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Crossing the Red Sea on
the Last Day of Unleavened Bread The Red Sea parted to create a dry road through the sea for the
Israelites to escape the Egyptian Pharaoh. With such an astonishing event,
you would expect history to get the story right. Some are assuming the
Israelites crossed over the Red Sea on the seventh day after the exodus. In ancient Salem (now called
Jerusalem), the priestly king met Abraham with bread and wine long before the
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These were celebrated in their seasons, perhaps seven days in
the spring and seven days in the fall. At the exodus, these days took on a
deeper meaning. The Israelites ate unleavened bread 21 days without leavening
for 30 days, until manna was provided on the 15th day of the
second month. Placing the exodus Passover on a
Wednesday is done by counting backward from the first day of manna, before
the first Sabbath observed in the wilderness (Ex. 16:1). The Israelites reached the wilderness of Sin on Friday, the 15th
of the second month where instructions were given for collecting manna during
the following week. They had reached Mt. Sinai in the third month, on the
same weekday in which they had left Egypt (Ex. 19:1), and they were to be
ready on the third day, on Sunday, on the day of Pentecost, for God to appear
on Mt. Sinai (Ex. 19:11, 15, 16). Josephus says the Israelites reached the Red Sea on the third day
(Antiquities 2.15.1). The Pharaoh and his armies drowned in the Red Sea after
three days and three nights of unleavened bread after the Passover. Likewise, Christ was raised after three days and three nights of
unleavened bread after the Passover. This is illustrated in TABLE 1. Unleavened bread lasted 30 days after the exodus before manna fell
from heaven for 40 years. These days are memorialized by celebrating seven
days of the spring grain harvest without using leavening. This reminded the
Israelites of leaving Egypt without leavened bread 30 days, until the 15th
day of the second month. (Ex. 16:1). Confusion Stems from Two
Sources It was James Ussher who claimed (1600 years later) that Israel
reached the Red sea on the third day of unleavened bread but waited until the
seventh day before crossing over “according to Jewish tradition”. Details in Exodus and its duality with Christ being raised three
days after the Passover set the record straight. “They were all baptized in
the Red Sea, and Christ is the Rock in the wilderness that provided water
(Col. 10:1-4). “…as they (the Israelites) went away hastily (from Egypt), on the
third day they came to a place called Beelzephon, on the Red Sea; and when
they had no food out of the land, because it was a desert, they eat of loaves
kneaded of flour, only warmed by a gentle heat; and this food they made use
of for thirty days; for what they brought with them out of Egypt would not
suffice them any longer time; and this only while they dispensed it to each
person, to use so much only as would serve for necessity, but not for
satiety. Whence it is that, in memory of the want we were then in, we keep a
feast for eight days, which is called the feast of unleavened bread” (Josephus
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In
contrast, Ussher says, “At Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite
Baalzephon, Pharaoh, with his host overtook them. Here Moses divided the
waters with his rod and they passed through the midst of the Trythraean, or
Red Sea… This happened on the 21st day of the first month on the last day of
the feast of unleavened bread …” (Annals of the World, p 39). These references seem to agree that the Israelites reached the Red
Sea on the third day of Unleavened Bread, but don’t make it sound reasonable
that they would linger there four more days, until the seventh day of
Unleavened Bread. Nevertheless, Ussher said it was a Jewish tradition, but
this view does not seem to be supported by Josephus, a first century Levite
historian. So how could it be a Jewish tradition? Exodus
14:8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king
of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of
Israel went out with an high hand. Exodus
14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the
horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and
overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. The
solution is likely that the Passover was also observed 430 years before the
Exodus (Ex. 12:40), when Abraham was first called in Ur, before he dwelled in
Harran. It is likely that the spring grain harvest and the fall were
celebrated long before the exodus. As said, Melchizedek, the priest and king
of Salem met Abraham with bread (perhaps with leavening) and with wine. The
solution is definitely found by counting backwards from the first week of
Manna, as in TABLE 1. The
Israelites reached the wilderness of Sin on Saturday, the 15th of
the second month, where instructions were given for collecting manna during
the following week. They had reached Mt. Sinai in the third month, on the
same day in which they had left Egypt (Ex. 19:1), and they were to be ready
on the third day, on Sunday, on the day of Pentecost, for God to appear on
Mt. Sinai (Ex. 19:11,15,16). The first century church spoke of old
things and new things as in TABLE 2
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Zechariah
14 and Acts 2 speak of the lost sheep, proselytes, of “all nation under
heaven”, people from coming to Jerusalem while the temple still existed.
These became the new tabernacle of God on the day of Pentecost, on Sunday.
The Higher Realm descended to earthly temples to dwell with mankind. There
was an old covenant and a new covenant, both on the day of Pentecost, a
former rain and a latter rain. Those who deny this
fulfillment of the feast of Tabernacles on Pentecost are much like those who
deny that Christ has come during the first century to fulfill the day of
Atonement once and for all by going behind the temple veil with his own blood
after the Passover, on the day of the Wave Sheaf Offering, on Sunday. A lamb’s blood was applied to
doorposts to ward off the death angel. Christ was represented by a
serpent on a stake in the wilderness that takes away the “sting of death”.
