• May 14th 2006 is the 400th anniversary of the proclaiming of our nation as belonging to the Holy Spirit: Australia del Espiritu Santo — as reported in English (and Spanish) by Purchas, vol. iv, p. 1422–32, 1625. It is also Mother's Day. "But the mother of us all, Jerusalem on high is free" says the scripture in Galatians 4:26. While Eve is the mother of all living, heavenly Jerusalem (Sarah) represents the mother of all who live by grace i.e. God's unmerited favour.
• And May 14th - 19th 2007 will be the 40th anniversary in the Jewish lunar calendar of the six day war to free Jerusalem. "For Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to Jerusalem as she is now, she slaves with her children" - Galatians 4:25.
• One hotel in Jerusalem is currently promoting May 16th 2007 for bookings (that being the day Jerusalem actually came under Israeli control - though not Palestinian acceptance).
• And those words, six day war seem to me to be in themselves significant.
• According to calculations on the timeline page www.swcs.com.au/timeline.htm, it will then be the year 6,024 from Adam (with this year number commencing on Sep 23rd 2006).
• In the book of Revelation chapter 4, the number 24 is linked to 24 Elders who govern in heaven. It is a number related to God's government.
• It is also equal to 8*3. In the Scriptures, the number 8 refers both to Salvation and New Start - 8 people saved in the Ark - Christ raised early on the 8th day i.e. 1st day of the new week. In Hebrew & Western music, the 8th note in a diatonic scale is the 1st note in a new octave - being exactly twice the sound frequency of the 1st note in the lower octave. In the original Greek language, letters had individual values, and in the 6 letters of Jesus's name: I-H-S-O-U-S (pronounced in English as JESUS) 10+8+200+70+400+200 adds up to 888. We know Jesus is referred to as the 2nd man and is spiritually the 2nd person in the Godhead. And 2 coupled with 8 three times shows Christ's seal/stamp through 3 ages of God as the Trinity.

So, we'll then have been 6000 years on our own, and had 31 years with the Son of God (the bridegroom) with us — 2 BC - 31 AD. If Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born in the year we now call 2 BC, his 1st birthday would have occurred in 1 BC, his 2nd-31st birthdays in the years 1 AD - 30 AD, then in 31 AD crucified, risen Sunday (March 25th), ascended (May 4th).

So those years add up to 6031 both ways :-) yes, it's a bit like double entry book keeping.

Further thoughts since May 4 2006
Click here for reconciliation of 257 year difference with Jewish calendar that sees 6,024 as AM 5767.
Click here for further thoughts regarding our relationship with Christ over the past 2000 years.
Click here for Newspaper Reports since May 14, 2007.

Numbers do not rule us. Time can however reveal a most detailed harmony, like music. "The secret things belong to our Lord God; the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever..." Deuteronomy 29:29
"Surely the Lord God will do nothing, unless He reveals His intimate secret counsels to His servants the prophets." Amos 3:7   See too Genesis 18:17

In place of the inward peace of Christ, the outward confirmation in September 2006 — click here is in the news.
Then midway through seven years - see Daniel 9:27, the scriptures record that Jerusalem will be assaulted - trampled into the dirt for 42 months - see Revelation 11:2 and Zechariah 14:2. The time when those words in Revelation 12:12 say "Alas for those inhabiting the earth and sea, for the malicious accuser - the devil - has come down to you having great anger, knowing that little time he has left."
"Where the carcase, there the eagles will be gathered" Matthew 24:28 and Luke 17:37 quoting Job 39:30, see also 1 Cor 5:5.

Then as the Lord (1) pours out the spirit of grace — unmerited favour and supplications — earnest prayers on the House of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem — (2) and as they look upon Him whom they have pierced and grieve bitterly — (3) and as a fountain (of living waters) is opened for sin and impurity — God's focus will be on all of these to protect them, convert and refine them - see Zechariah 12-14, Matthew 24 and Romans 11:25-26. Highlighted by Elijah's return - see Malachi 4:5-6 "turning the heart of the fathers to the children - and vice-versa" — culminating in the Return of the King.

So yes, if these dates reflect this coming situation, it is now very short. Come Lord Jesus.