Chronology of Man
According to Scripture
by Bill Bonnett
Thanks first to the Lord for putting
this into my heart.
Second, to my wife who continually
helps and supports me, Gal. 2:18 & Pro. 31.
P R E F A C E
I was hesitant to attempt this study let alone put
it into a book form. Part of me said it was prideful of me to write this
assuming I could share a “new” thing, another part thought, “And who am I to speak
on the Lord’s behalf?” I am writing this not to prove I am correct and everyone
is wrong, but to challenge you to think how we got to this point in time and
how many wonderful gems are in Scripture. I am a follower of Jesus the Christ,
and since I have the Holy Spirit and a deep desire for the truth, He has guided
me to do this work.
I saw a great movie about a bible professor that
wanted to write a book. He never neglected the importance of a moral, but did
not see the importance of including the Author, Jesus Christ, as the Authority,
by which he spoke. Because of that, a colleague wanted to show him the consequence
of this decision and the impact of teaching only morals. He sent the bible
professor 100 years into the future. He was amazed not of the advancement of
technology, but in how bored the church was, how acceptable sin had become,
even to the point it was illegal to speak the Name of Jesus in a public school.
That’s when I understood what I knew to already be
true, that Jesus nor His word would require anyone to defend Them, but to speak
only the truth. Therefore, the question is the same now as it was for Pilot, in
John 18:38, “What is truth?” Do we hold scripture as truth? When you read that
there is “…therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
Spirit,” do you believe it? When we tell our kids they should not steal or that
they should not lie, by whose Authority do we speak?
If you do not state the Author, then the words are meaningless. Why? Because if we are shown that
there is an Authority, therefore we are held accountable. This is the very
reason why people so blindly accept evolution over scripture. Because, if
scripture says that there was a beginning, and the words are true, then the
rest of scripture is true and therefore, we are dead in our sins, condemned,
and there is NOTHING we can do about it. No one
likes to be told the truth who has conviction in their
heart, so if the Truth is removed, then there is no conviction to acknowledge,
“…having their conscience seared with a hot iron...”
Life changes all around us continually; yet, because
we are a part of it, we tend not to notice. Leave for a year and come back and you
will see all the changes. This is true of sin as well. A “little” sin isn’t
noticed so much, and if it is not challenged, then sooner or later, more slips
in until you find yourself in a quagmire of unexplainable apathy. Psalms 139:23-24 cries out, “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me,
and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked
way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” So subtle is sin, we
require the Lord to point it out to us. Are you willing to listen? Are you
willing to stand up against it? I’m certain you said,
“Yes”, but when you witness sin, do you do anything about it? If a coworker
uses the Lord’s Name in vain, do you say anything to them or are you quiet
about it? What about that movie you watched last weekend that contained a
murder scene, a risqué peak into a bedroom, or unbridled foul language; do you
turn it off? It may seem I’m pointing fingers, but
these issues are concerns I have to deal with myself. No one is immune to sin;
we are commanded not to be slaves to sin. Edmund Burke
is credited for writing, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” It is irrelevant whether he wrote
this or not, the words echo truth. If you do nothing, sin will abound.
So again, I ask, do you hold Scripture as true when it
contradicts history books, over what you learned in school, or even what you
see, or hear, or even what you comprehend as truth? On what basis do you hold
your understanding to be true? A case in point: Wikipedia, although popular,
many people won't use it as a source because anyone
can say anything, so by default the information is automatically suspect. As
the movie stated, scripture is accurate, but when science contradicts
scripture, the science is flawed. The Lord planted that in my heart many years
ago and I still believe it today.
II Timothy 3:16-17 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That
the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished
unto all good works.”
Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast
rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to
me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.”
II Corinthians 4:3-6 “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the
god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine
unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and
ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to
shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Revelation 3:18 “I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do
not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”
Jesus brought truth and
grace and fulfilled the law in the flesh.
John 1:17 "For the
law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."
Romans 8:3-4 "For
what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending
his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the
flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
None of us can do that. As
we were prisoners of the Law, Jesus made us prisoners of Righteousness. We are transformed from the enemy of God to the sons of God
through Jesus. This is reiterated in the event of the
Mount of Transfiguration.
Matthew 17:1-8 "And
after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John
his brother, and bringeth them up into an high
mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the
sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And,
behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. Then
answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if
thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for
thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet spake,
behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud,
which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased; hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it,
they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And
Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And when they
had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only."
Just in the name of those
that attend is a great revelation:
Peter means Stone
(the Law); James comes from Jacob which means the supplanter,
i.e. replaces; and John means favored of God - grace. Just by
their names, you can see the mission of the Lord here on earth:
Salvation
comes by taking the law and replacing it with grace.
Peter,
being so fearful, tried to honor the event by wanting to erect a monument to
Moses, Jesus and Elijah. The
problem was so severe that God the Father Himself spoke; affirming that Jesus
was His Beloved and they were to listen to Him. Peter tried to lower Jesus and
elevate the Law and the Prophets making them equal. But,
Jesus came to fulfill the Law because the Law kills. Jesus gave the Law to Moses to show that man
cannot keep the Law, even if they so wish to. So why would the Lord give an
impossible law? The single most hated thing is self-righteousness.
Isaiah 64:6 “But we are
all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away.”
“Filthy rags” in the Hebrew
is menstrual rags. That’s how gross
self-righteousness is in the eyes of God. In Exodus 19, Moses was called up to receive the Law verbally so he could
rehearse it in the ears of Israel in Exodus 20. This is what they said:
Exodus 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said,
All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the
people unto the LORD.”
Again the Lord asked if Israel
would keep His Law, and they replied:
Exodus 24:3 “And Moses
came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and
all the people answered with one voice, and said, All
the words which the LORD hath said will we do.”
Pride, arrogance,
ignorance and self-righteousness reverberated throughout the camp, and they
accepted God’s challenge instead of humbling themselves and asked for mercy.
From the first Passover to Sinai, not one Israeli died even though all they did
was murmur against Moses and God. As soon as they accepted the Law, Moses went
up to get the tablets. While he tarried, they broke the first commandment –
Exodus 20:2-6 “I am the
LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the
house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou
shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down
thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing
mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”
Exodus 32:4 “And he
received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had
made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
As soon as the Law was given, they
sinned, and three thousand died! God showed their self-righteousness wasn’t enough and they died in their sins.
Knowing that not all are
like those that left Egypt, the Lord would send His prophets that gave hope of
another way. What is the thing that the devil and man succeeded in doing with
the Law? Cheapen it and hold man hostage through condemnation and guilt. Even
Christians today are filled with this same mentality as the Pharisees – knowing full well that no one can keep the Law, the
Pharisees watered it down to a bunch of legalistic rituals. Where preachers are
to teach grace, they teach “don’t do this” “don’t do that” “love God” – all
impossibilities because it’s the Law repackaged for
today’s legalistic rituals. Jesus came to change all that!
What was the first thing
Jesus said after the Father said to listen to Him? "Arise, and be not
afraid!"
The Pharisees cheapened
the Law by making it "manageable" for man to think righteousness was
obtainable. But under the Law, the judgment exceeds
the sacrifice as is illustrated when Elijah fought with the prophets of Ba'al in I Kings 18. He had water poured onto the
sacrifice. When God responded, not only was the sacrifice consumed, but the wood, stone alter, water and even the dust. When
Jesus taught the Law this is what He said:
Matthew 5:27-29 "Ye
have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit
adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed
adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye
offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable
for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body
should be cast into hell."
Jesus restored the
impossibility of keeping the Law back to its original intent. God never wanted
the Israelites to accept the Law. From Abraham to Mount Sinai they lived under
grace! No one died despite their murmurings and
complaints. Yet, as soon as they arrogantly said they could keep the Law, they
built an idol of gold and worshiped it. Three thousand died that day. Yet,
after the death, burial and resurrection of the Lamb (Jesus Christ), fifty days
later, on the same day Israel received the Law, the day of Pentecost, they
received the Holy Spirit and three thousand were saved.
Acts 2:41 “Then they that
gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto
them about three thousand souls.”
Where the Law, written on
stone, revived sin which kills us, God calls it the
ministry of death.
II Corinthians 3:6-11 "Who
also hath made us able ministers of the new testament;
not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth,
but the spirit giveth life. But
if the ministration of death, written and engraven in
stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his
countenance; which glory was to be done away: How shall not the ministration of
the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be
glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For
even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that
which remaineth is glorious."
The only thing written in
stone was the Law - the Ten Commandments. If we could keep the Law, then why
did Jesus have to come! Since this was one of my biggest issues with this
correct thinking, I'm going to address the following:
Romans 8:1-2 "There
is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law
of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and
death."
Prosperity preachers stop
quoting this verse after they say "Christ Jesus", but the Spirit put
it in there. I've even heard some say the next part of
the verse was added by legalists. Yet, I contend that we are not the ones
walking after Salvation, but the Spirit, therefore there is no condemnation which are in Christ Jesus. The Spirit wouldn't qualify that else we're back to the Law: do good
get good; do bad get bad. Is it not the Spirit that quickens
us?
Ephesians 2:5-7 "Even
when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye
are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made
us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he
might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his
kindness toward us through Christ Jesus."
Since we're
dead, how can we be subject to sin?
Romans 6:1-2 "What
shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid.
How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?"
Understand God loves us
personally, that we are dead to sin, and quickened to the life in Christ Jesus,
there IS no more condemnation. There's no
condition. We walk simply in faith just as we are saved
by faith. Do you not understand that we are sheep and prisoners? What do they
have in common? They both must be taken care of. The
means to DO is not within them. They follow the Shepherd or the Warden.
Romans 4:13-16 "For
the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to
his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and
the promise made of none effect: Because the law worketh
wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise
might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to
that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,"
This is a truth: if we
are heirs of the world, now can we do that sickly or poor? It's
the devil that steals these promises. If you don't
believe that kind of thinking, then read this verse:
I John 4:17 "Herein
is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day
of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world."
"...because as he
is, so are we in this world"! This isn't a future
promise, but one of His grace on us NOW, HERE on earth! Hallelujah! Glory to God! I have finally come to the understanding of
what Paul meant in Romans seven. I wish to paraphrase
first before you read the longest scripture reference of this study. The Law is
righteous. But it demands righteousness from us. We don’t have it, so our punishment is death. Any offence, no
matter the size, carries a minimum sentence of death! God in His love says,
“Though the Law is right, there is no love.” Paul shows the war within each
Christian: those things I don’t want to do, I do them,
sin. The things I want to do, I don’t do them, do
right. I know you’ve heard some preacher say “Love the
Lord your God with all your heart mind and soul.” He was quoting Jesus. I can’t
love myself that way, how can I possibly live that way towards someone I can’t
see or feel or grasp!? Face it,
Jesus was only elevating the Law back to its proper place – an impossibility.
Yet over and over Christians become slaves to a lie
that somehow if only they did this or did that they could obtain this status.
If you can’t do anything to get saved, what makes you
think you can do anything to live a saved life? It’s
all self-righteousness and it stinks on high! The sentence Paul says
shows the condition these preachers are suffering from and pass it on to their
flocks: “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with
me.” And he clarifies it even one step more: “I see
another law…warring against the law of my mind…bringing me into captivity
to the law of sin…” Today we wake up,
thank the Lord, praise Him, sing to Him in the shower, kiss the family good
bye, and off to work we go. On the way to work some
guy cuts you off almost causing an accident and out vomits angry profanity. All
the joy you had earlier is swallowed up with a little whisper – not necessarily
from the devil – but the Law within, taught in church, understood by misreading
scriptures – whatever the case, you’re now devastated. You feel like a
hypocrite, a phony. This is the war Paul is explaining.
He finally cries out “O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the
body of this death?” Thankfully he answers his own
question and ends this internal war – even after reading it, I couldn’t
understand exactly what to DO.
“I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then
with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with
the flesh the law of sin.”
It boils down to one thing: right thinking, which leads to right doing.
You know the Law – or at least what your parents or pastors teach: don’t do this, don’t do that. What is it you want to do? Those things you’re told not to do. Why? That’s the sin within. When we’re saved, sin is not remove from our bodies, only the freedom from sin. I know, that doesn’t make sense. But it does. You see, Jesus lived in the flesh the lives He knows we cannot live in. We’re born into sin – it’s like trying to live without a heart. It cannot be done. Jesus, Who knew no sin, lived a life just like us, but without sin, and in the flesh won this conflicting war. Then He gave up His sinless life to become sin for us on the cross. He took our sin and we took His righteousness. Stop thinking of sin as a verb and see if for what it is, a noun. If you understand that when you call on the Name of Jesus to save you, you are no longer under the Law of sin!
I once had a debt of over $110,000 in credit cards and a
mortgage of over $200,000. I only made $75,000 per year and had three growing
kids. There was no hope for me. I prayed, surrendered the cards (I shredded
them) and lived within the extreme limits of my salary – which to some was
awesome. Even still, it’d be the rest of my life
before I could get out of debt. Nothing I did would work. But!!!
God heard me, blessed me, and now I have no debt and more funds than I need so
I use it to help others. Do I ever want to go back into debt with all the
pressures and worries that come with it? No way! My
right thinking NOW keeps me from falling back into debt. When you believe you
must “do” to be holy, you’ll only fall deeper into sin
debt. Then because you are conscience of your deeds, you condemn yourself. Then
because you feel so bad, you only want relief, so you take some false “joy” in
sin (name your vice here – food, drugs, shopping, porn, etc.) and the cycle
repeats. When you take hold of the thought that you are free from sin (though
it still resides in your mortal body, that “old” man) your spirit and soul are
free from sin, you focus on the wonderful gift the Lord has given you. Faith. Grace. More Faith. More Grace. That’s the correct
cycle. So do we sin so grace can fix us? NO! Why would I want to go back into
debt? When you sin, you repent – which means change your mind – and move on it was paid for before you were even born let alone the moment
you committed it. So now read:
Romans 7:14-25 “For we
know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold
under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I
would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I
would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then
it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me
(that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me;
but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I
do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now
if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in
me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For
I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my
members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to
the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall
deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our
Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of
God; but with the flesh the law of sin.”
God
does not want behavioral modification; He wants right thinking, so you can have
right living.
Introduction
I had never intended to undergo a project of this
size, being outside my comfort zone and what I thought was above my educational
level, but, as with erecting a huge building, you have to start with the
foundation. To me the foundation of anything spiritual had to be Jesus Christ
and the written Word of God He left for us over the span of Earth’s history.
But, I’m getting
ahead of myself. I, like many Christians, like reading about the second coming
of the Lord Jesus Christ. I bought a book about the end times and how Israel
became a nation exactly so many days after the order to rebuild the city as
prophesied by Daniel. Not one to let others do my homework; I decided to see if
such a thing existed in the Bible. At first I thought, “How hard could it be?”
Well let me tell you, I had to learn about the Jewish, the Roman, the Julian,
and the Gregorian calendars. Then learn how to convert from one to another.
Since I liked to program, I now had a project. The only algorithm I could find
on the rules for the Jewish calendar was written in
C++ code. I wasn’t very good with C++ but I did
understand Visual Basic, so I converted the code. After pouring over the code,
I found that they had an ingenious way of converting the dates, by using the
Serial Day Number – also known as the Julian Day Number, defined as noon
Universal Time (UT) Monday, January 1, 4713 BC in the Julian calendar. The date
given in Gregorian, Julian or Jewish would be converted to that day number.
That answer would then be translated into the desired calendar and then
reversed. If the final answer was correct, then the resulting conversion was
correct. Here’s an example:
Gregorian day (today’s calendar) of
August 10, 2008 is converted to 2454689.5 in the
Julian Day Number. That number is then converted from
2454689.5 to the Jewish calendar of Av 9, 5768 at noon. That date, Av 9, 5768, is then converted back to the Julian Day Number of
2454689.5. Next, it converts it from 2454689.5 to the Gregorian date of August
10, 2008. If this date matches the date entered, it is correct and “Av 9, 5768”
is presented. I put this on my web site at http://www.abdicate.net/cal.aspx.
The reason for doing it this way is to increase the
level of accuracy. If the calculations are incorrect,
they would show up by presenting different dates. In addition to the process
above, there is another step; it includes being converted
into the Julian calendar and back as well. This is like taking pounds and
changing it to kilograms and then to ounces and then to troy ounces and back to
pounds. Each step requires a different mathematical conversion increasing the
accuracy of the final product.
After working on it for a few months, I put in the
dates the book stated and the number of days since the call to rebuild the city
of Jerusalem and found that they were short an entire year by their standards
and the rest of the “history”
books. Well, I decided to find the date of the “…that from the
going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem…” (Daniel
9:25) I needed to do some more homework. This is where the foundation
thought came to mind. If I was going to undertake finding this date, I had to
put scripture above any history book. Did I truly believe II Timothy 3:16-17?
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of
God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works”?
It was then I decided that I would not eliminate any
verse just because it did not “fit” into my chronology.
Finally, I wrestled with God on this project mostly
because, who was I to dispute folks with PhD’s and other grandiose degrees when
all I had was a two-year degree in Electrical Engineering Technology?
Additionally, who was I to refute the tons of books out there on various
subjects about the bible. As if the Lord was answering me directly, this verse
popped into my mind:
I John 2:27 “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all
things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall
abide in him.”
So again,
which version of “scripture” do I use? I grew up and studied how the King James
Bible was translated and have chosen to stick with it.
Besides, I like the way it was translated, and clearly the Lord blessed it
because it is still the number one book sold to date with over 6 billion in
print throughout history (includes all English versions1).
I
want to point out that most people just accept information that is published or quoted by a source. This is how the United
States came to think of our fore fathers as oppressive rich white slave owning
deists. In the 1920’s many books were written concerning the birth of America
and none of them quoted original sources. As a direct result, the attacks on
these men, their very deep love for Jesus Christ and for the country, and
thereby attacks on the Constitution changed our legal system from rule of law
to rule of precedence and judicial law making. What does all this mean? We have
rejected God and His Word from anything public – schools, workplace, federal
lands and parks: all of which will be the undoing of America. The accepted norm
is now abortion, sex, its perversion, murder, lying and cheating2,
and pornography is one of the biggest industries making over $12 billion in
20063 and worth $56 billion worldwide4. America’s motto
is no longer “In God we Trust” (which is under attack in the courts as I type)
to “If it feels good, just do it!” I remember when I was just about to become a
teenager; I overheard my aunt speaking with her brothers and sisters that very
phrase. I didn’t understand it then, but I do now.
“Porn is being downloaded, ordered, rented and tuned in at
startling rates across America. And, with millions of
customers spending billions of dollars on pornography, corporate America is
starting to compete for a piece of that pie. In 1999 pornography
sales in the United States exceeded $10 billion -- a market so lucrative that
even blue-chip companies such as General Motors Corp. (GM) and AT&T Corp.
have jumped into the dirty game. These two Fortune 500 companies are piping
pornography by cable and satellite feeds into American homes, providing
distribution that porn producers require to increase their production of smut,
perversion and filth.”
Porn 500, Insight on the News, Jan 8, 2001 by James Harder4
There
is no end to the citations I can make. Don’t get me
wrong there are good God-fearing people in America – their prayers are the only
thing keeping God’s full wrath at bay. Nevertheless, unless we change as a
society we will go the way of the unicorn.
See
if these verses sound familiar in regards to today:
II Timothy
3:1-7 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times
shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural
affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of
those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than
lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from
such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead
captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning,
and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
How about these? It’s almost like
listening to the news or reading it online.
Romans 1:18-32
“For the wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the
truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in
them; for God hath shewed it
unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation
of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead;
so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they
glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish
heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to
corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own
hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth
of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even
their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And
likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their
lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and
receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to
a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness;
full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters
of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to
parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection,
implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit
such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in
them that do them.”
Psalms 9:17 “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”
Jeremiah
13:25 “This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD;
because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.”
Now
I pray you see how very important it is to get the original source when
gathering information. Because they don’t know better,
concerning the English translated history books of old, they simply accept the
data when they speak of the Julian dates of AD/BC or the Greek Olympiads.
Though there is an accepted date conversion, I did not need them because I know
from Scripture all the points from Adam to Jesus' ascension with the authority
of Scripture. Since none of us since the 1750's experienced a change of the
calendar, it would appear to be easy enough to fix points in time to another
calendar. Yet, to complete accurately such a task, you must understand how the
conversion was made de facto. That is where you'll run into roadblocks more than anything else. Once you
find a source, you'll find another that says it's a
year or two different than the other source. Even published encyclopedias
cannot agree on dates. With all the technology we have today, it's harder than ever to find the original source. Once you
find it, how can you translate it into English from ancient Greek, Latin, or
Aramaic?
I
wanted to find the conversion of an Olympiad to the Roman Julian dating system.
I found a site that provided tables for the conversion. When I looked up their
sources, they pointed me to another site5. Below is a fragment
written in Greek translated into Latin and then into English.
519a. Diodori Sicili Bibliothecae Historicae, Lib.XX, Cap.V, 5
"th d i steraia thlikauthn ekleiyin hliou
sunebh genesqai, wste oloscerwV fanhnai nukta qewroumenwn twn asterwV pantacoi."
"[...] Agathocles etiam, quum jam ab hoste apprimeretur,
nocte superveniente, quod minime sperasset, evadit. Postridie tantum fit solis
eclipsis deliquum, ut stellis ubique apparentibus, omnio
noctis instar esset. Quamobrem a naumine difficultatem sibi
portendi Agathoclis milites rati, in majore super futuris anxietate
erant."
"[...] However, Agathocles, who was
already at the point of being overtaken and surrounded, gained unhoped for
safety as night closed in. On the next day there
occurred such an eclipse of the sun that stars appeared everywhere, it was like
at a complete night. Agathocles soldiers, believing that the prodigy
portended misfortune for them, fell into even greater anxiety about the
future."
(Fotheringham; Newton, 1970, p.103-104; Stephenson, p.348-351)
The site that directed me to the quote above stated:
"The
base synchronism is given by Diodorus Siculus, who dates his years according to
the Athenian archons, the Roman consuls, and, every fourth year, by Olympiad.
By this system, Diodorus 20.5.5 reports a solar eclipse in the year of the
archon Hieronmenon, corresponding to Ol. 117.3, which
must be that of 15 August 310. This gives us Ol. 117.3 =
310/09, from which Ol. 1.1 = 776/5. The resultant Olympic dates for
well-known events, such as the death of Alexander III, dated to Ol. 114.1 =
324/3, shows strong consistency with this date."6
So now, I'm presented with the need to know if there were any other eclipses around this battle, when it was, and I need to research who "Agathocles" is and his story to find out where he was when this event happened. I could not locate the book cited in the English translation of the Latin verse from the Greek! So now, if I look up Diodorus Siculus, I find that he is a first century BC historian, but cannot find a collection of his books online. This is how researches need to work in order to get all their facts and assumptions straight. This is why it takes so long to put this in writing: it wasn't the fitting together of all the verses of Scripture, but the ability to accurately link Creation Years to a date we can understand today. It also didn't help I never lived anywhere near a major city to exploit their metropolitan libraries – not that I believe it would have helped. You'll see what I mean when you get to Herod the Great, his life and death. You have Josephus claiming a date, you find the eclipse mentioned, you determine it is visible in Jerusalem, you convert the date, and it doesn't match a lot of history books who cite the same source you used to find the dates. It's a vicious circle of just who do you believe; and if there is a consensus, how do you know the "scholars" picked the correct date to pin the conversion?
I am
certainly not a scholar of Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek, but I might use them to
stress a point. Learning Castilian Spanish helped me to understand that the
nuances of a language sometimes require adding supporting words. This is why
the authors of the King James Bible chose to italicize those supporting words –
to show they did not exist in the original language. The written Word of God is
so alive that it points any human, wherever they may be in their life, to
Jesus. If you are slow to learn, it guides you simply to Jesus. If you’re an intellectual, or scholar, it will provide
wonderful mysteries begging you to follow them to Jesus. Are you a math wizard?
It will push you to Jesus. I challenge you to check out http://www.otherbiblecode.com – even if you’re not a
math wizard, you’ll be amazed!
I had to do
this study. Every time I put it down, I would “think” of something else and
would have to check it out. After each discovery, another question would
require more investigation and prayer. As with building a brick house, each
brick was given to me; guided by the Holy Spirit. I
started with the math; I then wanted to find the dates of Jesus. Satisfied with
those, I went on to study the Kings of Israel and Judah, then the Judges. Once
I got those done, I had to work on the prophecy of Daniel. When that was all done, I just counted how many one-thousand years
there where in my study, (II Peter 3:8). When the fourth “day” ended with the
start of Jesus’ ministry, I was amazed! Not only did each of these studies fit
into place like a puzzle, I didn’t have to do any
rework. So, no, I do not believe this to be inspired in the sense the Holy
Spirit did the men of old (II Peter 1:21). I look at this as if I was given a raw stone. I simply cut out the extra
information that didn’t deal with dates. This gem is a
gift to me from the Lord, Proverbs 17:8 “A
gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it
turneth, it prospereth.” The design was already there, I was
just used to point it out. I wish to only know the truth and I am not
out to find the end of the world or the “signs of the time” though they be
right in front of me. Prophecy is just history waiting for time to catch up.
Nothing I say or do will change prophecy, it will happen.
The more I learn about the world the more in awe I am at the marvelous work of the Lord. The more I read His written word, the more I learn of His marvelous work!
Job 5:9 “Which doeth great things and unsearchable;
marvellous things without number:”
I present my findings.
The Presentation
Though the entries presented here are for your
benefit, it really doesn’t show the passage of time.
The best way would be something similar to this:
Note |
CY |
Western
Year (Julian) |
Creation |
0 |
***** |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
6 |
|
Table 1
After pages and pages of empty notes, it would
become boring right off. I’ve created a graphical
version on my web site at http://www.abdicate.net/chrontime.aspx which looks
like Figure 1. The lines show the
process of time and the bubbles contain the information presented here. Since we’re talking about 6000 entries, you can use the hyperlinks
to jump from year to year. If the Creation year is speculated to show
continuity, it is marked with an asterisk (*). “CY” is “Creation Year” and “WY” is the “Gregorian Western Year” even though it
did not exist for the British Empire and the United States before 1752 AD, when
it was adopted. “JY” is the Jewish Year
calendar.
Figure 1
Creation to Noah
One of the few constants of the world throughout the ages has been games. It’s almost as if a gene residing in all of us to want to play games, and not just any games, puzzle games. Just in my lifetime, there have been great moves of people playing Rubik’s Cube, Tetris, crossword puzzles, Cryptoquip, and Sudoku. This isn’t limited to just games, but books, movies, and television shows; mysteries, intrigue, curiosity, they call to us.
The Scriptures are no different. They present sometimes a bit more of a challenge, but in the end there are great rewards. Genesis is one of my favorite books and I love Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” These ten words say it all. Since I love science and I love Scripture, this quote is fitting:
“In verse one of the Book, we can find all the elements of Science summed up in 10 words: (1) Time – Beginning, (2) Space – Heavens, (3) Motion – created, (4) Matter – the earth, (5) Energy – God created.” [The Book of Genesis, Bible Baptist Bookstore, copyright, 1969]
As I said, I love science and scripture. This seems to be mutually exclusive, but we are told to seek and search out wisdom. I say to you, I am an enigma. I believe that science and Scripture can mesh if science accepts Scripture!
Ecclesiastes 1:13-14 “And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”
Not one to believe what I see, feel, or read at face value, I needed to understand and meditate on it for myself. To do my own homework as it were. There are gems that are lost in translation from Hebrew. The Hebrew alphabet does not contain vowels, just placeholders. They also read from right to left. See if you can understand the English sentence below:
L-v- th- L-rd
y-r G-d w-th -ll y-r h-rt.
If you read:
Love the Lord your God with all
your heart.
Then you can begin to see how it is the Jews read Hebrew. Today, they have dots and dashes to help foreigners learn Hebrew, but this wasn’t until the 600 AD to 1000 AD7.
The sixth letter of their alphabet called vav. Hebrew doesn't have numbers like the West; they use the letter to denote the number. Sort of like A=1 B=2 C=3 etc. Vav stands for the number six8 and two words: Nail and Hook. Vav is used to “hook” phrases and sentences together; like when we use the words “and”, “also”, and “so”. Psalms 119 is an alphabetic Psalm, i.e. each set of six verses is dedicated to a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalms 119:41-46 is dedicated to vav, so the first letter of each verse starts with the letter vav.
Hebrew is also written from right to left. The cool thing is the first time in Scripture uses vav is in the sixth Hebrew word of Genesis 1:1. Here’s the breakdown in Hebrew and highlighted in purple:
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
הָאָרֶץ |
וְאֵת |
הַשָׁמַיִם |
אֵת |
אֱלֹהִים |
בָּרָא |
בְּרֵאשִׁית |
ha-a-retz |
v-et |
ha-sha-ma-yim |
et |
Elohim |
bara |
Beresheet |
the earth |
and |
the heavens |
- |
God |
created |
In the beginning |
The fourth word, highlighted in yellow, is pronounced “et” (אֵת), but the letters are the first and last letters of the Hebrew
alphabet: א - Alef having no sound, and ת – Tav, sounds like the letter "T"
in time. There is no meaning
for this word and is not translatable, however, it is used as the direct object
to indicate Who (God) did the action (create) to what
(heavens and the earth). The gem and Spiritual explanation isn’t
really understood until you get to the book of Revelation when Jesus states He is
the Alpha and Omega ΑΩ,
being the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, the Beginning and the
End. Alef and Tav are also the first and last letters
of the Hebrew alphabet. If you were in the Genesis 1:1 sentence looking at the
reader, the אֵת is on
the right hand of God! Who is seated on the right hand of God?a
Jesus, the Alpha and Omega, the Alef and Tav!
a Mark 16:19 "So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received
up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God."
Watch how this plays out:
·
The letter vav appears in the Scriptures the first time in the sixth word
of the first sentence.
·
God created Man on the sixth day.
·
Six stands for Man in the numerology of Scripture.
·
Vav has the count value of six in Hebrew.
·
First recorded sin of man (after the fall) is murder – the sixth
commandment.b
·
What Man will connect the breach between man and God – Alpha and
Omega/Aleph and Tav – Jesus!
·
What connects "heavens" with "the earth" – the Man, Alef
and Tav – וְאֵת – Jesus!
·
Jesus is the Word of God and through Him speaking out, created all. So all
is wrapped up in אֵת.c,
d
b Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill."
c Proverbs 30:5 "Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put
their trust in him."
d John 1:1-2 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God."
Furthermore, in this first verse of Genesis you see that “אֵת” surrounds the word for “Heavens” and there’s that vav in the second “אֵת” and is used as translated “and” because it “hooks” Heaven and Earth together. Jesus is the “Connector”, the vav, the Man, between Heaven and Earth, even testifying to the manner in how it would be done on the cross! Since God “spoke” everything into existence it’s an amazing picture image within the written text that Jesus, the Alef and Tav (Alpha and Omega), the Beginning and the End, is the Creator. It is the hint of what was to come when the Word would become flesh, indeed the Word of God made flesh. In Genesis 1:1, the letter vav combines with Alef and Tav to show the Sign of the Lord of History, the One Mediator, the Man Christ Jesus, the Living Word – to connect Heaven and Earth in the most literal sense. The culmination of all history revealed in the Final Book prophesied in the pattern of Hebrew letters in the first verse of the First Book! Cool huh? See Appendix G for more.
Creation
of Adam - CY 0, dies CY 930
The
First Adam
Creation Year: 0 Western Year: 3977 BC Generation:
1
Genesis
2:7 "And the LORD God
formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath
of life; and man became a living soul."
Not
knowing the age of Adam when he was created, (i.e. was
he created with the age of a man being 20 years old?) For the sake of this study,
these years are counted just as Scripture has it, the
years Adam lived. Genesis 5:3-5 specifically states that Adam had
lived 130 years when he begat Seth. This means that Adam's first year was as
God had created him, a man.
Genesis
5:3-5 “And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years,
and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and
he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred
and thirty years: and he died.”
For more information on Creation vs. Evolution, see
appendix A. Genesis chapter one is the culmination of the beginning, the
Genesis.
So now, we have a man on the earth. The seventh day
God rested. Why? Was He tired? No, He was being an
example to the man, who does get tired. Work six days then rest one. In chapter
2 verse 7, God then reiterates what happened by explaining how Adam came to be.
Eve is
formed... - CY 1*
*We
don't know what year Eve was made, so I put her in the
next year figuring that it took that time for Adam to name all the animals.
Genesis
2:19-20 “And out of the ground the LORD God formed
every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam
to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living
creature, that was the name thereof. And
Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air,
and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet
for him.”
Eve was formed from Adam's rib, not from his foot or from his head, but next to his heart – to be loved.
Genesis
2:21-23 “And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man. And
Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of
my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
Eve is
tempted, Adam falls - CY 7*
*We
don't know what year she was tempted so this is just
to show the passage of time.
Genesis
3:6 “And when the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired
to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Exiled
from Eden - CY 7*
*We
don't know what year they fell so this is just to show
the passage of time.
Genesis
3:21-24 “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD
God make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the LORD God
said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now,
lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and
live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,
to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man;
and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword
which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Cain and
Abel are born - CY 9*
*We
don't know what year Eve gave birth so this is just to
show the passage of time.
Genesis
4:1 “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she
conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a
man from the LORD.”
Genesis
4:2 “And she again bare his brother Abel. And
Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.”
Yes,
I believe they were twins. In Hebrew, the first word of Genesis 4:2 is וַתֹסֶף (ve-to-ceph)
meaning, to add or augment, to continue to do a thing.
Cain
kills Abel - CY 36*
*We
don't know what year this happened so this is just to
show the passage of time.
Genesis
4:8 “And
Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the
field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
Seth is
born - CY 130, dies CY 1042
Creation
Year: 130 Western Year: 3847 BC Generation:
2
Adam's age at the birth of Seth is 130 years from
the beginning of his existence.
Genesis
5:3-5 “And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years,
and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and
he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred
and thirty years: and he died.”
Seth
lived 912 years.
Genesis
5:6-8 “And Seth lived an hundred and five years,
and begat Enos: And Seth lived after he
begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: And all
the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.”
Jewish
Calendar Starts - CY 216 (WY: 3761 BC)
Why the difference in
the Jewish calendar and the rendering of chronology according to Scripture?
While I struggled with this over the years, I waited on the Lord to show me the
truth. The entire study, started in the year 2000, has been one in pursuit of
the truth. To quote Pilate, "...What is truth?...”
The answer is found in Psalms 119:160, "Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous
judgment endureth for ever.” This is a prophecy of Jesus, "...the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us...full of grace and truth.”
John 1:14.
So I say, can you put down your ideas, your dogma,
your desires to hear truth? The more I learn about the Lord and read His word,
I can only conclude what Enoch had said, "But without faith it is impossible to please him..." Hebrews
11:6. Once in the Old Testament and twice
in the New Testament it states that the Just shall live by faith.
When we are faced with a dilemma of contradictory
information, where do you decide to turn to for the truth? Scientists?
Archeologists? Your pastor? I
emphatically decided before I even started this study that it was to find out
the truth. My foundation being Scripture; that no matter how much evidence
there was in history or encyclopedias, Scripture would overrule any information
if it was contradictory to what is written in the word of God, Matthew
4:4, Luke 4:4, Hebrews 4:12.
Therefore, when I came to the impossible task of explaining away why there was
a difference in the Jewish calendar and the chronology presented in Scripture,
I waited on the Lord. Two years after completing the study, I found the answer
in Hebraic Literature. To quote Yoma, fol.9, col. 1.,
"What is the meaning where it is written (Ps. x. 27), 'The fear of the
Lord prolongeth days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened;' 'The
fear of the Lord prolongeth days' alludes to the four hundred and ten years the
first Temple stood, during which period the succession of high priests numbered
only eighteen. But 'the years of the wicked shall be
shortened' is illustrated by the fact that during the four hundred and twenty
years that the second Temple stood the succession of high priests numbered more
than three hundred. If we deduct the forty years during which Shimon the
Righteous held office, and the eighty of Rabbi Yochanan, and the ten of Rabbi
Ishmael ben Rabbi, it is evident that not one of the remaining high priests
lived to hold office for a whole year."
When I read this and other online sites on this topic, I realized that in order
to cover up the dates of the Messiah, the calendar had to have
been surreptitiously changed by the Jewish rulers of the time. Even
before this action, the New Testament said they lied about Jesus' resurrection,
knowing full well Who He was (Matthew 27:62-66) and they paid the Roman soldiers
large sums of money to be quiet about what really happened (Matthew
28:11-15). These passages
showed the length to which they were willing to go to hide the truth. Even
today, as Scripture states, they believe Jesus' body was
stolen by His disciples. They knew where and when Jesus was born (Matthew
2:1-8), they knew exactly
who He was, Jesus told them (Luke 4:16-22)! Some of the rulers knew and accepted
Him, (John 3) and defended Him (John 7:50) and cared for His body (John
19:38-42) after the
crucifixion.
To further this, the "Tract Abuda Zara", (rules and regulations
concerning transaction of business with heathens) Chapter 1, states,
"The disciples of Elijah taught: The world will continue for six
thousand years, the first two thousand of which were a chaos (Tahu), the second
two thousand were of Torah, and the third two thousand are the days of the Messiah, and because of our sins many years of these have
elapsed, and still he has not come."
So
if they believed this, then at 4000th year, the very year Jesus started His
ministry they would have been on the lookout for the Messiah (Mark
1:15). They rejected Jesus, but accepted
Barabbas and later Simon Bar Kokhba. The Talmud relates that Akiba ben Joseph
credited Kokhba with the title "Messiah"! That is until he was killed
by the Romans on the 9th of Av 135 AD. At his death
they had to quickly correct themselves so they "declared Simon bar Kokhba
a false messiah and renamed him Simon bar Kozeba ('Son of the lie')", TheFreeDictionary.com.
The Talmud, Sanhedrin, fol. 97, col. 1., states,
"As the land of Canaan had one year
of release in seven, so has the world one millennium of release in seven
thousand years; for it is said (Isa. ii. 17), 'And the Lord alone will be
exalted in that day;' and again (Ps. xcii. 1), 'A psalm or song for the Sabbath
day,' which means a long Sabbatic period, and again (Ps. xc. 4), 'For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as the day of
yesterday.'"
II
Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day."
The Jewish calendar is an algorithm created in 359 AD (c.) so the author
"started" different than the actual start of "time" because
he knew or didn’t know about the change in the calendar that happened around
136 AD. I put this information here because I wanted to show that though we
count the Jewish calendar years, I worked backwards to this point to show the
disparage between the “known” date and the actual passage of time according to
Scripture. Until the time of Jesus, this recollection of time reflected
accurately within five years of what is written in the
Talmud. The large change in the date of the year does not reflect until after
135 AD. This also proves that what is written in the
Talmud is not Scripture, inspired or not. Additionally,
even the Jews do not know definitively the number of years of the Jewish
calendar has today. In the book, Gates of
the Seasons by the Central Conference of American Rabbis, in an article
written by Alexander Guttmann on pages 7-10, he explains the origin and
understanding of the present Jewish calendar.
“The
Jewish tradition of counting years since the creation of the world has its
roots in early Talmudic times, but it was not adopted authoritatively until
several centuries later. In Biblical times, dates were
referred to as being ‘two years before the earthquake, the year of the
death of King Uzziah,’ etc. In Talmudic times, we find instances of dating from
the creation of the world, but this was adopted as the
Jewish method only much later as a response to Christian dating. It was in the eighth century
that Christians began to date their documents generally as AD (Anno Domini, the
year of the Lord), and so it is hardly a coincidence that in the eighth and
ninth centuries we find more and more Jewish documents dated ‘since the creation
of the world’ (sometimes referred to as AM, Anno Mundi, the year of the world). Obviously, calculating dates based on the
Christian theological principles were not acceptable to Jews; nevertheless, it
was not until the twelfth century that dating ‘since the creation’ was accepted
by Jews universally.”
Table 1 is from A Y2K
Solution to the Chronology Problem, page 77, written by Sheldon
Epstein, Bernard Dickman and Yonah Wilamowsky, that shows the
varying reasons for the error in the Jewish account of the chronology of time.
Also
according to the August 2005 newsletter by Prophecy
in the News, it shows that 154 years can be accounted for
by the removal of the Persian chronology of several kings by Yose ben Halafta.
“…[S]ometime between A.D. 135-160, Yose ben Halafta, student of Rabbi Akiva,
and admirer of Bar Kokhbah, changed the dating so that Daniel’s seventy weeks
would point to Bar Kokhbah as the predicted Messiah, rather than Jesus.”9
During
this study, I will focus on the Creation Year and provide the Western Year
since this is how the world currently counts. However the Jewish Year will be
provided based on today’s count (12 Dec 2009=25 Kislev 5770).
Enos is
born - CY 235, dies CY 1140
Creation
Year: 235 Western Year: 3742 BC Generation:
3
The age of Seth when he had Enos.
Genesis
5:6-8 “And Seth lived an hundred and five years,
and begat Enos: And Seth lived after he
begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: And all
the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.”
Enos
lived 905 years.
Genesis
5:11 “And all the days of Enos were nine hundred
and five years: and he died.”
Cainan is
born - CY 325, dies CY 1235
Creation
Year: 325 Western Year: 3652 BC Generation:
4
The age of Enos when he had Cainan.
Genesis
5:9-11 “And Enos lived ninety years, and begat
Cainan: And Enos lived after he begat
Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: And all
the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.”
Cainan
lived 910 years.
Genesis
5:14 “And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred
and ten years: and he died.”
Mahalaleel
is born - CY 395, dies CY 1290
Creation
Year: 395 Western Year: 3582 BC Generation:
5
The age of Cainan when he had Mahalaleel.
Genesis
5:12-14 “And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat
Mahalaleel: And Cainan lived after he
begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.”
Mahalaleel
lived 895 years.
Genesis
5:17 “And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight
hundred ninety and five years: and he died.”
Jared is
born - CY 460, dies CY 1422
Creation
Year: 460 Western Year: 3517 BC Generation:
6
The age of Mahalaleel when he had Jared
Genesis
5:15-17 “And Mahalaleel
lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight
hundred ninety and five years: and he died.”
Jared
lived 962 years
Genesis
5:20 “And all the days of Jared were nine hundred
sixty and two years: and he died.”
Enoch is
born - CY 622, translated CY 987
Creation
Year: 622 Western Year: 3355 BC Generation: 7
The age of Jared when he had Enoch.
Genesis
5:18-20 “And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two
years, and he begat Enoch: And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Jared were nine
hundred sixty and two years: and he died.”
Enoch
lived 365 years because the Lord took him in a rapture.
Genesis
5:22-24 “And Enoch walked with God after he begat
Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days
of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God:
and he was not; for God took him.”
Hebrews
11:5 “By faith Enoch was translated that he should
not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before
his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.”
Methuselah
is born - CY 687, dies CY 1656 (year of the
Flood)
Creation
Year: 687 Western Year: 3290 BC Generation: 8
The age of Enoch when he had Methuselah
Genesis
5:21 “And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and
begat Methuselah:”
Methuselah
lived 969 years, the oldest in all of history, and died the year of the Flood
in CY 1656.
Genesis
5:27 “And all the days of Methuselah were nine
hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.”
Lamech is
born - CY 874, dies CY 1651
Creation
Year: 874 Western Year: 3103 BC Generation: 9
The age of Methuselah when he had Lamech.
Genesis
5:25 “And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and
seven years, and begat Lamech:”
Lamech
lived 777 years.
Genesis
5:31 “And all the days of Lamech were seven
hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.”
Adam Dies - CY 930
Creation
Year: 930 Western Year: 3047 BC
Adam dies within a day.
Genesis
5:5 “And all the days that Adam lived were nine
hundred and thirty years: and he died.”
Genesis
2:17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die.”
II
Peter 3:8 “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day.”
Enoch is
Raptured - CY 987
Creation
Year: 987 Western Year: 2990 BC
Enoch is raptured because he pleased God and he was a
prophet.
Genesis
5:23-24 “And all the days of Enoch were three hundred
sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took
him.”
Hebrews
11:5-6 “By faith Enoch was translated that he should
not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before
his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith
it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to
God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently
seek him.”
Jude
1:14-15 “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his
saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly
among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of
all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
End of
day one - CY 1001
Creation
Year: 1001 Western Year: 2976 BC
End of day one, beginning of day two.
II
Peter 3:8 “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day.”
Seth Dies - CY 1042
Creation
Year: 1042 Western Year: 2935 BC
Genesis
5:8 “And all the days of Seth were nine hundred
and twelve years: and he died.”
Noah is
born - CY 1056, dies CY 2006
Creation
Year: 1056 Western Year: 2921 BC Generation: 10
The age of Lamech when he had Noah.
Genesis
5:28-31 “And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two
years, and begat a son: And he called his name Noah, saying, This
same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the
ground which the LORD hath cursed. And
Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat
sons and daughters: And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and
seven years: and he died.”
Noah
lived 950 years. Please see Appendix C to read the Gospel in the names of
Genesis 5, Adam to Noah.
Genesis
9:29 “And all the days of Noah were nine hundred
and fifty years: and he died.”
Enos dies - CY 1140
Creation
Year: 1140 Western Year: 2837 BC
Enos
dies.
Genesis
5:11 "And all the days of Enos were nine hundred
and five years: and he died."
Cainan
dies - CY 1235
Creation
Year: 1235 Western Year: 2742 BC
Cainan
dies.
Genesis
5:14 "And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred
and ten years: and he died."
Mahalaleel
dies - CY 1290
Creation
Year: 1290 Western Year: 2687 BC
Mahalaleel
dies.
Genesis
5:17 "And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight
hundred ninety and five years: and he died."
Jared
dies - CY 1422
Creation
Year: 1422 Western Year: 2555 BC
Jared
dies.
Genesis
5:20 "And all the days of Jared were nine hundred
sixty and two years: and he died."
Shem is
born - CY 1558, dies CY 2158
Creation
Year: 1558 Western Year: 2419 BC Generation: 11
The age of Noah when he had Shem. This is a pitfall if not careful. In Genesis
5:32 it states that Noah was 500 years old
when he had Ham, Shem and Japheth. This is a generalized statement because
later in Genesis 11:10 is says that Shem had his first son 2
years after the flood at the age of 100. The flood occurred in Noah's 600th
year, Genesis 7:6.
602 - 100 = 502. Shem was born when Noah was 502 years
old.
Genesis
5:32 “And Noah was five hundred years old: and
Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
Genesis
11:10 “These are the generations of Shem: Shem was
an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:”
Genesis
7:6 “And Noah was six hundred years old when the
flood of waters was upon the earth.”
Shem
lived 600 years.
Genesis
11:10-11 “These are the generations of Shem: Shem was
an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem
lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.”
Lamech
dies - CY 1651
Creation
Year: 1651 Western Year: 2326 BC
Lamech
dies.
Genesis
5:31 "And all the days of Lamech were seven
hundred seventy and seven years: and he died."
The Flood - CY 1656
Creation
Year: 1656 Western Year: 2321 BC
Methuselah dies (Year of the Flood) Noah is 600 years old. Just
over 33 Jubilees from creation.
Genesis
5:26-27 “And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech
seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Methuselah were nine
hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.”
Notice
God is long suffering. For 120 years, Noah preached
and the oldest living person is the one named “his death shall bring” – awe,
but to them, bring what? What Noah preached – the flood!!!!
How very merciful is our God! Glory to Him!!!
Genesis
7:6 “And Noah was six hundred years old when the
flood of waters was upon the earth.”
Noah
lives another 350 years for a total of 950 years.
On
17 Heshvan 1440 Noah and his family went into the ark and that same day the floodwaters
were broken up, Genesis 7:11-13, and it rained for 40 days and 40
nights, Genesis 7:17.
Another 150 days (Genesis 7:24, 8:3) the waters increased until 19 Nisan
1440 when they abated. It was on that day the waters "abated,” that is
they started to recede. According to Genesis 8:4 the ark rested 2 days earlier on the
7th month, the 17th day (17 Nisan 1440). It is Nisan because it wasn't a leap year so there was no Adar II. The waters
decreased (Genesis 8:5) until the 10th month when on the 1st
day of the month (1 Tammuz 1440) the mountaintops could be seen - I imagine
like little islands.
Noah waited 40 days (Genesis 8:6, 12 Av 1440) to send out the raven and
the dove - the dove returned. Seven more days he sent out the dove, who had
returned (19 Av 1440), and again the dove returned.
Yet seven more days Noah waited and sent the dove out again, not to return (Genesis
8:12, 26 Av 1440).
Genesis
7:11-13 “In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in
the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the
fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were
opened. And the
rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. In the selfsame day
entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife,
and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;”
Genesis
7:17 “And the flood was forty days upon the earth;
and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the
earth.”
Genesis
7:24 “And the waters prevailed upon the earth an
hundred and fifty days.”
Genesis
8:3-5 “And the waters returned from off the earth
continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were
abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on
the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. And the waters
decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first
day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.”
Genesis
8:6 “And it came to pass at the end of forty
days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:”
Genesis
8:12 “And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent
forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.”
Waters
dried up... - CY 1657
Creation Year: 1657 Western Year: 2320 BC
Finally, in the 601st year of Noah's life, 1st month
1st day (Genesis 8:13, 1 Tishri 1441) the waters were dried up from off the
earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, but it still took almost
another two months to completely dry up the land.
They all possibly left the ark when the ground was dry on the 27th of Heshvan
1441 (Genesis 8:14), interestingly exactly 365 days, according to the dates
provided in scripture, the serial day number, and the Jewish calendar.
Genesis 8:13-14 “And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.”
The Flood is one of several turning points for mankind. No longer is man allowed even close to live a full day, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 5:5, 2 Peter 3:8. I believe the Lord uses nature to fulfill His wishes. Before the Flood, there is no written evidence that it ever rained. In fact, Genesis 2:5-6 affirms there was a mist that watered the ground. If this assumption holds true all the way to Genesis 7:4 (the next mention of “rain” in scripture) when the Lord warned Noah that in seven days He would cause it to rain, then where did the rain come from?
According to an excellent book called “In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood”, deep holes, 5.6 to 7.5 miles, drilled by the Russians and the Germans found within crushed granite “hot flowing, mineralized water (including salt water” – twice as salty as the ocean waters). A theory, called The Hydroplate Theory, asserts that the Earth’s crust sat on a thin layer of very salty water through interconnecting caverns 10 miles deep. Due to an increase in extreme pressure, a rift in the Earth formed 46,000 miles long, from the north of Iceland to Antarctica then up to India splitting off and running under Australia over and up along South America north to Alaska. The extreme pressure shot up into the air this water which then rained down all over the Earth like never before. The “fountains of the great deep” erupted causing the worldwide flood, and because of the height of the geyser, it began to freeze in the northern and southern regions of the planet and when the nearly frozen water fell back to the Earth, froze animals, rivers, and such instantly.
Though this theory helps explain where some the water came from, it doesn’t explain why people no longer live to be 900 years old, or what the “windows of heaven” where that opened. It is my belief that some other event occurred changing the conditions under which mankind lived. Whatever it was, it must have shortened the lifespan of mankind. Though scripture shows that men lived well into their 900’s, what changed in order for David to write in Psalms 90:10 that we would live only to be 70-80 years old, on average? It is conceivable that the division of the “waters from the waters” in Genesis 1:6-7 was the creation of a type of water barrier that surrounded the earth, much like the ozone layer of today. Somehow, this barrier blocked the harmful radiation of the sun. Today the holes in the ozone you hear about on the news allow more harmful rays in, burning people with extreme UV rays, causing sunburn in the short-term and skin cancer with long-term exposures. The lowering of the water barrier allowed enough of the sun’s radiation to enter the atmosphere shortening our lifespan to 70-80 years, on average worldwide. I believe that this erupting of the fountains caused the windows of heaven to open, i.e. disrupting this barrier, and together, flooded the Earth. If it were just the fountains, then why bother mentioning “windows of heaven”? If you view the graphical version of the timeline on my web site, you’ll visually notice the average age drops dramatically for those born after the Flood. Because of the breakup of the fountains of the deep, and the windows of heaven opening, the Flood occurred and shortened mankind’s lifespan. So you ask, why would God do this? Genesis 6:5 – you’re going to have to look this one up. Think about it, man lives 70-80 years and does great evil; imagine 900 years to do even greater evil? These gems are all over scripture. God means what He says and says what He means and allows novices to see what the wise cannot, 1 Corinthians 1:25-29.
Figure 2
The Flood to Abraham
Arphaxad
is born - CY 1658, dies CY 2096
Creation
Year: 1658 Western Year: 2319 BC Generation: 12
The age of Shem when he had Arphaxad.
