In 2012, the Mayan calendar received plenty of attention for predicting “the end of the world”. However, the Jewish calendar is the key to understanding God’s time. The holy days God gave to Moses and Israel is first fulfilled in seven day of Jesus Christ’s redemption and return. Then the major and minor feasts and fast days are fulfilled in major events of the last one hundred years.

These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons (Leviticus 23:4).

Jewish Calendar

• Day – Sunset to Sunset
• Week – Sabbath to Sabbath
• Month – Lunar (29 or 30 Days)
• Year – Lunisolar (12 or 13 Months)
• Leap Month - Adar I – Added every 2 or 3 years
• Religious New Year – Nisan 1 (March or April)
• Civil New Year – Tishri 1 (September or October)

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I [God] declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. (Isaiah 42:9).

9th of Av – Kadesh Barnea Rebellion – Israeli Judgment Day

From Mt. Sinai to the Iraq Wars to Armageddon, this days has been fulfilled throughout the years.

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it [the Promised Land]; for we are well able to overcome it. But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we (Numbers 13:30-31).

The first 9th of Av (July/August) is Israel’s rebellion at Kadesh Barnea. A year after God’s miraculous deliverance from Egypt, twelve spies are sent into Canaan to explore the land 40 days. The Hebrews had a choice to follow God’s plan and take the Promised Land or believe the evil report and rebel against God. Because of a lack of faith, ten spies rebel against God, discourage the people and they all wander in the wilderness forty years.

Observed as a fast day, it has become a day of God’s judgment against Israel and the world.

9th of Av in History

1. Rebellion of the ten spies at Kadesh Barnea (1524 BC)
2. Destruction of the first Jewish temple by the Babylonians (587-586 BC)
3. Destruction of the second Jewish temple by the Romans (70 AD)
4. Roman army plows Jerusalem with salt (71)
5. Destruction of Simeon Bar Kochba’s army (135)
6. Roman army plows the temple mount (136)
7. Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade (1095)
8. King Edward I of England expels the Jews (1290)
9. King Philip IV of France expels the Jews (1306)
10. King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Spain expel the Jews (1492)

9th of Av in Recent History

1. World War 1 begins (1914)
2. World War II Holocaust begins (1942)
3. Iraq and Kuwait break off talks. The Persian Gulf War begins two days later (1993).
4. The Quartet on the Middle East (European Union, Russia, United Nations and United States) announces a two
    state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (2002).
5. During the Israel’s Gaza withdraw, Tropical Depression Ten forms, dissipates then reform as Tropical Depression
    Twelve which strengthens into Hurricane Katrina (2005).

9th of Av in Future Events

1. On the 9th of Av (July/August) right before the Tribulation, the Quartet on the Middle East will announce the final Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, the covenant foretold by Daniel. This will cause World War III, the fall of the United States, the Tribulation and Armageddon. Sixty days later on the Day of Atonement (September/October) the  Antichrist will confirm this covenant.

 And he (Antichrist) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week (Daniel 9:27)

2. Seven years later on the 9th of Av, Armageddon begins then ends on the Days of Atonement.

I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat [in Jerusalem], and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and parted my land. (Joel 3:2)

If the day of the Kadesh Barnea rebellion is so significant for Israel and the world, what about the other Jewish feast and fast days?

Note: Historical events are listed in the book Chronology of Man by Bill Bonnett and Wikipedia.