Author: Rene Fretz

Biblical Figures of Symbolism and the Hebrew Mysteries

Greetings and God Bless everyone on Tune-in-Tuesday tonite! I’m blessed to teach on a topic I was asked to look into by Rev. Nessle on Biblical Symbols. I’d like to thank Jon for his invitation to teach, and In honor of Veteran’s Day, its suitable to open this teaching with a Military themed incident from the history modern of Israel.

As we will consider June 5th (& 6th), 1967 on the regular Jewish calendar as the anniversary of when Jesus left Jerusalem for the Mount of Olives where he ascended up to heaven on Iyar 27. Jesus said that He would soon return from heaven back to the Mount of Olives “in like manner”, (Acts 1:11-12;
Zech 14:2-4), on the third day”, which is Iyar 28th.

On Iyar 28th, 1967, or June 7th, 1967, the following key events took place from the top of the Mt. of Olives, on the 3rd day of Israel’s Six-day war, in view of Jerusalem’s old city…

Colonel Mordechai (Motta) Gur, Commander of the 55^th Paratroopers Brigade, issued a historic order over his wireless communicator to the intrepid Israeli Defense Forces’:

“All company commanders, as his voice resounded thru the air; “we’re sitting right now on the ridge in view of the Old City. Shortly, we’re going to go into the Old City of Jerusalem, that all generations have dreamed about. We will be the first to enter the Old City. Commander Eitan’s tanks will advance on the left and will enter in at the Lion’s Gate…#1

Having given his historic order, Col. Motta Gur descended the Mount of Olives and approached the Lion’s Gate, with his forces instructing, a tank to blow a breach through the portal. Once achieved, Alpha Company poured in.

Inside the Lion’s Gate is a small court. On the left and slightly uphill Col. Gur saw the Gate of the Tribes, leading to the Temple Mount. Straight ahead lies the Via Dolorosa; the 600 meter processional route through Jerusalem’s Old City representing the path Jesus took to his crucifixion as perfect sacrifice for humanity. This route marks key moments in Jesus’ final journey, as he was condemned by Pontius Pilate that ended in the offering of his sinless life for all mankind. Col. Motta Gur was ordered to secure this lane, that winds its way into the center of the Old City, with the troops final rendezvous to be on the open square above. As the Six-day war began on the anniversary of “40 days” after Jesus’ resurrection and before his Ascension, it aligns with the counting of the Omer- the 50 days between Firstfruits and Passover to Pentecost. This 1967 Six-Day War ended before the Festival of Pentecost [Shavuot], that fell on June 12-13, which all serves to foreshadow the Return of Christ. 

According to the lunar calendar of Israel, the Six-Day War for Jerusalem began on Pentecost, an anniversary of Moses’ “6 days” on Mount Sinai. Shavuot also marked the wheat harvest in Israel & the revelation of the 10 Commandments to Moses and Israel at Mt. Sinai. #2

Ex. 24:15-18 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain-peak and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud… Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Both May 15, 1948, at reformed statehood of Israel and June 7, 1967, seizure of Jerusalem overlap the anniversary of the “seven days” of Israel overwhelmed at the glory of God on Mt. Sinai also mirror the “seven days” Ezekiel was overwhelmed at God’s glory,  (Ex. 24; Ezek. 3:14-16).

Overwhelmed “seven days” by God’s glory (Ezek. 3:15-16, 4:1-17), Ezekiel was then commanded to lay on his side ‘390 + 40 = 430 days’, “a day for each year”, (Ezek. 4). He made a model of Jerusalem and symbolically besieged it.

Exactly seven years later — a year for every day that he sat overwhelmed — the city did indeed fall. The people went into exile to Babylon (and Egypt) for 70 years.

Thus, from the symbolic and literal siege, were 77 and 70 years until the temple was rebuilt, (Zech. 1), (593/586 to 516 BC). God had Ezekiel bear their sin, to forgive them, if they repented. (Ezek. 4). Ezekiel’s symbolic seige of Jerusalem as our subject was a Biblical Symbol for the literal seige that followed.

When it comes to Biblical Figures of Speech our “go to” expert is ever E.W. Bullinger, who says that generally Symbols are some type of material object substituted for a moral or spiritual truth. #3 This by itself is a voluminous topic, and has been the subject of many separate works. Thus only a concise summary of Biblical Symbols is given here, relative to our current application.

Symbols in language, are the use of one thing to represent another. The nearest word to symbol is Mystery… which means secret. Later it came to mean a secret sign. Speaking of Isa. 7:14 “Behold a virgin shall concieve and bear a son,” since this refers to the house of David, Isaiah explains how that which was spoken by God to David, in a mystery actually came to pass.” Perhaps, Justin Martyr adds; “you are not aware my friends, there are many sayings written obscurely; or in parables or in secret signs, or symbols, which the prophets who lived after the persons who said or did them-expounded.” Thus, we will see that Symbols are practically synonymous with the latter use of mystery- meaning a secret sign. Bible examples where it is used in this sense include [Rev. 1:20] where the stars seen by John were a mystery, and in Rev. 17:5-7; Babylon is said to be a mysterion [or symbol] i.e. a secret sign of something spiritual or moral that it represents. #4 In its New Testament; Eph. 5:32 use, refers to symbols or secret signs of spiritual truths and events used to commemorate them.” #5 These NT references must be distinguished from Old Testament mysteries that were addressed to Israel, since the Almighty Himself hid the “Great Mystery about Christ and the Church” in Eph. 5:32, till He revealed it to the Apostle Paul in his Church Epistles.

The Greek word Musterion [G3466] derives from “mustes” one initiated into sacred mysteries which in turn derives from “muo“- to close or shut the lips or eyes, denoted in general something hidden or not fully manifest. It also denotes a sacred thing hidden, naturally unknown to human reason and is only known by revelation from God, [Rom. 16:25, Eph. 1:9, 3:9, 6:19, I Tim. 3:9-16, I Cor. 2:7]. In this sense it denotes spiritual truth couched under an external representation, or similitude, and concealed or hidden thereby unless an explanation is given.” #6

  All Metonymies are in a certain sense Symbols. when for example “cup” is used by metonomy for “blessing” [Ps. 16:5, 116:13] or “clay” for “man” Isa. 64:7-8; or “gate” for entrance, one is practically a symbol for the other. By repeated and constant use, one is more tightly linked to the other, and is used as a symbol of it and substituted for it. The transition stage is hypocatastasis or implication. The 3 stages by which a symbol is reached then are: 1. Either by Metonomy or Metaphor, one thing is used to represent another; 2. One is used to imply the other, then 3. It becomes permanently substituted for it as symbol of it. #7

The example of “leaven” causing fermentation was therefore forbidden to use with any sacrifice to the Lord in OT Law. Then its used by Metonomy for that which is corrupt, [I Cor. 5:6-8]. Then by implication its used for corrupt or evil doctrine; [Matt. 16:6]. Finally, its used as a permanent symbol of it [Matt. 13:33], which is why leaven is always used in a bad sense, for that which is corrupt. #8