Genesis
11:10-11 “These are the generations of Shem: Shem was
an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem
lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.”
Arphaxad
lived 438 years.
Genesis
11:12-13 “And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years,
and begat Salah: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters.”
Salah is
born - CY 1693, dies CY 2126
Creation
Year: 1693 Western Year: 2284 BC Generation: 13
The age of Arphaxad when he had Salah.
Genesis
11:12 “And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years,
and begat Salah:”
Salah
lived 433 years.
Genesis
11:14-15 “And Salah lived thirty years, and begat
Eber: And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and daughters.”
Eber is
born - CY 1723, dies CY 2187
Creation
Year: 1723 Western Year: 2254 BC Generation:
14
The age of Salah when he had Eber.
Genesis
11:16 “And Eber lived four and thirty years, and
begat Peleg:”
Eber
lived 464 years.
Genesis
11:16-17 “And Eber lived four and thirty years, and
begat Peleg: And Eber lived after he
begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.”
Peleg is
born - CY 1757, dies CY 1996
Creation
Year: 1757 Western Year: 2220 BC Generation: 15
The age of Eber when he had Peleg.
Genesis
11:16 “And Eber lived four and thirty years, and
begat Peleg:”
Genesis 10:25 states "...Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided..." the answer
as to what was divided the following verses. I believe
this was the time of the tower of Babel, Genesis 11:9.
Genesis
10:25 “And unto Eber were born two sons: the name
of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name
was Joktan.”
Genesis
10:32 “These are the families of the sons of Noah,
after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations
divided in the earth after the flood.”
Deuteronomy
32:8 “When the most High divided to the nations
their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the
people according to the number of the children of Israel.”
Acts
17:26 “And hath made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times
before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;”
Genesis
11:9 “Therefore is the name of it called Babel;
because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from
thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.”
Peleg
lived 239 years.
Genesis
11:18-19 “And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons
and daughters.”
Reu is
born - CY 1787, dies CY 2026
Creation
Year: 1787 Western Year: 2190 BC Generation: 16
The age of Peleg when he had Reu.
Genesis
11:18 “And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:”
Reu
lived 239 years.
Genesis
11:20-21 “And Reu lived two and thirty years, and
begat Serug: And Reu lived after he
begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.”
Serug is
born - CY 1819, dies CY 2049
Creation
Year: 1819 Western Year: 2158 BC Generation: 17
The age of Reu when he had Serug.
Genesis
11:20 "And Reu lived two and thirty years, and
begat Serug:"
Serug
lived 230 years.
Genesis
11:22-23 “And Serug lived thirty years, and begat
Nahor: And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters.”
Nahor is
born - CY 1849, dies CY 1997
Creation
Year: 1849 Western Year: 2128 BC Generation: 18
The age of Serug when he had Nahor.
Genesis
11:22 “And Serug lived thirty years, and begat
Nahor:”
Nahor
lived 148 years.
Genesis
11: 24-25 “And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and
begat Terah: And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an
hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.”
Terah is
born - CY 1878, dies CY 2083
Creation
Year: 1878 Western Year: 2099 BC Generation: 19
The age of Nahor when he had Terah.
Genesis
11:24 “And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and
begat Terah:”
Terah
lived 205 years.
Genesis
11:26 “And Terah lived seventy years, and begat
Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”
Genesis
11:32 “And the days of Terah were two hundred and
five years: and Terah died in Haran.”
Abram to Exodus
Abram is
born - CY 1948
Creation
Year: 1948 Western Year: 2029 BC Generation: 20
The age of Terah when he had Abram. He is born no more than 18 months shy
of the 39th Jubilee since Creation. In 78 Jubilees (less 3 years) Israel "is born in a day!"
Genesis
11:26 “And Terah lived seventy years, and begat
Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”
Acts
7:2-4 “And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers,
hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in
Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, And said unto him, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from
thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now
dwell.”
Genesis
12:4 "So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken
unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when
he departed out of Haran."
Abram
was born to Terah in Terah's 70th year. This is a touchy subject because some
believe Abram was born when Terah was 130 years; deduced by Abram leaving his
father after his father died and Abram was 75 years old based
on Acts 7:2-4. Terah lived 205 years so subtracting 75 would have made Terah
130 when he had Abram. However, that is not what I believe. This to me is
another pitfall one must be careful. Scripture is specific when it says in
Genesis 12:1-3 that Abram was to leave his father.
This cannot be taken lightly if we are to believe that
scripture is inerrant and that every word has a specific purpose. Chapter 11
says Terah died, so how could Abram leave his father? I believe chapter 11 is a
summary account because Terah is no longer mentioned by name again in scripture
until Joshua 24:2 and only when talking about idol worshipers, and in I
Chronicles 1:26 and Luke 3:34 when discussing Abraham’s lineage. He is
mentioned in passing in Acts 7:4, which we’ll discuss
in a moment. Chapter 11 of Genesis discusses how Terah took his family to Haran
from Ur of the Chaldees, and he dies there in Haran at 205 years of age. I have
always wondered if his family was idol worshippers, then how did Abram learn
the truth. In the timeline that I am going to present, Abram would have been
alive when Noah was still alive. If we bump up the age of Terah to when he had
Abram at 130, Noah would have been dead. Not only would this event have
changed, but also the arrival date of Jesus in 7 BC would have been much later;
His death would certainly have been in 82 AD! This isn’t
possible, so something else must hold the answer. I believe the passage of time
written in scripture is accurate to the letter, and I hope to show you how that’s possible even with this timeline thought of Terah
being 70 when he had Abram.
I
don’t like using extra biblical books, but when
scripture isn’t clear, I believe they can be a tool to help look at things from
a different angle. By using them, I do not endorse their writings, nor do I
elevate them to the status of Scripture. Even using a dictionary can give you a
better understanding of the truth without changing the truth. Since many
studies include the historian Josephus who lived from 37 AD to ~100 AD (Wikipedia.com), I’ll
mention what he wrote. He wrote several
books in a collection called Antiquities
of the Jews where he discusses the world’s history from a Jewish
perspective. He does not match up with scripture very often for some reason,
but many people use his writings almost as
gospel. Nevertheless, in book 6, chapter 6, para 5, he
states “…for Terah begat Abram in his seventieth year.” Sadly, this is not proof, because he goes
on to say, “Arphaxad was the son of Shem,
and born twelve years after the deluge.” Now you understand my hesitation
when citing him as a source. We know from scripture that Arphaxad was born two
years after the flood, not twelve. Since Abram was more important in Moses’
writing of Genesis, the Lord chose to put Abram first instead of Haran, his
older brother. This assumption is made because in
Genesis 20:12 when Abram explains why he lied about Sarai being his sister: “And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the
daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my
wife.” In support of this,
in another extra biblical book called “Jasher” (mentioned
in Joshua 10:13 and II Samuel 1:18) it states in chapter 9:4 “Haran was
forty-two years old when he begat Sarai, which was in the tenth year of the
life of Abram.” This would make Sarai Abram’s stepsister and niece. The Genesis
account is of Abram, not Haran, and so when Moses states that Terah had Abram
at 70, Terah had Abram at 70. Haran and Nahor’s age however are
never mentioned in scripture, so this scenario is a possibility.
Another way to explain the account in Acts could be that the death of
Terah could have been a sustained spiritual death. I mean, what if Abram was called out of Haran after his father rejected Abram’s
faith and went back to idol worshipping and God called Abram to leave, knowing
that there was no more hope for his father. Remember, what that one disciple
that wanted to follow Jesus asked, “let me bury my father”
and Jesus said, “let the dead bury their dead” even though the dead cannot really
bury the dead, so Jesus conveys the meaning they are dead spiritually. (Mat
8:21-22, Luke 9:59-60, Mat 23:27). We are saved by faith, correct?
Yes, Eph 2:8. That is how Abraham was saved. Wait!
What do you mean, “he was saved by faith? It didn’t
exist then!” Yes it did:
Galatians 3:6-9 “Even
as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the
children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the
heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.”
Hebrews 11:8 “By
faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after
receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he
went.”
As Abraham was saved, looking forward to the cross (Gen 22:8) so we too
look back to the cross for salvation. We are all saved
by faith. (Hab 2:4; Joh 3:36; Rom 1:17, Gal 3:11; Php 3:9; Heb 10:38;
11:6-7) Though we do not have explicit scripture to help understand this one
bump in the road, this would be a way of using scripture to understand
scripture, as is my foundation, II Tim 2:15. I believe these pitfalls are
necessary to weed out those that do not hold scripture as being inerrant. So
now, bringing a New Testament principle back to the Old Testament as Galatians
and Hebrews did, is it so hard to believe that Terah was 70 when he had Abram?
This is why you must take into account all scripture and every word of
scripture, for those seemingly insignificant words can change everything.
Still,
Jasher also mentions that Abram was born to Terah when Terah was 70 years old
(Jasher 7:51). The book goes on to say there was some celestial event that the
sages of Nimrod interpreted as a sign that this newborn Abram “…will grow up and be fruitful, and multiply, and
possess all the earth, he and his children for ever, and he and his seed will
slay great kings, and inherit their lands.” Jasher 8:4. The next day these sages went
and told the king what had happened.
The king called Terah and made him surrender his newborn child to be killed. Terah took a son, born that day of one of his
servants, delivered him instead,
and sent his son, Abram, with his mother and nurse for 10 years into a cave for
safekeeping. “And when Abram
came out from the cave, he went to Noah and his son Shem, and he remained with
them to learn the instruction of the Lord and his ways, and no man knew where
Abram was, and Abram served Noah and Shem his son for a long time.” Jasher 9:5.
Additionally, in this chronology study I
discovered that Jesus started His ministry at the end of day four, i.e. 4000
years from creation. I am no way usurping Acts by using the book of Jasher or
because some “dates” line up to my advantage. I believe Acts 7:2-4 is 100%
accurate and means what it says. So what else could it mean?
There is yet one more possibility to help
smooth out this bump in the road. When the bible mentions
that Abram left Haran when “his father was dead”, “his father” could actually have
been referring to Noah. If the age of Noah is accurate in scripture, and
we know it is, Abram was 58 when Noah died. Since Abram lived with Noah and
learned the things of the Lord from him, it’s very
conceivable that he called Noah “father”. I was shocked to find in Jasher this
verse: “At that time, at the end of three
years of Abram's dwelling in the land of Canaan, in that year Noah died, which
was the fifty-eighth year of the life of Abram; and all the days that Noah
lived were nine hundred and fifty years and he died.” Jasher 13:9. I found
this after I had done the math with my study to determine Abram’s age of 58. I
lean towards this thinking, because Jasher says that Terah died when Isaac was
35 years old (Jasher 22:31), which would make him 205 just as the scriptures
say. In fact, Jasher even says that Shem (Noah’s son – who died several years
after Abraham died), Eber (Shem’s great-grandson), Terah and Nahor came for the
weaning ceremony of Isaac. In fact, there is this verse from Genesis when the
Lord appeared to Jacob:
Genesis 28:13 “And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and
said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;”
God
calls Abraham the “father” of Jacob, when Abraham is really his grandfather. In
fact, it is not a mistranslation because the word ba in Hebrew means “father” or “ancestor”
according to Ben-Yehuda’s Hebrew-English dictionary. In Acts 7:4, the word
grandfather in Greek is pathr and can mean “father or parent, literally
or figuratively, near or more remote”, according to Strong’s numbers. Besides,
if there are nine “fathers” between you and your great- great- great- great- great-
great- great- great-grandfather do you think it would be
written that way, other than here for emphasis? Therefore, there isn’t much of a stretch in reading Acts 7:4 that Abram’s "father"
was referring to Noah since we have established the chronology with Genesis.
The
difference is only 60 years. Why is this so important? All scripture leads to
Jesus and even the Jewish oral tradition says in the Babylonian Talmud: Tractate
Sanhedrin Folio 97a, “…in the seven
year cycle at the end of which the son of David will come-in the first year…”
II Kings 19:29 states that that year was a Sabbatical Year, corresponding to CY
3270, WY 707 BC, and the (modern reckoning) Jewish year of 3055. Jesus arrived
in JY 3755, exactly 700 years later, a Sabbatical Year, and the first year of
the 7-year cycle. It also states “The
Tanna debe Eliyyahu teaches: The world is to exist six thousand years. In the
first two thousand there was desolation; two thousand years the Torah
flourished; and the next two thousand years is the Messianic era, but through
our many iniquities all these years have been lost.” Here is the key point
to the Jews; after four thousand years, the Messiah would come. He did, those
of His household rejected Him and after 135 AD had to change the calendar to
hide the mistake of Rabbi Akiva10 declaring Bar Kokhbah the Messiah
and to prove false the growing “Christian” movement.
I
believe scripture wants us to find Jesus and there are many references that Jesus’
arrival time, was at the appointed time, you just have to put the puzzle
together: every piece.
Mark
1:15 “And saying, The
time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe
the gospel.”
Daniel
9:25-26 “Know therefore and understand, that from the
going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the
Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after
threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the
people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war
desolations are determined.”
Galatians
4:4-5 “But when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them
that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.”
Ephesians
1:10 “That
in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all
things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in
him:”
Jeremiah
33:15 “In those days, and at that time, will I
cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute
judgment and righteousness in the land.”
Habakkuk
2:3 “For the vision is yet for an appointed time,
but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it;
because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”
The
time was set and fulfilled. This is why these 60 years are so important.
From
Jesus’ own words:
Luke
19:41-44 “And when he was come near, he beheld the
city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known,
even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall
come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass
thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the
ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one
stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.”
Abram
lived 175 years.
Genesis
25:7 “And these are the days of the years of
Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.”
Sarai is
born - CY 1958, dies CY 2085
Creation
Year: 1958 Western Year: 2019 BC
Sarai is born (Abram's wife-to-be), deduced.
Genesis
17:15 "And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy
wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be."
Genesis
17:17 "Then Abraham fell upon his face, and
laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an
hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety
years old, bear?"
Genesis
23:1 "And Sarah was an hundred and seven and
twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah."
Peleg
dies CY 1996
Creation
Year: 1996 Western Year: 1981 BC
Peleg
dies.
Genesis
11:19 "And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two
hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters."
Nahor
dies CY 1997
Creation
Year: 1997 Western Year: 1980 BC
Nahor
dies.
Genesis
11:25 "And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters."
End of
day two - CY 2001
Creation
Year: 2001 Western Year: 1976 BC
End
of day two, beginning of day three.
II
Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day."
Noah Dies - CY 2006
Creation
Year: 2006 Western Year: 1971 BC
Noah died. He lived 12 Jubilees, then the Flood, and then lived seven more
Jubilees.
Genesis
9:28-29 "And Noah lived after the flood three hundred
and fifty years. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years:
and he died."
Abram
leaves Haran - CY 2023
Creation
Year: 2023 Western Year: 1954 BC
Abram leaves the city of Haran with Lot by the call of God.
Genesis
12:4 "So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken
unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when
he departed out of Haran."
Acts
7:4 “Then came he out of the land of the
Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he
removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.”
As
you can see, though it’s some years later, Abram left his father, who still had
many years left to live. The “father” in Acts 7:4, as we determined before, was
Noah.
430-year
Promise - CY 2023
Creation
Year: 2023 Western Year: 1954 BC
Greatest promise given to Abram.
Genesis
12:1-3 "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee
out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a
land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will
bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall
all families of the earth be blessed."
This
is the time of the sacrifices to God and God promises Abram an heir.
Genesis
15:1-5 “After these things the word of the LORD came
unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy
exceeding great reward. And Abram said, Lord GOD, what
wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this
Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me
thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own
bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able
to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”
Genesis
15:12-16 "And when the sun was going down, a deep
sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great
darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know
of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and
shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that
nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out
with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers
in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation
they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full."
Galatians
3:17 "And this I say, that the covenant, that was
confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty
years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect."
The
promise of an heir and their affliction of 400 years begins.
It is here I believe that the 430 years start not only because God Himself says
400 (from Isaac, his seed), and Exodus 12:40-41 says "...this selfsame day…", the
Passover, which God made at Abram's sacrifice.
Exodus
12:40-41 “Now the sojourning of the children of
Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. And it came to
pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it
came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.”
Reu Dies - CY 2026
Creation
Year: 2026 Western Year: 1951 BC
Reu
dies.
Genesis
11:21 "And Reu lived after he begat Serug two
hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters."
Abram
takes Hagar - CY 2033
Creation
Year: 2033 Western Year: 1944 BC
Abram takes Hagar, after 10 years in the land to be his wife and she becomes
pregnant.
Genesis
16:3-4 "And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid
the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave
her to her husband Abram to be his wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she
conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived,
her mistress was despised in her eyes."
Ishmael
is born - CY 2034, dies CY 2171
Creation
Year: 2034 Western Year: 1943 BC
Ishmael
was born.
Genesis
16:15-16 "And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called
his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abram was fourscore and six
years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram."
Genesis
25:17 "And these are the years of the life of
Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and
died; and was gathered unto his people."
Abram is
made Abraham - CY 2047
Creation
Year: 2047 Western Year: 1930 BC
Abram's covenant with God. His name is changed
to Abraham.
Genesis
17:1 "And when Abram was ninety years old and
nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
walk before me, and be thou perfect."
Genesis
17:5 "Neither shall thy name any more be called
Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made
thee."
Promise of an heir by Abraham and
Sarah.
Genesis
17:19 "And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee
a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my
covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and
with his seed after him."
Genesis
17:21 "But my covenant will I establish with Isaac,
which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year."
Genesis
17:23-25 "And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all
that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every
male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their
foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. And
Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of
his foreskin. And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin."
Sarah
hears the promise herself.
Genesis
18:10 "And he said, I will certainly return unto
thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.
And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him."
Sodom
and Gomorrah are destroyed. Genesis
19.
Isaac is
born - CY 2048, dies CY 2228
Creation
Year: 2048 Western Year: 1929 BC Generation:
21
Abraham's
age at the birth of Isaac, Sarah is 90. Isaac is born two years shy of the 41st
Jubilee since Creation.
Genesis
17:17 "Then Abraham fell upon his face, and
laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an
hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety
years old, bear?"
Genesis
21:5 "And Abraham was an hundred years old, when
his son Isaac was born unto him."
Genesis
35:28 “And the days of Isaac were an hundred and
fourscore years.”
Serug
Dies - CY 2049
Creation
Year: 2049 Western Year: 1928 BC
Serug
dies at 230.
Genesis
11:22-23 "And Serug lived thirty years, and begat
Nahor: And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters."
Isaac is
weaned - CY 2053
Creation
Year: 2053 Western Year: 1924 BC
Isaac
is weaned. This is deduced
from Genesis 15:12-16, Exodus 12:40-41, and Galatians 3:17.
Genesis
21:8 "And the child grew, and was weaned: and
Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned."
Genesis
15:12-16 “And when the sun was going
down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror
of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto
Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve
them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation,
whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with
great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in
peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation they
shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.”
Exodus
12:40-41 “Now the sojourning of the
children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was
four hundred and thirty years. And it came to pass at the end of the four
hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the
hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.”
Galatians
3:17 “And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed
before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years
after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.”
Ishmael
(19 years old) and Hagar are cast out.
This
very year is thirty years since Abram's call by God and the promise of his seed
being afflicted for 400 years. It is here that I break
from tradition. From here on, you will need to pay attention to what scripture
says. From here to the Exodus, Scripture is purposefully vague to weed out any
who do not wish to know the truth. I choose this year because of Scripture. If
you take all the information presented in Scripture and lay the information out
in a spreadsheet, you’ll find the same results I present
here. Scholars won’t agree with me because they do not
hold Scripture to the infallible level I do. They “find” contradictory
information and use it over what Scripture tells us. We are
too far removed from these events in history to believe any book other
than Scripture. No encyclopedia or history book agrees entirely with one
another, so who do you choose to see the whole truth without bias? Even
sixteenth century books do not agree with all the events as they’re
written in Scripture. With every new archeological discovery comes a “new”
understanding, which either proves Scripture correct, or contradicts the
erroneous de facto beliefs, so the next history book printing is rewritten. This study is but a written document of what
the Spirit has shown me through Scripture. Let His words speak.
Galatians
3:17 "And this I say, that the covenant, that was
confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty
years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect."
Genesis
21:9-14 "And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,
which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast
out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir
with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very
grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. And
God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad,
and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken
unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. And
also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy
seed. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of
water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and
sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba."
Terah
dies - CY 2083
Creation
Year: 2096 Western Year: 1894 BC
Terah
dies.
Genesis
11:32 "And the days of Terah were two hundred and
five years: and Terah died in Haran."
Sarah
dies @ 127 years old - CY 2085
Creation
Year: 2085 Western Year: 1892 BC
Sarah Dies (Abraham's Wife) at 127
years old.
Genesis
23:1-2 "And Sarah was an hundred and seven and
twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. And Sarah died in
Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to
mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her."
Isaac
married Rebekah - CY 2088
Creation
Year: 2088 Western Year: 1889 BC
Isaac
married Rebekah.
Genesis
25:20 "And Isaac was forty years old when he took
Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to
Laban the Syrian."
Arphaxad
dies - CY 2096
Creation
Year: 2096 Western Year: 1881 BC
Arphaxad dies at 438 years old, (son of Shem, son of Noah).
Genesis
11:12-13 “And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years,
and begat Salah: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three
years, and begat sons and daughters.”
Jacob and
Esau are born - CY 2108
Creation
Year: 2108 Western Year: 1869 BC Generation:
22
Jacob
and Esau are born.
Genesis
25:26 "And after that came his brother out, and his
hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was
threescore years old when she bare them."
Genesis
47:28 "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt
seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven
years."
Abraham
dies - CY 2123
Creation
Year: 2123 Western Year: 1854 BC
Abraham
dies, at 175 years old.
Genesis
25:7 "And these are the days of the years of
Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years."
Salah
dies - CY 2126
Creation
Year: 2126 Western Year: 1851 BC
Salah
dies at 433 years old, (Son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah).
Genesis
11:14-15 "And Salah lived thirty years, and begat
Eber: And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and
begat sons and daughters."
Esau
married Judith - CY 2148
Creation
Year: 2148 Western Year: 1829 BC
Esau
married Judith.
Genesis
26:34 "And Esau was forty years old when he took to
wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of
Elon the Hittite:"
Shem dies - CY 2158
Creation
Year: 2158 Western Year: 1819 BC
Shem
dies, at 600 years old (Son of Noah).
Genesis
11:10-11 "These are the generations of Shem: Shem was
an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem
lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters."
Ishmael
dies - CY 2171
Creation
Year: 2171 Western Year: 1806 BC
Ishmael
dies, at 137 years old.
Genesis
25:17 "And these are the years of the life of
Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and
died; and was gathered unto his people."
Jacob
works for Rachel - CY 2184
Creation
Year: 2184 Western Year: 1793 BC
Jacob
asks for Rachel's hand, but needs to work 7 years for her.
Genesis
29:18-21 "And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger
daughter. And Laban said, It is better that I give her
to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed
unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I
may go in unto her."
I
know the following seems incredible, but if you count the age of Joseph and the
age of Jacob when they went to Egypt it is amazing that Jacob was so old when
he took Rachel and Leah, Jacob was 76 years old!
Genesis
37:2-3 "These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph,
being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad
was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives:
and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Now
Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his
old age: and he made him a coat of many colours."
Eber dies - CY 2187
Creation
Year: 2187 Western Year: 1790 BC
Eber
dies, at 464 years old.
Genesis
11:16-17 "And Eber lived four and thirty years, and
begat Peleg: And Eber lived after he
begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters."
(The
last of the long lived – yet they all died within a "day".)
Jacob is
tricked, marries Leah - CY 2191
Creation
Year: 2191 Western Year: 1786 BC
Jacob
is tricked and given Leah instead of Rachel, so he works another 7 years, Jacob marries Rachel a week later, but must
work another 7 years for her, though they be married.
Genesis
29:25-30 "And it came to pass, that in the morning,
behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me?
did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? And
Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before
the firstborn. Fulfil her week, and we
will give thee this also for the service which thou
shalt serve with me yet seven other years. And Jacob
did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife
also. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his
handmaid to be her maid. And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also
Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years."
During
these next 7 years all 11 sons and 1 daughter are born to Jacob! The next page
is a matrix of events.
Creation
Year |
Person |
Jacob's
Age |
Notes |
BC |
Jewish
Year |
|
2184 |
76 |
Jacob asks for
Rachel's hand, but needs to work 7 years for her. |
-1793 |
1969 |
||
2185 |
77 |
1 |
1st year of work
completed, 2nd year starting |
-1792 |
1970 |
|
2186 |
78 |
2 |
-1791 |
1971 |
||
2187 |
79 |
3 |
-1790 |
1972 |
||
2188 |
80 |
4 |
-1789 |
1973 |
||
2189 |
81 |
5 |
-1788 |
1974 |
||
2190 |
82 |
6 |
-1787 |
1975 |
||
2191 |
83 |
7 |
Jacob is tricked
and marries Leah a week later marries Rachel. |
-1786 |
1976 |
|
2192 |
Reuben |
84 |
1 |
Reuben is born to
Leah. |
-1785 |
1977 |
2193 |
Simeon |
85 |
2 |
Simeon is born to
Leah. |
-1784 |
1978 |
2194 |
Levi |
86 |
3 |
Levi is born to
Leah. |
-1783 |
1979 |
2195 |
Judah |
87 |
4 |
Judah is born to
Leah. |
-1782 |
1980 |
2196 |
88 |
5 |
All the others were
born during the next four years: in order, Dan to Bilhah, Naphtali to Bilhah,
Gad to Zilpah, Asher to Zilpah, Issachar to Leah, Zebulun to Leah, Dinah (a
daughter) to Leah, Joseph to Rachel. |
-1781 |
1981 |
|
2197 |
89 |
6 |
-1780 |
1982 |
||
2198 |
90 |
7 |
-1779 |
1983 |
||
2199 |
Joseph |
91 |
1 |
Joseph is born; Jacob asks to leave
Laban, but stays for the cattle for 6 more years. |
-1778 |
1984 |
2200 |
92 |
2 |
-1777 |
1985 |
||
2201 |
93 |
3 |
-1776 |
1986 |
||
2202 |
94 |
4 |
-1775 |
1987 |
||
2203 |
95 |
5 |
-1774 |
1988 |
||
2204 |
96 |
6 |
Jacob leaves Laban after completing 6
years of working for the cattle, sheep and goats, a total of 20 years. |
-1773 |
1989 |
|
2205 |
97 |
Jacob leaves and God changes his name
to Israel. |
-1772 |
1990 |
Reuben is
born to Leah - CY 2192
Creation
Year: 2192 Western Year: 1785 BC
Reuben
is born to Leah.
Genesis
29:32 “And Leah conceived, and bare
a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath
looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.”
Simeon is
born to Leah - CY 2193
Creation
Year: 2193 Western Year: 1784 BC
Simeon
is born to Leah.
Genesis
29:33 "And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was
hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name
Simeon."
Levi is
born to Leah - CY 2194, dies CY 2331
Creation
Year: 2194 Western Year: 1783 BC
Levi
is born to Leah.
Genesis
29:34 "And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be
joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name
called Levi."
Judah is
born to Leah - CY 2195
Creation
Year: 2195 Western Year: 1782 BC Generation: 23
Judah
is born to Leah.
Genesis
29:35 "And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD:
therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing."
Eight
more children born over next four years - CY
2196
Creation
Year: 2196 Western Year: 1781 BC
All
the others were born during the next four years: in order, Dan to Bilhah,
Naphtali to Bilhah, Gad to Zilpah, Asher to Zilpah, Issachar to Leah, Zebulun
to Leah, Dinah (a daughter) to Leah, Joseph to Rachel.
Genesis
30:25 "And it came to pass, when Rachel had born
Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own
place, and to my country."
Genesis
30:27-28 "And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I
have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that
the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I
will give it."
Genesis
31:41 "Thus have I been twenty years in thy house;
I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy
cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times."
Joseph is
born to Rachel - CY 2199, dies CY 2309
Creation
Year: 2199 Western Year: 1778 BC
Joseph
is born, Jacob asks to leave Laban, but stays for the
cattle for 6 more years.
Genesis
30:25-34 "And it came to pass, when Rachel had born
Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own
place, and to my country. Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have
served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which
I have done thee. And Laban said unto him, I pray
thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by
experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. And
he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. And
he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was
with me. For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed
thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house
also? And he
said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not
give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and
keep thy flock: I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence
all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep,
and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for
my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the
goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted
stolen with me. And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy
word."
Jacob
stays and works for the cattle.
Genesis
31:41 "Thus have I been twenty years in thy house;
I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy
cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times."
This
is the year of Joseph's birth instead of the year before because he was before
Pharaoh at 30 years old (Genesis 41:46) to interpret Pharaoh’s dream. The next
year was the start of the seven years of plenty, then the seven years of
famine. In the second year of famine, Jacobs goes to Egypt, stays there 17
years (Genesis 47:28) and dies there at 147 years old.
147-17=130.
Jacob goes it Egypt at 130 years old. Subtract 9 years (2nd year of
famine to the year Joseph is before Pharaoh)
130-9=121.
Jacob is 121 years old when Joseph is before Pharaoh to interpret his dream.
121-30=91.
Jacob was 91 years old when Joseph was born.
Jacob leaves
Laban - CY 2204
Creation
Year: 2204 Western Year: 1773 BC
Jacob
leaves Laban after completing 6 years of working for the cattle, sheep, and
goats, a total of 20 years.
Genesis
31:41 "Thus have I been twenty years in thy house;
I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy
cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times."
Jacob's
name is Israel - CY 2205
Creation
Year: 2205 Western Year: 1772 BC
Jacob's
name is changed to Israel.
Genesis
32:28 "And he said, Thy name shall be called no
more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men,
and hast prevailed."
Benjamin
is born - CY 2212*
Creation
Year: 2212* Western Year: 1765* BC
*At
some time, Benjamin is born and Rachel dies.
Genesis
35:17-20 "And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt
have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul
was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father
called him Benjamin. And
Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And
Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto
this day."
Joseph is
sold - CY 2216
Creation
Year: 2216 Western Year: 1761 BC
Israel
made Joseph a coat of many colors. Joseph sold into slavery by his brothers at
the age of 17.
Genesis
37:2 "These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph,
being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad
was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives:
and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report."
Genesis
37:28 “Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen;
and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.”
God
blesses Joseph - CY 2217
Creation
Year: 2217 Western Year: 1760 BC
God
blesses Joseph and he works for Potiphar.
Genesis
39:1-6 "And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him
of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man;
and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And
his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he
did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in
his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all
that he had he put into his hand. And it came to pass from the time that he had
made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed
the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon
all that he had in the house, and in the field. And he
left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the
bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured."
Joseph is made ruler of Potiphar’s House - CY 2226
Creation
Year: 2226 Western Year: 1751 BC
Joseph
is made ruler of Potiphar's house.
Genesis
39:7-10 "And it came to pass after these things, that
his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he
hath to my hand; There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he
kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I
do this great wickedness, and sin against God? And it came to pass, as
she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not
unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her."
Joseph is
jailed - CY 2227
Creation
Year: 2227 Western Year: 1750 BC
Joseph
is put into prison because of the lie of Potiphar's
wife, but God is with him and helps him with interpreting dreams.
Genesis
40:5 "And they dreamed a dream both of them, each
man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream,
the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison."
God
shows Joseph the meaning of the dreams, and he asked the butler to remember him
to Pharaoh.
Genesis
40:14-15 "But think on me when it shall be well with
thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto
Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here
also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
Joseph
he is forgotten of for two years until the Lord gives
Pharaoh a dream that needs interpreting.
Isaac
dies @ 180 years - CY 2288
Creation
Year: 2228 Western Year: 1749 BC
Isaac
dies at 180 years old with Jacob at his side.
Genesis 35:27-28 "And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto
Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac
sojourned. And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years."
Joseph
before Pharaoh - CY 2229
Creation
Year: 2229 Western Year: 1748 BC
Two
years after being put into jail, Joseph is taken to
Pharaoh to interpret his dream. Joseph is 30 years old when he stood before
Pharaoh.
Genesis
41:46 "And Joseph was thirty years old when he
stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt."
Seven
Years of Plenty - CY 2230
Creation
Year: 2230 Western Year: 1747 BC
Genesis
41:26-27 "The seven good kine are seven years; and the
seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. And the seven thin and ill
favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears
blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine."
So
great did the Lord bless Joseph that he was ruler of all of Egypt save the
throne of Pharaoh.
Genesis
41:39-40 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as
God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so
discreet and wise as thou art: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto
thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater
than thou."
Seven
Years of Famine - CY 2237
Creation
Year: 2237 Western Year: 1740 BC
Pharaoh's
dream continues.
Genesis
41:25-32 “And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of
Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven good
kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are
seven years: the dream is one. And the seven thin and
ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty
ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to
do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. Behold, there come seven years of
great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them
seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of
Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; And the plenty shall not be known
in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. And for that the dream was doubled unto
Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will
shortly bring it to pass.”
Jacob
goes to Egypt to live - CY 2238
Creation
Year: 2238 Western Year: 1739 BC
Jacob
goes to Egypt to live at 130 years old.
Genesis
46:6-11 "And they took their cattle, and their goods,
which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and
all his seed with him: His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters,
and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. And these are the names of the children of Israel, which
came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and
Carmi. And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and
Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari."
Genesis
47:9 "And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the
years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the
days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the
years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
Genesis
47:28 "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt
seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven
years."
Jacob
dies @ 147 years old - CY 2255
Creation
Year: 2255 Western Year: 1722 BC
Jacob
dies at 147 years old.
Genesis
47:28 "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt
seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven
years."
Joseph
dies @ 110 years old - CY 2309
Creation
Year: 2309 Western Year: 1668 BC
Joseph
dies at 110 years old.
Genesis
50:26 "So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten
years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt."
Levi dies
@ 137 years old - CY 2331
Creation
Year: 2331 Western Year: 1646 BC
Levi
dies at 137 years old.
Exodus
6:16 "And these are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years
of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years."
Kohath,
son of Levi, lived 133 years, but we have no reference as to how old his father
was when he was born.
Exodus
6:18 "And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar,
and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred
thirty and three years."
Amram,
son of Kohath, lived 137 years, the father of Moses and Aaron,
Jochabed was their mother.
Exodus
6:20 "And Amram took him Jochebed his father's
sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and
the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years."
Note:
Moses was 80 when the Exodus took place, fulfilling prophecy as to Moses being
the 4th generation of those strangers and afflicted and 430 years.
Exodus
7:7 "And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron
fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh."
Genesis
15:16 "But in the fourth generation they shall come
hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full."
The
clock started with Isaac at 5 years old, when he was weaned
and everyone rejoiced except for Ishmael who mocked the event. Sarah enraged
asked Abraham to remove them from the family. God okayed
it and they were thrown out. This was the start of the countdown.
When
Jacob went into Egypt because of the famine and God's blessing to Joseph, they
were the "thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs" but when
Joseph died, they "shall serve them; and they shall afflict them".
The hard part to understand is the phrase then that follows - "four
hundred years."
Genesis
15:13 "And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety
that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve
them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;"
In
order for all scriptures to match, including the times given and the
generations mentioned this must be the solution to the puzzle. The time
mentioned was an all-encompassing timeframe.
Jacob
was the stranger, Levi, Kohath, Amram and Moses were the afflicted - the 4
generations - fulfilling Genesis 15:16.
Aaron is
born - CY 2370
Creation
Year: 2370 Western Year: 1607
BC
Aaron is born. The end year of the 430-years (The Exodus) minus 83 years, as
Aaron was 3 years older than Moses, comes to this year.
Exodus
7:7 "And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron
fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh."
Moses is
born - CY 2373, dies CY 2493
Creation
Year: 2373 Western Year: 1604
BC
Moses is born and hid. He lived 120 years. (42 years after the death of Levi)
Genesis
15:12-16 "And when the sun was going down, a deep
sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great
darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know
of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and
shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that
nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out
with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers
in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. But in the fourth generation
they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full."-
the promise is fulfilled.
Deuteronomy 34:7 "And Moses was an hundred and twenty years
old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated."
Joshua is
born - CY 2413, dies CY 2523
Creation
Year: 2413 Western Year: 1564
BC
Joshua is born, and lives 110 years, deduced by Joshua 14:7
"Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from
Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in
mine heart."
Judges
2:8 "And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of
the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old."
The
Exodus - CY 2453
Creation
Year: 2453 Western Year: 1524
BC
·
430
Years from the Promise
·
Moses
is 80
14
Nisan, that evening, the Passover. On morning of the fifteenth of Nisan they
leave Egypt, 430 years after Abram's sacrifice and God's promise ("...the selfsame day..."). Please see
Appendix I for a list of fast, feasts, and
festivals.
Exodus
12:41 "And it came to pass at the end of the four
hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the
hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt."
Exodus
7:7 "And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron
fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh."
Though Josephus isn't one for accuracy, but
in Book II, Chapter 15, para 2 he states: "They left Egypt in the month Xanthicus, on the fifteenth day of the
lunar month; four hundred and thirty years after our forefather Abraham came
into Canaan, but two hundred and fifteen years only after Jacob removed into
Egypt. It was the eightieth year of the age of Moses, and of that of Aaron
three more. They also carried out the bones of Joesph with them, as he had
charged his sons to do." For once he's dead
on.
·
6
Sivan 2237 (4 June 1524 BC, Julian) is the date it's believed the 10
Commandments were received.11
·
Joshua
is 40
Joshua 14:7 "Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from
Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in
mine heart."
The
spies give an evil report and everyone is forced to
wander for 40 years.
Numbers
14:33 "And your children shall wander in the wilderness
forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the
wilderness."
The
Jewish Commentary, the Mishna, records that the people believed the evil report
of the spies and mourned all night in fear. They turned against Moses and the
two faithful spies, Joshua and Caleb (the only two from Egypt that entered the
Promised Land). Ta'anit 29a says it happened on the ninth of Av.
Numbers
14:1-10 "And all the congregation lifted up their
voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of
Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation
said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God
we had died in this wilderness! And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this
land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey?
were it not better for us to return into Egypt? And they said one to another,
Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. Then Moses and Aaron fell
on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of
Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were
of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: And they spake unto all the
company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to
search it, is an exceeding good land. If the LORD delight in us, then he will
bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and
honey. Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the
land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the
LORD is with us: fear them not. But all the congregation bade stone them with
stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation
before all the children of Israel."
Numbers
14 just records the curse from the Lord and the revolt against Moses and not
the date. This event started their 40-year wandering in the desert. Read about
the amazing facts that happened on 9 Av throughout history in the Appendix B.
Exodus
chapters 12 to 16 show that this day, 14 Nisan (also called Abib), was a
Wednesday. The issue you must address when doing this is that you must start at
the end and count back to the fourteenth of Nisan, which I’ll present in a
calendar form after showing the chain of events.
Exodus
12:6 states that on the fourteenth of the month Nisan, Israel was to kill the
Passover lamb, literally, “between the evenings” (הָעַרְבָּֽיִם - ha·'ar·ba·yim).
In my studies, this is the time after sunset and before night – twilight in the
Septuagint (Greek version of the Old Testament). I hope you will bear with me
while I explain this. The importance of this will become clear when we come to
the time Jesus died. You may not have ever noticed it, but nowhere in Scripture
is the fifteenth of Nisan of any importance; it’s all about the Passover and
the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Let’s read the commandments
concerning the Passover.
·
First,
God changed the calendar so Nisan is the beginning of the year.
o
Exodus 12:2 “This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year
to you.”
·
Every man shall take a lamb for his family on
the tenth of the month.
o
Exodus 12:3 “Speak ye unto all the congregation of
Israel, saying, In the tenth day
of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house
of their fathers, a lamb for an
house:”
·
The lamb will be kept until
the fourteenth when it is to be killed in the evening.
o
Exodus 12:6 “And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth
day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel
shall kill it in the evening.”
·
The lamb must be eaten that
night, nothing remaining until morning.
o
Exodus 12:8-11 “And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and
unleavened bread; and with
bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs,
and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until
the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn
with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with
your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye
shall eat it in haste: it is
the LORD'S passover.”
·
The “passing over” will
take place at midnight on this night, the fourteenth.
o
Exodus 12:12 “For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of
Egypt I will execute judgment: I am
the LORD.”
o
Exodus 12:29 “And it came to pass, that at midnight the
LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of
Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the
firstborn of cattle.”
·
This day shall be a
memorial for generations
o
Exodus 12:14 “And this
day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD
throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for
ever.”
·
All leaven removed from the
house and unleavened bread eaten for seven days.
o
Exodus 12:15 “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread;
even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever
eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall
be cut off from Israel.”
·
The first and last of these
seven days are Sabbaths.
o
Exodus 12:16 “And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there
shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them,
save that which every man must
eat, that only may be done of you.”
·
Just
to be clear on this point, this will be from the fourteenth until the
twenty-first of Nisan
o
Exodus 12:18 “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat
unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.”
Now
I part from tradition. They did not leave in the middle of the night of the
fourteenth, but left on the morning of the fifteenth, after the Passover and
the Sabbath rest. Now this sounds contrary to movies, history books, even
against the entire country of Israel. The truth of the matter is that man got
involved and changed His most important day. In fact, it’s so important that if
someone is not ready, for very specific reasons, to celebrate the Passover in
Nisan, they can keep it in the second month, Iyyar on the fourteenth day of the
month. No other feast can be repeated if missed: seems like a very important
feast! Hezekiah kept the Passover in the second month because they could not
cleanse the temple in time for the fourteenth of Nisan.
Numbers
9:10-13 “Speak unto the children of
Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by
reason of a dead body, or be in
a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. The
fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and
bitter herbs. They shall leave
none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the
ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey,
and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from
among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his
appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.”
II Chronicles
30:15 “Then they killed the passover
on the fourteenth day of the
second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified
themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.”
Numbers
reiterates this date:
Numbers 28:16
“And in the fourteenth day of the
first month is the passover of
the LORD.”
Even later in Deuteronomy, it spells it out even clearer: Passover on the fourteenth, then six days of unleavened bread, which started on the morning of the fourteenth.
Deuteronomy 16:4 “And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.”
Deuteronomy
16:8 “Six days thou shalt eat
unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall
be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.”
This
cements the requirement to kill the lamb after the sun sets:
Deuteronomy 16:6 “But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.”
After
Joshua entered the land of Israel, they had their first Passover and the manna
stopped.
Joshua 5:10-12 “And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.”
Ezra
kept the Passover on the fourteenth of Nisan when he arrived:
Ezra 6:19 “And
the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.”
And
Ezekiel:
Ezekiel 45:21
“In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the
passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.”
The next time “Passover” is mentioned in scripture is Jesus’ last, Matthew 26:2.
All these verses show that they are to kill the lamb on the fourteenth, after sunset, which is the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread! The Scriptures clearly show that the Passover lamb is to be killed after the sunset on the fourteenth of Nisan. Remember the date changes at sunset. Sometime between Ezra’s time and Jesus’ visit to the earth, the leaders of Israel changed God’s day from the evening of the fourteenth – the beginning of a day – to the next beginning of a day, the fifteenth. Remember the date changes at sunset. Today, the Passover is killed before sunset on the fourteenth, and then eaten on the fifteenth! Unbelievably, Josephus has the answer:
“What I would now explain is this, that the
Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession
from their fathers, which are not written in the laws of Moses; and for that
reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say that we are to esteem
those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not
to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers. And
concerning these things it is that great disputes and differences have arisen
among them, while the Sadducees are able to persuade none but the rich, and
have not the populace obsequious to them, but the Pharisees have the multitude
on their side.” 12
When
I first read this, the first thing that came into my mind was Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof singing
"Tradition!!!!! Tradition!!!" In fact, if you look up the word
"tradition" in Scripture the first appearance is when the Pharisees
ask Jesus why His disciples transgress the tradition of the elders (Mat 15:2).
Colossians
2:8 "Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of
the world, and not after Christ."
Now
that we've established that the Passover is a Sabbath and the twenty-first day
is a Sabbath, let’s reason this out. If the first day is a Sabbath (Passover),
would God move them out of Egypt on the day of rest, breaking His own law not
even a day after telling Moses what to do? Thus, I believe they rested the daylight
hours after the Passover which is still the fourteenth of Nisan. After sunset,
the beginning of the fifteenth, they began to pack up, the Egyptians were
telling them to hurry up, and as Israel left in the morning of the fifteenth,
the Egyptians saw Israel leave while Egypt buried their dead! The Egyptians
even gave them spoils to Israel!
Exodus
12:33-36 “And the Egyptians were
urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for
they said, We be all dead men. And the people took their dough
before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes
upon their shoulders. And the children of Israel did according to the word of
Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold,
and raiment: And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians,
so that they lent unto them such
things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.”
With
600,000 men, their children, wives, any aged that survived, flocks and herds,
simply cannot be put together in five hours! Yes, they left in haste, but they
still had to pack up their belongings, get the spoils of Egypt, leaving the
food preparation for last. Read scripture not Hollywood movies to get the
truth.
Now
I’ll show you how this first Passover was on a Wednesday. After sunset on the
fifteenth, they packed up and left by morning – the actual Exodus – exactly 430
years after the night Abraham sacrificed unto the Lord for a covenant. "Morrow"
is defined as "the next day", "the following day", or
"the morning". Since the date changes at sunset, the
"morrow" would have been the daylight hours of the fifteenth of
Nisan! If you search for "how long is the Passover" you'll find two
answers: seven days or eight days. The answers you will not get are six hours
or eight hours. They treat the entire Feast of Unleavened Bread as Passover,
all seven days, which also isn't right. You'll even find sources stating
emphatically Passover starts on the fifteenth of Nisan! Willfully ignorant of
the truth!
Numbers
33:3 "And they departed from Rameses in the first
month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the
passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all
the Egyptians."
They went from Rameses to Succoth. The Egyptian army pursued them (the time isn’t given, but because the feast of Unleavened Bread is seven days, it’s an assumption that they are by the sea a week after the Exodus on 21 Nisan). Moses raises his hands in obedience to the Lord and the sea splits. By the next morning, Israel was in the Sinai. Moses took them three days into the wilderness where there was no water. Next, they went to the wilderness of Sin. Exodus 16:1 is our anchor day:
Exodus 16:1 “And
they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second
month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.”
On
this day (15 Iyyar), Moses explains that from now on it would rain bread every
morning and that each day they were to go and gather a certain amount for that
day. On the sixth day, they would gather double the amount because there would
not be any bread on the seventh day. So that night (16 Iyyar) they received the
quail and the next morning a small round thing, they called manna, was on the
ground. They repeated this for six days, and on the seventh day, they disobeyed
the Lord and went looking for manna, Exodus 16:27. That means this
"seventh" day is a Sabbath (22 Iyyar), which makes the fifteenth a
Sabbath as well. With all this information, we now have enough to put these
markers into a calendar form. In today's calendar, Nisan is 30 days and Iyyar
has 29 days. As you will see, counting backwards from the first Sabbath, a
Saturday, and the six gatherings of the manna to the first time quail arrived a
week earlier, you arrive at another Saturday – the fifteenth of Iyyar (the
second month after departing Egypt). This sets the date of Nisan 14 as
Wednesday!
See
the next page for the calendar.
Nisan
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
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Sat |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
Lamb separated – Exo 12:3 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 Passover Lamb killed after sunset Exo
12:6 – Passover!! |
15 Israel leaves Egypt Exo 12:29-36 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 End of Feast of Unleavened Bread Exo 12:16-17 |
22 Crossed the Red Sea Exo 14:24 |
23 |
24 Three days to the wilderness Exo 15:22 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
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Iyyar
Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thr |
Fri |
Sat |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 Israel arrives in the Wilderness of
Sin – Anchor date Exo 16:1 |
16 Quail arrive after sunset the 15th – Morning manna arrive Exo 16:13 |
17 Repeat gathering |
18 Repeat gathering |
19 Repeat gathering |
20 Repeat gathering |
21 Double gathering Exo 16:22 |
22 No manna – First Sabbath Exo 16:27 Now count backwards. |
23/30 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
Now
that we established that the first Passover was a Wednesday, (even with any
calendar change because Nisan is always 30 days) we can see another parallel
that Jesus accomplished. The only place, after taking the land, a Passover
sacrifice can occur is in Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy
16:5-6 “Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which
the LORD thy God giveth thee: But at the place which the LORD thy God shall
choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even,
at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of
Egypt.”
I Kings 9:3 “And
the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou
hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put
my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually.”
Moses
dies @ 120 years - CY 2493
Creation
Year: 2493 Western Year: 1484
BC
Moses dies.
Deuteronomy
34:7-9 "And Moses was an hundred and twenty years
old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the
children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the
days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. And Joshua the son of Nun
was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and
the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded
Moses."
And
the wandering years, 40 in all, are over and Joshua takes Israel into the
promised land at age 80.
Numbers
32:13 "And the LORD's anger was kindled against
Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the
generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed."
4
days short of 40 years, Israel enters the land of milk and honey.
Joshua
4:19 "And the people came up out of Jordan on the
tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of
Jericho."
Joshua to Saul (The
Judges)
Canaan 5-Year
War - CY 2493
Creation
Year: 2493 Western Year: 1484
BC
Joshua leads Israel to war at 81 to age 85. These are the years of warring with
the seven nations of Canaan.
Acts
13:19 "And when he had destroyed seven nations in
the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot."
Joshua
14:10 "And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me
alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this
word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and
now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old."
Joshua
14:15 "And the name of Hebron before was
Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had
rest from war."
The land
had rest... The Time of the Judges - CY 2498
Creation
Year: 2498 Western Year: 1479
BC
Joshua
is 85 years old, and that it's been 45 years since they went into the land to
spy it out.
Joshua
14:10 "And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me
alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this
word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and
now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old."
And
the land had rest from war.
Joshua
14:15 "And the name of Hebron before was
Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had
rest from war."
Judge
Joshua - CY 2498
Creation
Year: 2499 Western Year: 1478
BC
First
year Joshua is a judge only, for the next 25 years, until his death at 110.
This is almost (talking months here) of the 50th Jubilee from
Creation.
Joshua
24:29 "And it came to pass after these things, that
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten
years old."
Why
do I make the distinction? Because this is the end of the 1st year Joshua as a
Judge and the end of their journey to the promise land, and the warring to make
a home for themselves. Their journey was over and they had rest. This is the
start of the next clock.
I
Kings 6:1 "And it came to pass in the four hundred and
eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is
the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD."
CY
2498 (when the wars ended and the land had rest) + 480 = CY 2978
See
from here to Solomon's 4th year of reign is exactly 480 years. If you read I
Kings 6:1 you'll see that it doesn't say from the Exodus to Solomon's 4th year,
it says "...after the children of
Israel were come out of the land of Egypt...". You could take it as
being from the Exodus, but when you read the chronologies of the Judges later
in this study you'll see that it was closer to 590 years, again forcing you to
choose to believe every word scripture or not.
Joshua
dies - CY 2523
Creation
Year: 2523 Western Year: 1454
BC
25th
year of Joshua as Judge. Joshua dies at 110.
Judges
2:8 "And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of
the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old."
Servitude:
Chushanrishathaim - CY 2524
Creation
Year: 2524 Western Year: 1453
BC
Servitude: Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia
Until Samson, the times of the Judges is chronologically in order, but some do
over lap, meaning having more than one judge at the same time. This will be
pointed out when we get there.
Sadly,
right after Joshua died, Israel didn't remove (utterly destroy) the inhabitants
and some were found living among Israel, which lead them to going after strange
gods, and to God's judgement.
Judges
2:11-12 "And the children of Israel did evil in the
sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: And they forsook the LORD God of their
fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods,
of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto
them, and provoked the LORD to anger."
Therefore,
God sold them into servitude. Judges chapter two is a summary of all the judges
and the evils of Israel and their cycle of destruction.
This
first servitude was for eight years.
Judges
3:8 "Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot
against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of
Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years."
Judge
Othniel - CY 2532
Creation
Year: 2532 Western Year: 1445
BC
Because of their cry, God raised up a judge to deliver them, the brother of
Caleb. They had rest for 40 years.
Judges
3:9-11 "And when the children of Israel cried unto
the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who
delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. And the
Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war:
and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and
his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. And the land had rest forty
years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died."
Othniel
dies - CY 2571
Creation
Year: 2571 Western Year: 1406
BC
Othniel dies.
Judges
3:11 "And the land had rest forty years. And
Othniel the son of Kenaz died."
Servitude:
Eglon - CY 2572
Creation
Year: 2572 Western Year: 1405
BC
Servitude to Eglon, king of Moab
For 18 years they served Eglon.
