September 4, 2026 | www.GospelofJesusChrist.blog | River Wilde
When most people hear the date September 11 and immediately think of destruction.
The images are permanently burned into our memories: airplanes, fire, collapsing towers, smoke covering New York City, thousands of lives lost, and a nation suddenly realizing that it was vulnerable.
But there is an interesting question worth investigating.
Could September 11 have a significance that reaches beyond the events of 2001?
Some biblical chronology researchers have proposed that Jesus Christ may have been born in the late-summer or early-autumn period, with some proposals placing His birth around September. Scripture itself does not give us a calendar date for Christ’s birth, so we should be careful not to claim more than the Bible tells us.
Nevertheless, September is extremely interesting prophetically because it brings us into the season of the biblical Feast of Trumpets—a feast involving trumpets, gathering, remembrance, and a holy convocation.
And the New Testament describes the return and gathering of believers to Jesus Christ with unmistakable trumpet language.
Could there be a larger picture here?
Could the season associated by some with Christ’s first arrival also point toward Christ’s return?
And against that background, could the terrible destruction associated with September 11 remind us of something Scripture repeatedly teaches:
When God brings life, Satan seeks death. When God establishes truth, Satan produces deception. And when God’s plan moves toward its conclusion, evil fights desperately against it.
Let’s investigate.
The First Coming of Jesus Christ Was Immediately Met by an Attempt to Destroy Him
There is something extraordinary about the story of Christ’s birth that we sometimes overlook.
Jesus entered the world—and almost immediately, someone wanted Him dead. When the wise men came seeking the newborn King, they asked:
Matthew 2:2 — KJV
“Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.”
Herod was deeply troubled. Why? Because another King had appeared.
Herod eventually commanded the killing of the young children around Bethlehem:
Matthew 2:16 — KJV
“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem…”
Think carefully about what happened. The birth of Christ was followed by an attempt to destroy Him. Jesus represented life. Herod brought death. Jesus represented God’s kingdom. Herod desperately attempted to preserve man’s kingdom.
Behind the physical events was a much larger spiritual conflict. And Revelation describes that conflict using remarkable imagery.
The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
Revelation 12 describes a woman preparing to give birth while a dragon waits to destroy her child.
Revelation 12:1–2 — KJV
“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.”
Then something frightening appears:
Revelation 12:3–4 — KJV
“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon…
…and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.”
There is the pattern again:
Birth — followed by an attempt at destruction.
The child is ultimately identified in language pointing unmistakably toward the Messiah:
Revelation 12:5 — KJV
“And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron…”
Jesus Christ came into this world to redeem mankind. Satan’s response was destruction.
But Satan failed.
Christ lived.
Christ ministered.
Christ was crucified.
Christ rose from the dead.
And Christ is coming again.
September 11, 2001 — A Day Remembered for Destruction
Now consider September 11, 2001. We should be extremely careful here.
The Bible nowhere says that the September 11 attacks fulfilled a specific prophecy. Nor should we claim that every historical tragedy occurring on a significant date was supernaturally scheduled by Satan.
But there is still a powerful spiritual contrast worth considering. September 11 became internationally synonymous with:
death, fear, fire, falling structures, mourning, war, and destruction.
Jesus described Satan’s nature very differently from His own:
John 10:10 — KJV
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
Notice those words:
**STEAL. KILL. DESTROY.**
And then Christ:
LIFE.
That is the conflict running throughout Scripture. It began long before September 11. But September 11 gives our generation a horrifying visual representation of something Jesus already told us:
Evil destroys. Christ gives life.
But Could September Also Be Connected With the Birth of Christ?
This is where the investigation becomes fascinating.
The traditional December 25 date for the birth of Jesus is not provided by Scripture. Luke tells us that shepherds were outside with their sheep when Christ was born:
Luke 2:8 — KJV
“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.”
Various attempts have been made to reconstruct Christ’s birth using the priestly course of Zacharias, Elizabeth’s pregnancy, and Mary’s conception.
These calculations are not certain enough to establish an exact birthday.
But some proposed chronologies place the birth of Jesus in the September/early-autumn period.
If that possibility is correct, something becomes particularly interesting:
September also brings us into the season of the Feast of Trumpets.
The Feast of Trumpets
God commanded Israel:
Leviticus 23:24 — KJV
“In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.”
Trumpets. A holy gathering. A special appointed time.
Now compare that imagery with Paul’s description of what will happen when Jesus Christ gathers His people.
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 — KJV
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
And again:
1 Corinthians 15:51–52 — KJV
“Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump…”
The parallel is difficult to ignore.
**Trumpet. Gathering. Resurrection. Christ appearing.**
Does this prove that the Rapture must occur on the Feast of Trumpets?
No.
Scripture never explicitly makes that statement.
