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Other Christian Beliefs
My Effort At the Gospel
cont'd
THE TIME SCALE FROM ADAM TO CHRIST
FROM DAVID TO BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY ARE 14 GENERATIONS
(Matthew 1:17)
AND FROM BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY TO JESUS ARE 14
GENERATIONS
Some historians believe that the Chaldean Dynasty of
the Babylonian Empire (that of Daniel's
time) existed around 612 to 539 B.C. (click here ---- remember, these dates are also
speculation). If
we approximate the captivity of Daniel's
reasonably speculated that there are approximately 600
years per 14 generations, give or take
50 years. Now,
600 times 3 (because according to Matthew 1:17 there are three 14
generation periods from Abraham to Jesus) is 1800
years.
Now recall what Peter said in 2 Peter 3:8 regarding a thousand years to God
is as a day and
what John said in Revelation 20:4 about Jesus' 1000 year reign (that
1000 years being the
final day).
Notice also that not a single one of the people listed in the table live
to be
a thousand years, and remember what God told Adam (and
Eve) in Genesis 2:17 that THE DAY they
ate of the tree of KNOWLEDGE, they would die, and God cannot lie. Now, did they die that same day, or did they?
All certainly died within 1000 years of their births.
Now back to the table; since all the calculations are
approximate and there is room for
error, then between the 1800 year approximation and
the 2006 year calculation from the
table, one can presumably speculate that there were
4000 years from the time of Adam to the
time of Christ, all things considered. And from the time of Christ to our time is
about
2000 years (of course) since much is hidden from us,
we don't know the precise date and time,
and that is done on Purpose because God knew there
would be speculation as to when Jesus
would Return.
Notice Mark 13:32, Jesus, speaking in the context of
the end time and of His
Return says that no man or angel knows the exact time.
Although it is not possible for us to know the exact
time, we can know when it is to happen
by what occurs just before His Return. Of course he talks about the parable of the
fig
tree (Mark
are other parables that use similar analogies), but
the one thing that will give the
faithful the practical knowledge of His return time
doesn't occur untill three days before
His return.
The only way one could know this period is if one
believes in the the two witnesses of
Revelation 11:3-13. Now, remember
in the topic "The
that the events in Revelation are not completely
chronologically ordered until chapter 19;
now, if it so that at the last trump (first see Revelation 8:6 then 11:15) the Faithful should
be raised up as
up, it will be at the time of Christ returns. And remember, the whole world rejoiced when
those witnesses died, which would imply that there was
much NEWS COVERAGE of their deaths,
another sign of what era would see Christ's Return.
Conclusion: no
speculation of man is completely accurate, nor does this site claim to be;
but using the Bible as a reference, one can get an
idea of how much time has passed since
the time of Adam, and one can conclude that around 6000
years has passed, or is about to
have passed since the birth of Adam, and on the
seventh day, Christ will return.
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