After viewing the Star of Bethlehem movie in Oct., 2008, I changed the start date from 445 to 444.
See also 70 Sets of Seven
Chart of 68 Sets of Solar 7's Includes 69 Sets of Biblical 7's (7x360=2520 Days)...except for 21 days.
Sixty-Nine of 70 Sets of Biblical 7's Were Fulfilled in 68 Sets of Solar 7's from BC 444 to AD 33:
68 sets = 476 x 365.25=173,859 days and 69 sets (69x2520) = 173,880 days.
That means the 69 sets of Biblical 7's was 21 days longer than 68 sets of Solar 7's.
There is no other way to correspond 476 Solar years with 483 Biblical years!
These 68 sets of "solar" 7's ended 21 days short of 69 sets of Biblical sevens!!
Extra days in 476 Years from 444 to 33 = Number of Extra Days for 69th Set!!!
Sets of Solar Sevens - - - 68 Sets - - - Extra Days for 69th Seven
.......................Start Counting from BC 444
437 - 430 - 423 - 416 - 409 - 402 - 395 = 7 = 49x5.25 = 257.25 days
388 - 381 - 374 - 367 - 360 - 353 - 346 = 14 = 2nd line = 257.25 days
339 - 332 - 325 - 318 - 311 - 304 - 297 = 21 = 3rd line = 257.25 days
290 - 283 - 276 - 269 - 262 - 255 - 248 = 28 = 4th line = 257.25 days
241 - 234 - 227 - 220 - 213 - 206 - 199 = 35 = 5th line = 257.25 days
192 - 185 - 178 - 171 - 164 - 157 - 150 = 42 = 6th line = 257.25 days
143 - 136 - 129 - 122 - 115 - 108 - 101 = 49 = 7th line = 257.25 days
94 - - 87 - - 80 - - 73 - - 66- - 59 - - 52 = 56 = 8th line = 257.25 days
45 - - 38 - - 31 - - 24 - - 17 - 10 to BC3 = 63 = 9th line = 257.25 days
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........................From 444 BC to 3 BC = 441 yrs. = 2,315.25 days
AD 5 - 12- - 19 - - 26 - - 33 = -----------68 = 10th line= +183.75 (35x5.25)
........................From 444 BC to AD 33 = 476 yrs. ___________
........................Total Extra Days for 69th Seven = 2,499
Christ was born in fall of BC 2, Hebrew Calendar!
Christ died in AD 33 after 68 sets of Solar years!!
Hailed as King 21 days before end of 69th Seven!!!
Sixty-Nine Sets of Seven Equal 483 Years to Be Provided by 476 Solar Years
Another explanation of the intricate mathematical phenomenon involves a
comparison of 120 sets of “21 Biblical days” and 119 sets of “21 Solar days”.
The Chart Reveals 2499 Extra Solar Days Provided by 68 Sets of Seven:
Each Year = 5.25 extra days (365.25 - 360) and each Seven = 36.75 extra days!
Nine Lines of 7 or 63x7 x 5.25 = 2315.25 extra days toward the 69th Seven!!
68 sets of 7's or 476x5.25 = 2499 days for a 69th Biblical set of 2520 days!!!
Each set of 5.25 x 4 years = 21 extra days and 17 x 4 = 68 x 7 = 476 solar years!
But 7 x 17 sets (119 Solar sets) or 7 x 68 or 476 years produces 2499 extra days!!
5.25x4=21; 17x4=68; 17x7=119; 68x119 =2499; 68x7=476; 17x21=357x7 =2499!!!
Each year has 5.25 extra solar days so that 17 x 68 sets equals 357 solar days!
Each set of 5.25 x 4 years = 21 extra days and 17 x 4 = 68 x 7 = 476 solar years!!
But 7 x 17 sets (119 Solar sets) or 7 x 68 or 476 years produces 2499 extra days!!!
This may be broken down as 17 x 21 or 357 Solar days; three days less than 360 days!
The extra 2499 (7x357 or 119x21) was 21 days short of the 2520 days of the 69th "7"!!
The last day of 476 years was Palm Sunday, AD 33; of 483 years was Nisan 30, AD 33!!!
Please continue with Presentation Below.
See Also Biblical Month
Because of the Star of Bethlehem movie, I was forced to start the Countdown from BC 445 to BC 444.
