The ‘Day-Year’ Formula laid out in scripture by God shows us a doctrinal framework for unlocking past and future Bible prophecy using a day for a year

In our morning Bible study today, we came across another one of those explosive verses that serve to unlock prophetic scripture, the ‘Day-Year Formula’ of interpretation. Ezekiel is commanded by God to lay on his side for 390 days, with each day representing a one-year period of time. God uses this formula multiple times throughout scripture, and it is the key to unlocking super-important time clues about the coming time of Jacob’s trouble and the revealing of the man of sin.

“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.” Ezekiel 4:5,6 (KJB)

The first place we read about the ‘Day-Year Formula’ is found in Numbers with Moses. God uses days to represent years, and here in its first mention, it is being used to show the 40 days of unbelief match perfectly with why the Jews were made to wander for 40 years in the wilderness in a perfect 1:1 ratio.

“After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.” Numbers 14:34 (KJB)

These two passages are the only ones that explicitly tell you how God is implementing and using the ‘day-year’ formula, but once we have established this doctrinal principle, it becomes clear to see in other passages as well. Perhaps the most famous place is found in the writings of the prophet Daniel.

“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.” Daniel 9:24 (KJB)

If you simply take 70 weeks from the time that Daniel wrote this, a little more than one year in the Hebrew calendar, it doesn’t have very much significance at all. But if you apply the prophetic ‘Day-Year’ Formula to those 70 weeks, turning it into a 490 year period, you have this:

The 70 Weeks Of The Prophet Daniel

“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.” Daniel 9:26 (KJB) 

Paul tells us to ‘rightly divide’ in 2 Timothy 2:15, and when we do this is what we see:

• 7 Weeks or 49 years – fulfilled
• 62 Weeks of 434 years – fulfilled
• 69 Weeks leading up to the death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ (483 years total) – Fulfilled

What’s missing is the final week of 7 days for 7 years of the time of Jacob’s trouble and the Great Tribulation, with the Antichrist confirming the covenant. The week itself being dividing into two parts of 3.5 years each.

“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.” Daniel 9:27 (KJB)

Daniel says that this still yet future time period will last for exactly 7 years, and in the middle of the ‘week’. there will be a ‘break’ where something crazy huge happens. This is shown to us with crystal clarity in the New Testament.

• “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)” Matthew 24:15 (KJB)
• “Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 (KJB)
• “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.” Revelation 13:5 (KJB)

So when does this last ‘week’ begin? It begins in the immediate aftermath of an event we call the Pretribulation Rapture of the Church. You must remember that Daniel’s 70 Prophetic Weeks, or 490 calendar years, are given to ‘thy people’, the Jews, and to ‘thy holy city’, Jerusalem. The Church is not part of any of that! The Church is created at the end of Daniel’s 69th week, and we are removed just prior to the start of 70th week. Christians do not replace the Jews, and the Church does not replace Israel. And when the Lord comes and gets us as He’s promised, then the last week of Daniel’s prophecy, a 7-year period, will begin. I hope this short Bible Study lesson impresses upon you the importance of reading the Bible dispensationally, as God wrote it, and rightly dividing what we read, as Paul commands. Because without that, you’ll miss all this by a country mile.

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An American run by Christian Nationalists would give you George Orwell’s ‘1984’ but with a Bible and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ thrown in for good measure

On the surface, having an America governed by biblical principles sounds like a really good idea, until you really think about it and realize what a terrible idea it actually is. There’s a reason why none of the apostles were Christian Nationalists advocating for spiritual rule over an earthly domain. Because the kingdom of God, the one all born again believers are begotten into, is not of this world. The kingdom that is of this world in our day and age is the coming kingdom of Antichrist.

“Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” John 18:36 (KJB)

From a doctrinal standpoint, all Christian Nationalists are post-millennialists, or as we like to say around here, Post Toasties. They believe that Jesus is not going to return as KING OF KINGS to bring in His Kingdom, as the Bible clearly teaches, but that they have been charged with building it for Him. This is why they hate Dispensationalism so much, because it gives Jesus Christ too much glory, and doesn’t give them any. To which I say ‘too bad, so sad’. So what would a Christian Nationalist America look like? Like George Orwell’s 1984 but with a Bible thrown in, combined with ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’. It would create a nation draped in Christian symbols, but devoid of Christian character.

Creepy and dystopian 7 Mountains Mandate preacher Doug Wilson promoting ‘No Quarter November’. What is that? A call to militant Christianity to become a pirate and go to war with the world. The video ends with him sitting in a burning skull. Welcome to Christian Nationalism pic.twitter.com/ctPmJcQPgS

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The Bible consistently warns against merging the Kingdom of God with earthly political power. When we examine the teachings of Jesus and the early Church, we find a clear theological argument against Christian Nationalism.

