To begin my thought, let's find out in
which year Exodus took place.
1 Kings 6 And it came to pass in the four
hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel
were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year
of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which
is the second month, that he began to build the house of
the LORD.
Solomon began his reign in 969 BC. His
fourth year is 965 BC. 965 BC was also the 480th year
since they left Egypt. 966 BC was the 479th year, 967 BC
was the 478th year.....1444 BC was the first year they
left Egypt.
Exodus 12:40 Now the sojourning of the
children of Israel, who dwelled in Egypt, was four
hundred and thirty years.
Now that we know Exodus took place in 1444
B.C. If we can put together this 430 years gap to 1444
B.C., then we should know where we are since Adam. I
have attached a commentary from Benson.
Benson commentary:
Exodus 12:40. Who dwelt in Egypt — Or
sojourned. We must observe, that it is not said, The
sojourning of the children of Israel in Egypt was four
hundred and thirty years; but the sojourning of the
children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt — That is, the
sojourning of the Israelitish nation, from the time that
Abraham left his native country to sojourn in Canaan, to
the release of his posterity, who were long sojourners
in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
End of quote
I agree with Benson except I believe the
sojourning of children of Israel in Canaan begin with
Jacob's birth. God only sees Jacob and his descendants
are the children of Israel, not Abraham nor Isaac
because they also begat Ishmael and Esau. And God has
also changed the name of Jacob to Israel.
From Adam to birth of Abraham, there are
1948 years. Abraham begat Isaac when he was 100 years
old. So Isaac was born in year 2048. Isaac begat Jacob
when he was 60 years old. So Jacob was born in year 2108
after Adam. And I believe 2108 is the year sojourning of
children of Israel in Canaan began.
And from Exodus 12:40 we learn that the
number of years of their sojourning in Canaan and their
time spent in Egypt is 430 years.
Here is the calculation.
Adding 430 years to 2108, we come to 2538
years from Adam. Exodus took place in this year, and
year 2538 also happened to be 1444 BC. To calculate the
years we are from Adam, we have the following,
2538 +1444 BC + 2020 (2021 -1, there is no
0 in AD) = 6002
We are 6002 years since creation of Adam.
Giving the fact that we don't know the exact month and
the exact day Adam and his descendants were born, this
is an approximate calculation, could be varied by 2
years. Any way, I believe 6000 years is over. Next shall
come the millennium. But before that, God shall unleash
7 years tribulation in order to find out who is worthy
to enter the millennium.
Ray