The Heavenly Father always protected the integrity of His sacrifices in the OT Temple and Tabernacle, which is why he punished Israel whenever they did not follow His laws. God called the Israelites a “rebellious nation that rebelled against Me.” He called them impudent children & stiffhearted, to whom He sent His prophet Ezekiel to warn them of the consequences of their actions, [Ezek. 2:3-5]. God knew the Israelites would not listen to His words via Ezekiel, but by His justice, He desried to give them an opportunity to hear God’s Word in their situation, and repent. [Ezek. 3:17]

Israel’s key military victory over Antiochus IV and his professional Greek army serves as a historical precedent for another key military victory that aligns with the Abomination Desolation timeline in Chart #2 on 12/6/166* BC, and the defeat of the End times Anti-Christ who rises in the next Jubilee after Israel’s six-day War of 1967 started, and Jerusalem is retaken. Both dates of Israeli control in 1948 & 1967 fell on Pentecost, which was the Anniversary when God gave Moses the OT Law on Mt. Sinai, along with the birth of the Church-the Spiritual body of Christ- 8 days after Jesus’ Ascension initiated the New Testament.

A Key record of Biblical symbolism regarding Israel’s sovereignty in their city-state-includes Jerusalem. The prophecies of Ezekiel link to the treading down of Jerusalem and it’s Temple, especially by Nebuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC. Thus, the key dates of Israel’s 1948 statehood, and Jerusalem’s 1967 seizure fell also both on the anniversary of Jerusalem’s fall in 586 BC that occured  seven years after Ezekiel’s call (from 593 BC–586 BC). This preceded the 430 days Ezekiel lay on his side in the symbolic Jerusalem siege, to bear Israel’s sin, (Ezekiel 4:1-17, 430=390+40). [390=13 x 30], as 390 years signified not only Israel’s years of apostasy, but also 390 days of Jerusalem’s symbolic siege for Ezekiel, [1`3 months =13 x 30 days]. The Prophet Ezekiel was thus designated by God to bear Israel’s iniquity as seen in Ezekiel’s symbolic seige of Jerusalem in Ezek. 4, below. #15

Both dates of Israeli control in 1948 and 1967 fell on Pentecost, which was the anniversary when God gave Moses the OT Law on Mt. Sinai, with the birth of the Church-the Spiritual body of Christ- 10 days after Jesus’ Ascension opened the New Covenant.

Ezek. 4:4-17 [4:1–5 show the 7 steps of Ezekiel’s symbolic seige of Jerusalem.

4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: ² And lay siege against it, [1] and build a fort against it, [2] and cast a mount against it; [3] set the camp also against it, [4] and set thy battering rams against it round about. [5] ³ Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city:[6] and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. [7]

In the last sentence of Ez. 4:5 Ezekiel’s symbolic seige of Jerusalem was to be a “sign” [H226-owth] to the house of Israel. H226 as Gen. 1:14 refers to lights of heaven as signs of the times, this includes the cyclic nature of the stars and planets like the Solar and Lunar Eclipse Cycle is a basis of the Calendar of Israel. It can be a sign of something past, as we have seen in many of these events taking place on an anniversary of historic events recalled in Jewish history. “These events are signs and miracles of divine power; [Deut. 4:34, 6:22, 7:19, 29:2, 34:11]. The fulfillment of these foretold events serves as proof of the future fulfillment of their entire prophecy.” #15a

Bullinger notes here regarding Ezek. 4:1-3 that; “As this has to do with the city of Jerusalem, the periods must neccesarily be coterminous with something that affects the ending of its punishment. This was effected solely by the decree for the restoration and rebuilding of Jerusalem…” #16  This of course, is what we find as we put together the elements and time periods of the restoration of Jerusalem in the new State of Israel.

⁴ Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. ⁵ For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

⁶ And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. ⁷ Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it. [390+40=430 days=years]

⁸ And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. ⁹ Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days [390] shalt thou eat thereof. ¹⁰ And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. ¹¹ Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

¹² And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. ¹³ And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. ¹⁴ Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

¹⁵ Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. ¹⁶ Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: ¹⁷ That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

The prophecies of Ezekiel relate to the treading down of Jerusalem and it’s Temple, especially by Nebuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC. This means that 1948 and 1967 fell also both on the anniversary of the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC that took place seven years after Ezekiel’s call (from 593 BC to 586 BC). This preceded the 430 days that Ezekiel lay on his side in the siege of Jerusalem symbolically, to bear Israel’s sin, (Ezekiel 4:1-17, 430=390+40). [390=13 x 30],  as 390 years signified not only Israel’s years of apostasy, but also 390 days of Jerusalem’s symbolic siege for Ezekiel, [1`3 months =13 x 30 days].#17 This also mirrors the 7 days that Ezekiel sat astonished after the revelation God showed him regarding the corrupt and rebellious state of Israel, [Ezek. 3:15-16]

The Four Beast Kingdoms in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

What has escaped the notice of many about Luke 21:24-33, is Jesus’ prophecy on Jerusalem being over-run and controlled by the Gentiles, as verse 24 sets the immediate context of the celestial signs of the Sun, Moon & Stars, and the distress of nations in verses 11-25. This should direct our focus to heavenly signs marking eclipses bracketing the 168-166 Blood Moon Tetrad, before Rome’s destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD, in a key era as the Temple at Jerusalem was over-run, after Necuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC. As
we’ve noted numerical patterns linked to 1260 and 2520 years and days, we have revealed not only an alignment with the prophecies of Ezekiel above, but also the The Beast Kingdom’s of Necuchadnezzar’s dream as they align with the Eclipse cycles related to Blood Moon Tetrads and Jubilee cycles, in a convergence of Bible history and Prophecy with Astronomical history, with
a mutual basis of collaboration and verification, revealing the Hand of God though history, relative to His judgment and restoration of Jerusalem and Israel, with the Gentile nations involved in this saga.

With Israel’s recapture of Jerusalem in 1967, and events pertaining to the Temple Mount, we can see the early restoration stages of Israel by God over His city and State. 

Figure 4. Blood Moon Eclipses visible over Jerusalem.

For example, the final Super Blood Moon of the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad took place after an opening of the Hebrew 50-year Jubilee on Atonement Day, Sept. 23rd, 2015, exactly 2 years prior to the Rev. 12 sign on 9/23/2017. This is notable since the 9/28/15 Super Blood Moon was the 1st Blood Moon in this Tetrad, visible in Jerusalem, as the city of God was liberated by Israel for the first time in near 2000 years in a preceding Jubilee year-1967 marked too, by the previous Blood Moon Tetrad of 1967-68.

The lunar triples framing the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad not only recall the Jerusalem Temple razing on 2 key dates in Israel’s history, in the Hebrew Sabbath years of 586-587 BC by Nebuchadnezzar and by Titus in 69-70 AD, that also reveals links to the Rev. 12 sign and a Jupiter–Regulus triple union of Christ’s birth but the Jubilee Calendar also marks 27-28 AD as a Jubilee year, when Jesus opened his ministry to Israel, seen in [Isa. 61:1ff and Lk. 4:18-19]. This too opens our eyes to Israel’s expectations of a Coming Third Temple in Jerusalem, prophesied by Daniel; [9:27] and the Apostle Paul; [2 Thess. 2:3-4].