Judges
3:12-14 "And the children of Israel did evil again in
the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against
Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. And he gathered
unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and
possessed the city of palm trees. So the children of Israel served Eglon the
king of Moab eighteen years."
Judge
Ehud - CY 2590
Creation
Year: 2590 Western Year: 1387
BC
Ehud came to save Israel because they cried unto God.
Judges
3:15 "But when the children of Israel cried unto
the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a
Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present
unto Eglon the king of Moab."
Ehud
dies - CY 2669
Creation
Year: 2669 Western Year: 1308
BC
Ehud dies, however, Shamgar was also a deliverer at this time.
Judges
3:30-31 "So Moab was subdued that day under the hand
of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. And after him was Shamgar the
son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad:
and he also delivered Israel."
Servitude:
Jabin - CY 2670
Creation
Year: 2670 Western Year: 1307
BC
Servitude to Jabin, king of Canaan
Yet again and God sold them into the hands of Jabin.
Judges
4:1-3 "And the children of Israel again did evil in
the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold them into the hand
of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was
Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the children of Israel
cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years
he mightily oppressed the children of Israel."
Judge
Deborah - CY 2690
Creation
Year: 2690 Western Year: 1287
BC
A prophetess and a judge. Judged 40 years.
Judges
4:4 "And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of
Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.", Judges 5:31 "So let all
thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he
goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years."
Judge
Deborah dies - CY 2729
Creation
Year: 2729 Western Year: 1248
BC
Deborah
dies.
Judges
5:31 "So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but
let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the
land had rest forty years."
Servitude:
Medianites - CY 2730
Creation
Year: 2730 Western Year: 1247
BC
Judges
6:1 "And the children of Israel did evil in the
sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven
years."
Judge
Gideon - CY 2737
Creation
Year: 2737 Western Year: 1240
BC
Judge Gideon, judged 40 years and had 70 sons.
Judges
6:11-16 "And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat
under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and
his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with
thee, thou mighty man of valor. And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the
LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his
miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up
from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands
of the Midianites. And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy
might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I
sent thee? And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?
behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite
the Midianites as one man."
Judges
8:30 "And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of
his body begotten: for he had many wives."
Israel
asked Gideon (Jerubbaal) to be "ruler" as king over them, but he
refused.
Judges
8:22 "Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon,
Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou
hast delivered us from the hand of Midian."
Judges
8:28 "Thus was Midian subdued before the children
of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in
quietness forty years in the days of Gideon."
Judge
Abimelech - CY 2777
Creation
Year: 2777 Western Year: 1200
BC
Judge Abimelech
Gideon had a son to a concubine and named him Abimelech, Judges 8:31-33. Israel
went out again after other gods. Now Gideon (Jerubbabel) had another son that
his 70 sons rejected because he was the son of a concubine, so Abimelech had
them all killed, but not until after they chose to accept him into their house.
So the men of Shechem made Abimelech king over them.
Judges
8:31-33 "And his concubine that was in Shechem, she
also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. And Gideon the son of
Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his
father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was
dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after
Baalim, and made Baalberith their god."
Judged
only 3 years.
Judges
9:22-24 "When Abimelech had reigned three years over
Israel, Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem;
and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: That the cruelty
done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be
laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of
Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren."
Judge
Tola - CY 2780
Creation
Year: 2780 Western Year: 1197
BC
Judge
Tola
Judges
10:1-2 "And after Abimelech there arose to defend
Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt
in Shamir in mount Ephraim. And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and
died, and was buried in Shamir."
Judge
Jair - CY 2803
Creation
Year: 2803 Western Year: 1174
BC
Judge
Jair.
Judges
10:3 "And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and
judged Israel twenty and two years."
Eli is
born - CY 2815, dies CY 2913
Creation
Year: 2815 Western Year: 1162
BC
Eli is born, deduced by his age of death.
I
Samuel 4:12-18 "And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the
army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth
upon his head. And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside
watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into
the city, and told it, all the city cried out. And when Eli heard the noise of
the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in
hastily, and told Eli. Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes
were dim, that he could not see. And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came
out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there
done, my son? And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and
thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from
off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died:
for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years."
Servitude:
Philistines - CY 2825
Creation
Year: 2825 Western Year: 1152
BC
Servitude: Philistines and Amorites for 18 years, Judges 10:6-9, but this time
when they prayed for a deliverer God told them to pray to their gods for
deliverance, Judges 10:10-14.
Judges
10:6-9 "And the children of Israel did evil again in
the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria,
and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of
Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not
him. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into
the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. And
that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all
the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the
Amorites, which is in Gilead. Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan
to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of
Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed."
Judges
10:10-14 "And the children of Israel cried unto the
LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our
God, and also served Baalim. And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did
not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children
of Ammon, and from the Philistines? The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and
the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of
their hand. Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will
deliver you no more. Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them
deliver you in the time of your tribulation."
Judge
Jephthah - CY 2843
Creation
Year: 2843 Western Year: 1134
BC
Judge
Jephthah. Judged 6 years Note: “about” 300 years since entering the promise
land, Judges 11:26.
Judges
11:11 "Then Jephthah went with the elders of
Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah
uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh."
Judges
12:7 "And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then
died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead."
Judges
11:26 "While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns,
and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts
of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within
that time?"
Moses
died in CY 2793, they enter the promised land and had war for 5 years. From
Moses' death to now is 350 years.
Judge
Izban - CY 2849
Creation
Year: 2849 Western Year: 1128
BC
Judge Izban, judged 7 years, and had 30 daughters and 30 sons and sent his daughters
abroad and took 30 daughter from abroad.
Judges
12:8-10 "And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged
Israel. And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and
took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven
years. Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem."
Judge
Elon - CY 2856
Creation
Year: 2856 Western Year: 1121
BC
Judge Elon, judged 10 years.
Judges
12:11-12 "And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged
Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was
buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun."
Judge
Abdon - CY 2866
Creation
Year: 2866 Western Year: 1111
BC
Judges
12:13-15 "And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a
Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode
on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. And Abdon
the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land
of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites."
Servitude:
Philistines, Judge Eli, Samson, and part of Samuel ... - CY 2874
Creation
Year: 2874 Western Year: 1103
BC
Servitude,
Philistines, Judge Eli, Judge Samson, and part of Prophet Samuel.
Judges
13:1 "And the children of Israel did evil again in
the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the
Philistines forty years."
Here
is another break from tradition. This is the last mention of anything
concerning judges until I Samuel. From here to David, it can get rather muddy,
but I believe that with the given evidence (scripture), this period matches
Eli, Samson, Samuel and Saul. We've seen that judges can over lap and the fact that
all these are mentioned, as well as the lack of time given leads to the idea
that they are not connected to the other judges, other than Eli. What is given is
that the ark is 20 years in Kirjathjearim, the age and death of Eli, the
absence of the age of Saul and Samuel, and any dates linking them to David. Furthermore,
I believe that to add Samson, Eli and the 40 years of the Philistines into 80
years on top of 40 years for Samuel, contradicts scripture. This method of
linking them all to the same 40 years, at this time, is the only way ALL verses fit without disregard to
other scriptures.
Note:
Not all of Samuel's years are in with Eli's, just most. This entry is to show
from Eli to David in summary.
Eli
is judge for these next 40 years starting at age 58. Samson is deliverer during
this timeframe for 20 years – just for your information, a deliverer and a judge
are the same.
I
Samuel 4:12-18 "And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the
army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth
upon his head. And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside
watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into
the city, and told it, all the city cried out. And when Eli heard the noise of
the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in
hastily, and told Eli. Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes
were dim, that he could not see. And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came
out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there
done, my son? And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and
thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from
off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died:
for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years."
I
Samuel 6:1 “And the ark of the LORD was in the country
of the Philistines seven months.”
The
ark is returned to Israel for the plagues that fell on the Philistines.
I
Samuel 6:14 “And the cart came into the field of Joshua,
a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave
the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.”
Because
they looked into the ark, the Lord smote 50,070 men of Bethshemesh. They called
the men of Kirjathjearim where it stayed for 20 years until David called for
it.
I
Samuel 7:1-2 “And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and
fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in
the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. And it
came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for
it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.”
I Samuel 7:15 “And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.”
Samuel
anoints Saul as king.
I
Samuel 10:24-25 “And Samuel said to all the people, See ye
him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the
people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. Then Samuel
told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it
up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his
house.”
Saul
is made king.
I
Samuel 11:15 “And all the people went to Gilgal; and there
they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices
of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel
rejoiced greatly.”
Saul
didn’t last long. He sins after two years in office by not obeying the Lord and
wait for Samuel to make the burnt offering.
I
Samuel 13:1 “Saul reigned one year; and when he had
reigned two years over Israel,”
I
Samuel 13:13-14 “And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done
foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he
commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel
for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a
man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his
people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.”
Saul
sinned again by being disobedient and so the Lord repented He made Saul king.
The Lord called on Samuel to go and anoint David to be king.
I
Samuel 16:13-14 “Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and
anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon
David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. But the
Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD
troubled him.”
I
Samuel 25:1 “And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were
gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And
David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.”
I
Samuel 31:6 “So Saul died, and his three sons, and his
armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.”
II
Samuel 2:4 “And the men of Judah came, and there they
anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That
the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.”
II
Samuel 2:10 “Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old
when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of
Judah followed David.”
All
of this took place over twenty years. How do I know this? Remember when Eli
died because the Philistines took the ark, returned it and then the ark was
taken to Kirjathjearim and stayed there until David’s first year? All the years
of Saul was the ark forgotten.
I
Chronicles 13:3 “And let us bring again the ark of our God to
us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.”
I
Chronicles 13:5-6 "So David gathered all Israel together, from
Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from
Kirjathjearim. And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the
LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it."
I
Samuel 7:2 "And it came to pass, while the ark abode in
Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the
house of Israel lamented after the LORD."
Prophet
Samuel - CY 2875*
Creation
Year: 2875* Western Year: 1102*
BC
Samuel is recognized by the people as a prophet.
Samuel
serves with Eli.
I Samuel 2:18 "But Samuel ministered before the
LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod."
I Samuel 2:26 "And the child Samuel grew on, and
was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men."
Note: this is just a mention of activities and
not intended to be attributed to this year. Scripture only mentions this event
and not the timeframe.
Ishbosheth
is born to Saul - CY 2894
Creation
Year: 2894 Western Year: 1083
BC
Ishbosheth is born to Saul (Deduced by the year he took office as king of
Israel.)
II
Samuel 2:10 "Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old
when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of
Judah followed David."
David is
born - CY 2904
Creation
Year: 2904 Western Year: 1073
BC
David is born (Deduced by his age at becoming king of Judah.)
Eli dies,
the Ark is taken... - CY 2913
Creation
Year: 2913 Western Year: 1064
BC
Eli
dies and the ark is taken by the Philistines, at 98 years old.
I
Samuel 4:12-18 "And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the
army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth
upon his head. And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside
watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into
the city, and told it, all the city cried out. And when Eli heard the noise of
the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in
hastily, and told Eli. Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes
were dim, that he could not see. And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came
out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there
done, my son? And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the
Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and
thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from
off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died:
for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years."
This
is the end of the judges. Total time: 415 years from Joshua's 5th year to this
year.
End of
Judges - CY 2914
Creation
Year: 2914 Western Year: 1063
BC
The ark is seven months in Philistines and returned to Israel and put in
Kirjathjearim for twenty years after the Lord sent them plagues and destroyed
their god.
I
Samuel 6:1 "And the ark of the LORD was in the country
of the Philistines seven months."
I
Samuel 7:2 "And it came to pass, while the ark abode in
Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the
house of Israel lamented after the LORD."
The Ark
in Kirjathjearim - CY 2915
Creation
Year: 2915 Western Year: 1062
BC
Twenty years until David called for the ark from Kirjathjearim in the first
year of his reign.
I
Chronicles 13:5-6 "So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor
of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from
Kirjathjearim. And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the
LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it."
I
Samuel 7:2 "And it came to pass, while the ark abode in
Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the
house of Israel lamented after the LORD."
Kings to Babylon
Saul
anointed as King - CY 2924*
Creation
Year: 2924* Western Year: 1053*
BC
Note:
this is just a mention of activities and not intended to be attributed to this
year. Scripture only mentions this event and not the timeframe. Even Sir Isaac
Newton attributes only ten years to Saul’s reign. (The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, Sir Isaac Newton,
London, MDCCXXVIII)
At
some time, Saul is anointed King, and then later becomes king, the Kingdom is
taken away, and given to David, who is anointed, but not made King for a while.
Like Saul, no dates are given in scripture.
Now
I know of Acts 13:21, but remember Samuel's time is included and because of the
ark being in Kirjathjearim for 20 years from Eli's death to David's reign, well
that doesn't leave enough time for 40 years to pass to be attributed to Saul.
In fact one Jewish site stated that Saul reigned only 2 years. The fact is,
scripture doesn't say. Furthermore, since Josephus isn't scripture, he's not
perfect, and is often wrong when dealing with numbers. I believe this is
because even at his time he was influenced by the errors of Claudious Ptolomey.
I
believe this because of the verse before it (Acts 13:20) states that the 450
years were "until Samuel," meaning that Samuel's years were not
included in with the time of the Judges. I believe that the 40 years is
attributed to Samuel, which overlaps Eli and Saul and David. I know that it's a
stretch but Scripture is without error and to give Saul 40 years reign
contradicts I Samuel 7:2 and I Chronicles 13:5-6 which shows that from the
death of Eli to David's first year of reign were only 20 years.
Acts
13:20-21 "And after that he gave unto them judges
about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. And
afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a
man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years."
I
Samuel 7:2 "And it came to pass, while the ark abode in
Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the
house of Israel lamented after the LORD."
I
Chronicles 13:5-6 "So David gathered all Israel together, from
Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from
Kirjathjearim. And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the
LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it."
David
made king over Judah and gets the ark - CY 2934
Creation
Year: 2934 Western Year: 1043
BC
Samuel dies, Saul dies, David made king over Judah at 30 years old, Ishbosheth
is made king over Israel at 40.
II
Samuel 2:4 "And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed
David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men
of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul."
II
Samuel 2:8-10 "But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's
host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; And
made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over
Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. Ishbosheth Saul's son was
forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But
the house of Judah followed David."
David
gets the ark out of Kirjathjearim.
I
Chronicles 13:5-6 "So David gathered all Israel together, from
Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from
Kirjathjearim. And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the
LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it."
Ishbosheth
murdered, David is made king of Israel - CY 2941
Creation
Year: 2941 Western Year: 1036
BC
Ishbosheth is murdered and David is made King over Israel also and ruled 33
more years.
II
Samuel 5:1-5 "Then came all the tribes of Israel to David
unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Also in
time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and
broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people
Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. So all the elders of Israel
came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron
before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he
reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned
thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah."
David
dies, Solomon made king - CY 2975
Creation
Year: 2975 Western Year: 1003
BC
David dies and Solomon reigns in his stead. This year is count as the first
year of Solomon. David’s 40th year ended in CY 2974. Since we do not
know the month, we are limited to splitting by years instead of by the actual
months.
I
Kings 2:12 "Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David
his father; and his kingdom was established greatly."
This
year is the "about" 530
years from the Exodus per the summary of Paul in Acts 13. The Exodus was in
Creation Year 2453 to David's death in this year, Creation Year 2975, is 522
years.
The
years of "about forty years"
(Acts 13:18 "And about the time of
forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness."), "about the space of four hundred and fifty
years" (Acts 13:20) and "by
the space of forty years" (Acts 13:21) add up to "about" 530 years. Two "abouts" and 8 years difference,
works for me.
Why
does this work for me? Well, it's simple, if Paul didn't know the exact dates
of each event mentioned, and scripture didn't spell it all out, the "abouts" is all we're going to get.
With all the dates presented here stopping and starting in January, one must
keep in mind that some events happen in quick secession and others take time to
change. This "wiggle room" is a given, even in scripture, hence the
usage of "about".
Though
you may not agree with the individual judge times, or the length of the reign
of Saul, to have all these verses agree shows that this scenario is very close
to actual events. So now you understand why I chose to count from Joshua's 5th
year (they rested from war - Acts 13:19 and Joshua 14:10) to the fourth
year of Solomon. I believe I Kings 6:1 that it was 480 years, because it was,
exactly, not "about". After
resting in the land from war, Creation Year 2498, to Solomon's fourth
year of reign, Creation Year 2978, equals 480 years exactly.
Acts
13:18-21 “And about the time of forty years suffered
he their manners in the wilderness. And when he had destroyed seven nations in
the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. And after that he
gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until
Samuel the prophet. And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them
Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty
years.”
Be
careful with the counts. The Exodus, the wanderings, the war, the judges,
Samuel, Saul up to David come to 481 years (CY 2453 to CY 2934). Remember, Eli
died when the ark was taken, stayed for 7 months with the Philistines, was
returned to Kirjathjearim and
stayed there 20 years until David was made king and he took it out. All the
years of Saul it was neglected. So from the death of Eli to David’s first year
was 20 years. I Kings 6:1 speaks from “out of the land of Egypt” it isn’t
counting the years of wandering and the 5 years to war for the land with Joshua
because from Joshua, all the judges, to Solomon’s fourth year is exactly 480
years (CY 2498 to CY 2978). From the day of the Exodus to the fourth year of
Solomon is 525 years (CY 2453 to CY 2978). Scripture counts two ways: one from
Exodus to Eli; the second from the end of the Joshua’s wars to Solomon’s fourth
year.
Joshua
14:10 "And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me
alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this
word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now,
lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old."
I
Kings 6:1 "And it came to pass in the four hundred and
eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is
the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD."- C
Here’s
the breakdown:
Exodus CY 2453 to Joshua’s fifth year CY 2498 (not counted): 45 years
Joshua’s
fifth year CY 2498 to Eli’s death: CY 2913:
415
years
CY 2914: 7 months with the
Philistines, 20 years in Kirjathjearim:
CY 2934: 20 Years + 7 months
David made king and rules
40 years: CY 2934 to CY 2974: 40 Years
Solomon made king CY 2975
to fourth year 2978: 4 Years
415 + 20 + 40 + 4 + 7months = 479 years 7 months, from the rest from
war and wandering CY 2498 to Solomon’s fourth year, CY 2978. Scripture does not
provide enough information to fill in the missing four months. Four unspecified
months spread over 480 years does not constitute a contradiction. So, what do
you know, Scripture is correct, 480 years.
Solomon’s
Fourth Year - CY 2978
Creation
Year: 2978 Western Year: 999
BC
480 years from resting from the wars under Joshua to this year, Creation Year
2498, after the fifth year of Joshua, that year they rested from the wars.
I
Kings 6:1 "And it came to pass in the four hundred and
eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is
the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD."
Joshua
14:10 "And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me
alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this
word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and
now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old."
Solomon
starts to build the temple of God in the second month, which is Iyyar (or Ziv
or Zif).
I
Kings 6:37-38 "In the fourth year was the foundation of the
house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: And in the eleventh year, in the
month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the
parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in
building it."
Temple is
completed - CY 2985
Creation
Year: 2985 Western Year: 992
BC
The temple is completed in the month Bul, which is Heshvan, the eighth month.
I
Kings 6:38 "And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul,
which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts
thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in
building it."
Temple is
dedicated - CY 2986
Creation
Year: 2986 Western Year: 991
BC
Solomon calls all the elders of Israel, etc., and they meet on the 9th of
Tishri and celebrate the great Day of Atonement on the 10th, then Solomon
dedicates the house of God on the Feast of Tabernacles, on the 15th of Tishri,
the seventh month.
I
Kings 8:1-2 "Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel,
and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of
Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the
covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. And all the men
of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month
Ethanim, which is the seventh month."
The
first seven days were occupied with the dedication (9th - 15th), and the other
seven devoted to the Feast of Tabernacles on the 15th, (15th-22nd) and were
told they could go on until the 23rd.
I
Kings 8:65-66 "And at that time Solomon held a feast, and
all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto
the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even
fourteen days. On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the
king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness
that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people."
II
Chronicles 7:9-10 "And in the eighth day they made a solemn
assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast
seven days. And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the
people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the
LORD had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people."
End of day
three - CY 3001
Creation
Year: 3001 Western Year: 976
BC
End of day three, beginning of day four.
II
Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years
as one day."
Jeroboam
King of Israel, Rehoboam King of Judah - CY 3014
Creation
Year: 3014 Western Year: 963
BC
Jeroboam reigned 22 years.
I
Kings 14:20 "And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two
and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in
his stead."
Rehoboam
was 41 years old and reigned 17 years.
I
Kings 14:21 "And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in
Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of
all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was
Naamah an Ammonitess."
Understanding... -
CY 3014
These
secular kings mentioned here have their year of accession added. The Jewish
kings had no accession years added to their years, usually. This is very
important to remember. This is seen much better in an Excel spreadsheet.
The Talmud states too in Yoma, fol. 38, col. 2, "If a king be crowned on the twenty-ninth of Adar (the last month of the
sacred year), on the morrow--the first of Nissan--it is reckoned that he
commences his second year, that being the new year's day for royal and
ecclesiastical affairs."
Egypt
takes treasures... - CY 3018
Creation
Year: 3018 Western Year: 959
BC
King Shishak of Egypt came and took the treasures of the Temple.
I
Kings 14:25 "And it came to pass in the fifth year of
king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:"
Abijah
King of Judah - CY 3031
Creation
Year: 3031 Western Year: 946
BC
I Kings 15:1 "Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah."
**Abijam (Abijah) reigned 3 years, King of Judah, had 14 wives, 22 sons, 16 daughters.
II Chronicles 13:21 "But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters."
** Reheboam must of died just before his end of the year for Ajijah to have started to reign in Jeroboam's 18th year or some event took place that's not recorded as to why it wasn't immediate in his 17th year.
I Kings 14:25 "And it came to pass in the fifth year of
king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:"
500,000
die in one battle - CY 3032
Creation
Year: 3032 Western Year: 945
BC
500,000 men of Israel died in a single battle with Abijah.
II Chronicles 13:17 "And Abijah and his people slew them with a
great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand
chosen men."
Asa King
of Judah - CY 3033
Creation
Year: 3033 Western Year: 944
BC
Asa reigned 41 years 20th year of Jeroboam.
The
Jews didn't count accession years. No explanation for this count of the year,
but if 2818 was the second year of Asa then Nadab would have taken the throne
while Jeroboam was still king. Something not impossible, but changing this
affects other scripture references below.
I
Kings 15:9 "And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king
of Israel reigned Asa over Judah."
Nadab
King of Israel - CY 3035
Creation
Year: 3035 Western Year: 942
BC
Nadab (reigned 2 years) second year of Asa.
I Kings 15:25 "And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign
over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel
two years."
Baasha
King of Israel - CY 3036
Creation
Year: 3036 Western Year: 941
BC
Baasha killed Nadab and all the house of Jeroboam (reigned 24 years) third year
of Asa.
I
Kings 15:28 "Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah
did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead."
I
Kings 15:33 "In the third year of Asa king of Judah began
Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four
years."
Jehu
the prophet told Baasha he was evil and would end up like Jeroboam.
I
Kings 16:1-7 "Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the
son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the
dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the
way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger
with their sins; Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the
posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat. Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him
that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. Now the rest of
the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? So Baasha slept with his
fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. And
also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the
LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did
in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands,
in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him."
Jeroboam
died in the second year of Asa; Nadab ruled 2 years; Baasha killed Nadab in the
third year of Asa, yet Nadab ruled 2 years. The difference is that all events
are shown from January to January instead of the more plausible May to Aug,
etc.
Elah King
of Israel - CY 3059
Creation
Year: 3059 Western Year: 918
BC
Elah reigned 2 years the 26th year of Asa.
I
Kings 16:8 "In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of
Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years."
Zimri
King of Israel (7 days) - CY 3060
Creation
Year: 3060 Western Year: 917
BC
Zimri ruled 7 days and was killed, in the 27th year of Asa.
I
Kings 16:15-20 "In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king
of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped
against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. And the people that were
encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king:
wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that
day in the camp. And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and
they besieged Tirzah. And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was
taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's
house over him with fire, and died. For his sins which he sinned in doing evil
in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin
which he did, to make Israel to sin. Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his
treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
the kings of Israel?"
Omri King
of Israel - CY 3060
Creation
Year: 3060 Western Year: 917
BC
Omri reigned 12 years the 27th year of Asa, but fought with Tibni for 3 years
as co-King.
I
Kings 16:21-23 “Then were the people of Israel divided into
two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him
king; and half followed Omri. But the people that followed Omri prevailed
against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and
Omri reigned. In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to
reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.”
Tibni
co-King of Israel - CY 3061
Creation
Year: 3061 Western Year: 916
BC
Tibni and Omri fought and Israel was split between them in a battle. Omri
reigned 12 years the 27th year of Asa, but fought with Tibni for 3 years as
co-King.
I
Kings 16:21-23 "Then were the people of Israel divided into
two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him
king; and half followed Omri. But the people that followed Omri prevailed
against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and
Omri reigned. In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to
reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah."
Omri sole
ruler of Israel - CY 3064
Creation
Year: 3064 Western Year: 913
BC
Omri (ruler alone in Israel) reigned 12 years (6 years in Tirzah after
taking it) Omri was worse than all before him.
I Kings 16:23 "In the thirty and first year of Asa king of
Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in
Tirzah."
Ahab King
of Israel - CY 3071
Creation
Year: 3071 Western Year: 906
BC
Ahab reigned 22 years, worse even still than all before him and he rebuilt
Jericho as prophesied according to Joshua.
Joshua
6:26 "And Joshua adjured them at that time,
saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this
city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his
youngest son shall he set up the gates of it."
I
Kings 16:29 "And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa
king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son
of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years."
Jehoshaphat
King of Judah - CY 3074
Creation
Year: 3074 Western Year: 903
BC
Jehoshaphat 35 years old, ruled 25 years in fourth year of Ahab.
I
Kings 22:41-42 "And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to
reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. Jehoshaphat was
thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and
five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of
Shilhi."
Ahaziah
King of Israel (co-regent) - CY 3091
Creation
Year: 3091 Western Year: 886
BC
Ahaziah (in the 17th year of Jehoshaphat) ruled 2 years co-regent.
I
Kings 22:51 "Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over
Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and
reigned two years over Israel."
Jehoram
King of Israel - CY 3092
Creation
Year: 3092 Western Year: 885
BC
Jehoram (18th year of Jehoshaphat) son of Ahab ruled because Ahaziah had no
sons. Also called Joram, 32 years old ruled 12 years.
II
Kings 3:1 "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign
over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and
reigned twelve years."
This
is the 22nd year of Ahab and second year of Ahaziah co-reigning at this time.
Jehoram
King of Judah (co-regent) - CY 3096
Creation
Year: 3096 Western Year: 881
BC
Because his father was illness in his bowels, he co-reigned until his father
died 2 years later.
II
Chronicles 21:9-20 "Then Jehoram went forth with his princes,
and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites
which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. So the Edomites
revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did
Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his
fathers. Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the
LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of
Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, But hast walked
in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also
hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children,
and thy wives, and all thy goods: And thou shalt have great sickness by disease
of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and
of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: And they came up into Judah,
and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the
king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son
left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. And after all this the LORD
smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. And it came to pass, that in
process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of
his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for
him, like the burning of his fathers. Thirty and two years old was he when he
began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without
being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the
sepulchres of the kings."
Jehoram,
co-reigned with his father 32 years old ruled 8 years in 5th year Joram.
II
Kings 8:16 "And in the fifth year of Joram the son of
Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign."
Jehoram
a terrible king. Killed all his house but the Lord would not kill him without
child for the promise God kept to David. He was the only king not buried in
David's sepulcher.
Ahaziah
King of Judah - CY 3102
Creation
Year: 3102 Western Year: 875
BC
Eleventh year of Joram and began to rule as co-regent, Ahaziah ruled with his
ill father, son-in-law of Ahab's house and his mother was daughter of Omri.
II
Kings 9:20-29 "And the watchman told, saying, He came even
unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu
the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. And Joram said, Make ready. And
his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah
went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in
the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu,
that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the
whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? And Joram
turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms,
and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. Then said
Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field
of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together
after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; Surely I have seen
yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I
will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him
into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. But when Ahaziah
the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu
followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at
the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died
there. And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him
in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. And in the eleventh
year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah."
He
ruled one year in Jerusalem, was caught in Samaria the next year.
II
Kings 8:25-26 "In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab
king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. Two
and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one
year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri
king of Israel."
Jehu King
of Israel, Ahaziah, King of Judah, and Athaliah Queen of
Judah - CY 3103
Creation
Year: 3103 Western Year: 874
BC
Jehu ruled 28 years after killing Ahab's 70 sons, including Joram and Ahaziah
his son.
II
Chronicles 22:7-12 "And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by
coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu
the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. And
it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab,
and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that
ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught
him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had
slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat,
who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to
keep still the kingdom. But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her
son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and
stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse
in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of
Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from
Athaliah, so that she slew him not. And he was with them hid in the house of
God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land." 2 Kings 10:1 "And Ahab had seventy sons
in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of
Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,"
II
Kings 9:21-27 "And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot
was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion
of Naboth the Jezreelite. And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he
said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms
of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? And Joram turned his
hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. And Jehu
drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the
arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. Then said Jehu to
Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth
the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab
his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; Surely I have seen yesterday
the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will
requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into
the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. But when Ahaziah the
king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu
followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at
the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died
there."
Because
Jehu the prophet did kill them God promised his family would rule up to four
generations, but he served Baal instead!
The
only woman ruler of Judah, daughter of Omri King of Israel, killed everyone but
one. She ruled six years.
II
Kings 11:1-3 “And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw
that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. But
Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they
hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he
was not slain. And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And
Athaliah did reign over the land."
II
Chronicles 22:10-12
"But when Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal
of the house of Judah. But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash
the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain,
and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of
king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of
Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. And he was with them
hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land."
Note:
No matter the problems of years before this year, and you are skeptical that
this chronology is correct, everything is reset here because Jehu killed both
the King of Israel and Judah. Athaliah, Queen of Israel, ruled in her son's
stead.
Joash
King of Judah - CY 3109
Creation
Year: 3109 Western Year: 868
BC
Joash (Jehoash) ruled in the 7th year after the death of Athaliah by Jehoiada,
7 years old and ruled 40 years, 7th year of Jehu.
II
Kings 11:4 "And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and
fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought
them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took
an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son."
II
Kings 11:21 "Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to
reign."
II
Kings 12:1 "In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to
reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Zibiah of Beersheba."
II
Chronicles 24:1 "Joash was seven years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was
Zibiah of Beersheba."
Jehoahaz
King of Israel - CY 3131
Creation
Year: 3131 Western Year: 846
BC
Jehoahaz ruled 17 years in the 23rd year of Joash.
II
Kings 13:1 "In the three and twentieth year of Joash the
son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over
Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years."
In
addition, the priests hadn't obeyed Jehoash's command to fix the breaches of
the Temple by this time.
II
Kings 12:6 "But it was so, that in the three and
twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the
house."
Jehoash
King of Israel - CY 3145
Creation
Year: 3145 Western Year: 832
BC
Jehoash, King of Israel, also called Joash, ruled 16 years starting in the 37th
year of Joash, King of Judah, II Kings 14:1 and was co-regent with his father
Jehoahaz king of Israel, II Kings 13:10
II Kings 14:1 "In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz
king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah."
II
Kings 13:10 "In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king
of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned sixteen years."
Amaziah
King of Judah - CY 3146
Creation
Year: 3146 Western Year: 831
BC
Amaziah 25 years old, ruled 29 years starting in the 2nd year of Jehoash
Joash was ill and Amaziah was co-regent
II Kings 14:1 "In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah."
II Chronicles 24:25 "And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings."
II Chronicles 25:1 "Amaziah was twenty and five years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem."
Jeroboam
(II) King of Israel - CY 3160
Creation
Year: 3160 Western Year: 817
BC
Jeroboam
II, in the 15th year of Amaziah and ruled 40 years, II Kings 14:23.
Amaziah
lived 15 years after the death of Jehoash (Joash), II Kings 14:17, II
Chronicales 25:25
II
Kings 14:23 "In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of
Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in
Samaria, and reigned forty and one years."
II
Kings 14:17 "And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen
years."
II
Chronicles 25:25 "And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years."
Azariah
King of Judah - CY 3175
Creation
Year: 3175 Western Year: 802
BC
Jeroboam
II, (27th year, II Kings 15:1, 11 as co-regent, 16th of solo reign) I believe
this instead of an interregnum for Israel because if Azariah was too younge as
some claim, why didn't he start when he was 8 years old as Josiah did? The
answer, Jeroboam was consort with his father. Also to put an interregnum in
Israel would have made the interregnum for Judah after Jeroboam 22 years instead
of 11, which is still an amazing length of time. The problem is that scripture
doesn't provide the age of Zachariah when he took the throne.
Azariah
(Uzziah) being 16 years old, ruled 52 years, II Kings 14:21
This
is the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam's partnership in the kingdom with his
father, who made him consort at his going to the Syrian wars. It is the
sixteenth year of Jeroboam's sole monarchy.
II
Kings 15:1 "In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam
king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign."
Earthquake -
CY 3178*
Sometime
in both kings' reign, Amos says there was an earthquake, Amos 1:1, Zechariah
14:5, which as Josephus writes, was when Uzziah would have usurped the priest's
office, and therefore was smitten with leprosy, [Josephus - Antiquities,
9:10.4].
Amos
1:1 "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen
of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah,
and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before
the earthquake."
Zechariah
14:5 "And ye shall flee to the valley of the
mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall
flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of
Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee."
Interregnum
of Israel - CY 3206
Creation
Year: 3206 Western Year: 771
BC
Power struggle in Israel. No mention in scripture how long this went on, except
II Kings 15:8-17 when three kings reigned over a period of 7 months, before
Zachariah becomes king starting in the 38th year of Azariah.
II
Kings 15:8-17 "In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah
king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria
six months. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his
fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin. And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him,
and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. And
the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel. This was the word of the LORD which he spake
unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth
generation. And so it came to pass. Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in
the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full
month in Samaria. For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to
Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead. And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy
which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel. Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the
coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote
it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. In the nine
and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to
reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria."
Zachariah
King of Israel - CY 3212
Creation
Year: 3212 Western Year: 765
BC
Zachariah
(reigned only 6 months) in the 38th year of Azariah, II Kings 15:8. The father
of Abi, who was the mother of Hezekiah (II Kings 18:2).
II
Kings 15:8 "In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah
king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria
six months."
II
Kings 18:2 "Twenty and five years old was he when he began
to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name
also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah."
Shallum,
King of Israel and Menahem, King of Israel - CY 3213
Creation
Year: 3213 Western Year: 764
BC
Shallum (reigned only 1 month) Menahem ruled 10 years starting in the 39th year
of Azariah, II Kings 15:13, 17
Pul
(or Tiglath-pileser?) king of Assyria lived during this time II Kings 15:19.
II
Kings 15:13 "Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in
the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full
month in Samaria."
II
Kings 15:17 "In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah
king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned
ten years in Samaria."
II
Kings 15:19 "And Pul the king of Assyria came against the
land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be
with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand."
Note: This is a perfect example where the
counting of one's reign must be explained. To say that Menahem reigned 10 years
might mean that he reigned 9.5 years to 10.5 years in one convention or it
might even mean that he reigned 10 to 10.9 years in another convention. Similarly,
the 39th year of Azariah might mean that Azariah had been reigning for slightly
more than 38 years to slightly less than 39.0 years - at least this is how we
would normally interpret the English (the first year being from 0 to 1, etc.) and
perhaps this is also true of the Hebrew. Similarly, the 50th year of Azariah
might mean that he had been reigning between 49 and 50 years. Therefore, we can
say that 38.9 + 10.5 = 49.4 which is the 50th year. This problem is unavoidable
with digital/approximate information and this is perhaps compounded by the fact
that the spreadsheet is digital. For example, the events between different rows
on the spreadsheet would normally be taken to be spaced one year apart but in
some cases (such as when a son takes over from his father) the events may only
be one day apart but they nevertheless will occur is separate rows.
The Talmud states too, in Yoma, fol. 38, col. 2, "If a king be crowned on the twenty-ninth of Adar (the last month of the
sacred year), on the morrow--the first of Nissan--it is reckoned that he
commences his second year, that being the new year's day for royal and
ecclesiastical affairs."
Pekahiah
King of Israel - CY 3224
Creation
Year: 3224 Western Year: 753
BC
Pekahiah ruled 2 years in the 50th year of Azariah, II Kings 15:23
II
Kings 15:23 "In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of
Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned two years."
Pekah
King of Israel - CY 3226
Creation
Year: 3226 Western Year: 751
BC
Pekah ruled 20 year in the 52nd year of Azariah, II Kings 15:27.
II
Kings 15:29 says Tiglathpileser king of Assyria came and took seven cities and
all Naphtali to Assyria - the start of the various exoduses.
II
Kings 15:27 "In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king
of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned twenty years."
II
Kings 15:29 "In the days of Pekah king of Israel came
Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah,
and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and
carried them captive to Assyria."
Pekah killed 120,000 in one day and took
200,000 back to Samaria, II Chronicles 28:6, and Oded the prophet told him to send
them home, so he did.
Isaiah foretells the destruction of Ephraim, Isaiah 7:1, fulfilled 62 years later when
Esarhaddon King of Assur put people in Israel instead of the Jews Ezra
4:2.
Josephus says this came 140 years before the destruction of the Temple, Book
11, Chap 1, para 2 (6 years off, but then Josephus is wrong about a lot of
numbers - compare scripture account of the returning people from Babylon and
his numbers.)
II
Chronicles 28:6 “For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah
an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because
they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.”
Isaiah
7:1 “And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the
son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria,
and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war
against it, but could not prevail against it.”
Ezra
4:2 “Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the
chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek
your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon
king of Assur, which brought us up hither.”
Jotham
King of Judah - CY 3227
Creation
Year: 3227 Western Year: 750
BC
Jotham, second year of Peka, 25 years old, ruled 16 years.
II
Kings 15:32-33 "In the second year of Pekah the son of
Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok."
Ahaz King
of Judah - CY 3242
Creation
Year: 3242 Western Year: 735
BC
Ahaz 20 years old, ruled 16 years, in 17th year of Pekah II Kings 16:1-2.
II
Kings 16:1-9, Isaiah 7:1, says King Rezin of Syria and Peka attacked Ahaz but
couldn't overcome him, but Ahaz asked Tiglath to attack and he did killing
Rezin.
II
Kings 16:1-9 "In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of
Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. Twenty years old
was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and
did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his
father. But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son
to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom
the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. And he sacrificed and
burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to
Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. At that
time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from
Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. So Ahaz
sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and
thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of
the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. And Ahaz took the
silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures
of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. And the
king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against
Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew
Rezin."
Isaiah
7:1 "And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the
son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria,
and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war
against it, but could not prevail against it."
Interregnum
of Israel - CY 3246
Creation
Year: 3246 Western Year: 731
BC
Hoshea plotted against Peka and killed him, but didn't have the support to
reign just yet, II Kings 15:30, (20th year of since Jotham's reign).
II
Kings 15:30 "And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy
against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in
his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah."
Interregnum
of Israel, due to lack of support as authority as king. This must be so because
Peka ruled only 20 years and Hoshea killed him yet didn't (or couldn't) take
the throne until Ahaz's 12th year.
Hoshea
King of Israel - CY 3253
Creation
Year: 3253 Western Year: 724
BC
Hoshea gained the support and reigned 12th year of Ahaz, ruled 9 years.
II
Kings 17:1 "In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah
began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years."
Hezekiah
King of Judah - CY 3255
Creation
Year: 3255 Western Year: 722
BC
II Kings 18:1 must have been at the very end of his 3rd year, Hezekiah
co-regent ruled 29 years at 25 years old in the third year of Hoshea, II
Chronicles 29:1
Hezekiah had the priests cleanse the house of the Lord the 1st of Nisan and finished on the 16th having sanctified the Temple in his first year, II Chronicles 29:3.
II Kings 18:1 "Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign."
II Chronicles 29:1 "Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah."
II Chronicles 29:3 "He in the first year of his reign, in the
first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them."
Date
link - CY 3256
Creation
Year: 3256 Western Year: 721
BC
This year is counted as year one because of II Kings 18:10 links Hezekiah's sixth
with Hoshea's ninth and last year.
II
Kings 18:10 "And at the end of three years they took it:
even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of
Israel, Samaria was taken."
Servitude
to Shalmaneser - CY 3259
Creation
Year: 3259 Western Year: 718
BC
II Kings 17:1-6 says Shalmaneser made Hoshea servant because he had
conspired with the king of Egypt.
II Kings 18:9-16 says Shalmaneser king of Assyria besieged Sameria for three years in the fourth year of Hezekiah which was the seventh year of Hoshea.
II Kings 17:1-6 "In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes."
II Kings 18:9-16 "And it came to pass in the fourth year of
king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel,
that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. And
at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah,
that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. And the
king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and
in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: Because they
obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and
all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor
do them. Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of
Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. And
Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have
offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the
king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of
silver and thirty talents of gold. And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that
was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the
LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave
it to the king of Assyria."
No more
kings of Israel - CY 3261
Creation
Year: 3261 Western Year: 716
BC
II Kings 18:10 says at the end of three years they took it: even in the
sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,
Samaria was taken.
The last of Israel was all taken to Assyria.
No more kings of Israel until Jesus the Christ's arrival at
the appointed time!
II Kings 18:10 "And at the end of three years they took it:
even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of
Israel, Samaria was taken."
When
Hezekiah calls Israel to join Judah in Jerusalem for the Passover, they came,
but the priests were not ready so they kept the Passover in the 2nd month
instead of Nisan, II Chronicles chapter 30, because there were too few priests,
of the remnant of Israel they should come, II Chronicles 30:6, II Kings 15:29.
II
Chronicles 30:16 "And they stood in their place after their
manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the
blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites."
II
Kings 15:29 "In the days of Pekah king of Israel came
Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah,
and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and
carried them captive to Assyria."
Sennacherib
attacks... - CY 3269
Creation
Year: 3269 Western Year: 708
BC
Tirhakah king of Ethiopia ruled during this time.
II
Kings 19:9 "And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of
Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers
again unto Hezekiah, saying,"
Sennacherib
came and took many cities of Judah in the 14th year of Hezekiah, II Kings
18:13-15, Isaiah 36:1.
Judah
was in doom of that of Israel, but Hezekiah asked the king of Assyria how much
not to destroy them. Then Hezekiah gave him all the silver of the house of the
Lord and cut off the gold from the Temple doors or pay him
II
Kings 18:13-15 "Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah
did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah,
and took them. And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to
Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me
will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah
three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. And Hezekiah gave
him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the
treasures of the king's house."
Isaiah
36:1 "Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year
of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the
defenced cities of Judah, and took them."
Sabbatical
Year - CY 3270
Creation
Year: 3270 Western Year: 707
BC
II Kings 19 and 20 have three very important issues: God did not wish the line
of kings to continue but for Hezekiah's cry, God gave him 15 more years. This
was also when the sun went back ten degrees as a sign Hezekiah would be healed.
The third is that God wishes the best for man, but just as a human father
would, relented and changed His wishes. The consequent of this was the birth of
the worst king in Judah’s history – Manasseh. It was because of the continued
evil of Manasseh that God allowed them to be carried away to Babylon.
The King of Assyria said he'd destroy
Jerusalem. Hezekiah ran to the Lord and Isaiah said God would defend Jerusalem
for His sake, and killed 185,000 men of Assyria with an angel. II Kings
19:35-37, Isaiah 37:36-38, Sennacherib king of Assyria then left to go home and
was murdered by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer and they escaped to Armenia
and Esarhaddon his son reigned. The army was destroyed 14 Nisan (During
Passover).
It
is at the end of the "sign" time that I believe that the angel of the
Lord killed the 185,000 men of war on 14 Nisan, Passover of Hezekiah's 15th
year.
The
15th year was the year of the sun going back ten degrees and the year Hezekiah
was healed by God of whatever fatal boil he had (cured by a fig paste), on the
13th of Nisan.
Note:
See Appendix D for more information. I won’t get into here too much, but there
is an extensive site that is attempting to take in all historical worldwide
legends and myths concerning cosmology – the science of the origin and
development of the universe. We know from scripture that the length of a year
used to be 360 days. What caused the change? Any right thinker could easily
understand that the earth was made with a 360-day orbit around the sun with
30-day months of twelve in number; seems more “pure” than 365.2524 days around
the sun. What scripture provides as an explanation (Joshua’s long day, and Hezekiah’s
roll back) is not enough for the novice or professional cosmologist. Since it
is next to impossible to prove anything without modern scientific methodology
of ancient history, scientists simple dismiss and ignore written history that
does not fit their current dogma. As a result, they have skewed data and
created incorrect assumptions. What I’m getting at is that there is enough
non-biblical evidence which helps to explain a lot of the events in Scripture.
To the student of Scripture, extra biblical ideas can assist in silencing the
critics concerning false contradictions. I am not advocating the site as
authentic, simply compelling; a place to help provoke the imagination through
the filter of the Holy Spirit. The site is not Christian based but is fully
referenced. Here is a statement about the site by the author:
“This is a cosmology. It is
not the traditional handed-down narrative passed off as the history of
everything. It is an alternative, but it is very extensive, quite complete, and
more than accurate. My method has been to develop, in turn, a chronology, the
celestial mechanics, collect myths and iconography, and then turn to a
narrative. As an alternative cosmology it has remained within the accepted
boundaries of physics and dating. This has continued to surprise me as the
details developed. I have had no problem with the integration of the iconography,
the odd events, and the obscure mythological phrasings, where other alternative
cosmologies have had to resort to analogical and metaphorical readings of the
past, or suggest improbable exploding bolides.”
Jno Cook http://saturniancosmology.org
Sabbatical
Year (II Kings 19:29) I know this because in a Sabbatical year there's no
planting, but they can reap whatever comes up. Furthermore, this is a Jubilee
cycle because they were not allowed to plant the 2nd year (the year of Jubilee)
either.
II
Kings 19:35-37 "And it came to pass that night, that the
angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred
fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold,
they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went
and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping
in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote
him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon
his son reigned in his stead."
Isaiah
37:36-38 "Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and
smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand:
and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at
Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his
god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they
escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead."
II
Kings 19:29 "And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall
eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that
which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant
vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof."
Year of
Jubilee - CY 3271
Creation
Year: 3271 Western Year: 706
BC
Encyclopedia Britannica says 706 is the year in which for 9 months Marduk-Baladan
ruled that mentioned the visitors from Babylon to Hezekiah and Isaiah's
prophecy II Kings 20:16-19, Isaiah 39, Berodahbaladan son of Baladan king of
Babylon heard Hezekiah was sick and sent him letters. Isaiah foretold Judah's
future.
II
Kings 20:16-19 "And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word
of the LORD. Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that
which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into
Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. And of thy sons that shall
issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall
be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. Then said Hezekiah unto
Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it
not good, if peace and truth be in my days?"
Manasseh
is born - CY 3272
Creation
Year: 3272 Western Year: 705
BC
In the 17th year of Hezekiah, after being healed, he had a son, Manasseh, the
most evil king of all kings and God wanted to spare Judah this future mess. This
is deduced by the verse found in II Kings 21:1.
II
Kings 21:1 “Manasseh was twelve years old when he began
to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Hephzibah.”
Manasseh
King of Judah - CY 3284
Creation
Year: 3284 Western Year: 693
BC
Manasseh, 12 years old, ruled 55 years. (II Kings 21:1)
Shamashshumukin
- Babylon - CY 3310
Creation
Year: 3310 Western Year: 667
BC
Shamashshumukin king of Babylon (ruled 20 years) 667-648 BC
Psammetichus
I - Egypt - CY 3313
Creation
Year: 3313 Western Year: 664
BC
Psammetichus
I rules Egypt (664-610 BC) 54 years.
Kandalanu
- Babylon - CY 3330
Creation
Year: 3330 Western Year: 647
BC
Kandalanu king of Babylon (ruled 22 years) 647-626 BC
Manasseh
taken to Babylon - CY 3336
Creation
Year: 3336 Western Year: 641
BC
Without details, at some time in Manasseh's life, he was taken prisoner to
Babylon by the captain of the guard of the king of Assyria. Manasseh cried to
the Lord, humbled himself and he was let go to return to Israel to continue as
king. This so he would know Who was God.
II
Chronicles 33:8-13 "Neither will I any more remove the foot of
Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that
they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the
whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. So Manasseh
made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the
heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. And the
LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of
Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and
carried him to Babylon. And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his
God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And prayed unto
him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him
again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was
God."
Amon King
of Judah - CY 3338
Creation
Year: 3338 Western Year: 639
BC
Amon was 22 years old and reigned 2 years, II Kings 21:17-19. The date is shown
that even a partial year is counted as a full year which explains how Amon
ruled 2 years yet only 1 calendar year passed. The Jews didn't count accession
years separately.
II
Kings 21:17-19 "Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and
all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And Manasseh slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon
his son reigned in his stead. Amon was twenty and two years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah."
Josiah
King of Judah - CY 3339
Creation
Year: 3339 Western Year: 638
BC
Josiah, 8 years old - ruled 31 years.
II
Kings 21:23-26 “And the servants of Amon conspired against
him, and slew the king in his own house. And the people of the land slew all
them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made
Josiah his son king in his stead. Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he
did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son
reigned in his stead."
II
Kings 22:1 “Josiah was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.”
Jeremiah
Preaches - CY 3351
Creation
Year: 3351 Western Year: 626
BC
Jeremiah started preaching of the coming danger from Babylon and
prophesied the 70-years exile. (Preached for 23 years)
Jeremiah 25:1-4 "The word that came to Jeremiah concerning
all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; The which
Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of
Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year,
the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising
early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. And the LORD hath sent unto you
all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not
hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear."
Nabopolassar
- Babylon - CY 3352
Creation
Year: 3352 Western Year: 625
BC
Nabopolassar (ruled 21 years) 625-605 BC defeated the Assyrians starting the
Babylonian empire
Law of
Moses discovered - CY 3356
Creation
Year: 3356 Western Year: 621
BC
The Law of Moses was discovered and a great Passover was held unlike any since
the judges.
II
Kings 22:3 "And it came to pass in the eighteenth year
of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of
Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,"
II
Kings 23:22 "Surely there was not holden such a passover
from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the
kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;"
A
great revival, but still, the wrath of the Lord was against Judah for the sins
of Manasseh! See how God wanted to spare them?
II
Kings 23:25-26 "And like unto him was there no king before
him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and
with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose
there any like him. Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of
his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all
the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal."
Nabopolassar
and Cyaxares - CY 3365
Creation
Year: 3365 Western Year: 612
BC
Nabopolassar and Cyaxares destroyed Nineveh ending the Assyrian Empire
Pharoah
Nechoh II - Egypt - CY 3367
Creation
Year: 3367 Western Year: 610
BC
Pharoah Nechoh II rules Egypt (610-595 BC) for 15 years
Jehoahaz
King of Judah - CY 3369
Creation
Year: 3369 Western Year: 608
BC
Jehoahaz, 23 years old, reigned 3 months and taken to Egypt by Pharoah Nechoh
Eliakim reigns.
Nebuchadnezzar
fights the Assyrians and it is this battle that Josiah is killed in Megiddo by
Pharoah Nechoh.
II
Kings 23:29 "In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went
up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went
against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him."
II
Kings 23:31-33 "Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when
he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. And
Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might
not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of
silver, and a talent of gold."
Eliakim
(Jehoiakim), king of Judah- CY 3370
Creation
Year: 3370 Western Year: 607
BC
Eliakim rules (Jehoiakim 25 years old and reigned 11 years)
II
Kings 23:34-37 "And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of
Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim,
and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. And Jehoiakim
gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the
money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the
gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give
it unto Pharaohnechoh. Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done."
Nebuchadnezzar's
Accession - CY 3372
Creation
Year: 3372 Western Year: 605
BC
Nebuchadnezzar's
accession year, deduced by the following verse.
Daniel
1:1 "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim
king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged
it."
Nebuchadnezzar
King of Babylon - CY 3373
Creation
Year: 3373 Western Year: 604
BC
Nebuchadnezzar begins his reign, as we count this year as year one because he was Babylonian, and they
do NOT count the accession year as year one.
Nebuchadnezzar
takes Daniel and others taken to Babylon after his father's death to become
king of Babylon, II Kings 24:12.
Jeremiah
25:1-3 says this is the 23rd year from Josiah's 13th year, which was
Nebuchadnezzar's 1st year and Jehoiakim's 4th year.
Jeremiah
46:2 states that Nebuchadnezzar defeated Pharoah Necho at the battle of
Carchemish in Jehoiakim's 4th year. Then hears of his father's death and
becomes ruler of Babylon but takes many Jews with him back to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar
(ruled 43 years) 604-562
II
Kings 24:12 "And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to
the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and
his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign."
