Bible Time2008-07-09: Summit Meeting(s)
This date is the second of 2 dates skipped by the plague series of dates, this date is within the 3 days covered by the plague of swarms (flies).
This date is interesting because it is on the series of prophetic dates that began in 2006 and happen once every 30 days.
When the Pope visited Washington DC and New York City in April his public meetings mapped prophetically to each of the Plague related dates in 2008 (and January of 2009). This particular date is informed by the Pope’s visit to the United Nations in New York City.
On Thursday morning of his visit he departed Washington DC’s Andrews Airforce Base for New York’s JKF airport. He traveled by helicopter to Manhattan Island, for a long, 3 hour, visit at the United Nations headquarters building.
The Invitation
The speeches and introductions given around the Pope at the United Nations headquarters clearly indicated that this was the culmination of an invitation given one year before to the day. That date, April 17, 2007, was part of another plague series date, Zipporah at the Inn: Bridegroom of Blood.
The text for that prophetic story included the story of how Aaron was on his way to visit Moses. The following is the associated text:
2 Exodus 4:10-17
10And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
11And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah?
12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
13And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
14And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
17And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.
Notice that this passage includes the fact that Moses thinks he is poor of speech, while Yahvah says he gives him speech. When Mr. Ban speaks in public his English is fine, but not of the same tone as it would be if he had been raised speaking English as his native language. This is the feature of his language that is being seen in this prophetic passage.
The UN Speeches
At the United Nations he gave 2 main speeches in the UN’s central hall. (See the USCCB’s video here.) The first speech was to UN delegates assembled from around the world. In the speech he laid out the moral basis for the existence of the United Nations. His reason: Primarily to defend people from despotic governments. (To defend Israelites from Pharaoh’s.)
His second speech was about 2 hours later and was given to employees of the United Nations. During this speech the Pope received wild applause from UN employees. He encouraged them, that they are the ones who carry on the day-to-day operations of the UN, and who provide continuity since the delegates rotate on short term assignments.
Ban Ki-Moon introduced Pope Benedict for both speeches. In Ban’s opening statements before the first speech he provided several important clues to understanding the prophetic significance of this event.
Invited 1 year before, to the day. Ban Ki-Moon had visited Pope Benedict on April 17, 2007, on the first leg of a multi-nation tour. At that visit Mr Ban had invited the Pope to New York City. The timing of this invitation was not widely publicized but it was following the prophetic story for that date, making this visit to the United Nations a fulfillment of events from that earlier prophetic visit.
Veiled references to Mr Ban’s Christianity. Mr Ban’s introduction included several direct, but veiled, references to his own faith. He mentioned that there is no chapel in the United Nations building but that there is a meditation room. He said that it was not dedicated to many gods, nor to an unknown god. He also said that many members of the United Nations, apparently including himself, consider their jobs at the United Nations to be a form of missions work. These statements were very specifically playing to the prophetic text for this meeting, where Moses would not speak God’s words directly, and needed Aaron to speak instead.
Galatians Time Line Fold
There is a time line fold that takes this same date through to the story in Galatians where Paul explains his visit up to Jerusalem. The following is the text.
51 Galatians 2
1Then after the space of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus also with me.
2And I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.
3But not even Titus who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
4and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
5to whom we gave place in the way of subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
6But from those who were reputed to be somewhat (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth not man's person)-- they, I say, who were of repute imparted nothing to me:
7but contrariwise, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the gospel of the circumcision
8(for he that wrought for Peter unto the apostleship of the circumcision wrought for me also unto the Gentiles);
9and when they perceived the grace that was given unto me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, that we should go unto the Gentiles, and they unto the circumcision;
10only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.
11But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
12For before that certain came from James, he ate with the Gentiles; but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing them that were of the circumcision.
13And the rest of the Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation.
14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15We being Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
17But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.
18For if I build up again those things which I destroyed, I prove myself a transgressor.
19For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.
20I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
21I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.
Jerusalem is the ancient capital of the Biblical world, and is prophetically a match to the UN headquarters as well as any other world capital where the world has gathered.
The Galatians quote includes Peter’s fear of the Jews, and how he changed his tune depending on the audience. This is a match to Moses’ fear of speaking when he was called by God to speak to the Israelites in Egypt. The stories are both a textual match and a timeline match.
Fulfillment
3 general areas fulfill this headline.
G8 Summit in Japan. July 7-9, 2008. This summit is similar in nature to the United Nations and Mr Ban is on the invitation list. This is the 34th such summit, and regular events are rarely complete fulfillment, so this venue must be monitored. Curiously, like the UN itself, this summit meeting is on an island. Topics are listed online.
Collapse of stock prices in Fannie Mae Freddie Mac The event 1 year before on the time line was the sudden collapse of the secondary market for mortgage backed securities. This lead 1 month later to a more widely recognized general credit crisis that began in August of 2007. Of course Fannie and Freddie are the 2 Government Sponsored Entities that form the backbone of the secondary market for mortgages in the United States.
The collapse of their secondary markets did not have a final impact on the stock values until nearly 1 year later, which is itself rather remarkable. Freddie is now considered to have a negative 3 billion dollar value, and the value of outstanding shares is based on the hope that the United States government will bail out the firm.
Problem, the outstanding debt of these 2 firms is roughly equal to current outstanding US debut of around $6 trillion. A bailout, or public assumption of all this debt risks bankrupting the entire US government.
Watching the Pope’s actions for the matched date indicates that his actions point at a transfer from Washington DC to the United Nations in New York City. As all of this mortgage debt is eventually nationalized, the consequence will be transfer of power from Washington to the UN.
The root cause of this transfer of power is the collapse in the debt based funding systems first installed during the Great Depression.
World Youth Day 2008. Held in Sydney, Australia, July 15 - 20. The theme is from Acts 1:8, "...You will receive power... and be my witnesses..." This is a youth event gathering people from around the world. The Pope announced this venue and time after the 2005 version of this same series of rallies.
The Acts 1:8 theme verse for the World Youth Day matches exactly what was going on in the text dealing with Moses and Aaron. They too were about to be witnesses to Pharaoh, and the world. The timing of the World Youth Day is slightly later than would be expected, but the Pope’s time at the United Nations was long, and his second speech, to the workers of the UN, is a prophetic match to the Youth, God’s future workers, the ones with the longest time in, as the speech to the UN employees stressed.
From a geopolitical perspective the key headline for this date was the collapse of the stock price in the GSEs. This is what will cause the eventual transfer of political power to the United Nations.