Christ was crucified in AD 33 rather than AD 32 - http://thestarofbethlehemmovie.com/resources_chap3.php
The Next Slide reveals the problem of anniversary dates on a Hebrew Calendar.
The problem was created by the need to keep Passover in the Spring, to begin the New Civil Year at the New Moon on Tishri 1 and to keep the Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot; Booths) at the Full Moon on Tishri 14 or 15 at the Fall Harvest. These two Festivals, Passover and Tabernacles, are very important observances for Israel. But there is no way to fulfill Passover or any anniversary on the same week-day every seven years … except by counting successive days on a 360-day Calendar!
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However, once every 19 years, Passover or a Hebrew anniversary day occurs in the same week of the month. Over a 19 year period, an adjustment of 209 days plus an extra leap year day are needed (365-354=11x19+1=210).
Seven extra 30-day months in a 19-year period make up the shortage of 210 days. An extra month every two or three years makes up for the 11 days lost each year. A normal year may have from 353 to 355 days; but with 13 months there are 383 to 385 days. In His wisdom, God divined the 70 Sevens to determine in advance the exact day on which Christ was hailed as King of the Jews on Palm Sunday to fulfill Zech.9:9 and Dan.9:26!
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With 30-day months, each Month begins two days later than the previous month and Nisan begins three days later each year until it begins on a Sat. 84 months later. Three days later each year for 70 years equals 210 days (70x3)!
Only every 7th Year is Nisan 14 on the second Friday, the Passover day on which Christ died. The decree was made on Nisan 30, 445 BC. It was Jewish custom to begin any countdown starting with the succeeding month, being Iyar in this case.
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Iyar, the first month after Nisan, began on Monday. Each month starts two days later than the previous month on a 360-day calendar. But Nisan begins 3 days later each year until it begins once again on a Saturday 84 months later. The first seven year cycle ended in Nisan of 438 BC. Every 7th Year Nisan 14 falls on a Friday, the Passover day on which Christ would die. This is the secret of the seventy sets of Seven cycles.
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Nisan began on Saturday. Sivan, the second month after Nisan, began on Wednesday, two days later than the previous month.
Nisan begins three days later each year until it begins on a Saturday 84 months later. On a 360-day calendar every 7th Year Nisan 14 falls on Friday, Passover day, on which Christ would die.
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Tammuz, the third month after Nisan began on Friday, two days later than the previous month.
Nisan begins three days later each year until it begins on a Saturday 84 months later.
Every 7th Year, Nisan 14 fell on the 2nd Friday of Nisan, the Passover day on which Christ would die.
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AV, the fourth month after Nisan began on Sunday, two days later than the previous month.
Nisan begins three days later each year until it begins on a Saturday 84 months later.
Every 7th Year Nisan 14 falls on a Friday, the Passover day on which Christ would die.
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Elul, the fifth month after Nisan began on Tuesday, two days later than the previous month.
Nisan begins three days later each year until it begins on a Saturday 84 months later.
Every 7th Year Nisan 14 falls on a Friday, the Passover day on which Christ would die.
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Tishri, the sixth month after Nisan began on Thursday, two days later than the previous month.
Nisan begins three days later each year until it begins on a Saturday 84 months later.
Every 7th Year Nisan 14 falls on a Friday, the Passover day on which Christ would die.
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The seventh month after Nisan is Heshvan. Every 7th Month begins on Saturday so that the 14th occurs on Friday. But it takes 12x7 (84) months for Nisan 14 to fall on Friday again. Each month begins two days later and each year begins three days later until Nisan begins on a Saturday 84 months later. Only once every 7th Year does Passover occur on a Friday in the month of Nisan.
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Hislev, the eighth month after Nisan, began on Monday, two days after Saturday.
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Tevet, the ninth month after Nisan, began on Wednesday, two days later than the previous month.
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Shevat, 10th month after Nisan, began on Friday, again two days later than the previous month.
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Month eleven, Adar, began on Sunday, two days later than the previous month.
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On Nisan 14, BC 444, one year later, Passover fell on Monday instead of Friday. It would take six more years until BC 438 to complete the first Cycle of Seven. Each succeeding year begins three days later in the week. BC 445 began on Saturday. It took seven years, until BC 438, for Nisan 14 to fall on Friday the second time after BC 445.