In Ezekiel’s history of Jerusalem’s fall, he wrote as God’s Spirit exited in stages, (c. 592 BC) #19 to return 19 years later– 573 BC in stages, (Ezek. 8, 40). Likewise, in Israel’s restoration–these stages align to the day, in prophecy and eclipse cycles via 19-year Metonic cycles, in Israel’s 1948 statehood reform: and a 1967, Six-Day War. This six-day restoration, & Temple Mount seizure, with East Jerusalem made history. The June 5-10, 1967, week recalls a June 7, 167 BC Total Solar Eclipse- in the 168-166 BC Blood Moon Tetrad, in Part. 1 of a 3 part study just concluded over the last 3 blogs. June 5th 1967, was also Pentecost. A 19- year Metonic cycle fits Ezekiel’s (573 BC) temple–vision-of a reformed Israel over 1260 + 1260 yrs.= 2520 yrs. (2520 days are also a 7-year match– of the week of God’s call to Ezekiel, [Ezek. 3:15-18] {360 x 7= 2520 days.} #20

This should direct our focus towards the heavenly signs around the eclipses framing Rome’s destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD, by Titus as a key period when the Jerusalem Temple was down-trodden by the Gentiles. As these 70 AD signs hold not only a Rev. 12 sign of a triple union of Jupiter and Regulus, not to mention the Jupiter–Venus union in Leo as at Christ’s birth, it points to relevant Celestial signs of Christ’s First Advent in light of his Return.

 Also, as Israel seized Jerusalem in 1967, followed by events around the control of the Temple Mount, we find the first stages of God’s restoration of Israel. As Luni-solar eclipse cycles are part of the heavenly signs of Sun, Moon & Stars, including modern Blood Moon Tetrads, there is much we can learn from this study.

Jerusalem fell starting the week of Tammuz 9, matching the middle of the same week & month of God’s Call to Ezekiel exactly 1260 + 1260 days [7 years] earlier, [Dan. 9:24-27]. Israel spent exactly 430 years in Egypt (Ex. 12:41), and in Ex. 2: 11-15, (w/ Acts 7:23-29), we are told that Moses thought to deliver the nation 40 years earlier, but was forced to flee instead for his life. Thus, we have the same breakdown of 430 here as Ezekiel 4:4-6 (i.e., 390 + 40 = 430 years). #22 This also relates to the Hebrew alphabetical acrostic of Lamentations, lamenting the fall of Jerusalem. Here the Jerusalem Temple burned on the 7th & 10th of Av, [Jer. 52:12, 2 Kgs. 25:8] as it did under Nebuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC and Titus in 70 AD. In this 9th year of Nebuchadnezzar as the Temple burnt on the 9th day of the 4th month, which was made a fast day. [Jer. 39:2, 52:12-14].

Exodus 12:40-51

⁴⁰ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹ And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

⁴² It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

⁴³ And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: ⁴⁴ But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 

⁴⁵ A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. ⁴⁶ In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. ⁴⁷ All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. ⁴⁸ And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

⁴⁹ One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourns among you. ⁵⁰ Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. ⁵¹ And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

God’s original Covenant with Abraham/Israel was unconditional, [Gal. 3:17-20]. It was 400 years till the birth of Isaac-Abraham’s seed, and 430 years from The Promise made here, by His Godly Covenant with Abraham and his seed. The same 400 years from Isaac’s birth. [Acts 7:6]

Gen. 15:12-21

¹² And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

¹³ And He said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; ¹⁴ And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. ¹⁵ And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. ¹⁶ But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
¹⁸ In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: ¹⁹ The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, ²⁰ And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, ²¹ And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

In this last section we will reference how the USA was trisected by eclipses in seven eclipse years from 2017-2024, as prelude to another seven year Eclipse cycle in 2027-2034. As we inspect Earth’s geography of North America and the Middle East that the Almighty Creator marked with exactitude of His eclipse cycles, we find future eclipses of 8/2/2027 and 3/20/2034 cross over the middle-east boundaries of the Promised Land that God marked for Abraham’s Seed in His Everlasting Covenant that He made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It’s hard to find any nation in history so perfectly geographically trisected with Solar Eclipses as the USA is by eclipses on 8-21-2017, 10-14-2023 and 4-8-2024…over a 2422 day span. “A“ is for Alpha, (Hebrew) Alef , This “A” is comprised  of three shadow lines: two X’s. The 8-21-2017 and 4-8-2024 are Hepton Total Eclipses, both falling on Monday’s.

 

 Paleo-Hebrew was the script in which the Old Testament was written, not the modern script that is currently used (being standardized around 200 B.C.)

On the left is a Tav–the last letter (22nd) of the Hebrew alphabet– essentially a cross or X in the above illustration.

On the right is the Paleo-Hebrew “Aleph“–the first letter of the alphabet. The Tav is being written by the shadow of the Moon on both locations. The Aleph-(where we get Alpha and our letter A) is written by shadows of the 2017, 2023 and 2024 eclipses over the USA. #24

The Alpha and the Omega

Reading right to left,  “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” –Rev. 22:13… A look back at the Aleph (A) over the USA in the last section depicts the Tav and “X” over the heartland of the USA.

Total Solar Tav over America-2017 and 2024

 

As the Tav, forms the cross, the 22nd, and last letter of the original Hebrew alphabet- it means truth. In the Greek alphabet, X is the symbol for the letter ‘chi. ‘ Chi (or X) is the first letter in the Greek word for “Christ” and can stand in for the word “Christ“, which is why people can write “Happy Xmas.” In the early days of the Christian church, Christians used the letter ‘X’ as a secret symbol to indicate their fellowship in the Christian Church to others.

The above map illustrates the Total Solar Eclipses of 2017 and 2024 over America, both on Mondays, separated by a 2422 day (7-eclipse year) span.

The coming Middle-east Eclipse crossing in 2027 and 2034 also shows an X.

[map from 1260d.com] 25

As the author points out this eclipse crossing in view of the Giza Plateau, embodies the southern border of the land God promised to Abraham in Gen. 15:8 [see Ex. 6:1-8]. As we recently concluded 120 hours of teaching in our OT History class over 1.5 years, showing how the Jews have dwelt in this middle eastern land of Israel starting with Abraham for 1900+ years! This evident unchanging truth of Bible history will never be erased by holocaust denying terrorists, as God’s Word stands. On Aug 2nd, 2027 and March 20, 2034 Total Eclipses intersect near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt…are also divided by a 2422-day span (7 Eclipse Years). Like the American Total Eclipses, both Hepton Cycle eclipses occur on Mondays. All four crossing eclipses are members of the same Hepton Cycle.

