Stephen Jones — Eschatology
b3 — Secrets of Time
Sabbath Millennium and Triple-Age Structure
Jones describes a threefold time structure culminating in the Sabbath Millennium:
“We stand today at the threshold of the Tabernacles Age. The Passover Age began with Israel’s Exodus from Egypt on the day of Passover and ended at the Cross. The Pentecost Age began in the 2nd chapter of Acts and ended 40 Jubilees later on the day of Pentecost, May 30, 1993. We are now in the transition into the great Tabernacles Age, which will last a thousand years. It is the great Rest Year, the Sabbath Millennium.” (Secrets of Time, Preface, Dr. Stephen E. Jones, April 17, 1996)
Interpretation: Jones positions his millennial view as premillennial, but grounded in Israel’s feast days rather than futurist dispensationalism. His Sabbath Millennium is the Tabernacles Age, not a separate dispensational period.
On the end of the Pentecost Age:
“The Pentecost Age lasted 40 Jubilees (1960 years), extending from 33 A.D. to 1993 A.D. At the end of that time, we entered into the transition into the Tabernacles Age.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 11)
“There is still another outpouring of the Spirit that remains for us at the end of the Age of Pentecost. It is manifested by the third feast day of Israel, the Feast of Tabernacles. Those in the Old Testament under Moses were incapable of bringing forth the Fruits of the Kingdom under the anointing of Passover… Likewise, we in the Pentecost Age have likewise been incapable of bringing forth the Fruits of the Kingdom under our Pentecostal anointing. Good as it is, it is not enough to bring us to Perfection, because it is a leavened feast.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 11)
Prophetic Timeline: 120 Jubilees
Jones connects Noah’s Flood to a larger prophetic cycle of 120 Jubilees:
“The Flood of water occurred after 120 years; the Flood of the Spirit occurs after 120 Jubilees.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
“The year 1986 is the 120th Jubilee from Adam; but 1993 was the 40th Jubilee of the Church. […] God planned this discrepancy in order to delay the fullness of the Spirit from coming ahead of schedule.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
On Moses as prophetic type of the 120 Jubilees:
“In fact, the life of Moses is one of the most profound and striking prophecies of the 120 Jubilees of history leading up to 1986 A.D. […] Moses lived through three distinct phases in his life, each of which was 40 years. Finally, he died at the age of 120.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
“Even as Moses led ‘the church in the wilderness’ (Acts 7:38) for 40 years, so also did Jesus lead the New Testament Church into the wilderness for a period of 40 Jubilees. So also in our day, after 40 more Jubilees, Jesus (whose Hebrew name is Joshua) will lead us into the greater promise of the inheritance lost by Adam at the beginning.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
On resurrection after two days (Hos. 6:2):
“Hosea 6:2 indicates that the resurrection would occur ‘after two days,’ that is, after 2,000 years.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
Feast of Tabernacles as the Eschatological Culmination: The Third Dove
Jones describes the Feast of Tabernacles typologically through the three doves Noah sent:
“Finally, the Feast of Tabernacles correlates with Noah’s third dove. It is the last anointing, for it represents the fullness of the Spirit poured out, wherein we see the redemption of the body (Rom. 8:23). At this outpouring, you receive the true inheritance that was lost in Adam: the glorified body.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
“God chose to retain those garments in heaven, Paul says, until the Feast of Tabernacles is fulfilled. The Spirit is God’s pledge until Tabernacles is fulfilled.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
On the Manchild as the eschatological goal:
“The earth is now lawfully eligible to be impregnated a third time—and this time the earth will bring forth the Manchild, the corporate body of the Sons of God who are spiritually perfected and in the full image and likeness of God.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
“Now it is time for the birth of the Manchild—the Son who is truly in the full likeness and image of Christ.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
On glorification as the Tabernacles experience:
“We are now coming to the Tabernacles Age, when the glory that will be ours will never fade. This is a transfiguration experience, for when we see His face, we shall be like Him (1 John 3:2). We shall be even as Moses when he came down from the Mount with his face glowing with the presence of God (Ex. 34:29).” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
On the definition of “true Israelites” in the Tabernacles age:
“there are no true Israelites as of this writing, for a true Israelite is one who has a new immortal body (Tabernacle) that manifests Christ in the fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
Jacob’s Trouble: Pattern and National Application
Jones analyzes Jer. 30:6-9 as the structural pattern:
