Author: Rene Fretz

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].

[Dan. 12:6b-12]
 11 And from the time  ^zthe regular burnt offering is taken away and ^athe
abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. 12 ^b   Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.

On the Jewish calendar, from the call of Ezekiel (Tammuz 5th, 593 BC), unto Tammuz 17th, 586 BC, 1290 + 1290 days elapse, or (430 x 6). Thus, on the lunar calendar, from Ezek. 26:1; & 31:1 are 430 days to Tammuz 17, 586 BC, (Dan. 9: 24-27). Tammuz 17th is also the anniversary of 40 days on Mt. Sinai when the stone tablets were broken by Moses, hence, 430 less 40 = 390, (Ezek. 4:4-6).#28

“Tammuz 17“ & 1290 + 1290 on a lunar calendar: Today, Tammuz 17 begins 3 weeks of mourning ending; Av 9th, to recall Temple disasters in 586 BC and AD 70. #28a A Fast of Tammuz 17 is the fast mentioned in Zechariah as “the fast of the fourth [month]” (Zechariah 8:19). Verses 1-8 return to a theme of renewal, revisiting Zech. 1:14-17:^[17] the Lord of Hosts’ zeal or jealousy for Jerusalem and Zion, foreseen in Zech. 1:14, reappears in Zech. 8:2-3. Bible translations refering to “zeal” in Zechariah 1:14 use the same word in Zech.  8:2. The fast on the ninth of Av (Tisha B’Av), the 5th month, was set in memory of Nebuchadnezzar’s destruction of Jerusalem. The temple was burnt on the ninth of the month (2 Kings 25:8, 9; Jeremiah 52:12, 13). The restoration of God’s people includes a spiritual return to God (Zech. 8:8, Jer. 30:22; 31:1, 33-36). #28b

This concludes Part 2 of this study and summary of Three Biblical-Historical Types of the End-Times Anti-Christ- as seen in the King’s Jerusalem conquest, as Types and forerunner’s of the End-times Anti-Christ in his Beast kingdom. As we remain faithful to our God ordained courses, we will reign with Christ in the everlasting glory He has called us to, and no powers of darkness can EVER Overcome the Glorious Light of our always Faithful, Almighty God.

God Bless!

Rene’

Footnotes

1 Fig. 1 picture credit. “Bust of Antiochus IV” [https://everipedia.org/wiki/Altes_Museum/].
2. Fig. 2 Picture credit. The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Paul_Rubens]
3. “Analysis of Prophecies in Daniel.” [ppg. 15-16.] Rev. Jon Nessle
4. Figure 3. Picture credit- The Coin of Antiochus IV: [https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Antiochus_IV_Epiphanes#]
5. The Abomination of Desolation and other Prophetic terms of Biblical Eschatology. Jon Nessle.
6. “Analysis of Prophecies in Daniel.” [p. 15-16] Nessle
7. IBID
8. Ibid p.14
9. Number in Scripture, E.W. Bullinger
10. https://eclipsewitness.com/eclipse-judgment-series
11. 1 & 2 Books of Maccabees
12. *The sources of the dates above are a small representation which agree with Matthew Henry and Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown. The Scofield Reference Bible, (Congregational),  1909; The New Bible Commentary, (Presbyterian influence), Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1953; The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, Moody Press, 1962; The Ryrie Study Bible, Moody Press, 1986.
13. Dates for Solar and Total Lunar Eclipse data are From NASA [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE-0199–0100.html]
14. Planetary union and zodiac data are from Starry Night Pro Software program.
15. [360calender.com]
16. IBID
17. Companion Bible marginal nate on [Ezek. 4:4-6] E.W. Bullinger
18. Number in Scripture, p E.W. Bullinger
18a. [Eclipsewise.com] Canon of Solar Eclipses 2014 by Fred Espenak
19. Witness of the Stars, ppg. 177-184, E.W. Bullinger.
20. NASA’s Five Millennium Canon of Eclipses for these dates [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLE/5MCLE-Figs-04.pdf]
20a. T&D; [https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/]
21. NASA’s Five Millennium Canon of Eclipses for these dates [https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCLE/5MCLE-Figs-04.pdf]
22. [Graph 8B Blood Moons and Lunar Triples]
23. Comparison Chart #4 Saros Matching 1949-67 & 1950-68 Eclipse Tetrads, [Supernatural by Design Youtube video-“This Purim Eclipse Changes Everything. Pt. 1.”]
24. Witness of the Stars, ppg. 177-184, E.W. Bullinger.
25. IBID
25a. Strong’s Concordance, [H6151-from 6148 “arab“] James Strong.
25b. https://www.1260-1290-days-bible-prophecy.org/bible_prophecy-Israel-nation-1260-years-x2-b-details.htm#Seven-years
26. [360calendar.com]
27. IBID
28. IBID
28a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_of_Tammuz
28b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zechariah_8#Verse_8