The Israelites were baptized in the Red Sea (Heb 10:2-4). In the New Exodus, we have
another Red Sea called “baptism”. Christ was the true bread
from heaven. Another prince of this world
is cast down. The old covenant in the
wilderness was on Pentecost with commandments written on stone. The new covenant was on
Pentecost with commandments written on hearts. These and other examples
imply that the Passover of the first century follows the pattern set during
the exodus. With so many examples, it becomes apparent that the exodus was a
forerunner of another exodus in the first century. One reflects the other. Moreover, forty years after the lamb was slain at the exodus, God’s
armies crossed the Jordan, kept the Passover on Saturday, offered the first
fruits of the land on Sunday at which time the manna stopped. Jericho was
immediately surrounded by Joshua’s army, which was carrying seven trumpets. First Century “Jericho” – Herod’s Jerusalem
Likewise
in the first century, forty years after the Lamb was slain, Roman armies also
cleansed the land of anti-Christians, Godless of the old covenant, the old
Jerusalem. Jesus, as a type of Joshua, forewarned this would happen to give
his true followers rest. Josephus said that Rome surrounded Jerusalem for their
final assault on the Passover, on the same day in which Joshua surrounded
Jericho (Luke 21:20). So the pattern seems to fit. 70 AD
was a “time of Jacob’s trouble”, the worst time since the history of the
world (Mat. 24:21), which lasted 3 ˝ years after Vespasian entered the war. Here
is Josephus’ description of the last Passover in 70 AD, when the temple was
Jerusalem was destroyed. “So these high priests, upon the coming of that
feast which is called the Passover, when they slay their sacrifices, from the
ninth hour till the eleventh, but so that a company not less than ten belong
to every sacrifice, (for it is not lawful for them to feast singly by
themselves,) and many of us are twenty in a company, found the number of
sacrifices was two hundred and fifty-six thousand five hundred; which, upon
the allowance of no more than ten that feast together, amounts to two
millions seven hundred thousand and two hundred persons that were pure and
holy; for as to those that have the leprosy, or the gonorrhea, or women that
have their monthly courses, or such as are otherwise polluted, it is not
lawful for them to be partakers of this sacrifice; nor indeed for any
foreigners neither, who come hither to worship. Now this vast multitude is
indeed collected out of remote places, but the entire nation was now shut up
by fate as in prison, and the Roman army encompassed the city when it was
crowded with inhabitants. Accordingly, the multitude of those that therein
perished exceeded all the destructions that either men or God ever brought
upon the world…” The
Feast of Trumpets and Atonement
In a
related issue, what happened at Jericho and in 70 AD appears to be entirely
overlooked in the fulfillment of the holy days and feasts. Israel left Egypt
after the Passover, crossed the Red Sea while eating unleavened bread for 30
days, and received the ten commandments on Pentecost. Skipping the time of
Joshua’s seven trumpets and Jericho, we come to the time of Solomon, when he
dedicated the temple just before the feast of Tabernacles. Next we read of
how Mordecai was taken to Babylon in 598 BC. The story is about the next
feast, the feast of Purim and the return from Babylon. In the first century, we learn of the Passover crucifixion and the
Law written on our hearts on Pentecost. Skipping the time of 70 AD, we
discern that the next feast should be Christ’s second coming 2,000 years
later. John spoke of a future Parousia (http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1001060093),
a time when the Messiah would be present to purge his threshing floor (of the
temple) with unquenchable fire (Lk 3:16-17), and Josephus spoke of the
Eastern Gate, which took 20 men to close, which opened by itself in 70 AD. Nevertheless, most time charts skip 70 AD and place the feast of
Trumpets 2,000 years later. The second temple was burned on the 9th of Av, 1335 days
after the feast of Hanukkah (Dan 12:12). According to the Jewish Mishna and
Talmud, for 40 years after the crucifixion, on every day of Atonement, lots
were cast to see which of the two goats would be sacrificed as atonement. The
lot “for the Lord” did not come in the right hand of the priest forty times
in a row. Considered to be a bad omen, for 40 years, the right hand of the
priest held the “scapegoat” (instead of “for the Lord”) each year until the
temple was destroyed in 70 AD (http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0095.htm). On the Passover, Barabus was selected to be privately
released and escape. Christ was chosen to be publicly sacrificed. Perhaps
this was dual fulfillment of the two goats on the day of Atonement. Here
again, the day of Atonement was fulfilled on the Passover. A
common view is that the church was founded on Pentecost, and then the next
festivals skip over 70 AD to when the feast of Trumpets would allegedly be
fulfilled 2,000 years later. 70 AD and the first century are the proper
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Ben Zion Wacholder’s Sabbaticals 457-456 BC 27/28 AD |
MYTH? Googling for “the Harbinger
review” gives 6,360,000 hits. There’s much interest in speculating on
America’s future. If Babylon fell during a sabbatical year, perhaps this is a
key to Revelation, that Babylon the Great will fall in a sabbatical or
jubilee year, at the end of the last 3˝ years, 42 months or 1260 days. But do
we count down from Creation or count down from when Joshua crossed the Jordan
river into the promised land, after the Exodus? The
Harbinger, Economic Corruption, Secret of America’s Future The
author of The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn, says that nations, like Israel
and America, which were founded upon God, will eventually become corrupt and
will be given a series of warnings, or interventions, which he calls
“Harbingers” of things to come… such as: 1.
Market crashes on the very same day, seven years apart, on the day before
the sabbatical. 2.
The day before the sabbatical is the day when all debts were to be
forgiven. 3.
These happened on Elul 29, 2001 and 2008 on the Hebrew calendar (see chart on
the side). Cahn, on pages 173 and 174 implies from this that, if this happens
again on Elul 29, 2015, it will not be by coincidence. It will be a sure sign
of an Unseen Hand reaching into our realm. America may have a much more
serious market crash at the end of the next seven years, in 2015. In The
Harbinger, this concept is applied to modern bankers and stockholders.
How appropriate! Another way to release the poor of their debts! These
three economic collapses would be on September 17, 2001, September 29, 2,008
and September 13, 2015. These would allegedly be in 5761, 5768 and 5775 years
after Adam. Sept. 17, 2001 = Elul 29
(market’s worst fall since 1929) Sept. 29, 2008 = Elul 29 (market
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Cahn would be wise to proceed
with caution, because here we have, allegedly, a Levite author with inside
information about the Hebrew calendar, and knowing that our recent economic
downturn began with the fall of Lehman Brothers, allegedly a Jewish family,
and it is believable that many Jews have nurtured and perfected the fine art
of banking and lending with interest. Loaning $100,000 on a house
or oil stock at 5 per cent per year would reap $200,000 in twenty years. In
1978, the cost of gas was $1.00 per gallon. Twenty years later, the price rose
to $2.00. Twenty years later, it increased to $4.00. Collect $100,000,000 in
a lottery, pay the winner 5 per cent per year for 20 years, and keep what’s
left as “taxes”. The system has proliferated and penetrated every nick and
corner of our “free enterprise”. Cahn, on pages 173 and 174,
applies this concept to the fall of modern bankers and stockholders. How
appropriate! Another way to release the poor of their debts! Harbingers During Sabbaticals
When
is the sabbatical? Obviously, to understand The Harbinger and its dire
warning for America, we must realize that Cahn is working with the Hebrew
calendar, which commemorates the years since Creation, which allegedly began
in the fall, when fruit was on the trees. Debtors
were to be released from debt after six years. Jeremiah 34:14 (quoting Deut.
