When it comes to making doctrine that is simple much more complex, the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) has no peer.

In second place are the modern-day ‘Reformed’ theologians of the Protestant Church.

Both groups of theologians exegete Scripture in such a way that leaves the average person so mind-boggled that he loses the ability to read or understand the Bible on his own. Once they learn to sow division and confusion, they then proclaim from their ivory towers that we defer to the experts when exegeting Scripture.

In the case of the RCC, that is the point.

The RCC has overintellectualized Scripture to the point where they deny people salvation. They have buried the five words of the Gospel so deeply that even their priests do not know what the Gospel is.

When was the last time you heard or read where a Roman Catholic proclaimed that Christ died for our sins?

According to Scripture, salvation occurs in two parts:

Part 1: We hear the Gospel, believe it instead of refusing to believe as most others do, repent and are saved by God’s grace through his gift of faith. We are saved by grace through faith in the work of Christ, not by our good works.

Part 2: We are commanded to remain in the faith, never to abandon it, and work out our salvation with fear and trembling by overcoming the temptations that beckon us to return to the world.

The RCC rejects Part 1 and falsely teaches its parishioners to work out their salvation, without receiving the gift of faith, through their own efforts. Their leaders work diligently and overintellectualize the faith to hide what they have done.

Modern-day ‘Reformed’ Protestant theologians have made two critical errors that weaken the faith through over-intellectualization. These are:

1. Proclaiming ‘no free will predestination,’ a philosophical doctrine that hampers evangelism, muzzles the call for repentance, and takes our eyes off the Gospel.
2. Allegorizing Scripture instead of taking the intended literal approach to understanding the Word of God, especially eschatology where the nation of Israel is concerned. This process requires severe over-intellectualization to hide their folly.

They then spend their time justifying their theology, constantly moving the goal posts when they are confronted on their inconsistencies, and causing confusion where none should exist.

By creating their own theology, they empty the cross of its power.

To compound their error even further, their false doctrine causes them to neglect Christ’s admonition to “Keep Watch” for his return.

Both false teachings threaten to shipwreck our faith.

There was a time when the ‘church father’ Origen was the most famous teacher in Christendom (250 A.D). His theology came from his own imagination and severely weakened the faith for many years.

It is likely that his false doctrines, which were dominant at the time, led to the great persecution of the early fourth-century church.

The fact that he gave himself an orchiectomy should have been their first clue that this guy had problems.

Paul addressed the issue of the over-intellectualization of Scripture when he instructed:

“So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels” (II Timothy 2:22-23).

When we move away from the foundation of the faith, or when we allegorize Scripture that was meant to be taken literally, we create foolish, ignorant controversies that breed unnecessary quarrels and divisions.

Paul further addressed this problem in his first letter to the Corinthian church. As with all Scripture, his advice is still relevant today.

“And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God (I Corinthians 2:1-5).

Here is how the Apostle Paul handled this problem of over-intellectualizing Scripture when he addressed the Corinthian church.

Chapter 3 “But I [the Apostle Paul], brothers, could not address you as spiritual people [who should be guided by faith rather than intellect], but as people of the flesh [who exchange faith for philosophy], as infants in Christ [who suckle on human wisdom which creates false and misleading narratives].

² I fed you with milk [because you were not fully developed in the faith] not solid food [of faith and repentance, Hebrews 5:11-14], for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, ³ for you are still of the flesh [you follow human wisdom and create jealousy and dissension rather than focusing on the Gospel].

For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? ⁴ For when one says, ‘I follow Paul [or, today, Martin Luther/Lutherans],” and another, “I follow Apollos [John Calvin/Calvinists],” are you not being merely human?

⁵ What then is Apollos [John Calvin]? What is Paul [Martin Luther]? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. ⁶ I planted [the Gospel], Apollos watered [with sound doctrine], but God gave the growth [the glory belongs to God, so do not call yourselves by the name of a man].

⁷ So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth [God’s Gospel brings salvation, not man’s theorizing]. ⁸ He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages [Talents] according to his labor [he will be put in charge of many things]. ⁹ For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field [not man’s field], God’s building [God’s temple, not man’s temple].

¹⁰ According to the grace of God given to me [through faith], like a skilled master builder, I laid a foundation [the Gospel, I Corinthians 15:3], and someone else is building upon it [Woe to me (or any preacher) if I do not preach the Gospel].