Jeremiah
25:1-3 "The word that came to Jeremiah concerning
all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; The which
Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of
Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year,
the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising
early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened."
Jeremiah
46:2 "Against Egypt, against the army of
Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish,
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah king of Judah."
Jehoiakim
calls for a fast - CY 3374
Creation
Year: 3374 Western Year: 603
BC
Jeremiah 36:9 says Jehoiakim calls for a fast in the 9th month of his
5th year, but after Jeremiah's scroll is read, the king burned the scroll and
sought after Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 36:9 "And it came to pass in the fifth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they
proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all
the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem."
Jehoiakim
serves Babylon - CY 3378
Creation
Year: 3378 Western Year: 599
BC
Jehoiakim becomes Nebuchadnezzar's servant.
II
Kings 24:1-5 "In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and
rebelled against him. And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and
bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of
Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the
LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. Surely at the commandment of
the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of
Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he
shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not
pardon. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
Nebuchadnezzar
takes 3023 - CY 3379
Creation
Year: 3379 Western Year: 598
BC
Nebuchadnezzar took 3023 people to Babylon Jeremiah 52:28 in the 7th year
Jeremiah
52:28 "This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar
carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and
twenty:"
Jehoiachin
and Zedekiah king of Judah - CY 3380
Creation
Year: 3380 Western Year: 597
BC
II Kings 24:6-8, the first deportation to Babylon, 8th year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign. All princes and nobles when to Babylon (Daniel and Ezekiel are already in Babylon at this time), men of war, artisans, leaving only the poorest; 10,000 captives went up to Babylon.
Jehoiachin, 18 years old, reigned only 3 months and 10 days, and was taken to Babylon. Zedekiah also called Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, is made king in his stead, II Kings 24:18.
II Kings 24:6-8 "So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem."
II Kings 24:18 "Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah."
Nebuchadnezzar
took 3023 people to Babylon in his 7th year, including the new king, Jehoiachin.
Jeremiah
52:28 “This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar
carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and
twenty:”
Pharoah
Nechoh dies - CY 3381
Creation
Year: 3381 Western Year: 596
BC
Pharoah Nechoh dies and this is the accession year of Pharoah Psammetichus but
because of Nebuchadnezzar, Pharoah came not again any more to Israel.
II
Kings 24:7 "And the king of Egypt came not again any
more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt
unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt."
Ezekiel
the prophet - CY 3384
Creation
Year: 3384 Western Year: 593
BC
Ezekiel
beings being a prophet (Ezekiel 1:1-2) Tammuz 5.
30th
year from what? Maybe it's Ezekial's age. It wasn't the years of captivity,
that's only been 5.
Ezekiel
1:1-2 "Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year,
in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives
by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's
captivity,"
Nebuchadnezzar
returns - CY 3388
Creation
Year: 3388 Western Year: 589
BC
Tenth
day tenth month Nebuchadnezzar came back, Jerusalem besieged until the 11th year,
for the rebellion of Zedekiah.
II
Kings 25:1 "And it came to pass in the ninth year of his
reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched
against it; and they built forts against it round about."
Jeremiah's
prophecy - CY 3389
Creation
Year: 3389 Western Year: 588
BC
Jeremiah promises that Jerusalem will serve Nebuchadnezzar from him to
his grandson, which was Baltasar, son of the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar.
Jeremiah 27:6-7 "And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him."
First
Temple Destroyed - CY 3390
Creation
Year: 3390 Western Year: 587
BC
II Kings 25:8-10 "...in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the **nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon..."
** Zedekiah's eleventh year and Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth is also his eighteenth because Nebuchadnezzar's anniversary had taken place. Nebuchadnezzar took the throne in May/June and 9 AV 3174 was July 29th, 587 BC so both 2nd Kings and Jeremiah agree. (See Appendix B on the amazing events that happened to Israel on 9 Av of various years.)
Ninth day fourth month famine prevailed. The end of the kings in Judah until Zerrubabel.
Note: The temple is destroyed (in the process of being destroyed) on 9 Av 3174 (29 July 587 BC) and the second temple was destroyed on the same day 656 years apart on 9 Av, 3830 (4 August 70 AD).
Nebuchadnezzar burned the temple eleventh year of Zedekiah and took the remnant to Babylon. Jeremiah 44:30 states that God gave Pharaoh Hophra and Zedekiah to Nebuchadnezzar.
** In eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar (his eighteenth year was Zedekiah's eleventh year) he took 832 people to Babylon.
Jeremiah 52:29 “In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:”
Ezekiel 26:1-2 prophecy against Tyrus via Nebuchadnezzar (eleventh year, first day of the month - but the month isn't given, but possibly Tishri.)
Ezekiel 26:1-2 “And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:”
Destruction of the first temple, 29 July 587 BC (9 Av 3174) - Actually from seventh of Av to tenth because the fire continued.
II Kings 25:8-10 “And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.”
Jeremiah 52:12-13 “Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:”
This year is the 377th year since Solomon's death.
So starts the 70 years.
Babylon to Jesus the Christ
Nebuchadnezzar
takes more - CY 3395
Creation
Year: 3395 Western Year: 582
BC
Jeremiah 52:30 says in Nebuchadnezzar's 23rd year he takes 745 people to
Babylon for a total of 4600.
Jeremiah 52:30 "In the three and twentieth year of
Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the
Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand
and six hundred."
25th year
of Johoiachin's captivity - CY 3404
Creation
Year: 3404 Western Year: 573
BC
25th year of Captivity of Johoiachin, temple destroyed 14 years now.
Ezekiel
40:1 "In the five and twentieth year of our
captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the
fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand
of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither."
Neubchadnezzar's
37th year - CY 3409
Creation
Year: 3409 Western Year: 568
BC
VAT 4956 with its data on celestial positions pinpoints the 37th year of
Neubchadnezzar to 568 BC. Matches this study...
Evilmerodach
king of Babylon - CY 3415
Creation
Year: 3415 Western Year: 562
BC
Nebuchadnezzar dies, Evilmerodach his son reigns, and this is Evilmerodach's accession
year. Evilmerodach (rules 2 years) 561-560 BC
Evilmerodach
frees Jehoiachin - CY 3416
Creation
Year: 3416 Western Year: 561
BC
Jehoiachin
is released from prison at 55 years old by Evilmerodach in the 37th year of his
captivity on 27 Adar, having been taken in the month Sivan.
Evilmerodach
(rules 2 years) 561-560 BC Jehoiachin's 37th year of prison.
II
Kings 25:27-30 "And it came to pass in the seven and
thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth
month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of
Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin
king of Judah out of prison; And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne
above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; And changed his
prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of
his life. And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a
daily rate for every day, all the days of his life."
Neriglissar
king of Babylon - CY 3417
Creation
Year: 3417 Western Year: 560
BC
Evilmerodach
is murdered by Neriglissar (Nebuchadnezzar's son-in-law). This is Neriglissar's
accession year. Neriglissar (rules 4 years) 559-556
Cyrus
king of Persia- CY 3418
Creation
Year: 3418 Western Year: 559
BC
Cyrus becomes King of Persia during this year.
Labashi-Marduk
- Babylon - CY 3421
Creation
Year: 3421 Western Year: 556
BC
Accession year(!) Neriglissar dies and Labashi-Marduk his son, rules 3 to 9
months, but this year is accounted to Labashi-Marduk.
Nabonidus
king of Babylon - CY 3422
Creation
Year: 3422 Western Year: 555
BC
Nabonidus, Nebuchadnezzar's son-in-law, rules for 17 years (555-538) after
killing Neriglissar.
(Baltasar
(Belshazzar) is his son, regent, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. Nabonidus
married Nitocris the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar, which is a fulfillment of Jeremiah’s
prophecy.
Jeremiah
27:6-7 "And now have I given all these lands into
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of
the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him,
and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then
many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him."
In
Daniel 5, Belshazzar promised to make Daniel the third ruler. Why third?
Because he was co-regent with Nabonidus his father, making Belshazzar second
king, like Pharaoh to Joseph.
Genesis
41:39-43 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as
God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be
ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto
Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off
his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in
vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; And he made him to
ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the
knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt."
Cyrus
takes Babylon - CY 3439
Creation
Year: 3439 Western Year: 538
BC
Cyrus the Persian took Babylon at 62, Daniel 5:30-31. This is his accession
year for Babylon. Note: Cyrus and
Darius are the same person here even though there are two "Darius" in
scripture, however Darius the King's reign isn't for another few years.
Jeremiah
27:6-7 is fulfilled.
Because
Cyrus read of himself in the book of Isaiah (Isaiah 44:26-45:5 - which is not
only a fulfillment of prophecy, but it tells us how he got into the city of
Babylon, by drying up the rivers, which is historically exactly of what they
did, and walked under the city gates!)
He
allowed the Jews to return home (II Chronicles 36:22-23), but according to Ezra
2:64-70 only 42,360 and 7,337 servants returned from Babylon, (Josephus has a
different number which shows that he's not scripture) which isn't much
considering how well they prospered.
50th
year, one Jubilee, since the destruction of the Temple.
Cyrus
comes and takes over Babylon and rules 9 years (538 - 529 BC) Ezra 1:1, all of
Israel can return to build the house of God
Daniel
5:30-31 "In that night was Belshazzar the king of the
Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore
and two years old."
Jeremiah
27:6-7 "And now have I given all these lands into
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of
the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him,
and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then
many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him."
Ezra
1:1 "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled,
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a
proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,"
Jeshua -
rebuilding temple - CY 3440
Creation
Year: 3440 Western Year: 537
BC
Their
second year of freedom, Jeshua (Yeshua in Hebrew - Jesus in English) set about
to rebuild the temple! Jeshua was head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36);
(I Chronicles 24:11). A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute offerings in
the priestly cities (II Chronicles 31:15). The son of Jozadak, and high priest
of the Jews under Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26)
From
1 Tishri on they offered burnt offerings and freewill offerings to the Lord.
Ezra
3 says they built up an alter to God in the 7th month and kept the Feast of
Tabernacles - odd that this is the first feast kept, Jesus' earthly birthday.
Ezra
3:12 says that after the foundation was set, many that remember Solomon's
temple wept bitterly (supposedly because it was smaller, cheap looking, and
inferior.) This also shows that the length of time wasn't 70 years from
destruction to rebuilding of the temple because if they were children during
Solomon's temple they would not have gotten so emotional, but 60 or 70 year old
men would, being 20-30 when captured.
Ezra
2:36 “The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the
house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.”
I
Chronicles 24:11 “The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,”
II
Chronicles 31:15 “And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and
Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in
their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as
to the small:”
Nehemiah
7:7 “Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah,
Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.
The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;”
Nehemiah
12:1 “Now these are the priests and the Levites
that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah,
Jeremiah, Ezra,”
Nehemiah
12:7 “Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were
the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.”
Nehemiah
12:10 “And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat
Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,”
Nehemiah
12:26 “These were in the days of Joiakim the son of
Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of
Ezra the priest, the scribe.”
Ezra
3:12 “But many of the priests and Levites and
chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when
the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud
voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:”
Cambyses
accession - CY 3447
Creation
Year: 3447 Western Year: 530
BC
Cambyses reigned (Son of Cyrus). Cambyses (rules 8 years) 529-521 BC
Note:
The following entries come from the Encyclopedia Britannica
Cambyses
king of Babylon - CY 3448
Creation
Year: 3448 Western Year: 529
BC
Cambyses reigned (Son of Cyrus). This is his accession year. Cambyses (rules 8
years) 529-521 BC
Pharoah Psammetichus
III - CY 3451
Creation
Year: 3451 Western Year: 526
BC
Pharoah Psammetichus III rules Egypt 1 year and is defeated by Cambyses
Cambyses defeats Egypt May-June 525 BC
Darius
king of Babylon - CY 3456
Creation
Year: 3456 Western Year: 521
BC
Darius rules (rules 36 years) 521 - 485 BC, this is his accession year.
Daniel
understands the years... - CY 3457
Creation
Year: 3457 Western Year: 520
BC
In Darius' first year, Daniel understood the number of years of imprisonment to
be 70 years and the next year was the 70th year.
Daniel
9:2 "In the first year of his reign I Daniel
understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came
to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the
desolations of Jerusalem."
Darius'
2nd year... - CY 3458
Creation
Year: 3458 Western Year: 519
BC
On Elul 1 came the word of the Lord to Haggai, Kislev 24 the foundation is
complete and God says remember this day Haggai 2:10-18
It
has been 70 years since the destruction of Temple.
Zechariah
1:12-17, Av was the end of the 69th year and they were talking in the 11th
month (Zechariah 1:7), the beginning of the 70th year was a month away.
Haggai
1:13-14 in the second year of Darius they were “fired up” by Haggai to
continuing rebuilding the temple. Haggai 2 asks if anyone is left that
remembers the former glory of Solomon's Temple.
Zechariah,
in the 11th month (Av) on the 24th day (24 Kislev 3242 – 7 Dec 519 BC – Julian
– a Friday) he received the word of the Lord and saw a vision of angels and the
Lord Himself. The Lord was angry that the heathen were at peace with His temple
in ruins. The very fact that the Lord Himself brings up this point and the fact
that 70 years is specifically mentioned shows that the "70 years"
started at the destruction of the place His name dwells until this year, the second
year of Darius. II Samuel 7:13, I Kings 5:5, I Kings 8:16-22, I Kings 9:3-11.
Haggai
2:10-18 “In the
four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came
the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, If one bear holy flesh
in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or
wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said,
No. Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these,
shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before
me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they
offer there is unclean. And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward,
from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: Since
those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but
ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the
press, there were but twenty. I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with
hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the
ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was
laid, consider it.”
Zechariah
1:12-17 “Then the angel of the LORD answered and
said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on
the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore
and ten years? And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good
words and comfortable words. So the angel that communed with me said unto me,
Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and
for Zion with a great jealousy. And I am very sore displeased with the heathen
that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward
the affliction. Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with
mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line
shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD
shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.”
Haggai
1:13-14 “Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in
the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. And
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of
Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the
spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the
house of the LORD of hosts, their God,”
II
Samuel 7:13 “He shall build an house for my name, and I
will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.”
I
Kings 5:5 “And, behold, I purpose to build an house
unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father,
saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an
house unto my name.”
I
Kings 8:16-22 “Since the day that I brought forth my people
Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build
an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people
Israel. And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the
name of the LORD God of Israel. And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas
it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it
was in thine heart. Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son
that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the
room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised,
and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. And I have set
there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made
with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. And Solomon
stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of
Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:”
I
Kings 9:3-11 “And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy
prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed
this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes
and mine heart shall be there perpetually. And if thou wilt walk before me, as
David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do
according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my
judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for
ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man upon the throne of Israel. But if ye shall at all turn from following me,
ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I
have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I
cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I
have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a
proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every
one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say,
Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall
answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their
fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have
worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all
this evil. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had
built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, (Now Hiram
the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with
gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty
cities in the land of Galilee.”
70th-Year
Conversation - CY 3459
Creation
Year: 3459 Western Year: 518
BC
Zechariah 1:12-17,
Av (11th month) was the end of the 69th year and they were talking in the 11th
month, the beginning of the 70th year.
Zechariah
1:12-17 “Then the angel of the LORD answered and
said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on
the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore
and ten years? And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good
words and comfortable words. So the angel that communed with me said unto me,
Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and
for Zion with a great jealousy. And I am very sore displeased with the heathen
that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward
the affliction. Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with
mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line
shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD
shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.”
Temple
Completed - CY 3462
Creation
Year: 3462 Western Year: 515
BC
Ezra
6:15 "And this house was finished on the third day
of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king."
Darius'
21st year - CY 3477
Creation
Year: 3477 Western Year: 500
BC
Darius'
21st year of reign according to archeologists, which fit in with scripture for
a change.13
Xerxes
accession - CY 3492
Creation
Year: 3492 Western Year: 485
BC
Xerxes (rules 21 years) 485 - 464 BC, this is his accession year14.
Xerxes'
21st year - CY 3513
Creation
Year: 3513 Western Year: 464
BC
Xerxes' 21st year of reign according to archeologists, Artaxerxes' accession
year.15
Artaxerxes'
accession - CY 3513
Creation
Year: 3513 Western Year: 464
BC
Artaxerxes ruled 39 years (~463 BC - ~425 BC)
Artaxerxes
King of Babylon - CY 3514
Creation
Year: 3514 Western Year: 463
BC
Artaxerxes ruled 39 years (~463 BC - ~425 BC)
Artaxerxes'
order... Daniel's Prophecy - CY 3520
Creation
Year: 3520 Western Year: 457
BC
The
order is given to Ezra (Ezra 7:9) to rebuild the city and establish a
government (Ezra 7:25) (which is different from that of Cyrus which was to
rebuild only the temple), this is the year of the fulfillment of Daniel's
prophecy and the start of that same prophecy concerning the Messiah, Daniel
9:25-27.
This happened 1 Nisan 3304 (Mar 26, 457 BC) (Ezra 7:9)
Daniel
9:25-27 “Know therefore and understand, that from the
going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the
Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after
threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the
people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war
desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one
week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the
oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it
desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.”
Ezra
7:9 “For upon the first day of the first month
began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he
to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.”
Ezra
7:25 “And
thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates
and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such
as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.”
In
483 years and 13 days, Jesus is "cut off" (Daniel
9:26) in the Jewish date of 14 Nisan 3787
(9 Apr 27AD).
Nehemiah is
free to go... - CY 3533
Creation
Year: 3533 Western Year: 444
BC
Nehemiah is free to go back to Jerusalem to continue the rebuilding of the city
and government.
Nehemiah 2:1 “And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.”
Nehemiah
5:14 “Moreover from the time that I was appointed
to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto
the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and
my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.”
Finally,
for those that say that Ezra and Nehemiah's time was the same, I remind them of
Nehemiah 13:6 when it shows that Nehemiah had returned to Persia, nothing says
that he didn't do this several times. Therefore, he could have gone with Ezra
the first time, and returned. We don't know, but since he was the King's cup
bearer, it may have been a condition of the continued work that Ezra was doing.
Finally, if you were to count this year as Daniel's prophecy fulfillment, Jesus
would have died then in 40 AD! Never does scripture hint at a 30-34AD death of
Jesus.
Nehemiah
asks to go... - CY 3545
Creation
Year: 3545 Western Year: 432
BC
Nehemiah asks to take leave of the king,
Nehemiah
13:6 “But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem:
for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the
king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:”
No more words from God until the Word comes in the flesh.
Herod is
born - CY 3921
Creation
Year: 3921 Western Year: 56
BC
An Olympiad is a reckoning of time for the Olympic Games and didn’t rely on the
passage of time of the various City States. It is believed16 to have
started in 776 BC and is counted in years of four. For example:
·
776/775
BC would be the First Year of the First Olympiad.
·
775/774
BC would be the Second Year of the First Olympiad.
·
774/773
BC would be the Third Year of the First Olympiad.
·
773/772
BC would be the Fourth Year of the First Olympiad.
·
772/771
BC would be the First Year of the Second Olympiad.
·
771/770
BC would be the Second Year of the Second Olympiad.
Josephus
reports (Josephus, Antiq. 14:14:5) that Herod was made king, to his surprise,
at 15 years old (Antiq. 14:9:2), in the 184th Olympiad (the year is not
mentioned but deduced from his death).
This is deduced by 1BC/1AD (there is no year zero) as being the 4th year of the
194th Olympiad (OL). This is represented below as 194.4 OL.
194.4 OL - 184.4 OL = 10 OL * 4 years = 40 years + 1BC/AD = 41 BC – 15 years
old = 56 BC
56
BC is the year Herod is born. See how complicated man has made things and why
there never seems to be any continuity.
Herod
made King - CY 3936
Creation
Year: 3936 Western Year: 41
BC
Josephus reports (Josephus, Antiq. 14:14:5) that Herod was made king, to his
surprise, at 15 years old (Antiq. 14:9:2), in the 184th Olympiad (the year is
not mentioned but deduced from his death).
This is deduced by 1BC/1AD was the 4th year of the 194th Olympiad.
194.4 OL - 184.4 OL = 10 OL * 4 = 40 years + 1 BC/AD = 41 BC.
Building
of Herod's Temple - CY 3954
Creation
Year: 3954 Western Year: 23
BC
Josephus reports (Josephus, Antiq. 15:11:1 - 18th year of Herod’s reign) that
the temple was started being built in 23 BC (3738 JY) and Antiq. 15:11:6 states
that the priests finished building the temple in a year and 6 months, 22 BC
(3739 JY). 3739 + 46 years = 3785 (25 AD). Perfect again! God is so wonderfully
accurate in His word…
This is deduced by 1BC/1AD was the 4th year of the 194th Olympiad.
194.4 OL - 184.4 OL = 10 OL * 4 = 40 years = + 1 AD/BC = 41 BC - 18 = 23 BC.
Temple in
Service - CY 3955 - 46 year Temple count
Creation
Year: 3955 Western Year: 22
BC
Josephus
reports (Josephus, Antiq. 15:11:6) that the temple was completed by the priests
and ready for business, a year and a half later.
194
Olympiad, 4th year is year 1 BC to 1 AD17
Here's the breakdown:
·
194.4
OL (1 BC to 1 AD) - 184.4 OL (year Herod is made king) = 10 Olympiads (OL)
·
10
OL * 4 = 40 years
·
40
BC + 1 AD/BC = 41 BC
·
41
BC – 1 year for completion of temple = 40 BC
·
40
BC - 18 (18th year of Herod starts building temple) = 22 BC
·
22
BC + 46 = 24 AD
·
Year
"0" doesn't exists, 1BC - 1AD is 1 year so you add one year. 24 AD +
1 = 25 AD.
This
type of complication is why I use the Jewish calendar:
22 BC = 3739
3739 + 46 = 3785
3785 = 25 AD
John 2:19-21 "Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this
temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty
and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three
days? But he spake of the temple of his body."
Herod's
28th Year (192 OL) - CY 3964
Creation
Year: 3964 Western Year: 13
BC
Josephus reports (Josephus, Antiq. 16:5:1) that the 28th year of Herod was the
192 Olympiad, so there are months differences because if you do the math, it
would have fallen on 13 BC which is the 191th Olympiad (4th year) so we're
talking months.
Jesus, the Christ
Jesus of
Nazareth - CY 3970
Creation
Year: 3970 Western Year: 7
BC
John
1:1-5 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All
things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in
darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
John 1:14 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and
truth."
Jesus
the Christ is born, 15 Tishri 3755 (8 October 7 BC).
Matthew 1:23 “Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, God with us.”
Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a
sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel.”
Jesus the Christ is Born!
The
information presented here is not one of exactness, but one of thought; it is
certain when Jesus died than when He was born. We know Jesus was born and we
are given a lot of information about it. In the end, no matter what theories or
ideas arise, currently there is no way to pick the exact date of the Messiah’s
birth. If you are given ten different pieces of the puzzle and you don’t have a
picture of the puzzle, you must have faith – faith that the information is
presented in a logical way. It is not my desire to present more to God’s Word,
but to help us understand what the pieces can mean. I thought about leaving out
this part of Jesus’ life since I believe the Spirit has given me enough
information without needing to include this portion. However, God chose to add
it, and just as I said about adding to the Word of God, I do not wish to
subtract anything either. Any theory that cannot accept all the pieces MUST be
reexamined! So let’s begin with the visit of the Angel Gabriel.
Luke
1:23-27 "And it came to pass, that, as soon as the
days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. And
after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months,
saying, Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me,
to take away my reproach among men. And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel
was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused
to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name
was Mary. "
Clue:
Here it is the sixth month of Elisabeth's gestation that Gabriel visits Mary.
After explaining how the Holy Spirit would come and overshadow her and she
would conceive, the Angel tells her that her cousin Elisabeth is already six
months pregnant with John the Baptist. Zachariah means “God remembers”;
Elisabeth means “God of promise/oath”; and John was sent to them, which mean
“God’s grace”! God remembers His promise and sends His grace – a New Covenant!
John is not just the fulfillment of Isaiah 40:3 but also of Jeremiah 31:31-33!
John heralds the coming Grace! What a gem!! Glory to God for His mysteries
(Proverbs 25:2)!
Isaiah 40:3 “The
voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD,
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”
Jeremiah
31:31-33 “Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according
to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by
the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake,
although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the
LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
Luke
1:36 "And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath
also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who
was called barren."
Clue:
John is conceived after the first week in Sivan, 3753 - (May/June). How do I
know this? Scripture! John's parents were Levites (of the house of Aaron -
priests). In Luke 1:5 John's father Zacharias, was executing his office of the
lot Abia, Greek for Abijah, which in Hebrew means “My father Yahweh”. So what is
Abijah? Well King David made a division of the Levite priests into 24 (Please
read Appendix C). In I Chronicles 24:10 (also Luke 1:9) it says that Abijah's
lot was the eighth. What this meant was that twice a year, one week at a time,
beginning and ending on the Sabbath (II Chronicles 23:8 ), one priest would
execute the duties of his office. According to the Talmud (a collection of
ancient Rabbinic writings – Rosh Hashanah, fol. 2, col. 2.18) it
states that these started with the new Sacred year - Nisan (March/April). If
you count from 3 Nisan 3753 (13 March 8 BC - Julian) - the first Sabbath that
year, 8 weeks, you get 29 Iyyar 3753 (8 May 8 BC - Julian), the start of his
week. During this week, specifically 6 Sivan, was the day of First Fruits (a
Sabbath - Numbers 28:26, Leviticus 23:15-21 which was the 50th day from
Passover - or better known by Christians as Pentecost. It's also the day Moses
received the law, according to the Talmud in Shabbath 86b19, Ta'anith 28b20.
I Chronicles 24:10 “The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah”
II Chronicles 23:8 “So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.”
Numbers 28:26 “Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:”
Leviticus 23:15-21 “And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.”
Side note
on the Dead Sea Scrolls’ Calendar
There are many theories about when Jesus was born, but I would like to
address the use of the Dead Sea Scroll calendar (Essene calendar). People are
using the Dead Sea Scrolls to prove their version. Let’s say, for argument sake,
that the Dead Sea scrolls are correct and the priests’ courses were consecutive
and didn’t break. They say that the course of Jehoiarib was on duty (Ta'anith 29a21) the night the temple was destroyed in 70 AD (JY 3830). Counting
backwards from that night, using the calendar established by Hillel, we arrive
at 28 Sivan – with many assumptions, a 3-week miss isn’t bad compared to the
dating system I’m using. No one has enough information to use the Dead Sea Scrolls
to know exactly what day is exactly what. This is because the Dead Sea Scroll
calendar was 364 days long22. From 3753 to 3830 is 77 years, which
means this calendar is off by 95.48 days off (77 X 1 ¼ days) just for this
period time. We have no information on how they adjusted their calendar to fix
this, so either way, just by lunar and solar events, the Hillel calendar is by
default as accurate as we’re going to get at this point.
Even though the Essene calendar confirms my point, I choose not to use it.
The Talmud says that the course of Jehoiarib was on duty night of 9 of Av 3830
(4 Aug 70 AD - Julian), using the Essene calendar, counting backwards to the
year 3753 (8 BC), the course of Abijah still falls near 6 Sivan. In fact, 7 Sivan
always falls on the first Sabbath of Sivan on the Essene calendar. However,
this is the only year Abijah falls on this week. Why is that? Because the
Essene calendar is 364 days long, and 1 Nisan always falls on Wednesday,
because it was their belief that the calendar must start on Wednesday since
it’s the fourth day of the week. The fourth day of the week is the day in the
Genesis (1:14) account when the Sun and the Moon were formed and set to be used
for signs and to count the seasons, days and years upon the Earth, which was
formed on third day – so much for evolutionists’ theory. While this fits my
dates from 9 Av 3830 (4 Aug 70 AD) back to Sivan 3753 (8 BC) this calendar
would be off by 95.48 days because over all those years because each year is short
1 ¼ days. Therefore, I cannot use this calendar without more information on how
they handled the missing day and a quarter. However, keep this thought in your
mind when we come to the timing of the Last Supper.
Genesis 1:14 “And
God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day
from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and
years:”
The
fact that Zacharias’ course had him in the Temple around the feast of First
Fruits (Shavuot), you now understand why there were people who wondered why Zacharias
was tarrying so long (Luke 1:21). All
the priests served three extra times a year, Passover, Shavuot, and Yom Kippur
- Sukkah 55b23.
He
was tarrying because Zacharias had a visit from our messenger Gabriel that
Zacharias would have a son and that his name would be John, filled with the
Holy Ghost even from within the womb. Because Zacharias did not believe the
angel, he was made dumb until the time be fulfilled. After 7 Sivan 3753 (15 May
8 BC) a week later, at midday on the Sabbath, Zacharias was able to return home
to his wife Elisabeth. Luke 1:24 says that after those days his wife conceived
– we just don’t have an exact date. Since this occurred in Sivan, and Elisabeth
hid herself five months, and in the sixth month the Angel Gabriel went to visit
Mary: you count six months from 25 Sivan – a date I picked has Elisabeth’s
pregnancy – Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, and to 25th of Kislev.
Luke 1:24 “And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five
months…”
After
the 25th of Kislev Elisabeth would have been six months with child. So Gabriel
could have visited any time after 25 Kislev, but before the 25th of Tevet (seventh
month of Elisabeth). Since this study shows how amazingly the feasts of
scripture point to Jesus, it's very fitting that the Lord would put "icing
on the cake" having Jesus conceived during the Festival of Lights -
Chanukah (25 Kislev-2 Tevet)!! Jesus is the light of men (John 1:4 ) and John
was the witness of the Light (John 1:7 ). How very appropriate for Mary to go
and be with John's mother Elisabeth in the sixth month and she herself being
overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, conceived during the Festival of Lights! To
further this wonder, this feast is also called the Feast of Dedication, where
even Jesus participated by going to the temple one winter, John 10:22. Since
Jesus is the Word of God, this is when God "Dedicated" His Son to us like authors do in books where they dedicate their work to
the reader!
John 1:4 “In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”
John 1:7 “The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.”
John 10:22 “And
it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.”
Now,
Mary stayed with Elisabeth for three months (Luke 1:56-57) and made haste to go
to Elisabeth after the prophecy of Gabriel (Luke 1:39) and when Mary met
Elisabeth, Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost as promised by Gabriel,
filling the babe even from the womb (Luke 1:15, Luke 1:44).
Luke 1:56-57 “And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.”
Luke 1:39 “And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;”
Luke 1:15 “For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.”
Luke 1:44 “For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy
salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.”
Clue:
Jesus' birthday. I believe it was 15 Tishri 3755 (8 October 7 BC - Julian). Why
this year? Many things, but for one, I counted back from His death which is
fixed according to Daniel’s prophecy – but we’ll talk about that later. I also
chose 15 Tishri because of precedence; I always believed that Jesus was born on
15 Tishri. In John 1:14 this
Spirit gives a little tip. He uses the word “dwelt” which is skhnow and according to Strong Concordance means “to tent or encamp, i.e.
(figuratively) to occupy (as a mansion) or (specially), to reside (as God did
in the Tabernacle of old, a symbol of protection and communion):-- dwell” – to
tabernacle as in the Feast of Tabernacles – called Sukkot – on 15 Tishri. In
many monarchical countries, their royalty’s birthday is celebrated. Why would
the world come to Jerusalem on the Feast of Tabernacles (a festival for the
Jews to remember the times spent in temporary “booths” during their travels
through the desert for 40 years)? However, “Sukkot
is so unreservedly joyful that it is commonly referred to in Jewish pray and
literature as Z’man Simchateinu, … the Season of our Rejoicing.”24 This time of rejoicing is to thank the Lord for the harvest and His
blessings. I believe that this certainly will
be a time of rejoicing because during the millennium period, the world will see
Jesus the Christ on the thrown!
Zechariah
14:16-17 “And it shall come to
pass, that every one that is
left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year
to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of
tabernacles. And it shall be, that
whoso will not come up of all
the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of
hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.”
I believe this time is summed up
in this verse:
Zephaniah
3:17 “The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”
If
Mary was impregnated the Feast of Dedication (24 Kislev - 2 Tevet), for Jesus
to be born on 15th of Tishri, He would have had a gestation period of 308 days
or 44 weeks or 11 months. This is very possible since there was no way to
induce labor back then. Today, doctors do not exceed 42 weeks and they induce
labor because the normal gestation period is between 266 and 280 days (37 to 42
weeks25). My own father-in-law was a "donkey baby". The
gestation of a donkey is between 10 1/2 months and 14 months26. He
was born after exactly 44 weeks in the womb, hence the nickname. Obviously,
this trip of Mary on a donkey for about 80 miles (62 as the crow flies)
influenced the induction of labor. Nothing is an accident for God and I believe
this took place just so Jesus could be born on the 15th of Tishri, the Feast of
Tabernacles. The beauty of this is that on the 8th day from birth of Jesus He
would have been circumcised. This day is called the Simhat Torah27, meaning literally "the rejoicing of
the Torah." It is on this day that the rabbis in the synagogues take the
Torah scrolls out of their places and dance with them as though the Torah had
come to life - as if the Word of God came alive! Oh, how close they come to the
truth! (II Timothy 3:7) This would also help understand that even though the
census was called, why there would still be no room in the inn - all the
mandatory visitors to Jerusalem for Sukkoth!
II Timothy
3:7 “Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the
truth.”
I
know that you are a bit confused. Some Jewish calendar facts need to be
established. Nisan is the beginning of the sacred calendar year – Exodus 12:2. Tishri
is the beginning of the civic calendar year (or calendar of foreign kings28).
You just about need a slide rule, easel and charts to understand it all. This
is when I wrote my program, which shows the serial day number (used by
astronomers), Jewish date, Julian date, and the Gregorian date. The Julian date
was used from 45 BC to 2 September 1752 in the English-speaking world. After
that date, we changed to the Gregorian calendar.
Exodus 12:2 “This
month shall be unto you the
beginning of months: it shall be
the first month of the year to you.”
Josephus' Fast Eclipse as viewed from Jerusalem |
Clue:
Josephus was a historian just after the time of Christ (37 AD to c. 100 AD). He
gives detailed accounts of events from Creation to his time. We all know of the
story of King Herod in his immense insecurity tried to kill Jesus. So first,
King Herod had to have died after Jesus was born. Josephus says that Herod died
shortly after a lunar eclipse (that fell on a fast day) but before the Passover29
(14 Nisan at sundown).
I
turned to NASA to get a list of all lunar eclipses during this timeframe. Of course,
they gave me all the information I needed except if, in this list, the eclipses
would be visible from Jerusalem. They did provide a way to find out through a
complicated mathematical process, so I had to write another program to
determine which eclipses would be visible from Jerusalem. (At the time I
started this study, the programs like CyberSky4 didn’t exist or were way too
expensive for a layman). Starting with a date of Herod's assumed death of 4 BC,
I found one eclipse, 14 Adar II 3757 (13 March 4 BC). Why this one? Well
because of the fast day, that Josephus mentioned. The ONLY eclipse that fell
the night of a fast day was the Fast of Esther, 13 Adar II 3757 (12 March 4
BC). Dates change at sundown in a Jewish calendar instead of midnight. From
this 13 Adar II 3757 to 1 Nisan 3757 (29 March 4 BC) Herod had to have died.
Jesus would have been about three and-a-half years old at the time of Herod's
death.
Herod's
last days were very perilous for everyone. So when the Magos [wise men] came
inquiring about "He who is born King
of the Jews" [Herod's title by the way30], Herod lost it.
The Scriptures say that Herod ordered the scribes to find out what city this Child
would be born. They told him Bethlehem [House of Bread - fitting for the Bread
of Life (John 6:48)]. By this time, Jesus was in a house and no longer in a
manger, Matthew 2:11.
Paradigm One destroyed - no wise men at
the manger.
This
is why Herod ordered to have all children two years and younger killed, Matthew
2:16. However, Joseph was warned in a dream (Matthew 2:13-15) to flee to Egypt
(Hosea 11:1) from the wrath of a crazed man, as were the wise men when they
left Jesus. A historian, Macrobius Saturnalia, wrote of Herod, “When he heard
that Herod king of the Jews had ordered boys in Syria under the age of two
years to be put to death and that the king’s son was among those killed, he
said: ‘I’d rather be Herod’s pig than Herod’s son.’” 31
John 6:48 “I
am that bread of life.”
Matthew 2:11 “And
when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”
Matthew
2:13-15 “And when they were departed, behold, the
angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the
young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I
bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he
arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into
Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my
son.”
Hosea 11:1 “When
Israel was a child, then I
loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.”
Now
I am sure you are asking, why Joseph would stay in Bethlehem when he only went
there for the taxation? (Luke 2:1) First, that is where Joseph was from, Luke 2:3.
When he had to go, he had to bring Mary with him because if she gave birth
while he was gone, the town's folk surely would have put her to death for
infidelity. Remember Mary was pregnant before she and Joseph got married.
Therefore, Joseph made Mary take the long hard trip to Bethlehem. All this God
planned from the foundation of the world and nothing came as a surprise to Him.
Again, I am sure you are asking again, how could Mary conceal she was 11 months
pregnant? They did not wear skin-tight clothes back then, and I am certain Joseph
made every precaution for the reason mentioned before. Since this was a
taxation decree, Bethlehem had many visitors, so the inns were full. Jesus,
born into a manger, humbled Himself for us (Psalms 113:5-6). Eight days later,
they went to Jerusalem to have Jesus circumcised, Luke 2:21.
Luke 2:21 “And when eight days were accomplished for
the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of
the angel before he was conceived in the womb.”
Astronomy, the scientific study of heavenly bodies, is how NASA determines when to launch their satellites to get them to meet with Mars, or a comet, or an asteroid. It is the study of the placement of the planets and the stars. This is not astrology, which is the study of the influence of the planets on humans. Think of astronomy like a 15,000-year clock. Any given position of the planets and the stars show a specific date. The combination of the stars, planets and sun gives a specific date. For instance, at the Normandy invasion museum in France they have on the ceiling the placement of the planets at the time of the invasion of Normandy in 1944. There is a monument to Albert Einstein in Washington D.C. with the placement of the planets at the time of his understanding of his theory of relativity: E=MC2. I believe the story of Jesus in the written Word is also written in the heavens. Below are a few screen shots of an animation of the sun moving through Virgo (The Virgin) showing the "birth" of the sun: a perfect example of Jesus, the Son, being born of a virgin, Mary. It’s not unique, it happens every year. This animation is set at noon. The animation starts 17 days before and run through to Jesus' birth date 15 Tishri 3755 (8 Oct 7BC) (at sunset, it'll be 15 Tishri 3755). See the animation on my web site at http://www.abdicate.net/i/theBirth.gif
It was created using CyberSky 4 (http://www.cybersky.com).
Virgo giving
“birth” to the Sun every October
Wise Men
Arrive - CY 3972
Creation
Year: 3972 Western Year: 5
BC
This time is estimated because we do not have a time reference except that
Herod ordered the death of all children two years and younger.
Matthew 2:16 “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, and in all the
coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he
had diligently inquired of the wise men.”
As viewed from Jerusalem Oct 7 BC As viewed from Jerusalem Dec 23 BC As viewed from Baghdad 26 BC
The
point I’m making is I don’t believe the “star” of Bethlehem was a physical
star. Granted there could have been multiple comets, we just don’t know. I
believe this “star” was the Glory of God. I know in the Greek the word is
“star” but in Hebrew, star is כּוֹכַב (kokab) and glory is כְּבוֹד
(kbod), though not the same word, they are related in the sense that both “shine”
as in a blaze. The rabbis coined the word “shechinah” for “he caused to dwell”32
as in the glory that inhabited the tabernacle. The Talmud proclaims, “Then if the sun, which is but one of the countless myriads of the
servants of the Holy One, blessed be He, shines on the whole world, how much
more the Shechinah of the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself!”33
Numbers 24:17” I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold
him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall
rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the
children of Sheth.”
I
believe that the Star of Bethlehem is the Glory of God that these Magis saw and
followed it to Bethlehem. If you read Luke 2:9, it says the “glory of the Lord
[the Shechinah] shone round about” the shepherds. This glory is only for the
chosen. This is explicitly explained in the account of Jesus’ baptism. John was
the only one to see the Shechinah.
Matthew
3:16-17 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the
water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
When
you read the account in Matthew, these wise men went to see Herod to inquire
where is He Who is born King of the Jews? (Matt 2:2) Why did they have to ask
if they were following a physical star? As you can see from the image of the
conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, they would have still been able to “see” it,
up to a couple of months after the conjunction. Since they couldn’t follow it, they
asked Herod. Their inquiry troubled all of Jerusalem, because the Magi had a
reputation of being kingmakers. So why did they bother to ask the sitting king
if everyone could see these star? When, upon receiving the instructions from
Herod to go to Bethlehem, they “saw” the star again. They followed it until “it
came and stood over where the young child was”, (Matt 2:9). I’m not a ship
navigator, so I cannot refute the means the Magi used to travel by night, but I
cannot see a star millions of miles away standing over where a young child was
in a city.
Finally,
the issues with using programs like CyberSky to find events so far in the past,
you run into the problem of repetition. Though the stars and planets can be
used to pinpoint a time in history according to the constellations, to say that
Venus in Leo is a sign of Jesus’ birth, or the various conjunctions that happen
every few years, you’re left to ask, which one do you use? If I say an even
will happen when Saturn and Jupiter are in conjunction in Pisces, with Pisces
overhead, you might live to see it. Here’s a sample list of dates there’s a
conjunction in this example: 113 AD, 53 AD (not too close), 7 BC, 66 BC (not
too close), 126 BC, 742 BC. Though they are spread out, it’s still repeated. So
if the Magi had instructions as explicit as I mentioned, which one would they
choose? This is why I believe they saw a star, but it was the Glory of the Lord
– for them alone, to bring gifts specific to the upcoming needs of Joseph and
Mary when they needed to flee from Herod. God will always take care of His own.
One
more thing on the Magi and where Jesus was when they visited:
Jesus
is born in a manger:
Luke
2:7-16 "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room
for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in
the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the
Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they
were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is
born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And
this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the
angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another,
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found
Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger."
Wise
men visit Jesus in His house:
Matthew
2:11 "And when they were come into the house, they saw the young
child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they
had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and
frankincense, and myrrh."
Have
you ever wondered why God would send these gifts? Because Joseph and Mary would
need means to leave the country and reside in another for the duration of time
until “… they are dead which
sought the young child's life.”
With the visit of Magi, they now had the means to survive while in Egypt.
Herod
orders children killed - CY 3972
Creation
Year: 3972 Western Year: 5
BC
Herod order all children two years and younger killed, Matthew
2:16.
Matthew
2:16-18 “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, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under,
according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then
was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was
there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel
weeping for her children, and
would not be comforted, because they are not.”
Fulfilling
Hosea.
Hosea
11:1 "When Israel was a child, then I loved him,
and called my son out of Egypt."
Herod
dies, the Son is called out of Egypt - CY 3973
Creation
Year: 3973 Western Year: 4
BC
Herod dies Herod Antipas rules in his stead. Joseph is told he can return home.
Matthew
2:20 "Saying, Arise, and take the young child and
his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the
young child's life."
Tiberius adopted
by Augustus - CY 3980
Creation
Year: 3980 Western Year: 4
AD
Tiberius was adopted by Augustus (Octavius) and received tribunician power34
and appointed chairman of the senatorial committee.35
Jesus
found in the Temple - CY 3983
Creation
Year: 3983 Western Year: 7 (deduced)
Jesus goes to the temple on His own at age twelve (just over five months until
His thirteenth birthday).
Luke
2:40-50 "And the child grew, and waxed strong in
spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. Now his parents
went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was
twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And
when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried
behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not [of it]. But they,
supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they
sought him among [their] kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him
not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass,
that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the
doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him
were astonished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw him, they
were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with
us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them,
How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's
business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them."
Rome
converts the full land of Israel into a Roman province called Judea.36
Tiberius
made ruler of military - CY 3985
Creation
Year: 3985 Western Year: 9
Tiberius won his military victory in Illyricum (Germany) in 9 AD he was made
ruler over the military. Augustus grants the title “Imperator” and
commander to Tiberius which was held only by Augustus himself.37
Tiberius
made co-regent - CY 3986
Creation
Year: 3986 Western Year: 10
In Tiberius was made co-regent with Cesar Augustus38,39, so then when Augustus died Tiberius
wouldn't be rejected as ruler not being of the blood of Augustus.
I
know that this one entry will be challenged, but I say, which is more accurate,
Scripture of history books? Something must give in order for all the pieces to
fit together and since not all the historical facts on Tiberius are not in
harmony, I'll go with the two references above.
Pontius
Pilate - CY 3998
“Pilate as Prefect” |
Creation
Year: 3998 Western Year: 22
Pontius Pilate was the sixth Roman procurator of Judea40 and under
him our Lord worked, suffered and died, as we learn not from Scripture only,
but from Tacitus41. According to Josephus
(Ant. XVIII 2. 2 and 4. 2), Pilate was appointed in the twelfth year of
Tiberius, 22 AD, not 26 AD as reported. Even the authoritative encyclopedia's
cannot agree and usually start with: "According to the traditional account
of his life…".42 Since so little is known about him, it's hard
to pin a date on him. Those dates presented in books are a result of someone
saying "it is so" and then it becomes de facto rather than
authoritative.
"We
know that Pilate was prefect and not procurator thanks to a well known
discovery made by Italian archaeologist Antonio Frova in 1961. In the old
provincial capital of Caesarea Maritima he found a damaged dedication by Pilate
of a Tiberieum, which not only named Pilate [...]TIVS PILATV[...] but gave his
title as [...]ECTVS IUDA[...] (praefectus iudaeae). It is now in the Israel
Museum and Jerusalem."43
"Hence, Philo, Josephus, and
Tacitus are guilty of an anachronism (the title, presumably, having been
changed later to procurator during
the course of his administration in Judaea); and the New Testament and
Josephus' 'Antiquities' (18.55), which term him 'governor' (hgemvn), are more accurate…"45
End of
46th year (Temple) - CY 4001
Creation
Year: 4001 Western Year: 25
(deduced)
Herod's
46th year of building the temple.
John 2:19-22 “Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy
this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty
and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the
dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they
believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.”
Josephus reports46 that the temple started being built in 23 BC (JY 3736) and the majority of it was completed within a year and a half, making its opening 22 BC (JY 3739). 3739 + 46 years = 3785 (25 AD). Perfect again! God is so wonderfully accurate in His word.
Here's the breakdown of 22 BC:
Creation Year: 3955
Jewish Year: 3739 (as counted today)
Western Year: 22 BC
The complicated way:
· 194 Olympiad (OL), 4th year is year 1 BC to 1 AD47.
· 194.4 OL (1 BC to 1 AD) - 184.4 OL (year Herod is made king) = 10 Olympiads (OL)
· 10 OL * 4 = 40 years
· 40 BC + 1 for AD/BC no year "0" = 41 BC
· 41 BC - 18 (18th year of Herod started building temple) = 23 BC
· 23 BC – 1 year for its completion = 22 BC
· 22 BC + 46 = 24 AD
· Year "0" doesn't exist, 1 AD/BC is one year. 24 AD + 1 = 25 AD
The easy way:
This type of complication is why I use the Jewish calendar when crossing the 1
BC/AD year:
· 22 BC (temple open for business) = 3739 Jewish Year
· 3739 + 46 = 3785
· 3785 = 25 AD.
Jesus
starts Ministry - CY 4001
Creation
Year: 4001 Western Year: 25
Jesus' age point: Jesus baptized and started His ministry being about 30. This
is the 80th Jubilee from Creation.
Luke 3:21-23 “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,”
“The world will continue for six thousand
years, the first two thousand of which were a chaos (Tahu), the second two
thousand were of wisdom, and the third two thousand are the days of the
Messiah…” 48
So if they were paying attention, they would have known
Jesus was the Messiah. The people recognized Who He was. What kind of sign
would a sign be if it were hidden?
Matthew 12:22-23 “Then was brought unto him one possessed with
a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb
both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the
son of David?”
“Son
of David” – Messiah ben David – is the title given to the Messiah. But, there
was another they taught: Messiah ben Joseph who they thought would be killed.
How so very close they came!
“The rabbis taught: The Messiah b.
David, who (as we hope) will appear in the near future, the Holy One, blessed
be He, will say to him: Ask something of me and I will give it to thee, as it
is written [Ps. ii. 7-8]: ‘I will announce the decree . . . Ask it of me, and I
will give,’ etc. But as the Messiah b. David will have seen that the Messiah b.
Joseph who preceded him was killed, he will say before the Lord: Lord of the
Universe, I will ask nothing of Thee but life. And the Lord will answer: This
was prophesied already for thee by thy father David [Ps. xxi. 5]: ‘Life hath he
asked of thee, thou gavest it to him.’”49
John 6:42 “And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came
down from heaven?”
Though they equated and spoke in this verse of the husband
of Mary as the father of Jesus, Jesus indeed was the son of Joseph as in
Messiah ben Yosef (Joseph) the suffering Messiah! (Just to clarify for those
that still don’t get it, Jesus is son of Judah, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son
of Abraham – the Lion of the tribe of Judah.)
EVEN THE BLIND KNEW
WHO JESUS WAS!
Matthew
20:30-31 “And, behold, two blind men
sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out,
saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou
Son of David. And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their
peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.”
15th year
of Tiberius - CY 4001
Creation
Year: 4001 Western Year: 25
Tiberius ruled from 14-37 AD yet it is this year, year 25 AD that Luke says is
his 15th year of reign, his co-reign which started in 10 AD. This is accurate
as Tiberius took the co-regency in the year 10 AD + 15 = 25 AD. This fits
perfectly with the almost 3-year ministry of Christ and Him dying in the year
27 AD!
Furthermore, Pontius Pilate was the sixth Roman procurator of Judea, and under
him our Lord worked, suffered and died, as we learn not only from Scripture,
but from Tacitus (Ann. xv. 44). Pilate was appointed in the twelfth year of
Tiberius, 22 AD, not 26 AD as reported in modern books. This is shown as fact
by the mention of him being the ruler of Judea in Luke 3 when Jesus was
baptized by John in 25 AD.
Furthermore,
according to Wikipedia, the following dates are given for those spoken of in
Luke 3:
Tiberius 14 AD – 37 AD
Pontius Pilot 26 AD – 36 AD
Herod Antipas 04 BC – 39 AD
Herod Philip II 04 BC – 34 AD
Lysanias 40 BC – 29 AD
If
this table is correct, and it is not, then Jesus could not have died any later
than 32 AD because John speaks of three Passovers with Jesus dying on the
third. Lysanias' death in 29 AD plus 3 years is 32 AD and 14 Nisan of 32 AD
fell on a Monday as well as 31 AD; so they cannot be used. Now, if Luke were
counting from Tiberius' co-regent, the correct date for Jesus' ministry start
would be 25 AD as I've indicated. Everyone's date now fits perfectly with
Jesus' crucifixion on 14 Nisan 3787 (9 Apr 27 AD). I will show how this is
accurate when we come to Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection.
End of
day four - CY 4001
Creation
Year: 4001 Western Year: 25
End of day four, beginning of day five.
2 Peter 3:8 “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
This is the fourth time I’ve posted this passage, but what made me believe I had something special given to me, was after finding all the various dates, kings, judges, events, and such, I decided just to see how many “days” had actually passed. When I laid it all out, I was astounded, simply astonished, that the year Jesus started His ministry was at the very beginning of day five, after four thousand years of biblical history, Jesus started the age of the Messiah.
Hosea 6:1-3 “Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for
he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we
shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as
the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.”
Here
is a perfect example of the Lord telling us what was and will happen – to those
“learned” Pharisees too – that the Lord would come, Israel would be destroyed
and after two thousand years He will revive them. And He did in 1948 and
expanded them in 1967. Then in the third day, He will raise them up and dwell
among them!
Revelation
20:6 “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”
Jesus
dies... - CY 4003
Creation
Year: 4003 Western Year: 27
The
Savior died for us!
Matthew 27:50
“Jesus, when he had cried again with
a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.”
14
Nisan 3787 (9 April 27 AD), Jesus Died at the age of 32 and 5 month 28 days.
(He would have been 33 in another 7 months.)
We know that Jesus died on the fourteenth of Nisan regardless how they kept the feasts. If the fourteenth were a Friday (which is possible), and if Jesus had died before sundown Friday, the women (Mar 16:1-2) could not have bought spices until the following Monday because of the Saturday double Sabbath (Passover and weekly) on the fifteenth (Saturday) and the Feast of Harvest on the sixteenth (Sunday) of Nisan. That alone rules it out, no matter what anyone says. Get any calendar and you'll see that the fourteenth of Nisan only falls on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or Saturday only!
Mark 16:1-2 “And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.”
