Signs of the End - Minutes in a Day--the Secret of 666?

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

Minutes in a Day-–the Secret of 666?

December 23, 2008

When Israel went against the will of God and selected Saul as King in 1096 BC it resulted that Israel did not observe the Sabbath year the next 490 years because of the high costs of maintaining a King. This had been forewarned. Therefore, in 606 BC King Nebachadnezzar was allowed to take Israel captive for 70 years for each year they failed to observe the Sabbath year over 490 years (7 x 70). But Israel was also to submit to King Nebuchadnezzar and they failed to do this as well. Nineteen years later in 587 BC Jerusalem was destroyed along with its Temple on the 9th of Av. For 70 years it was to lie in ruin. Israel had lost its sovereignty, which it still has never regained in the time known as the Time of the Gentiles.

However, from each point of these 70 years (at 360 days per year it is 69 solar years), events have occurred in modern history that has shaped Israel and the world politic. They are the following:

·	In the 2,520th year (at 360 days per year) from 606 BC, the first Jewish settlement in Israel (Petah Tikva) began in 1878.

·	In the 2,520th year (at 360 days per year) from 587 BC, the first Zionist Congress met in Basle, Switzerland in 1897.

·	In the 2,520th solar year from 606 BC, WW1 began on the 9th of Av in 1914.

·	In the 2,520th solar year from 587 BC, Hitler arose and enacted Anti-Semitic laws on Passover 1933.

·	In the 2,520th year (at 360 days per year) from 537 BC, Israel became a nation in 1948.

·	In the 2,520th year (at 360 days per year) from 518 BC, Israel captured Jerusalem in 1967 during the Six-Day-War.

Some might believe this all to be a coincidence, but it seems clear that the countdown is now well underway. This would be the countdown to the seven-year Tribulation that is to last just shy of 2,520 days. Clearly these dates and their similar numbering should be a warning.

One parallel Jesus draws to the time of the end is the days of Noah. Noah was warned 120 years before the Flood—a Flood when it began, rained for 40 days and 40 nights. These clues are indispensable in bridging the time from these warnings to the most prophesied time mentioned in the Bible.

Forty years after the timeline of 1933, the Yom Kippur War of 1973 occurred. The next such war with Israel and her enemies came in 2006. This war came at the 40th 360-day year from the timeline of 1967. In fact the exact day count of 40 times 360 equaled 14,400 days. Counting those days from June 7, 1967, the time ended on November 8, 2006. On the Hebrew Calendar it corresponded to Heshvan 17 and the anniversary day that began the 40 days and 40 nights of rain in the Flood. The Hezbollah War with Israel began 120 days before this date on July 12, 2006. The number of 120 is the similar period of warning and 14,400 days can also be expressed as 120 times 120. But this is not the only time that 40 and 120 are seen associated with these days. They are repeated time and again.
What is most interesting is that from the conclusion of the 14,400 days on a day of Noah in 2006, it is another 1,440 days to another day of Noah in 2010. At 12 times 120 days, the count reaches October 18, 2010. On the Hebrew Calendar it will be Heshvan 10. This is none other than the anniversary day God sealed Noah and the rest in the Ark seven days before the Flood. Forty days before this day will be the Feast of Trumpets and 400 days before Heshvan 17, 2006, it was also the Feast of Trumpets all in perfect ratio. There are simply patterns everywhere honing in on the same conclusions.

It is the conclusion of the book that 2010 to 2017 is the probable time of Daniel’s 70th Week—the time known as the Tribulation. The patterns are pretty clear and it would seem that all is pointing to these coming years. The warnings have been made, but how many will heed them?

With the discovery of the 14,400 days and now the 1,440 days to and between two days of Noah in 2006 and 2010, it seemed that a final piece of the puzzle was put into place confirming the 2010 to 2017 hypothesis for the 70th Week. But there was another aspect to the 1,440 days that had gone unnoticed. With the length of a day at 24 hours and at 60 minutes an hour that means one day equals 1,440 minutes. Therefore, the minutes of one day were equal to this same period of 1,440. That is interesting.

So this begged the question. If 1,440 days were represented as minutes in a "day", what may be found by counting these periods of "days"? The 14,400 days from June 7, 1967 to November 8, 2006 (Heshvan 17) would then amount to ten "days". Then the following segment of 1,440 days to October 18, 2010 (Heshvan 10) would be another "day" bringing the total to eleven "days". But if the full timeline in view also accounts for the days since the Babylonian Captivity and the loss of Israeli sovereignty, what is further revealed?
Taking the time from the destruction of Jerusalem until the 1967 Six-Day-War, the total time for this would be 25,200 days (70 x 360) and 907,200 days (2,520 x 360) as detailed in Signs of the End. 907,200 days would convert to 630 "days" (907,200/1,440) and 25,200 days would convert to 17.5 "days". Added together it results in 647.5 "days". Add in the 11 "days" and the total comes to 658.5 "days". These 658.5 "days" would run from the 9th of Av 587 BC to Heshvan 10, 2010.

