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573 BC Nisan 10, plus 1260
+ 1260
years
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AD 1948 Pentecost
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How the exact day and
year that
Israel
became a nation was prophesied in the Bible!
May 14, 1948
(Midnight, Iyar 6)
('Pentecost' on 360 Calendar)
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Questions about 'Nisan
10th' verses 'Pentecost'
Que. Why did Israel become a nation on
Pentecost?
Ans. Israel became a nation on
Pentecost to fulfill the prophecies suggested in Ezekiel 36-37. (Also see
Ezekiel 16.) Ezekiel refers
to "an everlasting covenant," and both the old and new covenants
came about on Pentecost, (1446 BC and AD 30).
Eze 36:24 And I will take you
from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will
bring you into your own land.
Eze 36:25 And I will sprinkle
clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your uncleannesses and
from all your idols will I cleanse you.
Eze 36:26 And I will give you
a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27-28 And I will put
my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and keep mine
ordinances, and ye shall do them. And ye shall dwell
in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ye shall be my people, and I
will be your God.
Eze 37:26-27 And I will
make a covenant of peace with them: it shall be an everlasting covenant
with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary
in the midst of them for ever. And my tabernacle shall be over them;
and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Also see Ezek.
34:25.)
The New Covenant was fulfilled when the Holy Spirit was poured out at
Pentecost. At that time there was "a sound like mighty rushing
wind." Compare that wind with the prophecies of Ezekiel. (The word for
"Spirit" and "Wind" is the same in Hebrew.)
Eze 37:9 And he said unto me,
Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind,
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe
upon these slain, that they may live.
Eze 37:14 And I will put
my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own
land: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken, and have done it
, saith Jehovah.
Ezekiel speaks about "a covenant of peace," and
this is likely another covenant that results from the new covenant inaugurated
at Pentecost as established 50 days earlier at Passover at the death of
Christ. The "covenant of peace" and the "new covenant" are
related to each other as can be seen in this verse:
Ezekiel 36:26 And I will give you
a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Compare this verse with Jeremiah's prophecy:
Jer 31:31 Behold, days come,
saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 not according to
the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking
them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant
they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.
Jer 31:33 For this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith
Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their
heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Therefore we conclude that it is highly significant that Israel became a
nation on Pentecost, the anniversary of both the old and new covenants, since
these covenants are the theme of the previous chapters that flows into the
text of Ezekiel 40 where Ezekiel measures the city and temple; and as
said, from Ezekiel 40 unto Pentecost 1948 are exactly 1260 years times-two. (See
also Ezekiel 44:7.) The measuring of the temple and the city in Ezekiel 40 are
graciously revealed by God as both a fulfillment of the promises made by Him
in the first covenant (on Pentecost 1446 BC) and by virtue of
the coming results of the new covenant (also inaugurated on Pentecost AD 30).
This is true also of Pentecost 1948, when Israel became a nation. God
fulfilled his covenant to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (ratified at Sinai) by
restoring Israel as a nation in 1948, however He showed this mercy on
the basis of the New Covenant in that He only made the original
promises to Abraham in the first covenant on the basis that God foreknew
that there would indeed be another covenant built upon better promises. Thus
it is very significant that Israel became a nation on Pentecost, the
anniversary of both the old and new covenants, since these covenants are
the theme of the previous chapters that flows into the text of Ezekiel 40
where Ezekiel measures the city and temple.
Que. Why did Israel become a nation on
Pentecost on the 360 calendar rather
than the Jewish calendar?
Ans. Firstly, I have already
explained that both calendars can be Pentecost on May 15, 1948 anyway. However,
1260 years times-two represents the same in days as per the
prophecies of Daniel 9, Daniel 12, and Rev. 12-13. The time span of 1260-times-two days equal a seven-year period on the 360 calendar, (i.e., 360
days times 7 {years} = 1260 plus 1260 days). Thus, to use the 360 calendar
rather than the regular Jewish calendar
is consistent with itself. For we have 'seven years' of years (as derived from
the 360 calendar) from Ezekiel 40 unto 1948, 'Pentecost,' (which is
also derived from the 360 calendar). The 360 calendar is consistently
used.
Rev 11:1 I was then given a
stick that looked like a measuring-rod, and was told, "Go and measure
the temple of God and the altar, and count those who are worshiping in the
temple.
Rev 11:2 But do not measure
the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will
trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.
Rev 11:3 I will send my two
witnesses dressed in sackcloth, and they will proclaim God's message during
those 1260 days." ("42
months" is 1260 days on 360 calendar; i.e., 42 x 30 days-in-a-month
equals 1260 days, which is half-a-seven year period of 1260-times-two days.)
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Rev 12:4 With his tail he
dragged a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the
earth. He stood in front of the woman, in order to eat her child as soon as
it was born.
Rev 12:5 Then she gave birth
to a son, who will rule over all nations with an iron rod. But the child was
snatched away and taken to God and his throne.
Rev 12:6 The woman fled to
the desert, to a place God had prepared for her, where she will be taken
care of for 1260 days.
Que. Why is there not an exact 1260 plus 1260 years between the prophecy of Ezekiel 40
to when Israel becoming a nation to the very day? Why instead is the period from
573 BC Nisan 10 un to 1948 Pentecost? Should not Israel have become a nation on Nisan 10
as well to make an exact 1260 plus 1260 years?
Ans. Click
here for the answer!