Dear friends:
This is absolutely awesome!
There is a hot new Bible prophecy book out! The title is: “Newton's Riddle – The Mystery of Daniel’s 70th Week Revealed.” It is a must read.
Author Neill G. Russell describes it this way:
“Would you like to know the fate of both the United States and Israel prophesied
over three hundred years ago by one of the greatest geniuses the world
has ever known? Would you like to read the newspaper headlines for 2015
- months before they are written? If you answered ‘yes’ to both questions, click the following Website or Facebook
links below (at the end of this message) to find out how you can
purchase a copy of one of the most talked about, prophetic books ever
written. Royalties from all book sales are donated to causes partnering for the full restoration of Israel and the Church.”
As you can guess, the book involves the late British genius, Sir Isaac Newton. First, let me give you some background.
Back
about 20 years ago I researched Sir Isaac Newton and wrote a commentary
about his unique life, mind, and end-time views. Some of this I have
written about before but some of the below is excitingly new!
Newton,
who lived some 300 years ago (1642-1727), was one of the greatest
geniuses in all history, with perhaps the highest I.Q of anyone in
history, except Jesus, who was God in human form. Newton is called "the
father of modern science" and "the father of the industrial
revolution." He discovered many scientific laws.
God
chose Isaac Newton to impart many of His deepest secrets and riddles.
There is strong evidence that God gave Newton the most mysterious secret
and riddle of all -- the timing and the events of the end of the age! You must read all of this e-mail!
Newton
was a devout believer in Christ and Bible scholar, fluent in ancient
languages, and who translated directly from the Hebrew and Greek. He
was unusually drawn to the prophet Daniel, which he began studying at
age 12 and continued until he died at age 85. In fact, The Columbia
History of the World, a secular history book, remarks, "At the end of
his days he spent more time studying and writing about the prophecies in
the Book of Daniel than he did in charting the heavens."
Apparently,
God Himself put in Newton's heart this burning desire to study Daniel,
then gave him the key to the timing of Christ's return.
Could
this be the final profound secret the Lord revealed to this godly
genius near the end of his life -- a secret "accidentally" discovered in
the Library of Congress and republished just in the last few years -- a
secret so simple that most have missed it?
If
Newton was correct in his interpretation of Daniel, the prophet to whom
God gave specific timing, then the return of the Lord Jesus Christ will
be very, very soon, indeed!
Newton's
understanding of one key passage in Daniel chapter 9 is fundamentally
different from that of most common interpretations. In about 550 B.C.,
God gave the prophet Daniel a view of history to the end. From Daniel
9:25, scholars usually add the "seven weeks (of years, or 49 years) and
62 weeks (434 years)" to get 483 years and calculate the time of
Messiah's First Coming. However, Newton says there is no linguistic
basis for adding those two numbers (49 and 434), and to do so is "doing
violence to the language of Daniel." Newton says the two numbers
separately speak of both the First and Second Coming, both being counted
from the "going forth of the commandment to restore and to build
Jerusalem."
Newton
says the "62 weeks," or 434-year part was fulfilled at the First
Coming, and the "seven weeks," or 49-year part will apply to the Second
Coming. And three centuries ago he saw in the Scriptures and wrote about
the rebirth of Israel at a time when such a thought was preposterous.
Amazingly,
by faith and understanding of the Scriptures, he foresaw a "friendly
kingdom" someday again issuing the "commandment to restore and build
Jerusalem." Now, centuries later, that "friendly kingdom" was the United
Nations, which decreed Israel's rebirth in November, 1947, causing
Israel to be reborn in May, 1948.
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The
above is taken from my essay on Newton written in the mid-1990s shortly
after obtaining a copy of Newton's commentary on Daniel from the doctor
who discovered Thomas Jefferson's personal and initialed copy of it in
the Library of Congress, and who then got permission to reprint it in
the original, difficult-to-read olde English script.