We have supplied the Matching Comparison Charts for both 2027 and 2034, where the Aug 2nd, 2027 and March 20, 2034 Total Eclipses crossover the Middle-East above. An intriguing element here is the time from 27 AD to 34    AD 2000 years prior to the Matching-Repeating Eclipses of modern times to those of Queen Esther and Mordecai in ancient Persia, contain all feasible dates of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but our research shows Christ was Crucified April 28th, 28 AD.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2027 AD with 477 BC #26
Eclipse Date	Source	Saros	Sun/Moon	Eclipse Date BC	Source	Saros
2/06/27 AD	T&D	131	Ann. Solar	2/06/477	LBAT
2/20/27 AD	NASA	143	Pen. Lunar	2/21/477	NASA	64
8/02/27 AD	T&D	136	Near Lunar	8/02/477	LBAT
8/17/27 AD	NASA	148	Pen. Solar	8/16/477	NASA	69

The Aug. 2^nd, 2027 eclipse over east Saudi Arabia, and the Nile river valley, projects into the rest of the 21^st Century as the longest eclipse,      visible in Israel forming an “X” over middle eastern boundaries, of the original lands Promised to Abraham and his seed.

Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2034 AD with 469 BC  #27
Eclipse Date AD	Source	Saros	Sun/Moon	Eclipse Date BC	Source	Saros
3/20/34	Nasa	130	Tot. Solar	3/20/469	LBAT	51
4/03/34	NASA	142	Pen. Lunar	4/03/469	NASA	63
9/12/34	Nasa	135	Ann. Solar	9/12/469	LBAT	56
9/28/34	NASA	147	Part. Lunar	9/28/469	NASA	68

These eclipses occur on the 19-year Metonic just as Spring Solar Equinox eclipses match calendar days of 3-20-2015 and 3-20-2034. A lunar tetrad occurred in 2023 and will in 2033, while a High Holy day Tetrad occurs in 2033 and 2034 (though the eclipses are not total in 2034). In each case, a key solar eclipse on the Spring Equinox occurs between lunar eclipses on High holy days of Judaism. #28

AMERICAN OMEGA–THE TOTAL ECLIPSES 

Monday August 21st, 2017

 

The USA divided in half on Aug, 2017, 7 months and 1 day after Trump’s first inauguration as the 45th US President, first day of the month of Elul, Hebrew year 5777. #29 This was verifed in a 2024 Fall re-election as 47th US President. In Jewish tradition, the month of Elul is a time of repentance to prepare for the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

With these examples of Bible Prophecy that fit for both days and years, we have seen a pattern of Bible numbers that underlies Scripture’s structure as identified by E.W. Bullinger and others. These examples of Biblical Symbols  as they relate to the Hebrew Mysteries, give us prime examples of the depth and beauty of how God loves and works with His people, and I’m so blessed and thankful to be named and counted among His Chidren. As we have noted the Hand of God’s judgment over Israel and mankind in the brief but mighty instances in the history of God’s Word, we should thankfully acknowledge the authority of the Almighty with humility, for His ultimate Grace and Love to us for our blessings, and give our utmost for His Highest, as the only proper response to His calling on each of our lives.

God’s Abundant Blessings,

Rene’

Footnotes

1. From the Archives of the Avi Yaffe Recording Studio in Jerusalem.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavuot
3. Companion Bible, Appendix 6, p. 8, E.W. Bullinger.
4. Figures of Speech used in the Bible. p. 769, E.W. Bullinger.
5. IBID, p. 770.
6. [Lexicon to the OT & NT edited by Spiros Zodhiates in Greek Hebrew Key Study  Bible, p. 1712 on Strong’s #[G3466].
7. Figures of Speech used in the Bible. p. 770, E.W. Bullinger.
8. Ibid p. 770
9. [360calender.com]
10. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
11. Companion Bible marginal note on [Ezek. 4:4-6] E.W. Bullinger
12. [360calender.com]
13. “Witness of the Stars,” ppg. 188-190 , E.W. Bullinger.
Dates for Solar and Total Lunar Eclipse data are From NASA [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0199–0100.html]
14. Witness of the Stars, ppg. 177-184, E.W. Bullinger.
15. www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org
15a. Gesenius Hebrew Chaldee Lexicon to the OT. p. 24 #[226-owth]
16. Companion Bible marginal note on 390 days of Ezek. 4:5 [Ezek. 4:1-3] E.W. Bullinger
17. www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org
18. Comparison Chart #4 Saros Matching 1949-67 & 1950-68 Eclipse Tetrads, [Supernatural by Design Youtube video-“This Purim Eclipse Changes Everything. Pt. 1.”]
19. https://www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org/bible_prophecy-Israel-nation-1260-years-x2-b-details.htm#Seven-years
20. www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org
21. IBID
22. https://www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org/1290-days-years-equals_dates-bible-prophecy.htm
23. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
24. IBID
25. IBID
26. LBAT-Late Babylonian Astronomical Tablets-Star Dairies of Ancient Babylon available via Sachs-Hunger (1988-1996) and Hunger (2001).
T&D; [https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/]
27. NASA’s Five Millennium Canon of Eclipses for these dates [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLE/5MCLE-Figs-04.pdf]
28. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
29. IBID

Three Biblical-Historical Types of the End-Times Anti-Christ, [Part 3.]

Welcome to Part 3 of our study on the 3 Types and forerunners of the End-Times AntiChrist. This study summarizes our November Blog in a composite view of these three historical forerunners of the End-times Anti-Christ. As the Messiah is the dominant person and Red Thread in each Bible book, the idea of a Biblical Type as rooted in past examples to be embodied in a future man, who fills traits of Messiah’s imprint. We find Examples in [1Cor. 10:6, 11, I Tim. 4:12] and in John 20:25, where the word for “print” is [tupos– G5179] to model, as a statue or figure in: [Rom. 5:14, Acts 7:43-idol], or form of doctrine; [Rom. 6:3-7] and a pattern of good works, [Tit. 2:7].#28c As the 1st Adam was antitype–for the 2nd Adam, a tupos of Jesus Christ, so our three Bible-Historical-types, are examples or Types of the End Times Antichrist.

These 3 historical conqueror’s of the earthly city of God-Jerusalem, are Types & forerunner’s of an End-times Anti-Christ in his 4th Beast kingdom, with 10 horns as the “little horn” who displaces 3 of these 10 future kings, in [Dan. 7:8-22, Rev. 13:1-2]. As the Beast Kingdom in Revelation is a composite Kingdom of the Beast and its Kings, in Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian dream, so the three King’s; Antiochus IV, Roman Titus with Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon unite to form a composite image of the Beast/Anti-Christ himself.

The Four Beast Kingdoms in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

1948 The Nation of Israel & 1967 The Liberation of Jerusalem

They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Luke 21:24

May 15, 1948 was Israel’s first full day as a nation, marking a key transition away from the “times of the Gentiles” The Arab-Israeli war opened near 3 am on May 15 with Egypt’s attack. In 1948, Israel’s national rebirth, was perfectly timed on the prophetic clock of the Almighty, as was 1967, with Jerusalem’s liberation. Both 1948 and 1967 are major stages in the transition from “the times of the Gentiles” back to Israel’s dominion in their City and State.

