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Jim Bramlett
Dec 15, 2004
Dear friends:
God's revelation to Ezekiel in chapter 4 continues to intrigue me. It is about the 430 years of punishment (which commentaries admit is a mystery), 70 of which occurred during the Babylonian captivity, leaving 360, then applying the "7 times more" of Leviticus 26 (or 7 X 360 = 2,520), which totals to 2,590 years. According to Ezekiel 4, this is to be counted from the "siege" of Jerusalem.
In the 1990s Randy Bullock reminded me that this interpretation was put forth several decades earlier by Arthur Bloomfield in his book, The End of the Days. Bloomfield starts his count at the Babylonian siege of 586 B.C. and calculates the end of the 2,590 years will be "about A.D. 2004."
Also, I am reminded that in his book, Times of the Signs. George T. Curle has the same interpretation (but giving credit to Bloomfield), except that he believes the correct calculation instead takes one to 2005, taking into consideration the no-zero year between B.C. and A.D. But as Randy says, it may depend on start-month and stop-month, or rounding.
It is significant that there are some reputable scholars who believe the siege was actually in 587 B.C., not 586. If true, that would make 2004 come out more neatly.
This is interesting: 2,590 modern (365.24-day) years converted to prophetic (360-day) years = 2553 (rounded), and 587 + 2553 = 1967, the very year the Jews recaptured Jerusalem according to Luke 21:24!!! This cannot be an accident and seems quite significant, and it may confirm 587 as the correct year.
I am not exactly sure what all this means, but it could mean that 2004 or 2005 is the end of a long, 2,590-year count in Jewish history that began with the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. It could mean the end of "the times of the Gentiles" and the beginning of God's prophesied final dealings with Israel. If that is true, it could also mean that the removal of the church for this final segment of time for Israel is imminent.
The connection of this time period with "the times of the Gentiles" may be confirmed by Jesus' own words in Luke 21:24 above.
A photo in our local newspaper of a Hanukkah sign on an automobile this week read, "Bring Moshiach," which means "bring the Messiah."
Amen. And we know His name. It is Jesus, or Yeshua. He is coming.
Jim
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