Three Biblical-Historical Types of the End-Times Anti-Christ, [Pt. 1]

Welcome to the September 2025 Blog everyone! The first part of this month’s blog post is taken from a study we posted in July of 2018 on The Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC and the Abomination Desolation. As the first study was focused more on Antiochus IV, the Greek General who rose after Alexander the Great, as a type of the End times Anti-Christ, this month’s study is more of a composite of these types of the final Anti-Christ, including Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Antiochus IV of Greece and Titus of Rome. In Part 2 of the September blog it’s made plain why these historical figures represent a composite of the final Anti-christ.

In end-time prophecy, Daniel 8 is a key Scripture. Scholars are agreed in Dan. 8:3-8 that the goat’s first (broken horn) is Alexander the Great, and the later rising four horns are 4 generals dividing his empire, when Antiochus IV arose. The symbols of the ram and he-goat, in Daniel 8 are kings of Persia & Greece.

Antiochus’ IV took the title “Epiphanes” (God Manifest) as he took the Seleucid throne in 175 BC. Antiochus’ IV labors to Hellenize his conquered kingdoms had an effect on other cultures besides Israel. Their various pagan idols were cut down by Antiochus IV to entrench Hellenized religious rites throughout his kingdom, [Dan. 8:10]. Although Apocryphal books of the Bible hold little Scriptural value in the Canon of God’s Word, the Maccabean Books are valuable relating the historical record of this time period.

These Maccabean records show the nature of the conflict Antiochus IV engaged with Israel, his unbridled ego and events surrounding the Temple at Jerusalem.

Figure 1. Bust of Antiochus IV at the Altes Museum in Berlin. #1

1 Macc. 1:7-10  [175 BC. 137th Seleucid year; Antiochus IV begins his reign]

⁷ Alexander had reigned twelve years when he died. ⁸ Each of his officers established himself in his own region. ⁹ All assumed crowns after his death, they and their heirs after them for many years, brought greater evils on the world.
¹⁰ From these grew a wicked offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome, he became king in the 107th year of the kingdom of the Greeks.

Daniel 8:1-22 reveals Daniel’s times, with a promise that God would bring an end to Israel’s oppression. Antiochus VI Epiphanes, took the Syrian Seleucid throne in 175 BC. A Jerusalem revolt In 167 BC, demanded troops to suppress, polluted the Temple halting daily sacrifices [Dan. 8:11] in 167-164 BC. His work to blot out Judaism led to a reaction, led by Judas Maccabee and his cohorts, who won a series of key military victories over the professional Greek Seleucid army to reclaim and purify the Temple three years later.

As a forerunner of the end-times Anti-Christ, Antiochus IV thrived in his secular agenda. Circumcision and Sabbath-observance were stifled and Greek paganism under him, worked to eliminate the true worship of Almighty God. But God chose Israel to bring up the Messiah to the world, and Jerusalem, for the location of His earthly Temple, as the place where the true Lamb of God would offer his life for all Mankind. The Israelites, their city and Temple, were elevated and set aside together for the glorious arrival of Jesus Christ.

To accomplish this, required the faithful of Israel to stand against Antiochus‘ IV’s political and military pressure. Among the resistance was Mattathias a priest, who fled Jerusalem to the mountains with his sons. Others joined them, and they began raids removing pagan altars. As Mattathias neared death, he appointed his son Judas Maccabeus as the rebel captain, whose power and influence grew in their battles against pagan enemies. Judas’ men fasted and believed God to defeat the armies Antiochus IV sent against them, and God aided their righteous efforts, so that in under 3 years the brave warriors of Israel prevailed.

Figure 2. The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus, Rubens #2.