15:12) says, “…when he (the debtor) has served you six years, you shall let
him go free…” Sabbaticals
begin in the seventh month, Tishri 1, allegedly on September 17, 2001,
September 29, 2,008 and September 13, 2015. Sabbaticals allegedly begin in
the fall of the sixth years, and jubilees begin in the fall of the
7th year, that is, in the fall of the 49th year (7
x 7) (Lev. 25:8-9). However,
Kahn repeats the idea that the release of debt would be at the end of seven
years, not at the end of six years. Perhaps he thinks Sept. 17, 2001 (Elul
29) is the last day of seventh year, at the end of a sabbatical, not at the
beginning of a sabbatical. This, in essence, would cause the sabbatical to
arrive one year earlier thus implying that a debtor would be bound for seven
years. Some
things in the “treasury” are antique and some are “brand new” (Mat. 13:52).
“The law is holy” (Rom. 7:12). The old covenant, the temple, the priests and
prophets were holy. However, the new
covenant, the new temple, our new High Priest, and the apostles are the “New
Treasure”. Israelites
were to release fellow Israelites from bondage and debts on Elul 29, on the
last day the 6th month of the 6th year (Jer. 34:14; Deut. 15:12) and debtors should
already be forgiven on the first day of Tishri, the first day of the seventh
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since BC (427 x 7) 870/860 723/722 625/624 590/589 520/519 422/421 331/330 37/36 2/1 |
since
the exodus BC (1447/1446) (63 x 7) 868/867 721/720 623/621
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Dr. B. Zuckermann, Professor at the Jewish
Theological Seminary, in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland), also makes the sabbaticals arrive one year
earlier than we find using an online Hebrew calendar and those listed by Dr.
B. Wacholder. How Sabbaticals Began In contrast to Zuckermann, we have a more recent
view of Ben Zion Wacholder, of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio. His
sabbatical would begin in the fall of 2001 as on page 1 above. Evidently, the
sabbatical began in the fall of 2001. The online Hebrew calendar says Adam
was created in 3761 BC, that is, 5761 years before 2001 AD. If so, the
sabbatical would begin in the fall, on Tishti 1, September 18th,
2001, the 823rd sabbatical since Adam (There’s no year 0), and
this supports having sabbaticals in 2001, 2008, 2015 and 2022. Precaution: http://www.code251.com/code490.html
shows that Adam might actually be in 3957 BC (3957 – 3761= 196). This is four
jubilees (196 years) before 3761 and aligns with Solomon’s 4th
year of 968 BC (3957 – 968 = 2989 yrs. =7 x 427). This being the case,
counting from Creation, some rightly claim that Solomon founded the temple in
968, in a sabbatical year. In calculating the year of the sabbaticals, the
book of Jubilees, chapter 15, says, “…the cloud was lifted up on the first
(day) of the first month, of the first year of the first period of seven
years of the Jubil (Jubilee) even from the beginning of the entering in of
the children of Israel…” Sabbaticals began forty years after the exodus. Thus,
the temple was founded 439 years after Joshua crossed the Jordan, that
is, 479 years after the exodus (I Kings 6:1). Therefore, since 439 is
not evenly divisible by 7, the temple would not be in a sabbatical year. The
441st year is. 439 years before the temple, Joshua crossed the Jordan to conquer the land,
in the first month, in the spring, when the manna stopped, and the harvesting
cycles began. Chapter 15 of the Samaritan Book of Joshua says,
“The
children of Israil did as the king commanded them. And the cloud (which
followed the Israelites 40 years) was lifted up, on the first (day) of the first month, of the first year of
the first period of seven years of the Jubil (Jubilee) even from
the beginning of the entering in of the children of Israil within the
boundaries of the assigned lands.” http://thesamaritanupdate.com/ The 40 years of manna ended, Jericho fell, and
they began to count the years from that first month, in the spring, until the
first sabbaticals and jubilees (Lev. 25:2). If the exodus were in 1447 BC,
the sabbatical cycle began after 1407, 439 years before Solomon
founded the temple in his 4th year, the 2nd month
of the Hebrew calendar, in the spring of 968 BC (I Kings 6:1). The sabbatical
would be two years later, in 966. 441 (7 x 63) (49 x 9) years after Joshua,
in the fall of Solomon’s 6th year, two years after the
temple was founded, there would have been a sabbatical in the fall of 966 BC.
In the fall of 966 BC, on the last day of the sixth month, fellow Hebrews
would be released from their debts.