Let each one take care how he builds upon it [with sound doctrine]. ¹¹ For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid [the Gospel is the foundation that was laid] which is Jesus Christ [and his dying for our sins and conquering death at his resurrection].

¹² Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones [Sound doctrine], wood, hay, straw [false doctrine/human wisdom]— ¹³ each one’s work will become manifest [each of us will give an account of himself to God], for the Day [of the Lord] will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire [wood, hay and straw burn up], and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done [by faith or by works of human wisdom].

¹⁴ If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives [because he built with the gold, silver and precious stones of the Gospel], he will receive a reward [a crown of righteousness]. ¹⁵ If anyone’s work is burned up [because he preached a Christ out of envy, rivalry, and selfish ambition guided by human wisdom], he will suffer loss [of treasures in heaven], though he himself will be saved [by faith], but only as through fire [everyone who proclaims the Gospel, even if he preaches Christ out of envy and rivalry, because he is defending his own ideology (Philippians 1:13-18), can still be saved by faith].

Note: those who falsely allegorize Scripture that should be taken literally can still be saved by Grace through Faith.

¹⁶ Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? ¹⁷ If anyone [false shepherds who preach a different Gospel or a different Jesus] destroys God’s temple [by preaching only human wisdom], God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

¹⁸ Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise [puffed up with knowledge] in this age [the dispensation of the church], let him become a fool that he may become wise [strive to know nothing but Christ and him crucified for our sins]. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is folly with God [your faith must not rest on men’s wisdom, but on the power of God’s Gospel].

For it is written, ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness,’ ²⁰ and again, ‘The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise [who are wise in their own eyes], that they are futile.’ ²¹ So let no one boast in men [who are fallible].  For all things are yours, ²² whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, ²³ and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s” (I Corinthians 3:10-23).

To summarize, we are to rally around and find unity in the Gospel, which is a simple concept:

Christ died for our sins.

This eternal truth came from God, not from human wisdom.  Any church that stands on these five words cannot be divided.

We do not rally around ‘no free will predestination.’  No one is edified by this nonsense, and no one is brought to salvation by confessing it.

We do not allegorize Scripture so that it fits into our own ideology or orthodoxy.  When you make a mistake in interpreting Scripture, you do not compound your error by continuing to teach false doctrine.

You repent and correct it.

We do not rally around the Roman Catholic confession that “Christ becomes one of us that we might become participants in his life.” Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Barron proclaims this new rendering of the gospel, which seems to be indicative of the philosophy of Roman Catholicism in general.

No one receives the gift of faith by confessing this man-made rendering of this different gospel.

The idea that God has washed his hands of the nation of Israel forever is delusional. There are so many Scriptural passages regarding Israel’s [not the church’s] God ordained role throughout the tribulation, and during the Millennium, that only those suffering from spiritual blindness could miss it.

The allegorists are, at best, just infants in the faith.

Finally, at Fuller Seminary, after years of thoughtful consideration [human wisdom], the luminaries there say they have finally figured out what the Christian stance on the LGBT and marriage should be. According to Daniel Silliman:

“After several years discussing and debating the evangelical institution’s stance—and considering changing policies impacting LGBTQ students, faculty, and staff—trustees voted to reaffirm Fuller’s “historic theological understanding of marriage,” while noting the school’s position that “faithful Christians” can hold other views.”

Actually, Mr. Silliman, no faithful Christian can confess that gay marriage is approved by God or that it is even acceptable. All members of the LGBT must be called to repent and be forgiven in the name of Jesus.

Not given divinity degrees.

That is the position of those who reject human wisdom and obey the Gospel of God.

The above is what you say when you have abandoned the Gospel.

It is amazing that this silly place is called a Seminary.  It is horrifying that they are teaching our future pastors.

Jesus, who was God in human flesh, died for our lack of faith and violations of his moral law. He did this so we could be saved by God’s grace through the faith that God grants us when we believe and confess the true Gospel.

That is why our prime directive is to proclaim repentance for the forgiveness of sins in the name of Christ.

We all know what God’s moral law is because it is written on our hearts. We are all fully aware that when we form an opposition to God’s moral law, we are lacking in faith and violating God’s holiness.

The only way to subdue our consciences and embrace false doctrine is to intoxicate ourselves by over-intellectualizing Scripture and finding comfort in that.  Once our consciences are subdued, we can justify anything.

