Bible Prophecy Numbers:

The Writing on the Wall

Bible Numbers: The Writing on the Wall against Belshazzar.

Chapter Two, Part D

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III) 1260 years:

Again from this seven-year famine of Joseph, till the fall Nineveh (612 BC), capital of Assyria, there are 1260 years. (It was Assyria who had earlier destroyed Israel, but now it was Assyria’s turn to drink "the cup of wrath," Isa. 51:17-23; cf. Isa. 8:4.)

Table 6

Famine|________+_1260__________| Assyria falls

1878–1871 BC (7-yr famine) + 1260 years = 618–611 BC.

Assyria’s three capitals fell during the years 614–612 BC

 

IV) 1290 years (i.e., the prophetic 3½ years-of-years):

        A) 1278 years (i.e., our solar 3½ years-of-years);

        B) 1270 years years (i.e., a normal lunar 3½ years-of-years).

The above lunar, solar, and prophetic 3½ years of years––even all three––aligns exactly with all three deportations from Judah when starting from the entry into Egypt in 1876 BC. Furthermore, each of these are repeated again at one year a part, as a parallel witness! This one-year-apart parallel pattern has its beginning starting from the middle of the 7 years of Joseph’s famine (instead of the entry), ending at these same three exiles.

{It was mid-famine when both the Egyptians and their land were sold into bondage to Pharaoh in agreement for the exchange of food.{15} 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.

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. Everything of everything in the numbers has two or three witnesses to them. Therefore, amazingly the primary number of "1290 years" spans to the like primary exile of 586 (587) BC, whereas the minor lunar and solar calendars aligns with the like minor exiles of 605 (606) and 597 (598) BC. Hence, the minor calendars are positioned so as to buttress the testimony of the primary (prophetic) calendar, rather than originate a distinct pattern on its own.

The use of the solar and lunar in buttressing its parent calendar (i.e., the prophetic) is evident in the pattern itself. There are a total of 8 separate strands of alignment when using the prophetic number of 1290, but only two each for the lunar and the solar, (hence a total of 12 separate strands––see the next few tables for clarification).

If one objects to my using the possible dates of 606, 598, 587, and 582 BC for the exiles of Judah idealistically in company at once with the commonly preferred dates (i.e., set one year later), it matters little anyway; whatever one’s own preference, there yet remains a minimum of 6 strands of alignment!}

To continue: As said, all four exiles aligns from when Israel entered Egypt, and yet again from the middle of the 7 years of Joseph’s famine. The 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 Gen. 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 prophetically the mid-seven-year-tribulation period prophesied to come––which prophesy is the very originator of these same "3½-year periods." 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).

The use of all three major types of calendars here testifies to the all-encompassing nature of God’s judgment and of His mercy (just as the seven-year famine of Joseph did). Like the rainbow (Gen. 8:33; 9:12-17) they represent God’s three faithful witnesses in the sky (Jer. 31:35-36)––the sun, moon, and stars––that are given "for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years" (Gen. 1:14; cf. Rev. 12:1-6). Nevertheless, the prophetic numbers (such as 1290 and 1260) have lead over their lunar and solar counterparts.

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