Sat, 19 May 2012 10:06:30 -0800WeeblySun, 30 Oct 2011 08:11:29 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/10/finalfinalfinal-post.htmlDue to the limitations of the email program's capacity I have gone back to blogging. The link to my new blog can be found on my home page ]]>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:58:52 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/08/finalfinal-post.htmlYeah, I know, I said the last post was the final one. Well it was, kinda.

The purpose of this post is to let you know that I've set up the email list for those who are interested in updates, and I've just sent those who are on this list a prediction about immigration reform and where it is headed. The template has a rather strong suggestion about where this one is headed.

If you want to join this list just send me an email and you will be added. Again, the list will never be shared or sold. You will never receive SPAM from me and the identity of those who are on this list will not appear on the emails.
]]>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:06:47 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/06/final-post.htmlDue to the invasion of bots that periodically scour your website for whatever purpose, I will now be offering my blog postings to those who send me their email address. As I mention on my home page: I will never sell or share my email list to someone else. I will never send you spam. And the identity of those who receive the emailings will be known only to me. In other words, none of the addresses will be displayed to those who receive the emailed blog posts.

I think this will be one of the most unique offerings there is when it comes to putting global events in perspective. The rule of those who make forecasts is to never put a date on it because then you can never be proven wrong. I have a different attitude toward this. Either the template is right or it is wrong. 2000 years of history proclaim it is right. Now I seek prospective proof (forecasts that are fulfilled) to offer additional evidence of its validity. And if I am uniformly wrong in these forecasts, then there are two possible explanations. One, the template is fallacious (though 2000 years of history suggests otherwise). Two, the test is too hard. Since history is the ultimate chaotic system it may not be possible to predict events based on this model. After all, try and get a weatherman to be accurate three weeks out. The weather is too chaotic to allow meteorologists to pass this test.

Nonetheless, since I have been accurate on several events thus far, I am hopeful that we will soon have even more prospective proof that a Template of Time exists.

For those who own businesses or lead sales and marketing departments, I would like to draw to your attention to a new website of mine, www.essentialgrowthsolutions.com. I have launched a consultancy that offers field-tested sales and marketing techniques that I developed and that enabled the company I worked for to achieve market dominance even though we were much smaller than the Fortune 500 companies we competed against. Basically, my pattern-recognition skills were used to overhaul some of the most basic assumptions currently guiding sales and marketing professionals and they can now be put to work for you.

Finally (back to the email), I will only send them once a week at most, unless there is some particularly important event occurring that either confirms a forecast or suggests another. So, if interested, just email me at tom@thetemplateoftime.com, and let me know your interest I will add you to the list.

For those who have been following this blog I hope our relationship can continue. If not, Godspeed,

Tom ]]>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:14:57 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/06/history-and-prophecy.htmlWhy are there so many strange interpretations of prophecy? For example, why do so many fierce literalists maintain that Mystery Babylon will be the seat of a new world order rising out of the sands on the site in Iraq where Babylon once stood? Why do so many believe Israel will one day bull doze the sacred shrine of Islam, the Dome of the Rock, to rebuild its temple on the Temple Mount? (Several hundred million Arabs in the surrounding area might have something to say about that.)

I believe it is because they have done what the Bible never does. They have wrenched prophecy from its historical moorings and like an untethered hot air balloon their fantastic interpretations soar and travel along the winds of their fancy. This is not to say that they do not have scriptural reasons for their interpretations. They do. In some cases an impressive amount, while in others the connections are as tenuous a spider thread being used to anchor an aircraft carrier. But whether or not their scriptural justification has many citations or few, the end result is the same: once history is decoupled from prophecy any interpretation is possible.

This is because of the elastic nature of their source material. Prophecy is typically delivered in images that are open to many interpretations. But these interpretations, when limited by history, are not only limited they are also focused in a way that supports the truth. Prophecy should be limited and interpreted in the light of history because they are one. Prophecy is merely history stated in advance by a sovereign God.

The case of the end times is particularly instructive. Daniel states that the fourth kingdom, Rome, will be at war with the saints of God and will be in existence until the kingdom of God is established. Revelation updates this and describes the Great Beast, Rome, in ways that mirrored the then living Emperor Domitian who used to execute those who refused to sacrifice to his image, and who used to demand being referred to as "our Lord and God." This is the historical setting of the prophecy of the end times. It is between the saints, now Christians and clearly described as such in Revelation, and Rome. It is not between the Jews and Rome, or the Jews and Assyria, or the Jews an anyone else. They rejected Jesus and, as the parables, indicated, heir kingdom was given to another people who honored the Son.