But does it make the Feast of Trumpets an extraordinarily interesting prophetic picture?
Absolutely.
The First Coming and the Second Coming
Now we begin to see an intriguing possibility.
Christ came once as a child.
Christ will come again as King.
At His first coming, the world largely failed to recognize Him.
At His return, that will not happen.
Revelation describes Jesus returning very differently from the baby lying in Bethlehem.
Revelation 19:11 — KJV
“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True…”
Then:
Revelation 19:16 — KJV
“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Bethlehem gave us the Lamb.
Revelation shows us the returning King.
The first time He came quietly.
The next time the world will know exactly who He is.
Satan Knows His Time Is Short
Revelation gives us another important clue concerning the intensity of evil near the end.
Revelation 12:12 — KJV
“…Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”
That may explain something about the prophetic picture of the last days.
As Satan’s time grows shorter, evil does not quietly disappear. It intensifies.
Jesus warned:
Matthew 24:12 — KJV
“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”
Paul warned:
2 Timothy 3:1 — KJV
“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.”
And Jesus warned repeatedly about deception:
Matthew 24:4 — KJV
“Take heed that no man deceive you.”
So Scripture presents the end of the age not merely as a political struggle. It presents a spiritual battle. Truth against deception. Life against death. Christ against Antichrist. The Kingdom of God against the temporary kingdom of this world.
There Is Another Remarkable Contrast
The events of September 11 gave the world an image of people looking upward in terror.
The Gospel gives believers an entirely different reason to look upward.
Jesus said:
Luke 21:28 — KJV
“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”
Think about that contrast.
One September morning, millions looked upward and saw smoke, fire and destruction.
But Scripture tells believers that another day is approaching when they will look up and see something entirely different. Their redemption. Their Savior. Their King.
The Enemy Can Destroy Buildings—But He Cannot Stop God’s Plan
Perhaps this is the greatest lesson.
Satan attempted to destroy Christ shortly after His birth.
He failed.
Satan tempted Christ in the wilderness.
He failed.
Men crucified Jesus and sealed His body inside a tomb.
The tomb could not hold Him.
The stone was rolled away.
Christ rose.
And Scripture says He is returning.
No terrorist attack can stop that. No government can stop that. No false religion can stop that. No Antichrist can stop that. No army can stop that. No demon can stop that.
And Satan himself cannot stop that.
Jesus said:
Matthew 24:35 — KJV
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
So Does September 11 Have Prophetic Significance?
We need to distinguish between what Scripture says and what we observe.
Scripture does not tell us:
“Jesus was born on September 11.”
Scripture does not tell us:
“September 11, 2001 was a prophetic attack against Christ’s birthday.”
And Scripture does not tell us:
“Jesus will return on September 11.”
But Scripture does give us a pattern that makes the subject worth considering.
Christ’s birth brought life into a world of death.
Evil immediately attempted to destroy Him.
Christ defeated death through His resurrection.
The last days will see increasing deception and wickedness.
Christ will gather His people with the sound of a trumpet.
And Christ will ultimately return as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
September therefore gives us an interesting opportunity to consider the contrast between two kingdoms.
One destroys.
The other gives life.
One rules temporarily through fear.
The other will rule eternally in righteousness.
September 11 Does Not Belong to Evil
Perhaps this is the thought I find most powerful.
Our generation remembers September 11 primarily because of what evil did on that morning.
But evil does not own a date on God’s calendar.
Satan does not own September.
Terrorists do not own September.
Death does not own September.
God owns every day.
Psalm 118:24 — KJV
“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”
And there is coming a day when the destructive kingdom represented by Satan will finally end.
Revelation tells us:
Revelation 11:15 — KJV
“The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.”
That is where history is going, not toward Satan’s victory. Not toward Antichrist’s victory. Not toward the permanent triumph of evil.
Toward Jesus Christ.
The King Is Coming
Whether Jesus Christ was born on September 11 cannot presently be established from Scripture.
Whether His gathering of believers occurs during a future Feast of Trumpets remains something Christians continue to debate.
But neither uncertainty changes the central prophetic truth.
Jesus Christ came.
Jesus Christ died for our sins.
Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
Jesus Christ is coming again.
And the increasing darkness of the world should never cause believers to believe that darkness is winning.
Darkness may be growing, but darkness has an expiration date.
John 1:5 — KJV
“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
September 11 reminds us what evil is capable of doing.
The birth of Christ reminds us what God did about evil.
The cross reminds us what Christ did about sin.
The empty tomb reminds us what Christ did about death.
And prophecy reminds us what Jesus Christ is going to do when He returns.
The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy.
Jesus Christ came to give life.
And when the final battle is finished, there will be no question about who won.
Revelation 22:20 — KJV
“He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”
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