The Essenes Calendar and The Last Days

The Greeks controlled Palestine/Israel from 323BC to 164BE when Judas Maccabees and his brethren revolted against the Greeks and defeated them. The Greeks had imposed their culture on Israel which caused many to leave the customs and traditions but worse than that they also imposed their Calendar upon the people.

The Maccabees turned things around, but they did not return to God’s Calendar which had been used since the times of Adam and Eve.

Then one of the Maccabean High Priests, John Hyrcanus I took the title of High Priest and King. That was forbidden and caused a deep split in the people. Those who felt that they needed to follow the High Priest no matter what he did or said were known as the Sadducees. These were the “ruling class” and they rejected certain doctrines as “resurrection, judgement for life, existence of angels”.

The Jews who refused to follow John Hyrcanus I as High Priest were known as the Pharisees or “the Separated Ones”. They followed a strict, legalistic interpretation of the Law of Moses and the Teachings of the Rabbis.

The Sadducees and Pharisees actually fought a War between them that lasted for 8 years from 96- 88BC. Everyone claimed to be the rightful rulers and kept trying to assassinate the leaders of the opposing party.

Rome defeated the Jews in 135 and ruled from then on until they placed John Hyrcanus II into power. Civil order was still not restored so the Romans put Herod, an Idumean, as King in 37BC.

Just before Judas Maccabeus became High Priest a group of Priest known as the Zadok (righteous) Priests left Jerusalem and took copies of all the Sacred Books and Writings with them to Qumran where their community flourished.

John the Baptists father, Zachariah was a Zadok Priest and an Essene. John the Baptist was also an Essence and was listed as one of their Prophets and Head of the School of the Prophets there!

The Essenes Calendar and The Last Days

The Essenes were called the “Sons of Light” while the Pharisees were called the “Sons of Darkness”. The Essenes kept the Sacred Calendar and Holy Days according to Adam and up to Moses and King David, etc. They were able to come up with the exact year that The Messiah’s life would be taken from the Books of The Prophets and they believed that Jesus was that Messiah. They predicted his death from The Bible in 32AD!

So, that was the world that Jesus was born into!

The Jewish people today follow a hybrid calendar that was fixed in the 5th Century. It is not a “Solar Calendar” but a “Lunar Calendar” and so the days are all changed and the years have become corrupted too. They Jewish calendar states that 2021 is the year 5781AM (Anno Mundi – year of the world) while the Essence Calendar tells us it is the year 5946Am. There is a 165 year difference between them!

The Essenes also, according to Biblical Interpretation said that the very last Jubilee, a 50 year period, will begin in 2025AD or, in their Calendar, 5950AM

With a “Day like a Thousand Years” we see the 6 days of Creation prophetically being finished according to the Essenes Calendar around 6,000AM or 2075AD for us!

This fits exactly with what I have been teaching for over 40 years! We are in the Last Days and Jesus is soon to return!