2024 Rapture

Year of the Rapture Prophecies (2024)

The prophecies in Daniel 9, Ezekiel 4 and Hosea 6 all point to a 30 AD crucifixion, a 2031 second coming, the year 2030 being the final year of the Jews' timeout, and a 2024 rapture and start of the Tribulation. We also have three bonus witnesses of a 30 AD crucifixion from some entries in the Talmud, the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar and King Herod's death in 4 BC:

First, let's establish a 30 AD crucifixion from the prophets. We have two prophetic witnesses for 30 AD:
1. Daniel 9:25-26 tells us that "from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem" there will be 483 years (69 "weeks" of years: 69 x 7) till messiah (Christ) is killed. The command went out by Artaxerxes in 454 BC in the 20th year of his reign (Artaxerxes began co-reigning with Xerxes in 474 BC). 454 BC to 30 AD is 483 years.
2. The Ezekiel 4:6 prophecy talks about the iniquity of the house of Judah being for 40 days (of years) to the 2nd siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD. From the iniquity of the Jews crucifying their messiah, there are 40 years until the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, which puts the crucifixion at 30 AD.
3. Entries by the Jews in both the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmud speak of some interesting things that happened at the temple for 40 years up until its destruction in 70 AD: (1) The extremely large temple doors would always swing open by themselves overnight. (2) The lamp would always go out overnight, no matter what they did to keep it burning. (3) The lot for the scapegoat always came up in the left hand for 40 years straight. The odds are 1 in over a trillion. (4) The crimson thread would never turn white again (symbolizing their sins were no longer forgiven under the old covenant). All of this indicates a 30 AD crucifixion.
4. Luke 3:1, 21-23 tells us that Jesus' ministry began when He was baptized at about 30 years old, in the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Tiberius started his co-reign with Augustus in 11 AD, making his 15th year in 26 AD. Jesus' ministry started around October of 26 AD and lasted 3.5 years, which puts His crucifixion in April of 30 AD.
5. We know from Luke 3:23 that Jesus began His ministry at about 30 years of age in the fall of 26 AD (see point 4 above). That puts Jesus' birth in the fall of 5 BC. King Herod died in 4 BC. When Jesus was born and the wise men came to Jerusalem and asked where baby Jesus was, Herod found out and ordered all male children under 2 years of age to be killed. Jesus' father was told to take baby Jesus to Egypt when Herod ordered the male children to be killed. Then Herod died. Then Joseph was told to bring Jesus back. Since Herod died in 4 BC and Jesus had to be under 2 years old when the order to kill all males under 2, that means Jesus had to have been born between 6 BC and 4 BC, which aligns with Luke 3:23 stating that Jesus began His ministry at about 30 years of age in the fall of 26 AD. The account of Jesus and Herod can be found in Matthew 2:13-21.

Now that we've established a 30 AD crucifixion, let's determine the second coming by the Hosea 6 prophecy. Hosea 6:1-2 talk about the Jews turning to the Lord and Christ "reviving" them and "raising them up" after 2000 years (after 2 days), on the 2001 year (the 3rd day). We know this will take place on Feast of Atonement. So 30 AD + 2001 years brings us to 2031 AD for the second coming. A day is as a thousand years to the Lord — 2 Peter 3:8

Now let's see when the final year of the Jews "timeout" is - when Christ will inspect them again to see if He finds faith. Both Ezekiel 4 iniquity prophecies show us that 2030 is the final year for their timeout. To calculate this, we need to take God's punishment multiplier of 7 for Israel's unrepentance found in Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28
1. We talked about the Ezekiel 4:6-7 prophecy about the 40 years for the iniquity of the house of Judah. Now let's talk about how we get to 2030 from it. Israel had 40 years to repent of their iniquity of crucifying Christ in 30 AD. Did they repent in 70 AD? No, so God multiplied their 40 year timeout by 7, adding another 280 years, bringing us to 350 AD. Did they repent in 350 AD? No. So God multiplied their 280 years of timeout by 7, adding 1960 years of timeout to 70 AD, bringing us to 2030 as the last year of the Jews' timeout. Will they repent in 2030? Yes they will.
2. We have another witness of 2030 being the final year for the timeout of the Jews in the prophecy of the 390 years for the iniquity of the house of Israel found in Ezekiel 4:1-5. This prophecy talks about the 390 years of the iniquity of the house of Israel leading up to the first siege of Jerusalem in 701 BC. So God gave them 390 years to repent. Did they repent in 701 BC? No they didn't, so God multiplied their years of iniquity by 7, adding 2730 years of timeout from 701 BC, which brings us to 2030 AD, being the final year of their timeout. Will Christ find faith in the Jews in 2030? Yes He will.

Now that we know the final year for the timeout of the Jews is 2030 and that Christ will come back the following year in 2031 at His second coming to "bind them up", we can easily calculate the year of the rapture and the beginning of the Tribulation. We know from Daniel 9:24 that 70 weeks of years are determined for the Jews, but we only counted 69 of them from the command of Artaxerxes in 454 BC to restore Jerusalem to 30 AD. That means we have 1 week left, or 7 years. We all know those 7 years are the Tribulation that's right before the second coming, so 2031 minus 7 brings us to 2024 for the year of the rapture and start of the Tribulation.