Does this mean God no longer loves the Jews? Some may see this as being suggested by the above, but I don't. I believe their will be a dramatic conversion of Jews to Christianity before the end times arrives as the apostle Paul foretold. However, I do not think there will be a rebuilding of the Temple on the Temple Mount. If there is to be another abomination of the desolators occupying the holy place it will likely be in a Christian temple like St. Peter's basilica in Rome. But it may not be. After all, this prophecy that Jesus restated after its fulfillment by Antiochus Epiphanes was later fulfilled by Rome in the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD by the Roman general Titus.

Once we remove the end times prophecy from the historical parameters set by God's prophets and apostles, we end up developing scenarios that make no sense when viewed at from a secular-historical perspective, or from a prophetic-historical point of view. In my book, The Template of Time: Our Destiny Decoded, I show how Rome and its prophesied conflict with the saints has perfectly unfolded on a grid of dates and what that suggests for our time when this history is viewed in the light of prophecy.

"Where are we headed? When will we get there?" The template offers forecasts that are now being realized. It forecast the removal of Mubarak and the rising of a militarily aggressive anti-Israeli state in Syria and Egypt. The Egypt part of the forecast is stunningly accurate and the Syrian forecast will likely be a result of the Arab Spring of unrest now going on. What else does it forecast? My website offers some of the suggestons of time, while the book reserves the main story line that people cannot yet see. Europe is the main event, and this should become clear in ten years if not sooner.

Grace and peace,

Tom  ]]>Sat, 28 May 2011 04:24:08 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/05/the-new-world-order-the-nephilim-and-the-end-times.htmlIf you look into the current thoughts roiling around in the collective mind about the end-times, then it is likely you will come across a healthy dose of conspiracy theories regarding the New World Order. These conspiracy theorists range across a broad horizon of speculation that are drawn by the gravitational pull of ideas like the Illuminati, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderbergs, Skull and Bones, Zionists, and yes I've even run into the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, a masterwork of antisemitism that refuses to die.

Many of these conspiracy-minded people are "strong" Christians, meaning they announce the fact that they are Christians with great strength and conviction, and they may be that in fact. I cannot see their heart and judge them, but I can see their behaviors--hence, "strong" Christians.

But here is what I don't get. There are many prophetic descriptions of the end-times, but none of them give prominence to the notion of a conspiracy gaining control of the world. Daniel's fourth and final kingdom, before the establishment of the kingdom of God, was an empire that became a confederacy of nations or kingdoms. Where is the conspiracy in that? Instead of a conspiracy the prophets depict a replay of what has happened countless times throughout history. A State attempts to conquer the world, or conquer its region of the world. The first kingdom did it (Babylon, as did the second (Medo-Persia), as did the third (Greece) and as did Rome (the fourth and final kingdom). This fourth kingdom was merely a part of a continuing series and it has yet to re-emerge in its final shape, although the EU is definitely a part of this evolutionary culmination.

There is another strand of weirdness entering this mix. Nephilim. These are fallen angels who have the ability to appear as men and procreate with women. Their offspring are giants. And, according to this theory, the flood was to destroy this perversion of the human species. Noah was chosen because he was both righteous and "perfect in his generations" according to the King James version. This strange idea is found in the Old Testament and those who profess it have convincing material to support it. Before you dismiss this idea, research the facts they have supporting this However, does this apply to our New Testament time? They say it does, and cite a verse that transports this Old Testament past into the New Testament. "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." (Mt 24:37). 

There is a problem with this verse and it is the ones that follow it show what Jesus meant when he quoted it. People will be eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage and they will know nothing about the "flood" that is coming to destroy the earth. In other words, there is no mention of giants, or fallen angels procreating with mortal women. There is, instead, a description of people living their daily lives without a clue that their vapid pursuits are about to collide with the kingdom of God.

I recently heard Patrick Heron on Derek Gilbert's blog talk radio show. Derek's show is an excellent one and he introduces people to ideas that are challenging and under-reported. Mr. Heron believes that the Great Beast will be a fallen angel and he cites his verses which he claims supports this notion. And then he said that the seven heads of the beast are actually angels. This appears no where in Scripture. It cannot even be arrived at by the most liberal of interpretations. The Bible tells us they are both seven hills upon which the woman (Babylon) sits and they are also seven kings. (Rev 17:9-10). Whenever an argument is weak its proponent tends to buttress its crumbling walls with statements that are not facts but are, being generous, a stretching of the truth, an over-reach. And as for the Beast being a fallen angel, isn't that an important detail that should be made explicit by the prophet? And if he is an angel why is the number 666 described as the number of a man?

