The sixth period makes up the years after 1917 through 2098. The purpose of this chronology was to demonstrate that the year 2000 is not necessarily the end of the 6000 year plan God has set out for the earth. Having shown that the Bible itself allows for at least 98 more years, in this last section, we will look at events which must take place before the Return of Christ, and within the 6,000 years that God has allotted to man.

The events for the sixth period are some in the past, and some yet future. Of those events which must yet take place, we start with the return of Christ to the earth, and the judgment of the dead and living. We are not told how long an event this will be, but it will take some time.

After Jesus is standing on Mt Zion in Jerusalem, a proclamation is made to the world to submit to the divine rule of Christ. Revelations calls this a proclamation into the midst of heaven. How long the world is given to heed this call is not specified, but again, a reasonable time must be given it.

Next comes a period of time that is specified; the war with the Beast (Catholic Europe) which will last for 30 years. This war ends with Christ in control of the whole earth. The period of 30 years falls within a more general period of 40 years prophesied by Micah.

Finally, the war must end before the end of the 6,000 years of man's rule. This is because Christ will rule in peace for 1000 years. But after his 1,000 years reign, there is a rebellion by some who rejected his millennial rule. This "little season" must occur before the start of the 8,000th year. Therefore, the start of Christ's 1000 years reign must actually predate the end of the 6000 years.

As I say, we only know the time period for one of these events. However, we may look at some types. For instance, Noah was 7 days in the Ark. Would that indicate that we will be shut up with Christ on Mt. Zion for 7 years before the judgments begin to pour out on the world? And after the judgment, will the Saints pour out their judgments on the world for 40 days, or 40 years? Or if not, will Christ and the Saints take 30 years to conquer the land as did Joshua?

Micah speaks of 40 terrible years of judgments. If that includes the 30 years war with the beast, does that leave 10 more years for proclaiming the truth to the world before the judgment on the Catholic Nations begins? Or, will everything be done in terms of Jubilees, or 50 year periods?

We don't know. What we do know is that God allows the nations to work in such a manner that everything appears quite natural to the scoffer, but very guided and deliberate to those looking at what He has written. Therefore, it would seem that the Scriptures allow for Christ's return to be as little as 40 years before the end of the 6,000 years, to as much as 100 years before.

For a detailed examination of the events for the time of the end, and my best guess for how long all of this will take, please see the article entitled

The March of the Rainbowed Angel."