Antiochus VI Epiphanes, plundered Jerusalem’s Temple and desecrated it in late 167 BC, demanding offerings made to Zeus on an altar built for him. When Judas and his men reached Jerusalem, seeing the desolation, and the profaned altar, the gates burned, made great lamentation, rending their clothes casting ashes on their heads. In only 3 days, 80,000+ massacred of young and old, with many meeting violent deaths, and a like number sold into slavery, [2 Macc. 5:11-14]. They proceeded to cleanse the entire area, built a new clean altar, made new holy vessels, and placed lampstand, table, and incense altar correctly.  On Kislev 25, 164 BC, with Temple rededicated they celebrated its cleansing and rededication anew to the living God, with great rejoicing, even today the Hanukkah Festival is held annually. Jon Nessle points out: “if we count back-wards 2300 days from 164 BC, we come to the month of Av on the Hebrew Calendar in 170 BC.”#3 Did Antiochus overrun the Temple for 2300 days? This is a feasible thesis, and was part of our initial study to investigate if the Biblical Astronomy supports it.

The eclipse activity we found during this period, especially from 168-166 BC, do support and enlighten it’s history, but our follow up study in this blog goes well beyond this, as we find in our new content below. Antiochus wished to conquer Egypt, but he had to stabilize his empire first, including Israel. In his return from the military campaign in Egypt via Jerusalem, Antiochus cut a wide swath of destruction- burning many houses, killing and enslaving tens of thousands of Jews, attacking the Jerusalem Temple- Israel’s center of life. His Syrian army robbed temple treasures and Antiochus on 15 Kislev, 167 BC, showing why he took the title “Epiphanes” (God Manifest), erected a statue of the Greek god Zeus etched with his own face in 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, while destroying the holy scrolls.

Figure 3. Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ (Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory). Antiochus IV’ name was later changed from ‘Ephipanes‘ (‘a manifestation of God’) to Epimanes (‘maniac’). #4

Dan. 8:11-14
11 Yea, he magnified {himself} even to the prince of the host [To God Almighty/ or a Jewish High Priest] and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the Sanctuary was cast down. [Antiochus Epiphanes desecrated the Temple] 12 And an host was given {him} against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down truth to the ground; and it practiced [transacted business], and prospered.

13 Then I heard one saint (angel) speaking, and another saint (angel) said unto that certain {saint} which spake, How long {shall be} the vision {concerning} the daily {sacrifice}, and the transgression of desolation, [“Abomination of Desolation” reference] to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; [Exactly 78 Lunar Months*] then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. [Time span includes all the parts of verse 13] {insertions by Jon Nessle in red} #8

¹⁴ He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”

*A numerical note on the 2300 days equaling 78 lunar months is that (78=6 x 13), as the number of man destitute of God times the number of rebellion or apostasy.#9 These traits fit an Antichrist and as Antiochus IV was a type of an End times Anti-Christ as he incited a version of an Abomination Desolation. The relation between 78 lunar months and the Blood Moon Tetrad mark key dates, as Temple & host were trodden underfoot during these 2300 days. Other key elements of a history of these events are found in the Book of Maccabees, and in our timeline that chronicles the 168-166 BC Blood Moon Tetrad below.

This explanation says that the entire Temple defilement lasted 2300 days, or six years plus 110 days, about 6 1/3 years from 170-164 BC, not a complete 7 solar year period as is many times assumed. But, the variance maybe explained  when we calculate this period as 7 eclipse years, as we have seen in the eclipses forming an “X” over America from 2017-2024 with, a gap of 1211 days between eclipses, [3.5 eclipse years] each for a total of 2422 days; [7 eclipse years]. #10

Table 1. Outline of the Book of Maccabees #11

1 Mac 1:10               175 BC. 137th Seleucid year; Antiochus IV begins reign

1 Mac 1:10-15        *171 BC. desolating covenant to worship Greek gods

26th of month Av, 170 BC– 78 Lunar months prior to the cleansing of the Temple in 164BC.

Antiochus fought the Egyptians in the Battle of Mt. Kasios early November/mid-8th month 170 BC. [Seleucid year 143]

1 Mac 1:20-28       169 BC; Antiochus plunders Jerusalem Temple 

1 Mac 1:54-59       15th of Kislev, 167 BC; set up abomination Kislev 25th-12/6/167*, then sacrificed abomination of desolation in the Seleucid year 145.

2 Mac 6:1, 2    “compel the Jews to forsake the laws of their fathers and cease to live by the laws of God. Also polluted the Jerusalem Temple calling it a “Temple of the Olympian Zeus.”