That year was 27 AD which 14 Nisan fell on Wednesday just
like the first Passover and exactly when Daniel said it would be!!! Glory to
God He provides the gems!!!
With the establishment of 15 Tishri as a base period, we can also figure out and understand the events of Jesus' death. Luke 3:23 says that when Jesus started His ministry He was about 30 years old. As we can see from Luke 3:21 Jesus was baptized and went into the wilderness for 40 days where He was tempted by the devil. Having died to His flesh (as we all must - I'm not suggesting a 40 day fast, but death to self - Romans 8:8-9) Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, taught in the synagogues of the region. When He made it to Nazareth on a Sabbath, He entered the synagogue where He grew up (Luke 4:16) and read from the scriptures Isaiah 61:1-2, however, He stopped half way through verse two because the judgment day was not yet come. He told them concisely, Who He was, the Son of God. This was not by accident because Jesus didn't ask for the scroll, but was given to Him. (Luke 4:17)
This happened in the month of Heshvan according to the Triennial Cycle when the Haftorah (הַפְטָרָה) reading (afternoon reading of the Torah) of that passage is selected. For that year, it was 27 Heshvan 3785 (18 November 24 AD)50. This is fourth Sabbath of the month, which signifies that Isaiah 61:1-2 was be read. This shows too that before going to the wilderness Jesus had not yet reached His 30th birthday and the importance and accuracy of scripture by its use of "about" in "about 30 years of age" at His baptism. Then He preached in the synagogues of Galilee and went home to preach in His hometown were all prophets are first rejected, Luke 4:24. The Israeli newspaper HAARETZ even asked what happened to "Jesus' haftarah?"51 Basically, any quote in the New Testament of the Old Testament is removed from modern reading. Have you ever wondered why in movies and TV shows, or maybe you've experienced it yourself, that the Jews love to tell stories? Well during the time of Antiochus Epiphanies, reading the Torah was punishable by death, so they'd tell the Torah reading as a story.52 That tradition continues on to today.
Paradigm number two - Jesus died before reaching His 33rd birthday. The Bible only reveals that Jesus celebrated three Passovers after this point, and on that last one, was murdered. Here's a small time table:
· 15 Tishri 3755 + 30 years = 3785
· Birthday: 15 Tishri 3785 Jesus was 30
· Passover: 14 Nisan 3785 Jesus was 30 - John 2:23
· Birthday: 15 Tishri 3786 Jesus was 31
· Passover: 14 Nisan 3786 Jesus was 31 - John 6:4
· Birthday: 15 Tishri 3787 Jesus was 32
· 14 Nisan 3787 (9 April 27 AD - Julian), Jesus Died at the age of 32 and 5 month 28 days. John 11:55
Exodus 12 sets the rules for the Passover. Take the lamb and set it aside on the tenth day of the first month (12:3), Nisan. On the fourteenth, at evening (12:6), the lamb is to be slaughtered, roasted whole, and then eaten in haste, with bitter herbs and unleavened bread (12:8 !). Leviticus is not so precise in its instructions, and Numbers recounts the actual activities of the first Passover. Therefore, you must understand that by Jesus following the letter of the law as He told Moses to do in Exodus 12 and Due 16, He had to have the Passover on the fourteenth – a full 23 hours before everyone else! The rabbi’s, over time, distorted the truth and they celebrated the Passover on the wrong day all the way to the days of Jesus! This is why Jesus kept the Passover a day before the Pharisees did. This is also why the accounts of the Gospels seem to be contradictory – John accounted the whole story of Jesus’ last days – that the Jews keep the Passover on the fifteenth of Nisan after sunset not the fourteenth! During my travels, I befriended a Jew from Israel. He invited my family and me to participate in the Seder Meal (Passover), and being Americans and circumcised (12:48), we accepted. I was invited because I asked my friend which day they keep the Passover – he said the fourteenth at night – and I said, “But doesn’t that make it the fifteenth?” He said “Yes”. He didn’t think anything of it.
Jesus' last Passover was precisely on the evening of Nisan 14, 3787 (9 April 27 AD), a Wednesday, they killed the Passover lamb after sunset and ate their meal by midnight as is instructed in Exodus 12. Read carefully what the Scriptures say about the Passover. It is such an important feast that it is the only one that can be made up if missed for specific reasons! (Num 9:10-13) That same night, very late, they came for Jesus, held a mock trial, and had Him sent to Pilate for judgment. As seen in John 19:14 and Matthew 27:62, that was the "day of preparation" for the Passover of the Pharisees, on the wrong night. The series of events are that Jesus had His last Passover after the sunset of the thirteenth of Nisan; (making it the fourteenth); they took Jesus around 3am, still the fourteenth of Nisan. I keep repeating this because when you've lived all your life with the West celebrating events at midnight for the date change, it makes it hard to remember days change at sundown in the Middle East. John 18:28 says they took Jesus to the hall of judgment but they did not go in because they did not want to become unclean and ineligible of partaking part in the Passover, Numbers 9:7-14. It took 29 days to become clean once one was made unclean according to Numbers, but the Pharisees twisted the truth into some ritual, which bore no resemblance to the truth. So read what Paul says:
I Corinthians 5:7-8 “Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”
The Feast of Unleavened Bread starts at Passover! Read the original account, the fourteenth to the twenty-first!
Exodus 12:18-20 “In
the first month, on the
fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the
one and twentieth day of the month at even. Seven days shall there be no leaven
found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that
soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger,
or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations
shall ye eat unleavened bread.”
Here is where the Pharisees got it wrong. They misinterpret Numbers 28 and Leviticus 23:
Numbers 28:16-17 “And
in the fourteenth day of the first month is
the passover of the LORD. And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall
unleavened bread be eaten.”
Leviticus 23:5-6 “In
the fourteenth day of the first
month at even is the LORD'S
passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye
must eat unleavened bread.”
They’re reading that the seven days start with the fifteenth, meaning they should eat the Passover (the feast) on the evening of the fifteenth because it was to happen after sunset, totally blowing off what Exodus 12 commands. The Passover meal is to be eaten with unleavened bread and this is why they lumped it into actually being eaten on the evening of the fifteenth. This isn’t a contradiction, but a misunderstanding of the truth because of tradition. This explains how the Lord can keep the Passover and yet still be the Passover Lamb on the same day!
Consequently, John shows that only Jesus and His disciples had already celebrated Passover. It's always man that changes God's commandments. Jesus kept the commandment as He had given it to Moses. Jesus was presented at 6 am, rejected by the Jews, and led away to be crucified. At 9 am, He was put on the cross, Mark 15:25. At noon all darkness fell on the whole land until around 3 pm when Jesus gave up the ghost. (This is not an eclipse of the sun because the earth was between the moon and the sun!) Now since the Pharisees taught53 that the fourteenth of Nisan is Passover and the fifteenth is a Sabbath, the guards went along to break the legs of those crucified to expedite their death because the Sabbath (Passover) was coming. Again, these verses state that it is the day of preparation and that it was a High Day as opposed to a normal Sabbath. Paradigm three smashed - Jesus couldn't have died on a Friday and remained in the tomb for three days and then have Mary and the others come "after the Sabbath" to anoint Him, which had already been done on the eighth of Nisan, if you remember, by Mary, John 12:3!
John 19:31-37 "The Jews
therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain
upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,)
besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken
away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other
which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was
dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear
pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw
it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that
ye might believe. For these things were done, that the Scripture should be
fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another Scripture
saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced."
Notice that John speaks of the general populace as "the Jews" so as not to include himself in that group. John is pointing out that there is a difference between the beliefs of Jesus and those of the establishment. So many wonderful prophecies fulfilled in these verses of John. Not only does it mention the ones about not a bone being broken, Psalms 34:20 , and His side being pierced, Zechariah 12:10 , but that the sacrificial lamb was NOT to have a broken bone!!! (Exodus 12:46)
The stars as shown at the time of Jesus' death55 |
This image is a view of the star map at 3pm in Jerusalem on 14 Nisan 3787. His story is written in the Heavens. In this image, notice where the sun is located! Furthermore, the sun was darkened so they would have been able to see this in the sky right above Jerusalem! Uranus would not have been visible, but the others would have.
The sun is in the constellation Aries – the Ram – the sacrifice! (Genesis 22:8) This is also the seventh of the twelve zodiac signs. In Hebrew, Aries is called Taleh meaning "The Lamb". In Syriac it’s called Amroo meaning "Lamb of God". (John 1:36) The named stars in Aries are Al Sheratan meaning "The bruised" or "The wounded" and another is El Nath meaning "wounded" or "slain" and finally Mesartim (Sharatan in Hebrew) meaning "The bound".54
Why does this matter?
I Chronicles 16:31"Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth."
Psalms 8:3-4 "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?"
Psalms 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."
Psalms 89:5a "And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:"
Furthermore,
Jesus also had to die in Jerusalem in order to be the Passover Lamb.
Deuteronomy
16:2 "Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover
unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD
shall choose to place his name there."
II
Samuel 7:13 "He shall build an house for my name, and I
will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever."
Six
days before the Passover, Jesus entered Bethany, John 12:1. Jesus was anointed
by Mary, John 12:3. Five days before the Passover, Jesus enters Jerusalem, John
12:12. He then went and hid Himself, John 12:36 fulfilling Exodus 12:3! This
means that Jesus entered Jerusalem on the ninth of Nisan and hid Himself on the
tenth of Nisan!
Jesus
died at the same time as all the Passover lambs were being killed for the
Passover. At sunset their Feast of Unleavened Bread started. But why unleavened
bread? They left Egypt in haste before the bread was leavened, Exodus 12:33-34.
Here’s another parallel; Jesus said He is the Bread of Life, John 6:48.
Unleavened bread is bread without leaven (yeast) – without life. Since Jesus
died at the time of the killing of the Passover lambs, the Bread of Life was
dead – unleavened!
The
Lord is very meticulous and cares deeply for details so no one can say His work
is not the work of God! With scripture filled with duality verses and
parallels, it is not a stretch to believe that Jesus also died on a Wednesday.
More on that later in the book.
“According to what attested by the Dead
Sea Scrolls, Rosh hashonoh (and hence Rosh chodesh Nissan and
of Pessach also) was fixed on Wednesday. According to Beraishis 1:14-19,
“The Eternal created the Sun on the fourth day, and the sect’s calendar
followed the great Heavenly Luminary. Naturally, this solar year is 1
and ¼ days shorter than the astronomically computed length of a solar year.
However, the sect did not exist so long that this [should] have caused problems
through the [declaration] of the Festivals in relation to the seasons.”56 [Emphasis
added]
The day 14 Nisan is the day when the sacrifice for the Passover is slain. It was on this day that Jesus was presented by Pilate at 6 am [sixth hour Roman Time - not Jewish] to the crowd to free a prisoner.
John 19:14 "And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!" [Emphasis added]
The next page is a breakdown of
the events of Jesus' last week.
Wednesday Crucifixion – Nisan
Jewish Day |
Sunset/Sunrise1 |
Time of Day |
Julian Day |
Moon Phase |
Event |
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12pm-~6pm |
26-Mar Wednesday |
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End of Jewish Month |
Nisan 1 Thursday |
Set: 18:09 26-Mar |
~6pm - 12am |
New Moon 57 19:57 |
First of Nisan |
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12am-~6am |
27-Mar Thursday |
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Rise: 05:47 27-Mar |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 2 Friday |
Set: 18:10 27-Mar |
~6pm - 12am |
First sliver visible |
First sliver of the moon should have
been visible this night – but not required.58 |
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12am-~6am |
28-Mar Friday |
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Rise: 05:45 28-Mar |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Jewish Day |
Sunset/Sunrise1 |
Time of Day |
Julian Day |
Moon Phase |
Event |
Nisan 8 Thursday |
Set: 18:15 2-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
1st Quarter 57 16:19 |
Jesus comes to Bethany and Mary
anointed Him for His burial. (John 12:1-8) |
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12am-~6am |
3-Apr Thursday |
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Rise: 05:37 3-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 9 Friday |
Set: 18:16 3-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
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The next day, Jesus makes His
triumphal entry into Jerusalem. (John 12:12) Jesus departed from them and
Jesus hid Himself (John 12:36) in fulfillment of the law to separate the lamb
(Exodus 12:3) after being chosen (John 12:28-30)!! |
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12am-~6am |
4-Apr Friday |
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Rise: 05:36 4-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 10 Saturday |
Set: 18:17 4-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
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12am-~6am |
5-Apr Saturday |
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Rise: 05:34 5-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 11 Sunday |
Set: 18:17 5-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
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12am-~6am |
6-Apr Sunday |
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Rise: 05:33 6-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 12 Monday |
Set: 18:18 6-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
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12am-~6am |
7-Apr Monday |
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Rise: 05:32 7-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 13 Tuesday |
Set: 18:19 7-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
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At this point, the disciples asked where they
were to prepare for the Passover – knowing that Jesus kept the correct day
and not being their first Passover together. (Mat 26:17) (Mar 14:12) (Luke
22:7-8) |
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12am-~6am |
8-Apr Tuesday |
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Rise: 05:30 8-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 14 Wednesday |
Set: 18:20 8-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
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~7pm-12am: Jesus' - the Last Supper – The correct
Passover time (Exodus 12:6) (Mar 14:17-25) (Matt 26:20) and Feast of
Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:18-20) |
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12am-~6am |
9-Apr Wednesday |
~3am: After three hours, Jesus is arrested and is
brought to the Sanhedrin and falsely judged (Mar 14:37-42) Pseudo-Day of
Preparation for the pseudo-Passover - (John 18:28, 19:14) – but they should
have celebrated it as a Sabbath as the 1st day of the Feast of Unleavened
Bread Noon: Darkness over the Earth (Luke 23:44) (Matt
27:42) (not an eclipse of the moon) ~3:30pm: Jesus yielded up the ghost (Mark
15:33-37) (Matt 27:46) |
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Rise: 05:29 9-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 15 Thursday |
Set: 18:21 9-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
57 Full Moon 18:27 |
Incorrectly celebrated Passover – pseudo-Feast of
Unleavened Bread - a Sabbath (Num 28:18) |
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12am-~6am |
10-Apr Thursday |
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Rise: 05:27 10-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
1st Day |
The morning after the pseudo-Day of Preparation
and the pseudo-Passover, the Pharisees went to get Pilate to put guards at
the tomb "until the third day". (Matt 27:62-66) |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 16 Friday |
Set: 18:22 10-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
2nd Night |
Both Marys go and buy spices (Mar 16:1-2) also
knowing it would take time to apply the spices for Jesus they had to wait
until after the weekly Sabbath was over because of the Feast of Harvest.
Besides, it was already dark. |
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12am-~6am |
11-Apr Friday |
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Rise: 05:26 11-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
2nd Day |
Feast of Harvest (assumption: shops closed in the
morning for the feast) Talmud Ta;anith 17b note 12 states: " The Pharisees
took the view that the ‘Omer had to be brought on the second day of Passover,
while the Sadducees maintained that these words meant the morrow of the first
Sabbath of the Passover week and from that day forty-nine days had to be
counted to Pentecost. " |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 17 Saturday |
Set: 18:22 11-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
3rd Night |
Weekly Sabbath |
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12am-~6am |
12-Apr Saturday |
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Rise: 05:25 12-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
3rd Day |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 18 Sunday |
Set: 18:23 12-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
Resurrection Day 59 |
Great Earthquake (Matt 28:1) Jesus rises after
sunset and before sunrise |
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12am-~6am |
13-Apr Sunday |
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Rise: 05:23 13-Apr |
~6am - 12pm |
~10am: This would have been the time when the
guards would have left, if they hadn't witnessed the Resurrection. The
Pharisees' "Third day" (Matt 27:62-66) |
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12pm-~6pm |
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Nisan 19 Monday |
Set: 18:24 13-Apr |
~6pm - 12am |
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Summary
Thursday 8 Nisan - Jesus is anointed by Mary for His death, though she
may not have known that
John 12:3 “Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.”
Saturday 10 Nisan - Jesus has separated Himself from the people
John 12:36 “While ye have light, believe in the light,
that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed,
and did hide himself from them.”
Exodus 12:3 “Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:”
Tuesday 13 Nisan - Jesus tells them to prepare the Passover meal. Think
about Jesus’ ministry. He didn’t have a house to lay His head. Therefore, He
prophesied, the Spirit prepared and they all celebrated the correct day of the
Passover.
Matthew 26:17 “Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?”
Wednesday 14 Nisan – The lamb is killed after sunset, and they
have the Passover at the appropriate and correct time! They go to Gethsemane
and Jesus is arrested. Jesus is tried early in the morning before dawn, brought
before the people by Pilate at 6 am - Day of Preparation for the Pharisees'
Passover. Jesus is crucified at 9 am, noon the sun is blackened until when
Jesus gives up the ghost around 3 pm and is put into the tomb hastily because
the sun is going to set within the next couple of hours and that starts the Passover
Sabbath. The Lamb of God had been sacrificed just like all the lambs that very
day for that night's Passover!
Thursday 15 Nisan - Feast of Unleavened Bread - bread without yeast
[life] - because the Bread of Life had died!!! - High Sabbath according to the
Pharisees; also the day the Pharisees asked to have the tomb sealed because
they knew of the promise of His resurrection, but thought His disciples would
steal the body.
Matthew 27:62-63 “Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.”
Friday 16 Nisan - Feast of Harvest - then with a few hours to prepare
for the Sabbath that starts at sunset
Numbers 28:26 “Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:”
Leviticus
23:10-12 “Speak unto the children of
Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you,
and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the
firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he shall wave the sheaf before
the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest
shall wave it. And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb
without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.”
Saturday 17 Nisan - Typical Weekly Sabbath - from Friday sundown to
Saturday sundown using Western dating system.
Sunday 18 Nisan - the day Jesus is raised from the dead any time after
sundown at the end of the Sabbath on Saturday night. Three days and three
nights, Matthew 12:40, in the tomb. Mary and the others go to the tomb on the
first day of the week, Sunday, and realize that Jesus is risen, Matthew 28:1, Mark
16:2, Luke 24:1, John 20:1.
Matthew 12:40
“For as Jonas was three days and three
nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three
nights in the heart of the earth.”
Matthew 28:1 “In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.”
Mark 16:2 “And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.”
Luke 24:1 “Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.”
John 20:1 “The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet
dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.”
Luke 24:21 bears some attention. On the surface most erroneously count from Sunday back to Wednesday declaring “it’s four days!!” However, do not count to Wednesday, just count three days, which comes to Thursday. Since Jesus died around 3pm on Wednesday, some want to count Wednesday as part of the “three days”. Why count an entire day for just two to three hours? At sundown around 6pm, it’s Thursday. Finally, the verse states, “…since these things were done”, completed, finished, all done by sundown. I don’t see a problem adding a couple of hours.
Daniel's
Prophecy
Ok, so you're still not convinced, that's fine. Remember, I mentioned that I
went through the whole Bible to find any reference to a date. Well that study,
completed after this one, gave me another confirmation of Jesus' date of His
death. It comes from Daniel:
Daniel 9:25-26 "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined."
Ezra is the source to finding this date. In Daniel's 70 weeks of 7 years (490 years), the Messiah would die 69 weeks of 7 years or 483 years later, that is clearly in scripture, as you can see. The understanding of when this series of years starts is "... going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem..." When did this occur? Well let's start with when the first Jews from Babylon returned to Israel to "rebuild the temple". Cyrus gave a decree for the Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild their temple. Josephus says that Cyrus read the book of Isaiah and saw that he was mentioned as the chosen one to rebuild God's house.
Isaiah 44:28 “That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.”
Cyrus was so moved that he made the decree in 538 B.C. [year 3223 in Jewish calendar], which was his first year of reign as King of Babylon.
Ezra 1:1 “Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,”
He was already King of Persia from 559 B.C. Ezra and Nehemiah counted the people, which came to 42,360 Jews, 7337 servants, and 245 singers, totaling 49,942 souls left Babylon
Ezra 2:64-65 “The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three
hundred and threescore, Beside
their servants and their maids, of whom there
were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred
singing men and singing women.”
Nehemiah 7:66-67 “The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.”
Very few considering the number that went into captivity. So with the decree they went back to Jerusalem to start building the House of God - not the city, so this decree isn't the one from Daniel.
Ezra 1:3 “Who is
there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go
up to Jerusalem, which is in
Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.”
The adversaries of Benjamin and Judah hindered the Jews until the second year
of the reign of Darius I, 519 B.C. At this time all work ceased, Ezra 4:24 . By
the leadership of Haggai and Zechariah, the work resumed and the rulers of the
area wrote letters to King Darius to make them stop and to verify their claim to
build the House of God by Cyrus' decree. Well it was found to be true and
Darius made a decree not to hinder the work, Ezra 6:1-12. Again, this decree is
for the House of God alone, so this too isn't the decree of Daniel prophecy.
Finally, the temple was completed in the sixth year of Darius (515 B.C. [3246])
on the third day of the twelfth month, and in the following month they kept the
Passover. Ezra 6:15 , Ezra 6:19 .
Ezra 4:24 “Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
Ezra 6:1-12 “Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king's house: And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.”
Ezra 6:15 “And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.”
Ezra 6:19 “And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.”
King Artaxerxes, in the seventh year of his reign (457 B.C.),
authorized Ezra the priest and scribe, and all who wished to join him, to go to
Jerusalem. It was Ezra's desire to instruct the Jews in the laws of God.
Artaxerxes granted him large amounts of silver and gold to furnish the temple,
and gave instruction that his treasurers on that side of the river should
provide whatever was needed to beautify the Lord's house. In the decree,
Artaxerxes commanded Ezra to "set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are
beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that
know them not. And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the
king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or
to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment."
Ezra 7:25-26. Ezra left on 1 Nisan 3304 (26 March 457 B.C.) to go to Jerusalem.
This is the decree of Daniel's prophecy. Why? Because the next decree for
Nehemiah is also to rebuild Jerusalem, but Ezra was told to set up the city and
the government. The letter of Ezra's decree was not preserved, but we can see
by the rulers of the area complained again and the work was stopped, Ezra 4:17-22.
Ezra 4:17-22 “Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”
Nehemiah's story begins in the 20th year of Artaxerxes' reign. Nehemiah was
praying that the Lord would give Nehemiah favor in the King's eyes so that
Jerusalem would be restored. God granted his desire and Artaxerxes gave
Nehemiah leave to go and build Jerusalem. Although the text wording would make
this decree the decree of Daniel, this one really was just a reaffirmation of
the one given to Ezra, which we do not have the wording to, but we know it was
to not only beautify the Temple, but to build the city. This was clearly
understood to be an authorization for the full reestablishment of Jerusalem and
the Jewish nation. Shortly after this the enemies of the Jews wrote to the king
complaining that "the
Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the
rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the
foundations", Ezra 4:12. That the walls had been completely set
up was obviously an exaggeration, as verse 13 reveals. Yet this incident shows
that for the first time there was actual work being done to rebuild the city.
This had not been the case under the previous decrees.
King's years
Something that must be understood in understanding a statement like
"in the seventh year of his reign"
is that to the Jews, the first year of a king's rule isn't the completion of 12
months, but in the completion of the first calendar year. That is, if a non-Jewish
king took office in April, the completion of his first year wouldn't be until
20 months later. This is why, if you decide, and you should, to verify my dates
with encyclopedias and history books, you'll find that some say that
Artaxerxes' reign started in 465 B.C. and others will say 464 B.C. - it depends
on how the "year" was counted. Accordingly, the first year of
Artaxerxes' reign is both 465 B.C. AND 464 B.C. as his accession year. That
means that some books are counting from the calendar year (from April to April
in our example, 12 months) and others count as the Jews and Babylonian's did (from
April to the second December – 20 months).
From our decree time of 1 Nisan 3304 + 483 years = 3787, exactly 483 years, 13
days later, Jesus died on the cross for His people. Daniel 9:26 , "And after threescore and
two weeks shall Messiah be cut off..." When you look at all the precedence and the facts, it is so
awesome to make such a discovery like this. I am so very grateful to the Lord
for this. All glory and honor are His!!!!
Third day since...
Luke 24:21 “But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.”
Since Jesus was crucified on Wednesdaya about 9 am to 3 pmb, c and now it was Sundayd just before sunsete. Not counting the three hours of Wednesday, at 6 pm it changed to Thursday and you have the start of day one, at 6pm Friday, the start of day two and 6 pm Saturday the start of day three. Since their conversation was before sunset Sunday, it was still "third day since these things were done."
a. 14 Nisan - day of preparation; Luke 23:54 & John 19:42
b. Matthew 27:46 - Roman time which started at 6 am
c. Two to three hours before sunset - remember they were trying to bury them so they all could partake in the Passover and the beginning of the "High" Sabbath - 15 Nisan
d. Matthew 24:1 & Luke 24:13
e. Matthew 2:11
Now you say, "What about the sign of 3 days and 3 nights" (Matthew 12:40)?
·
Thursday night
·
Thursday day - end of day ONE
·
Friday night
·
Friday day - end of day TWO
·
Saturday night
·
Saturday day - end of day THREE
The hard part to remember is that
the "day" changes at night, sunset. This also helps us to understand
how the women could go and buy spices "after the Sabbath" (Mark 16:1)
and yet go before sunrise Sunday to the grave to anoint Him (Mark 16:2). The
time from 6pm to - who knows - some shops may have opened to let those folks
who needed stuff buy before going to bed.
The times for sunrise and sunset for April 10 is 5:17 am and 6:04 pm. So that
Jesus died Wednesday only to have the day change in 3 hours to me seems of no
importance in the "day/night" count.
·
Finally,
Jesus becomes our Passover Lamb!
o
John 11:55 "And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the
country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves."
·
3
days and 3 nights in the heart of the Earth
o
Matthew 12:40 "For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so
shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the
earth."
·
On
the third day He rose from the dead
o
I Corinthians 15:4-6 "And
that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the
scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he
was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part
remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep."
·
After
being seen by over 500 people after His death, and telling them that the time
of coming of the Kingdom was not theirs to know, He ascended to heaven
o
Acts 1:6-11 "When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said
unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father
hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a
cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward
heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which
also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same
Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as
ye have seen him go into heaven."
Jesus
Raises!!! - CY 4003
Creation
Year: 4003 Western Year: 27
Three days later, Jesus raises from the dead!!
Matthew
12:40 "For as Jonas was three days and three nights
in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in
the heart of the earth."
I Corinthians
15:4-7 “And that he was buried, and
that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was
seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five
hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the
apostles.”
Acts 1:9-11 “And when he had spoken these things, while
they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And
while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood
by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye
gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”
Ascension to the Ending Age of the Gentiles
Non-Biblical
Events
The
rest of this book simply shows events as they happened since Jesus ascended to
heaven.
Second
Temple Destroyed - 9 Av - CY 4046
Judea Captured Coin61
Destruction of the second temple, 4 Aug 70 AD60 (9 Av 3830), exactly
656 years to the day since the destruction of the first temple.
The Romans
minted coins at this time to “celebrate” their victory. The inscription says “Judea Captured”
in Latin. During this time, the land wasn’t referred to as Israel, but Judea or
Galilee, depending on if you were talking about the north or the south.
Judea
was renamed Palaestina by the Romans and Jerusalem was renamed Aelia
Capitolina. After destroying the Temple, the Romans built a temple to Jupiter
in its place. The Latin name for Jerusalem was the premise for the Arabic name
for the city – Iliya.
So let’s examine what the
Jews really lost in 70 AD.
·
The Temple
·
The capital, Jerusalem
·
The land – haEretz
·
The biblical names to these sites
·
Being scattered for so long, the language
(however, it’s accepted that before this time they most likely spoke Latin,
Greek and very little Hebrew)
·
The weight of measurement – the Shekel
·
By 135 AD, the last of the army destroyed
These
must be restored in order for the end to come. The beauty of this is according
to scripture, they all will be restored, and the best, they all have been
restored! (To be explained in the timeline they occurred).
Read
these verses:
Daniel
9:26-27 “And after threescore and two
weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end
thereof shall be with a flood,
and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm
the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall
cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of
abominations he shall make it
desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon
the desolate.”
We’ve already discussed the first part of verse 26, but I want to bring
to you attention the importance of the second part: “…and the people of the
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary…” Because Titus
was the one in charge when the temple was destroyed, many equate this with him
being the “prince” and thereby the “people” being Romans. The truth of the
matter is the “prince” is the antichrist, not Titus. Therefore, where will the
antichrist come from? First, Josephus states that Titus had no desire of
destroying neither the city nor the temple.62 Hearing that the
temple was on fire, he ran to the site with his commanders running behind him,
and after them legions of Roman soldiers.63 It almost reads comical!
Titus gesturing and yelling for the men to put out the flames, the soldiers
completely ignored him and “neither any persuasions nor any threatenings
could restrain their violence, but each one's own passion”63 Roman soldiers were renowned for their stiff
obedience, yet these were blatantly disobedience. Why?
Tacitus states that Titus went to Judea and found three legions there,
left by Vespasian. “To these he added the 12th from Syria, and some men
belonging to the 18th and 3rd, whom he had withdrawn from Alexandria. This
force was accompanied by … a strong contingent of Arabs, who hated the
Jews...”64
As you can see, the real soldiers, who were uncontrollable, even to the point of beatings, were Arabs. Every word in the Scriptures is important. In these verses, we see the Holy Spirit use the word “prince” and the historian Tacitus uses the word “Prince”. They do not mean the same person and I believe that is why today, so many pastors and authors use Rome as the seat of power for the antichrist. I remember when the European Union grew to ten nations and everyone started with “this is it, Jesus is coming!” The word “prince” used by the Holy Spirit was referring to the antichrist; Tacitus used it to refer to Titus. Scripture says that “he”, the “prince”, will confirm a covenant for one week. From this, we understand that the antichrist will sign a treaty with Israel for seven years.
This is important because in order to understand the prophecies about the antichrist and the end times, you must know from where the antichrist comes from. Scriptures speak of “the Assyrian”:
Micah 5:5-6 “And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our
land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him
seven shepherds, and eight principal men. And they shall waste the land of
Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus
shall he deliver us from the
Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our
borders.”
Isaiah
10:24-25 “Therefore thus saith the
Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the
Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against
thee, after the manner of Egypt. For yet a very little while, and the
indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.”
Kurdistan65
When the antichrist comes to power, it may be that the three nations that
are overcome by him will become the Gog and Magog of Ezekiel 38 and 39.
Daniel 7:20 “And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.”
~830 BC66 Figure 3 – Midian |
Isaiah 34 and 63 speaks of how the Messiah will take vengeance on Edom and Bozrah, the ancient capital of Edom. Today, Edom is Jordan. Ezekiel 25 speaks how the Messiah will destroy Ammon and Moab, which are also part of Jordan. Joel 3 speaks how the Messiah will deal with Zidon and Tyre, which is Lebanon today, and the coast of Palestine, which is Gaza today. Balaam, the cursing prophet, spoke on this wise in Numbers 24:14 “…come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people (the Hebrews) shall do to thy people (The Midianites) in the latter days.” Midian is hard to point out, but it is outside of Egypt so it is my opinion that it’s the extreme western part of Arabia and southern Jordan along the eastern shore of the Sea of Aqaba (See Figure 3). Ezekiel 30 shows that Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia will also be destroyed. These verses in Ezekiel have a dual message – past and yet future.
Now if the antichrist and the false prophet were to come from Rome, why would the Messiah devastate all the kingdoms and nations mentioned above, including all those of the dream of Nebuchadnezzar when He returns? In almost every Old Testament book, any nation marked for destruction is currently Islamic. Up until September 11, 2001, Islam was not well known to the West and sadly, most Christians are completely ignorant to their beliefs. This lack of knowledge is a direct result of why pastors 400 years ago, and still today, believed the false prophet is the Pope, and the antichrist is to be a European. A key to understanding if we are indeed in the end times is the unlocking of the book of Daniel when you read it with the eye on Islam. Christians, not patient enough in years past, have been led astray with this Roman false teaching of the end times, a tactic of the devil to deceive and misdirect the followers of Jesus Christ. Now that the West is at war with Islam – though they do not yet know this – the books have been unsealed for us to understand the truth.
Revelation
17:1-2 “… the great whore that
sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the
wine of her fornication.”
The waters are many people and nations. What nation hasn’t adjusted their convictions for oil? In May 1908, a British investor67 succeeded in drilling for oil in Iran, and so the great whore was born. Engineers from the United States, commissioned to drill for water, ended up creating Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, because everywhere they drilled, they got oil. Dhahran was born to support the vast number of American employees and they created the American Oil Company (Aramco).68 The Middle East is not the place just for oil, but gold, precious stones, and the only place to still get natural pearls (Bahrain).
Revelation
17:3 “So he carried me away in the
spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured
beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”
To the Lord God of Israel, everything about Islam is blasphemous. They
worship a man (Muhammad), a meteorite in Mecca they call the “Black Stone”, and
their god (Allah) is clearly Satan. Muhammad took the Scriptures and turned it
inside out to become the Koran. I don’t know how much more blasphemous a
religion could be! As to the seven heads, they are seven kingdoms that John
prophesied on later in verse ten, and the ten horns are kings: five are fallen,
one is, and one is yet to come.
The fallen kingdoms that once ruled over
Israel are:
·
Egypt 1 King – 1
Kingdom
·
Assyria 1 King – 1
Kingdom
·
Babylon 1 King – 1
Kingdom
·
Media-Persia 1 King – 1 Kingdom
·
Greece 4 Kings (Alexander’s
four generals) – 4 Kingdoms
One is (at the time of John’s writing):
·
Rome 1 King – 1 Kingdom
One is not yet come (at the time of John’s
writing):
·
Islamic Caliphate 1
King – 1 Religious System
of varying Kingdoms
The ten horns were/are the leaders. When Greece’s leader died (Alexander) his kingdom was divided amongst his four generals69 so in the Lord’s count, Greece gets a count of four because the empire of Greece did not remain whole. Rome has many "kings" but they were still only one system. Islam, though a non-unified group of nations, they were the kingdom "yet to come", they came, and now they are not, but their Caliphate will re-emerge.
Revelation
17:11 “And the beast that was, and is
not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.”
Daniel’s Statue71
The eighth king comes from the seventh kingdom and it is this eighth king that will go into perdition. The sixth kingdom was Rome, so the seventh to rule over Israel was Islam (Ottoman Empire), therefore the eighth kingdom will be the rise of Islam. The Caliphate is the seat of power for all Islam, a ruler who is like a president, a general, and a spiritual leader. The position is inclusive. The first Caliphate was Muhammad in Medina, Arabia around 630 AD. After his death, there were successive Caliphates, but in the end, Islam split into the Shi'a and Sunni belief systems that still thrive today.70 The Caliphate ended in March 1924 with the creation of the secular Turkish government after the abolishment of the Ottoman Empire. Hence, the feet of clay – so mixed and weakened without purity of beliefs. In fact, in Hebrew, “arab” means “mixed people”. Someday soon, the Turkish people will elect a Sharia government, which will reinstate the Caliphate. In an excellent article in the Hudson New York, Steven Simpson writes in his article Turkey: Islamism's Consequences for the West, “For now, Turkey, still a powerful member of NATO, and still presumably a friend of America, teeters between East and West. A ‘neo-Ottoman’ Empire -- like a ‘neo-Czarist’ Russia that appears in the making -- is something that America, the West, and Israel, should take seriously.
“In the Middle East, the past is
never forgotten and never forgiven. The future in the Middle East often
consists of the merging of the present with the past. The West might therefore
be well advised to prepare for the day that a once pro-Western secular Turkey
no longer exists. The once "sick man of Europe" of the 18th and 19th
centuries has now become the 21st century "strongman of the Middle
East." While the secularist Kemalist ship is sinking in the Straits of the
Bosporus, the neo-Ottoman Islamist ship of Erdogan is docking at the port of
Istanbul.”72
Revelation
17:12-13 “And the ten horns which
thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive
power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give
their power and strength unto the beast.”
Now if there’s anything I learned about Scripture, it’s that many verses have a double meaning and these ten kings are not just from the statue of Daniel, but are future kings which will surrender everything to the antichrist. These kings will destroy the whore and make her desolate. Verse 18 states that this is a great city – Babylon, Iraq. It will be rebuilt. So why would these Islamic nations destroy Babylon and the Islamic system and the oil?
Daniel
11:36-38 “And the king shall do
according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above
every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall
prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall
be done. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of
women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. But in his
estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not
shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant
things.”
As you can see, the antichrist will rise to power and then do what he
wants – especially when he’s fooled the world by his power. “And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the
beast…” (Rev 13:14a) Notice in the verses of Daniel above, the antichrist
will neither regard the God of his fathers – Abraham via Ishmael – nor regard
the desire of women (won’t listen to their pleas because in Islam, women are
second-class people). Who else in the entire world today beheads (Rev 20:4)
their enemies? Islam! The antichrist (Satan possessed) will declare that he is
God, yet he will honor the god of forces – violence, military, and terrorism.
Babylon may or may not be rebuilt to the opulence it once had, but from
Daniel’s statue, the starting place of Islam’s history to its very end of
history, when destroyed, will come full circle.
With the birth and growth of Islam, and their pure unifying hatred of
Israel, these ten kings and the antichrist, in war with the West, destroy the
lifeblood of the West’s economy – oil. A great military strategy. Nevertheless,
their end is destruction:
Daniel
2:34-35 “Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which
smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to
pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled
the whole earth.”
Daniel 2:45 “Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the
silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come
to pass hereafter: and the dream is
certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.”
Jesus Christ comes from heaven to earth (the Stone) to destroy those who have attacked His own. Notice that the statue: the iron, clay, brass, silver and gold are broken “together”. Not only will the world marvel at the head that was wounded and brought back (the Caliphate) but the enemies throughout all of history of Israel in one new kingdom, the antichrist’s kingdom. Who is it that is destroyed? Throughout Scripture, they are all today Islamic countries. His garments will be dyed in blood of His enemies (Isaiah 63)! Jesus Christ comes to set up His one thousand-year reign! Glory to God! What a time that will be! Please see Appendix L for some discoveries concerning Revelation 13:17 “…the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Jerusalem
plowed - 9 Av - CY 4047
Creation
Year: 4047 Western Year: 71
The Roman army plowed Jerusalem with salt in 25 July 71 AD (9 Av 3831)73
Jewish
revolt ends - 9 Av - CY 4111
Creation
Year: 4111 Western Year: 135
The destruction of Shimon Bar Kochba's army in 5 Aug 135 AD (9 Av 3895)74 The
last of the Israeli army is destroyed.
End of
day five - CY 5001
Creation
Year: 5001 Western Year: 1025
End of day five, beginning of day six.
II Peter 3:8 “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
First
Crusade - Av - CY 5071
Creation
Year: 5071 Western Year: 1095
The
First Crusade, declared by Pope Urban II, began when his preaching throughout
France, in July 1095 (Av 4855), stirred up the populace.75 This
ignited violence against the Jews and some have deemed this as the first
holocaust.76 Though this evil occurred, the number of Jews killed
before the Crusades reaches Jerusalem are not recorded, but accounts added up
can lead one to believe that the number could reach five to ten thousand.77
England expels
Jews - 9 Av - CY 5266
Creation
Year: 5266 Western Year: 1290
Edward I of England expelled all of the Jews in 18 July 1290 AD (9 Av 5050)78
“Pressured by his barons, the Church and
possibly his mother, he announced the expulsion of all the Jews. By November 1,
approximately 4,000 had fled, mostly to France. The Jews had to pay their own
passage. They were allowed to take movables (i.e. clothing). A number of Jews
were robbed and cast overboard during the voyage by the ship captains. The Jews
did not return to England until 165979. This was the first national
expulsion of the Jews. (England was one of the only centralized and national
monarchies of that time.)”80
France expels
Jews - 10 Av - CY 5282
Creation
Year: 5282 Western Year: 1306
“1306 July 22, PHILIP THE FAIR (France) Expelled the Jews from his lands after
arresting all of them (on the day after the 9th of Av) and confiscating their
property. Most Jews went to the next Duchy. Gradually, they were allowed to
drift back.”81
Spain expels
Jews - 8 Av - CY 5468
Creation
Year: 5468 Western Year: 1492
Spain, by the Alhambra Decree82, expelled all of the Jews by 31 July
1492. On the 1 August 1492 AD, the day before 9th of Av (9 Av 5252), the Jews
who didn’t leave were being round up and forced into Catholicism.
Ottoman
Rule over Israel - CY 5493
Creation
Year: 5493 Western Year: 1517
From 1517 to 1917 the Ottoman Empire ruled over Israel and land flourished. The
Ottoman Empire was the seat of the Islam Caliphate – a form of government over
the people, regardless of national boundaries. Turkey was indeed the last
caliphate, and was abolished on March 3, 192483. Today, from
Pakistan and India to Iran and Saudi Arabia, they wish to re-establish the Caliphate.
In September 2010, the people of Turkey voted to adjust their constitution, which
puts their secular government at risk of remaining secular. If you understand
Scripture, you know that this is part of the end times. Turkey will increase
their influence on the region.
King
James enthroned - CY 5579
Creation
Year: 5579 Western Year: 1603
James I is crowned King of England. Contrary to slanderous charges, he was a
Godly man who translated his own private versions of the books of Psalms and Revelation
(not included in the King James Bible). The work of Sir Francis Bacon
flourished in the court of King James. Bacon rejected84 the pagan
philosophy of Aristotle, and greatly advanced science through his system of
inductive methodology, thus paving the way for modern science and technology.
False charges of impious behavior against James I are attributable to viscous
rumors spread by his political enemies. The king survived an assassination
attempt by Catholic Jesuits in the failed "Gunpowder Conspiracy".
King
James commissioned Bible - CY 5580
Creation
Year: 5580 Western Year: 1604
King James I of England commissioned the translation of a new English Bible on
July 22. The guidelines stated: "That a translation be made of the whole
Bible, as consonant as can be to the original Hebrew and Greek; and this to be
set out and printed, without any marginal notes, and only to be used in all
churches of England in time of divine service."85
America
I am an American. This statement is an extremely privileged one. The poorest of
us are still richer than the majority of the rest of the world. America grew
from nothing to the sole superpower in record time. Her fall may be just as
fast. That is because she is forgetting her God. I love my country and this is
why society's evil grieves me so.
Psalms 9:17 “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”
Periodically
I will present events in America that I feel are turning points in our
existence. First, I believe that God brought us forth to do great and mighty
things in and for the world; but it is my firmest conviction that America was
born to assist in the birth of another country – Israel – to set in motion the
needed events for the beginning of the end times. Still, there is another force
at work, that abhors what the Almighty does, and this evil (the devil), brought
two great evils to America: destruction to the American Indians and slavery to
our shores. Today, the devil is busy working on removing God from our history
books, and what He did for America, while maligning the founders of The United
States of America.
Jamestown
was christened - CY 5583
Creation
Year: 5583 Western Year: 1607
May
14, 1607, Captain John Smith christened Jamestown, Virginia.86
The
Spanish had already colonized some of South America, certainly visiting it long
before the English. Yet, none of the colonies really flourished in the new
world until the English planted a colony at Jamestown and in Massachusetts.
Much of this has to do with the way the English conducted their business
practices. Landholding was an important part of English society – the more land
you owned, the wealthier your standing in society. "English merchants had
eclipsed their Spanish and French rivals in preparing for successful
colonization through adoption of the joint-stock company as a form of
business."87 Because it was a joint-stock venture, if the
colony failed, the stockholder would only lose what he invested and the company
would survive, which limited the loss of investments thereby lowering the risk
to investors. "Stability of the state, the rule of law, and a willingness
to accept new or foreign ideas … proved vital to entrepreneurship, invention,
technical creativity, and innovation."2
The
first year was terrible for the colonists with new infirmities and no
established substance they lived off the land. Barely a third survived the
first year and Capt. Smith took control in 1608 and declared, "He who will
not work will not eat,"88 quoting from the Scriptures, II
Thessalonians 3:10. Although this tough stance allowed many to survive, once
the colony started to flourish, they tired of Smith's military reign and
deposed him. With the means to support even the laziest of colonists, forced
labor was no longer needed so they turned to and new activity – private land
ownership. "The application of private enterprise, combined with the
introduction of tobacco farming, helped Jamestown survive and prosper…"89
The marriage of the local chief's daughter, Pocahontas, to John Rolfe
helped seal a permanent peace treaty with the Indians.
II Thessalonians 3:10 "For even when we were with you, this we
commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat."
King
James Bible complete - CY 5587
Creation
Year: 5587 Western Year: 1611
King James (KJV) Bible published - sanctioned for Church of England worship
services, although neither church nor government banned the use of other
Bibles. The KJV gained immediate popularity among the common people of all
fundamentalist congregations and came to be called the “Authorized Version”
(AV). It was simply referred to as “the Bible” or the “common English Bible”
until modern times, and powerfully spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ around the
globe. It took seven years to translate.
Psalms 12:6 “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of
earth, purified seven times.”
Most English speaking people do not understand the depth of influence the
King James Bible has on their everyday language. There are a lot of words and
phrases and words that we use day to day that come straight out of the bible.
Here are a few examples:
·
can't get blood from a turnip – God required a blood sacrifice, yet
Cain offered his vegetables – Genesis 4:2-5
·
don't miss the boat – Genesis 7, the Flood of Noah
·
quit babbling – Genesis 11:7-9, the tower of Babel
·
holy cow – Exodus 32:8, the molten calf that
Aaron made
·
scapegoat – Leviticus 16:6-10, when one of the
goats is set free, the other is sacrificed
·
cheer up – Deuteronomy 24:5, when a man marries
a woman, he’s not to go out to war for a year, so to cheer her up
·
apple of his eye – Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8; Proverbs
7:2; Zechariah 2:8
·
don't know if he's coming or going – I Kings 3:7, Solomon’s comment to
God
·
that's heavy – I Kings 14:6, bad news
·
she's gone to the dogs – I Kings 21:19-23, God’s judgment on
Jezebel
·
seeing is believing - II Chronicles 9:6; John 20:25, which
also comes doubting Thomas
·
postman – II Chronicles 30:6, the man carrying
posts and letters throughout Israel
·
lay me down to sleep – Psalm 4:8, a children’s prayer and
should be a prayer for adults too!
·
shoot off your mouth – Psalm 64:3-4, speak before you think
·
spare the rod, spoil the child – Proverbs 13:24
·
money talks – Ecclesiastes 10:19
·
a little bird told me – Ecclesiastes 10:20
·
seeing eye to eye – Isaiah 52:8, unity in idea
·
half-baked – Hosea 7:8
·
hog wild – Mark 5:13, when Jesus cast out the
Legion of demons into the herd of swine
·
won't lift a finger to help – Luke 11:46, speaking of lawyers
·
he came to himself – Luke 15:17, when the prodigal son
came to his senses
·
go jump in the lake – Revelation 20:15, when those that
don’t believe will be cast into the lake of fire
The
translators did not want to beguile people with their translation if a word did
not exist in the original language, so they added them in order to make the
English grammar or meaning correct and they would italicize the words. It is my personal belief that the Lord blessed
England because of this book and allowed it to be spread literally around the
world. At one point in Great Britain's history, the sun never set on the
empire. However, because they forgot God (Psalms 9:17) they forgot the people
of the Word and treated them badly after World War II. This ill treatment of
the Jews is the direct reason Great Britain's empire is no more. Even within
the borders of their island nation, they are divided, with Scotland
re-establishing their parliament after 291 years.90 Today, they
arrest pastors for preaching the Good News. Dropping off leaflets at a "gay"
parade in Cardiff, England, Stephen Green was arrested and "… was
held in a police station for four hours and was charged with using threatening,
abusive or insulting words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or
distress after he refused to accept a caution from the force's Minorities
Support Unit."91 The charges were later dropped, but he
was still arrested. Harry Hammond, a preacher in Bournemouth, England, was
arrested and convicted of harassment for waving a sign calling homosexuality a
sin.92 The sad part was that Mr. Hammond was attacked and beaten by
a mob for his sign, and yet he was the only one convicted. This is clear
harassment and it is starting in the United States as well.
Virginia
Company offers land in the New World - CY 5593
Creation
Year: 5593 Western Year: 1617
"Any freeman who migrated to Virginia could obtain a grant of one
hundred acres of land."93 This allowed for the great expansion
of Virginia. In part thanks to the demand for tobacco back in Europe. Tobacco
farming methods at the time spoiled the land so new farms had to be created and
the desperate need for laborers. This started a trend of "indenture
servitude". This was indiscriminant to race. After an appointed time, the
servant would fulfill their debt and many where given land by the owners to use
as their own land. This is a perfect example of “For the love of money is the root of all evil” (I Timothy 6:10).
Their desire of money, lead to a vice (tobacco), which lead to indentured
servitude, which lead to full-blown slavery! If you research any wrong, you
will trace it back to the “love of money”.
Anthony
Johnson – First Slave Owner – CY 5596
Creation
Year: 5596 Western Year: 1620
One such "indentured servant" was Anthony Johnson in the
Virginia Company. Anthony came to America in 1621, as a slave, and sold to a
planter named Bennet to work on his Virginia tobacco farm.94 After
the saving money, he bought out his contract, was set free and given his own
land to work. He had approximately 250 acres of land and had indentured
servants of his own. One of those servants, John Casor, also an African, ran
away from Johnson. Caught, he was taken before a judge where Johnson laid out
his case against Casor and won the judgment. Casor's sentence was to be
Johnson's "indentured servant" for life – effectively making Casor
the first true slave in Virginia and Johnson, the first documented slave owner.94
This verdict, in 1654, effectively and officially established the evil called slavery in America until Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, 209 year later. Even worse, it took until
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to cease the injustice on a people.
Pilgrims
arrive USA - CY 5596
Creation
Year: 5596 Western Year: 1620
Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Taking
advantage of the joint-stock business practice, the Pilgrims allowed
non-separatists to join them to Virginia. Leaving England on the Mayflower, 65 colonists and 35 Pilgrims
set sail. Blown off course, they found themselves at Cape Cod Bay in an area called
Plymouth by John Smith. Seeing that they were not in Virginia, 500 miles away,
they remained on board until they decided on what they were going to do. Not
having a charter for Plymouth and not wishing to offend the King of England
should they stay, they drew up a document emphasizing their allegiance to King
James, and to renounce any claim they were attempting to declare themselves
independent.95 This document, known as the Mayflower Compact, spelled out that; in the Name of God, for the
Glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian Faith, they "… by
virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws,
Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be
thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which
we promise all due submission and obedience."96
Due
to their inspiration, the Massachusetts Bay colony formed, electing John
Winthrop as governor, a Cambridge educated, an attorney, wealthy, and a staunch
Puritan. He took his position seriously and upon arriving in America, he preached
a sermon to those on the eleven ships that sailed with him, "Wee must
Consider that wee shall be as a City upon a Hill, the eyes of all people are
upon us."97 By 1640, they had grown to over ten thousand
because of the continued restocking and funding by the stockholders in England.
They succeeded keeping the labor force full where the southern colonies had
failed even with indentured servants. Sadly today, the only thing people
remember about the Massachusetts Bay colony, are the Salem (Anglicized word for
the Hebrew word Shalom meaning Peace) witch trials. It ended as quickly
as it started, yet it is the single most remembered event from the period; another
example of the success in removing "God" from our history books.
The
single most key to the success of the pilgrims occurred because the majority of
them died the first two years in the new land. During this time they were
forbidden to own land; they had to use the law of commons. The law of commons
is based on the idea that everything belongs to everyone – just like communism!
No one owned anything, so no one put their all into anything they did. As a
result, they became lazy because why should one work if everyone is working.
Some would also go out and pick the crops too early, stealing really, so they
would have more than the others, which caused a shortage to both the thief –
who picked smaller units without much nutrition – and the colony – because the
quantity was less. This all changed when William Bradford allowed the colonists
to own parcels of land and made everyone plant according to their own needs. It
was so successful that the next harvest, they had so much they invited the
Indians – the first thanksgiving.
This
is the basis of America’s success: God’s blessings to the hard working
individual and the rule of law of private property. When someone owns something
that they know is theirs, they will take care of it. That’s why the colonists
did so well from then on and why America became the richest nation on earth and
why older countries never fared as well as America.
John
Bunyan pens... - CY 5654
Creation
Year: 5654 Western Year: 1678
"The Pilgrim's Progress" penned
by John Bunyan
“This book is writ in such a dialect, As may the minds of listless
men affect: It seems a novelty, and yet contains Nothing but sound and honest
gospel strains.”
