Seminar - Sons of Issachar: Reading the Moment

SONS OF ISSACHAR: Reading the Moment

A Five-Session Prophetic Scenario Building Seminar

"Of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do..."

— 1 Chronicles 12:32

Something is moving in the world. You can feel it. The question is whether you are reading it — or being read by it.

The sons of Issachar were not prophets. They were not kings. They were the men in Israel who understood what was happening well enough to tell everyone else what to do next. Their qualification was not swords. It was understanding. And in the moment of Israel's greatest transition, that understanding was worth more than an army.

We are in a moment of transition.

Sons of Issachar: Reading the Moment is a structured, five-session prophetic seminar built on the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. It applies the methodology of real-world scenario building — the same discipline used by military strategists and intelligence analysts — to the prophetic blueprint God has already given us. The result is not a date on a calendar or a name on a chart. It is a map. And a map is only useful if you know where you are standing.

This seminar is not a prediction. It is not a conspiracy theory. It is the disciplined practice of reading Scripture's architecture against the pattern of human history and present conditions — for the purpose of preparation, not panic.

WHAT YOU WILL STUDY

Session 1 — The Art of the War Game

Why serious leaders plan for what they hope never happens — and why the church must do the same.

Session 2 — The Sons of Issachar

A deep engagement with 1 Chronicles 12:32 and the two distinct competencies that made Issachar's 200 chiefs worth more than all the warriors combined.

Session 3 — The Prophetic Blueprint

How to read Daniel and Revelation as a structural map rather than a puzzle — and what the sequence of end-time events actually looks like.

Session 4 — The Scenarios

Eight prophetic scenarios across three tiers — from the forces already in motion to the climax conditions. We game them out. Every branch. Every mechanism. Every implication.

Session 5 — What Issachar Did Next

The second half of the verse — knowing what to do. Five concrete responses for the individual, the family, and the community.

WHAT IS INCLUDED

— A professionally printed Participants Manual — your working document for all five sessions, including fill-in-the-blank teaching outlines, discussion questions with write-in space, the full prophetic scenario matrix, a Hebrew word study, a key scripture reference section, a ten-term glossary, a personal commitment page, and a signable Household Covenant

— Assigned reading in The Great Controversy by Ellen G. White — specific chapters coordinated with each session to anchor the teaching in the full sweep of the prophetic framework

— Five session assignments — structured between-session work including Scripture study, personal financial and skills inventories, household conversations, and research exercises that move the seminar from the room into your actual life

SESSION DETAILS

Grace Fellowship SDA Church — Lucas, Texas

Five consecutive Sabbaths (Saturdays): August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026

2:15pm – 3:30pm each Sabbath

Registration: $15.99 — covers all printed materials

WHO THIS IS FOR

This seminar is designed for mature believers who are ready to engage the prophetic framework analytically rather than emotionally. It is for the member who has known Adventist prophecy their whole life and is ready to move from knowing to doing. It is for the spouse who has never understood why the Sabbath matters enough to die for. It is for the parent who wants their children to stand on conviction rather than custom when the cost of standing rises.

It is for anyone who has looked at the world lately and felt that something is moving — and wants to know what Israel ought to do.

Presented by Pastor Ralph Black

Threshold Publications/Seminars

This seminar is not predictive, conspiratorial, or date-setting. It is a structured engagement with Scripture's own prophetic architecture, applied with the same rigor that serious leaders bring to high-stakes preparation. The goal is not fear. The goal is depth — of conviction, of community, and of knowing whose you are before the world demands to know where you stand.