Over-intellectualizing Scripture is a great way to become one with the world.

Sola Scriptura means absolutely nothing if you twist it and cause division in the body of Christ.

Those who do this, and teach others to do so, are building a foundation on wood, hay and straw.

I would not want to have to give an account to my Lord and Savior with that on my resume.

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The basic rules for the Jewish lunisolar calendar are that the first of every month should occur during the new moon conjunction or shortly after (1-2 days), and the middle of every month should be around the time of the full moon conjunction. There are either 29 or 30 days in a month, and either 12 or 13 months in a year. There are usually 12 months in a Jewish calendar year, but every two to three years, an extra month (the 13th month) of 30 days is added to keep the lunar calendar in sync with the solar calendar.

A Jewish calendar year typically consists of approximately 354 or 355 days, but when an extra month is added, the year will be approximately 384 or 385 days. The Jewish calendar is based on the Metonic cycle (see Metonic cycle – Wikipedia). The cycle is a period of almost exactly 19 years, after which the lunar phases recur at the same time of the year.

The Metonic cycle is 2 hours, 4 minutes, and 58 seconds longer than 19 tropical or solar years. Therefore, the Jewish calendar aligns with the same Gregorian calendar date (within a few hours) every 19 years. Over time (approximately 200-300 years), it will drift by one day. The Jewish calendar is ‘fixed’ or calculated from the 19-year Metonic cycle. The years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19 are the long years with 13 months. This intercalary cycle forms the basis of the Jewish calendar.

The transition from observing the moon phases to the fixed Jewish calendar is commonly credited to the patriarch Hillel II in the Jewish year 4119 AM, or 358/359 AD in the Julian calendar. However, several Jewish documents have been found indicating that the calendar was not fully fixed in Hillel’s time. The calendar did not reach its exact modern form until at least 922–924 AD. Unfortunately, the calendar has not changed since then, and the fixed Metonic cycle for determining embolismic (leap) years is still in effect, although it is no longer accurate (for the 21st century) or needed.

The primary rule of the Jewish calendar is that Passover (Nisan 15 to the Jews) should not occur before the vernal equinox for that particular year. The vernal equinox occurs between March 19 and March 21 in the northern hemisphere. Therefore, the Jewish calendar should assess which new moon establishes the proper day of Passover. Will it be the first new moon of the meteorological spring or the second? This is the same as saying that the first month (Abib/Nisan) is the new moon closest to the vernal equinox (whether it is before or after).

Many rules and regulations have been added to the fixed Jewish calendar over the centuries. There are only certain days on which the Jewish holidays (including Feasts of the Lord) can begin. See On Which Days Do Jewish Holidays Begin? – Chabad.org. This is not biblical, as the only rules for the Feast of the Lord days are those given in Leviticus 23. As the centuries have passed since the 10th century, the present Jewish calendar has shifted, relative to the Gregorian calendar, toward the summer.

As I wrote about in The Calculated Jewish Calendar vs. the Biblical Jewish Calendar, the current Hebrew calendar calculates the first day of each new month using an ‘average moon’ instead of the real moon. That is, the lunation is fixed to approximately 29.53 days, while the lunation of the actual moon varies from a low of 29.27 to a high of 29.84 days. The result is that the traditional calendar sometimes declares the 1st of the calendar month when the moon clearly has not yet reached conjunction and thus has not been ‘renewed,’ or declares the first day of the new month a day after the moon has been renewed. Thus, the traditional calendar month sometimes begins a day too early and often begins a day too late.

An essential factor to consider regarding the ecclesiastical Jewish calendar is that the determination of the new moon, which establishes the critical first month of each year, is based on the fixed application of the Metonic cycle. In this system, the required periodic leap month is added by a fixed schedule of intercalation, completely ignoring the real moon! This sometimes leads to the incorrect identification of the spring new moon as the ‘first month’ (Nisan). This error, when it happens, establishes all commanded Feast days following Nisan to be observed in the wrong lunar month!

This error is occurring more frequently in the modern Hebrew calendar as the centuries pass. This problem is well recognized, even in modern Judaism. Applying the Metonic cycle to the Hebrew calendar is perfectly fine over the whole 19-year cycle, but it is absolutely wrong to apply the ‘rules’ of the Metonic cycle by its rigid schedule of intercalation within any 19-year period. The actual moon should declare which year should be the intercalary year, not a rigid, predetermined schedule!