This timeframe brings to mind the statue of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream that was to span from his rule until the final rule by Antichrist. It was one statue that represented the gentile kingdoms that would hold power over Israel until the coming Kingdom of the Messiah. The statue period ends with the "stone not cut with human hands" that smashes the statue, which is the coming Messianic Kingdom. That statue consisted of the various beast empires also depicted later in Daniel. Those empires are the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, and Roman.

Nebuchadnezzar’s rule and dominance over Israel began with the first captivity of 606 BC. The time from 606 BC to the 9th of Av 587 BC would be 19.4 years or about 7,080 days. This divided by 1,440 would add 4.9 "days" to the 658.5 "days" to bring the running total to 663.4 "days". Adding in the time from Heshvan 10, 2010 to the hypothesized full blessing of the Kingdom on Day 1335 in 2017 would be 2,615 days, which would convert to 1.8 "days". The total time of these "days" from 606 BC to AD 2017 would equal 665.2 "days" placing AD 2017 in the 666th "day". This would also mean that the years of 2018, 2019, and 2020 would also be in this period of the 666th day, if started from the spring of 606 BC.

To calculate the total span of time of 666 "days" it would be 666 times 1,440 days (which equals 959,040 days) divided by 365.2422 days per year to equal 2,625.76 solar years. If December 2017 is the end point, then March of 609 BC would be the beginning point to cover the whole span of time concerning 666 "days". Is there any merit to this being a proper starting point?

In 609 BC King Josiah died in battle trying to stop Pharaoh at Megiddo, which is where the name of Armageddon is derived. Josiah was the last of Israel’s good kings and it is also said that none preceding him were as good in their heart toward the Lord (2 Kings 23:25). However, Josiah’s death and what followed was an indication of God’s judgment on Judah that had been developing (2 Kings 23:26-27). After Josiah’s death Jehoahaz was king for 3 short months when Pharaoh removed him and placed Jehoiakim in his place under heavy tribute. None of the kings after Josiah ever had a shred of sovereign control up until the destruction of Jerusalem 22 years later in 587 BC. It would appear that God’s protective hand was removed at the time of Josiah’s death. He was the last righteous and sovereign king.

Therefore, if Israel’s loss of sovereignty to the Gentiles began in Megiddo in 609 BC and if it is reversed in Megiddo (Armageddon) in 2017, it will span the period of 666 "days" exactly. If the timeline begins in the spring of 609 BC, then 2,625.76 years later it will end in our December of AD 2017. This period of 666 would be the limit to the rule of man over Jerusalem—man as typified by the many beast kingdoms in Daniel and in Revelation. Even Nebuchadnezzar’s statue that he fashioned after his vision even contained the dimensions of 6 by 60 cubits. If this theory is valid, then the number of the Beast would be complete in 2017!

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

--Revelation 13:8

The age-old riddle seems to be unlocked by the fact that 1,440 are the minutes of one day. That these numbers are repeated from the time of the Six-Day-War to days of Noah could not be coincidental. It is also fitting that the clock and the use of 360 degrees also have their roots in Babylon. It simply could not be coincidental that for each day the earth turns that it has marked off one minute in a 666 day countdown to the end of gentile rule over Jerusalem.

What was fascinating about this discovery was also for the fact that it occurred on November 13, 2008 without much effort. Having been exposed to the number 1,440 in recent findings, this number was at the forefront of thought. A random sample at work had run exactly 24 hours and after entering it into the computer the number 1,440 was displayed after its conversion to minutes. But most interesting here was the day. After noticing that Yom Kippur 2008 was 700 days before the Feast of Trumpets 2010, a countdown had been subsequently written on the calendar. It turned out that November 13, 2008 was the 666th day in that countdown to the Feast of Trumpets 2010. Surely this was not planned by this author to occur in such a way.

It then goes without saying that the year of 360 days was a factor in all of these timelines. Whether it was 2,520 times 360, 40 times 360, or 4 times 360. If the total time of 959,040 days (666 x 1,440) is divided by 360-day years it equals 2,664 360-day years exactly. 2,664 can also be expressed as 4 times 666. Four symbolizes the world and numerically meaning "the time of the world’s beastly (gentile)" empires.

This discovery was like so many of those that were found while writing Signs of the End. Actually that would include all of them. But is anyone listening?

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