Israelites could hold another Israelite in bondage until the last
day of the sixth month of the Hebrew calendar, in about September. Debts
should be forgiven during the sabbatical year. There would be no plowing or planting crops that
fall. No new crops were to be planted in the spring, after the first day
of the first month of the 7th year; only the old crops, which
would spring up of their own accord could be gleaned. 442 (49 x 9 + 1) years after Joshua, in
965, in the fall of the Solomon’s 7th year (also the 49th
year), the jubilee prevented plowing and planting that fall to avoid
harvesting in the spring, in the beginning of the 8th (or 50th)
year (Lev. 25:10). Crops would again be planted in the fall of Solomon’s 8th
year to be eaten after the spring of the 9th year (Lev. 25:22). 443 years after Joshua, 964, was Solomon’s 8th
year. 444 years after Joshua, in 963, was Solomon’s 9th
year. 445 years after Joshua, in 962, was Solomon’s 10th
year. 446 years after Joshua, in 961, in Solomon’s 11th
year, temple was finished in the 8th month. 447
years after Joshua, in 960, was Solomon’s 12th year. 448
(7 x 64) after Joshua, in 959, Solomon’s 13th year, 7 years after
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Sabbaticals from 2008 to 2043 and 49-year Jubilees Some believe the Messiah came to preach in 27 AD, until a jubilee
would begin in the fall of 34 AD, 490 years after Ezra returned from Babylon
to Jerusalem, as found in Daniel 9, but he was interrupted during the last 3˝
years, after the spring of 31 AD, when he was killed and resurrected. These
jubilees repeat every 49 years, in 34, 83, 132, 622 and 2043 AD after the day
of Atonement. Those denying that Christ fulfilled the jubilee were destined
to look for another jubilee in 132 AD, 98 years after 34 AD, when three
million Jews followed Simeon bar Kochba in an attempt to oust the Roman
occupiers and get their land back. Those who rejected Bar Kochba as a Messiah
were destined to accept another Messiah when he arrived in the jubilee year
of 622 AD, 490 years after the alleged Messiah in 132 AD. 50-year Jubilees in Mystery
of the Shemitah Others believed the Messiah would arrive in
1844 AD, when a jubilee would begin on the day of Atonement, 2300 years after
Ezra returned from Babylon, as found in Daniel 8:14. These are 50-year
jubilees, which repeat in BC 458, 408, 58, 08, and AD 44, 94, 1844, 1894, 1944,
1994, and 2044 AD. Some continued with faith in this cycle and taught that
Hitler and Mussolini would fight the Messiah when he would arrive in the
jubilee year of 1944-45, 28 years after 1916-17 (when Israel regained
their land in Palestine). The jubilee of 1994-95 was 28 years after Israel
repossessed eastern Jerusalem in 1966-67. The next jubilee in 2044-45 is 28 years
after 2016-17, the date proposed in the Mystery of the Shemitah
for the beginning of the last seven years, which is 800 years after the death
of Rabbi Judah ben Samuel in 1216-17 AD, which was 28 years after
the jubilee of 1189 AD. Rabbi Judah was born in 1140 (49 years before 1189
AD) and lived 77 years. The jubilees of 1140 and 1189 are is based upon
counting from the Jewish date of Creation in 3761 BC or from the corrected
date, 3957 BC. The difference in counting jubilees from
the rabbi’s birth and counting from his death is 28 years: (49 + 28 = 77)
(1240 AD + 77 = 1217 AD) (1816/17 + 28 = 1844-45). In The Mystery of the Shemitah, if
2015-16 were a sabbatical, then 2016-17 would be a jubilee year, but, after
building a case for the 50-year cycle of 1217, 1917, and 2017, Cahn still
bases his “Harbingers”, his main work, on the 49-year cycle of 1994,
2001, 2008 and 2015, not 2017 AD. Other scholars likewise promote the 50-year
cycle by claiming that Joshua’s conquest was in 1407 BC after which the
jubilees repeated in each century in the years 07, 57, 07, 57, etc. down to
457 BC, when Ezra left Babylon for Jerusalem. After 457 BC down to 1994-95
AD, this period consisted of 49 times 50 years. Therefore, there could be 49
50-year cycles or 50 49-year cycles down to 1994-95 AD. Likewise, the rabbinical society
dates the exodus as 1312 BC and Joshua’s conquest as 1272 BC, but the jubilee
cycle is postponed 14 years, until 1258-57 BC. Thereafter, the 50-year cycles
repeat after 1258, in century years 08, 58, 08, 58 down to 408 BC, that is,
14 years after the fall of Jerusalem allegedly in 422/21 BC. With so many examples of Jews expecting the
arrival of their Messiah on the day of Atonement, when the jubilee begins
(not on Pentecost nor on the feast of Trumpets) to draw them back to their
homeland, and this creates an impression that the belief is based upon
Zionism, upon returning to the physical Jerusalem below, and is perhaps not a
true At-one-ment, and being in sync with the Higher Realm, the Jerusalem
above. Messianic movements often expect the restoration of Zion below along
with its temple, Levite priesthood and sacrificial offerings. As in the rabbinical calendar, The
Mystery of the Shemitah, ends every year on the last day of the sixth
month (p. 28), and all years begin on the first day of the seventh month.
However, there is plenty of evidence that regular lunar years normally
began in March, near the spring equinox, and September, October, November and
December normally were the months with the 7th, 8th,
9th and 10th moons. Moreover, Cahn says a sabbatical
was in 68-69 AD, as perpetuated by the rabbinical society (instead of in 69-70
AD). Therefore, since the market fell in the summer of 2001 and 2008, these would have allegedly happened at the end of the sabbatical year if Cahn were following Rabbi Benedict Zuckermann’s students that removed to Palestine. However, these dates would be during the end of the sixth year for students following Rabbi Ben Zion Wacholder. This likely explains why Cahn says servants are released at the end of the seventh year in 2001 and 2008 (p. 28) when it was actually the end of the sixth years. Servants were to be released after serving for only six years (Deut 15:12, 18). |
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966 and 959 both align with the
sabbatical of 588 BC, after which Jerusalem fell (Jeremiah 34:17), and align
with the sabbatical of 539 BC, when Babylon fell. This should provide
new insight into the fall of “Babylon the Great” after 42 months, 3˝ years,
or 1260 days, when the ram’s horn is blown in the book of Revelation.
