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 25th 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 10th 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 13th 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 1335th 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 1335th 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 1335th 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 1335th 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