Finally, today’s Hebrew lunisolar calendar (the same fixed calendar of the 10th century) assumes the vernal equinox is on March 25 (instead of March 19-21). This is due to the differences between the Julian and (proleptic) Gregorian calendars during these centuries. The Julian calendar was first implemented in 45 BC under the reign of Julius Caesar. The Julian calendar assumes each year is exactly 365.25 days (with leap years every four years, it averages out).

But the real solar year is about 365.2422 days. So, the Julian calendar is 11 minutes and 14 seconds ahead of the Gregorian calendar every year. The result was that the calendar drifted about one day for every 314 years. The Gregorian calendar fixes this with its leap-year adjustments. It averages 365.2425 days per year—much closer to the actual solar year. It is only off by about 26 seconds per year.

Over time, this difference began to accumulate, and the Julian calendar’s overestimation pushed the seasons earlier and earlier. By the time the final changes to the Jewish fixed calendar were made in the 10th century, the Julian calendar was five days behind the more accurate (proleptic) Gregorian calendar. By the 1500s, the calendar was 10 days out of sync. The spring equinox occurred on March 11 instead of March 21, which disrupted Easter calculations.

Regarding the Easter calculations, in 325 AD, the Council of Nicaea decreed that Easter should fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal equinox, which at the time fell on March 21. The Julian and the (proleptic) Gregorian calendars were pretty well in sync at this time. Over the centuries, the Julian calendar became less accurate, causing the vernal equinox to occur much earlier than it should have on the calendar.

THE TEN DAYS THAT VANISHED

“After years of consultation and research, Pope Gregory XIII signed a papal bull in February 1582, promulgating the reformed calendar that came to be known as the Gregorian calendar. The reforms were based on the suggestions of the Italian scientist Luigi Lilio, with some modifications by the Jesuit mathematician and astronomer Christopher Clavius.

The most surreal part of implementing the new calendar came in October 1582, when 10 days were dropped to bring the vernal equinox back from March 11 to March 21. The church chose October to avoid missing any major Christian festivals. So, in countries that adopted the new calendar, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, which occurred on Thursday, October 4, 1582 (on the Julian calendar), was directly followed by Friday, October 15, 1582 (on the new Gregorian calendar). The Protestant and Orthodox countries didn’t want to take direction from the pope, so they refused to adopt the new calendar.

The result was that Catholic Europe, crossing a border often meant moving backward in time—Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Poland, and the Catholic states of Germany—suddenly jumped ahead of the rest of the continent by 10 days, and traveling across a border often meant traveling forward or backward on the calendar.

Eventually, non-Catholic countries began adopting the Gregorian calendar. The Protestant regions of Germany and the Netherlands adopted the Gregorian calendar in the 17th century. Great Britain and the territories of the British Empire followed suit in 1752, spreading the Gregorian calendar around the globe.” {1} Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar | Britannica.

THE NOT SO MODERN JEWISH FIXED CALENDAR

Thus, the ‘modern’ Hebrew calendar ignores the actual vernal equinox (March 19-21) and still observes the March 25^th vernal equinox date for the deadline of Passover (Nisan 15), which contributes to the incorrect month reckoned for Nisan in certain years. When observing the ecclesiastical calendar, the Jews still follow the fixed lunisolar calendar, with embolismic months (leap months) added every 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19 years, even when an extra month is not needed. I reckon the current year, 2025-2026, is the 10^th year of this cycle.

Let’s look at a few examples of this incorrect addition of a leap month in the fixed Jewish calendar. In 2024 (the 8th year on the Metonic cycle), an intercalary month was added to the Jewish calendar, so March 25 (the first full moon conjunction of spring) was considered Veadar (the 13^th month) 15 instead of Nisan (the first month) 15. The vernal equinox was on March 20th in 2024, so March 25 is five days past the vernal equinox for that year. The March 25 date satisfies the rule that Nisan 15 be on or after the vernal equinox. No extra month was needed for this year, but because the Jews still follow the intercalation of a fixed 19-year Metonic cycle (which is eleven centuries old), one was added.

The same thing happens again in 2027, where an intercalary month is added when it is not needed. This makes March 24, 2027, Veadar 15 (instead of Nisan 15). March 24 is 3-4 days past the vernal equinox date for 2027; therefore, no leap month is needed. An unneeded intercalated month is added again in 2035, 2038, and 2043, and so on.