This is not to say that fallen angels will not play a role in this drama. I have few doubts that the Great Beast will be demon-possessed, thoroughly in the grip of Satan. But making him a fallen angel is a bit of a stretch as well.

The end-times are probably near, but with "Pastor" Camping serving as our guide, we would do well to stay away from predicting when it will come about. We would also do well to adopt the view of the early Christians who believed the return of Jesus was imminent. Christ may come tomorrow. Even so Lord, come quickly. Amen.

Grace and peace,

Tom  ]]>Sun, 22 May 2011 04:34:50 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/05/israel-and-obama.htmlI wonder if this rift between Israel/Netanyahu and President Obama is real. It very well may be, but let's look at the way Obama's persona has changed over the last year or so. This may offer clues as to what is going on behind the curtain.

He has shown the world he is far tougher than most people imagined. His numerous drone strikes against militants using Pakistan as a sanctuary are not the actions of a pacifist. His surge in Afghanistan is not the work of a timid man who is averse to using the nation's military might. The assassination of Osama, the terrorist who bore a name uncomfortably close to his own, showed that whatever character flaws he may have, a lack of courage is not one of them.

I mention this because he is facing a real problem in Iran. Their influence is spreading across the Middle East. Egypt once slammed the door in their face and now the door is open. Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, is a majority Shi'ite country ruled by a Sunni monarchy, and the people are being stirred up by Iran, or by Iranian sympathizers in their midst. Iraq is perhaps the most worrisome country of all because it may soon fall into the Iranian orbit and follow Iran's lead.

That said, Iran seems to be going through a bit of a power struggle between Khameini, the top banana, and Ahmadinejad, the second banana. They are also struggling to keep the lid on unrest so they may not be as much of a threat to others until they gain stability at home. But even if their situation remains unstable, they are still steadily moving toward becoming a nuclear power. This is something both Israel and the Sunni Arab world believe would be a disaster. It could be that President Obama is starting to believe the same thing.

Obama reached out his hand to Iran in an attempt to establish some sort of diplomatic relationship, however feeble it might have been initially. But the Iranians used this as a propaganda moment, proudly spitting on his hand and showing their people how Iran will always stand up against the Great Satan. If there is one thing I've noticed about Obama, his Chicago-political nature is not one to allow any insult go unpunished. He doesn't respond to political opponents, he ridicules them and attempts to grind their face in the earth. Conflict is not something he shies away from.

Therefore, I would not be surprised to find out later that this very public spat was a ruse, a bit of deception used to get Iran to believe the U.S. and Israel would never unite against them to destroy their nuclear capability. In 1979 (1978--4 cubed-31I) Iran struck against the U.S. and held  its diplomatic staff hostage for 444 days. We are now entering the new direction phase of this sequence. The year 2011 or 2012 (2010--4 cubed-31N) should see this Iranian-American conflict move in a new direction, or receive a new impulse of historical energy, and I would not be surprised if it was directed against their nuclear program.

Grace and peace,

Tom ]]>Sun, 15 May 2011 05:51:12 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/05/israel-and-syria-on-the-template-of-time.htmlThough Israel and Syria have been hostile toward each other for, it seems like, the beginning of time, but not since 1973 has there been a serious border incident as there has been today. According to the template, this is likely one small step toward a conflict it suggest will occur around the year 2010.

The following quote comes from my book, The Template of Time: Our Destiny Decoded:

"In 2007 Israel invaded Syria's air space to destroy what is believed to have been a nuclear facility under construction. This new impulse should culminate in a broader conflict with Syria around 2010." (p. 189).

This conflict has not yet achieved its culmination, but it is clearly moving toward this fulfillment. Why is this happening now? Why didn't border conflicts happen in 1984 or 1994 or 2007 after Syria was attacked? It is because history follows a template, designed by God and found in His Word and proof of this is found by the prospective evidence that is now occurring. The Mubarak prediction is particularly noteworthy, because the template not only suggested this would occur but that Mubarak's exit would be followed by a virulently anti-Israeli regime. With the Muslim Brotherhood set to make big gains in their upcoming elections does anyone believe this not to be true?

The Template of Time looked backward at history and discovered a pattern that was and is very consistent. This pattern suggested future outcomes. If the template was real, then these future outcomes should come true and provide us with prospective evidence of its reality. That is what we are now beginning to witness.

Stay tuned. The larger issues of history have yet to enter our view.

