The Sixth Day Rapture, The Shabua Principle is not your typical Rapture book. The vast majority of end-time books are based on scriptures taken out of context and presented as the Gospel. The Sixth Day Rapture exposes men’s traditions by shining the light of scripture upon them.
WHAT IS THE SHABUA PRINCIPLE?
Since the 1800’s hundreds of books on the end-time and the “catching away” (rapture) have been written. Most of them discuss or mention the seventy weeks of Daniel recognizing the 70th week is reserved for the end-time events described in the book of Revelation. Unfortunately, not understanding the term Shabua which is the Hebrew word for week and its unique attributes has created a faulty foundation for the end-time.
Most writers when explaining the last seven years called the 70th week of Daniel use the Greek term heptad instead of shabua and this error leads to serious misinformation. The term heptad simply means a group of seven. Heptachord in music refers to a set of 7 chords, and in computing heptad refers to a set of 7 bits. When heptad is used in reference to Daniel’s seventy weeks it refers only to a seven year period.
Shabua on the other hand has an exclusive attribute that sets it apart from the term heptad. The term shabua is a formula that God gave Israel for keeping and measuring time. A shabua in the book of Daniel identifies a seven year period with the seventh year being a Sabbath year (schmitta). However it is a principle or formula that applies to the seven day week with Saturday being a Sabbath and it applies to the seven thousand years of time with the last thousand years serving as a Sabbath, called the Millennial Reign of Christ. The Shabua Principle applies to any group of seven with the seventh part being a Sabbath.
When we study the 70th Week of Daniel in light of the Shabua Principle we can better understand and apply the term “Day of the Lord” correctly. The Day of The Lord is not a general term but has a specific place within the 70th Week of Daniel timeline. It is a specific time period of which certain events outlined in the Book of Revelation take place.
The Sixth Day Rapture, The Shabua Principle lays the correct foundation with biblical prophecy placed in their correct point in time giving us a better understanding of what happens and when they happen.
THE GREAT TRIBULATION ERROR
There are several major errors that have created false teachings concerning the Rapture, and the 70th Week of Daniel. The first is the mistake of claiming the whole seven years is a time of Great Tribulation. The truth is that the angel that spoke to Daniel in chapter nine explains that the Antichrist commits the Abomination of Desolation in the middle of the 70th week. Christ says in Matthew chapter twenty-four that the Great Tribulation begins in the middle of the 70th week beginning with the Abomination of Desolation. This means the Great Tribulation is actually three and on-half years and not seven.
Cyrus Scofield commented on the fact that some ministers were saying the Great Tribulation was seven years long and admitted it was only three and one-half years long. He claimed saying it was seven years was customary, in other words it had become man’s tradition and even when confronted with the facts, ministers have continually held to the tradition rather than the scriptures.
The next great blunder is the interchanging of Great Tribulation with the terms wrath of God and indignation. Tribulation and indignation do not mean the same thing. Tribulation (thlipsis) in the Greek means “persecution, oppression and affliction” while indignation (orge) means “anger expressed in punishment, a violent emotion, punishment at the hands of a judge.”
The Great Tribulation is administered by the Antichrist against God’s people, Jews and Gentiles. The Book of Revelation states the Antichrist “makes war” with those that “have the testimony of Jesus and Keep His commandments.” God’s wrath or indignation applies to the wicked that have rejected His Son and the Bible says “The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation.”
The truth is the Church suffers tribulation and Christians have been killed for their testimony of Christ since the first century. Paul said we are brothers in tribulation, and the scripture is very plain that His children will not suffer His wrath, but does not say He will protect us from tribulation.
THESE ARE THE FACTS
• The Church Will Not Be Raptured In The Twinkling Of An Eye!
Hundreds of authors and thousands of ministers claim in their rapture messages that we will be raptured in the twinkling of an eye and they base it on 1 Corinthians 15:52. The problem is the scripture doesn’t say that, the context of the scripture is the quickness of which our body will be changed from corruptible to incorruptible. We shall be “changed” in the “twinkling of an eye” not raptured.
• The Church Will Not Be Raptured Like A Thief In The Night!
Another traditional teaching that is designed to create fear concerning the Rapture is the idea that the Rapture can happen at any moment with no warning. The movie “Thief In The Night” was based on this assumption as was also the Left Behind series by Tim LeHaye and Jerry Jenkins. The tradition is based upon a single scripture taken out of context in first Thessalonians, the fifth chapter. “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”
Here is the problem, first of all Paul said I don’t need to tell you the season because they already understood that God’s festivals recorded in the Old Testament were shadows of things to come so they understood what season it would take place. Paul also differentiates between the Church and the wicked by saying in the fourth and fifth verses that the Rapture does not take the Church by surprise. “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”
The world will be caught as a thief in the night, not the Church. If you are well educated in the scriptures you will know what events happen just prior to the Resurrection and the Rapture which means they will not overtake you as a thief in the night.
The Sixth Day Rapture, The Shabua Principle is a 395 page book by Gary R Wood that contains hundreds of scriptures placed in their proper order to provide a more accurate understanding of end-time events.