Bible Prophecy Numbers

1260 days, 1290 days, 1335 Days

Timeline of Events 
Surrounding the Exodus

in Prophecy

 

"...Which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow...which things angels desire to look into,"
 (1Pet. 1:10-11).

Timeline of Events Surrounding the Exodus: 

 

The timing of events surrounding the Exodus period show that Moses was using a lunar/solar calendar. This lunar/solar calendar was basically the same as that used today in modern Israel.1 Nevertheless, it is equally evident that the 360 calendar was used too. This is demonstrably true whether or not Moses was personally aware of it, though in all likelihood he was. This is because the Israelites had just left the land of Egypt where a variation of the 360 calendar was already in use, and "Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians," (Acts 7:22). As a matter of fact, the Egyptians used several calendars at once, thus it would be no surprise if Moses would have as well.  The lunar/solar calendar was the timepiece of the people, whereas the more-accurate 360 calendar was the timepiece of the prophets. As we shall see, the lunar/solar and 360 calendars function in harmony. However, it is this 360-Bible-Prophecy calendar that proves that God is both Creator and Keeper of time and destiny.

 

All biblical time frames (bible numbers) can be found within events that span a period of just two years: The period begins with Moses' call at the burning bush, and includes the Exodus, Mount Sinai, and would-be promised-land entry, and it ends with the first observed 'Day of Atonement' (and feast of Tabernacles). These well-known biblical time spans are: 3 days, 3˝, 7, 10, 40, (also, 7 + 33), 49, 70, 7 x 7 x 7 (x 7), 360, (365), 480, 490, (also its subdivisions, 434, 483, 486˝), (LXX 190), (350), 390, (400), 430, and even 1260, "time, times, and a half-a-time," 1290, 1335, and 2300 days! Moreover, most of these time spans occur repeatedly for emphasis and added meaning. For example, '490,' which is 70 'weeks,' or 70 x 7 days, occurs at least 4 distinct times, as do the numbers '7,' '40,' and '7 x 7 x 7.' Also, the key number "430" is found about a dozen times! (Examples are given in the chart, and below.)

 

Why is the birth of Israel as a nation at the Exodus so important to the study of bible-numbers and prophecy? 

The Exodus (spring of 1446 BC) begins the new datum given to Moses for tracking the passage of time. (C.1446 BC has become the "traditional" date for the Exodus amongst most modern evangelical scholars that accept literally the "480th year" mentioned in 1Kings 6:1, in synchronization with extra-biblical records during the later period of the kings of Judah and Israel. Note: most patterns remain intact irrespective of what date one assigns the Exodus.)

"This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you, (Exodus 12:2).

"And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up," (Ex 40:17; see also Numbers 1:1; 9:1; 10:11).

"And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month," (Numbers 33:38; see also Deuteronomy 1:3).

"And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD," (1Kings 6:1).

 

The first 1˝ years of this new datum, and of the life of Israel as a nation, contain in seed form the plan and prophecy of her past, present, and future destiny on the scale of a day being equal to a year.(2) We have a hint of this in the following passage.

"And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. (Numbers 14:33-34).

 

It is most interesting that the above 40 days that they spied out the land ended on the 490th day from the New Year datum, and 430 days from when they entered Mount Sinai, and 40 x 2 days from when they left Mount Sinai! Those familiar with bible numbers will find this amazing since it fits perfectly with the prophecies given concerning these same numbers. The following is but one of many such examples.

The 490th day from the New-Year datum 
is the 430th from Mount Sinai
(of the 360-calendar)

 (See Ezekiel 4:4-9; Daniel 9:20-27)
Day-count (starting from the first day of the year of the Exodus) ==> 410th day 
(Leave Mt. Sinai)		 450th day 
(Send out 12 spies)		 490th day
(Spies return)
Comparison of years with days of equal value ==> Israel spends 350 days at Mount Sinai after coming out of Egypt. From arrival at Mount Sinai until 40 days after leaving, at which time they sent out spies, are 350 + 40 = 390 days. From arrival at Mount Sinai until the completion of the 40-days spying, are 390 + 40 = 430 days.
From entering Egypt until Moses' birth are 350 years. From entering Egypt until Moses' flees from Egypt at age 40, are 350 + 40 = 390 years, (Acts 7:23-36). From entering Egypt until when Moses takes Israel out from Egypt are 390 + 40 = 430 years.
 
  • On the anniversary when the spies returned with an evil report about the land, for which Israel was sentenced to 40 years wandering in the desert, ---"a day for each year they spied out the land, " --- it happens that 430 + 430 years later Israel again went captive into Egypt (and Babylon). This happened in fulfillment of Ezekiel's prophecy as concerning the "390 + 40 (= 430) day-years," (Av 10th, 586 BC, Ezekiel 4). 
    • Since they were in Egypt 430 years, hence a total of 1290 years elapsed from when they entered Egypt until they again went into exile there; (430 + 430 + 430 = 1290 years of Daniel 12:11.)
  • The lunar calendar brings out variations to the 490 days from the New Year datum, (i.e., the day when the spies returned with the evil report). For example, instead of ending the 490th day, it ends the 483rd day. Remarkably, both are agree with Daniel 9:20-27. Notice also the following:
    • At age 77, Jacob worked for a wife for 7 + 7 years, exactly 483 years before the Exodus, etc. He was born 70-times-8 years before the Exodus, and died at 7x7x3 years of age.
    • 483 years after the Exodus (and tabernacle), comes the middle of the 7-years building of the temple of Solomon, 1Kg. 6:1. 
    • 490 + 490 + 490 years later is the ministry of Jesus Christ at age 30, (which is 30 jubilees of 49 years [7 x 7 x 30].)
      • The full pattern is:
        490 days from Mount Sinai until the Day of Atonement (which should have been the commencement of the Day and Year of Jubilee), plus another 490 x 3 years is AD 26, when Christ began His half-of-a-seven-year ministry.
      • This pattern is strikingly similar to the before-mentioned 430 x 3 years (between the captivities), with the 430 days between the arrival at Mt. Sinai and the 490th day of the year--- when the spies returned with evil report. 

 

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***Also, "The day equals a consecutive year/date of time" principle.***

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Theme: Exile and Tribulation

From the seven-year "world-wide" famine of Joseph
until the falls of Egypt, Israel, Assyria, Judah, and Babylonia…

1878–1871 BC
Enter Egypt 1876

 

1446 BC

722 BC

612 BC

586 BC

539 BC

Joseph’s
world-wide
seven-year 
famine

 

Fall of
Egypt

(i.e., the Exodus)

Fall of  
Israel

Fall of
Assyria

Fall of
Judah

Fall of
Babylon

Total years later from the famine -->

 

390/430
years (Ezk.4)

from famine

1150
  years (Dan.8)

from famine

1260
years (Rev.12)

from famine

1290
years (Dan.12)

from famine

1335
years (Dan.12)

from famine

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