The “times of the Gentiles” began in the days of Daniel, Ezekiel, & Jeremiah [47] when Jerusalem was taken by the Babylonians. After that, there was self-rule only on a partial basis from time to time, but in AD 70 Jerusalem fell to Titus and the Romans as predicted by Jesus. All control was lost until 1948. The Jerusalem Temple–the heart and soul of Israel—was retaken in 1967 to fulfill Jesus’ Prophecy in Luke 21:24.

In Ezekiel’s symbolic bearing Israel’s iniquity emphasized 430 days & years. In a most remarkable history, control of Israel transitioned back to the Jews in 2 stages: First from Ottoman Turks control after “400 years” then from British control after another 30 years,  for a total of “430 years”! So, God reminded Israel of His Covenant with Abraham — Israel was “430 years” in Egypt from 1876 to 1446 BC. [Gen. 17:19-27].

  Due to a leap month effect, both 1948 & 1967 fall on the anniversary of 7 days of God’s call to Ezekiel that preceded the 430 days Ezekiel lay on his side for Jerusalem’s siege symbolically, (Ezek. 4:4-6). This means 1948 & 1967 were also both on the anniversary of the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC that took place 7 years after Ezekiel’s call (593 to 586 BC). We know the 430 days Ezekiel lay on his left-side symbolized 430 years. We know too that the seven days before Ezekiel’s 430 days also embodied seven years, because precisely seven years elapsed from his seven days unto Jerusalem’s fall, from a seven year cycle of  593 to 586 BC. (Ezek. 4:4-6; Dan. 9; Num. 14:34). #28d

In the 400 years from 1517 to 1917 AD, what is today Israel, along with much of the Middle East, was ruled by the Ottoman Empire… As we correlate with two previous Jubilees in 1917 and 1967, we find an interesting history where in 1917, Jerusalem was liberated from the Ottoman Turks under General Allenby, just a few weeks after the Balfour Declaration promised Israel a homeland. Since this Dec. 1917 date embodies a prophetic time-span of Shemitah cycles, [360 x 7] totaling 2,520 years going back to 604 BC when King Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem, his first time-leading Israel away into the Babylonian Captivity. During this campaign, General Allenby’s planes buzzed Jerusalem with numerous fly-overs, dropping surrender leaflets on the Ottoman forces, causing the Turks to “wave the white flag” without casualty.

When World War I ended in 1918 with an Allied victory, the Ottoman Empire 400-year rule ended, and the British took control for 30 years over what was  known as Palestine (modern-day Israel, Palestine and Jordan).#29

The prophetic impact of the Hebrew Jubilee system was established in the OT and later adopted in Juda Ben Samuel’s Jubilee Prophecies. This serves as added proof of God’s exquisite timing of the events of 1948 and 1967, as was revealed in the timing of these events according to the precision of Jubilee & Eclipse cycles. A synopsis of the Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel’s prophecies follows below-

“When the Ottoman (Turks) – who were already a power to be reckoned with on the Bosporus in Judah Ben Samuel’s time  – conquer Jerusalem they will rule over Jerusalem for 8 Jubilees, [8 x 50=400]. Afterwards, Jerusalem will become no-man’s land for one Jubilee, and then in the 9th Jubilee it will once again return into the authority of the Jewish nation – to signify an opening of the Messianic end time.”#30 Leviticus 25, tells us every 50 year Jubilee, each person regains ownership of their lands. As Rabbi Judah Ben Samuel fore-told, his predictions today seem very accurate. It was 3+ centuries following his death however, before his first prediction came to pass. The recent Jubilee of 5776/2016 is a special hybrid of Shemitah/Jubilee cycles coinciding with the conclusion of Judah Ben Samuel’s 10th Jubilee marking Messianic End Times.”

As June 5th (to 6th), 1967 on the regular Jewish (and Islamic Calendars) is the anniversary of when Jesus left Jerusalem for the Mount of Olives and there ascended up to heaven on Iyar 27. Jesus as first fruits of a heavenly harvest said that He would soon return from heaven back to the Mount of Olives “in like manner,” to gather an added harvest. (Acts 1:11-12; Zech 14:2-4).

This study has focused on certain key destructions of the Jerusalem Temple by clear Historical Types of an End-times Anti-Christ figure, seen in Antiochus IV, Titus, and Nebuchadnezzar. As a follow-up on Christ’s Matt. 24 prophecy regarding the Temple at Jerusalem, Jesus’ statement to Destroy this Temple in John 2:18-19 affords us a unique opportunity to apply some Biblical Research Principles to reveal key truths that allow God’s Word to Speak for itself.

Destroy this Temple [John 2:18-19]

A focus of this study relates Bible research keys we can employ, to unlock some fascinating truths that have remained hidden for centuries, to verify many of the foundational truths of Biblical Astronomy on the Try-God web-site and blog. As Rev. Jon Nessle tells it in his Vol. IV; The Path into Eternity,

“the key to understand this prophecy is to realize that it is an Introversion.” This is a type of Biblical structure which orders Scripture like poetry, except that Hebrew Scripture rhymes in concept, not in sounds. “Daniel 9:24 contains six items which form a symmetric structure. Therefore, the opposite categories can be used to explain their counterparts.“ #31

Daniel 9:24-27
²⁴ Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

Jon continues: “There are six infinitives and phrases which are separated by “and’s.” This Figure of Speech is a Polysyndeton telling us that each of these items is important and merits consideration. As the A’s, B’s and C’s correspond, we can compare and contrast them to gain further insight.”32 The following is the structure of Introversion as seen in Dan. 9:24:

1A. to finish the transgression,
   1B. and to make [seal] an end of sins,
     1C. and to make reconciliation for iniquity,
     2C. and to bring in everlasting righteousness,
   2B. and to seal up the vision and prophecy,
2A.  and to anoint the most Holy. #33

“What does it mean to finish the Transgression in 1A? The answer is in the corresponding 2A.“34 A key of Biblical research is to allow the Word of God to speak for itself. When we follow this principle, it removes the guess-work and private interpretation from the equation [2 Pet. 1:20-21]. “When was the most holy Messiah anointed in 2A? When he received the spirit at his Baptism. The Phenomenal voice from heaven indicated this was a change of Bible Administrations.“35 John the Baptist was the last Prophet of the OT, and his baptism of Jesus anointed the key figure of the Christ Administration which ended the OT Law Administration. “So the Transgression that was finished was in the end of the Law Administration. The Baptism of Christ on Sunday, Shebat 20th, Feb. 16, 27 AD, was the beginning point of the 70 weeks. The “B” terms involve Jesus’ death and resurrection. God inserted a signal to make sure we saw the introversion with the repetition of the word seal, [chatham]. When Christ was raised from among the dead, that was the consummation of the ages as [Heb. 9:26] affirms.”#36 The “C“ terms taken together must be the Day of Pentecost, June 20th 28 AD when reconciliation became possible and ever-lasting righteousness began. This constitued the end of the 70 weeks. #37

In John 2:18-19 

[19] Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. ²⁰ Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? ²¹ But he spake of the temple  of his body. ²² When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

Jesus’ use of “destroy this temple” in John 2:19, is worthy of a closer look. First, Jesus spoke the words of John 2:19 as he stood in the courts of the literal temple. The idea that Jesus made this statement in the temple, the center of spiritual and religious activity in Jerusalem, for all the nation of Israel was not by accident,  and contributed mightily to the impact of his words. Jesus did not refer alone to the literal temple, although it’s obvious reference to those present was at the top of their mind. This is evident in the Jew’s response of the 46 years to build the Temple in verse 20. According to research on our Try-God.com archive website and blog we have documented evidence of the birth of Christ on 9/11/3 BC. As  “Jesus was about 30 years old,” [Lk. 3:23] starting in 3 BC, 29 years hence from Tishri to Tishri brings us to the year 27 AD.