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The Secret of the 70 Sevens! Passover fell on Friday once every seven years. It would take 68 sets of Seven solar years (68x7x365.25 = 173,859 days) to obtain 69 sets of 360-day years (69x7x360 = 173,880). The 21 day shortage forced the countdown to end on Nisan 9, Palm Sunday.
The 70th Set will produce 85 Thirty-Day Months with two halves of 1260 days and an extra 30-day-month (Dan.12:11) so that the remaining solar days will be “cut short” by 30 days to complete the calculated time of Rev.11:3 and 12:6 when the Beast kills the Two Prophets.
Countable solar days end on day 1260 for 144,000 Jews whom the Two Prophets feed and protect in the desert until less than three days remain for them to meet on Mt. Zion and be taken to heaven by the Lamb on the day the Son of Man comes in glory! Matt.24:22; Rev.11:7-12; Rev.7:1-3; Rev.14:1-3; Dan.7:13.
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From BC 445 to 151 there were 42 sets of Seven on a solar calendar. The next chart shows 26 more Sevens for a total of 68 Sevens from BC 445 to AD 32. Christ had to die in the year of AD 32. There are 69 sets of Seven on a 360-day Calendar.
The final year of the 69th Seven comes from the 2499 extra days in 68 Solar sets of Seven! These 2499 days (68x5.25), 21 days short of 7x360 or 2520, forced Palm Sunday to be Nisan 9, the last countable day. The 69th Anniversary day was Nisan 30.
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The 360-Day Calendar had 69 Sundays occurring on Nisan 9 from BC 445 and AD 32.
There were also 69 Passovers on Friday, Nisan 14, from BC 445 to AD 32.
The 69th Anniversary of the Decree to rebuild Jerusalem occurred on Nisan 30, AD 32.
Palm Sunday was the last day allowed by 68 Solar Sevens.
Messiah was “cut off” five days later, Nisan 14, the only day on which Passover fell on a Friday for the 69th time! If the Decree of Neh.2:1 occurred in BC 444 instead of 445, the 68th Seven would have ended in AD 33 and Jesus would have been born in BC 1 instead of BC 2 on a Hebrew calendar.
Evidence from the book, "The Star of Bethlehem," by Dr. Ernest L. Martin of http://www.askelm.com, proves Jesus was born in BC 2 on a Hebrew calendar and BC 3 on a Gregorian calendar.
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Double Check: 7 x 360 = 2520 days. And 68 x 7 = 476 Years. 476 x 5.25 extra days = 2499.
Then 2520 – 2499 = 21 days to be deducted from Nisan 30, AD 32. That was Palm Sunday, Nisan 9.
The number of extra solar days from 68 solar sets of seven, 2499, fulfilled the final year of the 69th Seven, except for 21 days. Christ was hailed as King 21 days short of the 69th Anniversary of the Decree from Nisan 30, BC 445, for Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem's walls.
That was the only day of the month Nisan on which Jesus could have been presented as King and yet allow both Passover and the Decree’s Anniversary to fall on their exact prophetic due dates.
If Palm Sunday had been Nisan 10, the Anniversary would have fallen in the succeeding month. If Palm Sunday had been Nisan 8, the 14th would have fallen on a Saturday! See the depth of the wisdom, purpose and grace of Almighty God! Nisan 9 and 30, on a prophetic calendar, fell on a Sunday just 69 times from BC 445 to AD 32. And Passover 69 times on Friday!
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Beginning Sunday, Nisan 9, we find the only 21-day period in which Christ could have been hailed as King, be crucified on Friday and the 69th Anniversary occur on Nisan 30! Daniel 9:26 and Lev.23:5 required Messiah the Prince to be crucified 5 days “after” Nisan 9!
On a Gregorian Calendar, exactly 173,859 days (476 x 365.25) separated Nisan 30, BC 445 and Nisan 9, AD 32. On a Prophetic Calendar, the 173,880th day (483 x 360) from BC 445 to the 69th Anniversary of the Decree to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls was Nisan 30! Three weeks separated Nisan 9 and Nisan 30. The final Passover for Christ’s death had to be on Friday, Nisan 14.
The 68th set of Sevens ended on Sunday, Nisan 9 to fulfill Zech.9:9 and to preserve the 69th anniversary of the original decree on Nisan 30. We expect the same exactness for Daniel’s 70th Seven!
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Jesus Christ came in the "fullness of time."
