But as the Days of Noah were

"God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." (Genesis 6:5-9).

THE GREAT FLOOD OF NOAH'S DAY

Due to man's all-encompassing wickedness, God told Noah that He would bring a "flood of waters" upon the Earth to destroy all living things that breathed, including birds, animals, and people. God gave instructions on how Noah was to build a life-saving boat, or ark, in verses 14-16."The Hebrew transliteration 'tebah' (ark in English) is used in the Bible to refer to a large vessel or container. It is most notably used to describe two specific objects: the ark built by Noah to preserve life during the Flood and the basket in which the infant Moses was placed to save him from Pharaoh's decree. In both instances, "tebah" signifies a means of divine preservation and deliverance." {1}  

The first time the Hebrew word (transliteration) "berith," translated into English as "covenant," is mentioned is in Genesis 6:18. "But with thee I will establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee." God made a covenant with Noah to preserve a remnant of mankind and the animals. "A covenant is a sacred agreement or promise. Here, God is assuring Noah that despite the impending judgment of the great flood, Noah and his family would be saved, due to Noah's righteousness. Through this covenant, God is not only protecting Noah but also establishing a new beginning for humanity. 

This promise made to Noah foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ (a descendant of Noah's son, Shem), who would ultimately establish a new covenant with humanity through His blood. The ark represents salvation, a vessel that carried Noah and his family away from the judgment that was about to come upon the earth. In a spiritual sense, we can see this as a metaphor for the salvation offered through Jesus. Just as Noah obeyed God’s instructions to build the ark, we too are called to respond to God’s call for salvation through Jesus Christ." {2}

God then gives Noah instructions on which animals (and how many of each kind) to bring into the ark when it is finished. So, the covenant God established with Noah would occur when Noah and his family first entered the ark. This took place when the family began bringing the animals on board. "Here, the act of entering symbolizes obedience and alignment with God’s will. Building the ark was an act of faith in itself; entering it signifies trust in God’s promise of protection. Both acts together present a picture of faith—active obedience in response to God’s calling. {3}

The completion of the ark is mentioned in chapter 7 in Genesis. Of course, we all know the number seven signifies completion and perfection. Noah and his family oversaw the loading of all the animals (as described in verses 2-3), which took seven days. "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" (Genesis 7:4). God's covenant with Noah began seven days before the flood began. "Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he (Genesis 6:22).

The great flood of Noah's day occurred 1656 years after God created Adam. Noah was 600 years old (Genesis 7:6), and his three sons were around 100 years old at this time. Noah's wife and daughters-in-law's ages are not mentioned. Lamech, Noah's father, had died five years earlier, and Noah's grandfather, Methuselah, had just passed the same year the flood came. Methuselah was the son of Enoch, who was raptured by God 669 years before the flood. Methuselah's name means "when he is dead, it shall be sent," From the noun מת (mat), man, or מות (mut), death, and the verb שלח (shalah), to send or let go. Methuselah was the man with the longest life span in the Bible (969 years).   

After everybody was on board the ark, "the LORD shut him in" (Genesis 7:16). 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. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights" (Genesis 7:10-11).

THE JEWISH CALENDARS

Before God had Moses change the beginning of the yearly calendar to the spring season (Exodus 12), the original calendar of the Hebrews began in the fall. Moses and Noah were separated by about 777 (very apropos number) years when they had their water "baptisms." In Moses' day, the first month was Tishri, and the seventh month was Nisan. These are not the original names, as they were changed after the Babylonian captivity. They were simply called the first month and the seventh month. 

In The Day of the Dead and the Great Flood, I explain (and prove) how the Antediluvian calendar was a fall-to-fall calendar with the first month in October/November on our modern calendar, or Tishri (called Ethanim before the Babylonian captivity) on the Jewish lunisolar calendar. The seventh month would have been in March/April, which is Nisan (Aviv) on the Jewish Antediluvian calendar. Today, the Jews have two lunisolar calendars. The ecclesiastical calendar starts in the spring (the first month is Nisan), and the civil calendar starts in the fall (the first month is Tishri).