Nebuchednezzar, King of Babylon became a wild animal for 7 years in 569 BC,
49 years before the second temple was founded in 520 BC. Perhaps this is a
hint. Herod conquered Jerusalem in 37
BC, 6 jubilees after Alexander had conquered it and allowed the sabbaticals
to be kept without tribute after 331 BC. Perhaps this is a hint. Temple
founded in a Sabbatical Year? Since sabbaticals and
jubilees begin on the first and tenth day of the seventh month, this implies
that they commemorate the calendar of the years since Creation in the fall,
when the fruit was on the trees. According to the era of the world (see the
above time chart) a sabbatical would have been in the year the temple was
founded in 968, in a sabbatical year, as per Wacholder’s view, and it has
become evident there were 448 (7 x 64) years from the foundation of the first
temple to the foundation of the second temple, from 968 to 520 BC. Dates of Archbishop James
Ussher and Zucherman would be one year earlier, in 969 and 521, and would
explain his worldview that the sabbaticals were in 710 BC, in the 18th
year of Hezekiah (Annals of the World p. 85), 591 BC (Annals
p. 102) and 521 BC (Annals p. 126). In the worldview,
Nebuchednezzar became like a wild animal for 7 years after 569 BC, 49 years
before the second temple (in 520 BC). In the worldview, Alexander
conquered Palestine in 331 BC, 189 (7 x 27) years after 520 BC, and allowed
the 7th year off without collecting a tribute on the land (520
–331 =98). 294 years later (six jubilees), in 37 BC, Herod conquered
Jerusalem (331 – 37 = 294). In contrast, the calendar of
the era of the exodus (as in I Kings 6:1) began with the first day of the
first month, in the spring, and the sabbaticals were counted 40 years later,
when Joshua crossed the Jordan. Therefore, there would be a sabbatical 441
years later, in 966 BC, two years after the temple was founded. On Second Thought The downfall of all nations,
including America, is caused by mere human greed and by creating economic
bubbles that burst, and this is everywhere. Everyone lives on credit cards,
which, allegedly, will never expire. However, Revelation implies that it is
not a myth that the downfall of Jerusalem, Babylon and other nations was the
result of God’s intervention on certain very specific dates. If Babylon fell
during a sabbatical year, perhaps this is a key to Revelation, that Babylon
the Great will fall in a sabbatical or jubilee year, at the end of the last
3˝ years, 42 months or 1260 days. But do we count down from Creation or count
down from the Exodus? There appears to be a difference of two years. Was 1975
a sabbatical year, or was 2001 a sabbatical year? More research is needed. Upon
very close inspection of the above time chart, it becomes apparent there are
427 times 7 years (61 jubilees) from Adam to the temple and 427 times 14 (122
jubilees) from Adam to 2022 AD. There would be 427 times 8 (488 sabbaticals)
from Adam to the sabbatical of 541 BC, two years before Babylon fell, 430
years after Solomon’s first year in 971 BC (Ezek. 4:6). There are 427 years from the
flood to Abraham’s second calling and 427 years from Abraham’s second calling
to the exodus (if we say Abraham’s first calling was 430 years before the
exodus, as in Acts 7:1-2). Furthermore, we could easily
reduce the years from the exodus to the temple from 479 to 427 years by
overlapping the judges 52 years. This would indicate the exodus was actually
427, not 479, years before the temple. We could easily increase the years
from Adam to the flood from 1656 to 1708 (427 x 4) years by inserting 52
years. The years between each generation would most likely resemble the
Samaritan text, that is, 1307 years plus 401 years to the flood as
illustrated here: http://code251.com/code427-p2.html
This would indicate that Adam was actually 427 times four years before the
flood. Can we rely on chronology to predict the future if we find numerical
patterns such as these? Perhaps time will tell. Quoting other
Sources
The Samaritan tradition dates
Israel’s entry into Canaan as year one of the sabbatical and jubilee cycles,
in 1642 BC, the 41st year after the exodus in 1682 BC - http://thesamaritanupdate.com/.
This would be 128 sabbaticals before the Era of Nebonassar, in 747 BC. This
supports the idea that sabbaticals can begin with a new era, such as Creation
or entering Canaan or during the new Era of Nebonassar (http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/2243.html
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Letters used as Numbers Create a Hidden Code? A method of
creating a hidden code is to replace the letters of each word in a message
with numbers, where A=1, B=2, C=3... etc., etc. Here is the standard Latin
alphabet: A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5, F=6, G=7, H=8, I=9,
J=10, K=20, L=30, M=40, N=50, O=60, P=70, Q=80, R=90, S=100, T=200, U=300,
V=400, W=500, X=600, Y=700, Z=800 This is what some claim the Author of the Bible
has actually done to create His hidden code to conceal His Plan for the
future. Googling the words "the Bible
Code" will produce 445,000 hits. "Theomatics" gives us 7,440
hits. Several writers have used various methods of proving that number codes
found in the Bible prove that God wrote the text, that it is from a
Supernatural Source, that it can be used to predict the future. See the topic
at: http://2012wiki.com/index.php?title=Bible_Code. 1. Bible
Code: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0684849739/ontarioconsultanA/
A Google search for "Massorah Text" "Vowels" only
receives four hits. Searching both at the same time, that is, "the bible
code" "Massorah Text" gives no hits. This undoubtedly explains the lack oh knowledge about the text
on which "The Bible Code" is based, which includes only the Hebrew
consonants without the vowels. And yet claims are made that every letter of
every word has been miraculously written and preserved for us today. But now
we have computers to find the code and its hidden meaning, right? Perhaps the
computer is the father of the code.
OT10
Theological Supplement - WEMTC says, "The
Old Testament version we have today stems from the 500s-800s AD when the
Massoretes (from Masorah 'text, tradition') developed a vowel system for
Hebrew letters. Before this, Hebrew was written only with consonants and
often without gaps between words. This was fine if you knew what the text was
saying, but when the language was no longer a living one, it made reading
hard work.” "The Massoretes were worried that,
now Hebrew was no longer spoken, the meaning of the Bible would be lost.
However they themselves were not always sure what vowels to put in and what
the text had originally meant. The text was, it seems, considered so sacred
that they could not alter it, but they did write in the margins corrections
they thought should be made. The earliest copies we have of this Massoretic
text date from 1000 AD e.g. Leninggrad Codex, Aleppo Codex, Cairo
Genizah" (Quoted from: West
England Ministerial Trailing Course, Introduction to Biblical Studies:
Old Testament, Session 10 supplementary handout – OT Theology). 2. The following
links cover topics called “Theomatics”. http://www.theomatics.com |
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and Two Witnesses Two
metaphors in particular have been grossly misunderstood. A metaphor is when one
thing mentioned actually represents something else entirely different. It is
a “figure of speech”. The
Old Testament ends saying that Elijah would come to prepare the way for the
Messiah’s coming (Mal. 4:6). The New Testament begins by explaining that John
the Baptist was the fulfillment of the coming of Elijah (Mt. 11:7-14). How
can this be if John did not call down fire from heaven or do the miracles of
Elijah? The
answer seems related to John being a Levite as well as a prophet. Only a
Levite, descendants of Moses and Aaron, were allowed to touch, transport or
transfer the things of the temple (II Sam 6:6-7, 19). John the Baptist, being
a Levite, was an instrument in transferring the Shekinah (or Holy Spirit)
from heaven to the body of Christ during Christ’s baptism. Then
how does John the Baptist get credit for doing the works of Elijah? He
identified who Christ was and baptized him, and it is likely that John
baptized the 12 apostles before they became disciples. These 13 did the
miracles of Elijah. The “fire from heaven” motif is repeated very often.