John Bunyan, 1678
“In Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, Bunyan describes his conversion as coming when he heard “three or four poor women,” sitting at a door, “talking about the new birth, the work of God in their hearts, and the way by which they were convinced of their miserable state by nature. They told how God had visited their souls with his love in Christ Jesus, and with what words and promises they had been refreshed, comforted, and supported against the temptations of the devil.” From these pious women Bunyan learned to despise sin and to hunger for the Savior. Later, while passing into the fields, he recounts, “This sentence fell upon my soul, ‘Thy righteousness is in heaven’…for my righteousness was Jesus Christ Himself, the same yesterday, today, and forever.” He then said his “chains fell off,” and he went home rejoicing. In 1655, Bunyan was called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was arrested in 1660 for preaching without a license from the Anglican Church, charged with “teaching men to worship God contrary to the law.” He was in jail more than twelve years, during which time he could have been released if he would have agreed to compromise on certain points in preaching the Gospel.
“His most well-known work, The Pilgrim’s Progress, was
written in the Bedford jail. During Bunyan’s lifetime there were 100,000 copies
of it circulated in the British isles, besides several editions in North
America. It has been translated into more than 120 languages. Bunyan’s
remarkable imagery was firmly rooted in the Reformation doctrines of man’s
fallen nature, grace, imputation of righteousness, justification, and the
atonement—all of which Bunyan seems to have derived directly from Scripture. He
became one of the most influential authors of the seventeenth century. Few in
history have left such a wealth of Christ-centered writings.”98
Final
printing of AV1611 - CY 5745
Creation
Year: 5745 Western Year: 1769
Final typographical corrections made to King James Bible for mass printing.
Haym Salomon -
CY 5748
From USPS.com
Haym Salomon (1740-1785) was an astute merchant and banker and succeeded in
accumulating a huge fortune, which he subsequently devoted to the use of the
American Government during the American Revolution. For example, he negotiated
all the war aid from France and Holland, endorsing and selling bills to
American merchants.
He was the paymaster-general of the French military forces in the early times
of the United States. It is asserted that more than $100,000 he advanced was
never repaid. He lent the young United Sates government about $600,000, and at
his death about $400,000 of this amount had not been repaid. This was
irrespective of what he had lent to statesmen and others while performing
public duties and trusts. Jacob Bader Marcus wrote in Early American Jewry
that the sum owed to Saloman was $800,000.
Solomon
came to New York in 1772 and joined the Sons of Liberty. He was a brilliant
financier and one of George Washington's personal friends. In 1776 he was
captured and sentenced to death by the British, but he bribed his jailer and
escaped to Philadelphia. It was during this period of incarceration where he
contracted tuberculosis.
During the American Revolution, Solomon went to France and raised an additional
3.5 million British pounds from the Sassoon and Rothschild banking houses and
families. He spoke eight languages. When Solomon was in France, he passed
himself off as a French diplomat.
In
1975, the United States Postal Service printed a stamp in his honor.
From Wikipedia99, so please read more about this great,
sadly unknown, American hero.
America
is born - CY 5752
Creation
Year: 5752 Western Year: 1776
America
is born, July 4, 1776 (17 Tammuz 5536)
FAST OF TAMMUZ 17 (17 Tammuz) - A day of fasting commemorating the breach made
in the defense wall surrounding Jerusalem in 586 BC. This led to the capture of
the city, the destruction of the Temple by the Babylonians under
Nebuchadnezzar, and three weeks later, the exile of the Jews to Babylonia. Tradition
also says that this is the day Moses destroyed the first tables of stone
because of Aaron’s and Israel’s sin.100
Washington
D.C. Burns - CY 5790
Creation
Year: 5790 Western Year: 1814
During
the War of 1812, (1812-1815) the British military attacked Washington D.C. The
best known of these destructive raids was the burning of public buildings,
including the White House, by Admiral Sir George Cockburn and General Robert
Ross. The expedition was carried out between August 19 and August 29, 1814. On
the 23rd, a doctor invited the commanders in for a meal. After they left for
their campaign, they were attacked. They blamed the doctor and took him to
their ship as a prisoner. On the 24th, the inexperienced American militia who
had collected at Bladensburg, Maryland to protect the capital were soundly
defeated, opening the route to Washington. President James Madison was forced
to flee to Virginia, and American morale was reduced to an all-time low. In an
act of defiance, Dolly Madison, the first Lady, prepared a meal for the
advancing army, complete with the best dishes. While the army feasted, she made
off with the portrait of the first president, President George Washington. When
they finished eating, they torched the President's home. Later the building was
whitewashed to cover the scorched marks on the outer walls and pillars
resulting the famous naming of the building - the White House.101
During this time of great sorrow, the Lord came to Washington's rescue. While
the British where burning all the public buildings a hurricane hit
extinguishing the fires. Because of the hurricane, a tornado formed right over
the British army killing more than the Americans could.
The British also attempted to attack Baltimore by sea on September 13, but were
unable to reduce Fort McHenry at the entrance to Baltimore Harbor. On September
12, a young lawyer went to the command ship to request the release of his
doctor friend. Having secured his friend's release, he found they could not
leave because they knew of their whereabouts. As a result, from the deck of the
command ship, watching the defense of the fort inspired the American lawyer
Francis Scott Key to write a poem that became "The Star-Spangled
Banner," the national anthem of the United States. Mary Pickersgill had
sewed an oversized American flag in anticipation of the British attack on the
fort commissioned by the fort's commander. Today that very flag hangs in the
American History Museum in Washington D.C.
I can't help but see the hand of God in all of this and the single verse that
comes to mind is Isaiah 37:35 "For I
will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's
sake." I know that this is talking about Jerusalem, but even Haym
Salomon believed that the U.S. was destined to save or aid in a future Israel.
He was one of the most influential financial help to the U.S. in its war of
Independence.
Birth of
Zionism - CY 5873
Creation
Year: 5873 Western Year: 1897
The
birth of Zionism as a political movement began on 29 August 1897 (1 Elul 5657),
a Jubilee and nine months later, Israel is born.
World War
I Declared - 9 Av - CY 5890
Creation
Year: 5890 Western Year: 1914
World War I is declared on the ninth of Av, 1 August 1914 (9 Av 5674)
Russia mobilized for World War I and launched persecutions against the Jews in
Eastern Russia three days before 9 Av 5674. Of the population, 13% were Jewish
and considered traitors and spies and were taken hostage in order to prevent
spying. Finally, in 1915 they were forced to leave Galicia, Austria, and banned
Yiddish.102
General
Allenby enters Jerusalem - CY 5893
Creation
Year: 5893 Western Year: 1917
The Balfour Declaration signed by the British Empire. Exactly one Jubilee later, Jerusalem becomes
a united city! One Jubilee later, Israel surrenders Hebron to the Palestinians
in 1997.
General Allenby enters Jerusalem on 11 Dec 1917, the first day of
Hanukkah. Please see the year 1948 for some amazing facts.
Eretz
Israel - 10 Av - CY 5905
Creation
Year: 5905 Western Year: 1929
16 August 1929 (10th of Av)
“The
first of the 1929 anti-Zionist riots, which prompted the British to further
restrict Jewish immigration into Palestine, began on August 16 1929 -- the
Tenth of Av.”103
“On August 16, 1929 Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem defied a rule
requiring them to stand rather than sit while praying. Enraged, Arab rioters
first targeted Jewish residents in Jerusalem and then in Hebron, where gruesome
murders were the norm.”104
“A
fateful day in August 1929 marks the birth of the modern Arab war against the
Jewish people”, Edwin Black104
WWII
Started - CY 5915
Creation
Year: 5915 Western Year: 1939
“Do you
really think if I stopped selling weapons, people would stop killing each
other? Killing is human nature. That’s why we keep getting better and better at
it.”
Numb3rs: Arm in Arms
I
find it funny that a powerful truth presents itself in the form of a television
show. I’m not against war, when it’s right and noble. Yet, since Abel was murdered,
man has not found a way to keep from killing but has pursued ways to kill
efficiently. According to the Congressional Research Service, the following
information105 shows how many U.S. military deaths since the birth
of America:
War U.S. Military Death Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 4,435 War of 1812 (1812-1815) 2,260 Mexican War (1846-1848) 13,283 Civil War (1861-1865) (Union Forces Only) 364,511 Spanish-American War (1898-1901) 2,446 World War I (1917-1918) 116,516 World War II (1941-1946) 405,399 U.S. History Soldier War Deaths
However, the most amazing fact is when you count all deaths, in the twentieth century alone:107
Yet
the most startling statistic on VOLUNTARY death is over 46 million,108
performed since 1973 just in the United States of America – abortion!
War Total
Deaths World
War II 72 Million World
War I 65 Million Vietnam
“Conflict” 5 Million Korean
War 3.5 Million 20th Century Deaths
Revelation 9:15 “And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.”
Revelation
9:18 “By these three was the third
part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which
issued out of their mouths.”
Warsaw
Ghetto - 9 Av - CY 5918
Creation
Year: 5918 Western Year: 1942
On 22 July 1942, the Germans began a systematic liquidation of the Ghetto,
deporting Jews to extermination camps at the rate of six to ten thousand per
day. Deportation started on 8 Av. Over 64,000 Jews were transported to Treblinka
in July.109 By autumn there were only 40,000 Jews left in Warsaw.
Just to top it off, 500 mental patients were killed on this day in Kobierzyn
(Poland).110
Warsaw
Ghetto Cleansed - 9 Av - CY 5919
Creation
Year: 5919 Western Year: 1943
By early 1943, the Jews refused to cooperate with the Germans and the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising began. Renewed attempts to start deportations were answered
with reprisals.111
Age of the Gentiles is Ending
Israel is
Born! - CY 5924
Creation
Year: 5924 Western Year: 1948
Israel
is born by decree of the United Nations112, fulfilling the most
important end-time prophecy to start the end of days!!!
Isaiah 66:8-9
“Who hath heard such a thing? who
hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once?
for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Shall I bring to
the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring
forth, and shut the womb? saith
thy God.”
Ezekiel
37:4-6 “Again he said unto me,
Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of
the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath
to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will
bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye
shall live; and ye shall know that I am
the LORD.”
Not since the Resurrection Day of Jesus, the Christ, has any
other day had more importance than May 14, 1948. On this day, the End Time
prophecies began. Having never lived on the side of time prior to that fateful
day, it is hard to believe, but people were called heretics for believing that
Israel would rise up, just as Ezekiel and Isaiah prophesied so many millenniums
ago. Because of this one event, we can discern other prophecies.
bring your sons from afar
Isaiah 60:9 “Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the
ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their
gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of
Israel, because he hath glorified thee.”
Tarshish in the
Scriptures is modern-day Spain. You may not see it, but this verse also has
been fulfilled. Many years before the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, an
explorer, wanting to preach the Gospel to the heathens, set about to find a way
to the Orient. This man was Christopher Columbus. Because of what he did,
without knowing what he had done, what he had found, or where he had been,
started the fulfillment of this prophecy. After failing to secure funds from
Italy or Portugal, he looked to the Spanish. Wanting to expand and gain wealth,
the Spanish Monarchs supported Columbus’ exploration. In 1492, after the Edict
of Expulsion of the Jews, he set sail due west.
“Columbus was driven more by
prophecy than astronomy. He compiled a collection of Biblical passages in his
Libro de las Profecias, Book of Prophecies: Proverbs 8:27, which speaks of the
earth's surface as being curved; Isaiah 40:22, the spherical earth; and the
ocean currents in Isaiah 43:16. He would later describe his discovery of
the New World as "the fulfillment of what Isaiah prophesied," from
Isaiah 24:15, "...isles beyond the sea," and Isaiah 60:6.
“Aside from their being
Conversos, these were not ordinary Spaniards. Santangel was a member of one of
the wealthiest and most influential families in Spain, as well as the King's
personal advisor. Juan Cabrero was Ferdinand's intimate friend who had fought
by the King against the Muslims. Gabriel Sanchez was the Chief Treasurer of
Spain. They offered to finance Columbus' project and it was accepted. Some
scholars believe that Santangel and his associates were willing to finance
Columbus in the hope of finding a new Promised Land to which they might
emigrate and escape the pressure of the Church.” 113
Because Columbus discovered America, the Lord’s timetable
was set in motion for the birth of the United States, who, one day, would be
instrumental in the birth of Israel! (This will be expanded on later.) This
timetable is clearly understood by the first part of the verse “…the isles shall wait for me…”. After
setting sail, Columbus restocked in the Canary Islands, then continued due
west. Next, he landed in what is today The Bahamas. He continued on and found
Cuba and then on to Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic) and finally back
to Spain in March 1493. Even on his second and third voyage he discovered more
islands until Venezuela. His fourth voyage finally found Central America.114
And it started in Tarshish first!
strangers shall build up the walls
Isaiah 60:10 “And the sons of strangers shall build up thy
walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee,
but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.”
Ottoman Sultan
Suleiman I rebuilt the walls around Jerusalem from 1535-1538115
fulfilling this prophecy.
Eastern Gate will be sealed
Ezekiel 44:1-3 “Then he brought me back the way of the gate
of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. Then said the LORD unto me;
This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by
it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it
shall be shut. It is for the
prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall
enter by the way of the porch of that
gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.”
As prophesied, the
Lord, the God of Israel, Jesus, has entered in by the eastern gate! Typical of
unbelievers, in 1541 AD Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I116 sealed off the
Golden Gate in to prevent the Messiah's entrance! Being ignorant of the truth,
he clearly did not read the verses below.
Luke 19:35-38 “And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast
their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. And as he went, they
spread their clothes in the way. And when he was come nigh, even now at the
descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to
rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had
seen; Saying, Blessed be the
King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the
highest.”
Matthew 21:8-10 “And a very great multitude spread their
garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes
that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of
David: Blessed is he that
cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come
into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?”
Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout,
O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly,
and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.”
He also built a
cemetery there, in the Kidron valley to “ensure” the Jewish Messiah would not
enter the gate. This too is a fulfilled prophecy.
Jeremiah 31:40 “And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and
of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of
the horse gate toward the east, shall
be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any
more for ever.”
Jerusalem will be saved by the air
Isaiah 31:4-5 “For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like
as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of
shepherds is called forth against him, he
will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so
shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill
thereof. As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending
also he will deliver it; and
passing over he will preserve it.”
General Allenby119
Hebrew will be spoken
Zephaniah 3:9 “For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.”
Eliezer ben Yehuda was born in Lithuania on January 7, 1858. In 1877, while attending a Russian gymnast school, Russia proclaimed it stood with the Ottoman Empire in the hopes of freeing the Slavs, the Bulgarians, and gain their independence from the Turks. This intrigued Elierzer with the idea that the Jews could have their own land and their own language – Hebrew. Most Jews learned Hebrew as a written language, but hardly any spoke Hebrew. In addition, the language was limited to what was written in the Scriptures. Therefore, Hebrew lacked any of the modern words like fashion, newspaper, and soldier. He was so convinced that the written language could be used by a society that when he had children, they only spoke Hebrew.121 After years of work, he publish a dictionary and in the introduction wrote:
“If a language which has
stopped being spoken, with nothing remaining of it save what remains of our
language – (if there is such a language) can return and be the spoken tongue of
an individual for all necessities of his life, there is no room for doubt that
it can become the spoken language of a community.”121
The article continues about the Ben-Yehuda family: “They passed on Hebrew to their children in the home, and in the kindergartens and schools they set up throughout the country. Thus, within a biblical generation, in the forty years from 1881 to 1921, a core of young, fervent Hebrew-language speakers was formed, with Hebrew as the unique symbol of their linguistic nationalism. This fact was acknowledged by the British mandate authorities, who on November 29, 1922, recognized Hebrew as the official language of the Jews in Palestine. The Hebrew revival was now complete, and Ben-Yehuda's lifelong dream had been fulfilled. Sadly, and perhaps significantly, only one month later, he succumbed to the tuberculosis which had stalked him ever since his Paris days.”121
Thanks to Ben-Yehuda, knowingly or not, he fulfilled the prophecies of the book of Revelation of Jesus Christ. John wrote in Revelation 9:11; 16:16, “whose name in the Hebrew tongue” and “a place called in the Hebrew tongue” concerning the last days. By implication, these words were prophetic, considering Hebrew was not a used language outside religious events.
Holocaust
Deuteronomy 28:62 “And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.”
Deuteronomy 28:66-67 “And thy life shall hang in doubt before
thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy
life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou
shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith
thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.”
Some rabbis122 agree that these verses speak of the holocaust they endured, even some survivors described their conditions, exactly as Deuteronomy 28:67 states, in poems and stories.123 The Nuremburg trials124 convicted twelve Nazis to death, but only ten made it to the gallows. Some have made comparisons to the story of Esther where Haman used the ego of the king to trick him into making a law condemning all the Jews to death. In preparation for the day Haman could kill Mordecai, Haman made gallows 75 feet tall. The king found out the truth, and Haman was hung on his own gallows as well as his ten sons.
Esther 9:13 “Then said Esther, If it please the king, let
it be granted to the Jews which are
in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let
Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.”
Esther 9:25 “But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his
wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own
head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.”
Truman's Declaration of the State of Israel125
Ezekiel 37:21 “And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they
be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own
land:”
Isaiah 66:8-9 “Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen
such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once?
for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. Shall I bring to
the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring
forth, and shut the womb? saith
thy God.”
By declaration of the United Nations on 14 May 1948, Israel became a nation, at 6:00 pm Eastern Time, and at 6:11 pm, Harry S Truman recognized the State of Israel.125 Debate on the name raged on, Palestine?, Zion?, Judea?, until Pres. Truman scratched out the pseudo name and hand wrote “State of Israel”!
Genesis 12:3 “And I will bless them
that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all
families of the earth be blessed.”
It is my firmest belief that Great Britain was blessed of
God because of her integrity and faith in Jesus Christ; so much a blessing that
English became the de facto language of the planet, largely due to the spread
of the Gospel and the King James Bible. Thanks to Great Britain, the gospel was
preached around the world and therefore the sun never set on the British
Empire. Satan would not idly stand by and watch it happen without reprisals.
Slowly, over 400 years he has managed to erode the fervor of obeying and following
Jesus, to the point they refused to help make Israel a nation. The Israelis had
to hold the Balfour Declaration over the heads. Finally, in 1947, Britain
turned over the mandate to the United Nations.126 Britain would
allow the Arabs to own and carry weapons, but the forbid Jews. After World War
II, the British cut off the flow of immigration to Israel, and believe it or
not, they put them into camps on Cypress!127 The British also ignored
the daily attacks by the Arabs to a defenseless people. When Israel declared
Israel a sovereign state, five Arab armies attacked (Egypt, Syria, Transjordan,
Lebanon and Iraq).128 With God’s help and two French World-War-I
cannons129, Israel defeated
With their abandonment of Israel and treating the Jews with
such evil by putting them in camps after the holocaust, it’s no wonder God’s
blessings have been removed. Today, the island of Great Britain has all but
fractured into their old states. In 1998, Scotland reinstated their parliament
after 291 years to control their own fate.131 It is heart breaking
that today, the United States, under President Obama, is trying to carve up
Israel to allow a people who have no claim on the land to become a nation at
the cost of the only truly democratic nation in the Middle East.132
Zechariah 12:3,9
“And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; … And
it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations
that come against Jerusalem.”
America, after 9/11, is not just fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan any more, but in U.S. courts. In the November elections of 2010, 70% of Oklahoma voters accepted an Oklahoma constitutional amendment that would prohibit state courts from considering international or Islamic law when deciding cases. A judge blocked the amendment as unconstitutional until a hearing is completed.133 Activist judges and unethical banks will destroy America.
Israel will be one nation – no longer two
(Israel and Judah)
Ezekiel 37:22 “And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:”
Remember they used to be “Judah” – 2 tribes and “Israel” – 10 tribes, and today it is just “Israel”.
Latter days they will have no king
Hosea 3:4-5 “For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.”
This was written after they had returned from Babylon – so “return” from where? After WWII they returned to Israel as promised. Today they have a president and a prime minister. They have no temple, so no sacrifice, nor an image of the temple, nor the tools used by the high priest. Soon they will thanks to the Temple Institute.
Jerusalem shall no longer be divided
Zechariah 8:6-8 “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.”
In 1967 Israel was attacked again by the Arabs and after six days Israel took the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank including the rest of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights. The “east country” and the “west country” became one just as prophesied.
streets filled with children playing
Zechariah 8:5 “And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.”
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The gates will remain open
Isaiah 60:11-12 “Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.”
Since Israel took possession of Jerusalem, the gates will never shut,135 day nor night (save the Eastern Gate which was sealed by the Turks).
Desert blossom as the rose
Isaiah 35:1 “The wilderness and the solitary place shall
be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”
Location of
Arava from Isaiah 35:1136
Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness מדבר and the solitary
place ציה shall be glad שוש for them; and the desert ערבה shall rejoice גיל, and blossom פרח as the rose חבצלת.
Strong’s
Definition:
Desert ערבה ‘aravah’
pronounce ‘ar-aw-vaw’
from 6150
(in the sense of sterility); a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the
(generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea:--Aravah, champaign,
desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness
Now read the rest of Isaiah 35. I’ll point out a few things:
Isaiah 35:7 “And the parched ground shall become a pool,
and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each
lay, shall be grass with reeds
and rushes.”
These are photos137 of some of the farms from Arava region. It’s so very exciting to see the Lord bless Israel. There are great photos and information on biblical locations online at http://www.bibleplaces.com/.
Today, Israel is a major exporter of fruits and vegetables. 138 Due to political and climatological reasons, the export fluctuates. Though I mention this as a fulfillment of prophecy, I truly believe this is at the least, a start. Just twenty years ago, most of farms in Arava did not exist. The issue is water. Think about it, Arava is translated in the King James as desert because that is what it is. Over time, soon, the area will transform when water becomes more abundant.
Several years ago, the USGS139 told Israel they thought that there might be oil under this area, so Israel drilled a hole 1500 feet down and they struck water. A man-made lake140 – but I believe it’s a fulfillment. Notice the reeds. From this pool, they irrigate many farms that grow everything year round because the water is 72°F year-round.
Last days two seas
The Dead Sea has become two seas…in
fulfillment of prophecy:
Ezekiel
47:8-11 “Then said he unto
me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the
desert, and go into the sea: which
being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. And it
shall come to pass, that every
thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall
live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters
shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live
whither the river cometh. And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto
Eneglaim; they shall be a place
to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish
of the great sea, exceeding many. But the miry places thereof and the marishes
thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.”
In order for the verse eight to be
fulfilled, verse eleven needs to be in place. Over the last sixty years, this
has been happening. Notice that by 2001 (even until today) the lower part of
the Dead Sea has become a salt farm “…
they shall be given to salt.” Even some maps141 don’t show the lower part as being part of the Dead Sea.
The top part has not yet been healed, but
when the feet of Jesus touch the Mt. of Olives, it will split north and south
creating an east-west valley. Perry Stone mentioned that a huge reservoir deep under
Mt. Moria.
Zechariah
14:4 “And his
feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and
the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and
toward the west, and there shall be
a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north,
and half of it toward the south.”
Joel 3:18 “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down
new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall
flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and
shall water the valley of Shittim.”
Shittim142 is in Moab, which
is today, Jordan. The “house of the Lord” is on the temple mount and the Mt. of
Olives is just east of it.
Jerusalem will become a controversy
Zechariah 12:2-3 “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”
There is no denying the fact that the entire world is focusing on one city - Jerusalem! Of which there is NO logic whatsoever as to why, except that it is a spiritual battle. Though this verse was written over 2500 years ago, it is only NOW being fulfilled. Read the headlines of any newspaper today and you’ll usually see something on Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12:9 “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the
nations that come against Jerusalem.”
I urge you to pay
attention to cause and effect, especially concerning the United States and
Israel. Here is a perfect example:
·
8
Aug 2005: U.S. pressures Israel to pull out of Gaza143
·
15
Aug 2005: Israel begins to pull out of Gaza forcing settlers out144
·
23
Aug 2005: Hurricane Katrina forms145
·
24
Aug 2005: Israel pullout completes Gaza withdrawal146
·
24
Aug 2005: U.S. pressures Israel to resume roadmap plan147
·
26
Aug 2005: Sharon faces the battle of his political life against Netanyahu148
·
26
Aug 2005: Oil hits a record high at $68/barrel149
·
29
Aug 2005: Katrina hits New Orleans150 – 28 levees fail (over 50 in
the ensuing days)151
·
4
Jan 2006: Ariel Sharon has massive stroke leaving him in a permanent vegetative
state152
The area devastated by hurricane Katrina totals 90,000 square miles
encompassing parts of three states (164 square miles for every square mile of
Gaza153). By contrast, the whole of the British Island, comprising
England, Wales and Scotland, is only 84,400 square miles.154 1836
people die because of Katrina.155
Here’s another example:
· 30 Mar 2010: Netanyahu snubbed at the White House while Obama goes to dinner156, 157
· 10 Apr 2010: Israel will not attend the Obama Nuclear Arms Summit in fears the US will force Israel158
· 19 Apr 2010: Obama and Israel: Showdown at the UN (U.S. will not rubber-stamp a veto on non-Israeli friendly votes)159
· 20 Apr 2010: Israel warns of a nuclear race in the Middle East is Iran is allowed to have the bomb160
· 21 Apr 2010: US will not attack Iran on nuclear issue, leaves Israel to make a unilateral decision, which without US support will fail161
· 21 Apr 2010: US to allow a nuclear Iran162
· 21 Apr 2010: Oil Rig explodes off coast of Louisiana, 11 killed163
· 29 Apr 2010: Obama warns Israel and PA to do nothing to stop peace process164
· 29 Apr 2010: Gulf Oil slick: Businesses Brace for the worse165
· 29 Apr 2010: Oil Slick makes landfall166
Here is yet another example:
· 21 Jun 2010: US angry with the continued building in East Jerusalem167
· 22 Jun 2010: Israel's feeling of isolation is becoming more pronounced168
· 24 Jun 2010: Obama calls Gaza situation ‘unsustainable’169
· 24 Jun 2010: A 100-yard-wide tornado with winds of at least 100 mph rips through Bridgeport causing massive damage170
“Shekel” will be used
Ezekiel was being
shown the end-days temple and in it, they will use the Shekel.
Ezekiel 45:12 “And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.”
The rates on 13 Nov 2010 was 1.00 USD = 3.67250 ILS.171 When the last temple existed in 70 AD, the people didn’t use shekels, but Roman coins.
Luke 20:24-25 “Shew me a penny. Whose image and
superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. And he said unto
them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God
the things which be God's.”
Tourist will take dust from Israel
Psalms 102:13-14 “Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the
set time, is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the
dust thereof.”
Perry Stone comments
on his weekly television program how the people on his tours are always picking
up stones, or scooping up dirt. When asked, they always reply, “To take home of
course.” He has also commented how the airport security has asked him the same
question about his group. He should just quote them Psalms 102:14! The tourism
of Israel is about 2.7 million visitors, 54% are Christians.172
First things first:
II Peter 1:20 “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.”
This means that only the result of prophecy is given, how it gets that way is anybody’s guess. For example, we don’t know exactly when or how the third Temple will be erected, but it will be built and without the outer court, which will be given to the Gentiles. The politics and construction time are not known from scripture. Therefore, when I present the prophecies below, it’s because “I” believe the stage is set for these to happen – if for no other reason, non-Christians are talking about them.
Enemies of Israel will try to destroy her
Your first response is probably more like “well duh!” but you have to understand, until Israel became a nation, this wasn’t possible. Ezekiel 38 and 39 give many specific prophecies about a multi-nation attack on Israel and Israel will win. How do we know it hasn’t happened already? Well because within these chapters, it states Israel will take seven years to burn all the weapons (Ezekiel 39:9) without cutting down the trees, and a sixth of the army will be killed and it will take seven months to bury the dead (v11).
Ezekiel 39:9-11 “And they that dwell in the cities of Israel
shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears,
and they shall burn them with fire seven years: So that they shall take no wood
out of the field, neither cut down any
out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall
spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord
GOD. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the
valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there
shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.”
Damascus will cease to be a city
Seeing how that
Syria and Damascus are not mentioned in the group of attackers, it may be because
of Isaiah 17.
Isaiah 17:1-3 “The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is
taken away from being a city,
and it shall be a ruinous heap. The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down,
and none shall make them
afraid. The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from
Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children
of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.”
Seeing how Damascus
is the oldest city173, and continuously inhabited city174,
this specific prophecy has not yet happened. Iran supplies Syria with arms who
then turn and give it to Hezbollah in Lebanon. With a recent buildup of
missiles, Israel warned Syria on 18 April 2010, that if Hezbollah attacks
Israel, Israel would attack Damascus175. With the open secret that
Israel has nuclear weapons, imagination is no longer needed to see how this
could play out.
Oil in Israel
Deuteronomy 33:24-25 “And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.”
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Notice Asher is the yellow outline just below Tyre in the
map above. The map to the right shows
current oil and gas fields and the area that the United State Geological Survey
(USGS) estimates a mean of 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 122
trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas in the Levant Basin.176 This
is about 68% the size of the Saudi oil field.177
In verse 25, the word for “shoe” is מִנְעָלֶךָ, which is the only time it is used in Scripture. This word has a double meaning in that it means shoe, but also bolt. Oilrigs are made of steel. Steel is an alloy of iron and other metals. To cap off a well, brass tools or paraffin-coated tools are used in order to prevent a catastrophic spark.178 It is my belief that the “shoes” are rigs and that oil will be found soon in that region. In fact, there is a Christian company doing just that: Zion Oil (stock quote ZN, site: http://www.zionoil.com).
Jerusalem Bus –
Mar 2010179
Ezekiel 37:27-28 “My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea,
I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know
that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of
them for evermore.”
Revelation 11:1-2 “And there was given me a reed like unto a
rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the
altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple
leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy
city shall they tread under foot forty and
two months.”
In March 2010, Jerusalem buses were advertising to stir up support to pressure the government to rebuild the temple. The poster reads, “May the Bais HaMikdosh be rebuilt speedily and within our days.”179
There is a split among the religious leaders about rebuilding the temple. Some say that the Messiah comes and then it is rebuilt. Still, others believe that the temple needs to be rebuilt so that the Messiah will come. Whatever the order, it will be rebuilt and the antichrist will desecrate it.
Daniel 12:11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice
shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred
and ninety days.”
Mark 13:14 “But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that
readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:”
In order for the
sacrifices to cease, then there must be a temple. Some say this event happened
in 167 BC when Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ca. 215–164 BCE) outlawed the daily
sacrifices, feasts and Sabbaths were outlawed.180 But the fact that
Jesus warned when you see this happening flee to the mountains. Jesus was born
160 years after this time, so the event is still future. There is an
organization already in Jerusalem called the Temple Institute.181
The institute is dedicated to every aspect of the Scriptural commandment to
build the Holy Temple of God on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. Since they are the
ones dedicated to rebuilding the temple, they have many very interesting
articles worth reading; such as the ashes of a red heifer. Numbers 19 describes
the required sacrifice. They claim that is it not a requirement to have the
ashes of the previous heifer (though it would be nice) in order to rebuild the
temple. They also point out that Maimonides stated that the tenth red heifer
would be accomplished by the Messiah182 – could this be the antichrist?
They also state that nine red heifers have already been sacrifice since the
first one completed by Moses.
War of Independence Players183
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Clearly, a decisive victory thanks to the Lord’s protection
especially considering that Israel didn’t have much of an army and they fought
four regular (national) armies.
II Samuel
7:23-25 “And what one nation in the
earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to
redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great
things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to
thee from Egypt, from the
nations and their gods? For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever:
and thou, LORD, art become their God. And now, O LORD God, the word that thou
hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast
said.”
Prayer
outlawed - CY 5939
Creation
Year: 5939 Western Year: 1963
The U.S. Supreme Court declares prayer in school as unconstitutional184
- the beginning of the end for the U.S.
Psalms 9:17 “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”
Six Day
War - CY 5943
Creation
Year: 5943 Western Year: 1967
Israel was attacked and within six days, God gave Israel the whole of the Sinai
Peninsula, the whole of Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and the West Bank.
Job 8:7 “Though
thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.”
There
are so many miracles it’s amazing! Here are a few:
"The Arabs were surprised;
the fear of the Jews fell upon them. In Hevron, and in Shechem, in Jenin and in
Jericho the Arabs were heavily armed. There was not even one small Arab village
without arms. With great haste, the Arabs, however, hid their weapons and
didn't consider using them. They raised their hands up, and flew white flags of
surrender from every edifice. The fear of G-d fell upon hundreds of thousands
of proud Arabs, who were filled with hatred and loathing for Israel. Only
yesterday, they had sworn to fight until their last drop of blood."185
“In the late hours of the night,
an IDF truck loaded with arms and shells parked next to a Jerusalem building.
Its mission was to bring a fresh supply of ammunition to the front line
outposts. The element of danger was great in that were the truck to be hit by
enemy fire, the subsequent explosions of all the ammo would bring down all the
buildings in the area on their inhabitants. Suddenly the whistling of an
approaching enemy shell was heard, and the shell, indeed, scored a direct hit
on the vehicle.
“But the Arab shell did not explode. It remained perched atop the
pile of Israeli shells in the truck.”186
“A German journalist summarized:
‘Nothing like this has happened in history. A force including a 1000 tanks,
hundreds of artillery cannons, many rockets and fighter jets, and a hundred
thousand soldiers armed from head to toe was destroyed in two days in an area covering
hundreds of kilometers filled with reinforced outposts and installations. And
this victory was carried out by a force that lost many soldiers and much
equipment, positions, and vehicles. No military logic or natural cause can
explain this monumental occurrence.’”187
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Abortion
permitted - CY 5949
Creation
Year: 5949 Western Year: 1973
Abortion permitted in the U.S.188 With tens of millions of American babies
murdered, what do you think God will permit to happen to America? This is what
God said to Israel:
Leviticus
20:2 “Again, thou shalt say to the
children of Israel, Whosoever he be
of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that
giveth any of his seed unto
Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him
with stones.”
Deuteronomy
19:10 “That innocent blood be not
shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so
blood be upon thee.”
People sacrificed their children to Molech which was just an idol. Today, people sacrifice their children so they don’t have to take responsibility for their immoral actions. The psychological effect is devastating to a woman.
“Studies within the first few weeks after the
abortion have found that between 40 and 60 percent of women questioned report
negative reactions. Within 8 weeks after their abortions, 55% expressed guilt,
44% complained of nervous disorders, 36% had experienced sleep disturbances,
31% had regrets about their decision, and 11% had been prescribed psychotropic
medicine by their family doctor.”189
The
arguments were presented to the U.S. Supreme Court on 13 Dec 1971, which
happened to fall on 25 Kislev 5732, Hanukah. The decision was made on 22
January 1973, and Americans began killing babies ever since.
Yom
Kippur War - CY 5949
Creation
Year: 5949 Western Year: 1973
Another provocation by the Arabs and again Israel took more land from
Syria.
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that with each war, more Arabs unite against Israel, but to no avail. God is so
awesome!
Comet
Shoemaker-Levy collides with Jupiter - CY 5970
Creation
Year: 5970 Western Year: 1994
From July 16 (8 Av 5754) through July 22,
1994, pieces of an object designated as Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with
Jupiter. This is the first collision of two solar system bodies ever to be
observed, and the effects of the comet impacts on Jupiter's atmosphere have
been simply spectacular and beyond expectations. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9
consisted of at least 21 discernable fragments with diameters estimated at up
to two kilometers. (9 Av 5754) 190
10
Commandments outlawed - CY 5977
Creation
Year: 5977 Western Year: 2001
The
U.S. Supreme Court declares the 10 Commandments cannot be shown on Government
property191, May 29, 2001 (7 Sivan 5761 – 3,524 years and one day
after Moses received them from the finger of God!).
SHAVUOT
(6 Sivan) - One of the three pilgrim festivals (the others being Passover and Succoth)
which were marked by pilgrimages to Jerusalem to participate in the special
Temple celebrations. It is known as The
Feast of Weeks because it falls seven weeks after Passover. It is also
called The Festival of First Fruits.
Shavuot is a two-day observance (one in Israel). In Jewish tradition, it
commemorates the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai, which took place on 6 Sivan.
Four
months later, nineteen Islamic radicals attacked New York City, NY, on 11 September
2001, killing over 3000 people. During 2001, the US Federal Reserve lowered the
Federal funds rate 11 times, from 6.5% to 1.75%. By 2008, the rate was lowered
to .25%192 Mortgage fraud is up 1411%.193 By 2007, the
bust was in full bloom with the collapse of the sub-prime lending, which lead
to the banks to collapse, which lead to the full housing collapse, which caused
even more banks to fail. By 2008 the market crashed and by the end of 2010 rebounded
while gold hit a record high in October 2010 of $1414/troy ounce from just over
$500/ounce in Feb 2006.194 I mention this because it is not normal
for the price of gold to increase when the stock market also increases. It
could be that the U.S. debt is over $13.8 trillion.195
Signs in
the Heavens - CY 5990
Creation
Year: 5990 Western Year: 2014
Luke 21:25 “And
there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars…”
Genesis
1:14 “And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for
signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:”
Never
prior to 1492, have these signs occurred. There are four lunar eclipses corresponding
to Scriptural feasts. The word “feast” in Hebrew implies an appointment, or an
appointed time, not a party with food.
Here
is a breakdown of these “signs” in the heavens
Solar
eclipse falls on 1 Av on the three consecutive years:
·
1
August 2008 (1st of Av – the start of 9 days of fasting until 9 Av)
·
22
July 2009 (1st of Av)
·
11
July 2010 (1st of Av)
There
have been three back-to-back sets of blood-red moons corresponding to
significant events, within two years, on the first day of Passover and of
Tabernacle.
1.
The
Spanish Inquisition’s final year 1492, when the Alhambra Decree ordered all
remaining Jews who would not convert to Christianity had to leave Spain
2.
The
1948 Israeli War of Independence
3.
The
1967 Israeli Six-Day War
Here
are the specific dates:
The
Spanish Inquisition — 1492
·
Passover,
April 2, 1493
·
Tabernacles,
Sept. 25, 1493
·
Passover,
March 22, 1494
·
Tabernacles,
Sept. 15, 1494
The
Israeli War of Independence — 1948
·
Passover,
April 13, 1949
·
Tabernacles,
Oct. 7, 1949
·
Passover,
April 2, 1950
·
Tabernacles,
Sept. 26, 1950
The
Six-Day War — 1967
·
First
Day of Passover, April 24, 1967
·
First
Day of Tabernacles, Oct. 18, 1967
·
First
Day of Passover, April 13, 1968
·
First
Day of Tabernacles, Oct. 6, 1968
For
2014 and 2015, these events will occur with four extra events (never before,
never after):
·
First
Day of Passover, April 15, 2014 – Blood Moon eclipse
·
First
Day of Tabernacles, Oct. 8, 2014 – Blood Moon eclipse
·
Total
Solar eclipse Mar. 20, 2015 on the last day/first day of the scriptural new
year (Adar 29/Nisan 1)
·
First
Day of Passover, April 4, 2015 – Blood Moon eclipse
·
Just
hours before Rosh Hashanah (The Feast of Trumpets), Sept. 13, 2015 – Solar
eclipse – End of the Sabbatical Year and the Start of the Year of Jubilee (once
every 50 years)
·
First
Day of Tabernacles, Sept. 28, 2015 – Blood Moon eclipse
I
know of “But of that day and hour knoweth
no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only”, however, to the
faithful, the watchmen that is ready:
I
Thessalonians 5:1-6
“But of the times and the 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. For when they shall
say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail
upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not
in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the
children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of
darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be
sober.”
It’s
like Abraham and Lot. Abraham knew what was going to happen shortly, but Lot
didn’t have a clue until it was too late.
Jesus
warns us:
Luke
21:34-36 “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any
time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come
on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and
pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that
shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”
Let
us pray “…we are accounted worthy to escape all these things…”
Do
you know that in old times in Jewish life, when the son was to get married, it
was only after the father said the son was ready, prepared to accept his wife, and
built a home suitable for the new couple? Therefore, no one knew the day or the
hour until the father said it was time. The only other date that could not be
known in advance was the first day of civic calendar called the Feast of
Trumpets (1 Tishri) because it didn’t happened until it was declared by the
high priest that the new moon had been sighted. Even in Ramadan (Islamic holy
month) and even today, the start of Ramadan isn’t known until it is declared by
council.
Do
you know why Jesus left us here?
John
14:2-3 “In my Father's house are many mansions: if
it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if
I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
May
He return tonight!
When
Jesus came the first time, it involved all the feasts in spring. Revelations
shows that His second coming will involve the fall feasts. The correlations of
events in Jesus’ life fall right in line with the meanings of the feasts. The
following is a list one should search out in scriptures because they have
already been fulfilled:
·
Jesus
conceived Festival of Lights (Hanukkah)
·
Jesus
born Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkoth)
·
Jesus
died on Passover
·
Jesus
rose from the dead on Feast of First Fruits
·
Jesus
gave the Holy Spirit on the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) – and the 10
commandments to Moses
These
feasts are left:
·
Feast
of Trumpets – (I Cor. 15:52, I Thess. 4:16 the Rapture and/or day of return to
set up His kingdom)
o
Jesus
returns to defend Israel from the Antichrist (Ezekiel 40) and defeat the
Muslims (Isaiah) and separates the sheep and goat nations
·
Day
of Atonement – Sets up His rule, removes the curse on the Earth, and sets right
what Adam forfeited.
End of
day six - CY 6001
Creation
Year: 6001 Western Year: 2025
End of day six, beginning of day seven.
II Peter 3:8 “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
T H E E N D
Creation
Notice two things about the world concerning
Scriptures. If the first event spoken of in Scriptures is brought into
question, why should the rest of it be believed? The theory of evolution, of
which there are many contradictory theories, all have one common thread: there
is no God. If there were a God, then they would have to answer for their sins.
Plain and simple. One of the theories I used to believe is the Gap Theory,
but it just doesn’t hold true according to Scripture. When God created Adam on
the sixth day, He said everything was not just “good” but now “very good”. How
can something be “very good” if there’s death and illness?
Genesis 1:31 And God saw
every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening
and the morning were the sixth day.”
Before Adam there was no death.
Romans 5:14 “Nevertheless
death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the
similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”
As we grow in knowledge, many of the instituted
ideas are being questioned because reality is not matching the recognized
“facts”. Let me qualify what I mean. God made the universe as if it were
already 13 billion years old. Think of it like this: if I make a wall clock,
antique it, when I’m done, it will look like it’s 50-years old. When God was
done creating the universe, it “looked” billions of years old.
While watching the Discovery Channel one day, a show came on called “How the Universe Works: the Big Bang” and I came away with some insights. Here are my thoughts on this issue. Edwin Hubble presented proof that the universe is expanding, therefore, he surmised, if it’s expanding, then there must have been a starting point – and thus the Big Bang Theory was born. The theory does not mesh with the Creation account because Hubble believed there was a starting point, which then implies that the universe is like an ever-expanding bubble. The universe isn’t a bubble, but more like fabric according to Scripture. The term stretching the heavens appears 18 times in nine verses. Also according to the Scriptures, the heavens can be "torn" (Isa 64:1); "worn out" like a garment (Ps 102:25) "shaken" (Heb 12:26; Hag 2:6; Isa 13:13); "burnt up" (2 Pet 3:12); "split apart" like a scroll (Rev 6:14); "rolled up" like a mantle (Heb 1:12); or a scroll (Isa 34:4). Recent discoveries about what scientists are calling “Dark Matter” and “Dark Energy” (not because they’re “black” but because they’re unseen to the eye but mysterious forces pushing and pulling galaxies) are bringing into question the validity of a bubble universe.
Theory is defined as a system of rules, procedures, and assumptions used to produce a result. Whereas Law is defined as, a statement describing a relationship observed to be invariable (constant) between or among phenomena for all cases in which the specified conditions are met: the law of gravity, i.e. what goes up must come down.
Gravity was the first “property” to emerge from the Big Bang they say; Too little gravity – no galaxies; too much gravity – everything into a black hole. They cannot know this information – no human was there to witness it, yet it sounds “logical” doesn’t it? What they don’t explain is if it were an matter of “evolving” how can any experiment occur? Too much gravity – no galaxies; too much, a black hole: how then could the right amount of gravity be “discovered” through trial and error for what we have today? Their answer is “we can observe the effects and infer the beginning”. Wow! That’s exactly what the Scriptures call FAITH!
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
The earth is just the right size for life with a moon of just the right size circling at just the right speed to stir up the seas to keep life alive and maintain the paths of the seas (tidal forces). A sun just the right size to give off just enough heat, with just the right distance away so as not to freeze or burn up the earth. Finally, how can all the phenomenal divers ranges of life on earth exists through trial and error? Faith in what the Scriptures say or faith in what men say; there is no other way to look at it. It just isn’t going to “happen”. Consequently, scientists are realizing this problem of the observable awesome complexity of Creation. Therefore, what is their answer? Intelligent design, oh but not by God, remember their motto “there is no God”. So who are the intelligent designers? Aliens they say, and the question remains, “Who made the Aliens?” They cannot escape from the truth.
Scientists just cannot prevent the use of the words “creation” or “beginning” because those are the facts. The first word (one word in Hebrew – בְּרֵאשִׁית) is “in the beginning” or “in head of” like “head of the line”.
God didn’t just “create” all, He created it with Wisdom and put Wisdom into His creation!
Psalms 51:6 “Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.”
Psalms 104:24 “O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.”
Psalms 136:5 “To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for
his mercy endureth for ever.”
From DNA to
chromosomes208 |
To quote the Nobel Prize site on DNA:
“What is DNA and why do we need it? DNA is like a large instruction book, approximately 800 Bibles long, written in the strange language ‘genish’, which consists of only four letters (A,C,T,G). This book of life contains everything needed to know about building and maintaining a living organism and it directs all the events performed by a cell.” 209
The human genome, made up of about 3.2 billion base pairs of DNA, is divided into 23 chromosomes. Most of our cells contain two such sets of chromosomes, one inherited from the father, the other from the mother, making 46 chromosomes. When a husband and wife come together they become one flesh, and when they come together they produce one flesh – a child!
Genesis 2:24 “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
Hebrew has 22 letters, there are 22 amino acids, both building blocks of words, and Greek has 24 letters and when combined with Hebrew, makes 46 letters which are used to write the Old and New Testaments! One rotation (twist) of a DNA strand contains ten “rungs” and the sides of the “ladder” are made up of sugar-phosphate, which is a crystal, which is stone. The Ten Commandments were written on tables of stone. The size of the DNA string in an average chromosome is somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 million base pairs. There are books dedicated to just the subject of DNA. How can this just happen by trial and error? I would rather believe a tornado moves through a junk yard and produces a Boeing 747 in perfect condition! I hope you understand that the more we learn about our world or the written word of God the more complexity we discover. David wrote:
Psalms 139:16 “Thine eyes
did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were
written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of
them.”
Clearly the Holy Spirit inspired him to write this unintelligible verse, but it’s a timely verse, one for us today, because it speaks of the book of life we call DNA. God saw us before the foundation of the earth, seeing our substance (dirt) yet being unperfect (not alive) all my members (body parts) were written in His book (DNA) which in continuance (long sequence DNA called genes) were fashioned (molded - connected), even when there were none of them (no atoms to form the DNA in question)! “Every cell has to contain the precious book of life, the DNA. To make this possible, a complex machinery, like a copying machine, copies the cells DNA before it divides. That way each daughter cell receives an exact copy of the dividing cell's DNA. This doubling of DNA is called replication. In addition to this ‘copying machine’ cells have … mechanisms to correct mistakes that sometimes occur during DNA replication, a DNA repair system.” 209
Randomness just cannot explain the information conveyed in DNA and how it came to be. A language that defines its own boundaries self-replicates and is self-correcting. This absolute complexity requires an Author plain and simple. I must reiterate my earlier statement: The more I learn about the world the more in amazement I am at the marvelous work of the Lord Jesus. The more I read His written word, the more I learn of His tremendous miraculous intricacies!
Job 5:9 “Which doeth great things and unsearchable;
marvellous things without number:”
Jesus put this to rest before the theory of evolution was
even conceived with His first recorded miracle in John 2. He turned the water
in six stone pots, each containing about 2 or 3 firkins (27 gallons – Webster's
1828 Dictionary ), into the best wine – wine only tastes better over time, so
He made aged wine instantly. Remember Adam was made from clay, as we are. In
John 9 Jesus, coming upon a blind man, bent down, spit on the dirt and created
mud. Jesus took the mud, put it onto the man’s eyes and told him to go wash
himself. When he did, he could see. The Creator created new eyes for this blind
man. In Mark 8, Jesus simply spit into another blind man’s eyes and he could
see. In Luke 18, Jesus encountered another man and simply told him to receive
his site and he did. The different encounters were a result of different states
of those blind men. I believe the first did not have eyes at all, the second
required a healing, and the third deliverance from a spirit (Matthew 12:22).
They will attack you on three fronts: Moral, Scientific and Logic. I’m not
going to get too deep in what the evolutionists believe, but I wish to point
out some things from scripture.
Romans 1:18-21 “For the
wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that
which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto
them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal
power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they
knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”
Moral
When
they speak of anything moral, remember, that is OUR territory, so do not be
intimidated. As you can see from these verses, there is no such thing as an
atheist. God makes Himself known to all so that no one can say they did not
know Him. They just reject the truth, suppress it, and ignore it because of
either hypocrisy of the Church or a wolf in sheep’s clothing that caused them
great harm and distrust of the Church. This reminds me of this verse:
James 2:19 “Thou
believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and
tremble.”
Men
don’t tremble. Even the poet Alexander Pope said, “For Fools rush in where
Angels fear to tread.” In fact, Romans 1:18 can be translated:
“…unrighteousness of men, the ones holding down the truth in unrighteousness.”
The son of the assistant to Charles Darwin speaking on the leap they took
towards evolution:
“[I suppose the
reason] we all jumped at the Origin [Origin of Species] was because the idea of
God interfered with our sexual mores.”
Sir Julian Huxley – Quoted
in Henry M. Morris, The Troubled Waters of Evolution (1974), p. 58.
Who needs this quote when scripture said as much in Romans! Nevertheless, it proves the point that the very core of any atheist’s issue with God is a moral basis. Therefore, if you come across an atheist and the subject comes up you can be armed with an answer. If the attack anything about what’s written in scripture you can respond with a moral argument; such as, “if we are nothing more than interacting atoms without meaning or purpose, and I steal your car, under whose authority do you prosecute me? If by laws, well who wrote the laws? If you say man, then I am a man and I’m changing the law that this is now my car.” If they insists on anything other than man made law, they recognize in the existence of God and you have them. Even Time Magazine states that it is in our genes to worship (http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,995465,00.html). Quoting the author:
“It would be easy for God
simply to program us for reverence; it's more meaningful when the door is
opened but you've got to walk through on your own--however hard those steps may
be for some.”
Scientific
There
are so many battles dealing with the scientific realm that there is no way to
begin to dissuade an egghead from the lie of evolution. However, you can make
it unscientific by using reason:
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:…”
When
we look at a painting, we don’t think twice that there was a painter. When we
look at a building, we don’t think twice about there being an architect. Why,
then, when we look at nature, do we doubt a designer? Simple offspring dynamics
show that for the earth to reach 7 billion people through normal growth
factors, it would take almost 4350 years – WOW!, that coincides with the flood
date! Even geologists no longer believe that the Colorado River made the Grand
Canyon thanks to the Mt. St. Helens eruption and dam burst that occurred
creating a mini-Grand Canyon in hours – not millions of years. Even the very
constants of every formula of physics are being called into question because
the rate of decay for radioactive materials is not constant. To quote the
article:
“Many fields of science depend on measuring constant
decay rates. For example, to accurately date ancient artifacts, archaeologists
measure the quantity of carbon-14 found inside organic samples at dig sites.
This is a technique known as carbon dating.
Carbon-14 has a very defined half-life of 5730 years; i.e.
it takes 5,730 years for half of a sample of carbon-14 to radioactively decay
into stable nitrogen-14. Through spectroscopic analysis of the ancient organic
sample, by finding out what proportion of carbon-14 remains, we can accurately
calculate how old it is.
But as you can see, carbon dating makes one huge assumption:
radioactive decay
rates remain constant and always have been constant. If this new finding is
proven to be correct, even if the impact is small, it will throw the science
community into a spin.”
Discovery News, “Is the Sun Emitting a Mystery Particle?” By Ian O'Neill | Wed Aug 25, 2010 02:21 PM ET
They’ve
already proven it, but you hear anything in the news? Not a chance! In fact,
I’m honestly surprised a reputable science publication actually called into
question this “established belief”. Therefore, the carbon dating you always
hear about is now in great jeopardy of proving a young earth, just as Scripture
says.