5 Biblical Reasons Against Christian Nationalism

1. Jesus Rejected Political Power

• In John 18:36, Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world.” This means His followers were not to seek dominion through earthly governments or armies.

• When Satan offered Jesus “all the kingdoms of the world” (Matthew 4:8–10), Jesus refused. Christian Nationalism reverses this, seeking to claim worldly power in the name of Christ.

2. The Early Church Thrived Without Political Control

• The apostles spread the Gospel under pagan Roman rule — with no Christian laws, leaders, or privileges.

• They called believers to holiness and witness, not to legislate morality through the empire.

• Christianity spread by example and persuasion, not coercion.

3. Idolatry of Nation

• In Christian Nationalism, patriotism can easily become idolatry — placing love of country above loyalty to God.

• The Bible warns, “No man can serve two masters” (Matthew 6:24). When “America First” becomes a creed, it replaces “Thy Kingdom come.”

4. God’s People Are a Spiritual, Not Political, Nation

• 1 Peter 2:9 calls believers “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation.” But that “nation” is not defined by borders or flags — it’s the global body of Christ.

• Christian Nationalism tries to recreate Israel’s theocracy, forgetting that the New Covenant is spiritual, not ethnic or territorial.

5. The Cross vs. the Sword

• The Gospel advances through sacrifice and love, not domination.

• When faith is enforced by law or violence, it ceases to be Christian — it becomes Caesar’s religion, not Christ’s.

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John Calvin and the ‘City of God’

In the mid-1500s, the French reformer John Calvin established a religious government in the city of Geneva, Switzerland. It was called ‘The City of God’. His vision was to create a “godly commonwealth” governed by biblical principles — a society where civil law reflected divine law. Calvin believed that the Church and the civil magistrate should work hand in hand to enforce Christian morality. Geneva was thus a fusion of church and state. This experiment was a failure for the following reasons:

From a biblical standpoint, Calvin’s Geneva shows the dangers of fusing faith and power:

1. Coerced Religion Isn’t True Faith

The Gospel calls for voluntary belief, not state-enforced conformity. The Apostle Paul said, “Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind” (Romans 14:5). When conversion or obedience is compelled by threat of punishment, it ceases to be genuine faith.

2. Human Authority Replaced the Holy Spirit

In Geneva, the government — not the Spirit — became the enforcer of sanctification. That undermines the personal relationship between believer and God.

3. Loss of the Gospel’s Freedom

Paul wrote, “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” (Galatians 5:1). Calvin’s Geneva replaced spiritual freedom with religious control, echoing the same authoritarian structure Protestantism had rebelled against in the Catholic hierarchy.

4. Corruption of Witness

By persecuting dissenters, Geneva set a pattern that would echo through later Protestant states — in Puritan New England and elsewhere — proving that theocracy always leads to hypocrisy and oppression.

Verdict: Geneva Was Early Christian Nationalism

So, yes — Calvin’s Geneva was a proto–Christian Nationalist experiment. It sought to make the state explicitly Christian, to legislate morality, and to punish deviation from biblical norms. It produced moral discipline, but also fear, hypocrisy, and persecution. An America run by Christian Nationalists would be ten time worse.

In conclusion, we see that it is impossible as well as unbiblical to attempt to create any type of theocracy without the King being physically present. When King Jesus does arrive, with the Body of Christ on horseback behind Him (Revelation 19:14), He won’t need a lick of help to bring in the Kingdom of Heaven on the Earth to Israel. You cannot merge politics with biblical Christianity, and the only people who would want that, are people who desire to lord over you and control you. A Bible believer rejects Christian Nationalism in all its many forms, seeking instead to bring the gospel to whosoever will receive it. Our kingdom, the Kingdom of God, the one that Paul preached, is not of this world, amen? Amen!

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When you combine Memetic Warfare with Artificial Intelligence, you have a weapon system designed to implant thoughts inside your head that present as your own

The weapons of warfare in 1914 were tanks and machine guns, the weapons of warfare in 1939 were jet fighters and nuclear bombs, and the most dangerous weapons of warfare in 2025 flash across our screens and mobile devices a thousand times per day. Maybe you have never heard of AI memetic warfare, but it’s battling to take control of your thoughts in ways you can’t even being to imagine.

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” 2 Corinthians 10:5 (KJB)

We are the ‘always on’ generation, the first people group in human history to be living out their lives in relentless digital astonishment, connected to a global computer system to such a degree that preventing transhumanism is now literally impossible. I used to know one person who refused to be wired in, refusing to own even the most basic of cell phones, but even he is now online.

