Kevin's  father, Russell D. Swift, was born on November 1, 1917--the historical moment of the Balfour Declaration, which would promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration would later be recognized as  the British instrument through which the foundation was laid for the birth of the state of Israel that would occur thirty-one years later on May 14, 1948.

Russell Swift sold his farm equipment in his mid-30's to follow his call to ministry, and moved his family from Bloomfield, Iowa to Springfield, Missouri to attend Baptist Bible College.  While there, Kevin was born on January 30, 1956 into this large family--the eighth and youngest son out of nine children.  The family moved back to Iowa, where Russell would pastor churches in Unionville, Cedar Rapids, and Mark, Iowa.  In 1968, he would take a ministerial position with the Abilene Bible Baptist Church in Abilene, Kansas--the hometown and final resting place of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the sunflower state became the permanent residence for the Swift family. Kevin finished secondary education in Abilene, and then moved to Topeka in 1974.

As a minister's son, Kevin was taught the Word of God from childhood and was involved in church ministry. However, at a young age he had questions about church doctrines, and in his late teens Kevin began his own intensive study of the Scriptures.  He wanted to know for himself what the Scriptures taught, and why he believed what he believed.  

As Kevin examined the Word of God his personal views expanded.  He saw the validity of the seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath, which God instituted the first week of creation (Genesis 2:2-3)--the forgotten day, which God said to always "Remember" (Exodus 20:8-11).  He also understood for the first time God's merciful end of all sin and sinners (Malachi 4:1-3; 2 Peter 3:5-7) in God's consuming fire, that will eliminate all human suffering, death, mourning and crying, which will all pass away from our universe (Revelation 21:4).  In 1980, at age 24, Kevin determined to honor the Sabbath day. In doing so, he had to choose between keeping God's Commandments or keeping his job; he chose God's day of rest.  He found the Seventh-day Adventist faith most closely reflected his personal beliefs, and in his mid-20's he and his young family joined and spent several years in Conference work in Kansas, Nebraska and North Dakota.  Although at the time his father challenged Kevin's decision, in later years Russell Swift accepted and taught the seventh-day rest to his Baptist congregation.  Both his father and mother are now awaiting the call of God at the great resurrection. 

Kevin continued to teach and to study the Scriptures.  In the 1980's there was a small but emerging movement within the Adventist faith that was challenging the historicist view, which teaches the majority of Daniel and Revelation's prophecies, and all of the prophetic time periods, have already been fulfilled in past historical events.   In the summer of 1990, an Adventist friend shared several video presentations from Charles Wheeling of Countdown Ministry & Inspiration Books suggesting a Western conflict against Iraq and Iran would initiate end-time events (Lesson 8), and Daniel's major time periods might hold "last-day" fulfillments.  However, it was yet unclear to prophecy students just how the time prophecies might fit together, and how events would be played out at the end of time. Even though a Bible teacher, Kevin realized he still had much more to learn about the books of Daniel and Revelation, and God's prophetic plan for the end of the age. 

Kevin began to delve into the timelines and events of Daniel and Revelation.  He developed a chart using all of the timelines, which he believed followed the chronological pattern of Bible prophecy.  He first presented his findings in January 1991 at a Prophecy Seminar in Michigan, which he would later improve and expand.  A couple of years later, the importance of God's Festivals in relation to final events began to sink in.  Comparing the timelines to God's Festivals, it was discovered the end-time chart developed earlier fit between the spring and fall Biblical holy days to the day over a three and one-half year period.  Knowing that God's Festivals shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year, Kevin knew the match could not be a mere coincidence.  Progress has been made over the last decade in further understanding final events, and what has emerged is The Kingdom Calendar that you see today. 

In the early 90's, Kevin continued to teach at the Adventist Church where members and local Conference leaders joined in lively discussion.  As the opportunity arose, he shared his views and was invited to friendly discussion over Bible prophecy with several church leaders, theologians and college professors.  Kevin also sent letters to the local church leadership and General Conference, as well as the Biblical Research Institute, urging Adventists to investigate contradictions in their prophetic views.  However, Adventists have long taught the historicist view with emphasis on an 1844 fulfillment of the Daniel 8:14 timeline, and there remains to this day little interest in considering how the timelines of prophecy might, in reality, be fulfilled in the last days--just as they read in the Scriptures... as literal 24 hour days.

Saddened by the church leaderships' reluctance to face contradictions between the founders' views and the Word of God, by the mid-90's Kevin dropped membership from the Adventist Church.  Church traditions have plagued established religions in every age, so much so that God has nearly always bypassed the institutions of higher learning to reveal His unfolding plan of redemption to the curious and uneducated (Matthew 21:15-16; Matthew 11:25). 

Kevin maintains close friendships across denominational boundaries and has taught prophecy in Adventist, Baptist, Church of God, Nazarene, Messianic and non-denominational circles, while his online resources have been viewed by thousands around the globe of all walks of faith.  He has written 30 lesson guides on Daniel and Revelation called Insights in Prophecy, which connects the ancient prophecies to modern-day events.  His eBook, The Kingdom Calendar, is available here online.

Kevin has been a successful business owner and REALTOR® for the last 25 years.  For the last nine years, Kevin has served on the Board of Directors of the Topeka Rescue Mission--a ministry that in 2011 sheltered 2,201 different individuals, including 1,188 men, 661 women, and 352 children, for a total of 95,658 nights. The mission also served or distributed a record total of 524,585 meals in 2011.

Personal Message from Kevin Swift