Commentary submitted to What?Magazine for publication in 1999. This articles does not reflect the opinion of What? Magazine Online, but is reflective of the many interpretations of Prophecy.
There are many theories as to when the end will come. Some researchers have sought to adjust the calculations of THE SIX DAY'S OF MAN = 6,000 year theory.
The Jewish calendar conformed to the solar year, which contained 360 days, or 12 months of 30 days. In 1583, the Gregorian calendar was adopted, which added an extra 5.25 days to that year. If you add 2,160,000 days(6,000 years X 360 days) to 2,173.50 days(414 years of 5.25 days), you get 2,162,173.50 days, which divided by the Jewish year of 360 days, would make the end of the sixth day, the year 2002. According to Jewish tradition the first man (Adam) was born on the first of Tishri which is the Jewish HIGH HOLY DAY of ROSH HASHANAH (The feast of Trumpet's) which by the way begin's sundown 7:07 p.m. Jerusalem time Saturday September 6, 2002.
THE SIX DAYS OF MAN -
In II Peter 3:8 it says: "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." Also, in Exodus 20:9-10, it says: "Six days shalt thou labor...But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." In 1650, using these Scriptures, Archbishop Jacob Ussher of Armagh in Ireland, attempted to calculate when the Creation took place by using chronological information from the Bible and
counting backward from the date of the birth of Christ. At that time, it was believed that Christ was born in 4 BC(some calculations have indicated that it may have been as late as 1 BC or as early as 6 BC; however, recent evidence have determined it to be 3 BC, so keep that in mind as you read this section), so Ussher theorized that the Creation took place in 4004 BC, and the passing of four "days" (two thousand years before the law, and two thousand years after the law) took us to Christ's birth in 4 BC, so two more "days" would end the six "days" at 1996. The Sabbath, or the seventh "day", is the Millennium, or the thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ upon the Earth, which is referred to in the 20th chapter of Revelation. An apocryphal book known as the Epistle of Barnabas, which early church leaders such as Origen and Jerome believed had been written by the first recruit of the Apostle Paul, Barnabas said: "And God made in six days the works of His hands; and He finished them on the seventh day, and rested on the seventh day and sanctified it. Consider, my children, what that signifies, He finished them in six days. The meaning of it is this: that in six thousand years the Lord God will bring all things to an end. For with him, one day is a thousand years; as Himself testifieth, saying, behold this day shall be as a thousand years. Therefore children, in six days, that is, in six thousand years, shall all things be accomplished. And what is it that He saith, and He rested the seventh day; He meaneth this; that when his Son shall come, and abolish the season of the wicked one, and judge the ungodly; and shall change the sun and the moon, and the stars, then He shall gloriously rest in that seventh day."
Irenaeus, an early church leader, while writing in 150 AD about the book of Genesis in his book Against Heresies said: "This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years; and in six days created things were completed;
it is evident, therefore, that they will come to an end at the sixth thousand years." Around 300 AD, in the writings of Christian scholar Lactantius, he says: "Because all the works of God were finished in six days, it is necessary that the world should remain in this state six ages, that is six thousand years. Because having finished the works He rested on the seventh day and blessed it; it is necessary that at the end of the sixth thousandth year all the wickedness should be abolished out of the earth and justice should reign a thousand years." Other writers during the early Christian era also reflected this premise.
Below is a depiction taken from some of my other teachings on the sbuject of THE FEAS OF THE LORD of Leviticus 23. You may consider ordering a copy of "HOLIDAYS VS. HOLY DAYS' from us for a Scriptural validation of what I am simplistically stating below. The FEASTS OF THE LORD depict ALL of the significant events in the life and ministry of Jesus:
"...REGARDING A FESTIVAL OR A NEW MOON OR SABBATHS...WHICH ARE SHADOWS OF THINGS TO COME, BUT THE SUBSTANCE IS OF CHRIST."
Col. 2:16-17
1. THE FEAST OF PASSOVER - DEATH OF CHRIST...
2. THE FEAST OF UNLEAVEN BREAD - BURIAL OF CHRIST...
3. THE FEAST OF FIRST FRUITS - RESURRECTION OF CHRIST...
4. THE FEAST OF PENTECOST - SPIRIT SENT BY CHRIST...
5. THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS - RAPTURE BY CHRIST...
6. THE FEAST OF ATONEMENT - RETURN OF CHRIST...
7. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES - REIGN OF CHRIST...
Since the last feast Jesus fulfilled was PENTECOST in the book of Acts then it would be logical to assume that the next feast Jesus will fulfill will be THE FEAST OF TRUMPET'S.