Logical
Logical
is almost the same as moral, except that they’ll attack the veracity of
scripture by pointing out flaws and seeming contradictions. So give them what
they want – a contradiction:
Proverbs 26:4-5 “Answer
not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a
fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”
UGH! Don’t answer them their way, but answer them with their own world view which will shut them down. Here is a very harsh example. The world of evolution states that people of darker color are closer to the apes than fair-colored people. That is their worldview, but scripture says we are all the same, from one man and one woman. Even the U.S. Declaration of Independence states that “…all men are created equal…” Now where did Thomas Jefferson get such an idea, especially during a time when slavery was permitted? He got it from scripture, for it is man who enslaves man, just as the evolutionists want to enslave the masses in ignorance. Why? They are all men wishing to live their lives without guilt:
I Timothy 4:2 “Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;”
Romans 2:1 “Therefore
thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou
judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same
things.”
Romans 5:12 “Wherefore,
as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed
upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
Here
are some great sites that will help you in your walk to help you have an answer
when and if you’re confronted.
· http://www.creationminute.com
·
http://logosresearchassociates.org/
·
http://www.answersingenesis.org/
·
http://www.theveracityproject.com
·
http://creationresearch.org/
·
http://biblicaldiscipleship.org/ -
10 hours of free videos and a free book
Events
for Av in Biblical History
Here is a list of events
that took place during the history of the world in the month of Av:
1st:
9th:
10th:
This is a list of secular events that happened on the 9th day
of the Jewish month of Av to the Jews. All these are verifiable in the history
books.
·
The
First Crusade, declared by Pope Urban II, began when his preaching throughout
France, in July 1095 (Av 4855), stirred up the populace.75 This
ignited violence against the Jews and some have deemed this as the first
holocaust.76 Though this evil occurred, the number of Jews killed before
the Crusades reaches Jerusalem are not recorded, but accounts added up can lead
one to believe that the number could reach five to ten thousand.77
“Pressured by his barons, the Church and
possibly his mother, he announced the expulsion of all the Jews. By November 1,
approximately 4,000 had fled, mostly to France. The Jews had to pay their own
passage. They were allowed to take movables (i.e. clothing). A number of Jews were
robbed and cast overboard during the voyage by the ship captains. The Jews did
not return to England until 165979. This was the first national
expulsion of the Jews. (England was one of the only centralized and national
monarchies of that time.)”80
·
10
Av 5066 “1306 July 22, PHILIP THE FAIR (France) Expelled the Jews from his
lands after arresting all of them (on the day after the 9th of Av) and
confiscating their property. Most Jews went to the next Duchy. Gradually, they
were allowed to drift back.”81
·
Spain,
by the Alhambra Decree82, expelled all of the Jews by 31 July 1492.
On the 1 August 1492 AD, the day before 9th of Av (9 Av 5252), the Jews who
didn’t leave were being round up and forced into Catholicism.
·
Warsaw Ghetto Cleansed - 9
Av 5703. By early 1943, the Jews refused to cooperate with the Germans and
the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began. Renewed attempts to start deportations were
answered with reprisals.111
·
From
July 16 (8 Av 5754) through July 22, 1994, pieces of an object designated as
Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. This is the first collision of
two solar system bodies ever to be observed, and the effects of the comet
impacts on Jupiter's atmosphere have been simply spectacular and beyond
expectations. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 consisted of at least 21 discernable
fragments with diameters estimated at up to two kilometers. (9 Av 5754) 190
Signs in the heavens.
Two events on a given day is 1 in 365 days. 3 events on the same day is 1 X 365
X 365 = 133,225
Hence, the odds on these fourteen events happening to the same people, the same
country, over the centuries on the same day is 1 chance in 15.318 billion times
a billion times a billion or:
15,318,685,820,000,000,000,000,000,000!!!!!
(365 raised to the 11th power = 1.53186582 x 10 to the 28th power.)
A 1 in 20 is a notable event!!!!
The
Almighty’s Plan through Biblical Names
Genesis 5 Group
Name |
In
Hebrew |
Meaning |
|
Adam |
אָדָם |
ruddy, man, person, or mankind |
|
Seth |
שֵׁת |
Substituted or appointed – Gen 4:25; put; who puts; fixed |
|
Enos |
אֱנוֹשׁ |
mortal, sickly, despaired of; forgetful |
|
Cainan |
קֵינָן |
to chant a dirge; lament – Amos 8:10; Ezekiel 27:32; 1
Samuel 1:17 |
|
Mahalaleel |
מַהֲלַלְאֵל |
From מַ, praise הֲלַלְ, God אֵל – literally “From Praise God” or “Praising God” |
|
Jared |
יָרֶד |
a ruling; commanding; coming down |
|
Enoch |
חֲנוֹךְ |
teaching |
|
Methuselah |
מְתוּשָׁלַח |
dwelling-places; afflicted; his death will bring |
|
Lamech |
לָמֶךְ |
poor; made low; good for nothing |
|
Noah |
נֹחַ |
repose; consolation; rest |
|
Man, appointed mortal [and]
sorrow[ful]. From praise God coming down teaching. His death will bring [the]
poor consolation.
I
present some thoughts on the sentence. Because Adam sinned, and because we all
come from him, we die – made mortal1. Because we sinned,
we are to have our days full of sorrow2. Indeed! Praise God,
He (Jesus) came down3 and taught4
us that by His death on the cross He will give us Peace5!
1Genesis 2:17 “But
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in
the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
2Genesis 3:17 “And unto Adam he said, Because thou
hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which
I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the
days of thy life;”
Genesis 3:19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou
eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for
dust thou art, and unto dust
shalt thou return.”
3John 6:33 “For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto
the world.”
John 6:48 “I am that bread of life.”
4John 12:49 “For I have
not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment,
what I should say, and what I should speak.”
5Colossians 1:20 “And, having made peace through the
blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in
heaven.”
Luke 4:18-21 “The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me, because
he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal
the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the
acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat
down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture
fulfilled in your ears.”
You
could even cut and paste the Hebrew and put it into Google’s translation and
see that the meanings are still close even with the differences between modern
and ancient Hebrew. You’ll have to separate Mahalale-el to get proper
translation. Cainan is lost as noted and Seth has a differing meaning today.
These
names mentioned in Genesis 5, that is, from Adam to Noah, present the Master’s
plan. I first hear about this from Chuck Missler (http://www.khouse.org) in a YouTube video. http://www.khouse.org/articles/2000/284/#notes
The Almighty’s Plan
through Biblical Names – Priestly Courses
Name |
Hebrew |
Meaning |
Jehoiarib |
יהוֹיָרִיב |
Jehovah contend |
Jedaiah |
ידַעְיָה |
Jehovah has known |
Harim |
חָרִם |
Dedicated,
consecrated |
Seorim |
שְׂעֹרִים |
Barley or grain (Gate, Hair, Tempest) |
Malchijah |
מַלְכִּיָה |
My King is Jehovah |
Mijamin |
מִיָמִן |
from the right hand |
Hakkoz |
הַקוֹץ |
Thorn, from root
meaning to clip off or harvest, Summer, an End |
Abijah |
אֲבִיָה |
Jehovah is my father |
Jeshua |
יֵשׁוּעַ |
He will save,
deliverer |
Shecaniah |
שְׁכַנְיָהוּ |
Jehovah has dwelt, Habitation of the Lord |
Eliashib |
אֶלְיָשִׁיב |
God restores, The God of Conversion |
Jakim |
יָקִים |
He will raise, Rising, Confirming, Establishing |
Huppah |
חֻפָּה |
Canopy, from root
meaning to protect |
Jeshebeab |
יֶשֶׁבְאָב |
Sit down with the
father, seat of (his) father |
Bilgah |
בִלְגָה |
Invade with
destruction, Ancient Countenance,
Desistance, n. A ceasing to act or
proceed; a stopping. |
Immer |
אִמֵר |
Lamb, talkative, Saying,
Speaking |
Hezir |
חֵזִיר |
Swine, from root
meaning penned up, enclosed, protected, Swine or strong, A Bog, Converted |
Aphses |
הַפִּצֵץ |
Dispersive, dissever |
Pethahiah |
פְתַחְיָה |
Jehovah has opened |
Jehezekel |
יחֶזְקֵאל |
God will strengthen |
Jachin |
יָכִין |
He will establish,
from root meaning to set in upright position |
Gamul |
גָמוּל |
Rewarded |
Delaiah |
דְלָיָהוּ |
Jehovah has
delivered |
Maaziah |
מַעַזְיָהוּ |
Jehovah has rescued |
http://www.baby-names-meanings.net/meaning/jakim.html
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/hitchcock/bible_names.html
The
above names, to me, can mean the following:
Jehovah
challenges [us to choose life],1 and knows how to make holy2
through the tempest.3
My
King is Jehovah4 and from the right hand5 to harvest.6
Jehovah
is my father7 and He will save.8
Jehovah
has dwelt9 and made His habitation with man.10
God
restores11 and renovates man.12
He
will raise the upright13 and set His canopy of protection.14
He
sits down with the Father.15
He
will return16 and invade with destruction and will put a stop to it
all.17
The
Lamb will disperse18 and separate19 and dividing into
parts.20
Jehovah
has opened [His ears to hear His21] and will strengthen22 and establish His23
by making a new creature.24
He
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.25
Jehovah
my deliverer.26
Jehovah
has rescued.27
1 Deuteronomy 30:19
2 II Timothy 3:15; John 17:17-19
3 James 1:3-4
4 Revelation 19:16
5 Mark 14:62; Hebrews 1:1-4
6 Luke 10:2; Matthew 24:31
7 Romans 8:15
8 Psalms 106:47; Romans
13:11; Revelation 19:1
9 John 1:14
10 II Chronicles 6:2
11 Psalms 23:3
12 Eph 4:24; Col 3:10
13 Psalms 3:3, Songs of Solomon 2:10
14 Psalms 18:2, 31;
140:7
15 Luke 22:69
16 John 14:3; Acts 1:11; I Thessalonians 4:17
17 Isaiah 13:9; 19:4; Nah 1:6, Mal 4:1; Psalms 104:35; Pro 2:22; Jeremiah 30:11; Revelation 22:21
18 Psalms 112:9; II
Corinthians 9:8-11
19 Isaiah 59:2; Matthew 25:32
20 Mat 25:32; Luke 12:51;
Hebrews 4:12
21 Psalms 34:15
22 Psalms 27:14
23 Psalms 90:17
24 II Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15
25 Hebrew 11:6
26 II Timothy 4:18
27 Daniel 6:27; I Peter
5:8
Miscellaneous
I’ve been asked how accurate is the calendar I
provide on my web site – http://www.abdicate.net/cal.aspx. I can only
point out other programs. I bought CyberSky 4.0 to “see” the sky and to verify
claims. If you put into the online calendar 1
Tishri 1, you’ll get Oct 7, 3761 BC.
Below is a screenshot of that date as seen from Jerusalem just before sundown.
The Sanhedrin would have declared the next day 1
Tishri 1 – if they had existed then…
However, there is one huge assumption everyone must
deal with: these programs only regurgitate data supplied with today’s
understanding of scientific data, and applies it, retroactively, to the past.
In addition, you must deal with the assumption that this information is correct
AND consistent in the past. Therefore, you will have to decide which facts are
facts indeed, or assumptions, when it contradicts what Scripture says.
For example, there is ample information showing that
a year used to be 360 days long and that it will become 360-day year in the
last days. I know that this sentence may be hard to swallow, but if you do a
little research into this fact, according to scripture, you’ll find that there
are ancient, world-wide, known facts to support this. I have to point out that
even though there is strong historical and mathematical evidence, not including
Scriptures, the scientific community largely dismisses this information as myth
or mathematical ignorance. I find this incredibly arrogant. Think of it this
way: when scientists dismiss information because it doesn’t fit their dogma,
then it’s like those that deny the Holocaust happened. Because these events
have not been “observed” today, they cannot reconcile ancient observable data
when it contradicts the current planetary orbital data. This sound like double
talk so let’s delve into Scripture and then into the evidence according to some
extra-biblical information. NOTE: this does not affect my study (as I write
this) because we are dealing with the length of a year, not the number of years
as spelled out in Scripture. Makes you wonder if Someone knew this would
happen!
Let’s start with Noah and the flood – not what year,
but how many days – because scripture tells us the number of days.
Activity |
Scripture |
Noah’s
Age is 600 Month/Day
|
Time
Summary Modern
Calendar |
Flood begins |
Gen 7:11 |
Heshvan 17 |
0 – Start
counting |
Rains Ended |
Gen 7:12 |
Kislev 27 |
40 |
Ark Rested |
Gen 8:4 |
Nisan 17 |
148 or 147 |
Ark prevailed 150 days |
Gen 7:24; 8:3 |
|
|
*Heshvan is the second month since
the first month started in Tishri. Nisan wasn’t made the first month until
after the Exodus.
Genesis 8:3 “And the waters returned from off the earth
continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were
abated.”
If you count using today’s Hebrew calendar, you’ll
find that the 150 days turn into 147 or 148 days. This is because the modern
calendar contains a fix to accommodate the rules for feast days and Sabbaths
and to synchronize to a solar year by adding the 5 ¼ days. From Heshvan 17 to
Nisan 17, according to scripture, is 150 days. This is not the case in the
Hebrew calendar used today. To prove scripture correct, you must assume that a
year was 360 days, divided into twelve 30-day months. Assuming that from the
second month (Heshvan) to the seventh month (Nisan) contains 30 days each, you
get (7-2) * 30 = 150 days. What happened to make this change? Scripture answers
the question:
Psalms 82:5 “They
know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of
course.”
Before the flood, there was no hint of rain or snow
and that the land was watered by the mist that came up from the ground.
Genesis 2:5-6 “…for the LORD
God had not caused it to rain upon the earth…But there went up a mist
from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”
When the flood started, it didn’t just rain, “… the same day were all the fountains of the
great deep broken up…” (Genesis
7:11), hinting that the earth also suffered great tectonic stresses. Imagine
the earth was relatively smooth across the planet. In fact, the words “hill”
and “mountain” are never mentioned prior to the flood. If there were an
expansion of the surface of the earth due to these stresses, massive cracks
would appear allowing the tectonic plates to form and slam into each other.
Think of it this way. You bury your hand up to your wrist into the sand on the
beach. You make it nice and smooth and then you move your fingers a little bit
– cracks form and small “valleys” and “hills” develop. How would the earth
expand?
Judges contain this
odd verse:
Judges 5:20 “They
fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.”
Sisera was
the captain of the army of Jabin, king of Cannan. Israel had fought for the
land and again Sisera. But why would the stars fight a man on earth? The answer in a moment.
There
is another reference in scripture to a 180-day feast that Ahasuerus gave.
Esther 1:4 “When he shewed the riches of his glorious
kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.”
John Gill states:
“The
Persian feasts were very long, large, and sumptuous. Dr. Frye2 says,
this custom of keeping an annual feast one hundred and eighty days still
continues in Persia. Cheus3, a Chinese emperor, used frequently to
make a feast which lasted one hundred and twenty days; though it cannot be well
thought that the same individual persons here were feasted so long, but, when
one company was sufficiently treated, they removed and made way for another;
and so it continued successively such a number of days as here related, which
was six months, or half a year; a year then in use consisting of three hundred
and sixty days, as was common with the Jews, and other nations, and so the
Persians4.”
2. Travels, p. 348. apud Patrick in loc.
3. In Martin. Sinic. Hist. l. 3. p. 78.
4. Prideaux's Connect. par. 1. p. 197.
The Real War of the Worlds
In
an online book called “Recovering the Lost World” (2010), the author
Jno Cook explains that all the ancient literature, mythologies, and legends
speak the same story worldwide: that the moon, Saturn, and Mars were once much
closer to the earth; enough to cause horrific chaos, including the biblical
account of the Flood. As outlandish as it sounds, this would explain almost
every question about ancient calendars and why they changed worldwide twice
between 720 BC and 685 BC. It was during this time that the axis of the earth
shifted enough to turn the land of “milk and honey” into baron rock and dust
over time – “climate change”! Al Gore would be proud.
According to a book
called "The Mars-Earth Wars" (1996) Mars had five “flybys” so close to
the earth that it was the cause of the flood, shortening the length of the
lunar month to 29 ½ days, and lengthening the solar year to 365 ¼ days. I
cannot refute their claims, but it does provide an understanding to how the
length of time in Scriptures of old were different than today. Immanuel
Velikovsky wrote in “Worlds in Collision” that the old Babylonian,
Assyrian, Persian, Egyptian, Chinese, Roman (during the time of Romulus),
Hindu, and Mayan calendars contained twelve 30-day months. This fact eludes
scientists today because they refuse to look at these ancient writings as true
accounts and dismiss them as sloppy mathematics. Even an astounding, well-known
book describes Mars’ moons (which are far too small to see with the naked eye –
today that is). Gulliver's Travels, written in 1726 by Jonathan Swift, in the “Voyage to Laputa”,
the astronomers discover two moons of Mars. Today, scientists credit the
discovery of the moons of Mars to Asaph Hall, who discovered them in 1877, 150
year after the writings of Jonathan Swift. Because Jonathan Swift’s book is
indeed fiction, they chalk it up to coincidence. However, the names were given Phobos meaning panic/fear and Deimos meaning terror/dread that,
according to Greek mythology, traveled with their father Ares (Mars), the god of
war, into battle. How did the ancient Greeks know what Jonathan Swift knew? All
over the world, the legends, stories, and myths, depict Mars are being fearful
and evil. According to these books, the closer Mars would get to the earth on
its flybys, huge earthquakes would occur and massive lightning strikes between
the two planets would occur. Everyone on the planet would certainly witness
this kind of event. The stories, naming, and visibility of Mars’ moons were
chronicled.
As shown in Psalms
82:5, the foundations of the earth are out of their courses. Because of the
sins of man, God changed His perfect dance of the earth, moon, and sun into
chaos for a while. He did changed it again for Hezekiah and Joshua by making
the shadow on the sun dial go back ten degrees and hold the sun and the moon in
place for the length of almost a day, respectively. Science cannot explain this
because they reject the notion that the current placement of our solar system
wasn’t always so.
Even during Jesus’
crucifixion something occurred. The “eclipse” could not have been the moon
because the moon is full during Passover, which means that the earth is between
the moon and the sun. So what caused the darkness?
Matthew 27:45 “Now
from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.”
Genesis 15:12 “And when
the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of
great darkness fell upon him.”
Deuteronomy 5:22 “These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.”
Isaiah 13:9-13 “Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel
both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall
destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of heaven and the
constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in
his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. And I will
punish the world for their
evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the
proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a
man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her
place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.”
Joel 2:30-31 “And
I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and
pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.”
Luke 21:25-26 “And
there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon
the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which
are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.”
Revelation 8:12 “And
the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the
third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part
of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the
night likewise.”
Now if you read this
last verse carefully, you’ll notice that the only way to have the sun, moon,
stars, night and day shine a third less, would be if the earth’s rotation
increased by eight hours. Therefore, a day would no longer be 24 hours, but 18
hours long. So horrific will the last days be that Jesus Himself states:
Matthew 24:22 “And
except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for
the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.”
If
you do your own homework, you’ll come across an idea that Hezekiah was the
first to increase the calendar, but if you read Scripture, Hezekiah repaired
that Temple and called Israel and Judah to repent. This happened in Nisan and
they did not finish sanctifying the House of the Lord nor themselves until the
sixteenth of Nisan – after the date they should have had the Passover. Not
having kept the Passover for so long, Hezekiah calls all of Israel and Judah to
come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover in the second month, the month
Iyyar. So many people came that they had to enlist the help of the non-priest
Levites to help with the sacrifices. They kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread
for seven days and when it was finished, asked to keep an additional seven days
with great joy. Many claim that this is proof that the calendar changed. I do
not believe this to be true because the changing of the sun’s shadow didn’t
happen until many years later. Sadly, there is a lot of open debate on this
topic in the Talmud (Tractate Sanhedrin),
but that is because they choose their oral traditions over Scripture, or more
accurately, their traditions blind them. I just want to point out that this
story shows that though God commands men to keep His word, He is flexible and
forgiving when it comes to the matter of the heart; whether it be humbled and
repentant or not. (II Chronicles 29-32; II Kings 18-20; Isaiah 36)
Finally,
Scripture implies that the calendar will revert to a 360-day year again. Daniel
prophesied that when the antichrist desolates the temple, 1290 days would pass
before the end. Daniel 12:7 and John in Revelation 12:14 speak of time, times,
and half a time. Revelation 11:2 and 13:5 speak about the passage of 42 months
before the end. Revelation 11:3 says the
two prophets will preach for 1260 days, and in 12:6, the “woman”, i.e. Israel,
would be carried away and protected for 1260 days. If a “time” is a year, then
a “time, times and half a time” would be 3 ½ years. 1260 days is exactly 3 ½
years in a 360-day year, as is 42 months containing 30-day months! But Daniel
says from the desolation to the end is 1290 days. I’ll explain this in a bit.
If you count from 1 Nisan 3 ½ years you get 1 Tishri, the day I believe Jesus
will return to begin His reign on earth, at the Feast of Trumpets! I will
expand on this when we reach the period dealing with Jesus’ earthly life.
Daniel 7:25 “And
he shall speak great words
against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a
time and times and the dividing of time.”
Daniel 12:7 “And
I heard the man clothed in linen, which was
upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand
unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall
have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.”
Daniel 12:11 “And
from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”
Daniel 12:12 “Blessed
is he that waiteth, and cometh
to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”
Revelation 11:1-2 “And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.”
Revelation 11:3 “And
I will give power unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in
sackcloth.”
Revelation 13:5 “And
there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and
power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.”
Revelation 12:6 “And
the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God,
that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.”
Revelation 12:14 “And
to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the
wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and
half a time, from the face of the serpent.”
Daniel 9:24-27 “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people
and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of
sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting
righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most
Holy. Know therefore and understand, that
from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto
the Messiah the Prince shall be
seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and
the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall
Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the
end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant
with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations
he shall make it desolate, even
until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.”
As you can see from reading these verses, the “time, times, and half a time”, 1260 days, and 42 months are synonymous with each other. That’s not to say they are the same “days” but the same number of days. I believe the order of events are that the two witnesses will start off preaching 1260 days, at the end of those days they’ll be overcome by the antichrist and then the antichrist will declare himself god and the Jewish Messiah and Mahdi (Muslim’s messiah). It is at this time Jesus warned that everyone was to flee to Petra for another 1260 days, completing 84 30-day months, or seven years. This is the completion of the period of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks. I will show that Jesus was indeed cut off after 69 Weeks of Seven Years or 483 years. This left one week to be completed at another period. The antichrist will sign a pact with Israel for “one week”, that is, seven years. The contrasting of days, weeks and years, as compared to each other, is not unusual in scripture; one day can equal one thousand years, so a week can be seven years.
II Peter 3:8 “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
Psalms 90:4 “For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past,
and as a watch in the night.”
Why did Daniel prophecy that from the
desolation to the end would be 1290 days and why is one blessed if they make it
to the 1335th day? Scripture is full of gems that require searching to reveal
the answer. I’ve read so many web sites on this one issue, I just cannot accept
any of them. That is not to say they are wrong, but I do not have peace in my
spirit about their theories. Prophecy isn’t written in a chronological order,
so like a puzzle, you need to fit the pieces together without discarding any of
them, and, without a picture to go by. At some point, the third Temple will be
rebuilt. Once that is done, the daily sacrifices will resume. Daniel says that
the antichrist will stop these sacrifices:
Daniel 8:11-14 “Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the
place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression,
and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. Then
I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of
desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.”
Here, we have to incorporate another period of
time containing 2300 days. However, the translation of days is actually 2300
“evening morning” (עֶרֶב evening; בֹּקֶר morning). This rendering of “day” (יוֹם) is
only used in the Creation account for the events of the first seven days. So what do we do
with this interpretation of scripture? I believe the answer is just as
important as the prophecy of Jesus being in the heart of the earth for “three
days and three nights” (Matt 12:40). Do you render it three parts of “days” or
do you count three “days” and three “nights”? What’s the difference? Three
parts of days can be between 26 hours to 72 hours – a huge swing value. So with
the different rendering of day, do we count it as 2300 full days, or is the
summation of the 1150 evenings and 1150 mornings sacrifices? So is this 76
months, 20 days (6 years, 4 months, 20 days), or is it 38 months and 10 days (3
years, 2 months, 10 days)? It seems logical to me that there are two timelines
in play. One from the time the daily sacrifices cease, and another from when
the desolation occurs.
Matthew 12:40 “For as Jonas was three days and three nights
in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in
the heart of the earth.”
As I stated, I don’t like to use extra-Biblical information to “prove” Scripture, but let Scripture interpret Scripture. I believe that the 2300 is the number of sacrifices that will be made in the third temple. The daily sacrifices will resume as commanded in Exodus 29:38-42.
Exodus 29:38-39 “Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the
first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the
morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:”
So let’s take all these numbers provided in Scripture and put them together. We know that there will be a third temple built. (Rev 11:3) We know that the sacrifices will resume and that the “little horn” a.k.a. the antichrist will stop them, desecrate the temple and destroy it. We know the Two Witnesses will preach during this time and the antichrist will overcome and kill them. They will lay in the street dead for three days while the world rejoices – Muslims do this in an act to show utter humiliation to those that do not believe as they do. After three days, they will rise from the dead and return to heaven. We have all these lengths spelled out all over Scripture.
I’ve created the chart below to show the passage of time with the constraints of events mentioned by representing each pixel as a day. Then I placed them as I understand from Scriptures what will transpire. I admit I’m making some assumptions which I do not claim as 100% correct, but present them using all of scripture. For instance, though blocked on all sides, many in Israel wish to build the temple now (2010). The Temple Institute (http://www.templeinstitute.org) broke ground to build a mockup of the real temple so the priests can learn how to perform their duties before they build the real one. Israel could rebuild the temple tomorrow and start the sacrifices. I would then, obviously need to rethink what Scripture is stating. My chart places the 1150 days of sacrifices within the first half of the seven-year tribulation period, after signing the peace treaty for “one week” – seven years. After 80 days, the daily sacrifices will begin. I show 80 days because of the constraints of the 1150 evening and morning sacrifices, the 1290 days from the ending of the sacrifices to the time of the second coming. Thirty days after the sacrifices cease, the antichrist will prevail over the Two Witnesses, who die on day 1260 from the signing of the peace treaty, rise again and return to heaven three days later. From the day the temple is desecrated and destroyed, to the return of Christ is 1260 days. I believe that the 30-day difference mentioned by Daniel is not a mistranslation, but the truth! It is up to us to listen to the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth. If you believe Scripture is 100% accurate, there isn’t much wiggle room with the information presented.
2300 Sacrifices (1150 Days) to the Second Coming plus 45 days beyond
Let’s break this down:
· The antichrist signs a treaty with Israel for one week – i.e. seven years
· The temple is rebuilt and the daily sacrifices are resumed after ceasing in 70 AD
· After 1150 days (2300 sacrifices) they are stopped again, the physical temple is destroyed (explained below), this time by the antichrist – 1290 days until the real Christ returns to the earth to rule
· Thirty days later, the antichrist succeeds in killing the Two Witnesses – now it’s 1260 days until Christ returns
· Three and a half days later they raise from the dead and return to heaven – probably on CNN (Rev 11:9)
· Jesus returns on 1 Tishri, the Feast of Trumpets (specifics will be discussed later in the book)
· The extra 45 days (1335-1290) can also be broken down to 1 Tishri to 15 Tishri (15 days):
o warring with the antichrist and false prophet
o casting Satan into the pit for the 1000 years
o sanctifying the world on the Day of Atonement (10 Tishri)
o lifting the curse
o setting up His Kingdom on earth for 1000 years on His birthday, Feast of Tabernacles (15 Tishri) because He “dwells” with man!
· The next 30 days,
o Jesus takes personal vengeance on Philistines, Tyrus, Zidon, Assyria, Uz, Egypt, Edom, Moab, Ammon, Elam, Medes, Persia and Arabia (Isa 31; 34:8; 63:1-6, Jer 25) – basically all the Muslim nations that harass Israel – Lebanon (Hezbollah), Iraq, Iran, Gaza (Hamas), Saudi Arabia, Egypt – notice that Damascus is missing from this list because it was judged before the Lord’s return and ceased to be a city (Isa 17:1) probable during the Gog and Magog war.
o Jesus sends His angels to gather the wicked from around the world (Mat 13:39-42)
Isaiah 31:1-9 “Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help;
and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong;
but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! Yet he
also is wise, and will bring
evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the
evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their
horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he
that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all
shall fail together. For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and
the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called
forth against him, he will not
be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the
LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. As
birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he
will deliver it; and passing
over he will preserve it. Turn
ye unto him from whom the
children of Israel have deeply revolted. For in that day every man shall cast
away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made
unto you for a sin. Then shall
the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a
mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men
shall be discomfited. And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and
his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in
Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 34:8 “For it
is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.”
Isaiah 63:1-6 “Who is
this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel,
travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness,
mighty to save. Wherefore art thou
red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I
have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and
trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments,
and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my
redeemed is come. And I looked, and there
was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought
salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people
in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their
strength to the earth.”
Isaiah 17:1 “The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.”
Matthew 13:39-42 “The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the
harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore
the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of
this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather
out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And
shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of
teeth.”
As you can see from this last verse, the wicked are gathered and thrown into the furnace of fire in Jerusalem. (Isa 31:9) Therefore, if you’re in the tribulation period, and you make it to the end of 1335 days from the ceasing of the daily sacrifices, then you’ll live a very long life, and the child share die a hundred years old. (Isa 65:20) Indeed, blessed is he that arrives at the 1335th day.
Isaiah 31:9 “And he shall pass over to his strong hold
for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose
fire is in Zion, and his
furnace in Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 65:20 “There shall be no more thence an infant of
days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an
hundred years old; but the sinner being
an hundred years old shall be accursed.”
Daniel 12:12 “Blessed
is he that waiteth, and cometh
to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.”
Now concerning the third temple, this can be tricky, but it is my firm belief that the Glory of God will not return to the third temple since, after Jesus’ death and resurrection, the temple moved from a physical building to the Body of Christ – the Church.
I Corinthians 3:16 “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
Therefore, it is an affront to Jesus that the Jews, in their ignorance, would build a third temple. It will be built as promised in Revelation 11:1-2, but nothing is said concerning God’s activity with it. In fact, 13 verses use the word “temple” in the book of Revelation; only twice is it referring to the physical temple on earth. Furthermore, after it’s all said and done, there will be no more temple anywhere.
Revelation 21:22 “And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.”
Daniel 8:14ff “… then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”
The words “be cleansed” (צְדַק קֹדֶשׁ) translates today as “Holy Justice”. It is
poetic justice too, that the enemy of Israel i.e. the antichrist will destroy
the temple, thinking he’s showing his power over God, but God has already moved
His temple to us so that we can take the Lord to the world!
Prophecies Fulfilled in Jesus
SUBJECT |
OT
Prophecy |
NT
Fulfillment |
As the Son of God |
Ps 2:7 |
Lu 1:32,35 |
As the seed of the woman |
Ge 3:15 |
Ga 4:4 |
As the seed of Abraham |
Ge 17:7 22:18 |
Ga 3:16 |
As the seed of Isaac |
Ge 21:12 |
Heb 11:17-19 |
As the seed of David |
Ps 132:11 Jer 23:5 |
Ac 13:23 Ro 1:3 |
His coming at a set time |
Ge 49:10 Da 9:24,25 |
Lu 2:1 |
His being born of a virgin |
Isa 7:14 |
Mt 1:22,23 Lu 2:7 |
His being called Immanuel |
Isa 7:14 |
Mt 1:22,23 |
His being born in Bethlehem of Judea |
Mic 5:2 |
Mt 2:1 Lu 2:4-6 |
Great persons coming to adore him |
Ps 72:10 |
Mt 2:1-11 |
The slaying of the children of Bethlehem |
Jer 31:15 |
Mt 2:16-18 |
His being called out of Egypt |
Ho 11:1 |
Mt 2:15 |
His being preceded by John the Baptist |
Isa 40:3 Mal 3:1 |
Mt 3:1,3 Lu 1:17 |
His being anointed with the Spirit |
Ps 45:7 Isa 11:2 61:1 |
Mt 3:16 Joh 3:34 Ac
10:38 |
His being a Prophet like to Moses |
De 18:15-18 |
Ac 3:20-22 |
His being a Priest after the order of Melchizedek |
Ps 110:4 |
Heb 5:5,6 |
His entering on his public ministry |
Isa 61:1,2 |
Lu 4:16-21,43 |
His ministry commencing in Galilee |
Isa 9:1,2 |
Mt 4:12-16,23 |
His entering publicly into Jerusalem |
Zec 9:9 |
Mt 21:1-5 |
His coming into the temple |
Hag 2:7,9 Mal 3:1 |
Mt 21:12 Lu 2:27-32
Joh 2:13-16 |
His poverty |
Isa 53:2 |
Mr 6:3 Lu 9:58 |
His meekness and want of ostentatious |
Isa 42:2 |
Mt 12:15,16,19 |
His tenderness and compassion |
Isa 40:11 42:3 |
Mt 12:15,20 Heb 4:15 |
His being without guile |
Isa 53:9 |
1Pe 2:22 |
His zeal |
Ps 69:9 |
Joh 2:17 |
His preaching by parables |
Ps 78:2 |
Mt 13:34,35 |
His working miracles |
Isa 35:5,6 |
Mt 11:4-6 Joh 11:47 |
His bearing reproach |
Ps 22:6 69:7,9,20 |
Ro 15:3 |
His being rejected by his brethren |
Ps 69:8 Isa 63:3 |
Joh 1:11 7:3 |
His being a stone of stumbling to the Jews |
Isa 8:14 |
Ro 9:32 1Pe 2:8 |
His being hated by the Jews |
Ps 69:4 Isa 49:7 |
Joh 15:24,25 |
His being rejected by the Jewish rulers |
Ps 118:22 |
Mt 21:42 Joh 7:48 |
That the Jews and Gentiles should combine against Him |
Ps 2:1,2 |
Lu 23:12 Ac 4:27 |
His being betrayed by a friend |
Ps 41:9 55:12-14 |
Joh 13:18,21 |
His disciples forsaking him |
Zec 13:7 |
Mt 26:31,56 |
His being sold for thirty pieces silver |
Zec 11:12 |
Mt 26:15 |
His price being given for the potter's field |
Zec 11:13 |
Mt 27:7 |
The intensity of his sufferings |
Ps 22:14,15 |
Lu 22:42,44 |
His sufferings being for others |
Isa 53:4-6,12 Da 9:26 |
Mt 20:28 |
His patience and silence under suffering |
Isa 53:7 |
Mt 26:63 27:12-14 |
His being smitten on the cheek |
Mic 5:1 |
Mt 27:30 |
His visage being marred |
Isa 52:14 53:3 |
Joh 19:5 |
His being spit on and scourged |
Isa 50:6 |
Mr 14:65 Joh 19:1 |
His hands and feet being nailed to the cross |
Ps 22:16 |
Joh 19:18 20:25 |
His being forsaken by God |
Ps 22:1 |
Mt 27:46 |
His being mocked |
Ps 22:7,8 |
Mt 27:39-44 |
Gall and vinegar being given him to drink |
Ps 69:21 |
Mt 27:34 |
His garments being parted, and lots cast for his vesture |
Ps 22:18 |
Mt 27:35 |
His being numbered with the transgressors |
Isa 53:12 |
Mr 15:28 |
His intercession for His murderers |
Isa 53:12 |
Lu 23:34 |
His Death |
Isa 53:12 |
Mt 27:50 |
That a bone of him should not be broken |
Ex 12:46 Ps 34:20 |
Joh 19:33,36 |
His being pierced |
Zec 12:10 |
Joh 19:34,37 |
His being buried with the rich |
Isa 53:9 |
Mt 27:57-60 |
His flesh not seeing corruption |
Ps 16:10 |
Ac 2:31 |
His resurrection |
Ps 16:10 Isa 26:19 |
Lu 24:6,31,34 |
His ascension |
Ps 68:18 |
Lu 24:51 Ac 1:9 |
His sitting on the right hand of God |
Ps 110:1 |
Heb 1:3 |
His exercising the priestly office in heaven |
Zec 6:13 |
Ro 8:34 |
His being the chief corner-stone of the Church |
Isa 28:16 |
1Pe 2:6,7 |
His being King in Zion |
Ps 2:6 |
Lu 1:32 Joh 18:33-37 |
The conversion of the Gentiles to him |
Isa 11:10 42:1 |
Mt 1:17,21 Joh 10:16
Ac 10:45,47 |
His righteous government |
Ps 45:6,7 |
Joh 5:30 Re 19:11 |
His universal dominion |
Ps 72:8 Da 7:14 |
Php 2:9,11 |
The perpetuity of his kingdom |
Isa 9:7 Da 7:14 |
Lu 1:32,33 |
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Who is God? God Is…
God is [a] witness |
Genesis 31:50 |
God is come to prove you |
Exodus 20:20 |
God is not a man |
Numbers 23:19 |
God is a consuming fire |
Deuteronomy 4:24 |
God is a merciful God |
Deuteronomy 4:31 |
God is one Lord |
Deuteronomy 6:4 |
God is a jealous God |
Deuteronomy 6:15 |
God is among you |
Deuteronomy 7:21 |
God goes before you |
Deuteronomy 9:3 |
God is God of gods |
Deuteronomy 10:17 |
God is with you |
Deuteronomy 20:1 |
God goes with you |
Deuteronomy 20:4 |
God is thy refuge |
Deuteronomy 33:27 |
God is He Who fought for you |
Joshua 23:3 |
God is come into the camp |
I Samuel 4:7 |
God is my strength and power |
II Samuel 22:33 |
God is gracious and merciful |
II Chronicles 30:9 |
God is greater than man |
Job 33:12 |
God is mighty |
Job 36:5 |
God is great |
Job 36:26 |
God is angry with the wicked every
day |
Psalms 7:11 |
God is the Lord |
Psalms 33:12 |
God is forever and ever |
Psalms 45:6 |
God is our refuge and our strength |
Psalms 46:1 |
God is King of all the Earth |
Psalms 47:7 |
God is our God for ever and ever |
Psalms 48:14 |
God is judge |
Psalms 50:6 |
God is my helper |
Psalms 54:4 |
God is for me |
Psalms 56:9 |
God is my defense |
Psalms 59:9 |
God is my salvation and my glory |
Psalms 62:7 |
God is a refuge for us |
Psalms 62:8 |
God is the God of salvation |
Psalms 68:20 |
God is good |
Psalms 73:1 |
God is the strength of my heart |
Psalms 73:26 |
God is my King of old |
Psalms 74:12 |
God is the judge |
Psalms 75:7 |
God is a sun and shield |
Psalms 84:11 |
God is greatly to be feared |
Psalms 89:7 |
God is the rock of my refuge |
Psalms 94:22 |
God is Holy |
Psalms 99:9 |
God is in the heavens |
Psalms 115:3 |
God is merciful |
Psalms 116:5 |
God is the Lord |
Psalms 118:27 |
God is pure |
Proverbs 30:5 |
God is righteous |
Daniel 9:14 |
God is jealous |
Nahum 1:2 |
God is not the God of the dead, but
the living |
Matthew 22:32 |
God is at hand |
Mark 1:15 |
God is One Lord |
Mark 12:29 |
God is nigh at hand |
Luke 21:31 |
God is true |
John 3:33 |
God is a Spirit |
John 4:24 |
God is glorified in Him [Jesus] |
John 13:31 |
God is no respecter of persons |
Acts 10:34 |
God is my witness |
Romans 1:9 |
God is eternal life through Jesus
Christ our Lord |
Romans 6:23 |
God is faithful |
I Corinthians 1:9 |
God is wiser than men |
I Corinthians 1:25 |
God is stronger than men |
I Corinthians 1:25 |
God is holy |
I Corinthians 3:17 |
God is faithful |
I Corinthians 10:13 |
God is not the author of confusion |
I Corinthians 14:33 |
God is true |
II Corinthians 1:18 |
God is one |
Galatians 3:20 |
God is not mocked |
Galatians 6:7 |
God is my record |
Philippians 1:8 |
God is witness |
I Thessalonians 2:5 |
God is good |
I Timothy 4:4 |
God is a consuming fire |
Hebrews 12:29 |
God is light |
I John 1:5 |
God is greater than our heart |
I John 3:20 |
God is love |
I John 4:8 |
God is with men |
Revelations 21:3 |
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Early Hebrew
Writing (One version)
Ancient Hebrew used picture words to express meaning. As you can see, the chart to the left shows the ancient Hebrew script. There are many others, but most people are more familiar with the Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Online, I found many forms of these pictographs because as the years pass, the letters mutate into other forms. However, the meanings of the letters have remained relatively the same.
Having read so much on this, I learned of a great picture of the Good News within these images using God's Name, which Moses received on Mount Sinai in Exodus 3:13-15 – pronounced Yahweh.
The Sacrificial Lamb
of God!
At the beginning of this study, do you remember about the Alef and Tav (אֵת)? Here's the pictograph form of those two letters (right to left):
ta
The ox head and a cross; a sacrifice on the cross; a strong mark; first covenant. Twice in the first verse of Scriptures, you have the plan of salvation! Scripture is replete with signs, gems, and guides to Jesus; you just have to search them out! But wait, there’s more. Covenant is (בּרית) (tyrb) and reveal is ([-ע) which when combined is עבּרית and that is the word Hebrew or Covenant Revealed!! Wait! There’s still more. Let’s look at the paleo-Hebrew letters for the word Hebrew:
t y r b [ or “See in man hand mark”
Whose hand is marked that we need to see!? Jesus – the Savior!
Gematria
In Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek, the three languages of the Bible, all use their alphabet for numbers, which means that a word contains a numeric value. This is called Gematria.
As you can see the value of God’s Name
is 26: 5 + 6 + 5 + 10 (left to right)
Some other words whose value is 26 (http://www.biblewheel.com/Gr/GR_Database.asp?SearchBy_Gematria=26) are:
great; hand; look; sin; stretch;
exalt; bear; live; glory; David; hold; take; praise; despise; spoil; high
Using the words that add up to 26, we could say it like this:
Look! 1 Praise2 to the Son of David3; Who took4 away of our sins5, being despised6 of men, stretched7 out His hand8 to bear9 our iniquity so we could live10; and having spoiled11 principalities and powers, sits in great glory12 on the right hand13 of God and is exalted14 on high15.
1 John 1:29 "The next day
John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world."
2 Psalms 146:1 "Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my
soul."
Romans 15:11 "And again,
Praise
the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people."
3 Matthew 22:42 "Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, [The Son] of David."
4 John 1:29 "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
5 I John 3:5 "And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin."
6 Isaiah 53:3 "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
7 Psalms 136:12 "With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy [endureth] for ever."
8 John 20:27 "Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it] into my side: and be not faithless, but believing."
9 Matthew 8:17 "That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare [our] sicknesses."
10 John 10:10 “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."
11 Colossians 2:15 "[And]
having spoiled
principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them
in it."
12 Luke 21:27 "And then shall they see the Son of
man coming in a cloud with power and great glory."
13 Hebrews 8:1 "Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;"
14 Acts 5:31 "Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins."
15 Psalms 68:18 "Thou hast
ascended on high,
thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, [for]
the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among them]."
Psalms 113:1-9 "Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the
LORD, praise
the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and
for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the
LORD'S name [is] to be praised. The LORD [is] high above all nations, [and]
his glory
above the heavens. Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the
earth! He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of
the dunghill; That he may set [him] with princes, [even] with the princes of
his people. He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [and to be] a joyful
mother of children. Praise ye the LORD."
I want to express my heart right now. It is in extreme pain. If you made it this far and have not yet accepted just what God has done for you then it’s time to end the intellectual track and take that leap of faith. Everyone wants to have “proof” and it has been presented here, but that wasn’t my intent. I wanted to present the gems and joys of Scripture so you could trust what it says in the written text. Proof is useless because it cannot save you. Grace is by faith alone. You cannot understand it without the Holy Spirit. Only the Lord can explain it so you can understand what faith really is.
An Alphabet within its Nation’s Symbol
Even when something changes for the Jews, the Lord always puts His amazing “signature” into it to show they are HIS!
Biblical Feasts, Fasts, and Festivals
Passover (פּסח) (14 Nisan scripturally – 15 Nisan modern Jews) The difference is a bit of an enigma, but it’s my understanding that this changed some time after the exile of the Jews to Babylon. This is actually one for the first questions I asked a Jewish friend. He didn’t have an answer. This to me explains why John chooses repeatedly throughout his Gospel that Jesus and the apostles were not part of the Pharisees or Sadducees by saying “the Jews” this or “the Jews” that. In fact, the way he writes implies that “the Jews” were the establishment. This explains how Jesus had the Passover on Nisan 14 at sunset, as scripture states in Exodus (and explain earlier in this book), and yet the next day be called “The Day of Preparation” (John 19:42; Mat 27:62) because “the Jews” had not yet participated in the Passover because it was still Nisan 14. Thereby Jesus died at the same time the lambs were being slaughtered for the Passover. I can hear it now, “how can Jesus have Passover on 14 Nisan AND died on 14 Nisan?” This is explained earlier, but let me explain that the date changes at sunset. Jesus and His disciples killed their lamb after sunset (14 Nisan) between the “evenings” that is, the time from the sunset to darkness. They then ate their meal before midnight, and by 3am, the establishment took Him into custody, tried Him in a kangaroo court (illegal night trial), and then took Him to Pilate at 6am, crucified Him at 9am, darkness fell on the earth at noon, Jesus cries out “It is finished!” and gives up His life between 3 and 3:30pm. From this time to sunset, the Jews killed the Passover lamb. Joseph of Arimathaea begged the body of Jesus. Gaining permission, possibly by 4:30pm, took His body and placed Him in the tomb. At sunset, about 5:50pm, 15 Nisan began. The real message of Passover is that where the blood of the lambs of the first Passover stayed the Lord’s judgment for than household, the blood of the Lamb of God will stay the judgment of our sin.
This holiday is fulfilled with the death of Jesus the Messiah.
Feast of First Fruits (יום הבכורים) (day after the Sabbath Lev 23:11) Since 14 Nisan is a Sabbath (Exo 12:18), does this mean 15 Nisan, or after the weekly Sabbath on Saturday? Even the rabbis cannot agree especially since they call the fast of 14 Nisan the Fast of the Firstborn and only the firstborn keep this fast – another twisted tradition. Because they don’t keep the Passover on the correct day, they start the feast of Unleavened Bread also starts on the wrong day. It must be from 14 Nisan to 21 Nisan, first and last days are Sabbaths. They can’t really keep this because there is no temple to bring their first fruits. Instead, they follow the next command to count 50 days to the day of Shavuot (Pentecost). This time is called the Counting the Omer.
This holiday is fulfilled with the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah.
Shavuot (שבועות) (scripturally the day after the seventh Sabbath from Passover, today always 6 Sivan) This is a new grain offering of first fruits. By tradition, Moses received the Ten Commandments on this day. Three thousand Jews died because of their sins. In Greek, the fiftieth day is called Pentecost. This is also the day when the Holy Spirit was given to His followers and three thousand Jews were saved by Peter’s preaching!
This holiday is fulfilled with the giving of the Holy Spirit as the earnest of our salvation.
Rosh HaShanah (ראש השנה) (1 Tishri) Meaning the “head of the year” or “first of the year”. Leviticus 23:24-25 simply states that it is a day of remembrance, of what though, is not mentioned. Numbers 29:1-6 includes a special sacrifice. The word for blowing is teruah (תרועה) has many meanings:
clamor, i.e. acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum:--alarm, blow(- ing) (of, the) (trumpets), joy, jubile, loud noise, rejoicing, shout(-ing), (high, joyful) sound(-ing)
This word is the same as when Joshua “shouted” when by being obedient brought down the walls of Jericho. The remembrance might be the foundation of the earth because the root word for shout (rua רוע) is used in this verse in Job:
Job 38:7 “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”
The shofar is the ram’s horn that is used as a trumpet. There are four sounds that are used on this day when blowing the horn. They are: tekiah, a three second sustained note; shevarim, three one-second notes rising in tone, teruah, a series of short, staccato notes extending over a period of about three seconds; and tekiah gedolah (literally, "big tekiah"), the final long blast, which lasts as long as the blower can exhale. When you say to a Jew what the “last trump” is, they’ll tell you the tekiah gedolah! Is this the trump that Paul speaks of in I Corinthians 15?
I Corinthians 15:51-53 “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: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”
Traditionally Rosh HaShanah is the only day you cannot know when it begins. All other dates in the calendar are based on when this day is declared. Today, the mathematical calendar leaves no room for change, but now that there is a Sanhedrin, the rules of the calendar could be changed. This leads me to think about the duality of scripture, that is, at the time Jesus said no one could know the day nor the hour of His return, and the only day that cannot be known in advance (traditionally) is Rosh HaShanah. Only the Father knew the time I believe because of the Jewish tradition of marriage. When the father, son, and bride-to-be agreed they would marry, the son would go home and prepare a place for them to live. It was only after the father deemed the house acceptable, would the father then tell the son to go and get his bride.
Here’s another thought. Knowing that the Word would be preached around the world, no one could know the day or hour, even now. This is because there are twenty-seven time zones196 (thanks to some Pacific islands that wanted to be the first to welcome in the millennium) containing two days on the planet at all times, so you must include a point of reference, and calculate the information yourself based on where you are on the planet. So if I say Jesus will return on 1 Tishri, one has to ask, what time zone? Since there are now more time zones than there are hours in a day, no one can claim any date since it could no longer be calculated on the planet!
Okay, there are two ideas.
Idea One: Scripture is full of duality in verse meaning. This might be one of them. The day of 1 Tishri cannot be known (in old times) without declaration by the Sanhedrin so no one could know the day nor the hour (in the old times). Now that there is a Sanhedrin, they might go back to this practice. Might this be a clue as to when He'll return. Remember also, Jesus said this too:
Luke 21:34 "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares."
Sure we can say "that day" is an age in English, but in Greek it means herema (ημερα) which is from sunset to sunset - a day. Jesus at that very moment didn't know the time because the Holy Spirit had not revealed it to Him as He chose to live by the Spirit as an example to us. But certainly now Jesus knows all. I'm not saying that 1 Tishri IS the day of His return, but I always pause on that day because it is called the Feast of Trumpets. Let's go to what Paul says:
I Corinthians 15:52 "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
The Feast of Trumpets, four sounds of the trumpet are made; they are called Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah, and Tekiah Gedolah:
Tekiah: A straight trumpet blast signifying Kingship. A pure unbroken sound that calls man to search his heart, abandon his evil ways, and seek forgiveness through repentance.
Shevarim: Three short notes representing a man moaning in repentance. A broken, staccato, trembling sound. It typifies the sorrow that comes to man when he realizes his wrong and desires to change his ways.
Teruah: Nine staccato notes blown in rapid succession, similar to the wail of a person weeping in short bursts. A wave-like sound of alarm calling upon man to stand by the banner of God.
Tekiah Gedolah: One Long Blast. The prolonged, unbroken sound typifying a final invitation to sincere repentance and atonement.
Anyone used to the Temple and its processes would immediately understand what exactly the "last trump" meant, the Tekiah Gedolah! So I present these verses:
I Corinthians 14:8 "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?"
John 10:27 "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:"
Revelation 1:10-11 "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last..."
Revelation 4:1 "...the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter."
Running with this thought: At the last trumpet sound, we hear the call to be "harpazo" (αρπϛω - found in 13 verses) "to be caught up by force" "plucked" "taken quickly out of harm’s way" because we hear His voice calling us up to heaven out of harm’s way! :)
Luke 21:36 "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."
Idea Two: The Rapture happens whenever, unknown to anyone save the Trinity. If the Feast of Trumpets is the day, in which the Lord returns to the earth to start His Kingdom, this would be a great fit as well. The first trump is a call for the King! Since John and Daniel speak of "1260 days" and "42 months" and "times, time and half a time" which if we have a calendar of twelve 30-day months as in the Old Testament days, they equal 1260 days. Counting back from 1 Tishri 1260 day you arrive at 14 Nisan - Passover! So this brings us to what Jesus said:
Matthew 24:15-22 "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened."
Therefore, this implies that the antichrist will declare himself God and commits the "abomination of desolation" by sacrificing to himself on the Passover night! Counting 1260 days later, you get 1 Tishri!
So here I present two viable examples of what 1 Tishri - the "Feast of Trumpets" - could mean. Furthermore, with the duality of scripture BOTH EVENTS COULD TAKE PLACE ON THAT DAY but different years! Either way, the Lord's coming and I can't wait!!
GLORY TO GOD ALMIGHTY and to JESUS, KING OF KINGS!!! HALLELUJAH! MARANATHA!!! :)
I believe this is yet to be fulfilled by the return of Jesus the Messiah to start His millennium reign.