So, the seventeenth day of the second month of Genesis 7:10 would have occurred on Heshvan (or Chesvan) 17 on the modern Jewish (civil) calendar. That is the day the great flood of Noah's day began. This was the first worldwide Great Tribulation, which, if God hadn't intervened, no flesh would have been saved. I believe the covenant God made with Noah (Genesis 6:18) began seven days earlier on Heshvan 10. The occupants of the ark left the ark onto dry ground, 370 days later, on Heshvan 22 in 1657 A.M. (anno mundi - the year from creation).

BUT AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE, SO SHALL ALSO THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE (MATTHEW 24:37)

In Time, Times, and Half a Time - Part 1, I speculated (but based on Scripture) on 2026-2033 for the timing of Daniel's 70th week (the seven-year Tribulation), with 2033 being the year of Christ's return (second advent) to the Earth. Of course, 2033 is 2000 years since Christ was crucified, resurrected, and ascended to heaven, and Scripture says one day with the LORD is as a thousand years for man (2 Peter 3:8, Psalm 90:4). Also, Hosea 6:3 says, "After two days will he (the LORD) revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight." More on this timeline later.

Daniel's prophecy regarding the 70 "weeks" for Israel and Jerusalem to bring in everlasting righteousness, per Daniel 9:24, can only occur when Jesus Christ returns to judge the Earth and set up His millennial kingdom. Jesus fulfilled the 69 "weeks" of Daniel 9:25-26 during his first advent, which ended in 33 AD. See In The Midst of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks Prophecy. The 70th "week" was interrupted and delayed due to the Jews' rejection of Jesus as their Messiah and King. It still awaits a future fulfillment. The 70th week is also known in the Bible by other names, such as the Day of the Lord, Jacob's Trouble, a Day of Wrath, etc. Nowadays, most students of the Bible just call it the Tribulation.

The English word "week" is translated from the Hebrew word (transliteration) "shabua," which means a period of seven days or years. "In ancient Israel, the week was a fundamental unit of time, rooted in the creation narrative. The Sabbath, the seventh day, was a day of rest and worship, setting a rhythm for the Israelites' lives. The concept of "shabua" also extends to the "week of years," as seen in the Shemitah cycle, and "weeks of years" in the Jubilee cycle, and the prophecy of Daniel's seventy weeks." {3} 

The first mention of "shabua" is in Genesis 29:27 when Jacob was making a deal with Laban for Rachel to be his wife. In this instance, it is used in the context of seven years. Laban told Jacob, "Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years." Laban and Jacob were either referring to the seven years as a solar calendar of 2557 days or a lunisolar calendar of either 2539 (12 months) or 2569 days (with an extra 13th embolismic month to bring the lunar and solar calendar into sync). They certainly weren't referring to a so-called "prophetic" seven-year timeframe of 2520 days.

The 70th week (or seven) of Daniel 9:27 says, "And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." The "he" in this verse is "the prince who is to come" in the preceding verse. In Daniel 7:8 he is called "the little horn." In Daniel 8:23, he is referred to as a "king of fierce countenance." In the New Testament, 2 Thessalonians 2 has three names or titles for the Antichrist, "the man of sin" (vs. 3), "the son of perdition (vs. 3), and "the lawless one (vs. 8)."  1 John 2:22 is the first time the name or title "Antichrist" is given to him.

The abomination of Daniel 9:27 is further explained in Daniel 12:11, "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." Jesus also spoke of this abomination of desolation at the end of the age in Matthew 24:15 (and Mark 13:14), "Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."

Paul also prophesied about the Antichrist and the temple in Jerusalem during the end times. "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God" (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).

As I have said in previous articles, I don't believe the words "in the midst of the week" (KJV translation) mentioned in Daniel 9:27 necessarily mean the exact center of the seven-year Tribulation. There are 256 times this exact phrase is used in the KJV Bible,  and most of them refer to "near the center or middle" and not "the exact center or middle." The Hebrew word (transliteration) for "midst" is "tavek" in Hebrew.

Because of the phrase "in the midst" and the two verses in Revelation (11:3 and 12:6), the conventional theory for the duration of Daniel's 70th week (seven-year Tribulation) is for 2520 days. By this reckoning, the first verse, Revelation 11:3, "And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth," is for the first half of the Tribulation. The second verse, Revelation 12:6, "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days," is for the second half of the Tribulation. 

