THREE WAYS TO DATE 2ND COMING
There are three ways to date the second coming.
1. 1335 DAYS
The "1335 days" prpohecy, which dates the 2nd coming 45 years after the
return of the Jews to Palestine, which occurred in 1947. 1947 represents
the
end of the Jewish exile and the "end of the gentile times." It is also the
symbolic end of the "1290 days" (Daniel 12). Once the Jews return to
Israel,
you simply count 45 years to the second coming.
Daniel 12:12 "Happy is the one who is keeping in expectation and who
arrives
at the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days!"
2. "7 TIMES"
This is a popular calculation by Jehovah's witnesses which links the
second
coming to the fall of Jerusalem by 2520 years. 3.5 times are 1260 days and
so 7 times are 2520 days. "A day for a year" is applied. 7 times pass over
a
chopped down and banded tree representing God's symbolic kingdom on the
earth with an earthly king in place. After the last ruling king Zedekiah
was
removed, no king would be recognized for 2520 years until the second
coming
when Christ arrives again in the earth. It's a little confusing because of
revisionism by the Persians of the timeline so we have several theories
about exactly when Jerusalem fell. But strict Biblical chronology dates
the
1st of Cyrus to 455 BCE, 483 years prior to his baptism in 29 CE. The
Bible
establishes 70 years of desolation and servitude of those last de****ted in
year 23 of Nebuchadnezzar, thus 525 BCE. Jerusalem falls in his 19th year,
4
years earlier, which gives us 529 BCE. We have confirmation from some
astronomical texts which hid the original chronology though, that confirm
year 7 of Nebuchadnezzar in 541 BCE (Strm. Kambyses 400) and year 37 in
511
BCE (VAT 4956), so we can go forward with secular confidence as well that
this is the absolutely credible date for the fall of Jerusalem. Of course,
this gives us the same date as #1, 1992. (2520-529=1991 +1=1992. Note +1
is
added for lack of zero year in Roman timeline).
3. MID-70TH WEEK "END OF GIFT AND SACRIFICE"
Christ arrives during the 70th week and fulfills a version of the end of
"gift and sacrifice" each time at the time of the mid 70th week Passover.
The first time when he dies he ends the ritual animal sacrifices; the
second
time he ends the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper was instituted by him on
Passover to be kept in remembrance of him during this absence. When he
returns, Christ eats the Lord's Supper one last time and then ends this
ritual. Therefore, we can calculate the precise year of the second coming
to
within a year of the mid-70th week Passover during the second-coming 70
weeks, which is from 1506 to 1996. Mid-70th-week Passover occurs on April
6,
1993. Thus again, we are looking at a year from Passover of 1992 to
Passover
of 1993, the same overlapping year as #1 and #2 above. It is easy to
determine the 70th week by simply counting 4 periods of 490 years from 36
CE. 36 CE ended the first 70th week. 4 x 490 = 1960. 1960+36=1996. Thus
the
70th week of the second coming is 1989-1996. The first Lord's Supper upon
the messiah's return to human state would be April 6, 1993.
SUMMARY: As one can see, the Bible has its own internal chronology that
cross-matches key chronology events, including the year of the second
coming. What is not provided in the Bible's chronology is the day of
Armageddon, which remains within God's own jurisdiction. The oft-quoted
reference that "Nobody knows the day nor hour, even the son, only the
father" is a play on words for the unwary. Many believe, therefore, that
there is no chronology related to the date of the second coming. However,
clearly the year of the second coming is given in the Bible and we are
expected to "keep in expectation" of this chronology. Therefore, the
mention
of DAY and HOUR are very specific, and do not apply generally to the Bible
being silent about the precise year. DAY and HOUR are DAY and HOUR. That
does not include MONTH and YEAR. Therefore, there is no contradiction.
FULFILLMENT: As prophesied, the "eagles" ("Where the carcass is, so the
eagles will be gathered together") and the "two witnesses" observed the
second coming event which took place, rather consistently, around December
25-26, 1992. The symmetry of this is that when the spirit of Christ became
flesh the first time at the time of the Annunciation to Mary, it was
around
the time of the winter solstice as well. Remember, Christ is born in the
fall after a 9-month pregnancy. The actual event of his become flesh was
at
the conception, however, and that would have occurred in the winter, many
dating the Annuciation to December 25th. This suggests a link between the
heavenly Christ, who is Michael the Archangel, being represented int he
cosmos as the SUN, and appropriately, the Church/Bride Class as the Moon.
The Christ would appear as a "thief in the night" to the whole world
except
for the "eagles" who are aware of his advent. He works in secret while the
anointed are sealed into the kingdom, thus rebulding the spiritual temple.
This temple was completed earlier this year, after 16 years' time from
1992,
though the actual rebuilding would not start until Passover of 1993. There
seems little significance to this period other than the new walls around
Jerusalem were rebuilt in 16 years after the Jews' return from Babylon.
Not to worry though. Those intended and worthy for the kingdom were
sealed.
There were plenty of seats left in fact, because when Christ arrived, so
many would not be paying attention that they did not recognize the time
and
begged off coming to the wedding feast, leaving many seats open. Thus many
from "western parts and eastern parts" who were not originally the "sons
of
the kingdom" (invitees) came in to take their places in those empty seats.
So definitely, all worthy and invited who were faithful would already be
sealed into the kingdom. Many sealed don't even know they have been
sealed,
in fact. Upon the beginning of the millennium they will find out they have
been selected. That means some are not practicing Christians and could be
anywhere in the world, even in some remote jungle in the Amazon. Thus the
kingdom is representative of all nations and peoples, but 10% of the seats
are for the Jews as the Bible notes (Isa 6:13), after all "Salvation is
through the Jews" though their unfaithfulness allowed for gentiles to be
grafted into the kingdom seats. Gentiles are happy about being kingdom
members but don't gloat over the failure of the Jews for they too can be
looped off even more quickly if they prove unfaithful. But are reminded
while they are grafted in, the Jew remains the root of the fine through
which the grafted branches receive their life. Thus the kingdom is filled
by
TWO COVENANTS: One for the Jews under Judaism and one for the Christians
under Christianity, though you could mix and match that, which would
include
Messianic Judaism, obviously.
Lars
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