Hello, John and Doves,I made a mistake once. I thought I was wrong, but I wasn't.A case in point:
I said that my starting date was off! To wit, 2345 + (70 X 49) + 1 = 5776. But, no!
I should have known that I was counting Jubilee years all along!
Actually, the first year of the Jubilee count is considered the first year of the first of seven shmita counts. As such, 49 + 1 = 1 + 49, by the commutative law of addition. Therefore, to count an additional year beyond the initial 49 is the same as adding 49 years to the first year, which was actually 2346.
Put another way, 2346 + (49 X 70) = 5776.
Thus, every Jubilee is both the 50th year of the current count and the first year of the next count, in order to preserve the shmita counts without interruption or Entr'acte. That's since 2346, or 1415 BC.
That makes sense, since seventy sevens of shmita counts (from the year that the children of Israel entered the promised land after the 430 years in Egypt) have to be completed by the time Messiah returns. It is the year after the year of shmita [5775 + 1 = 5776] that marks Messiah's return on 10 Tishrei 5776--September 23, 2015.
The 69th Jubilee was punctuated by the capture of Jerusalem on 28 Iyyar 5727--7 June 1967.
It is written,
"...Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven."
After those days (the Great Tribulation), Jesus will touch down on the Mount of Olives to create both the Valley of Jehoshaphat and the two Hills of Bether. After vanquishing His enemies on the battlefield, He shall lead His people to the Promised Land from Edom (where Petra is). As of old, He will lead them by day, and guard them by night. He will guard them, fore and aft. The Living Presence of Adonai El Elyon will lead the children of Israel. In His great and mighty justice and mercy, He will judge the denizens of the Earth, gathered from the four winds into the Valley of Decision.
It is written,
"Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, with his garments stained crimson ? [It's "this same Jesus!"] Who is this, robed in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of his strength? 'It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.' "
btw, verse 17 of Songs chapter 2 is a remez to the seventh year of Daniel's seventieth week!
Baruch HaShem Yeshua Ha Mashiach Adonai El Elyon,
Mike C.