You be the Judge.
Is this a mathematical prophecy!
The Prophecy ... Ezekiel 4:4-6
Eze 4:4 “Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.[fn] You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.
Eze 4:5 I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.
Eze 4:6 “After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
Here, we find God telling Ezekiel that each day he (Ezekiel) lies on his side will represent one year of punishment for the nation Israel (Israel + Judah) because of their iniquities (sins) against God, So, we have:
390 days Judgment against the 10 northern tribes 'Israel'
+ 40 days Judgment against the 2 southern tribes 'Judah'
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= 430 years Judgment against the nation of Israel
The Fulfillment of the Prophetic Judgment Begins
In 606 B.C. Israel (Judah) was taken into captivity by Babylon for exactly 70 years
430 years of judgment determined against nation Israel
- 70 years fulfilled during the Babylonian captivity
= 360 years remaining in judgment against the nation of Israel
There should have been a total of 360 years left in judgment against Israel after their release from Babylonian captivity by the Persian general Cyrus, exactly 70 years after the Babylonian captivity began (just as the prophet Jeremiah had prophesied before the captivity) ... but where was the remaining 360-year judgment in Israel's history?
Well, it was found out by searching the scriptures diligently!
Bible scholars could not find any specific captivity or dispersion that fulfilled these 360 years left in the judgment until a close look in the book of Leviticus revealed a startling prophetic warning ...
Lev 26:14 “ ‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,
Lev 26:15 and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,
Lev 26:16
then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
Lev 26:17
I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.
Lev 26:18
“ ‘If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.
Lev 26:19
I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
Lev 26:20
Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.
Lev 26:21
“ ‘If you remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve.
Lev 26:22
I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.
Lev 26:23 “ ‘If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me,
Lev 26:24 I myself will be hostile toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.
Lev 26:25 And I will bring the sword on you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.
Lev 26:26 When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.
Lev 26:27 “ ‘If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile toward me,
Lev 26:28 then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.
Lev 26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins.
Israel disobeyed and they had to serve 7 times the remaining punishment period! So! Let's go!
Let apply the 7 times the 360 years left of their punishment and see when they will finally pay their debt to Jehovah.
360 Remaining years of judgment
x 7 The prophetic '7 times added for disobedience
= 2,520 years of Judgement left for Israel
God gave the Jews the most sophisticated calendar on Earth. It is both a Lunar and a Solar calendar. The Jewish calendar uses a 360-day lunar (and prophetic) year and then adds a 'Leap Month' on specific years to accurately coincide with the Solar cycle we use on our 'Julian' calendar ...
The Bible uses 360 day years for prophecies and expects us to add the appropriate 'leap months' on schedule. So, the easiest way to unravel this prophecy is to first convert this prophecy into days ...
2,520 years
x 360 days
= 907,200 days of judgment remained against nation Israel after the Babylonian captivity
Now, to convert the 907,200 days found in this prophecy into our 365.25-day solar (Julian) years (the .25 adjusts for leap years) . . .
907,200 days ÷ 365.25 days = 2,483.78 years of God's judgment remained
With this information, let's look at this remarkable prophecy again . . .
606 B.C Israel taken into Babylonian captivity
- 70 Years for 70 years
= 536 B.C. End of first 70 years of judgment
+ 2483 Years Now add the 2,483 years remaining in this judgment
+ 1 Year Add 1 year because there is no "0" B.C. or A.D.
= 1948 AD! End of judgment against nation Israel
My friend called me and said they were talking about me in field service and they said oh she will be back (in the witnesses).
I told her that “Once a mind is enlightened about Christ, it simply cannot go back into the darkness”.
I could never, I explained let 9 men just tell me some stuff about the Bible and expect me to accept it because they said so.
I have found young teenagers able to read a scripture from the Bible and understand it by reading the whole chapter.
Yet the governing body can’t get it straight.
No, Organizations aren’t necessary to get to an understanding of the Bible. You do need the Helper, One just like Jesus, the Holy Spirit to get to know Jehovah.