The word ‘temple,’ by a figure of speech for implication, is used to represent the people or nation of Israel. The term ‘tabernacle‘ is often used of a person’s  (Jesus Christ’s) physical body (1 Cor. 15:38-49, II Cor. 5:1,4, II Pet. 1:13-14). The word ‘temple‘ is also used to signify a group of people (I Cor. 3:16-17, 6:19, II Cor. 6:16, Eph. 2:21). When Jesus, recalled his body a temple in John 2:19, he noted his personal sacrifice for the nation of Israel, depicted him laying down his life for them, representing them as a group or body of people; the Church of the Bride. For the believing Jews, his ministry embodied both the Passover Lamb and High Priest, building his spiritual temple that he addressed the day in the Temple of stone. Also in cleansing the temple, Jesus provided essential services required for his perfect Passover sacrifice. 

In cleansing the temple, Jesus replaced the old way of worshiping God with a new way of coming to God through him. The Old Testament offerings in the temple were replaced, because Jesus’ sacrifice paid the price that Israel never could. This opened a new life in Christ and new fellowship with the Heavenly Father. The old stone temple was to be replaced by a new temple which was Christ himself. The way of access to God was opened after the resurrection & Day of Pentecost in 28 AD to all in the spiritual body of Christ, where God in Christ dwells among His people. This New Covenant, between God and His people was opened by the shedding of Christ’s sinless blood, and the sacrifice of his fleshly body, and sinless blood.

In effect Jesus’ contrasted the physical Temple wherein he stood, to his own physical body, the embodiment of the true temple. Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as the consummate archetype, the finished model, and “chief cornerstone” not only for the nation of Israel as the Passover lamb and High Priest, but also  for the Church of his spiritual Body, opened at Pentecost, post Resurrection & Ascension. As the paragon of humanity, Jesus illustrated the highest standards of living spiritual principles in the prophetic illustrations of his life and ministry. Certainly, God did not record the symbolic dimensions of the Tabernacle’s plan or the Jerusalem Temple, wherein Jesus stood when he spoke the words of John 2:19, without purpose. This view of John 2:19, sees Jesus Christ prophesying in the Jerusalem Temple, typify this temple of stone as his bride of Israel in his physical body, that he laid down for Israel and all mankind with his perfect sacrifice for the Gentiles at Golgotha.

Jesus himself was not aware of the full details of his statement to “destroy this temple,” as the prophecy in John 2:19, was by revelation from God. In John 2:19 Jesus was aware of the implications of his death and sacrifice for Israel with his resurrection, but was unaware of the Great Mystery related to the New Testament Church of his spiritual body, which the Heavenly Father kept secret until it was revealed to the Apostle Paul, [I Cor. 2:4-10]. This aspect of Christ’s ministry was not revealed until the New Birth was available on the subsequent Day of Pentecost, [Acts 2:1ff].

Dan. 9:26
²⁶ And after threescore and two [62] weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

Rev. Nessle proceeds with his discourse on Dan. 9: “Verse 26; foretells that the Messiah will be cut off after the 62 weeks. Jesus died after the 62nd week. Then it says the people of a coming prince shall destroy the city and the sanctuary (Temple). That did happen in 70 AD and the prince was Titus who later became the Emperor of Rome. The end of the city did come with a flood, shahteph. It can mean a literal flood but it also is used figuratively of an invading army. [Jer. 47 :2, Isa. 59:19, Dan. 11:26, Jer. 8:6] Jeremiah literally prophesied Roman Titus’ invasion in 70 AD when he conquered the City and Temple. This “flood” or invasion included the Roman military’s rush to destroy the Temple & set up an abomination of desolation as both Altar and Temple were desecrated. Jesus predicted this in Matthew 24.” #38

Matt. 24:1-2 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. ² And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

This prophecy accurately applies to what Jesus predicted with the Roman’s 70 AD destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, that was still future as Jesus declared it here in Matthew 24. This Matt. 24 Jesus’ prophecy on the Temple destruction was stated, also in agreement with Dan. 9:26 in reference to the “Flood” of Titus’ invading forces, to set up the abomination desolation. As seen in context of the other conquerors of Jerusalem pointed out by the eclipse activity in this study, we find both Nebuchadnezzar, & Antiochus IV specifically revealed in light of the Roman Titus with the Repeating Matching Eclipses of Chart #2, in the eclipse signs of 2029 and 475 BC, with 70 AD. 

Dan. 9:27a
²⁷ And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,

“The one week was holy week from March 25th to May 1st in 28 AD. That was when the covenant was confirmed. The many is all of us that have been blessed thereby. Jesus was tortured, crucified, died and arose that week. In mid-week on a Wednesday, Jesus died at the same time the Passover Lamb was killed, and was the supreme sacrifice for sin as the book of Hebrews explains, making the daily sacrifices and the people’s offerings obsolete.”39 Rev. Nessle also notes that: “Nisan 14 fell on a Wednesday in the year that Jesus was crucified. That is the only way that the three days and three nights Jesus predicted he would be buried [Matt. 12:40], as well as other sequences involved, will work out.” #40

Dan. 9:27b
…and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

In Matt. 24:14-15 Jesus also prophesied on the future ‘abomination that makes  desolate.’

“The Second Temple has never been rebuilt. Daniel predicted that this desolation would last even to the time of consummation. This Temple is supposed to exist again in the future. It shall be the same Temple that the Anti-Christ will occupy: in which this man will proclaim to be God. [2 Thess. 2:4].”#41 

This depicts why Antiochus IV on 15 Kislev, 167 BC, adopted the title (God Manifest) “Epiphanes” and had an idol statue erected of the Greek god Zeus etched with his own face, on the holiest altar of Jerusalem’s Temple, (1 Macc. 1:54). Then on 25 Kislev, 167 BC he desecrated the Temple’s most holy place, with a sacrifice to himself, while destroying the holy scrolls. This too is why, not only the Repeating Eclipses of 2029 AD dates Match the 475 BC dates during Queen Esther’s reign with Mordecai, opposing Haman in ancient Persia, but proves also how these Repeating and Matching Eclipses align  in the 168-166 BC Eclipse dates as Antiochus IV desecrated the Temple in     his Abomination, seen in red in the #2. Comparison Chart in Part 2 of this blog series.

