Signs of the End - Chapter 14

Signs of the End

A Discovery of Biblical Timelines

Signs of the End

A Discovery of Biblical Timelines

“But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that this day should overtake you like a thief.” 1 Thessalonians 5:4

Chapter 14 –- from Signs of the End

Last Revised May 2008, entire text posted August 30, 2010

Dividing the Dispensations

The year 2006 was a focal year. Noah died 2,006 years after Creation and we stood 2,006 years from Christ’s birth, understanding that his birth was in 1 BC. Then it was determined that the anniversary start day of the Flood in 2006 came exactly forty 360-day years after the regaining of the Temple Mount on June 7, 1967. Mercury did transit the sun on this day and with many other peculiarities previously noted. But if anything, this day pointed out the parallel of 2,006 years from Creation to Noah’s death and also from Christ’s birth to AD 2006. The theme of Noah and 2,006 years were somehow important.

The interesting thing about Noah’s death is that it came two years before Abraham was born at 2,008 years from Creation. This then put 2,007 years as the dividing line from Creation to the conception of Abraham. Therefore, it can be said that the time before Abraham equaled 2,007 years. Is it any wonder then that so many timelines and parallels popped up for our years of 2006 and 2007? Obviously the days were not tied directly to earth shaking events, but signified that the end was near and that there was a parallel to be considered for this time of 2006 and 2007 years from the birth of Christ.

Other interesting parallels concerning the time from Christ’s birth can also be noted. In 1878 the first Jewish settlement of Petah Tikva occurred, and Abraham’s father, Terah, was born a similar 1,878 years from Creation. Likewise the rebirth of Israel occurred in 1948 and Abraham’s father began his family at a similar time of 1,948 years from Creation. Though sometimes it may seem confusing in the biblical account, Abraham was conceived at 2,007 years from Creation.

According to the biblical account Abraham left Haran at 75 years of age when his father, Terah, dies at 205 years of age. Whether Terah was 70 or 130 years old when he had Abraham is often debated. However, a similar situation occurred with the birth of Shem in the Genesis account. Noah had his three sons 100 years before the Flood, but later in the text it is revealed that Shem would have been born 98 years before the Flood. This pattern with the context supports Terah being 130 years old at the birth of Abraham. Therefore, Abraham is conceived at 2,007 years and born at 2,008 years from Creation.

In dividing biblical history by biblical chronology, the Age of the Gentiles before Abraham was 2,007 years. To then start the Abrahamic or Hebrew period, it would begin after the 2,007 years, but should continue until the time of Christ’s Crucifixion—not his birth. This distinction is said since currently we are at 2,007+ years from Christ’s birth, but the real key would be His death, resurrection, and the beginning of the Church. This properly divides history in line with Daniel’s Seventy Weeks, of which it has 483 years completed with 7 years remaining.

Therefore, the many significant dates and timings of 2006 and 2007 are a tie in to the timing of Christ’s birth and the previous Time of the Gentiles (Adam to Noah). But what about shifting the time to Messiah’s point of being cut off after the 69th Week of Daniel? This of course requires an understanding of Daniel’s 70 Weeks and how it was 69 Weeks from the rebuilding of Jerusalem under Nehemiah until Christ’s presentation on a colt during Palm Sunday. The exact time calculations involved the 360-day year and ran from 445 BC to AD 32. The year of AD 32 and 2,007 years later would seem to be the key. But wait a moment!

In completing the chronology in the book, it was determined that Creation was at 4005 BC with the Second Coming at AD 2017. This put the total span of years at 6,021. Interestingly, that span can be divided into three parts of 2,007 years. Clearly the first part ends between Noah and Abraham, but the next part (minus the seven-year Tribulation, thus 2000 years) would come to when Christ was 3 years of age. Though interesting, it does not fall at the dividing time of the Jews and the Church on Pentecost AD 32. But is there a solution?

Daniel’s 70 Weeks were interrupted by the Church Age and Daniel’s 70 Weeks involved 360-day years. If Daniel’s 70th week does start in 2010, then from AD 32 to 2010 would be equal to 1,978 years. If converted to 360-day years, this comes to 2,007 years. More precisely, the time from Pentecost (June 1, AD 32) to Elul 1 (August 11, 2010) would be 722,520 days, which are 2,007 360-day years exactly. With this period ending at the Season of Repentance, which is the period significant to the Feast of Trumpets, the timing could not be more appropriate as a last call to the Church to ready herself for the coming groom. Therefore, with this time conversion, both periods of history concerning the Gentiles would involve 2,007 years.