“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it; it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bands, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him; But they shall serve the Lord their God; and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.” (Jones quotes Jer. 30:6-9, Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
On Jacob’s two personal periods of trouble (each 21 years):
“Jacob had two times of trouble. Both were 21 years long. His first time of trouble began when he fled from Esau and went to Haran, where he worked for his uncle Laban for 20 years (Gen. 31:41).” (Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
“Jacob’s second time of trouble began when Joseph’s jealous brothers sold him as a slave and he was taken to Egypt. The brothers covered their tracks… Jacob mourned for his lost son for 21 years before God reunited them.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
On the 210-year cycle (= 21 x 10) as national pattern:
“Israel’s first 210-year time of trouble as a corporate nation directly parallels Jacob’s 21-year time of trouble.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
“Finally, as we will see, the House of Israel was brought into a long, 2,520-year time of bondage (12 x 210 years).” (Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
“We have been subject to death for nearly 6,000 years of history and are now nearing the first of Creation’s great Rest Years, when the first great Release will be declared, according to the law of Exodus 21:2.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
Jacob’s Trouble in Modern Nations (America and Britain)
Jones identifies Western nations as typological nations re-enacting Jacob’s trouble:
“This, then, is why God picked America and Britain to reenact the time of Jacob’s trouble from 1776 to 1986/96.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
“The year 1986 was the end of 13 periods of 210 years.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
“Because God turned the clock back ten years in 1996, the time of Jacob’s trouble may be extended until 2006, but even so, the final 210-220 year patterns of Biblical history have nearly run their course.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
On the typological character of European nations as sons of Jacob:
“In the great parable of the nations, we see the European nations representing the sons of Jacob. Britain stands at the head of those nations, geographically pictured as Jacob himself. In fact, their flag is called the ‘Union Jack.’ Jack is a shortened form for Jacob.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
“The land of Joseph itself in this parable became two nations, Canada and the United States, even as Joseph had two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
Interpretation: Jones’ Israel-identification is part of the Christian Identity stream. This is a controversial theological position; the quotes are presented as primary source material representing the author’s position.
Second Coming as Joseph Work (Two Works of Christ)
Jones describes two works of Christ as two distinct comings with different purposes:
“Jesus came as the Lion of the tribe of Judah the first time, in order to secure His throne rights as the Messiah. He comes the second time to the tribes of Joseph in order to secure His birthright, which is His Kingdom.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
“Jesus’ second work is a Joseph work. He comes to receive the birthright of Joseph, which is a work of Sonship. That work has yet to be done. Joseph is still ‘lost.’ The Jacobites yet believe him dead. But there is coming a day when the world will recognize what God has been doing on both a political and a spiritual level.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
On the two works as basis for the reunification of Judah and Joseph (Ezek. 37):
“The sticks of Judah and Joseph must be reunited in the hand of ‘David My servant’ (Ezek. 37:24). This is a reference not to David but to Jesus, who was the ‘son of David’ (Matt. 1:1). Jesus is the Repairer of the Breach. He came the first time of the lineage of Judah—specifically of David’s line—to secure for Himself His throne rights. The second time He comes to do a Joseph work, to secure His birthright (the Kingdom).” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
“This is why Micah 5:2 says He was to be born in Bethlehem Ephrata. He was born in Bethlehem first; and He comes through Ephraim (plural of Ephrata) the second time.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
On the completion of the Kingdom as the goal of the second coming:
“When both are secured, the King and His Kingdom are reunited, and the Manchild can be brought to birth.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
[TENSION with earlier source] In b1 (Creation’s Jubilee), Jones describes the second coming in terms of the Tabernacles Age and three resurrections. In b3 (Secrets of Time), the second coming is developed typologically as the Joseph work: Christ returns for the birthright (the Kingdom), not only for the throne right (the Messianic line). This is a more specific and complex second coming doctrine.