Elijah did miracles and called down fire from heaven. The
12 apostles were to become kings over 12 tribes, and these works will surely
follow. They were sent in pairs from house to house with power to heal the
sick and raise the dead (Mark. 6:7; Mat. 10:8). Herod thought perhaps
John the Baptist, whom he had beheaded, was risen from the dead to perform
the prophesied works of Elijah (Mark 6:14). James and John, “sons of
thunder”, sought to sit on the left and right sides of the throne of the
coming kingdom, and they asked Jesus if they should call down fire from
heaven to consume their foes even as Elijah did (Lk. 9:54), just as in
Revelation 11:5. Jesus did not say his disciples could not call down fire
from heaven. He merely said he was called to save lives, not to destroy them.
The
“fire from heaven” motif is repeated very often. Those rejecting these pairs
of witnesses were to be deemed worthy of worse punishment than Sodom, which
was consumed by fire. Christ’s
body was the temple even in the first century when he said, “Destroy this
temple, and I will raise it back up in three days.” So it is likely that the
Body of Christ is the third temple as stated in Hebrews 9:11: “…a more
perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is to say, not of this
(physical) building”. Revelation says: “And I saw no temple therein: for the
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it” (Rev. 21:22). This
is supported by an omen found in the Jewish Mishna and Talmud. For 40 years
after the crucifixion, on every day of Atonement, lots were cast to see which
of the two goats would be sacrificed as atonement. The lot “for the Lord” did
not come in the right hand of the priest forty times in a row. For 40 years,
the right hand of the priest held the “scapegoat” each year until the temple
was destroyed in 70 AD. This
suggests that the Shekinah (Holy Spirit), which had resided in the first two
temples, was transferred to the body of Christ at his baptism or perhaps at his
transfiguration in the presence of Moses and Elijah. This would explain Acts
3:12, when the body of Christ received the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Metaphor of “the Two Witnesses” is Multifacited As
mentioned, two metaphors in particular have been grossly misunderstood. A
metaphor is when one thing mentioned actually represents something else
entirely different. It is a “figure of speech”. Recently, over twenty men
have claimed to be one of the Two Witnesses of Revelation 11. Googling
the words "The Two Witnesses" will produce 20 million “hits”. Speculation has become one of America’s favorite
pastimes. It’s like being in a huge crowd, where every person in the crowd
has a speech to give. All have been wrong; Religious fraud is nothing new. Jews
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Two Witnesses represent two olive trees, which stand before the Lord of the
earth. What does this mean? The answer lies in the fixtures placed in the
temple. The two witnesses are the two olive trees, one on the right and one
on the left side of the candlestick (Zech. 4:11, Rev. 11:4). Solomon had made
two cherubims from olive trees (I Kings 6:23) and stood them in front
of the ark and the holy of holies, the throne. Two doors were made of olive
tree wood and carved with images of two cherubims on them. Revelation
speaks about measuring the temple (11:1, about its alter 7:9) and the outer
court, and about measuring the city (21:15), We assume this is a new,
spiritual temple that would remain long after the second temple was destroyed
in 70 AD. Revelation
speaks of the Garden of Eden and the Trees of Life. The metaphor of “the Two
Witnesses” was from the beginning. Cherubims were placed at the “entrance of
Eden” (Gen. 3:24). Limbs grafted onto the Tree of Life will never die. Others
whither, die and are burned. At the end time, the angels “roll the stone
away” for those who hunger and thirst for what is just behind and beyond the
veil (John 20:11-12; Rev. 22:17). When
Abraham negotiated with the Lord of the earth (of all the lands) to spare
some of Sodom, two angels bore witnesses of their agreement and traveled to
Sodom and Gomorrah to call fire down from heaven. In
520 BC, two witnesses in Zecheriah were assigned to inspire the rebuilding of
the physical temple (Zech. 4:9-11). This appears to foreshadow the temple and
two witnesses of Revelation 11 in dealing with “measuring the temple” (and
possibly inspiring the formation of the church, the third temple). They have
power to call down fire from heaven. There
is still debate over who the Two Witnesses in Revelation are who were to die
for 3˝ days. There is a lot of speculation about them that is myth. For those
who think they know when the end will be, they must feel very proud knowing
something that even Christ and the angels don’t know. James and John, “sons
of thunder”, did not die for 3˝ days and come back to life as stated in
Revelation 11. If the two witnesses are the archangels, Michael and Gabriel,
can angels die? Evidently,
Christ could call fire down from heaven. He witnessed to the Jews for 3˝
years and was risen after three days (Rev 11:11). He and his father were one.