1 Mac 4:42-58       25th of Chisleu 12/16/164; sanctuary cleansed; Antiochus IV died in Seleucid year 148. #12

2 Mac 10:1-8         Sanctuary purified

1 Macc. 1:20-28
²⁰ After his conquest of Egypt, in the year 143, Antiochus turned around and advanced on Israel and Jerusalem in massive strength. ²¹ Insolently breaking into the sanctuary, he removed the golden altar and the lampstand for the light with all its fittings.  ²² Together with the table for the shewbread offering, the cups, the golden censers, the veil, the crowns, and the golden decoration on the front of the Temple, which he stripped of everything. ²³ He made off with the silver and gold and precious vessels; he discovered the secret treasures and seized them. ²⁴ and, removing all these, he returned to his own country, having shed much blood and spoke words of extreme arrogance. ²⁸ The Earth quaked due to its inhabitants and the whole House of Jacob was clothed with shame.

Citing an earthquake in v. 28 above is verified via Archaeological evidence; “Archaeoseismic research at sites like Tell Ateret, located near the Jordan Gorge,  uncovered a rupture measuring about 2.5 meters. The rupture revealed a hoard of 45 coins, the latest which dates to 143/142 BC, (the earliest possible date) for the seismic event. This is supported by indicative pottery and historic texts in the  year 143/142. The quake’s epicenter is believed to have been located along the Dead Sea Fault, that runs through ancient Levant (modern-day Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon). The earthquake occurred around the same time that the Seleucid King Antiochus IV Epiphanes invaded Jerusalem.” #12a

1 Macc. 1:37-57 records the year 168 BC that witnessed the plundering of Jerusalem, and halting sanctuary services in the Temple, not to mention the abomination desolation under the decree of Antiochus IV.

1 Macc. 1:54-57  ⁵⁴ On the fifteenth day of Chislev in the year 145 the king built an appalling abomination on top of the altar of burnt offering; and altars were built in the surrounding towns of Judah. ⁵⁶ Any books of the Law found were torn up and burned. ⁵⁷ Whenever anyone was found possessing a copy of the covenant or practicing the Law, the king’s decree sentenced him to death.

1 Macc. 4:49-59

⁴⁹ They made new sacred vessels, and brought the lamp-stand, the altar of incense, and the table into the Temple. ⁵⁰ They burned incense on the altar and lit the lamps on the lampstand, and these shone inside the Temple. ⁵¹ They placed the loaves on the table and hung the curtains and completed all the tasks they had undertaken. ⁵² On the twenty-fifth of the ninth month, Chislev, in the year 148 they rose at dawn ⁵³ And offered a lawful sacrifice on the new altar of burnt offering which they had made.

⁵⁴ The altar was dedicated, to the sound of hymns, zithers, lyres and cymbals, at the same time of year and on the same day on which the Gentiles had originally profaned it.* ⁵⁵ The whole people fell prostrate in adoration and then praised Heaven who had granted them success.

⁵⁶ For eight days they celebrated the Dedication of the altar, joyfully offering burnt offerings, communion and thanksgiving sacrifices. ⁵⁸ There was no end to the rejoicing among the people, since the disgrace inflicted by the Gentiles had been effaced. ⁵⁹ Judas, with his brothers and the whole assembly of Israel, made it a law that the days of the Dedication of the altar should be celebrated yearly at the proper season, for eight days beginning on the twenty-fifth of the month of Chislev, with rejoicing and gladness; [164 BC]

This record of Antiochus plundering and defiling the Jerusalem Temple in the 2300 days from 170-164 BC, are highlighted in the general celestial markings of the Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC. We find added meaning comparing this Blood Moon Tetrad to the Solar and Lunar eclipses around the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. This contrast of events when Antiochus’ IV destroyed the Temple with the events of Prince Titus’ Temple destruction in 70 AD, both of which serve as Types & forerunner’s of the End times Anti-Christ. With the convergence of Repeating and Matching dates in the #1 Comparison Chart below with 2029 and 475 BC, we find evidence that these dates in red for the Greek Antiochus IV, and blue for Roman Titus mark two of the 3 figures  serving as forerunner’s of the End times Anti-Christ, with eclipse activity. 

1. Comparison Chart for Repeating Eclipse Tetrads 2029 AD with 475 BC.

Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader know and understand),—Matthew 24:15  This fulfilled Dan. 8:14; “then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” This began the Feast of Hanukkah or “dedication,” celebrated in Israel in Jesus’ day (John 10:22-23) each December until today. (1 Macc. 1-6 and 2 Macc. 3-10.)

