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The biblical basis for the Watchman Reports
The biblical basis for the Watchman Reports
Why we watch
“So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.”
— Ezekiel 33:7 (ESV)
A watchman stands on the wall, watches, and sounds the alarm. Our mission is to watch current events through the lens of prophecy, report what we see, and teach others how to be victorious in the last days. The weekly report is our shared “Watch-Post,” a simple way to encourage one another “all the more as you see the Day drawing near” (Heb 10:25).
We watch because God reveals His plans:
“For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.”
— Amos 3:7 (ESV)
Daniel studied Jeremiah's seventy years and humbled himself in prayer (Dan 9:1–3). God answered with the seventy weeks prophecy, which revealed the timing of Messiah's first coming and, we believe, His second. Some of it was sealed “until the time of the end” (Dan 12:4, 9). We believe it is being unsealed now.
How we read Scripture and the heavens
The Bible is the inspired Word of God. It is our final authority, and everything else is tested by it.
We also read the sky, because God made the lights for that purpose:
“And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years.’”
— Genesis 1:14 (ESV)
The word for “seasons” is moedim, the appointed times. God confirms calculations from Scripture with signs in the heavens on the days calculated. A sign is a witness, not an engine. The Lamb opens the seals (Rev 5:5–9).
The seven seals framework
“Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, ‘Come!’”
— Revelation 6:1 (ESV)
In Revelation 4–5, John is brought up to a heavenly courtroom (Dan 7:9–10), where the Lamb alone is worthy to open the scroll. Heaven and earth are called as witnesses (Deut 30:19; Ps 50:4). The Sun, Moon and planets stood witness as the first four seals were broken.
Each seal in Revelation 6 already includes everything we track, so every report is organized seal by seal:
White Horse (Rev 6:1–2): conquest through covenants, a bow without arrows. We see this in Trump's victories, the strengthened Abraham Accords (Dan 9:27), and America as prosperous Laodicea (Rev 3:17).
Red Horse (Rev 6:3–4): peace taken from the earth, war and ethnic conflict, and “a great sword,” which we take to be weapons of mass destruction.
Black Horse (Rev 6:5–6): inflation and famine.
Pale Horse (Rev 6:7–8): a quarter of the earth dying by sword, famine and pestilence.
Fifth Seal (Rev 6:9–11): the martyrs, the Antichrist revealed, the Great Tribulation.
Sixth Seal (Rev 6:12–17): the heavens that stood witness are shaken.
Seventh Seal (Rev 8:1): silence in heaven, then the trumpets and bowls of wrath.
Where we are on the timeline
Daniel 9:24 decrees “seventy weeks” to bring in everlasting righteousness. Read as seventy Jubilees (70 × 49 = 3,430 years) from Israel's first sowing and reaping in the land (14 Mar 1400 BC), that ends in 2031. The 69 weeks from Artaxerxes' decree (445 BC) were fulfilled at the Triumphal Entry and crucifixion in 32 AD (Dan 9:25–26). If Israel's time ends in 2031, the final seven years had to begin in 2024.
We hold that the first seal was broken on the Feast of Trumpets, 2 Oct 2024, marked by the “Ring of Fire” annular eclipse. With Trumpets in September 2026, we entered Year 3 of the Tribulation.
The heavens tell a 6,000-year story, the Gospel in the Heavens. The Revelation 12:1–2 sign (the woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, a crown of twelve stars) appears only four times, all on the Feast of Trumpets: 3915 BC, 3 BC, 2017 and 2030. Together they tell of a Seed promised in Eden, born of the virgin, opposed by the dragon, caught up, and returning in judgment. By our timeline Adam was created in 3966 BC, and our 6,000 years are cut short “for the sake of the elect” (Matt 24:22).
The milestones we are watching for:
About Passover 2028: the midpoint. The Antichrist stops the daily sacrifice and sets up the abomination of desolation (Dan 9:27; 12:11; Matt 24:15). Jesus told us to watch for this sign. It will confirm the timeline one way or the other.
Feast of Trumpets, 28 Sep 2030: the rapture, with the Revelation 12 sign in the sky (1 Thess 4:16–17).
Yom Kippur, 27 Sep 2031: the Return of the King (Rev 19:11–16).
The feasts and the day counts
“These are the appointed feasts of the LORD, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them.”
— Leviticus 23:4 (ESV)
Our timeline runs from moed to moed, feast to feast. Here is how the day counts of Daniel 12 and Revelation 11 fall on the Hebrew calendar:
5 Oct 2023 (20 Tishri, Sukkot): record Jewish worship on the Temple Mount. Two days later, Hamas attacked.
1,290 days later, 17 Apr 2027 (10 Nisan, the day the Passover lamb is chosen): we believe the two witnesses of Revelation 11 may begin their 1,260 days of preaching in Jerusalem, about a year before the Antichrist stops the sacrifices.
1,260 days after that, 28 Sep 2030: the Feast of Trumpets. The witnesses are raised, and we are caught up.
Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, looks ahead to God coming down to live with us for the 1,000-year Millennium (Rev 20:4–6):
“Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths.”
— Zechariah 14:16 (ESV)
What to do
Be ready, not afraid. The biblical pattern is rapture before wrath. Tribulation comes from people, and everyone who wants to live a godly life will go through it. The wrath of God is different:
“For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:9 (ESV)
Live victoriously. We win by persevering, trusting and obeying His Word, even if it costs friends, property or life (Matt 5:10–12; Rev 2:10). Christians who take up the sword will perish by the sword (Matt 26:52).
Prepare practically. If you can, store food and needed medicine now, and be ready to provide for God's household (Prov 22:3; Gen 41:34–36).
Share the gospel and make disciples. Now is the time to share the gospel boldly, before the strong delusion comes (2 Thess 2:9–12). Without solid discipleship, we set people up for a great falling away (Matt 24:10–12). If you don't know Jesus yet: He was slain, and by His blood He ransomed people for God from every nation (Rev 5:9). “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Rom 10:9).
How to read the weekly reports
W.A.H. (World According to Hiro) opens each report with a reflection on what God is doing. In the Hebrew mind, prophecy is pattern.
Seal sections follow in order, each with a Scripture line, a status line (“Broken” or “Expected,” with its heavenly sign) and the week's events with sources.
The Road Ahead covers the 7th Seal, the Return of the King and the Millennium. Cyndee's Corner helps us prepare our hearts.
One fulfillment can be a coincidence. Many interlocking fulfillments are God's providence. Test everything by Scripture, and reply with your questions and observations.
“Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
— Luke 21:28 (ESV)
Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus.
In His service, Hiro
“So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.” — Ezekiel 33:7 (ESV)