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Lesson 7 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course 13

years” of human civilization is as ONE day in the first 6,000 years of His 7,000-year Plan to
His planned WEEK of SEVEN 1,000-YEAR EXPERIENCE the “fruits” of his own labors.
“DAYS”! Man has been learning, by hard
YEHOVAH also planned the weekly experience, that the “fruits” of his own ways --
Sabbath Day to foreshadow, or be a TYPE of, living by his OWN laws and under his OWN
the 1,000-year millennial period when He is governments -- has produced nothing but SIN,
going to bring the world to repentance so man SUFFERING and DEATH! YEHOVAH has
can be begotten and born into His Family. This allowed all this so that when He finally sets His
1,000-year millennial period will become a time hand to save the world, men will KNOW
of REST and PEACE for the physical BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT
inhabitants of the world -- a veritable 1,000-year THAT YEHOVAH’S WAYS ARE BEST
“SABBATH” OF REST FROM WARS AND AFTER ALL!
SATAN’S TEMPTATIONS! Many Bibles give the DATE of Creation
And the total of the OTHER SIX DAYS Week as 4004 B.C. There is abundant evidence
of Creation Week clearly corresponds to the showing that THIS DATE IS REASONABLY
6,000 year period of human civilization in which ACCURATE! That means it’s MUCH LATER
we NOW find ourselves. This, then, constitutes than you think!!
YEHOVAH’s six-thousand-year and one- However, since YEHOVAH God’s
thousand-year PLAN -- a great “WEEK” OF week is LUNAR in nature, we might have to add
7,000 YEARS! more time to account for the time between the
last quarter and the New Moon.
Still, it means we are
VERY NEAR the close of 6,000
years of human history and the
beginning of YEHOVAH’s
1,000-year Millennium!
The TIME LEFT FOR
PREPARING to be born into
YEHOVAH’s Kingdom at the
Messiah’s coming IS BE-
It’s LATER Than You Think! COMING VERY SHORT!
2. What is to be the ultimate END of all
YEHOVAH God made an astounding those who will never obey YEHOVAH God and
statement within the seven literal days of keep His Sabbath Day? Revelation 21:8.
Creation Week -- in the very first chapter of the COMMENT: If we are NOT obeying
Bible. YEHOVAH’s Sabbath command because of
1. What was the astounding statement “UNBELIEF” -- lack of FAITH in what
YEHOVAH made in Genesis 1:26? YEHOVAH says in His Word -- if we PERSIST
COMMENT: YEHOVAH reveals that in REFUSING TO REST on the Sabbath Day,
it is His purpose to create man in the very we will be showing YEHOVAH God the
Spiritual character and composition that He WRONG ATTITUDE which points to a
Himself is made of! And YEHOVAH said, IN different type of eternal “rest” -- the rest of
EFFECT, that He would create man spiritually ETERNAL DEATH! And those who PERSIST
within a “week” -- within a period of SEVEN in keeping any day of the week OTHER than
THOUSAND YEARS. YEHOVAH’s ordained Holy Sabbath, are also
YEHOVAH has allotted carnal mankind

YEHOVAH God’s TRUE Sabbath Day -- Part 1