The Blood Moon Tetrad of 168-166 BC.

The Solar and Lunar eclipse activity during this period from 168 BC to 166 BC is noteworthy around the desolation and plundering of the Temple at Jerusalem by Antiochus IV.  Although with other celestial activities seen during this 3 year period, the focus of this section on the Blood Moon Tetrad [#2, 5, 8, & 10 below] and Solar eclipses starting in mid–168 BC, are key. This Tetrad of 4 Total Lunar Eclipses in 166-168 BC. notably the Blood Moon Lunar and Solar eclipses are paired in a series of Brackets starting in the first Total Lunar Eclipse of this Blood Moon Tetrad, framed between the #1 and #3 Solar Eclipses below. #13

 1. Total Solar Eclipse
On July 5th there was a Mercury–Regulus conjunction in Leo. On July 17th 168 BC, there was a Total Solar Eclipse that brackets a Winter Solstice Eclipse–Dec. 27th, 168 BC, [#2 below] with Sun and Moon in Cancer. Later in July of 168, the Jupiter–Mercury–Regulus planetary Alignment occurred in Leo. These opening signs in Leo resemble the opening signs of the 2016 Solar and Lunar eclipses mirroring the Prince Titus’ Temple destruction in 70 AD on Hebrew Feast and Holy Days.

2. Total Lunar Eclipse  
A Total Lunar Eclipse, 1st of the Blood Moon Tetrad occurs Dec. 27th, 168 BC, 6 days after the Winter Solstice. We see the Blood Moon & Neptune in Scorpius as the Scorpion, signifies the war Antiochus IV brought to Israel. With the Sun in Capricorn, and Saturn in Libra, with Mars-the battling Archangel Michael unified with Leo the Lion, while Jupiter in Virgo showcased Celestial Sphinx signs. Venus the Bright and Morning Star was in Sagittarius, with the King’s arrows aimed at Antares– the heart of the Scorpion-enemy.

3. Partial Solar Eclipse
About 2 weeks after the first Blood Moon opened the New Year, on Jan. 10th, 167 BC, another Solar Eclipse framing a 12-27-168 BC Winter Solstice Eclipse in Capricorn, with the Sun & Venus near the Aquarius border. With Mercury– Gabriel in Sagittarius, & Mars-Micheal in Leo and Jupiter in Virgo, depicting the signs of the Celestial Sphinx, as found at Christ’s birth in 3 BC. This was the 1st of 4 luni-solar eclipse pairs in this Tetrad. [#1-#3]

 4. Partial Solar Eclipse
Opening the Summer season on June 7th of 167 BC, was another Solar Eclipse, two weeks before the Summer Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse. This June 7th date is key in Israel’s history as it marks the day that Jerusalem was re-captured in 1967’s six-day war. Thus, the Solar Eclipse on June 7th of 167 BC acts as a Celestial Prophecy that not only frames the June 21st, 167 BC Total Lunar Eclipse; [#5 below] but also foretells the date Jerusalem would come back under Israel’s control in 1967 AD, 2134 years in the future! The 2nd frame occurs as the Partial Solar Eclipse-July 7th, 167 BC, as the Sun in Gemini, was announced by Mercury-Gabriel. Jupiter was near Mars guarding Virgo. With Saturn in Libra, and Venus in Cancer, noting the next Partial Solar Eclipse-July 7th, 167 BC, a month later we find a 2nd Blood Moon [#5] of this Tetrad, framed tightly between these two [#4 & #6] Solar Eclipses. [i]

5. Total Lunar Eclipse
A Total Lunar Eclipse, June 21st, 167 BC, the 2nd Blood Moon of the Tetrad- at Summer Solstice, sees the Sun in Gemini, with Saturn in Libra. Mercury-Gabriel announces Venus in Leo, with a Jupiter–Mars union in Virgo again focused on signs of the Celestial Sphinx. Mercury–Gabriel heralds the Bright and Morning Star in Leo the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as King Planet Jupiter still unified with Mars–the Warrior Archangel stands against the evil forces of Antiochus IV.

6. Partial Solar Eclipse
The Partial Solar Eclipse-July 7th, 167 BC another Solar Eclipse, formed a pair of Solar Eclipses bracketing this June 21st Blood Moon. In July 167 BC, with the Sun in Cancer, & Saturn in Libra, Mercury-Gabriel heralded Venus the Bright and Morning Star in Leo, with Jupiter and Mars-Michael the Archangel of war in Virgo, protecting Israel again marking signs of the Celestial Sphinx.