Despite these continuing efforts of the adversary to rule the world and usurp the throne of the Almighty with His Son, at His Right Hand-the enemy himself is dethroned with all his minions, [Isa. 14:12, Lk 10:18] Daniel was shown the conclusion of the matter in Dan. 2:44-45, below as even King Nebuchadnezzar confesses; “Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets…“

Dan. 2:44-47

⁴⁴ And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

⁴⁵ Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

⁴⁶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

⁴⁷ The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you could reveal this secret.

Thus we see the conclusion of the matter, That Our Heavenly Father is The God of god’s, and His only begotten Son Jesus Christ is the King of Kings, and his brothers and sisters are we who stand with him into Everlasting Glory. No adversary can stand against us and prevail, since God is for us and none can stand against us! Amen!

God Bless,

Rene’

Footnotes

28c. Figures of Speech used in the Bible, “Type” p. 768, E.W. Bullinger.
28d. https://www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org/bible_prophecy-Israel-nation-1260-years-x2-b-details.htm#Seven-years
29. [history.com/topics/middle-east/history-of-israel]
30. http://destination-yisrael.biblesearchers.com/destination-yisrael/2012/12/rabbi-judah-ben-samuels-jubilee-prophecy-gives-the-year-of-the-messiah.html#sthash.KkE3oERL.dpuf
31. The Path into Eternity, p. 475 Jon O. Nessle
32. IBID, p. 476
33. IBID
34. IBID
35. IBID, p. 477
36. IBID
37. IBID, p. 478
38. IBID, p. 483
39. IBID, p. 484
40. IBID, p. 489
41. IBID, p. 484-485

The key with exactly 19 years after Israel became a nation in 1948: with the 1967, Six-Day War, is 19 years–also known as the Metonic cycle, has been in use long before its namesake; Meton of Athens, by at least 1000 years. It also aligns with Ezekiel’s Temple-vision in 573 BC, 2520 years before Israel’s Reformation as a Nation, or 1260 + 1260 years. Thus, 2520 + 19 more years from 1948 to 1967 equals 2539. So, from 573 BC to 1967 AD are 2539 years.

This is an example of Bible Prophecy that fits for both days and years. We will see another example of this when we discuss the “70 Weeks Prophecy” in Dan. 9, as it relates to the ministry of Jesus Christ among other things. This pattern of Bible numbers is one we recognize, that was identified by E.W. Bullinger related to the period of Gentile occupation of Israel and Jerusalem linked to Sun, Moon & Stars, via the astronomical Saros cycle of eclipses. As Bullinger states;

“Saros cycles breakdown into two cycles, one of 666 years and the other of 594 years totaling 1260 years. Since 1260 years is a soli-lunar cycle, so exact that its epact or remainder is only 6 hours, Bullinger stressed not only these aspects of the 1260 year period but also its double-2520 years.”#19 He held these two–1260 year periods would foreshadow 2-1260 day periods in the end-times, as the last Abomination of Desolation to be fulfilled, leads to Tribulation, to reveal the Anti-Christ. [2 Thess. 2:1-3]. In other words, with Jerusalem under Gentile rule for 2520 years, Israel wouldn’t be a nation ruling their own land and city. With Comparison Chart #2 below we find a practical application of Saros cycles- Matching 1949-67 & 1950-68 Eclipse Tetrads.

What has escaped the notice of many about Luke 21:24-33 is Jesus’ prophecy relating to Jerusalem being over-run and controlled by the Gentiles, in verse 24 sets the immediate context of the celestial signs of the Sun, Moon & Stars, and the distress of nations in verses 11-25. This should direct our focus to the heavenly signs marking eclipses bracketing the 168-166 Blood Moon Tetrad, before Rome’s destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD, in a key era as Jerusalem’s Temple was over-run, after Necuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC. As we uncover numerical patterns linked to 1260 and 2520 years and days, we find an alignment with the prophecies of Ezekiel.

Conversely, with Israel’s recapture of Jerusalem in 1967, and events pertaining to the Temple Mount, we find God’s early restoration stages of Israel over it’s city and State. Since Luni–solar eclipse cycles are part of heavenly signs in the Sun, Moon & Stars, including the Modern Blood Moon Tetrad of 2014-2015, we have much to learn from further study in this recent key Blood Moon Tetrad.

Figure 4. Blood Moon Eclipses visible over Jerusalem.

For example, the final Super Blood Moon of the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad occurred after the opening of the Hebrew 50-year Jubilee  on Atonement Day, Sept. 23rd, 2015, exactly 2 years prior to the Rev. 12 sign on 9/23/2017. This is notable as a 9/28/15 Super Blood Moon was the 1st Blood Moon in the Tetrad, visible in Jerusalem, as the city of God was liberated by Israel for the first time in near 2000 years in a preceding Jubilee year-1967 marked too, by the previous Blood Moon Tetrad of 1967-68. As we consider lunar visibility traits over Jerusalem, we find also that both the lunar triples framing the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad, in the 2nd Blood Moon of each lunar triple was visible over Jerusalem. The direct link to a 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad with a 2016 Eclipse Quintet, and 70 AD’s Jerusalem Temple razing, is Matched in Repeated Eclipse dates seen in Comparison Chart #2 below. The Chart not only Matches 2029 AD Repeating Eclipse dates with 475 BC dates in Queen Esther’s reign, with Mordecai opposing Haman in ancient Persia, but also shows how these Repeating and Matching Eclipses align with 168-166 BC Eclipse dates when Antiochus IV desecrated the Temple with his Abomination, in red on said chart. We find blue Matched & Repeating Eclipse dates framed by Eclipses marking Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of Jerusalem in 587-586 BC also.

Once the Messiah’s Advent fulfilled his ministry, the Temple would be razed in AD. 70, as Jesus prophesied in [Matt. 24], but in 164 BC the temple had to be cleansed for God to fulfill His plan. An expanded part of the study compares solar and lunar eclipses marking the 70 AD Temple destruction with a Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC. Adding the Biblical Astronomy of Solar and Blood Moon Lunar eclipse data, supplies levels of scientific verification to historical data of this period, not yet seen. We have also included the Eclipse Brackets apparent in these sequences, that fills in celestial details of these events. Much of Daniel’s prophecy has come to pass, but the complete story has not yet been fulfilled. Our efforts to piece together these details of the luni-solar eclipses, including their barckets within the related Blood Moon Tetrads of the type’s of the anti-christ, shed added light on current events, in light of what’s coming. This also puts a sharper focus on current events leading to a 3rd Jerusalem Temple.

2. Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2029 AD with 475 BC. #20

We have only seen a single Eclipse added to Matching dates in 2029 & 475 BC with 587-586 BC Eclipses during Nebuchadnezzar’s seige of Jerusalem, but this does not diminish a Matching relationship between 2029/475 to 587-586 BC Eclipses! The following Eclipse dates in 2029 show a Framing of 2029/475 BC Eclipses by 587-586 BC Eclipse dates. As seen in signs of i-iv below, 587-586 BC Eclipse dates frame the Eclipse dates of 2029/475 BC. This unifies a bond between all 3 Type’s of the End-times Antichrist, not only with Antiochus IV, in 168-166 BC, with Nebuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC, and Titus in 70 AD, all of whom trampled-down Jerusalem and defiled the Temple, ahead of a future Anti-christ who embodies evil, opposed to True Christ. And even Haman in 475BC, who organized a genocide against the Jews of ancient Persia, shows traits of the End-Times AntiChrist, differing from the other three Types.

