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CODE 166 CODE 196 CODE 228 CODE 243 CODE 251 CODE 294 CODE 427 CODE 490 CODE 590 CODE 666 CODE 01010 CODE 1260 CODE1447 CODE 1900 CODE 1975 CODE 2300 CODE 6000 CODE 144000 Hebrew Calendar “End Times” Floyd R. Cox (9-18-2018) (Translation: Copy & paste into: https://www.freetranslation.com/) The Hebrew Calendar covers 6,000 years, from 3761 BC to 2240 AD, and another 1,000 years, from 2240 to 3240 AD. This would include the “time of the end” (after 6,000 years), but Christ said he and his angels do not know when that will be (Mat 24:36). God, the Father only knows. PART I. 6,000 years in the Hebrew Calendar http://code251.com/ It becomes futile to understand the “time of the end” without first finding the beginning. A good example of taking things literally is found in the 6,000 years found in the Hebrew Calendar. This seems to support the 1,000 years in Revelation 20. Related Topics As explained HERE, the Hebrew calendar places creation in -3760 (3761 BC), and 6,000 years would thus end in year 2239 AD. This would mean the Messiah, the “Anointed One” Final Proof for Sabbatical in 27 AD would rule, beginning in year 6,000, for 1,000 years, from 2239 to 3239 AD (6,000 – 3761 = 2239). These are the dates proposed by the Hebrew calendar. Hebrew Calendar End Times 27 AD 6000 years after creation Ancient Riddle Solved 3761 BC NASA vs Hebrew 2239 AD = 2240 AD end of 6,000 years Context of Daniel 6000 years after 3761 BC (creation) would end in the fall of 2240 AD Context of Revelation 7000 years after 3761 BC (creation) would end in the fall of 3240 AD Utopia Unveiled Other Jewish Documents Eleven Forms The Book of Jubilees supports this view. of Zionism If sabbaticals and jubilees began at creation, then the 19th jubilee (49 x 19) would have been Separating in Adam’s 931st year, that is, in the 49th 19-year cycle. Sheep & Goats The Book of Barnabas supports this view. 19-yr Eclipse Cycle Barnabas (allegedly Apostle Paul’s companion) wrote a letter about a week having six work Over 2,000 yrs days and one rest day, each day consisting of 1,000 years. Six days were for working and one day Jewish Timeline for resting in an overall “7,000-year Plan”. Creation 3761 BC He quotes God saying, “…when resting from all things I shall begin the eighth day, that is, NASA Versus the the beginning of the other world” (Bar 13:9). And Revelation 20 also speaks of life beyond the Hebrew Calendar seventh 1000 years. The real Barnabas was actually a Levite born in Cyprus, not Israel, and he gave speeches in Introduction to Code 251 Antioch, Syria, where converts were first called Christians, and he had connections with Damascus and Jerusalem. Much of his mission was to the gentiles and was personally funded, Thoughts on Herd Instinct like Paul’s mission. Regardless of whether or not he was actually the real Barnabus, the epistle (Barnamas’ letter) still reflects the 6,000 years found in Revelation 20 and in the Hebrew Book Review: “The calendar. Christian Passover” 14th or 15th? Calendar Corrected 196 Years (from 3761 to 3957 BC) Zionist, Catholic, Most biblical chronologists reject the Jewish date of creation in 3761 BC, and Ussher says it Lutheran Profiles was actually in 4004 BC. Every researcher seems to have a different date but none but the Jews Captured by say it was in 3761 BC. This is actually the date in which the Hebrew calendar began, which was Conjecture likely 196 years after creation in 3957 BC. Book Review: When was By subtracting 196 years, as shown HERE, the Jews could artificially delay the “beginning of the Crucifixion? time”, the date of creation, to match the date the calendar began placing both in the same year, Book Review: Mystery of 3761 BC. The calendar and creation would then both begin in the fall. the Shemitah Book Review: The Harbinger How were the 196 years (4 jubilees) Subtracted? First they omitted 165 years between the reigns of Darius of Persia and Alexander of Macedonia, between 539 and 331 BC. When the temple was founded in 968 BC, they had omitted only 135 instead of 165 years. Instead of 968, their date is 833 BC (968 – 136 = 832). This also explains why there are 135 years between the Exodus in 1447 BC and the Jews’ date of the Exodus in 1312 BC: (1447 – 1312 = 135 yrs). From the Exodus to the temple there are 479 years: (1447 – 968 = 479 yrs) (1312 – 833 = 479 yrs). This means the Jews did not allow for 30 overlapping years during the kings of Israel, from