However,
my speculations back then wrongly assumed the final 49-year count began
when Israel was born in 1948. At the time, it did not occur to me that
the count should probably begin on June 7, 1967, when Israel captured
Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.
Sid Roth of Messianic Vision ministry has promoted this new book on the subject, “Newton's Riddle – The Mystery of Daniel’s 70th Week Revealed,” by Neill G. Russell, which contains additional information about Newton and his understanding of the end times.
Sid
says, "Newton's Riddle by Neill Russell is a captivating, suspenseful
tale ripped from tomorrow's headlines. I have never read such a current,
prophetic book. Newton's Riddle is a 'now' book for the most critical
juncture in human history. You will not be able to put this biblical
thriller down."
Sid
quotes from the book where it explains Newton's calculations of adding
49 years to the June 1967 date. Based on "Newton's riddle" the book
says, "Messiah's possible return to earth will be on or before the year
2016."
However,
that is apparently based on using modern (365-day) years in the
calculation. As I pointed out in my e-mail dated February 20, 2008, if
you use exactly 49 Jewish (360-day, prophetic) years from the day Israel
captured the Temple Mount on June 7, 1967, you get 49 X 360 = 17640
days, which amazingly takes one exactly to September 23, 2015, the Day of Atonement 2015.
Newton apparently saw that as the Second Coming. Instead, could it be the Rapture? I don’t know.
Through
clearly supernatural circumstances, I recently had the pleasure of
meeting this most unusual author, Neill G. Russell, a brilliant
Messianic Jew (birth name: Greenspan) who lives in Maryland, where he
has been a high school science teacher for 41 years. He drove down to
my home and brought his wife – and food! We had a great time of
fellowship, food and talking about the Bible. I sensed God’s hand
strongly on his life.
Here’s how it happened…
Recently,
a friend in my Friday night home Bible study reminded me of the
commentary I had written years earlier about Sir Isaac Newton and his
unique end-time understanding. That quickened something in me. I
reviewed that old message, updated it and resent it to my e-mail list.
Then, some unknown recipient forwarded my message to Neill, who in turn
contacted me via e-mail. He was very interested because of his new 2015
book. Neill and I have since become good friends.
His
book is built around Newton’s understanding of Daniel 9:25 in a
gripping scenario of historical fiction but embracing real-life
geopolitical events and situations.
Amazon.com says:
‘Before
his death in 1727, Sir Isaac Newton, the notorious physicist, concealed
a prophetic script in an alchemy journal. This mysteriously coded
script detailed crucial future events involving both Israel and the
United States...and their relation to the return of Jesus Christ. During
a trip to England to visit an old friend, Dr. Ezra Schroeder, a
National Security Administration code breaker, happens upon the cryptic
contents of Newton's final work. With each passing day, as the political
clouds around the United States and Israel grow increasingly ominous,
Ezra knows what he must do. With this vital knowledge in hand, he must
become a modern-day Moses and implore the reluctant president of the
United States to come to the aid of the Jewish state of Israel which is
on the brink of total annihilation...”
Some
say Newton looked to A.D. 2060 for Christ’s return. Not exactly true.
He looked to Daniel 9:25, but of course he had no way of knowing that
the final years would be triggered in 1967 when Israel captured
Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.
Mark Biltz, Senior Pastor of El Shaddai Ministries wrote:
"Where
other authors have merely whetted the readers appetites with
hypothetical storylines based loosely on Biblical truths, author Neill
G. Russell has masterly interwoven Biblical prophecy, current world
events as they are unfolding, and the diabolical plots in the
supernatural realm into an end-time, page turning thriller."
Sid Roth wrote:
“Newton’s Riddle
by Neill Russell is a captivating suspenseful tale ripped from
tomorrow’s headlines. I have never read such a current, prophetic book. Newton’s Riddle
is a ‘now’ book for the most critical junction in human history. You
will not be able to put this Biblical thriller down.”
Keep looking up! Jesus is coming! Maybe -- hopefully -- in 2015!
Jim