So, why does all of this matter? Well, for one thing, when the Jews build the third temple as Scripture stipulates and the High Priest goes into the Holy of Holies on a day that isn’t truly Yom Kippur (the day of Atonement), God would most probably strike him dead, according to Leviticus 16:2.

Also, if the Lord Jesus fulfilled the first four Feasts of the Lord during His first advent on the appointed days of the Moedim, shouldn’t He do likewise with the remaining three Feasts during His second advent? It is essential to know the appropriate dates and months for the fall Feasts of the Lord. Of course, the Lord will return on the authentic Feast of Trumpets, whatever the Jewish calendar says.

THE SHEMITAH WEEKS

Getting the wrong month for Nisan 1 not only affects the dates for the Feasts of the Lord, but also the timelines for the (potential) Shemitah cycles or ‘weeks,’ which start and end on Tishri 1. The next possible seven-year timeline spans from 2026 to 2033. This timeline appears to be unaffected, even though an unnecessary intercalary month is added in the (meteorological) spring of 2027. Only if an intercalary month is added at the start, middle, or end will it affect the duration of the seven-year timeline, whether it will be for 2540 or 2569 days.

The following timeline of 2027-2034 will be affected by the addition of an unnecessary intercalary month (in 2027) to the Jewish calendar. Let’s examine this timeline (and the others below) as if it were a Shemitah ‘week’ that begins and ends on Tishri 1 (the time of the fall new moon conjunction). The fixed (calculated) Jewish calendar designates October 1 as Tishri 1 in 2027 and September 14 as Tishri 1 in 2034. That is a total of 2540 days. The exact middle of this ‘week’ (1270 days) is March 24, 2031, which corresponds to Nisan 1. Whenever a seven-year timeline (Tishri 1 – Tishri 1) has 2540 days, the middle of the ‘week’ will be on (approximately) Nisan 1.

However, if you don’t use the fixed Jewish calendar (based on an obsolete intercalated Metonic cycle) and just abide by the primary rule that Nisan 15 should occur on or after the vernal equinox, then September 2 would be designated as Tishri 1 in 2027, and September 14 as Tishri 1 in 2034. That is a total of 2569 days. The exact middle of this week (1284.5 days) is March 9, 2031, which corresponds to Adar 15. Whenever a seven-year timeline (Tishri 1-Tishri 1) has 2569 days, the middle of the ‘week’ will be on (approximately) Adar or Veadar 15.

In these two different reckonings for 2027-2034, there would be different beginning and ‘in the midst’ dates, but the same end date (September 14, 2034).

The next ‘week’ that will be wrongfully reckoned by the fixed Jewish calendar is 2028-2035. An extra month is added in the meteorological spring of 2035, even though the first full moon of spring occurs on March 24, which is 3-4 days past the vernal equinox date. Instead of March 24 being Nisan 15, it will be Veadar 14.

This extra intercalary month also affects the end date of the seven-year timeline, which is Tishri 1 (2035). It will occur on October 2, 2035, on the fixed Jewish calendar. If the extra unnecessary intercalary month hadn’t been added (and shouldn’t have), the Tishri 1 date would be September 3, 2035 (one day after the first new moon conjunction of fall).

Since the Jewish calendar is incorrect for 2035 (IMO), it would also affect the potential ‘week’ of 2031-2038, as 2035 is ‘in the midst’ of this seven-year period. As I mentioned before, 2038 and 2043 are also reckoned incorrectly on the fixed Jewish calendar.

Now that scholars know the dates and times of the moon phases (including the new and full moon conjunctions), and Israel is again in the land, there is no longer a need to use the outdated and often incorrect fixed (intercalated Metonic cycle) Jewish calendar.

THE TWO RULES FOR THE JEWISH LUNISOLAR CALENDAR

The only two rules for the Jewish lunisolar calendar should be:

1) The 1st day of any new Jewish month is the sunset that follows the conjunction of the new moon. The new moon conjunction will take place on the last day of the Jewish month, either the 29th or the 30th, since the Jewish lunisolar calendar doesn’t have a 31st day. The 1st day of the month will take place either the next day or the following day, depending on whether the new moon conjunction occurs before or after sunset (when a new day begins on the Jewish calendar).