However, I don't believe 2520 days (1260 + 1260 days) is the correct interpretation for the duration of one "shabua" (week) mentioned in Daniel 9:27. The "in the midst" reckoning of 1260 days from the abomination of desolation (and the stoppage of sacrifices and oblations) to the end of the 70th "week" contradicts Daniel 12:11, which gives a different duration from the abomination of desolation (and the stoppage of the sacrifices) to the end of the 70th "week." "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." 

The prophecy of the 1260 days of Revelation 12:6 merely stipulates that Israel (the woman) will flee into the wilderness (presumably taking the advice of Jesus in Matthew 24:15-22) after witnessing the abomination of desolation (spoken of by Daniel the prophet) and will be kept safe for a period of 1260 days. Revelation 12:6 does not say the 1260 days mark the end of the Tribulation. More on this later.

I believe Daniel was using the same word, "shabua," that Moses used in Genesis 29:27, in reference to seven years on the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, which can be for either 2539 or 2569 days. I believe it will be for 2569 days.

THE TIMING OF DANIEL'S 70TH WEEK

The starting date for Daniel’s 70th week (the Tribulation) can occur on any day, as it is not a “moed” or appointed time like the Feasts of the Lord (Passover on Nisan 14, Day of Atonement on Tishri 10, etc.), and It doesn’t have to occur on the first day of the month, Nisan 1 or Tishri 1. Jesus fulfilled the 69th week of Daniel 9:25 on Nisan 10 when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey as king of the Jews, but was ultimately rejected as such. The fulfillment of the first part of Daniel 9:26 occurred when Jesus was killed on Nisan 14, which was the biblical Passover. 

Two thousand years and seven months later (on Heshvan 10), the end of Daniel's 70th week will occur. This date on the Jewish calendar will see the fulfillment of Daniel 9:24. "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy."

I think Daniel's 70th week will be “as the days of Noah were”(Matthew 24:37) in more than one way (besides there being great evil in the world). Daniel's 70th week will begin (after a delay of 1993 years) when the Antichrist confirms the covenant with the "many" according to Daniel 9:27. I believe the date on the Jewish calendar for the start of the Tribulation is the exact date that God made a covenant with Noah, on Heshvan 10, seven days before the Great flood of Heshvan 17.  

THE START OF THE SEVEN-YEAR TRIBULATION 

The start of Daniel’s 70th week will occur on Tuesday, Heshvan 10 (October 20, 2026). I think the Antichrist will strengthen the Abraham Accords ("confirming the covenant" per Daniel 9:27) by bringing in other countries (perhaps Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries) to allow the Jews to build their third temple in exchange for giving up land for a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Unlike Noah's covenant of life with God, where he depended on God for his security, the Jews will not depend on God but will rely on the strength of the Antichrist and the Ten Kings (Daniel 7:24, Revelation 17:12) for their security. This confirming of the covenant will be for seven years. 

The covenant of Daniel 9:27 is prophesied about in Isaiah 28:14-29. It is called a covenant with death. "Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves" (Isaiah 28:15). Notice the word "overflowing" in this verse. It is used symbolically as an "overflowing flood." When used symbolically in this context, it represents an overwhelming military invasion. 

Isaiah 28:16 speaks of the Messianic Jews who will not agree with this covenant. "Therefore, thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste." They are not a part of the "many" of Daniel 9:27 who make this covenant with death. 

The end of the Tribulation (in this scenario) will occur on Tuesday, Heshvan 10 (November 1, 2033 AD), 2569 days (seven Jewish years that include three embolismic months) after the Antichrist confirms the covenant on Tuesday, Heshvan 10 (October 20, 2026).

Perhaps after the seventh day of the Antichrist's confirming of the covenant with Israel and the many, sudden destruction will come upon the Earth, when the first seal judgment begins in Revelation 6:2, when the Antichrist rides forth, conquering and to conquer. If so, the date on the Jewish calendar will be Heshvan 17, or October 27, 2033, on the Gregorian calendar. Of course, Heshvan 17 is the date for the Great Flood of Noah's day.  "And the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined" (Daniel 9:26).