However, by this conversion of the Church Age to 2,007 360-day years, it adds 29 years to the remaining portion of 2,007 years for the Hebrews to balance 6,021 years of total history. The Hebrew total comes to 2,036 years from 1998 BC to AD 32 with the remaining seven years for the Tribulation. Though 2,036 years does not seem significant, there is still something to consider concerning the time.

Abraham would have been conceived at 2,007 completed years since Creation and born in the 2,008th year. However, Abraham was previously Abram and did not become Abraham until he was 75 years old at the time of the Abrahamic Covenant. This would have been 1922 BC—2,083 years from Creation. Therefore, from the Abrahamic Covenant until the end of Daniel’s 69 Weeks and the New Covenant in AD 32, the total time comes to 1,953 years. This with the seven year Tribulation yields a combined total of 1,960 years for the Hebrews from the Abrahamic Covenant to the fulfillment of that Covenant at the onset of the Millennium. This period is equal to four times 490 or four times the seventy-week period! Or it can also be expressed as seven times 280. This is interesting since the number 280 is the number of human gestation, which equals 40 weeks. After all, the word used by the Bible for the Tribulation is a term referring to childbirth.

More on 490

The use of 490 years in the Bible for Israel is a reoccurring theme. Daniel’s 70 Weeks is one of them. The other clear example is 490 years from the coronation of King Saul to the Babylonian Captivity (1096-606 BC). Since Israel did not observe the Sabbath Year, their captivity lasted 70 years or one seventh of the 490 years in disobedience. Another example found is that it was 490 years from the Dedication of the First Temple in 1005 BC to the Dedication of the Rebuilt Temple in 515 BC. These three are the clear examples. Therefore, with the four sequential periods totaling 1,960 years plus these three, it equals seven of these periods in Israel’s history.

However, there are also other examples of 490 years involving some subtractions. From Abraham’s birth to the Exodus was 505 years. If one subtracts the 15-year Hagar rebellion, it would come to 490 years. Also, there is the clear timeline of 430 years from the Abrahamic Covenant to the Exodus. This is what helps determine the 505 years, since Abraham was 75 at the time of the Covenant.

The other example is that it was 560 years from the Temple’s first dedication in 1005 BC to the rebuilding of Jerusalem by Nehemiah in 445 BC. By subtracting the 70-year captivity, the numbers come to 490 years. However, this seems redundant since the dedication period of 1005 to 515 BC is exact with simply another 70 years until 445 BC. In a way this period of 560 years is similar to the 560 years from Saul until the end of the Captivity. Similar since it is also 490 plus 70 years. But also it must be noted that 560 is the number 280 times 2!

The point here is that 490 years is significant to Israel’s history with the final period of 490 years waiting to start its last seven years. That Israel’s history is expressed as a total of four of these periods, is amazing. For those who have studied Clarence Larkin, he also had four 490-year periods for Israel, but with a different chronology that shifted the dates. But Larkin’s chronology does not agree with the clear biblical text that breaks up the history of Israel in easy to understand manageable pieces. It is still interesting that he had a similar idea of four periods of 490 years. But as can be seen here, Israel’s history is 1,960 years with the 76 (1+75) years of Abraham making it 2,036 years.

2007 Divides

The major point is that by making the Church Age 2,007 years like the time before Abraham, when it is then added together with the Hebrew period, it goes from 4005 BC to AD 2017 at 6,021 years. The 6,021 years can be divided by 2,007 three times. The key part is converting the Church Age to 2,007 360-day years from solar years. The 2,007 years makes perfect symmetry with the pre-Abrahamic Gentiles and it also makes sense since it divides Daniel’s 70th Week using a similar 360-day year. So it is symmetrical and yet consistent.

Therefore, the timelines associated with 2006 and 2007 showed the importance of the transition of Noah to Abraham. This parallel comes from comparing the Creation of Adam to Noah and Abraham’s time, then with the birth of Christ to this current time. So we stood at 2,007 years from His birth at the end of AD 2007, but in three years we will stand at 2,007 360-day years from His death, resurrection, and giving of the Holy Spirit. Three years that should demonstrate that time has about run its course for this dispensation of the Church.

The most compelling evidence is that from the beginning of the Church to the time to prepare for the Feast of Trumpets is exactly, and to the day, 2,007 360-day years. Not only is it consistent with the chronology of Abraham, but it comes to the very significant day at start and end—Pentecost and the beginning day of repentance. The odds of this occurring are highly unlikely and it would seem that this might be the final key to the duration of the Church.

If this were the final piece of the puzzle, then the proof would be the development of events surrounding Israel. For their prophesied time will take over once the Church is removed by means of the Rapture. Key elements to look for are the resurgence of Russia, the continuance of Iran’s present path, Israel’s placement on the precipice, and the other nations allowing this to happen through foolishness or complicity.