Calculating the time of conjunction and comparing that with the time of sunset (in Jerusalem) matches what the ancient Levite observers could have done by watching the signs of the old crescent at the end of each month. The new crescent observation would only have confirmed the day of the conjunction (dark) new moon.

2) The 1st month of the ecclesiastic Jewish calendar year is the new moon of spring (be it the first or the second) that establishes Passover (from sunset Nisan 15 to sunset Nisan 16), on or after the vernal equinox. This is the same as saying the 1st Jewish month is the new moon closest to the vernal equinox (whether the new moon is before or after the vernal equinox). No other rules are added. All the designated feasts, the moedim (the appointed times as mentioned in Leviticus 23), fall on the calendar days they fall on. If Yom Kippur is on a Friday or a Sunday, then that’s when it is. If the 7th day of Sukkot falls on a Saturday, then so be it. No artificial ‘postponements’ for convenience are imposed.

THE 1260, 1290, and 1335TH DAYS FROM THE MIDDLE OF DANIEL’S 70TH WEEK

“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate” (Daniel 9:27). “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whosoever reads, let him understand:). Then let them who are in Judaea flee into the mountains” (Matthew 24:15-16).

It is essential that one establishes the correct new moons (for Nisan 1 and Tishri 1) and full moons (for Nisan 15 and Tishri 15) when attempting to reckon the 1260 days of Revelation 12:6, the 1290 days of Daniel 12:11, and the 1335 days of Daniel 12:12. I believe these specifically numbered days are sequential from the “in the midst” (approximately the middle) event of the abomination of desolation that occurs in the middle of Daniel’s 70th week (aka ‘the Tribulation’) per Daniel 9:27 & Matthew 24:15. The middle (in the midst) of Daniel’s 70th week will take place during the Passover week. I believe it will occur on Nisan 19-20, specifically. The best scenario (IMO) is if Nisan 19/20 occurs on the Feast of Firstfruits (the day of Jesus’ resurrection), which always occurs on a Sunday.

The Jews who flee Jerusalem after the abomination of desolation will go to Petra, Jordan (IMO), and stay there until Jesus returns three-and-a-half years later and defeats the forces of the Antichrist. “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent” (Revelation 12:13-14).

I believe Jesus will return to the Earth on Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of Trumpets) on the 1251st day (from the A.O.D.) and will wage war against the Antichrist and his evil forces. The Ten Days of Awe occur between the Feast of Trumpets (Tishri 1) and the Day of Atonement (Tishri 10). This will be the most awe-inspiring ten days ever as Jesus single-handedly decimates the Antichrist’s forces all the way from Bozrah to Jerusalem (as per Isaiah 63:1-6 and Revelation 14:20). The Jews will leave Petra on the 1260th day from the A.O.D., according to Revelation 12:6. The prophecies of Revelation 11:2 and Revelation 13:5 concerning 42 months will also be fulfilled at this time, as well as the ‘time, times, and half a time’ of Revelation 12:14.

However, the end of Daniel’s 70th week will not occur at this time but 30 days later (on the 1290th day from the A.O.D.), as there are still some issues to be resolved before the Millennial Kingdom begins. See Time, Times, and Half a Time – Part II :: By Randy Nettles – Rapture Ready.

The last portion of the 70th ‘week’ is described as “a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time” in Daniel 12:1. Jesus called it “great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be” in Matthew 24:21. Daniel 12:11 gives the exact duration of Jacob’s trouble (or the Great Tribulation), “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” 

PROPOSED REVISIONS FOR THE JEWISH FIXED LUNISOLAR CALENDAR

As I mentioned before, seven years on the Jewish calendar can be for either (approximately) 2540 or 2569 days. Let’s examine three of the upcoming seven-year timelines to get a better perspective on the possible prophetic events that could transpire on these specifically numbered mid-to-end dates. Two of the ‘weeks’ are reckoned incorrectly by the Jewish fixed intercalated lunisolar calendar (IMO). We will list both the Jewish ‘fixed’ calendar dates and our recommended revision dates (the ‘non-fixed’ or revised calendar) based on the criteria mentioned in this article.

In the following hypothetical seven-year Jewish timelines for Daniel’s 70th Week (the Tribulation), the 1260, 1290, and 1335^th days will be the end dates from the ‘in the midst’ (approximate middle) event of the Abomination of Desolation that Daniel spoke of in Daniel 9:27 and 12:11. Jesus also spoke of the A.O.D. in Matthew 24:15.