Author's note: By the way, if Jesus had been accepted as Israel's king, he would still have had to die to atone for mankind's sins and fulfill Daniel's prophecies. IMO, Daniel's 70th week would have commenced approximately seven months later on Thursday, Heshvan 10, 33 AD, which occurred on October 20, 33 AD on the proleptic Gregorian calendar. The 70th week would have ended 2569 days later on Thursday, Heshvan 10 (November 1, 40 AD). These are the exact dates (on both the Jewish calendar and the Gregorian calendar) for my reckoning of the timeline (2026-2033) of Daniel's 70th week. 

I have been asked several times to explain my reckoning for the timing of Daniel's 70th week, according to Time, Times, and Half a Time - Part 1 and Time, Times, and Half a Time – Part II, so here goes (with a few minor adjustments).  

If Daniel's 70th week begins on Tuesday, Heshvan 10 (October 20, 2026), then this could also be the day the two Jewish witnesses (or prophets) of Revelation 11:3 come upon the scene. This verse says they will prophesy for 1260 days (or, in this scenario, until Tuesday, Veadar 29 (April 2, 2030), and then they will be killed by the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit (Rev. 11:7). Thursday, April 2, 33 AD was the proleptic Gregorian date for when the Romans killed Jesus (IMO). 3.5 days later, on Nisan 3, or April 6, 2030, the two prophets will be resurrected and ascend into heaven in a cloud, and their enemies will behold them (Rev. 11:7). 

The Antichrist arrives in the newly built third temple in Jerusalem sometime during the Passover convocations. He will probably arrive on Friday, Nisan 10 (April 13, 2030), as King of the Earth, riding a white horse and emulating Jesus' triumphal entry on Palm Sunday. He will allow the Jews to celebrate Passover on Wednesday, Nisan 15 (April 17, 2030). However, he will show his true colors a few days later. 

THE GREAT TRIBULATION

As I said earlier, I don't believe the words "in the midst of the week" mentioned in Daniel 9:27 (KJV) necessarily mean the exact center of the seven-year Tribulation. If the Tribulation lasts for 2569 days, then the exact center would be 1284.5 days (Nisan 24, or April 27, 2030). However, I believe the "in the midst" point of Daniel 9:27 occurs on the 1279th day of the Tribulation, on Sunday, Nisan 19 (April 21, 2030), on the biblical (the first Sunday after Passover) Feast of Firstfruits. 

The Feast of Firstfruits is the day that Jesus rose from the dead. It is the greatest day in the history of mankind, and the Antichrist knows this. That is why he chooses this day to stop the sacrifices and commit the abomination of desolation in the temple in Jerusalem. Of course, the Jews don't celebrate the Feast of Firstfruits. They observe the "counting of the Omer" beginning on the second day of Passover/Unleavened Bread, which, to them, is Nisan 16. So, the biblical Feast of Firstfruits for 2030 AD is merely the fifth day of Passover/Unleavened Bread to the Jews. 

The Antichrist and the False Prophet will have a resurrection of their own, by bringing to life (probably through the demonic realm and possibly A.I.) the image of the beast that was made in honor of the beastly Antichrist. "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed" (Revelation 13:15). 

All the different ways of Scripture saying "three-and-a-half years" start from this Feast of Firstfuits day and date (Sunday, April 21, 2030); such as "a time and times and the dividing of time" (Daniel 7:25), "time, times, and an half" (Daniel 12:7), "time, times, and half a time" (Revelation 12:14), forty and two months (Revelation 11:2, 13:5), 1260 days ((Daniel 12:11), and 1290 days (Daniel 12:11). Jesus called these 3.5 years (starting from the abomination of desolation) "great Tribulation" in Matthew 24:21.

As Jesus fulfilled the spring Feasts of the Lord during His first advent, so will he fulfill the fall feasts during His second advent (and within the 2569 days of Daniel's 70th week). The first fall feast to be fulfilled by Christ will be the Feast of Trumpets as described in Revelation 19:11-21, when Jesus returns to the Earth as King of kings and Lord of lords. This will only happen when Jesus' prophecy in Matthew 24:39 is fulfilled. "For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."

This spectacular event will occur 1251 days from the Feast of Firstfruits. His "come-back" date will be on Friday, Tishri 1 (September 23, 2033). Jesus will single-handedly defeat the forces of the Antichrist during the 10 days of Awe between Trumpets and the Day of Atonement, fighting from Bozrah (Petra, Jordan) to Jerusalem.  

