What TIME is it...historically? Let's Think on this!

 My view of reality says that man is living 'at effect'. This means that man (you and I) live under the ultimate authority of our Creator (who is ultimately 'in control'). We must accept 'Providence' (as our reality) if we assume that a Source beyond oneself is 'at cause'. Another way of saying this is that 'we are the Clay and our Source is the POTTER. We act with a 'secondary' freewill. Our ultimate Source (who has 'primary' freewill) is our Creator God. So What TIME is it (historically)? Let's think on this!

According to the lunar calendar (also called the Jewish calendar) it is year 5,782 from the birth of Adam. This means that we are nearing the end of man's rule over this planet. Our Creator has allowed 6,000 years for man to rule. We are now at this end point. On the Gregorian calendar (which modern man uses) we are about at 5,982 years from the birth of Adam. This means that the rule of our Creator starts soon (the end of this current cycle of 6,000 years). The Kingdom Age starts after Armageddon.

The birth of Adam (the first creation) does not mean that our material universe started some 6,000 years prior. Our universe was here when Adam was created...so this birth (of our universe) is prior to Adam. The exact origin of our universe is a mystery. Since our Creator is 'eternal' the material universe may have been here for millennia prior to the birth of Adam (the first human). No-one knows the precise origin of the greater material universe. Only our Creator KNOWS! Time (clock time), however, started after 'man' was created. Time is a human 'invention'. Our Creator operates 'outside' of TIME.

But for those of us who view reality as 'living at effect', this means that a New Age is emerging for humanity (soon). This New Age can be called the Kingdom Age since our Creator will rule during this period (some say 1,000 years). Man was programmed to rule for 6,000 years. We can witness the end of Man's Age now... given all the confusion and corruption. Man's Age ends with this event which we call Armageddon. When this event arrives, we can assume that the next great evolution will be the Kingdom Age.

It now appears that the war over in the Ukraine is part of this end-time period. I would suggest that this war is prophetically the Gog/Magog war as outline in the book of Ezekiel. You can read all about it in chapters 38 and 39 of Ezekiel. When this event happens (and it has likely started with the Ukraine war) we can expect that dire events will follow. All is happening precisely according to our Creator's prophetic timeline. I can not be absolute on the timeline but the SIGNS point to the END of this 6,000 year cycle of man's rule.

That which is determined must happen. Man has 'secondary' freewill and not 'primary' freewill. This is why I say that we all live 'at effect'. We act out all that is programmed within us (from birth). Each person was born with an inner 'program'. My program is mine. Your program is yours. Collectively we all live 'at effect' and we each act out our 'individual' programs. Our Creator's algorithm works within each person. Another way of saying this is that our Creator is the POTTER and we are the CLAY. 

Nothing happens which is not 'ordained' to happen. It must be this way if I (we) believe in a Creator. The Creator's plan rules over the BIG picture. You and I must live 'at effect' meaning that we can only exercise our 'secondary' freewill. We can not overrule our Creator's primary freewill. This is logic which I can not change given that I believe in a greater Source which governs this planet. The Source must prevail and I must be subservient. It's the logic of accepting a greater Source as SOVEREIGN and ABSOLUTE.

So, What TIME is it? My sense is that we are nearing the END of a major cycle. I call it the cycle of man's rule. This cycle started with the birth of Adam (some 5,982 years prior to today). It all ends with this event called Armageddon. Man's cycle ends and the Kingdom Age begins. It's all MEANT to happen and we (you and I) can not change that which is programmed to happen. It happens IN SPITE of our 'secondary' freewill. Man operates as an 'agent' and our Creator is 'principle'. Man is the clay and God is the POTTER. Think on this going forward.

My view of reality is based on the above spiritual realities. I am waiting for this end to end. But I must endure to my end. My end happens when my cycle is complete. As of today, I can not KNOW anything with certainty. I must observe the SIGNS and then put the puzzle together step by step. If you believe as I do, then you also will discern similar realities. If you don't believe as I do, then you must develop your own eschatology (view of events). My viewpoint is my subjective evaluation of events. Your viewpoint is your subjective evaluation of events. That's my understanding as of today. Have a GREAT day!

I am: Donald B. Swenson, Economist/Philosopher,  donaldswenson.blogspot.com.