Portland, Oregon Church  -  Affiliated with the Intercontinental Church of God and the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association

SUBJECT:  The 7,000-Year Plan
 

QUESTION:  What is the Bible support of a 7,000 Year Plan of God?

ANSWER:

From Garner Ted Armstrong…

There simply is NO "thus saith  the Lord" about a "7,000 year plan." Generally, I think the weekly cycle IS a pattern for the "6,000 years (a day with God) allotted to man," and the 7th  (day) 1,000 years for Christ's rule on earth, as my father taught it. But by using WHICH CALENDAR? If we use the Hebrew calendar, we are a very long way from the end of 6,000 years, and world events seem to indicate we are right on the cusp (are we even 10 years away)? of the Great Tribulation.

 I am leery of using chronological models, after the debacle of "19-year time cycles" and our elaborate charts about 1972-1975. I do not feel it is a matter of faith to "believe in" the "7,000 year plan." Obviously, Christ's warnings about "no man knoweth, but my Father only," and Paul's admonition, "As for prophecies, they shall fail" would be of no account, if, by using the correct calendar and modern computers, one could determine within a matter of hours when the 6,000 years expire. I will continue to rely most heavily on the twin events of the "Abomination of desolation" and "Jerusalem surrounded with armies."

See our Two Key Prophecies section of the main EA web site: http://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/twokey.shtml

Portland, Oregon Church  -  Affiliated with the Intercontinental Church of God and the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association