Regarding my (proposed) revised Jewish calendar dates, the ‘in the midst’ (per Daniel 9:27- KJV) event will occur on Nisan 19-21 on the Jewish calendar. The 1260th day (from the ‘in the midst’ date) of Revelation 12:6 will correspond to Tishri 10, which is Yom Kippur (or the Day of Atonement). The 1290th day of Daniel 12:11 will occur on Heshvan 10. The 1335^th day of Daniel 12:12 will occur (approximately) on Kislev 25, the first day of Hanukkah. In But as the Days of Noah Were – Part II :: By Randy Nettles – Rapture Ready, I listed 20 seven-year cycles (or ‘weeks’), from 2019-2026 to 2038-2045, and all but two of them worked out mathematically for these end-time duration dates on the Jewish lunisolar calendar (within hours or one day).

Additionally, when reckoning the (possible) timeline of the Tribulation on the ‘revised Jewish calendar,’ with 2569 days in a seven-year period, the beginning and end dates will be Heshvan 10. When there are only 2540 days in a seven-year period, the beginning and end dates will be Tishri 19. The ‘in the midst’ (approximately the middle) date will be Nisan 19-21 for both 2540- and 2569-day timelines. See the charts below.

2026-2033 (2569 Days) – Correct as Is (No Revision Needed)

START: Heshvan 10 – Tuesday, October 20, 2026
MIDDLE (1279 days from the start): Nisan 19 (5th day of Unleavened Bread) – Sunday, April 21, 2030
1260 Days (from the middle): Tishri 10 (Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement) – Sunday, October 2, 2033
END (1290 days from the middle): Heshvan 10 – Tuesday, November 1, 2033
AFTER (1335 days from the middle): Kislev 25 – Friday, December 16, 2033

2027-2034 (2540 Days) – Current Jewish Calendar (Fixed Intercalated) 

START: Tishri 20 (6th day of Sukkot/Tabernacles) – Tuesday, October 19, 2027
MIDDLE (1270 days from the start): Nisan 19 (5th day of Unleavened Bread) – Friday, April 11, 2031
1260 Days (from the middle): Tishri 9 (Yom Kippur Eve) – Friday, September 22, 2034
END (1270 days from the middle): Tishri 19 (5th day of Sukkot/Tabernacles) – Monday, October 2, 2034
AFTER (1290 days from the middle): Heshvan 10 – Sunday, October 22, 2034
AFTER (1335 days from the middle): Kislev 25 (1st day of Hanukkah) – Wednesday, December 6, 2034

2027- 2034 (2569 Days) – Revised Jewish Calendar

START: Heshvan 10 – Sunday, October 10, 2027
MIDDLE (1279 days from the start): Nisan 19 (5th day of Unleavened Bread) – Friday, April 11, 2031
1260 DAYS (from the middle): Tishri 9 (Yom Kippur Eve) – Friday, September 22, 2034
END (1290 days from the middle): Heshvan 10 – Sunday, October 22, 2034
AFTER (1335 days from the middle): Kislev 25 (1st day of Hanukkah) – Wednesday, December 6, 2034

2028 – 2035 (2569 Days) – Current Jewish Calendar (Fixed Intercalated) 

START: Tishri 10 (Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement) – Saturday, September 30, 2028
MIDDLE (1279 days from the start): Nisan 21 (7th day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread) – Thursday, April 1, 2032
1260 DAYS (from the middle): Elul 10 – Thursday, September 13, 2035
END (1290 days from the middle): Tishri 10 (Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement) – Saturday, October 13, 2035
AFTER (1335 days from the middle): Heshvan 26 (2nd day of Hanukkah)- Tuesday, November 27, 2035

2028 – 2035 (2540 Days) – Revised Jewish Calendar 

START: Tishri 19 (5th day of Tabernacles) – Saturday, October 7, 2028
MIDDLE (1270 days from the start): Nisan 19 (5th day of Unleavened Bread) – Tuesday, March 30, 2032
1260 Days (from the middle): Tishri 9/10 (Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement) – Wednesday, September 11, 2035
END (1270 days from the middle): Tishri 19 (5th day of Sukkot or Tabernacles) – Friday, September 21, 2035
AFTER (1290 days from the middle): Heshvan 10 – Thursday, October 11, 2035
AFTER (1335 days from the middle): Kislev 25 (1st day of Hanukkah) – Sunday, November 25, 2035

Note:  I plan on sending a letter to certain members of the Nascent Sanhedrin Council outlining my revision recommendations in the hope that the current Jewish ‘fixed’ lunisolar ecclesiastical calendar can be revised or updated according to the actual moon, so that it declares which year should be the intercalary year, not a rigid, predetermined Metonic cycle intercalated schedule!