Grace and peace,

Tom
]]>Sat, 14 May 2011 04:23:02 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/05/americas-puzzling-response-to-syria.htmlWhile President Assad butchers his citizenry have you noticed how silent the USA has been on the subject? President Obama was quick to abandon President Mubarak who was positively gentle in his confrontation of mass protest, so why is he wearing kid gloves when dealing with Syria?

My guess is he realizes now what a mess has been made in Egypt. The Template of Time forecast a regime change in Egypt that would allow a virulently anti-Israel regime to take over and that is where Egypt is headed. It will not be a surprise to see a Muslim Brotherhood takeover of the country by democratic vote. The last thing the U.S., or Israel, wants is for this likely scenario to be followed by a new regime in Syria that is even more hostile to Israel. Will that happen? It certainly may, but the template points to the following: regardless of who is in power, Syria will also tack hard toward an anti-Israel sentiment. This could happen with Assad in power or out of power. Whereas, in the case of Egypt, it required replacing Mubarak for an anti-Israeli Egyptian regime to enter the equation.

Yemen, Qatar, Bahrain

I still believe that Saleh will be forced out of power in Yemen. The template strongly suggests this. He has, however, shown how a cunning street-fighter can hang on against all odds. Gaddafi is another example of this. After the fact, once he is out of power, people will say this forecast was obvious, but as the drama unfolds it is anything but obvious.

This will particularly be true of the situation in Bahrain. The template forecasts a Shi'ite regime taking hold of the island nation. But at this moment all looks perfectly under control. Saudi tanks are on the island to protect the current regime and the unrest is now minimal. But the template does not rely momentary fluctuations of a political situation. It looks at the big events that preceded this day and declares that these events point to a certain outcome. For this reason, whether or not a forecast appears obvious is irrelevant. What is at take is whether or not history fits this pattern of time and right now N. Africa and the Middle East are unfolding on this template with the same precision as the preceding 2,000 years.

Qatar is often forgotten. The template does forecast a change in leadership in this small nation.

Grace and peace,

Tom ]]>Wed, 11 May 2011 02:48:37 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/05/china-and-the-economic-and-strategic-dialogue-with-the-us.htmlChina and the U.S. started an economic dialogue between its top officials in 2006, during the Bush administration. Obama made it even more important by adding the political element in 2009. This points to an outcome that quite frankly looks unlikely: an economic breakthrough agreement that will change the relationship between the USA and China.

It looks unlikely because at the dialogue that just took place we have Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finally pointing to China's abuse of its citizens human rights. Up until now the Obama administration has been tight-lipped about this, even as the abuses mounted. And the economic deals made at this dialogue, though welcome, were hardly transformational. China continues to resist raising the valuation of the yuan and the U.S. continues to insist that this is hurting our economy.

In other words, what the template suggests will occur--a breakthrough economic agreement--looks less and less likely to occur. Is the template off on this point? It is certainly possible. Even in my book I assert that I cannot imagine being always right in what amounts to forecasts of chaos (the quadrillion-variable flow of history). But time will tell. I still believe we will be surprised on both the economic front, resolution of the Taiwan issue, a move toward democracy by China and a reining in of the People's Liberation Army.

Until then,

Grace and peace,

Tom
]]>Sat, 07 May 2011 08:46:47 -0800http://thetemplateoftime.com/1/post/2011/05/pakistan-home-of-terrorists.htmlOur ally in the war on terror is gleefully receiving our >$ 1 billion per annum while collecting rent from the assorted terrorists it houses. Not a bad business so long as you can keep the deep pocketed donor bamboozled. Now, after finding out Osama was a guest in the hotel Pakistan for five years, it just could be that Uncle Sam is starting to have misgivings about its erstwhile friend. Let's hope so.


One of the things that surprised me this year was the uprising in N. Africa and elsewhere. Egypt wasn't a surprise, however, because I figured something of that sort would be necessary to unseat Mubarak. Egypt's radical tilt toward an anti-Israeli position is likewise no surprise. But what I have expected to occur, and now may finally happen, is similar unrest in Pakistan. The floods that have left millions homeless is one destabilizing event, but this embarrassment of their military is another. Pakistan's military seemed to be one of the most competent institution in this politically befuddled country. Now it has shown itself to be among the most incompetent, or the most deceptive, of Pakistan's societal pillars. Either way, one can expect change within its ranks.


It would not be a surprise if some of its younger officers launched a power struggle that ultimately resulted in them taking control of the country. The Template of Time forecasts some sort of . As it states on page 196, "conservative forces, probably military, will seize power around 2010." (This means the years 2011-2013 are in play with 2011 and 2012 being the more likely years.)   


Will the template again be right? Time will tell.


Grace and peace,


Tom

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