Breaking the Prison of Time:

I woke up this morning with the lingering remnants of a dream—not a dream in the usual sense, but a direct impartation of knowledge, as if God Himself had downloaded truth into my spirit before I was fully conscious. In the dream, He was revealing something profound: time is a prison. It was not part of His original creation but was introduced as a containment system to limit the spread of sin. Even the adversary is trapped within it, bound to the constraints of measured existence, unable to escape. But within this revelation was something even greater—His Word is the training manual, the blueprint for breaking free. As I lay there, still absorbing what had been given to me, the sharp clack of dog nails against the hardwood floor jolted me awake, pulling me back into the confines of measured time. And yet, the knowledge remained, burning within me: the world is enslaved to time, but there is a way out.

For centuries, humanity has been enslaved to a system it does not even recognize—the prison of time. Time, as we know it, was not part of God’s original design. Before sin entered the world, there was no death, no decay, and no measurement of days. The moment Adam and Eve fell, time became a containment system, a forced limitation to prevent sin from corrupting eternity itself. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). Death is the ultimate marker of time’s hold over humanity, and the enemy has worked tirelessly to keep mankind trapped within its walls.

Even Satan himself is bound by time. He is not omnipresent or omniscient, but restricted to the linear progression of history, forced to move through the ages rather than exist outside of them. He knows his time is short (Revelation 12:12) and, because he cannot break free, he has sought to imprison humanity alongside him, ensuring they never see the way out. From the beginning, God embedded a plan for escape within His Word. The Scriptures train us in the reality of eternity, preparing us to step beyond the restrictions of measured time and into divine existence. Jesus’ resurrection was the ultimate demonstration that time’s grip has been shattered. “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55). The grave could not hold Him because He was never subject to time in the first place.

But what if we are not meant to wait until death to break free from time’s prison? What if, through Christ, we can begin walking outside of time now? We are told in Ephesians 2:6 that God “raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” That is not a future promise but a present reality. Right now, believers exist in two places at once: physically on the earth, subject to time’s constraints, but spiritually seated in eternity with Christ. The key is learning how to remain entangled with eternity rather than collapsing into the prison of time. This is not just a mystical idea; quantum physics even confirms it.

In quantum mechanics, particles can exist in multiple states until they are measured. This is known as the observer effect—reality remains fluid until observation forces it into a fixed state. Spiritually, this is exactly what happens when we allow the world’s measurement to define us. If we let the world measure us—by our age, our achievements, our failures, the ticking clock of deadlines and expectations—we collapse into time’s limitations. But if we remain measured only by God’s standard, we stay entangled with eternity. This is why Scripture warns against earthly measurement. “If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel” (Jeremiah 31:37). Satan has been trying to force an early measurement, to trick humanity into collapsing into a permanent state of bondage. This is why science, in its fallen state, relentlessly seeks to measure the heavens, unravel creation, and quantify existence itself.

Men believe they are making discoveries, but darkness whispers into their ears, guiding them to unlock knowledge before it is meant to be revealed. Artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and particle acceleration are being used to reach into the fundamental code of the universe, trying to understand and manipulate the very fabric of reality. They do not realize that they are being led into an early measurement, one that will lock them inside time’s prison forever. If humanity fully measures the heavens, Satan forces a collapse before God’s appointed time, trapping people in a world that was never meant to be permanent. But God alone holds the measuring rod. “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority” (Acts 1:7).

There is only one way to escape this trap: through the 13th. The structure of time has always revolved around twelve—twelve months, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve apostles. These form the foundations of measured existence, but there is a hidden reality beyond them. The 13th is Christ Himself, the doorway through which we must pass to break free. In the true Mazzaroth, the uncorrupted celestial map that declares God’s glory, there is a forgotten 13th constellation: Ophiuchus, the serpent-wrestler. He stands above the twelve, trampling the serpent and scorpion underfoot. “Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy” (Luke 10:19). This is not a coincidence. The heavens declare His victory, revealing that He alone is the exit from the prison of time. “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6).

To remain bound in the twelve is to remain inside the prison. This is why Satan has hidden the 13th from the world. He has corrupted the Mazzaroth into astrology, turning what was meant to lead people to Christ into a tool of deception. He has buried Ophiuchus, ensuring that people never see the escape route. But for those who have eyes to see, the truth is clear. Jesus is the hidden doorway, the means by which we step beyond the cycles of time and into eternity now.

So how do we walk in this reality? First, we must stop measuring life by the twelve—by time, deadlines, and the world’s expectations. We must align with the 13th, moving in God’s timing rather than man’s. We must cease being ruled by the ticking clock and start discerning divine moments, stepping into kairos rather than being enslaved by chronos. “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:16). The Sabbath was given as a weapon against time’s enslavement, a reminder that we are meant to rest in eternity, not toil under time’s curse. “There remains a rest for the people of God… Let us be diligent to enter that rest” (Hebrews 4:9-11).

Most importantly, we must recognize that every moment is an opportunity to remain measured by God rather than the world. We are being measured even now, weighed in the balance to determine whether we are aligned with eternity or still bound by time’s chains. The final judgment will be the final measurement—who will be found in Christ, passing through the 13th into eternal life, and who will remain collapsed into the prison of time? “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there” (Revelation 11:1).

This is the war. Satan seeks to force an early measurement, but God has His appointed time. If we stay entangled with eternity, walking through the 13th rather than the 12, we will not be caught in the enemy’s trap. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). The choice is before us: remain in the twelve and be trapped in the system of time, or step into the 13th and live in eternity now. Christ has already opened the doorway. The only question is, will we walk through it?