Posted by Part 2 [Bibleman] on October 28, 1999 at 10:04:20 {BrTq3yWfsYMRXA6xmpscslyACFuF8c}:
In Reply to: BIBLICAL MATHEMATICS posted by Real science! on October 28, 1999 at 09:04:03:
PART 2 - MATHEMATICS
Here is just the basic, fundamental chronology for the two chronology prophesies for the First and Second Coming based upon one single date, 29CE.
29CE is the confirmed date for the 15th year of Tiberius which is when Jesus got baptized.
That means 29CE is the beginning of the 70th week, during which he would die at mid-week and the Law Covenant end at the end of that week in 36CE.
That period of 70 weeks was 490 years so it had to begin in 455BCE. That is 490-36=454+1=455BCE.
That prophecy was to begin when the "word went forth to rebuild Jerusalem" and that word went forth during the 7th month of the 1st year of Cyrus when the Jews began to rebuild Jerusalem. Not some years later in the 20th of Artaxerxes when the temple and the walls and the city was already rebuilt. The prophecy was to be in effect DURING the rebuilding and thus must begin when the building of the city actually began.
Dating the 1st of Cyrus, therefore, in 455BCE, ignoring popular secular chronology, the next most important date we need to establish is the fall of Jerusalem. That date occurred 74 years prior to the Jews return, based upon a 70-year exile beginning in the 23rd year of Nebuchadnezzar. The fall of Jerualem occurred in the 19th year. 74 years prior to 455BCE, of course, is 529BCE. This dating is confirmed by astronomical texts.
That is, when the Seleucids were revising all their chronology including astronomical texts, they also hid in their records what the original dating was. Thus we have documents with double dating for certain years of certain kings. That is the case with the "VAT4956" which has double dating to both 568BCE and 511BCE dated "year 37 of Nebuchadnezzar II." Of course, one is the revised date and the other the original date. Since the subtext date is 511BCE, we know that must have been the original dating for year 37. If year 37 was in 511BCE then his first year was in 547BCE and his 19th year in 529BCE, the year Jerusalem was destroyed. That's one.
The second is the "SK400" which is the only astronimcal text the Society quotes as supporting their chronology. Only problem is, in this document the two lunar eclipses occuring during the same year don't fit 523BCE which is "year 7" of the revised chronology for Kambyses. Instead the two eclipses which have an eclipse interval of only 2:46 are matched to 541BCE. Of course, that doesn't match "year 7" for Kambyses. But it does match "year 7" for Nebuchadnezzar. That is, dating Nebuchadnezzar's reign year 7 in 541BCE gives you the original dating of his reign beginning in 547 and his 19th year in 529BCE.
So you have two, CONFIRMED references to the fall of Jerusalem in 529BCE and two CONFIRMED references that the current dating based upon these same astronomical texts is totally fabricated. But from this point on, we can now ignore all the "popular" secular dating chatter over the current dating and get back to reality.
Now tha we've confirmed the original dating for year 529BCE was the year Jerusalem fell, we now have perfect harmony for this date in scripture which requires this date if Jesus appeared in 29CE and the 1st of Cyrus was in 455BCE. So there is perfect harmony with secular astronomical records as well as the Bible for this date.
Now, having established 529BCE as the actual true date, we can determine when the date of the Second Messiah was to occur which is 2520 years later. That is, the "7 times" which represents 2520 days becomes 2520 years. 2520 years from 529BCE gives you 1992! (2520-529=1991+1=1992).
Of note, also, there is another 70-weeks prophecy fulfilled here. That is, the pattern of 490 years repeats for the last 490 years which end at the grand jubilee. A jubilee is 50th, and occurs every 49 years. 49x50 gives you 2450 years dated from the first 490-year period beginning in 455BCE. Note, we don't have to assign any particular event to 455BCE. This works whether you date 455 as the 1st of Cyrus or the 20th of Artaxerxes!
Of course, 2450 is 490x5. If the last week of 7 years thus ends 2450 years after 455BCE, then it would end in 1996. By comparison, when the Messiah repeats the events of the 70th week, then, he would appear 7 years earlier in 1989, die at midweek in 1992-93, and the covenant would end in 1996. So based upon that, the Messiah should have appeared during this last week.
But of note, the KINGDOM DATE, is also the "sacrifice date", that is, the Passover Time date.
So if 1996 is the end of 5 periods of 490 years, or a Jubilee of jubilees of 49x50=2450, then we would expect that the first Passover after Jesus return would be in 1993. He said, "Keep doing this until I come and eat it with you again." Meaning he would eat the passover with them one last time when he arrives again. Again, indicating that he would be in the flesh!
So that first Passover after his actual return would be the parallel event in the Second Coming as in the First Coming. It is called the "kingdom date" since after Jesus' death, he inherited everything and then sat at the right hand of God.
That is, he went to heaven and became a king. So it is not the beignning of that week or the end of the week that the kingdom is set up, but at mid-week. So this pattern is repeated at the Second Coming where during the week of 1989 to 1996, the 70th week of the last 490 years, the Messiah sets up his kingdom at mid-week and celebrates the return Passover in the Spring of 1993.
But in line with the Jubilee, is 1947 where the Jews returned to Palestine. This is a Jubilee for them as well. 1947 is 49 years earlier than 1996.
But the "kingdom date" that is, the 1335 days is not 49 years after 1947 but only 45 years after 1947. That is 45 years after 1290 days after the trampling is when the kingdom would be set up and when the Messiah would return for his second coming. This is basically 4 years less than 49 years which is the Jubilee period date. So 1947+45 gives you 1992.
If you want to be even more specific, the UN declarationof Partition of Palestine happened in the fall of 1947 and the Jews actually began to officially return in the spring of 1948. So based upon the spring of 1948 when they actually returned, 45 years later would be around Passover of 1993, which is when the returned Messiah would eat symbolically that last Passover with his disciples now that he had returned. After that, there was no need to keep the Passover celebration officially. I suppose they could if they wanted to. But it was not necessary since he had returned.
And that is the simple chronology!
Go from 29CE to 455BCE to 525BCE to 529BCE then to 1992 A.D. Plain and simple.
Absolute math! It's wonderful!
Cheers,
Bibleman