7. Partial Solar Eclipse
On Dec. 1st there was another key Solar Eclipse, which gets our attention first because it occurred only 5 days after Antiochus set up the abomination on Nov. 26th, or the 15th of Kislev, sacrificed 10 days later on 25 Kislev or 12/6/167 BC.* This date finds Mars-Michael in Capricorn- the righteous sacrifice with Venus opposing the abomination of Antiochus IV. The Sun in Sagittarius‘ Bow with arrows trained on the heart of the Scorpion enemy. With Mercury closest to Neptune in Ophiuchus showing the ongoing Gen. 3:15 conflict between Messiah and Scorpion foe, with Saturn in Libra. Then only 10 days later the 3rd Total Lunar Eclipse of this Blood Moon Tetrad followed.

8. Total Lunar Eclipse.
167 BC closes with a Third pair of Eclipses in December. followed by the 3rd Blood Moon of the Tetrad, a Total Lunar Eclipse, Dec. 16th. On Dec. 14th, 167 BC, the Blood Moon and Jupiter were at Virgo’s Feet, moving to Scorpius. With Mars and Venus in Capricorn, Saturn in Libra, and the Sun in Sagittarius, this mid–Dec. 167 BC Eclipse with the Moon at Virgo’s Feet, recalls the Rev. 12 sign, at the birth of Christ. It’s notable that this Dec. 16th Blood Moon foreshadows the cleansing of the Temple and the opening of Hannukah, 3 years later, Dec. 16th, 164 BC, or the 25th of Chislev. This is verified in 1 Macc. 4: 54 above where “the altar was dedicated, the same time of year and the same day the Gentiles had originally profaned it.”

9. Annular Solar Eclipse
The year 166 BC also witnessed eclipse activity starting the 28th of May with a Partial Solar Eclipse. The Annular Solar Eclipse is unique as the only eclipse as the first Annular Solar eclipse serving the dual purpose of framing both the 3rd [#8] and 4th [#10] Total Lunar eclipses of the Tetrad. With Michael-Mars and Morning Star Venus-in Taurus, the Sun & Mercury in Gemini, and Saturn in Libra, Jupiter stays at Virgo’s feet. Here we find a 4th pair of Solar Eclipses both forming a ring of light around the dark lunar sphere, of the Moon in Annular Solar Eclipses framing Blood Moon #3 of the Tetrad.

10. Total Lunar Eclipse
This was followed the next month by the final Blood Moon of this Tetrad, in a 6/11/166 BC Total Lunar Eclipse, with the Moon in Aries less than 2 weeks from Summer Solstice. This Eclipse like the first 5 eclipses of this Tetrad are linked with the Winter and Summer Solstices at the Compass Cardinal Points. Comparison Chart #1 below for Repeating 2029 AD Eclipse Tetrads with 475 BC, also marks the first key date of 6/11-12/166 BC in red-Matching with 475 BC and 2029 AD, marking Antiochus IV as a key Type of the End-times Anti-christ, with a definitive link. The Sun stays in Gemini, with Mars and Venus in Taurus. Mercury has now moved into Cancer.

11. Annular Solar Eclipse
Later on Nov. 20th, 166 BC there was another Annular Solar Eclipse, framing the final Blood Moon of this Tetrad. The Sun, Moon & Neptune in Ophiuchus, reveal the ongoing Gen. 3:15 conflict between Messiah and Scorpius, with a Mercury-Gabriel warning of Saturn’s union in Scorpio. Jupiter is in Libra, and Venus in the Bow of Sagittarius, while Mars-Michael the Warrior arch-angel was found in Virgo protecting Israel.

12. Partial Lunar Eclipse
Lastly, on Dec. 6th a Partial Lunar Eclipse closed out 166 BC, as the Moon grazed Jupiter in Libra, at Scorpio’s border, joined Saturn in Scorpius, and Mercury near Neptune in Ophiuchus, establishing the ongoing Gen. 3:15 conflict. Sagittarius held the Sun & Venus on a 1 year anniversary, to   the day after Kislev 25′ Abomination Desolation on 12/6/167* BC, also marked in Comparison Chart #1 aligning a 2nd time in red with Repeating 2029 AD Eclipse Tetrads Matched with 475 BC.  #14