Linda,
   Your post on this site re the 430 years is most interesting. Just a month
ago I wrote an email to a friend on this subject, and arrived at the same
conclusions you have found. However, you have forgotten that there is no
zero year, so the calculation actually comes out to 2009 instead of 2008.
Below I quote some of the things I had written at that time:

I'm sure you are acquainted with Leviticus 26 where God tells Moses all the
wonderful blessings he will give to Israel if only they would obey. Then he
tells them all the curses that will come upon them if they disobey. He tells
them four times (four representing judgment) that if they disobey, "seven
times" of punishment will come upon them. Well, I don't know if that has
anything to do with the punishment God said would be Israel's lot in Ezekiel
4, but it does indeed provide some interesting possibilities.
   God told Ezekiel, "Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity
of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of days that thou
shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity." Then he told Ezekiel that
it will be 390 days that he should thus lie on his left side.
   He then told Ezekiel to lie on his right side for 40 days. "... and thou
shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have given thee
a day for a year."
   First of note is the fact that the nation of Israel (the Northern
Kingdom)) and the nation of Judah (the Southern Kingdom) are obviously
separated here, just as they were in real life at that time. And, obviously,
none of this can begin counting from the year that Ezekiel did this, because
the iniquity of both houses (Israel and Judah) began long before this point
in Ezekiel's life. It just might be that the counting began when the two
nations came together as one in the days of David, and became a consolidated
nation in the year 1002 B.C. When the government was established in
Jerusalem. Surely it could not begin to count before that time, for that is
when God began to deal with the entire 12 tribes, as a nation.
   Also, it should be noted that in 722 B.C. the northern nation of Israel
went into captivity to Assyria.
   Now the fun begins. Could it be possible that the 390 years for Israel
and the 40 years for Judah would be multiplied by the "seven times" of
punishment prophesied in Leviticus 26? Let's try it and see what results. If
we take the 390 years for Israel and multiply by "seven times" we get 2730
years. And if we take the 40 years for Judah and multiply by the "seven
times" we get 280 years. Now it seems mighty strange that 2730 years from
722 B.C. (adjusting for no zero year) brings us to 2009 A.D. And the 40
years for Judah multiplied by "seven times" gives us 280 years, which, if we
count from 1002 B.C. when they became a consolidated nation, brings us to
722 B.C. No kidding -- do the math! When I saw this on my calculator I
thought I had made a mistake, so I tried it again, and sure enough it came
out to 722 B.C. again.
   Still not being convinced I tried it another way. I tried adding the
number of years of punishment for both houses of Israel -- 390 years times 7
equals 2730 years -- 40 years times 7 equals 280 years, making a total
number of years 3010 for both houses of Israel. Start with the beginning of
the consolidated nation, 1002 B.C., and add 3010 years, (accounting for no
zero year) and you will come out with the date 2009 A.D. Double check the
math by subtracting the 2730 years for Northern Israel, and we are back at
722 again.
   So what does it all mean? Well, we know that Judah is the first to return
to the promised land, and we also know that they returned in unbelief. This
has already happened since 1878 and more specifically since 1948, and even
more specifically since 1967. But they are still in unbelief. Apparently, as
we find in Zechariah 12, they will come to a point where they will "look
upon him whom they pierced, and mourn for him as for an only son." (This is
reasonable because it was Judah who crucified him.) It appears that this
will happen when God fights for them, and turns back their enemies who have
vowed to wipe them off the face of the earth. Then the scriptures are very
plain that there will be another great return following that time -- this
return involves the rest of the Israelites. This return will be so great
that the land will not be able to contain them (thus the enlarging of the
land).
   Now, for the punch line. We are at the beginning of 2007. This year will
be 40 years from the time when the current nation of Israel refused to go in
and accept the Temple Mount, but instead, through fear they gave it back to
the Arabs. It appears to be the end of a 40-year punishment period for not
trusting God for their temple mount.
   It appears that the window of time is closing fast. Sometime within the
next two years God will fight for Israel and turn back their enemies. And,
remember, it is after he fights for them that the remainder of their fellow
Israelites will come back from the nations where they now live. If, as it
appears to be shown by Ezekiel lying on his left side for 390 days, and on
his right side for 40 days, that the period of punishment will come to a
close in 2009, and the remainder of the Israelites will return.
   But this analogy must, of necessity, propose another item. According to
Revelation 19 the wedding of Jesus and his bride must take place before he
comes to turn back Israel's enemies. This means it has either already taken
place, or will take place very soon.

Bonnie Gaunt