Solomon down to the 9th year of Hoshea, king of Israel. Years were all counted consecutively. Moreover, the Hebrew and Samaritan calendars omitted 60 years between Abraham and his father. Abraham was born 352 years after Noah’ flood, but the rabbi chronology and “Hebrew Calendar” both place Abraham only 292 years after the flood (352 – 60 = 292). These altogether mean that 196 years had been removed (-136+-60 = -196 years = -4 jubilees), and these years should be restored. Creation should be 196 years before 3761 BC, that is, in 3957 BC. These 196 years seem contrary to believing all nations are deceived except the Hebrews and their calendar, right? The Last Jubilee is 22 years Earlier than 6,000 Years Jews often predicted their Messiah would come in a jubilee year to oust the foreign occupiers and to return to their land, which Joshua had given to their ancestors. However, the last jubilee in 6000 years would be 22 years earlier than year 6,000. If creation were in 3957 BC, year 6,000 would be in 2044 AD, 196 years before 2240 AD… (6000 / 49 = 122 + 22). 6000 = years after creation -3957 BC = Creation date 2043 AD = 2044 AD end of 6,000 years 2240 – 2044 = 196 years 6000 years after 3957 BC (creation) end in the fall of 2044 AD. 7000 years after 3957 BC (creation) end in the fall of 3044 AD. The last jubilee in 6,000 years, therefore, would be in 2022 AD (6,000/49 = 122 +22). The above is not meant to set a date for Christ’s return, but the Jews thought their Messiah would oust foreigners occupiers in a jubilee year to allow the Jews to return to their land, which Joshua had given their ancestors and to restore their temple, Levite priests and sacrificial offerings. In the Second Revolt in 132 AD, they thought it was a jubilee year, and this would make the fall of 34 AD a jubilee 98 years earlier. Sabbaticals back to creation are displayed HERE, but determining which Sabbaticals are followed by a jubilee in the fall is a bit more tricky. The jubilees of 331 and 37 BC and 13 AD are 21 years before the jubilees of 34 and 132 AD. The former would place the last jubilee in 2022 AD, and the latter would place it 21 years later, in 2043 AD. The latter seems to be reflected in Revelation 12, where the “man child” ascends to heaven and the dragon persecuted his mother for 3½ years (Rev 12:13-14). This becomes evidence that Revelation reflects Jewish views of the jubilee, not vice versa. PART II. Daniel and the Roots of Amillennialism The second kind of millennilist emphasizes the belief that Christ is highly involved with setting up kings and putting down entire empires before and after the time of Daniel and continues even until today. After the first century, this reign has often been confused with the “era of the church”, a world without end” (Eph 3:21), which has lasted well over 1,000 years. Daniel has many examples of the Higher Realm being permanent. In Daniel 3:25, three Hebrews were cast into a firey furnace, but the king looked in and saw a fourth person “like the son of God”. In Daniel 5:24-31, part of a hand was seen writing on a wall. “…in that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain”, in the night Babylon fell to the Persians Alexander the Great made a decree in 331 BC to allow the Jews to observe the Sabbaticals tax free every seven years. Alexander is mentioned in Daniel 8:8,20. The context, 331 BC, is 74 jubilees (3626 years) after creation in 3957 BC. Antiochus was defeated, and Judus Maccabeus became High Priest and King of Judea in 163 BC. This is mentioned in Daniel 8:9-11 (Verse 13 is reflected in Revelation 6:9-10 about the “time of the end). Daniel 9 has more detail about sacrifices eventually being cut off “after 7 weeks and 62 weeks”. Julius Caesar made a decree in 44 BC to allow the Jews to observe the Sabbaticals tax free every seven years. Josephus said that Herod captured Jerusalem in a Sabbatical year. This was in 37 BC, seven years after 44 BC, six jubilees after Alexander’s decree in 331 BC, 80 jubilees (3920 years) after creation in 3957 BC. 70 jubilees = 3430 + 331 BC = 3761 BC 76 jubilees = 3724 + 37 BC = 3761 BC 74 jubilees = 3626 + 331 BC = 3957 BC 80 jubilees = 3920 + 37 BC = 3957 BC Stephen told some members of a Jewish synagogue that a prophet like Moses would eventually come to them, that the Higher Realm does not dwell in earthly temples, that heaven is God’s throne, and the earth is his footstool (Acts 7:1-49).
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