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13.3 million Jews await the birth and first coming of their Messiah. 2.2 billion Christians await the second coming of their Messiah, and 2.1 billion Muslims await the coming of the Mahdi or twelfth Imam. This amounts to 4.31 billion people of the world’s 7 billion, mostly descendants of Abraham’s two sons, Isaac and Ishmael, who are speculating about some type of divine intervention from above.

Google for “time of the end” and you’ll get 779 million hits. Now that is a real audience, and it seems that everyone now has a book spouting the latest theory.

When will these events happen? Well, nobody really knows for sure. Instead, the world is full of speculators looking for a sign.

Two Sabbatical Cycles Found

TABLE 10. When would sabbaticals be if the exodus were in 1447 BC, and if Joshua’s conquest were in 1407 BC (during the time of Dynasty XVIII)? When would they be if counted from an exodus in 1255 BC (during Ramesses II of Dynasty XIX)?

If counting from an exodus in 1255 BC, then the first year of Nebuchadnezzer (604 BC) and the year he became a beast (569 BC) and the founding of the second temple would be in sabbatical years. These align with the 490 years from 457 BC to 34 AD. 1980 would be the 66^th jubilee, and a sabbatical would follow in 1987 AD. These align with Creation in 3957 BC.

If counting sabbaticals from Joshua’s entry into Canaan in 1407 BC, then the 17^th jubilee would be in 574 BC, 14 years after Jerusalem fell (Ezek 40:1), and 1975 AD would be the 69^th jubilee.

Some have calculated that the Messiah would return in 1982, because this would be 2520 years after the fall of Babylon in 539 BC. 1972 was 2510 (251 x 10) years after 539.

TABLE 10. Four Possible Cycles

	Sabbaticals before during or after each event from Four Beginning Points
EVENT	Exodus	Joshua’s Entry	Moses’ Exodus	Entry

Exodus / Entry	1447 BC	1407 BC	1255 BC	1215 BC
Temple Founded		966	968
Israel/Judah Split		931	933
Assyrian Captivity		721	723
Isaiah’s Jubilee		707	709
First year of Nebuchadnezzer			604
Fall of Jerusalem, after Sabbatical		588	590
Nebuchadnezzer 7 yrs madness begins			569
Fall of Babylon, after Sabbatical		539	541
Second Temple Founded		518	520
Rabbinic Fall of Jerusalem		420	422
Alexander Captured Jerusalem		329	331
Herod Captured Jerusalem		35	37
Christ’s Ministry Begins		29 AD	27 AD
Fall of Jerusalem, after Sabbatical		71	69
Bar Kochba Revolt		134	132
		1975	1973
		69^th jubilee	1980
			66^th jubilee
NOTE: Exodus 1255 seems to fit the six generations from the exodus to David. An entry in 1407 allows enough time for having 300 years to Jephthah, one of the judges (Judges 11:26), and 479 years from the exodus to the temple (I Kings 6:1). None allow 450 years for the judges alone (as in Acts 13:20). An exodus in 1447 would place Creation in 3957 BC (1447 + 2510 = 3957).