Yom Kippur (יום כּפּור) (10 Tishri – Lev 23:26) Like those “Christians” who only attend church on Christmas or Easter, most Jews who are not necessarily “practicing” will attend their synagogue on Yom Kippur and maintain its Sabbath and a complete fast, even from water for 25 hours. One hour before sunset on 9 Tishri to after sunset on 10 Tishri. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement” and sums up what it all about. This is the day in which Jew reflect on their lives and repent of their sins. This repentance is for the sins between God and man, not man to man – that you have to correct yourself prior to Yom Kippur. Religiously, the High Priest would go into the temple and sprinkle the blood of the sacrificial lamb on the Mercy Seat over the Ark of the Covenant.
This has yet to be fulfilled in Jesus the Messiah. I'd like to clarify this and that is, I believe Jesus presented Himself to the Father after He told Mary not to touch Him (John 20:17) as there is an Ark in heaven (Revelation 11:19) as Moses created what he saw in heaven. The alter in heaven received Jesus' sacrifice. At that time of His sacrifice on the cross, we were spiritually reconciled with God (our position in God was set). Yet I believe the Yom Kippur event when Jesus returns will be the reconciliation of God and man physically, i.e. God dwells with man, like in the days in the Garden of Eden. From His return on the first of Tishri to the tenth, Jesus will overcome the Muslims prophesied of in Isaiah and Ezekiel, and it will also be the time when He separates the sheep and goat nations. On the tenth, He will set right the world by lifting the curse, set up His rule on Earth, and set right what Adam forfeited.
Sukkot (סוכּות) (15 Tishri – Lev 23:33) Sukkot means “booths” which the Jews build and sleep in for seven days. It is to remind them of their forty-year desert journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. The first two days are Sabbaths. This festival is a joyous time for the Jews. It’s also the harvest time, which most people in the world celebrate as well with their own “Harvest Festivals” or “Octoberfests”. Though they may have an answer, collectively, most rabbis do not understand why the world will come to Jerusalem and keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
Zechariah 14:16-17 “And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.”
As I’ve stated within this book, I believe Jesus’ birthday is 15 Tishri, and as all monarchical countries celebrate their king or queen’s birthday, so will the world. I believe this is a logical answer to the question “why would the world keep a festival that is to remind the Jews of their journey out of Egypt?”
There are many other non-scriptural holidays, but I only wish to point out one: Purim.
Time Represented in the Tabernacle
Below is an artist’s rendition of the tabernacle of Moses
created these items as a shadow of that which was in heaven. These are written
in Exodus 25 through 39. Everything written is in shadows and types and speaks
about Jesus.
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First, I want to point out the dimensions of the tabernacle. If you count the area of the walls, you get these measurements:
· 50 cubits width – front
· 50 cubits width – back
· 100 cubits length – left
· 100 cubits length – right
· 5 cubits high
300 cubits total multiplied by 5 cubits high
1500 cubits
From the time that Moses saw the heavenly template and built the tabernacle (which was completed 1 Nisan in the second year of their Exodus) to Jesus’ birth is about 1500 years (1517 according to this study). You could also count from when Israel rested in the Land (JY 2282) to the death of Jesus Christ (JY 3787) you arrive at 1505 years. All the measurements are part of the human body for a physical tabernacle: handbreadth (closed fingers, thumb to pinky); span (extended open hand thumb to pinky); cubit is two handbreadths. This is all part of the plan of God for the day when the human body becomes the temple of the Holy Spirit!
The meeting tent’s measurements are:
· 20 cubits length
· 10 cubits wide
· 10 cubits high
20 cubits multiplied by 10
cubits is 200 cubits. 200 cubits multiplied by 10 cubits high
2000 cubits
From the birth of the church to the end is 2000 years (Hosea 6:2).
Finally, the Holy of Holies’ measurements are:
· 10 cubit wide
· 10 cubits length
· 10 cubits high
10 multiplied by 10 is 100
cubits. 100 cubits multiplied by 10 cubits high
1000 cubits
Jesus will return to the earth and rule for 1000 years (Revelation 20:4-7)! From Moses to the end of time!!!
John 10:9 “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.”
The curtain around the outer court hides the truth to those that are blind to the Gospel.
II Corinthians
4:3-4 “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In
whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine unto them.”
Once through the gate (the blindness lifted) you are presented with the brazen alter and a decision concerning the sacrifice of Jesus. Brass is the symbol of judgment (Numbers 21:8-9). This is where the lamb is slain, as well as all the sacrifices throughout the feasts. When you meet the brazen alter you are sacrificed with Jesus and His righteousness becomes your own. Repent and be baptized, which comes next!
Romans 3:22-24 “Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:”
Once you are past the brazen alter, you arrive at the laver where the priests had to wash their hands and their feet. The image left is an inaccurate depiction because you must use running water. (Leviticus 15) You cannot dip into water what you wish to clean, you have to pour water over the item, albeit hands or feet.
Why just the hands and the feet, because after the sacrifice we are clothed in righteousness, but our hands and feet are yet uncovered (the old man – our doings and goings after salvation) so we are to die daily to our deeds in the flesh. We confess openly our salvation of Jesus through baptism, a symbolic death to self. Our sins are washed away by His sanctification through the Spirit of truth.
Webster’s 1828 definition is:
Sanctification: “The act of
consecrating or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.”
Psalms 51:10 “Create in
me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
Isaiah 1:16-18 “Wash you,
make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease
to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be
red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
Acts 22:16 “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”
Titus 3:4-7 “But after
that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works
of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by
the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on
us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his
grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”
Exodus 26:31-32 “And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.”
The veil that covered the entrance to the meeting place spoke volumes of the coming Christ. Fine-twined linen from Egypt, white without spot, just as Jesus was without spot or blemish (being the sacrificial Lamb). Something had to die in order for a place to be built to bring life to mankind!
I Peter 1:19 “But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: “
The tent was layered with curtains of fine linen, speaking of righteousness; curtains of goat’s hair, the sin offering; ram’s skin dyed red, the substitution sacrifice; and finally the badger’s skin, for protection.
The colors of the veil entrance spoke of the white of purity and righteousness; the blue of Jesus coming down from Heaven to do the Father’s will; scarlet of the crushing of the serpents head with the precious blood of Jesus, the Sacrifice; and the purple of Jesus’ royalty – King of the Universe. This is emphasized by the inscription above His head on the cross with the words, “King of the Jews”. Furthermore, the fact that the doorway (the veil) is the only way into the Holy of Holies; Jesus is the door. When Jesus died, there were hundreds of people in the Temple preparing for the Passover killings and witnessed the veil being torn from the top down, symbolizing Jesus being torn for our iniquity thereby allowing us access to the Holy of Holies through the blood for Jesus.
Hebrews 10:19-20 “Having
therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil,
that is to say, his flesh;”
The walls of the Tent of Meeting are panels made of acacia wood and they are to be made to stand upright. The wood is cut to a length of ten cubits and the width of one and a half cubits overlaid with pure gold. Each board is to be set into a silver foundation with two tenons (See the image to the left). These planks typify the Christians. We are cut from our roots of evil, shaped in image of Jesus, covered in His Righteousness (gold) and our feet (tenons) are set in the foundation of His redemption (silver). Within the tent, we reflect the His Light (menorah). Our natural state (wood) is completely covered so when God looks upon us, He only sees the work of Jesus – His righteousness and nothing but! One tenon is our death to the law and the other to our resurrection to a new life in Jesus’ redemption! Again, to support these boards, a hole is at its center for a bar to pass through, also made of acacia wood and overlaid with pure gold. To show the utter interweaving of Scripture, these boards (excluding the assumed length of one cubit for the tenon), these boards are exactly, in width and length (9 cubits X 1.5 cubits), 33.3333% the size of Noah’s ark (300 cubits X 50 cubits), which had an opening in its side – the entrance door! Whose side is pierced revealing the “heart” of the matter? Jesus!
Exodus 26:15 “And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.”
All of the following furniture are made of Shittim (acacia wood) overlaid with pure gold. The gold speaks of Jesus’ deity where the wood typifies the natural life of Christ here on earth. The acacia wood is a very dense wood and is especially prized for furniture, because of its durability, lustrous finish, and varied shades. When burned it puts off nice smelling incense, which can be used to treat joint pain and prevent fever. The wood represents the humbleness of the Lord’s first coming yet strong and resistant to pests as Jesus resisted the devil having no fault in Himself; Satan had no ground in Jesus to take hold of, thereby Jesus is free.
John 14:30 “Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”
The wood is also used to create some perfumes and essential oils. It also decays very slowly. The tree has nothing especially pleasing to the eye, but when crafted into furniture produces some of the most beautiful works with a deep red hue and highly polished finish.
Isaiah 53:2 “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.”
John 6:48 “I am that
bread of life.”
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, which means “House of Bread”. The showbread was unleavened bread (no yeast) which again typified the life of the Bread of Life without sin – leaven being sin. Also pure frankincense was placed on the showbread showing how Jesus’ life would give off a sweet smell of purity (the wise men gave Him frankincense at His birth) and how Mary would anoint Him prior to His death on the cross. As He lives in us, we too are to be a sweet savour of Christ.
Exodus 12:8 “And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.”
Exodus 12:15-18 “Seven
days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven
out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day
until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And in the first
day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be
an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that
which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. And ye shall observe
the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your
armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your
generations by an ordinance for ever. In the first month, on the fourteenth day
of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and
twentieth day of the month at even.”
Matthew 16:6 “Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:11-12 “How is
it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that
ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then
understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of
the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”
II Corinthians 2:14-15 “Now
thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh
manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God
a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:”
The showbread was there for the priests eat and have fellowship with God, just as Jesus broke bread with His disciples at the last supper to have fellowship with them. We too are to take part in the communion to remember what Jesus did for us.
Temple Menorah according to the
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Constructed by the Temple Institute and based on extensive research, this golden menorah is appropriate for use in the Third Temple. Over two meters in height and plated with 43 kg (95 lbs) of gold, this menorah is the first such constructed since the destruction of the Temple. This menorah is on display in the Jewish Quarter.
Scripture states that it is to be made of one piece of gold – unity of God’s people (Jews and Christians)
3 knobs (a flower bud) on each branch like a bowl – the Godhead
7 lamps – 7 manifestations of the Spirit (Isa 11:1-4)
9 Ornaments –3 knops, 3 flowers, 3 bowls – 9 fruits of the Spirit (I Corinthians 12:7-10)
12 symbols – 12 tribes/12 apostles
The lamp was the source of light within the tent of meeting. With the walls overlaid with gold, the light would reflect off the walls making it very hard to have a shadow.
James 1:17 “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
Jesus is the Light of the world, which speaks of His pure holiness.
I John 1:5 “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.”
John 9:5 “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
John 8:12 “Then spake
Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth
me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
Proverbs 4:19 “The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.”
Luke 12:2 “For there is
nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be
known.”
Revelation 21:23 “And the
city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory
of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.”
In Revelation 2 and 3 speak of the candlestick as being the Church and Jesus is the light. What Moses saw in heaven are the things he made here on earth. The oil of the lamps is the Holy Spirit. John shows this in following verse:
Revelation 4:5 “And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.”
Jesus by the Holy Spirit was conceived, baptized, anointed, moved, and resurrected, all to do the will of the Father. All fulfilling the seven-fold ministry of the Spirit:
Isaiah 11:1-5 “And there
shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of
his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and
of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear
of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither
reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge
the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite
the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he
slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and
faithfulness the girdle of his reins.”
As the priests would offer incense on the golden alter by the light of the lamp, so the Holy Spirit helps us when we pray so that the weakness of our understanding is properly presented to the Father.
Romans 8:26-27 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”
Ephesians 6:18 “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
All these items are an example of the growth a Christian must go through in order to draw near to Him. First, we must commune with Him in fellowship by remembering what He has done for us by eating the Bread of Life. When we commune with God, His light shines on us revealing the hidden things of God to us.
Proverbs 4:18 “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
Deuteronomy 29:29 “The
secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed
belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of
this law.”
I Corinthians 2:10 “But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”
Once we are enlightened with the truth, we can present sweet selfless prayers to God the Father through the Holy Spirit. As we die daily for Christ and burn off the flesh of our old selves, we are a living sacrifice to God.
II Corinthians 2:15 “For
we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved…”
Ephesians 5:2 “And
walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
Romans 8:26-27 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”
Prayer is not just asking God for stuff, nor is it to treat God like a genie. Prayer is to surrender to God our time, our lives, to Him for the assistance of others through intercessory prayer. That is prayer offered up to God by the leading of the Holy Spirit to pray for someone else who is in need. When we pray, we confess our sins, thank the Lord for the many blessings in our lives in humbleness, and then we can be used by the Spirit for others.
James 5:16 “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
If our prayers are not effective then we have lost fellowship with God. We must return to the table of showbread and find out where we’ve strayed. God loves us so much that He’s willing to allow us to pass through a time without His presence so we can learn how gentle, sensitive, and holy His Spirit is. We must return to the still small voice of His communion so we learn not to grieve the Holy Spirit. So why is the showbread so important?
Proverbs 4:20-22 “My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.”
We all know about the Last Supper, but what we don’t realize is that it was the Passover meal. Jesus said to keep the communion as a remembrance just as Moses told the Jews to do in remembrance. Both events point to Jesus and both speak of setting us free from bondage – one freedom from slavery and the other freedom of sin. Notice in the verse above how that the Word of God is life to our FLESH. Jesus said at the last supper that the bread He broke and passed around was His body. The cup is the New Testament with His blood. The cup symbolizes His forgiveness towards us on the cross – His blood was mingled with water when the soldier pierced His side, showing His broken heart. The Bread gives life and Jesus is the Bread of Life born in the House of Bread (Bethlehem).
John 6:50-51 “This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
When we commune with Jesus and have fellowship then we have revelation (enlightenment) and our prayers are effective. The first people Jesus communed with after His resurrection were the two on the road to Emmaus. To understand, you need to read the whole narrative:
Luke 24:13-36 “And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.”
Jesus hid Himself from them so that He could show them Himself within the written word – Scripture – starting with the Torah, the 5 pillars of meeting tent entrance, and the curtains represent the Prophets and the Psalms. Jesus expounded on Scripture to show how it all points to Him. Then they asked Him to dinner. As He prayed and broke bread (notice no cup – because they didn’t need forgiveness, and because Jesus promised He wouldn’t drink of it until we were all in Heaven with Him) and gave it to them and because they communed with Jesus, their eyes were opened. Not just “opened” but the Greek says “thoroughly opened up” as in with great detail. That is, they understood all Jesus had said about the Scriptures and concerning Himself and that it was the Lord they communed with! This is why their hearts burned within them, the Bread of Life was doing His work within them to give them the revelation of Scripture and Who He really is!
If you have ever taken part in communion, have you ever been taught this and its importance? Paul talks about taking the bread erroneously can cause us to become sickly and even die.
I Corinthians 11:29-30 “For
he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and
sickly among you, and many sleep.”
But! When we take it properly, then it is LIFE to our FLESH!!! Just as Proverbs says there is health in the Word and Jesus is the Word made flesh and He said He is the Bread of Life, and He said that the Bread in communion is His body, then whoever shall eat of it we shall have health in our flesh!! Glory to God in the highest!
Exodus 26:31-33 “And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be
made: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with
gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. And thou
shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within
the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between
the holy place and the most holy.”
Leviticus 16:2 “And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.”
Notice this time the entrance is with four pillars. So far, the passage of one to this point has been building on the understandings of the Way. Finally, to get to the final destination, you have to pass through the completion of the plan of salvation – the Good News presented in the Four Gospels. Note even the colors shows the plan: blue – Jesus comes down from heaven; purple – for royalty as Jesus is the King of Kings; and scarlet for the blood, His blood, which was shed for our sin (defined as red; considered color of human blood and the color of flame). 200 To further grasp this example, The fine twined linen came from Egypt where even today the best cotton is still from Egypt. The pure whiteness speaks of the Messiah’s purity, and the skillful work, divinely inspired, speaks of His deity.
The cherubims were woven into the fabric to remind the High Priest that his work, and thereby his life, were being watched as well as to remind him of the very holiness of his vocation. The veil separated man from God and God from man. It is this veil that was ripped from top to bottom when Jesus died on the cross, reuniting man with God; the hidden plan of God was now revealed through the Person Jesus the Christ. No longer would the physical temple be required to “house” God, because He moved out and moved into the heart of the Believer! (Romans 5:5) Praise God! What a wonderful awesome story! Now without the veil, man has direct access to God via Jesus. Before the veil was torn from top to bottom when Jesus died, only one man could go in and only once a year – the High Priest. Moses was warned to tell Aaron he couldn’t go in whenever he wished.
John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Exodus 25:10-22 “And they
shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length
thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the
height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without
shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. And
thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners
thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the
other side of it. And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them
with gold. And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the
ark, that the ark may be borne with them. The staves shall be in the rings of
the ark: they shall not be taken from it. And thou shalt put into the ark the
testimony which I shall give thee. And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold:
two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the
breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work
shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. And make one cherub on
the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat
shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. And the cherubims shall
stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings,
and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the
faces of the cherubims be. And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the
ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And
there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy
seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony,
of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of
Israel.
Of all the items, this is the most important. No one but the priests were allowed to touch it and even then only by the staves. If anyone who was not a priest touched the ark, that person would immediately die.
II Samuel 6:6-7 “And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.”
The ark is the lower box on which the Mercy Seat rests. Within the ark are the 10 Commandments, a bowl of manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded.
Hebrews 9:4 “… the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;”
The whole is an example of fallen man and a renewed man. Within the ark are the stones of the immutable law of God, rigid, unyielding. The bread is there to remind man of the labor man must endure to get the ground to surrender its fruit. The rod is symbol of the sin that springs up in our hearts.
However, the Lord Jesus Christ came to free man from this. The ark becomes a Christian’s heart. In it is written the law of God by the Holy Spirit (II Corinthians 3:2-3). The bread there shows that the Bread of Life lives within us and the rod of Aaron speaks of our priestly mission here on earth until the Lord returns. The Mercy Seat seals us with the loving mercy of God sprinkled with His blood sacrificed for us. When God the Father looks down into us, He sees the blood of His Son, the chosen one (that’s you Christian) (Matthew 22:14), and that the Bread from Heaven which resides within!
II Corinthians 3:2-3 “Ye
are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as
ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us,
written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of
stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.”
Matthew 22:14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
God’s throne on earth, which is an image of what Moses saw in Heaven, is the Mercy Seat.
II Samuel 6:2 … “the ark
of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth
between the cherubims.”
Isaiah 37:16 “O LORD of
hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God,
even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and
earth.”
One day a year the “Throne” of God on turned from the seat of judgment to the seat of mercy – the Day of Atonement. On this day, the High Priest would bring the blood of the sacrifice and sprinkle it on the Mercy Seat and the sins of Israel would be covered. Whereas the blood of animals covered the sins of man, the Blood of Jesus Christ paid the price of that sin – death – so that we could have life. Because Adam sinned, death occurred – first by an animal to provide clothing, then death by the man, and finally death of the Creator to pay for the living soul – man. What Adam could not do in the flesh – be obedient to God – Jesus, having learned obedience, did so in the flesh (think about it, why would God need to learn obedience? He became our payment for sin).
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Hebrews 5:8-9 “Though he
were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being
made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey
him;”
Having spilled His blood, He had to present Himself to the Mercy Seat in heaven that Moses saw and replicated in the tabernacle. By doing this, Jesus became our Atonement (payment) for sin to the Father making us dead to sin, being crucified with Him on the cross, through His blood and faith in Him.
Romans 6:4-6 “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.”
John 20:17 “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”
Romans 5:10-11 “For
if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son,
much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so,
but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now
received the atonement.”
Before John 20:17, Jesus always referred to those that followed Him as disciples but now called them brethren! Note in the verses in Romans 5 above how that we are saved by his life. This isn’t a mistake. Without Jesus’ sinless life, His death would have meant nothing. Since He conquered sin in the flesh (by not sinning), He is the perfect sacrifice. His death paid for our sins, and because He rose from the dead (equally as important as His death) we a reconciled (re-united) to God by His life! Our Judge became our Lawyer! Glory to God!!!
The ark parted the waters of Jordan so that Israel could cross on dry land (Joshua 3:14-17). Later they were told to march around Jericho with the ark and on the seventh day, the walls fell (Joshua 6). As man is very selfish by treating God like a genie, when Israel was fighting the Philistines, they took the ark without God’s direction, and they lost the battle and the ark was taken! This is when the Judge Eli died when he heard that the ark had been taken (I Samuel 4). When they took the ark to their house of worship, overnight, their god’s image fell before the ark of the Almighty God’s throne. They up righted the statue only to find it in pieces the next day – decapitated, both hand and feet cut off.
They treated God like genie instead of being obedient to Him and living under His guidance as sheep to the Shepherd.
Who are the Owners of the Land? הארץ
You’re going to have to do your own homework on this, but this is what I have found very easily on the Internet. The only explanation is that the devil has clearly taken control of the media; part of the great deception. For four hundred years, the Ottoman Empire ruled from Morocco to Iraq from Yemen to Greece. During this time, there were no states or countries, but provinces. There were no countries of Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, or Iraq. This area was called Anatolia. Egypt, Arabia and Sudan were vassal states to the Ottoman Empire. When the British defeated the Ottoman Empire, it was the Europeans that segregated the land into the countries we have today, with the help of Prince Faisal of the Hashemite dynasty. Later he became the King of Greater Syria and King of Iraq. All these countries were created after World War I with the demise of the Ottoman Empire.
On 2 November 1917, the Balfour Declaration stated:
“His
Majesty's government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use
their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being
clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and
religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights
and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”
In April 1920, the post-WWI Allied Supreme Council held a conference in Sanremo, Italy, to divide the land surrendered by the defeated Ottoman Empire. On 24 July 1922, the League of Nations, the first mandate, was for the British to control the southern part of Ottoman Syria.
Palestine Mandate of 1920 to honor the Balfour Declaration of 1917
This land was later divided by the British into an autonomous Transjordan and British-ruled Palestine. However, the Jews have lived in Israel for over 3700 years continuously – despite the Romans’ best efforts. Since the beginning of the 19th century, the majority group in Jerusalem, Israel, was Jews. They have the longest claim than any other group. The Saudis drove out the Hashemites (Jordanians) out of the cities of Mecca and Medina which they had held for hundreds of years, yet no one talks about the Saudi’s being occupiers of the land. The Hashemites appealed to Winston Churchill in 1922, as the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to be rewarded for their minimal help in the fight against the Turks in World War I, and divided the Palestine mandate. The mandate was to honor the Balfour Declaration of 1917 as a homeland for the Jews, and instead, gave 77% of it to the Hashimites, creating “Transjordan, an Arab province of Palestine.”
Creation of
Transjordan, Arab province of Palestine, 1920
Agreement Between Emir Feisal and Dr. Weizmann
3 January,
1919
His Royal
Highness the Emir Feisal, representing and acting on behalf of the Arab Kingdom
of Hedjaz, and Dr. Chaim Weizmann, representing and acting on behalf of the
Zionist Organization, mindful of the racial kinship and ancient bonds existing
between the Arabs and the Jewish people, and realizing that the surest means of
working out the consummation of their natural aspirations is through the
closest possible collaboration in the development of the Arab State and
Palestine, and being desirous further of confirming the good understanding
which exists between them, have agreed upon the following:
Articles:
·
Article I
The Arab
State and Palestine in all their relations and undertakings shall be controlled
by the most cordial goodwill and understanding, and to this end Arab and Jewish
duly accredited agents shall be established and maintained in the respective
territories.
·
Article II
Immediately
following the completion of the deliberations of the Peace Conference, the
definite boundaries between the Arab State and Palestine shall be determined by
a Commission to be agreed upon by the parties hereto.
·
Article
III
In the
establishment of the Constitution and Administration of Palestine, all such measures
shall be adopted as will afford the fullest guarantees for carrying into effect
the British Government’s Declaration of the 2nd of November, 1917.
·
Article IV
All
necessary measures shall be taken to encourage and stimulate immigration of
Jews into Palestine on a large scale, and as quickly as possible to settle
Jewish immigrants upon the land through closer settlement and intensive
cultivation of the soil. In taking such measures the Arab peasant and tenant
farmers shall be protected in their rights and shall be assisted in forwarding
their economic development.
·
Article V
No
regulation or law shall be made prohibiting or interfering in any way with the
free exercise of religion; and further, the free exercise and enjoyment of
religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall
forever be allowed. No religious test shall ever be required for the exercise
of civil or political rights.
·
Article VI
The
Mohammedan Holy Places shall be under Mohammedan control.
·
Article
VII
The Zionist
Organization proposes to send to Palestine a Commission of experts to make a
survey of the economic possibilities of the country, and to report upon the
best means for its development. The Zionist Organization will place the
aforementioned Commission at the disposal of the Arab State for the purpose of
a survey of the economic possibilities of the Arab State and to report upon the
best means for its development. The Zionist Organization will use its best
efforts to assist the Arab State in providing the means for developing the
natural resources and economic possibilities thereof.
·
Article
VIII
The
parties hereto agree to act in complete accord and harmony on all matters
embraced herein before the Peace Congress.
·
Article IX
Any
matters of dispute which may arise between the contracting parties hall be
referred to the British Government for arbitration.
Given
under our hand at London, England, the third day of January, one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen
Chaim
Weizmann Feisal
Ibn-Hussein
Reservation
by the Emir Feisal
If the
Arabs are established as I have asked in my manifesto of 4 January, addressed
to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, I will carry out what is
written in this agreement. If changes are made, I cannot be answerable for
failing to carry out this agreement.
Of course, the Arabs did not fulfill their agreement even though the British Secretary of State for the Colonies was Winston Churchill, who agreed to the Hashemite request in 1922. Until 1946, Britain retained mandatory authority over the region until it became independent as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan.
King Ibn Saud and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, USS
Quincy, Feb. 14, 1945.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt on
board the USS Quincy (CA-71) meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia in the
Great Bitter Lake, Egypt, on February 14, 1945. The King is speaking to the
interpreter, Colonel William A. Eddy, USMC. Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy,
USN, the President’s Aide and Chief of Staff, is at left. They discussed the
Jewish homeland, because the British Empire surrendered the “Palestinian Issue”
to the United Nations. Roosevelt needed assurance that the flow of oil would
not be disrupted because of the United States’ involvement in World War II.
King Saud wanted assurance that the U.S. would not recognize a Jewish State. In
Roosevelt’s own words dated 5 April 1945:
GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND:
I have received the communication which Your
Majesty sent me under date of March 10, 1945, in which you refer to the question
of Palestine and to the continuing interest of the Arabs in current
developments affecting that country.
I am gratified that Your Majesty took this
occasion to bring your views on this question to my attention and I have given
the most careful attention to the statements which you make in your letter. I
am also mindful of the memorable conversation which we had not so long ago and
in the course of which I had an opportunity to obtain so vivid an impression of
Your Majesty’s sentiments on this question.
Your Majesty will recall that on previous
occasions I communicated to you the attitude of the American Government toward
Palestine and made clear our desire that no decision be taken with respect to
the basic situation in that country without full consultation with both Arabs
and Jews. Your Majesty will also doubtless recall that during our recent
conversation I assured you that I would take no action, in my capacity as Chief
of the Executive Branch of this Government, which might prove hostile to the
Arab people.
It gives me pleasure to renew to Your Majesty the
assurances which you have previously received regarding the attitude of my
Government and my own, as Chief Executive, with regard to the question of
Palestine and to inform you that the policy of this Government in this respect
is unchanged.
I desire also at this time to send you my best
wishes for Your Majesty’s continued good health and for the welfare of your
people.
Your Good Friend,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
His Majesty
ABDUL AZIZ IBN ABDUR RAHMAN AL FAISAL AL SAUD
King of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Department of State Bulletin of October 21, 1945, p. 623.
Exactly a week later, Roosevelt was dead (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945). God had the last word on this issue. His Vice President was Harry Truman a Baptist Christian who, within six minutes of the declaration of a Jewish state in 1948, recognized the “State of Israel”, writing the name in his own handwriting.
At that moment, the Arabs warned the local Arab peasants of the land to flee so they could push the Zionist into the sea. Today, they are called “refugees” and are penned up in slums in Jordan – forever pawns in this game to rid the world of the Jews. Now the Arabs, and ignorant liberals, cry for a Palestinian state for this poor oppressed people. No matter what the State of Israel does, the Arabs will forever require more. No peace will ever come to the Middle East until Jesus Christ returns.
Study history and the truth and you’ll be able to answer, with authority, the question:
Whose land
is it?
Mark, or Name of the beast, or the Number of his name
When I embarked on this portion of the study, I struggled with even how to start. I’ve been studying Scriptures since I was eleven. No other part of Scripture has seemingly been more elusive than Revelation 13 especially verse 18. When I learned the truth, I really had to struggle with what I’ve been taught all my life; to go against far more learned and respected men than myself.
Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
However, I have a more pressing desire to know the truth and nothing but. The Lord put within my heart discernment. I’ve grown up spiritually with the King James Bible and I’ve been very content with using it however; I began finding wonderful gems within the Old Testament’s original language of Hebrew. The more I learn from Scriptures the more awesome and clearly divine it becomes. The devil has been trying since the first scrolls to mock the written Word by creating varying versions and minor adjustments, but the Almighty has allowed for those wishing to know the truth to do so. I’ve written a lot of things in this study, but the fundamental issue is: you must do your own homework. Just as parents cannot live the lives of their children, I cannot walk in your journey to the truth. I can only pray that I can be a tool to help you get there. I am not implying that I have presented everything accurately and without error – by now you should have found several typos. I am only presenting what I feel I have been taught by the Lord to the satisfaction of my intellectual desire and yearning of spirit. Truth has no agenda.
Since I accepted the Lord Jesus into my heart, I knew I was in the last days. Even Hollywood is a believer with all their end-time and end-of-the-world movies and TV shows. There is a doom-and-gloom over the Earth especially with what is going on over the entire planet; major earthquakes, wars, rumors of war, countries against countries, ethnic groups against ethnic groups, crime, famine, floods, plagues: one need only to scan the headlines. 2011 alone has seen a rise to all those things just mentioned, but not with just its “happening” but that everything is breaking all-time records and not just by a little. The recent tornados in the south surpassed the previous record by twice as many tornados in a single day. No month in recorded history has had as many tornados as April 2011.
But Jesus says in Matthew 24:8 “All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
I’ve been taught just like everyone else a lie, not intentionally by the speakers or writers, but conceived by the devil over 400 years ago or more to hide the truth. I speak about the kingdom of the antichrist. 400 years ago the Roman Catholic Church was very powerful. They had the Spanish Inquisition and made and destroyed kings. They were indeed the most feared entity on the planet, and remained so for a very long time. So 400 years ago, stating that the kingdom of the antichrist was the Roman Catholic Church was only offensive to Catholics. However, today, they do not behead non-believers. They still hold, to some degree, that Jesus is God and that as a man He died on the cross for us, and rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. Although a mix of old pagan beliefs and New Testament teaching, they don’t diminish Jesus to mere mortal as Islam does today. In fact, if they knew Scripture well enough, no one, including me who used to be Catholic, would have been deceived by this lie.
I John 2:22 “Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.”
Catholics will still admit that Jesus is the Son of God and that He is God. So by the definition laid out in Scripture, they cannot be the kingdom of the antichrist.
Matthew 12:30 “He that is not with me is against me; …”
Luke 9:49-50 “And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.”
This should be a warning to all the Christian denominations that their division is not what the Lord intended for His bride. It is from all the misinterpretations of Scripture by unprepared preachers, scholars, and evangelists, and mostly the lazy believers that falsely allow others to live their spiritual lives, to be deceived resulting in division. I am most certainly not an ecumenicalist (doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations) but I believe if we stop judging one another, live by the Word of God, and be obedient to the Holy Spirit, the outcome can only be unity. The one thing I really despise are labels.
Psalms 133:1 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
Hearing this from Walid Shoebat, a former PLO terrorist who accepted Jesus as his Savior, I started doing my homework. Since I didn’t have any problems with Islam being the kingdom of the antichrist, I had a hard time fitting in the “mark of the beast” and the illusive “666”. But let’s start at the beginning.
Isaiah 14:12-14 "How art thou
fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I
will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will
sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High."
Lucifer, son of the morning = הֵילֵל
בֶּן-שָׁחַר (literal meaning - Morning star son of black [as in just before the
dawn]) – pronounced helel ben shahar
Lucifer in Hebrew is pronounced heylel.
Heylel means:
"Morning
star" in Hebrew הֵילֵל
"Light
Bearer" in Latin
"Crescent
Moon" in Arabic هلال (copy and paste this into Google
images and you'll get a crescent moon)
The crescent moon is the symbol and the image of Islam.
Arabic uses metathesis (vowel substitution
and same consonant shuffling) to generate variations of the same theme. For
example, the same is done when transliterating Hebrew word for "Festival
of Lights" Hanukah, or Hanukkah, or Chanukah. In
Arabic, a great example is Mohamed, Muhammad, Muhammed,
and Mahomet. Metathesis first starts in pronunciation. For example in
English, the proper pronunciation is "TO", but most Americans say
"TA". "LATER" but most say "LADER". UK English
still spells it CENTRE but is pronounced CENTER which is the American spelling.
·
Hilal means Crescent Moon
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Halil means Crescent
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Halal means [appearance of] New Moon
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Ahillah means Crescents
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Khalil means Friend (Kh being a hard H) (the moon being a
"friend" of those at night
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Allah is the moon-god and is the great Hilal in the sky.
Ibrahim was a "friend" of Allah the moon-god, and Ibrahim pilgrimage
was to Haran, the City of the Moon. (A rip off story of Abraham.)
·
Hilal - hard "h" sound - means "dwellings"
and another word for the Kaaba (black cube building in Mecca) and the
crescent-shaped wall on northwest side of the Kaaba is called Hatim.
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Ihlal is the name of a ceremony around the Kaaba
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Hilah means Ruse and is the means which one can
circumvent the sharia'a law.
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Halal meat that has been processed correctly by killing while
invoking the name of Allah and killed with a crescent-shaped knife - Halal
means the food is permissible to eat and is stamped with a crescent symbol.
During the hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca), the sacrifice is to be made facing
the crescent-shaped Hatim wall (see the layout on the next page.)201
Starting to sense a pattern?
Kaaba (الكعبة) in
Arabic means “cube”. It is a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like
a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been
given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying.202
Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi
Arabia203 |
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Labeled elements are as
follows: 1 – The Black Stone; 2 – Door of the
Kaaba; 3 – Gutter to remove
rainwater; 4 – Base of the
Kaaba; 5 – Al-Hatim; 6 – Al-Multazam (the
wall between the door of the Kaaba and black stone); 7 – The Station of
Ibrahim; 8 – Angle of the
Black Stone; 9 – Angle of Yemen; 10 – Angle of Syria;
11 – Angle of Iraq; 12 – Kiswa (veil
covering the Kaaba); 13 – Band of marble
marking the beginning and end of rounds; 14 – The Station of
Gabriel. 204 |
As the Lord had a temple, the devil
has a temple and is black as written in Isaiah 14:12 in Hebrew. Housed in this building
is a meteor rock, and you guessed it, it’s black.
The Black Stone – accordingly black because of the sins
of man - it used to be white, it is said, when it fell from heaven. Yes, they
worship a meteorite!
The seven trips around the Kaaba (pilgrimage - hajj)
are said to represent the journeys of Ibrahim and Mohammed being guided by the
seven phases of the moon!
The word Allah is the
name of the Islamic god. The world will try to persuade you to believe that
this god is the same as Jehovah of the Old Testament. This is a boldface lie.
The devil has always wanted to be called God.
Until the 4th century AD,
Allah was spelled Hallah or Alaha both meaning "the
god". In Arabic the word Al Ilah "the god" became "Allah".
Without the vowels, Allah (llh) is the metathesis of hilal (hll) meaning crescent.
Allah is supposed to have
99 names. Two stand out to me:
المميت |
The Destroyer, The
Bringer of Death 3:156 |
خططوا |
The Great Deceiver
(schemer) 3:54 |
“Conclusion
In conclusion we can see
that this objection (of context) is irrelevant because the statement in the
verses is definitive (not dependent on context) and from the Quran itself we
see that Allah has no problem deceiving:
•
‘Enemies of Islam’
•
Muslims
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Innocent people - who lived in the 600 years that it took Allah to send the
Qur'an”205
Revelation 12:9 "And
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,
which deceiveth the whole world"
Revelation 20:14 “And
death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.”
God brings life, not
destruction or death. All the names of Allah are all stolen from Scriptures.
Though stolen, the devil cannot stop what’s coming. Remember Daniel’s statue’s
destruction? Read the rest of the story:
Daniel
2:34-35 “Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which
smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to
pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled
the whole earth.”
“The stone became a great
mountain, and filled the whole earth” – the Stone is the Messiah and His people
fill the earth. A “mountain” is specific people. Watch.
Revelation 17:9 “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”
Revelation 17:15 “And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.”
As you can see, the
waters are the people of the earth. The mountains are specific kingdoms or in
this case the seven kingdoms wherein the ten kings come from. As indicated
before, these are all the kingdoms that ruled over Israel in her history. When
the Messiah comes and rules the earth His kingdom will “fill the earth”. Again,
since every war fought by the Messiah when He comes is against an Islamic nation,
the beast is Islam – and the history of it bears this out in the seven kingdoms
which have always been the enemy of Israel. Again, this beast rises up out of
the “sand of the sea”.
Revelation 13:1 “And
I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his
heads the name of blasphemy.”
John was taken to the
wilderness where the antichrist arises out of the beast (Islam) and causes all
those that would not worship Islam to make war and overcome them. Blasphemy is
written on all the heads. The second beast (the antichrist) speaks blasphemous
things. The antichrist unifies Islam and causes anyone who refuses to worship
Islam to die by the sword.
In Islam everything
is done "in the name of Allah". This phrase is called the Bismillah
(which is the pronunciation of the phrase in Arabic) and looks like this: ( بسم
الله ). Every chapter of the Quran starts
with Bismillah except one.
Here is a
flowery way to write it.
Bismillah
•
B "in"
•
Ism "Name"
•
Allah "God"
The full phrase of the Bismillah is Bismillah
ir-Rahman ir-Rahim
"In the name of God, most Gracious, most Compassionate".
It looks like this:
Muslims often say this phrase when embarking on any
significant endeavor and the phrase is considered by some to be a major pillar
of Islam. This phrase is expressed in a lot of flowery calligraphy. Here are
some examples so you can recognize them for yourself.
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So now we come to the meat of the matter. I’ve gone to
this much detail because it’s important to understand what’s coming and if you
don’t know where to look, how can you see it coming? I’m going to say something
I never thought in my life I’d say this, but with the overwhelming evidence, it
must be pointed out. As I stated the single most cryptic verse has been
Revelation 13 specifically verse 18. Here’s the King James Version of that
verse:
Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
The image206 to the left is the Codex
Vaticanus of Revelation 13:18. Note the red box: that is the “translated” 666.
This is the ONLY place in scripture an untranslated set of letters exists in
Scripture. Therefore, until today, the only reasonable translation would be to
use Gematria, substituting letters for numerical values: A=1, B=2, C=3 etc. But
what if this is an erroneous translation. John was told to “bare record” of
what he saw. What if he did just that, yet, since the entire book of Revelation
is written in Greek, when copies were made, they were not seeing the three
Greek letters highlighted, but actually and unknown language at that time:
Arabic? I’m going to break this down so you can see for yourself.
This
is the original |
Arabic reads right to left. This is said to be بسم Bism A stretch I agree, in computer font. |
The
second “letter” is rotated 90° counter-clockwise and
mirrored. This is said to be الله Allah |
Reconnected the “letters” and you get بسم
الله Bismillah |
With Arabic script there
is a real resemblance. The left part of the image below is the full Bismillah
quote, I’ve separated the part “In the name of Allah” (center image) for
comparison.
I challenge you to go to
Google images and type in “Allah” and you’ll find images of every conceivable
example, from your finger to fish, with the word Allah superimposed. Once you
do that, you’ll understand that what I’ve presented isn’t nearly as implausible
as you first thought. Jesus even warned about one coming in his own name.
Please don’t just glance over these verses, but truly read them:
John 5:43 “I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if
another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”
Matthew 24:4-5 “And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many.”
In these next verses make
much more sense when you realize that the sand of the sea are desert
people, and that the beast rising up out of this sea is Islam which
since the birth of Israel, seven kingdoms have ruled over Israel with ten kings
with the name of blasphemy on their “foreheads” – Bismillah!
Revelation 13:1 “And I
stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having
seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads
the name of blasphemy.”
Revelation 13:6 “And he
opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his
tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.”
Revelation 17:3 “So he
carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten
horns.”
With most the stolen 99 names of God Almighty for the false god Allah, you cannot but see the blasphemy Islam speaks even now.
Isaiah 14:14 “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”
While researching another meaning to Revelation 13:18, the more I began to see how hidden the truth became because of how it’s translated. The word in Greek ἀριθμός (arithmos) is really only translated as “number”, “digit” or as a reckoning. However, if you look up the etymology of the word “multitude” you will find the Greek word arithmos for a great number [of people]. So using multitude instead of number you get the following understanding:
“Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding reckon [calculate, total, estimate, compute] the multitude of the beast [Islam] for it is the multitude of a man [antichrist, Mahdi – Islamic Messiah] and is “In the name of Allah (Bismillah) and the two swords”
I have given this image
to many Arabic speakers and the only ones that notice right off that this is
Bismillah were from Iraq!
Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
Don’t think I haven’t thought about Revelation 22’s warning, but I’m not changing the Greek, but adjust the English. Anyone who knows a second language knows that there are different ways of expressing a meaning. Though the Hebrew version of this verse translates into English the same, the word for wisdom is צְפוּנָה, according to the dictionary, can be hidden, concealed, encrypted. In the verse below, the words “layeth up” in Hebrew is the word wisdom צְפוּנָה and is used twice (צְפוּנָה צְפוּנָה). When there is a double usage of a word it’s meant for emphasis; like Holy of Holies, and Song of Songs. So in the verse below the meaning is implied that the Lord hides the hidden wisdom for the righteous.
Proverbs 2:7 “He layeth
up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk
uprightly.”
Colossians 2:2b-3 “…the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
So “here is wisdom” is calling the reader to seek out the hidden
message. Let him have understanding though. Hold on to this explanation as
we continue with what the Muslims believe.
Notice a pattern in the
images below:
Rehals
Muslim
Brotherhood
Boy wears Shahadah
on his forehead at a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Meeting | AP Photo
Below are the images of Jihad
(Holy War). They even cross their arms to produce an X. Notice the image of the
kids; their foreheads and what’s in their right hand.
Islamic
Terrorist Future Jihadists
(Holy Warriors)
How, pray tell, can
anyone after examining the facts, believe Islam is a peaceful religion. Just
look how they indoctrinate their children before they can even read or write.
The creed of Islam is the
Shahadah. If you wish to convert to Islam you will need to simply repeat
the phrase below to an imam – Muslim cleric.
"There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is
His messenger" - "La ilaha illa Allah, Mohammed rasul Allah”
It looks like this in
computer font so you can cut-and-paste it into a translation program like
Google:
لا إله إلا الله ,
محمد رسول الله
The left image below is
the image of the Shahadah, the Islamic creed. It’s also the writing on
the flags in the children’s hand above. Notices how the letters are written, in
such a way as to produce X’s. The image on the right is flag of the Somali
Islamic Court.
Somali Islamic
Court Flag Shahadah
This phrase is in the
flowery calligraphy below is on the flag of Saudi Arabia.
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Notice the writing on their foreheads, the Shahadah.
Granted any protest can get ugly on all sides, but did you read the signs? Freedom to them isn’t “democracy” but the right to live under Sharia’a law! Now read these verses:
Revelation 7:3 “Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.”
Revelation 20:4 “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”
Their signs say death to those that mess with Islam or the “prophet”, who is Mohammed, and that Islam will rule the world. Also notice that the 144,000 are sealed by God. Did you know that Islam teaches that only the true Muslims will be sealed in their foreheads by their messiah – the Mahdi? 207 Non-Muslims will have black faces while true Muslims will have a face that glitters. Muslims also wait for Jesus to return (he’s been in suspended animation until the Mahdi comes) with the Mahdi and he will correct the Christians that they worship Judas who was crucified, not him. Furthermore, did you know the Islam says that this unedited verse in Revelation speaks of their Mahdi?
Revelation 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.”
If you search the Scriptures for the word images, you’ll find that it’s not always a physical mark, but symbol of something to believe in. In this case the image is also a name. What better example of this than in the bismillah? I highly recommend that you read “God’s War on Terror” by Walid Shoebat and Joel Richardson from which a lot of this is explained in much more detail.
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29b
12 Josephus,
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Calendar by Shari Freeland
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http://halakhah.com/pdf/moed/Sukkah.pdf
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Josephus
Book XVII, Chap. 6, para. 4 & 5 and Chap. 9, para. 3
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31 Macrobius Saturnalia (trans. P. Davies), Book II, Chap. 4
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34
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36
H.H. Ben-Sasson, A History of the Jewish
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37 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/55*.html#6.4
38 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Tiberius*.html#21
39 New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14717b.htm
40 Strong's
Concordance on "Pilate"
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42 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/460341/Pontius-Pilate
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(Image)
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48 Volume VIII. (XVI.)--Tract
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V.
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53 Talmud Ta'anith 17b note 12 states:
"There was also a dispute between the Pharisees and Sadducees with regard
to the fixing of the date of Pentecost. The dispute turned on the
interpretation of the words, הַשַׁבָּת
מִמָחֳרַת
("day after the Sabbath" – Lev.
XXIII, 15). The Pharisees took the view that the ‘Omer had to be brought on the
second day of Passover', while the Sadducees maintained that these words meant
the morrow of the first Sabbath of the Passover week and from that day
forty-nine days had to be counted to Pentecost."
54 “The
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Doctoral Thesis, Sep 4, 1987. Christian Training Center Inc.
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Budapest 2008, pg. 29. Highlighted for emphasis and corrected spelling of
“should” and “declaration”.
57 CyberSky 4.0 (used to be NASA, but they removed the pages
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58 "The
Hebrew calendar has had three forms: (1) Biblical times: the first form, dating
from the time before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70
C.E. by the Romans, was a calendar based on observations; (2) Talmudic times:
the second form, in effect during the Talmudic period (about 10 B.C.E. to about
500 C.E.), was based on observations and calculations; and (3) Post-Talmudic
times: the third form, was based solely on calculations that defined rules for
a calendar initially described in full by Moses Maimonides in 1178 C.E. From 70
C.E. to 1178 C.E, there was a gradual transition from the second to the third
form, with more and more calendrical rules being adopted over that period. The
rules that were developed attained their final form either before 921 C.E. or
before 820 C.E. However, because the modern lunisolar Hebrew calendar had to
add extra months to synchronize itself with the Christian solar calendar,
starting with three consecutive years that were given extra months in the 2nd
century C.E. according to the Talmud, the modern Hebrew calendar cannot be used
for determining Biblical dates because new moon dates may be in error up to
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59 Eleven hours cannot be accounted for in scripture 6:23pm - 5:23am
except Jesus rose during this time. Scripture does not say when He rose, only
that He wasn't there prior to sunrise when Mary arrived and found the tomb
empty.
60 http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/The_Temple.html
61 http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/History/HISTORY-+The+Second+Temple.htm
62 Josephus, Wars
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63 Josephus, Wars of the Jews, VI, iv, 6.
64 Tacitus, Book 5, 1.
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69 http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/AlexandertheGreat.html
70 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate
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82 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra_decree
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88 Ibid, pg 17.
89 Ibid, pg 18.
90 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament
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95
A Patriot's History of the United
States, by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen, USA,
Sentinel 2007, pg 27.
96 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_compact
97 A Patriot's History of the
United States, by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen, USA, Sentinel 2007,
pg 29.
98 © Copyright 2007 (this edition) by Chapel
Library. Used with Permission.
99 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haym_Salomon
100 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_of_tammuz
101 Some content under this section, CY 5790, is
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102 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Eastern_Galicia,_1914-1915
103 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/5429
104 http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/black-book-one.php
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111 http://www.deathcamps.org/occupation/warsaw%20ghetto%20uprising.html
112 http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Modern+History/Israel+at+50/The+State+of+Israel+Is+Born.htm
113 http://www.khouse.org/articles/2004/531/
114 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
115 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls_of_Jerusalem
116 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_(Jerusalem)
117 “Angels of Armageddon: The
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118 http://www.nyjtimes.com/cover/03-10-03/MiraclesinTimeofWar.htm by Perry Stone
119 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby
120 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg
121 http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/ben_yehuda.html
122 http://www.ravkooktorah.org/orot1.pdf page 34
123 http://www.het.org.uk/docs/hmd_2011_suggested_readings_0.pdf
124 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials
125 http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/israel/large/documents/index.php?documentdate=1948-05-14&documentid=48&studycollectionid=ROI&pagenumber=1
126 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_of_1917
127 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_internment_camps
128 http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/1948_War.html
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130 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
131 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Parliament
132 http://www.debka.com/article/9146/
133 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/22/order-blocking-okla-islamic-law-measure-extended/
134 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2540031/posts?page=14
135 http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Archive/Speeches/2004/02/Speeches7759.htm
136 http://info.jpost.com/C006/Supplements/MapOfIsrael/
137 http://www.arava.co.il/english/
138 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Israel
139 http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5294/pdf/sir5294_508.pdf
140 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jewschool/170532874/
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142 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abila_(Peraea)
143 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/world/africa/07iht-gaza.html?_r=1
144 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A16FC395A0C768DDDA10894DD404482
145 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
146 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B_1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5DkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6660,2250715&dq=bush+gaza+israel&hl=en
147 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4179432.stm
148 http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/887905601.html?dids=887905601:887905601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+26,+2005&author=Uri+Dan&pub=New+York+Post&desc=ARIEL+POOPS+OUT+WITH+OWN+PARTY&pqatl=google
149 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a7Y5Iwb3tDtg&refer=uk
150 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
151 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_levee_failures_in_Greater_New_Orleans
152 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon
153 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gz.html
154http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article561875.ece
155 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retired_Atlantic_hurricane_names
156 http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/israel--gets-cool-reception-89494132.html
157 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/netanyahu-becomes-an-irritation/story-e6frg6zo-1225847123577
158 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7092795.ece
159 http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/19/obama-and-israel-showdown-at-the-un/
160 http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100420_6304.php
161 http://www.debka.com/article/8731/printversion/
162 http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/siteservices/print_friendly.php?ID=nw_20100421_9183
163 http://www.breitbart.com/print.php?id=D9F7QK184&show_article=1
164 http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3882724,00.html
165 http://cnbc.com/36848720/print
166 AP, April 29, 2010; 9:45 pm, by Cain Burdeau
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168 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/21/AR2010062104706_pf.html
169 http://www.lfpress.com/news/world/2010/06/09/14325436.html
170 http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Tornado-confirmed-in-Bridgeport-536870.php
171 http://finance.yahoo.com/currency-investing
172 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Israel
173 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/oldest-city-in-the-world.html
174 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_time_of_continuous_habitation
175 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7101106.ece
176 http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3014/pdf/FS10-3014.pdf
177 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_Saudi_Arabia
178 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_well_fire
179 http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=172008
180 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabees
181 http://templeinstitute.org/
182 http://www.templeinstitute.org/red_heifer/tenth_red_heifer.htm
183 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_wars
184 http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0370_0421_ZS.html
185 From HaTekufa HaGedola, Rabbi Menachem Kasher, Chap. Sichu B’chol
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186 [ibid, p. 456]
187 [ibid, p. 446.]
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189 http://www.abortionfacts.com/reardon/after_effects_of_abortion.asp
190 http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
191 http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-1407.ZD.html
192 http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/openmarket_archive.htm#2001
193 http://www.fincen.gov/MortgageLoanFraud.pdf
194 http://www.monex.com/prods/gold_chart.html
195 http://usdebtclock.org/
196 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone
197 http://www.templebuilders.com/enlargement_tabernacle2.php
198 Perry Stone, Voice of Evangelists
199 http://www.templeinstitute.org/main.htm
200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_(color)
201 Moon-o-theism, Volume II by Yoel Natan, http://books.google.com/books?id=EsNv92MuRTUC
202 http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=kaaba
203 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba
204 http://forum.davidicke.com/showthread.php?t=134753
205 http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Allah_the_Best_Deceiver
206 http://images.csntm.org/Manuscripts/GA_03/GA03_150b.jpg
207 http://al-mahdi.atspace.com/isa.html
208 http://genome.crg.es/courses/laCaixa05/Genomes/index.html
209 http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/dna/b/replication/dna_base.html