FROM FIRSTFRUITS TO HANUKKAH

Regarding the charts in But as the Days of Noah Were – Part II: Interestingly, every seventh year (starting with 2019-2026), the ‘in the midst’ date (when the A.O.D. could possibly occur) will come on the Feast of Firstfruits. The biblical Feast of Firstfruits always occurs on the Sunday after Passover (during the Feast of Unleavened Bread from Nisan 15-21). Pentecost comes 50 days later, also on a Sunday. These are the only two Feasts of the Lord that don’t have a date assigned to them (scripturally). They are day-of-the-week specific Feasts of the Lord.

For example, the Feast of Firstfruits occurred on Sunday, April 9, 2023 (Nisan 19), which falls near the midpoint between 2019 and 2026. 2569 days later (7 Jewish lunisolar years), the F.O.F. will occur on Sunday, April 21, 2030 (approximate midpoint between the ‘week’ of 2026-2033). 2541 days later (also 7 Jewish lunisolar years), the F.O.F. will occur on Sunday, April 5, 2037 (midpoint between 2033-2040). 2569 days later, the F.O.F. will occur on Sunday, April 17, 2044 (midpoint between 2040-2047). 2541 days later, the F.O.F. will occur on Sunday, April 2, 2051 (midpoint between 2047-2053).

In the near future, I believe the Antichrist’s evil sidekick, the ‘false prophet,’ will commit the abomination of desolation in the newly built third temple on the holiest day of the Christian calendar, on Resurrection Sunday (known as Easter), which occurred on the Feast of Firstfruits in the year that Jesus died. On the anniversary of Resurrection Sunday (when Jesus Christ was raised to life), the false prophet will bring to life the image of the Beast in the Holy Place (temple). “And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed” (Revelation 13:15).

Therefore, in this scenario, the 1260 days of the absolute reign of the Antichrist would span from the holiest day on the Christian calendar, Resurrection Day or Easter (which the Jews do not observe), to the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement (which Christians do not observe). After the Antichrist and his forces are defeated, he and the false prophet will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. Lord Jesus will then replace the Antichrist as King of the World, for He is the true KING of Kings and LORD of Lords. After fulfilling the Feasts of Trumpets and Atonement, Jesus will fulfill Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) by tabernacling with His people (both Jews and Gentiles).

On the 1290th day (from the A.O.D.), the Antichrist’s initial seven-year timeline for the “confirming of the covenant with the many” (as per Daniel 9:27) will have expired, thus officially ending Daniel’s 70th week (which will have lasted either 2540 or 2569 days). The prophecy of Daniel 9:24 will have finally been fulfilled, and the surviving Jewish people (one-third of the total Jewish population) will enter the Millennial Kingdom of their Messiah King, Yahweh Jesus. Of course, the ‘righteous’ Gentile Tribulation ‘saints’ will enter the Kingdom, as well.

The blessed 1335^th day of Daniel 12:12, “Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days,“ is when the resurrection of the Old Testament saints occurs, as mentioned in Daniel 12:1-2a. The promise given to Daniel by the Lord will be fulfilled at this time. “But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days” (Daniel 12:13).

Also, the “anointing of the most Holy” mentioned in Daniel 9:24 probably refers to the anointing of the Millennial Temple, as the 1335^th day (from the Antichrist’s abomination of desolation) could take place on the anniversary of the cleansing and rededication of the Second Temple in 164 BC by Judas Maccabeus and the Jews (after the first abomination of desolation by the Greek/Syrian Antiochus IV Epiphanes). The eight-day celebration of this date (starting on Kislev 25) came to be known as Hanukkah, or the Feast of Dedication. As I mentioned earlier, within a seven-year timeline, there are sometimes 1335 days between the Feast of Firstfruits and the first day of Hanukkah.

Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Randy Nettles