“I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth” (Isaiah 63:3-6).

"And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs” (Revelation 14:20).

There are 1260 days from the Feast of Firstfruits on Sunday, Nisan 19 (April 21, 2030), to the Day of Atonement, Sunday, Tishri 10 (October 2, 2033). This fulfills the prophecy of Revelation 12:6, where God supernaturally provides for the Jews during the last 3.5 years of the Tribulation. "And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days." Jesus also fulfills the Feast of Atonement on this day. The remnant Jews will come out of their place of refuge (most likely in Petra, Jordan) on this day and return to Jerusalem. 

Jesus will fulfill the Feast of Tabernacles, beginning on Friday, Tishri 15 (October 7, 2033) and ending on Friday, Tishri 22 (October 14, 2033) by tabernacling with His people. The Hebrew people wandered in the wilderness for 40 years from 1446 BC to 1406 BC before they entered the promised land of Canaan. The Jews will also have wandered in the wilderness without their Messiah for 40 Jubilees from 33 AD to 2033 AD before the remnant enters the promised land of Christ's millennium kingdom. 

There are 1290 days from the Feast of Firstfruits, Sunday, Nisan 18 (April 21, 2030), to the end of Daniel's 70th week on Tuesday, Heshvan 10 (November 1, 2033). This will fulfill Daniel 12:11. "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." This will mark the end of Daniel's 70th week, as it is the 2569th day since the Tribulation began. 

AFTER THE TRIBULATION

The last prophecy of Daniel to be fulfilled will occur 45 days after the fulfillment of Daniel 12:11. On the 1335th day from the Feast of Firstruits, Sunday, Nisan 18 (April 21, 2030), Jesus Christ will fulfill Daniel 12:12 on Kislev 25 (Friday, December 16, 2033), which is the start of Hanukkah. "Blessed is he that waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. Hanukkah is called the Feast of the Dedication in John 10:22. 

It's interesting that the last feast Jesus attended before his death at Passover was Hanukkah. Hanukkah was not one of the seven Feasts of the Lord, but is a religious holiday/observance that Jesus attended (at least once, according to the scriptures). As soon as Jesus walked into the temple, the Jews surrounded him and asked him, "How long do you keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 

Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness of me. But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you. (Author's note: Jesus told them earlier that He was the good shepherd.) My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and my Father are one” (John 10:25-30).In these verses, Jesus was telling the Jews that He was God. Nobody but God can give eternal life, and if Jesus and the Father are one, then Jesus is God. 

After these words from Jesus, the Jews took up stones to stone him. "Jesus answered them, Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone me? The Jews answered Him, saying, For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God" (John 10:32-33). Jesus replied, "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him” (John 10:37-38). Of course, the stiff-necked Jews tried to seize him, but he escaped out of their hand. The Jews had asked Jesus if he was the Messiah whom they were looking for. Jesus basically said he was more than that, as He was the Son of God, and that He and the Father God were one and the same. 

The Hanukkah that comes after the 45th day of Daniel's 70th week will see a complete reversal of the one in 32 AD, when the Jews tried to kill Jesus. This time, they will recognize Him for who He said He was two millennia ago (two days for the LORD), as God Himself.  On this day, Jesus will be dedicated and anointed King of Israel and the Earth, as mentioned in Daniel 9:24 ("to anoint the most Holy"). His kingdom will last for one thousand years and into eternity.  

Hanukkah lasts for eight days (similar to Tabernacles and Passover/Unleavened Bread). There were eight people who exited the ark onto a new environment. The number 8 represents eternity. The new Earth and heavens will be created at the start of the eighth millennium. 888 is the isopsephy of the Greek word for Jesus. 888 equals 24 (or 8 + 8 + 8) x 37 (a number that represents wisdom). Isn't it perfect that Jesus said in Matthew 24:37, "But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."

"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever" (1 Timothy 1:17).

Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Randy Nettles 

rgeanie55@gmail.com 

Endnotes:

{1} Strong's Hebrew: 8392. תֵּבָה (tebah) -- Ark, Basket

{2} https://scripturesavvy.com/genesis-6-18/

{3} I.B.I.D.

{4} Strong's Hebrew: 7620. שְׁבֻעַ (shabua) -- Week, period of seven (days or years)