The Day Christ comes again will begin with the whole (full) moon turning to blood. Rev.6:12. The Hour of His appearance follows the fulfillment of 100 verses in Revelation on that day while the sun remains dark and the armies at The Armageddon await their fate.
These 100 verses begin with a voice coming out of the Temple from the Throne, declaring: "It is Done."
The Lamb opens Seal Six to launch events of the Day of the Lord. An Hour of that Day includes a Three-Act Drama in heaven's Temple where the Saints praise God and the Lamb after the Martyrs sing the Song of Moses before God sitting on His throne over a crystal sea ablaze with fire. Rev.15:2; Rev.7:9,10; Dan.7:9,10. The 144,000 will sing the Song of the Lamb. Rev.14:3; Rev.15:3.
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Hebrew calendar repetitions of 19 year cycles provide more evidence for exact calculation of 69 Sets of Prophetic Sevens (69x7 or 483 years within 68x7 or 476 solar years … 25x19=475 or 445-1=444+31=475). Only once every 19 years on a Hebrew calendar does a New Year begin in the same week. With 25x19 or 475 years separating New Year's day, Tishri 1 (Sep.11) BC 445 and AD 31, the coming date of Christ’s birth was repeated 25 times in the same week and month of each 19 year cycle.
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The New Year on a Hebrew Calendar occurred in the first week of Tishri 25 times in 475 years from BC 445 to AD 31. The extra solar year was made up of 148-150 days from Nisan 30 to New Year’s Day in BC 445 plus 215- 217 days from New Year’s Day in AD 31 to Nisan 9 in AD 32. So the Solar and Hebrew calendars agree to the precise week of Christ’s Birth and Death!
THE EXTRA YEAR - from 475 to 476
Apr -16/Nisan 30 - - Sep.11/Tishri 1
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BC 445-Spring to Fall - AD 31-32 - Fall to Spring
Apr -14 Iyar - 29 - - - Sep- 19 - Tis -28-30
May-31 Sivan-30 - - - Oct -31 - Hes - 30
Jun- 30 Tam -29 - - - Nov-30 - Kis - 30
July-31 Av - 30 - - - Dec -31 - Tev - 29
Aug-31 Elul - 29 - - - Jan- 31 -Shev - 30
Sep-11 Tish -1-3 - - - Feb-28 - Adar1- 30
- - 148 to 150 - - - - Mar-31- Adar2- 29
- -+ 217 or 215 - - - - Apr-16 Nisan - 9 - Palm Sunday
Tot: 365 - 365 - - - - - - 217 - - - 215 to 217
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- 9/11, BC 445 to 9/11/ AD 31 = 475 yrs - 25x19
- 4/16 to 9/11, BC 445 - - - = 5 mon.
- 9/11, AD 31 to Palm Sunday = 7 mon.
Total Years - - - - - - - - - - - - 476 yrs
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From New Year’s Day in the fall of BC 2 to that day in AD 31 = 33 years. From Christ’s 33rd birthday (on New Year’s Day in AD 31) there remained seven months and five days (215) to His death - just after His march of triumph into Jerusalem - with the ascription by the Gentiles placed over His head on the Cross that He was King of the Jews. He wished to be the Savior of Gentiles too!
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In the final 70th Seven, the appointed time for God’s wrath occurs when the 7th Trumpet sounds. Rev.11:18. “God’s mystery will be finished (as of the 1260 days of great tribulation) and within (3) days of the 7th trumpet wherein it is about to sound.” Rev.10:6,7. The Beast will kill the Two Prophets (Witnesses) within 3 days of that Trumpet blast!
After the Two Prophets and 144,000 Jewish Firstfruit of Harvest are taken to heaven, sing their songs and praise God and the Lamb in the Temple, ALL the Believers must be raised up and gathered together above to the place of glory at the Synagogue in the Sky - all within the very Hour that Trump Seven sounds!
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No text remains to be fulfilled between Rev.11:19 and Rev.19:11 except for Rev.19:1-10! As soon as Act Three of the Temple Drama ends with the Ark of the Covenant on display in Rev.11:19, the Inner Path of rejoicing and the preparation for the Lamb’s Wedding occurs in heaven. Then Christ descends to gather all the Saints to Himself and to annihilate the wicked.