Rapture Critique
Jones rejects the popular dispensationalist rapture expectation:
“He was expecting the Jews to become Christians en masse at the time of the ‘rapture’ in 1988. But all of these things were assumptions not based upon biblical facts. In order to understand modern prophetic fulfillment, we must go back to the Scriptures and trace the historic roots of the Israeli state.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 11)
“The Christian world immediately threw their support behind that state and boldly proclaimed that the rapture would take place any moment now, the tribulation was nigh, and the Jews were soon to be all converted to Christ. Obviously, this did not take place.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 14)
Interpretation: Jones rejects the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine and links it to a misidentification of the Israeli state with biblical Israel.
Times and Seasons — Revelation of Timing
Jones defends the possibility of prophetic time-knowledge on the basis of Deut. 29:29 and Amos 3:7:
“Most Christians have been taught that it is not possible to know anything about times and seasons. Whenever there is any revelation of timing, there are always those who quote Jesus’ words in Acts 1:7, saying, ‘It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which God hath put in His own power.’ […] However, the verse only tells us that we are not to know the things ‘which God has put in His own power,’ those things which are none of our business.” (Secrets of Time, Appendix C)
“Amos 3:7 (NASV) tells us: ‘Surely the Lord God does nothing unless he reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.‘” (Secrets of Time, Appendix C)
On the brethren who know the times (1 Thess. 5:1-4):
“But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. […] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.” (Jones quotes 1 Thess. 5:1-4, Secrets of Time, Appendix C)
On the men of Issachar (1 Chr. 12:32):
“The chronology tells us that David was crowned king on the 59th Jubilee from Adam. I believe the children of Issachar knew this either by divine revelation or by their own study of chronology. They saw that Saul had been crowned king on the day of Pentecost, and now they saw that David was to be crowned on the Jubilee. They understood the times.” (Secrets of Time, Appendix C)
New Creation and Restoration of All Things
Jones connects the new creation to the double-witness model (Isa. 65:17-18):
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create.” (Jones quotes Isa. 65:17-18, Secrets of Time, Appendix C)
On the requirement of double witness for the new creation:
“when representatives on earth bear witness to the divine Word, and they speak with one voice as one body, saying with their whole heart, ‘Amen! Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty!’ […] then and only then will the new heavens and the new earth begin its process of development until God fills all in all.” (Secrets of Time, Appendix C)
On the restoration of creation through the Spirit outpouring:
“As He resuscitates the whole earth by breathing into their nostrils the breath of life once again, we are brought into Immortality and Perfection, as at the beginning. Eden and more is restored.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 3)
On apokatastasis as universal goal (1 Cor. 15:28):
“He is the Unifier of all peoples, the Repairer of the Breach, and the Restorer of all Creation. The day comes when He will be ‘all in all’ (1 Cor. 15:28).” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
“In time, the nations will begin to be transformed into truly Christian nations, with Jesus as our only King and His law our only law and constitution. The Word of the Kingdom will ultimately go forth as a witness into all nations, which will (after a time) bring all things under His feet.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)
[TENSION with earlier source] In b1 and b2, Jones grounds apokatastasis legally (Jubilee law, Kinsman-Redeemer). In b3, the same apokatastasis is grounded chronologically (via the 120 Jubilees prophetic timeline) and typologically (via Noah’s doves and the Feast of Tabernacles). Both lines of argument are complementary.
On the Overcomers and the repair of the breach:
“With the Overcomers’ declaration of the Jubilee in the autumn of 1996, the breach began to be repaired.” (Secrets of Time, ch. 15)