844/

The Prophecy of Daniel, the last king with the grimacing face:

English:https://yomelyah.com/435935462/435518392

French:https://yomelijah.com/435880379/433820685

Spanish:https://yomeliah.com/435875765/435160689

Portuguese:https://yomelias.com/436040572/435617415

The Prophecy of Daniel, the Two Kings (King of the North and King of the South):

English:https://yomelyah.com/435935462/435536772

French:https://yomelijah.com/435880379/434578096

Spanish:https://yomeliah.com/435875765/435163645

Portuguese:https://yomelias.com/436040572/435644186

The Prophecy of Daniel:

English:https://yomelyah.com/435935462/

French:https://yomelijah.com/435880379/

Spanish:https://yomeliah.com/435875765/

Portuguese:https://yomelias.com/436040572/

The Prophecy of Zechariah:

English:https://yomelyah.com/435935966

French:https://yomelijah.com/434578374

Spanish:https://yomeliah.com/435969803

Portuguese:https://yomelias.com/436041427

The Prophecy of Ezekiel of Gog of Magog:

English:https://yomelyah.com/435935818/435936298

French:https://yomelijah.com/433839214/435949762

Spanish:https://yomeliah.com/436031686/435502114

Portuguese:https://yomelias.com/436041077/436030317

The Prophecy of Jesus Christ, about the Last Days:

English:https://yomelyah.com/435935818/

French:https://yomelijah.com/433839214/

Spanish:https://yomeliah.com/436031686/

Portuguese:https://yomelias.com/436041077/

Babylon the Great:

English:https://yomelyah.com/440282059/435520654

French:https://yomelijah.com/440281733/433839126

Spanish:https://yomeliah.com/440281920/435163193

Portuguese:https://yomelias.com/440282193/435632005

Peace and Security:

English:https://yomelyah.com/440282059/435935734

French:https://yomelijah.com/440281733/434577547

Spanish:https://yomeliah.com/440281920/436031717

Portuguese:https://yomelias.com/440282193/436041149

The comments of these articles will be regularly updated, as the worldwide events are evolving, and at the same times bringing us irretrievably closer, to the Day of Jehovah (Joel 2:1). It is necessary to continue to be patient in the waiting for Jehovah God: "Good it is to wait in silence for the salvation of Jehovah" (lamentations 3:26). "But as for me, I will keep on the lookout for Jehovah. I will show a waiting attitude for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me" (Micah 7:7).

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