Bible Prophecy Numbers:
The Writing on the Wall
Ch. 2gg, "How Long?"
(In detail)
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The lunar 1270, solar 1278,
and Bible-Prophecy 1290 days
(In detail)
Theme: Exile and Tribulation
From the seven-year "world-wide" famine of Joseph,
until the falls of Egypt, Israel, Assyria, Judah, and Babylonia…
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1878–1871 BC
Enter Egypt 1876
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1446 BC
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722 BC
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612 BC
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586 BC
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539 BC
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Joseph’s
world-wide
seven-year
famine
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Fall of
Egypt
(i.e., the Exodus)
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Fall of
Israel
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Fall of
Assyria
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Fall of
Judah
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Fall of
Babylon
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Total years later from the famine -->
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390/430
years (Ezk.4)
from famine
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1150
years (Dan.8)
from famine
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1260
years (Rev.12)
from famine
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1290
years (Dan.12)
from famine
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1335
years (Dan.12)
from famine
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1290 years
(i.e., the Bible-Prophecy 3½ years-of-years):
(i.e., our solar 3½ years-of-years);
1270 years
(i.e., a normal lunar 3½ years-of-years).
The lunar, solar, and Bible-Prophecy
3½ years of years––even all three––aligns with all three
deportations
from Judah when starting from the entry into Egypt in 1876 BC.
Judah was attacked and exiled on three occasions, the last of which saw the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple:
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605 (or 606 BC) (The prophet Daniel is among the exiles)
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598 (or 599 BC) (The prophet Ezekiel is among the exiles)
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586 (or 587 BC) (The prophet Jeremiah is among the exiles)
Each of these are repeated again one year a part! This one-year-apart parallel pattern starts from the middle of the 7 years of Joseph’s famine (instead of the entry), ending at these same three exiles. But rather than getting too complex, we will stick to the simple
straightforward pattern, rather that the mid-famine position.
{It was mid-famine when both the Egyptians and their land were sold into bondage to Pharaoh in agreement for the exchange of food. The middle of the famine was either one or one-and-a-half years after the entry, i.e., in spr. or aut. of 1875 BC.{15}
Our first line of calculation which starts from when Israel entered Egypt (spr. of 1876 BC), ends at the non-preferred, yet possible dates for the exiles of Judah, (i.e., 606, 598, and 587 BC); whereas the second parallel line (though using the same numbers),
starts from the mid-famine position yet still ends at these very same exiles, except using the preferred 605, 597, and 586 BC dates.
To continue: As said, all four exiles align from when Israel entered Egypt, and yet again from the middle of the 7 years of Joseph’s famine. This mid-famine starting position (spr./aut. 1875) is equally as significant as the Egypt–entry position (spr. 1876) because
firstly, this was when the gentiles were ‘enslaved’ to Pharaoh, (see Genesis 47:18-21); hence, the theme is consistent––from the enslaving of the Egyptians to the enslaving of the Israelites are 3½ years-of-years distant.
Secondly, the mid-seven-year-famine position is significant because it foreshadows Bible-Prophecyally the mid-seven-year-tribulation period prophesied to come. Thus it makes perfect sense that from the middle of this seven-year famine should flow
that same amount of days converted to years: (I.e., the first 3½ literal years of famine intersecting with the figurative 3½ years-of-years of same number).
In the last two tables (i.e., tables ‘9a’ and ‘9b’––excluding the very last time line), the true total is 1,289 years (cf.
"– 1 year,"), rather than an exact 1290. Why this slight inaccuracy?
(Nevertheless, this principle exists in the numbers: Whatever appears to be a weakness is actually a concealed strength.)
Before I answer this question, let the reader remember the utter simplicity and flawlessness of the earlier chart (i.e., table ‘4’), where Daniel’s "1290" was divided evenly by Ezekiel’s "430" (i.e., 1290 ÷ 3 = 430); where exactly 430
years was spent in Egypt as well as 1290 years till the exile back again to Egypt (and Babylon) forming cycles of even 430-year periods. However, to make the alignment of these last charts (i.e., tables ‘9a’ and ‘9b’) perfectly
conformable with the two charts before it (i.e., tables ‘7’ and ‘8’), we must
subtract one year (i.e., 1,289 years instead of an even 1290). Thus we ask, "Why?"––"Why isn’t table ‘9a’ and ‘9b’ flawless
like the others time-lines?" The answer is to be found in the way the Bible breaks down a 3½-year period, and then comparing that breakdown with the lengths of Ezekiel’s siege added to the actual siege. As we shall see, these two sieges were exactly 7 years
apart, with the total length of both sieges together amounting to 1290 days, less one-day.{16} Hence, the exact total
number of siege days (1,289) when converted to years, spans back to Joseph's 7-year famine as just observed in tables ‘9a’ and ‘9b.’ Thus, both 1290 and 1,289 day-years are correct, with "1,289" in this
context being an authorized variation of the "1290" of Daniel 12:11.
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