The Lord revealing things to a few would certainly fit w/history. In these days since the church is so scattered there are so many that are being shown things yet they are likely not being heard by those in their church’s, It seems there is a call to go and let it be known that they need to get out from among them and start searching and serving God outside of the buildings. I plan on taking the winter while I am off work and dedicating that time to study and I may even take a class just for fun as All the seminary schools I have looked at have a statement of faith including but not limited to things like the trinity. Well who needs a degree from men, God calls his ministers by name. Im not sure what I will do but Im sure Jesus will make sure I figure it out. My time in school as a J.W. did me much good I admit, ministry school was fun and pioneer school was interesting as well, yet no other denomination recognizes a JW as a minister, a baptist church wont recognise a Methodist and so on…
Lee Anthony, I am going through the Bible book by book and verse by verse with koinonia House:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chuck+missler+learn+the+bible+in+24+hours+session+1
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chuck+missler+genesis+1+
I also get a Hebrew language view with Jewish Christians here:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=torah+class
The in-depth knowledge of the Bible taught by the Witnesses was of great benefit to me. I am able to learn Hebrew and listen to other voices without getting confused.
The Holy Spirit guides us it seems to the right material. I have found verse by verse is the best way for me to understand the Bible.
The topical way is the doctrine of that particular religion, hell, death, etc.
I have learned that you understand Revelation much better if you go thru Genesis verse by verse and get the real Hebrew words and meanings. Genesis has Revelation concealed within it and Revelation reveals Genesis along with the book of Joshua.
I learned about Ruth and Boaz showing that Jesus was doing Leviate saving of offspring for his brother Adam through the seed of the woman. A woman does not have seed but Gen. 3: shows there is not male involved, Christ is the father of those born to her by adoption and redemption.
I always said Jesus was a man but was much more than that while on earth. So more had to be involved in his ransoming of Adam’s children. I learned a ransom can be much more than is asked. We were taught He was just a man. But men don’t raise the dead (Adam). Adam never healed the sick etc. But a verse by verse helps you get the point and forget the doctrine instilled in us from the minds of one man and then 9.
The fact that they believe in the trinity doesn’t bother me as time and time again the instructors say well here is a spot where God knew things Jesus didn’t, meaning they see it also but there is no trinity doctrine or any doctrine taught in these two, I have found so far for me it works.
I have to devote at least 3 hours a day or more as I do housework and hobbies. In the car, I run it thru my radio and cell phones pick right up where you stopped.
It works for me but others may have some other suggestions that have worked for them.
I recently wrote Torah classes to discuss one thought where I felt he took liberties and I explained to him to look at his clip and you can see the embarrassment at teaching the thought and that it made no sense. They wrote back that they would discuss it with me.
I will wait to see how it turns out because it is an obvious addition to the Bible but a very difficult scripture to understand.
I have read many interpretations of this and the math makes sense, one can even work it out to 1967 I see. I do think the prophecy of Israels regathering was fulfilled in 1948. Was this the time prophecy? Maybe, I tried finding Jewish interpretation and have yet to do so.
Lee, I actually saw a Jewish Rabbi show this on a YouTube years ago but could never find it again. He also got 1967.
He stated that these dates were there all the time but in the 1800 when Jews started going back to Israel the dates couldn’t be understood properly.
One immutable fact about Jehovah, He says what he means and means what he says.
He had already told Israel that a factor of 7 times would be added if they refused to obey him about His Sabbath rests of the land.
That means we can have confidence now that whatever He says will definitely happen.
That is why I got upset when I read Jeremiah 4:22-26 where He said he looked and there was no man or birds. I wondered when did that ever happen?. If He says it, it will happen or in that case it seemed it had already happened. But when?
But let me ask you a question. Why is it Russell, Rutherford and the Witnesses couldn’t figure this out? All three claimed God was talking to them as special.
Russell and Rutherford understood about the Jewish people but both was hasty in rushing God.
Rutherford went with the doctrine of substitutionaism, the Church replaced Israel, and the Witnesses and some few other religions still hold to that pre_1948 doctrine.
It just shows Jehovah through his Holy Spirit can reveal matters to any of his servants. No huge organization or associations are needed, just 2 or 3 as our Lord Jesus said.
This is not foolproof but this is one way to get 1948. After an event it is easier to figure it out.