Christ could do nothing of himself, but later he said he had the power to
give his life and the power to take it back. There was an earthquake that
split the temple veil and some of the dead were raised, but the earthquake
did not kill 7,000 (Rev 11:13). Therefore,
this supports the idea that the Bible was written in such a way that each
person would expect the end during his or her own lifetime, have white
garments and have oil in their lamps. Evidently, the Plan was not meant for
just one generation to receive. A generation, or just one day, is like a
thousand years and a thousand years like a day (Psa. 90:4; II Pet. 3:8). We
have recently witnessed such leaders serving their deadly Kool Aid at Jones
Town and Waco. The apostle Barnabas thought he was living at the end of 6,000
years, the time of the end according to the Greek Septuagint version of the
Bible (The Epistle of Barnabus 8:3-5). When Things are Metaphors According
to Webster, a metaphor is a “figure of speech”, perhaps using a concrete,
tangible object or idea to represent something that is abstract or
intangible. Revelation
is a riddle wrapped within an enigma when the book of Revelation is not
viewed in its proper first-century context. Is chapter 11 speaking of
measuring a physical temple still in existence or is it speaking of a
spiritual temple being built? The Two Witnesses are likened to the two
sources of oil used by the two candlesticks in the temple. In other words,
they are responsible for providing oil for the seven candles, the seven
churches. These both die for 3˝ three days. Some people will have “oil in their lamps” at Christ’s return, and
some won’t. These two witnesses, like Moses and Aaron, like Zechariah and Haggai,
like John the Baptist and Christ, inspire ushering in a “new world”
with a “new temple”. Like the two “olive trees” an angel goes forth with the everlasting gospel
(14:6). King
David supplied Solomon with funding and the plans for his temple. This
included two cherubims made of olive trees. “And within the oracle he made
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Because of this
statement, the apostles asked Christ to explain when these things would
happen to Jerusalem and the end of the temple worship, Levitical priesthood
and sacrificial offerings… the end of their age (Lk. 21:5-20; Mat. 24:1-3).
He answered, “When you see Jerusalem compassed by armies, know that the
desolation thereof is near… For these are the days of vengeance, that all
things which are written may be fulfilled.” “This generation shall not pass,
till all these things are fulfilled” (Mat. 24:34). A sign of Christ
being the Messiah, the sign of his being present, was his future vengeance on
Jerusalem, the surrounding of Jerusalem with armies and the destruction of
Jerusalem during their generation, not our generation today (Mat. 23:36). The Messiah was
to come to end an age and to begin a new age (Mat. 12:32). He came to die in
“the end of this age” (Heb. 9:26), “in these last times” (I Pet. 1:20; I Cor.
10:11). Just as there was
an invisible army when Cyrus crossed the Euphrates to conquer Babylon (Rev.
16:12), there was likely that same invisible army, or an “unseen hand from
somewhere”, which wrote upon the wall of Jerusalem in 70 AD (Rev. 16:19). The
eastern gate of the temple, which took 20 men to close, opened of its own
accord during the Roman siege (Josephus, Wars
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Now Enter
the Realm of NASA Having presenting
the above, we need to explain several issues and conflicting information
presented in the NASA calendars of new moons, full moons and eclipses.
According to these calculations, 235 moons in 19 years are about .08647 days
longer than 19 years. This is equivalent to 8.64 days longer in 1900 years or
one day in 220.417 years. This appears to be supported by comparing the
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TABLE 2. Correlation Between the Hebrew and NASA Calendars
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Full
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Moon |
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New |
Full |
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3761 BC Hebrew Calendar |
Mar
15 |
Mar
28 |
Apr
13 |
Apr
26 |
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1999 BC NASA |
Mar
15 |
Mar
29 |
Apr
13 |
Apr
27 |
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2000 BC Hebrew Calendar |
Mar
16 |
Mar
29 |
Apr
15 |
Apr
27 |
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1999 BC NASA Lunar Eclipse |
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June
26 |
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2000 BC Hebrew Full Moon |
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June
26 |
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1999 BC NASA Solar Eclipse |
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June
12 |
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2000 BC Hebrew New Moon |
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June
13 |
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0 BC NASA |
Mar
24 |
Apr
22 |
Apr 7 |
May 7 |
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1 BC Hebrew Calendar |
Mar
25 |
Apr
24 |
Apr 7 |
May 7 |
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0 BC NASA Lunar Eclipse |
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Jul 5 |
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1 BC Hebrew Full Moon |
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Jul 5 |
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31 AD NASA Lunar
Eclipse |
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Apr 25 |
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31 AD Hebrew
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Apr 25 |
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71 AD NASA Solar Eclipse |
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Mar 20 |
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71 AD Hebrew
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Mar 21 |
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From
TABLES 1 and 2, it appears to be a myth that the lunar-solar calendar needs
to be corrected. If it did, the eclipses would not merge and align with the
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Date of Creation
We could speculate that
Adam was age 130 at Seth’s birth and age 196 (four jubilees after 3957 BC) in
3761 BC (while Seth was age 66). Thus, they are likely to be the inventors of
the “Sethite calendar”, and Adam was 1656 years before the flood, 2510 years
before the exodus, 2989 years before Solomon’s temple (i.e., 427 x 7 = 2989).
The rabbinical date for
Adam was allegedly in 3761 BC, but it omitted 196 years (4 jubilees). 60
years were subtracted between Abraham and his father, and the rabbinical date
for the temple is 832 instead of 968 BC. These add up to 196 years (60 + 136
= 196). Therefore, Adam was in 3957 BC. Also, in the following link, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_calendar),
an ancient Assyrian calendar had 364 days (exactly 52 weeks) and more days
from spring to fall than from fall to spring. Links with Herod’s Capture of JerusalemAccording to Josephus, Herod captured Jerusalem in 37 BC, in a
sabbatical year. This was 3724 years after the rabbinical date for Adam in
3761 BC. This was seven (Easter) cycles of 532 years each (that is, 532
sabbaticals). It is also equal to 196 times 19-year cycles and equal to 19
times four jubilees (19 x 196). Note that the 235th and last moon in 19 years ends in
29.530588 days, but 19 years end after only 29.44536 days. This extra time
accumulates for 228 years until the moons end one day later than the 19-year
cycle. Nevertheless, this one day must have continuously somehow been
adjusted since 71 AD, and the lunar-solar calendar must be corrected because the
eclipses that have occurred on the first day and 14th days of
the lunar-solar calendar for 1934 years, from AD 71 to 2005. Those who say
the calendar should be off 8˝ days by now are, evidently, not telling the
truth. This
implies that the lunar-solar calendar is based upon what had been observed
and recorded for thousands of years, not upon later Jewish calculations. Noah’s Calendar
had 360 Days?