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Once Daniel’s 70th Seven has begun, the final 2520th day anticipates the unknown Lastday occurring on one of three days of a “whole moon turned to blood.” Rev.6:12. NIV or NASB. On a solar calendar, the 2520th day will occur 36 or 37 days earlier in the month of the 7th year. The 2520 days must end on one of three day/nights before a full moon.
This will happen with the day/night of a full moon that begins after 6 PM on Tishri 14,15 for the Sukkot Harvest Festival when Booths are built. Israel in ancient times made pilgrimage to the Temple to commemorate God’s protection in the wilderness 40 years.
Jesus was born after 6 PM of Tishri 1, at the New Moon, a New Year. Tishri 14, 15 begins with a full moon at celebration of the Fall Harvest Ingathering! The Day of the Lord should occur on one of three day/nights of the full moon.
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Revelation requires 42 months for each half of the 70th Seven. Daniel’s 43rd month (of 1290 days) will be cut short. But not all 30 days. The Two Prophets will be killed on day 1260. The 3½ days during which they wait to be resurrected will also be cut short. These are days “after Great Tribulation” in which the Sign of Christ’s coming will occur … but only the Father knows on which of these 3 days the Last Martyr will be killed. On that Day He will avenge their blood! Rev.6:11. See chapters on Centerpiece and Endtime and Seventy Sevens.
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Summary: The first half of the final 7 years on a 30-day Prophetic calendar = 1260 Days (42x30). If Year One starts on a Saturday, each succeeding month begins two days later and succeeding year begins three days later in the week.
The 42nd and 84th months also begin on a Saturday. But the 84th month will end about 36 days earlier than the number of days on a Gregorian calendar … with up to 3 days remaining after the Beast kills the Two Prophets. After subtracting 1260 from 2550 days (dividing by 30), 43 months or 1290 days remain for the second half of the 70th Seven (365.25x7 = 2556.75 - 6.75 = 2550 – 1260 = 1290 days of Dan.12:11).
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Note again that only on the Prophetic calendar does each month begin two days later and each year three days later in the week so the last month of the 7th year begins on the same day of the week as the first month of the 70th Seven. The 2520th prophetic day is 36 or 37 days earlier when overlaid on the solar time of a Gregorian calendar.
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Eighty-Four months x 30 = 2520 days. But 84 solar months = 85 thirty-day months after lopping off 6.75 days. Also, up to 3½ days will remain after 30 days are “cut” from the 43rd month of Daniel’s 1290 days. Dan.12:11; Rev.11:11.
The 1260 days for the Two Prophets and 144,000 Firstfruit, whom they feed and keep safe, will end when the Beast kills the Two Prophets. Up to 3½ days remain until the last martyr dies and while 144,000 gather on Mt. Zion. The day of the last martyr is Resurrection Day!
On one of the 3 days between the 1260th day and the Lastday, the Day of the Lord will begin with the sun refusing to shine and stars falling from heaven.
That Lastday could be Tishri 14 or 15 after 6 PM in Israel. What would be mid-day in Israel would be seven to ten hours earlier across America. Our full moon would turn red when the sun turns dark in Israel if it happens over there at mid-day. Jesus said people will be working in the field on that day.
The Last Hour must wait for 100 verses in Revelation to be fulfilled after the voice out of the Temple declares: “It is Done.” This means we should read Rev.6:12-17 immediately after reading Rev.16:12-17!
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God’s original command to mankind was to populate and then subdue the earth. It has taken 6000 years to populate the earth. The fulfillment of Daniel’s 70th Seven depends on the earth being subdued even more fully than over the past century. The technologies to fulfill the second half of Daniel’s 70th Seven and the explosive wonders of Rev.13 are still in process of development. The alignment of all nations under a unified system of government called Babylon the Great must be realized before Antichrist appears and ends the Temple sacrifice.
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The first half of the final Seven will see the nations allowing the restoration of Israel’s Altar and worshipers (“measured for worship”) for 42 months, but under Gentile supervision! Rev.11:1,2. During the second 42 months, the Endtime period, the Temple will be desecrated, but not destroyed.
The Two Prophets from heaven will oppose the Beast, demonstrating God’s Kingdom Power to begin “restoring all things.” Matt.17:11; Rev.12:10; Rev. 11:3-7. They rise up on the day Jesus Christ comes in great power and glory to complete the restoration. Acts 3:21.
See Topic on "No Possibility for Daniel's 70th Seven to begin in 2008" under NEW INSPIRATION.
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