Chart of 587-586 BC Eclipse dates framing the Eclipse dates of 2029/475 BC.#21

i. Jan. 14th, 2029-475 Eclipse Bracketed by Jan. 8th/23rd Eclipses of 587-586 BC.
ii. 6/25-6/2029-475 Eclipse framed by June 19th/July 5th Eclipses of 587-586 BC.
iii. 7/11/2029-475 Eclipse framed by July 5th/July 18th Eclipses of 587-586 BC.
iv. 12/20/2029-475 Eclipse framed by Dec. 14/Dec. 28th Eclipses of 587-586 BC.

This framing of 475 BC Eclipses in the times of Queen Esther and Mordecai in ancient Persia reminds us of a similar celestial bracketing that occurred with the recent 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad as seen in Fig. A below. This depicts a Jan. 31st, 2018 Blood Moon- seen in Israel as the Moon rose. As first of three consecutive Blood Moons visible in Israel, the 2nd occurred July 27/28, 2018 with the 3rd on Jan. 20-21, 2019. This Blood Moon Lunar Triple of 2018-2019 came 7 years after the 2010-2011 Lunar Triple of Blood Moons, also visible in Israel. As we find below, these 2 sets of Blood Moon Lunar Triples framed the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad, marking Hebrew Feast and Holy days in 2014-15. The Fig. A Chart below also depicts the layers of Total Solar Eclipses, for example, 3 Total Solar Eclipses, all on the 1st of Av from 2008-2010, that preceded the 12/21/2010 Lunar Triple, which also matches the 12/20/2029 or #iv above, as the 4th framed eclipse in 587-586 BC, within a day. This unifies all 3 Anti-Type kings effectively with at least 1 Repeating, Matching Eclipse in this Chart. 

Figure A. Lunar Triples framing the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad in 2010-11 and 2018-19. #22 

With the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad above, in the days of Av, framed by the Lunar Triples in 2010-11 and 2018-19, centered between the saddest days on the Hebrew Calendar, these end days commemorate the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple on key occasions in their history, one of which we have marked, in 69-71 AD Luni-Solar Eclipses, when the Roman Titus‘ Destroyed Jerusalem’s Temple. These lunar triples framing the 2014-15 Blood Moon Tetrad not only recall the Jerusalem Temple razing on 2 key dates in their history, in the Hebrew Sabbath years of 586-587 BC and 69-70 AD, but this Jubilee Calendar also marks 27-28 AD as a Jubilee year, marking the year Jesus opened his ministry to Israel, as seen in [Isa. 61:1ff & Lk. 4:18-19], also opens our eyes to Israel’s expectations of a coming Third Temple in Jerusalem, prophesied by Daniel; [9:27] and by the Apostle Paul; [2 Thess. 2:3-4].

The Four Beast Kingdoms in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream

Putting this into perspective, I think it fitting that we quoted from the Witness of the Stars, by E.W Bullinger, in his discussion of the Saros: Bullinger shows the  periods of Jerusalem under the Gentiles in two 1260 yr. cycles, totaling 2520 years.#24 Both of these periods are calculated in eclipse cycles. He depicts the domain of Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece as 594 years, with the Roman Empire’s dominion of Jerusalem at 666 years; totaling 1260 years. Babylon’s domain fell under Nebuchadnezzar, while Medo-Persian Achaemenid Empire came under King Cyrus the Great. The Greeks with Alexander the Great came next [Dan. 8:21-22] as one of the four kings that arose along with Antiochus IV, who sacked Jerusalem with the eclipses of 168-166BC. The 2nd 1260-year term consists of Mohammedan’s conquest of Jerusalem starting in 636-37 AD. #25 These historical king’s conquest of Jerusalem, are Types and forerunner’s   of the End-times Anti-Christ in his 4th Beast kingdom, with 10 horns as the “little horn” who displaces 3 of the first kings, in [Dan. 7:8-22, Rev. 13:1-2]. As the Beast Kingdom in Revelation is a composite of the Kingdoms & their King’s, in Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian dream, so the King’s Antiochus IV, Roman Titus with Babylon also form a composite of the Beast/Anti-Christ himself.

This composite form of Beast Kingdom’s from Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream form collectively the “Revived Roman Empire,” from which the End-times Anti-Christ will emerge. This fifth kingdom of the final Anti-Christ is seen in the Dream Statue above as the feet of iron and clay, whereupon the image rests. [Daniel 2:34] Tells of a Stone cut out without hands, thrust at the image’s base, struck it upon it’s feet of iron and clay, braking them to pieces. [Dan. 2:41-42] shows feet & toes of the kingdom–image divided– as the strength of iron un-mixed in miry clay, exposing the clay’s weak link in this union. The word “mixed” in Dan. 2:41 is [H6151-from 6148 “arab“] in a key sense is trafficking in economic trade by barter or exchange. #25a Nations entering into political trade treaties, can be controlled by stronger nations in said treaty’s, but are also potential risks to a stronger nation. History and the Bible are filled with these examples. [Ezek. 27:25-34]

What has escaped many regarding Luke 21:24-33 is that Jesus’ prophecy to Jerusalem being over-run and controlled by Gentiles, in verse 24 sets the immediate context of astronomical signs of the Sun, Moon and Stars and the distress of the nations in verse 25. This should direct our focus towards the heavenly signs around the eclipses bracketing Rome’s destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 AD, by Titus as a key period when the Jerusalem Temple was down-trodden by the Gentiles. Since these 70 AD signs hold not only Rev. 12 signs of a triple union of Jupiter–Regulus, but also the Jupiter–Venus union in Leo as at Christ’s birth, God points to relevant Celestial signs of Christ’s First Advent in light of his Return. Also, as Israel seized Jerusalem in 1967, followed by events around their control of the Temple Mount, we see the first stages of God’s restoration of Israel. Since the Luni-solar eclipse cycles are part of the heavenly signs of Sun, Moon & Stars, including the modern Blood Moon Tetrads, there is much to glean from this study.

Jerusalem fell starting the week of Tammuz 9, matching the middle of the same week & month of God’s Call to Ezekiel exactly 1260 + 1260 days [7 years] earlier, [Dan. 9:24-27]. The date “9th of Tammuz,” and number nine symbolize chaos as it links to the “abomination causing desolation.” This also relates to the Hebrew alphabetical acrostic of Lamentations, lamenting the fall of Jerusalem. Here the Jerusalem Temple burned on the 7th & 10th of Av, [Jer. 52:12, 2 Kgs. 25:8] as it did under Nebuchadnezzar in 587-586 BC and Titus in 70 AD. It was the 9th year of Nebuchadnezzar when he burnt the Temple and on the 9th day   of the 4th month, which was made a fast day. [Jer. 39:2, 52:12-14].