In
dating back to Adam, we need to understand that ages are not in
chaos as proposed by Immanuel Velikovsky. His views alleged that
sabbaticals and jubilees could not have begun at creation. In
contrast, God is not the author of chaos but is the author of pattern and
design. We
can be confident that years have never been exactly 360 days. However, the
Egyptians had a calendar with 360 days, which added 5 extra days at the end
of the year, that is, 365 days per year. Another calendar allowed the extra
five days to accumulate to 30 days in six years before adding an extra 30-day
month in the sixth year, but it was still a 365-day year with 30-day months.
The first 3˝ years had 1260 days, and the last 3˝ years had 1290 days with a
total of 2550 days. Likewise, there were 2550 years from Adam to Joshua’s
conquest (2510 to the exodus + 40 = 2550). But
years have never been exactly 365 days either. Again, they needed an extra
day every four years, which became evident from the spring equinox, the
annual flooding of the Nile and the annual rising of the star Sirius in four
years. Years were actually 365.25 days until it was eventually discovered
that even this correction was one day too long every 128 years. A year is
actually 365.24219 days. In
contrast, there were sundials and star clocks, which divided the circle of
the sky and the circle of the earth into exactly 360 degrees. Obviously, 72
degrees around the sun takes 73 days. 144 degrees takes 146 days. 360 degrees
takes 365.24219 days. Why 360 degrees? Well, perhaps it’s because the sun and
moon are both one-degree in diameter. This shows that Velikovsky’s belief in
a 360-day year before the flood is a bit irrational. Therefore,
the year of the flood with months of 30 days may not be a forerunner of the
30, 360, 1260 and 2520 days found in Daniel and Revelation because, as will
be covered, 52 weeks and 6 jubilees have been perpetually joined together
since Adam. This would make the 360-day year incredible. Lunar-Solar Versus 30-Day Calendar Obviously,
there is a problem with saying the year of Noah’s flood had the usual
lunar-solar calendar with alternating 29 & 30-day months. This would
only allow 147 days (21 weeks) for the first 5 months instead of the
stated 150 days until the water was abated (Gen 8:3-4). The rain lasted five
months, from 2-17-600 to 7-17-600, that is, 150 days (30 days per month). The
first five months had 30 days each, but the problem arises during the last
seven months. The text doesn’t specifically say the last seven months had 30
days each. There
has been an assumption that
Moses did not insert extra 5 days, which the Egyptians (Mizraim, the land of
Noe or Noah) had celebrated as feast days for over 1,500 years before Alexander
captured Egypt (Venus and Sothis, How the Ancient Near East Was
Rediscovered, Wilbur Devereux Jones). Again, the calendar had also lacked
a day every 4 years, which caused the Nile’s annual flood to come one day
earlier every four years on their calendar, which was also corrected
by Alexander. Last Seven Months
of the Flood Year
So here is a revision of the
flood year, which fills in the missing time after the dove did not return: 13 days after 17th day of the 2nd month, the flood began
(Gen 7:11) 13 days after 17th
day to the end of the 7th month 30 days = 10th month.
30 days = 11th
month. The extra Five days are not mentioned at
the end of the flood year (that is, the 5-day annual festival kept in Egypt
for 1,460 years) 168 days after the 17th day
of the 7th month 150 days
from the 17th day of the 2nd month to the 17th
day of the 7th month. 365 days
from the 17th day of the 2nd month (year 600) to
the 17th day of the 2nd month (year 601). The Last Seven Months Without
inserting the five days, this contradicts a regular pattern since Adam.
52-week years and six jubilees appear to be perpetually locked together: 1
year = 52 weeks (364 days) plus 1.24219 days. The extra 1.24219 days x 294 (6
jubilees) = 365 days. Therefore, in six jubilees, 52 extra weeks need to be
inserted. Every
28 years, 5 extra weeks need to be inserted. Every
7 years, 1 extra week needs to be inserted. 360-day
years do not allow this to happen. A
problem arises because the context does not say how much time expired after
the dove did not return until the new year began. We could assume there were
30 x 7 months (210 days) from 7-17-600 to 2-17-601 and 10 more days until
2-27-601 (220 days). This would also assume that the missing five days were
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Archaeologists
found that the calendar of Egypt, Mizraim, the land of Noe (Noah) had 30-day
months with 5 days at the end of each year and lacked a day every 4 years...
for over 1,500 years. Quoting other
Sources
If there have been exactly 52 weeks every year plus an extra 52
weeks every 294 years (in four jubilees), this implies that the weeks and
jubilees have been perpetually attached to each other since Adam. This is supported by Samaritan tradition that dates Israel’s
jubilees from the date of creation and from Joshua’s entry into Canaan took
57 jubilees (2793 years), and the conquest began in the 2794th
year, the 41st year after the exodus - http://thesamaritanupdate.com/. Evidently then, sabbaticals can begin with a new era, such as
Creation, entering Canaan or after Ezra’s return from Babylon allegedly in
457 BC. Herod conquered Jerusalem in 37 AD, 196 x 19 year cycles after 3761 BC, that is, 19 196-year jubilee cycles after 3761 BC (the Hebrew date of Creation). Note on 31 AD
As a final note on the year of the Crucifixion, we find that
Eusebius, in his Chronicle, citing the Gospel of John, states that Jesus was
crucified in his third visit to Jerusalem to keep the Passover during his
ministry (John 3:13; 6:4; 11:55) Jerome also said it was in the third year of
the 202nd Olympiad (http://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/a/a127662.txt.
Search for “third year of the 202nd Olympiad”). The 202nd
begins after 201 Olympiads, after 776 BC, which equal 804 years (201 x 4).
The third year is the 807th year. This makes 31 AD the 807th
year (201 x 4 + 3= 807) (776 BC – 807 = 31 AD (inclusive reckoning). After restoring the lunar-solar calendar (TABLE
2) by subtracting an extra day every 228 years, it becomes apparent that the
new year in 31 AD, the month of the Crucifixion, began on 4-11-31 AD, and,
thus, the Crucifixion was on 4-25-31, on a day of a lunar eclipse as
demonstrated here: http://code251.com/code1900-p3.html. |