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Cycles Based on 3761 BC

What is the evidence that 3761 was the beginning of the 7-year, 49-year and 19-year cycles?

From Josephus, a first century Levite historian, we learn that Herod conquered Jerusalem in a sabbatical year, in 38-37 BC. If so, it was also captured in the 19^th year of the lunar-solar calendar.

To find whether 37 BC was a sabbatical, simply subtract 37 BC from 3761 BC (Creation?), which will give us 3724 years. Dividing 3724 by seven results in 532 sabbaticals! (532 x 7 = 3724). 532 years are composed of 28 years (of the solar calendar) times 19 years (of the lunar calendar).

Just as dates repeat on the same month and day every 19 years, all dates also repeat on the same weekday and same day of the month in 532 years and same year of the 7-year cycle.

3761 Aligns with Known Sabbaticals

It seems more meaningful when we combine the 19-year and 7-year cycles. Include the 7-year and 49-year cycles called sabbaticals and jubilees, and we find that 37 BC was 294 years (6 jubilees) after Alexander who allowed the Jews to observe their sabbaticals without paying tribute after 331 BC.

Can we find the year of the jubilees and 19-year cycles this same way?

Yes. Again, Herod conquered Jerusalem in a sabbatical year, in 37 BC, 3724 years after 3761 BC

3724 equals 196 years times 19 (196 19-year cycles).

3724 equals four jubilees times 19 (19 x 4 jubilees).

3724 equals seven 532-year cycles (28 x 19- year cycles).

3724 equals 532 7-year cycles (532 sabbaticals).

Therefore, it becomes evident that 37 BC was also the 19^th year as well as the seventh year as well as the 49^th year as well as the 196^th year. How can we know?

The period from 3761 BC to 37 BC is 196 times 19. This means that, if 37 BC is the seventh year, it must also be the 19^th year. Not only is it the seventh year, it is also the 19^th recurrence of 196 years, which is equal to 19 times four jubilees (19 x 4 x 49).

Last but not least, 3957 BC just happens to be 196 years (four jubilees) before 3761 BC. Subtracting 3761 from 3957 equals 196 years. 196 years equal 28 sabbaticals.

From the Hebrew calendar, sabbaticals and 19-year cycles both began in 3761 BC, long before the exodus.

Now Consider 3957 BC

If we subtract 37 BC from 3957 BC, we get 3920 years. Divide this by seven, and we get 560 sabbaticals! (560 x 7 = 3920). And 3957 was four jubilees before 3761. Thus, we can say that both 3957 and 3761 began with new 7-year sabbaticals and 49-year jubilees.

We could speculate that Adam was age 130 at Seth’s birth and age 196 in 3761 BC (while Seth was age 66). Thus, they are likely to be the inventors of the “Sethite calendar”. This would support the concept that early nations had preserved a lunar-solar calendar from the beginning.

One outstanding example of this ancient beginning is found in the Era of Nabonassar, which began in 747 BC (169 times 19 years after 3957 BC, and 3957 is 196 years before 3761).

His calendar was created and recorded for over 2509 years (747 BC to 1141 AD) and can be extrapolated backward to 3957 BC. This date, 3957, is 427 sabbaticals (2989 years) before Solomon’s temple, which is 479 years after the exodus, which is 427 years after Abraham’s second calling, which is 427 years after Noah’s flood, which is 1656 years after Adam.

The following table is abstracted from a chart found at http://www.friesian.com/calendar.htm. At the top-left of this reconstructed chart is the date, year 0 = 3958; year 1 = 3957. Year seven is 3951, which is 190 years before 3761, which is 196 x 19 years before 37 BC, when Herod captured Jerusalem. These dates are marked in red. Therefore, the table demonstrates how the 19-year cycle of 3958 BC coincides with the 19-year cycle of the Era of Nebonassar in 747 BC, and this is unlikely to be a coincidence. It is more likely that the calendar was much more ancient than 747.