Memes have been around for quite some time, but around 2014–2016, the idea of memetic warfare emerged — the deliberate use of memes to influence elections, shape narratives, and drive ideological movements online. Intelligence communities and military analysts began to study memes as “information weapons”, recognizing their power to steer emotion and public opinion. A paper published on the NATO Strategic Communications site entitled ‘It’s Time To Embrace Memetic Warfare’ gave us this startling insight. “Cyber warfare is about taking control of data. Memetic warfare is about taking control of the dialogue, narrative, and psychological space. It’s about denigrating, disrupting, and subverting the enemy’s effort to do the same. Like cyber warfare, memetic warfare is asymmetrical in impact. It can be highly effective relative to cost. The attack surface can be large or small. Memetic warfare can be used in conjunction with troops, ships, aircraft, and missiles, or it can be employed without any kinetic military force at all. It operates in the communications battlespace.” Simply put, the battlefield is now inside our heads, and it’s for control of your thoughts. Let me show you what I mean.

Let’s say tonight you decide to make something like Stuffed Pepper Soup, something you’ve never made before. Do you want to make it because you actually have a craving for it, or is it because of a post on social media that planted that thought in your head that you’ve forgotten about? How about this. Do you love and support the nation of Israel, or do you strongly dislike the Jews? Now, do you think either of those things because of what’s in your own heart, or, were those thoughts, for good or for evil, planted in your brain by memes and social media exposure? Here’s a good question, how do you know your thoughts are even your own thoughts? Answer – You don’t.

“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:11,12 (KJB)

Right now on social media, there are multiple fronts exploding in this ongoing war. The first is a relentless push to legitimize Mormonism in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s supportive comments about it before he was killed. Another is a huge meme-based push to give Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, and another on the normalization of robots in our daily lives. Of course, the biggest one at the moment is likely the Free Palestine push which normalizes hatred and violence against the Jews and Israel. Other very powerful memetic deceptions include the Flat Earth, the sainthood of Charlie Kirk, and just about anything from the United Nations.

In the old days, propaganda needed newspapers, radio, and posters. Today, it only needs the screen you carry in your pocket and hold in your hands. A meme shared by millions becomes more powerful than a sermon, more persuasive than a fact. It can redefine gender, rewrite history, and even recast evil as good — all in under ten seconds. Simply put, it is one of the most-destructive weapons ever created.

That’s not just social media influence. That’s spiritual subversion.

Each meme carries an invisible payload — an idea that bypasses the intellect and embeds itself in the imagination, shaping how people see the world. The more it’s shared, the stronger the infection. The battlefield is your feed; the front line is your mind. The Devil doesn’t need to destroy the Bible — he only needs to drown it in memes, half-truths, and viral confusion. Memetic warfare is Satan’s latest upgrade to the ancient art of deception, using algorithms instead of fruit trees.

“This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.” James 3:15 (KJB)

To sum it up, Christian, Memetic Warfare is much more than a trend. It’s a sign of the times, a preview of the coming Antichrist system — a world united not by truth, but by shared deception. The global hive mind is being prepared, trained to react, not to think. Having now identified the problem, and it’s a big one, how do we combat it? Glad you asked.

First and foremost, start every day with a Bible study in your King James Bible, everything you read there are thoughts of God. We find that the Bible is likened to bread, water, honey, a shield, a sword, and everything else we need to successfully wage this war we find ourselves in.

“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” Job 23:12 (KJB)

Secondly, you need a strong prayer life, one where you are more connected to God than you are to social media. Paul says that we will have the “peace of God” when we commit ourselves to Him with “prayer and supplications with thanksgiving”. One of the first casualties in memetic warfare is internal peace. Every one of the apostles were able to go to their deaths with perfect peace even though they lived in mind-numbingly chaotic times. Their minds were stayed on Jesus Christ.

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” Isaiah 26:3 (KJB)

Last but not least, understand that a full 50% of everything you read on social media is overtly false, about 35% of it is truth mixed with error and/or lies, and about 15% of it can be trusted. Push back on what you are presented with, don’t fall for everything like a fish biting at the worm because it’s wrapped around something shiny that catches your eye. In Matthew 24, Jesus says that the first sign of the end times is deception, and that’s exactly what meme warfare is, a deception.

“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.” Romans 13:11 (KJB)

World War Meme – The Soul Trap

In a world where information is the ultimate weapon, a new battle is raging. Not on the battlefield, but in the digital realm. Memetic warfare: where humor meets ideology, and a single image can change the course of history. Who will control the narrative? Who will win the war of minds? Prepare for a psychological operation like no other. Memetic warfare: the fight for truth, the fight for control, the fight for your mind.

Meme Warfare – How Countries Are Weaponizing Memes

Memes are hilarious and somehow they perfectly capture the mood and vibe of the current culture. The internet is contently flooded with remixes of memes and variations of the same art with new text, making entirely new connections. Memes are an incredible way to share information, and in today’s insane video we’re going to show you why Memes actually aren’t so funny! Check out why Memes can be weaponized and how you can avoid being brainwashed by secret political agendas packaged as friendly little Memes.

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But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB