In order
for full restoration to come to both the house of Israel
(Christianity) and the house of Judah (Judaism), both houses of
Israel need to understand and embrace the 7,000-year redemptive plan of
the G-d of Israel. The house of Israel (Christianity) needs to
embrace the 7,000-year redemptive plan of the G-d of Israel rather than
dispensational theology. The house of Judah (Judaism) needs to
understand that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
came to the earth as the suffering Messiah known as Messiah be Yosef
(Joseph) after 4,000 years since the creation of Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) exactly as expected by the ancient
rabbi’s (Sanhedrin 97/98).
It was
explained to the house of Israel (Christianity) in chapter 3 that
before the death of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus
was NOT the "age of law" because the Torah and the Word of G-d
are synonymous terms and the Torah/Word of G-d lives and abides forever
(Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 40:8, I Peter [Kefa] 1:25).
Furthermore, it was explained that the G-d of Israel has ALWAYS
redeemed/saved His people by His grace/mercy.
In the
last chapter, we learned that the "day of the Lord" is the
Sabbath (Shabbat) and the Sabbath is a foreshadowing of the
1,000-year Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). The 1,000-year Messianic
Age (Athid Lavo) is the last 1,000 years of the 7,000-year
redemptive plan of the G-d of Israel.
Each day
in the Bible begins in the "evening" and ends in the "morning"
(Genesis [Bereishit] 1). The "evening" part of the "day
of the L-rd" (the Messianic Age/Athid Lavo) is the
tribulation/birth pangs of the Messiah (Chevlai shel Mashiach).
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus will return to
the earth at His second coming as the Kingly Messiah known as Messiah
ben David at the "break of the morning." He is the "star
that comes out of Jacob" (Numbers [Bamidbar] 24:17) and the
"bright and morning star" (Revelation 22:16). In the "morning"
part of the "day of the Lord" (Messianic Age/Athid Lavo),
the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) will teach the Torah to the nations
from the city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) (Isaiah [Yeshayahu]
2:2-3).
THE AGES OF THE 7,000-YEAR PLAN OF G-D
When
the G-d of Israel created Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
(Gan Eden), He ordained that from the creation of Adam and
Eve to the end of the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo) would be
7,000 years of time. Before the creation of Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) was eternity past. After the
Messianic Age (Athid Lavo) is eternity future. Future
eternity (Olam Haba) will be a return to the paradise of
eternity past (represented by the Garden of Eden [Gan Eden]
before the sin of Adam). Time is going forward to the past. That
which was (Garden of Eden before the sin of Adam) is that which
shall be (eternity future/Olam Habah/Heaven). In
Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 1:9 it is written:
"
The
thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that
which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no
new thing under the sun."
Traditional
Judaism (house of Judah) understands that the first 6,000
years is known as the present age/world (Olam Hazeh).
These first 6,000 years are divided into three 2,000-year
periods of time or ages. The first 2,000 years from the creation
of Adam to the time of Abraham (Avraham) is known as the
period/age of desolation (Tohu). The next two thousand
years from the time of Abraham to the expected arrival of the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) is known as the period/age of
Torah. The final 2,000 years of time within the 6,000
years of the present/age world (Olam Hazeh) is known as
the days of the Messiah (Yemot Mashiach). The last 1,000
years is known as the Messianic era or the future age/coming
(Athid Lavo). The 7,000-year redemptive plan of the G-d of
Israel can be seen in the following chart.
12,0004,0006,0007,000
Olam Haba
!------------!------------!--------------!---------------! Olam
Haba
Tohu
Torah
Days of
Athid Messiah Lavo
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THE SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION
IS A BLUEPRINT FOR THE 7,000 YEARS OF TIME
The
7,000-year plan of the G-d of Israel is a major concept and
foundational truth in understanding Bible prophecy and
eschatology study of the
last things). The rabbis of traditional Judaism (house of Judah)
understand that the G-d of Israel gave the seven days of creation in the
book of Genesis as Torah/instruction to teach His people that
there are 7,000 years of time from the creation of Adam and Eve in the
Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) to the end of the Messianic Age (Athid
Lavo). Each day in creation represents 1,000 years in time. This is
based upon connecting Psalm (Tehillim) 90:4 to the seven days of
creation. In Psalm (Tehillim) 90:4 it is written:
"
For
a
thousand years
in thy sight are but as
yesterday
when it is past, and as a
watch in the night."
In
rabbinic literature, it is also taught that each day in creation
represents 1,000 years of time. In the Talmud in Sanhedrin 97
it is written:
"It has been taught in accordance with R. Kattina:
Just as the seventh year is one year of release in seven, so is the
world: one thousand years out of seven shall be fallow, as it is
written. And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day; [Isaiah
2:11] and it is further said, A Psalm and song for the sabbath day;
[Psalm 92] meaning the day that is altogether Sabbath [i.e. the
period of complete desolation] and it is also said, For a thousand
years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past. [Psalm
90:4: thus ‘day’ in the preceding verses means a thousand years]."
In an
article entitled, "The Coming of Messiah" written in The
Jewish Press newspaper (Brooklyn, New York) by Rabbi Sholom Klass,
he explains the traditional Jewish view (house of Judah) of each
day in creation representing 1,000 years of time based upon Psalm (Tehillim)
90:4 as explained by the respected Orthodox Jewish rabbi, Moses Ben
Nachman (1194-1270). He is known in Jewish tradition by the acronym
RaMBaN. The articles reads:
"The Ramban explains that in the creation of the
world which is itemized in Genesis, G-d left a blue print for the
future. Each day of creation represents 1,000 years of the total
existence of the world — 6,000 years. The first day was null and
void, no one knew the Torah. G-d created light, Adam, whose light
shone from one end of the earth to the other. In this thousand years
no one worshipped idols. In the second day, G-d created the heaven
which divided the waters, representing Noah who was divided from the
evil people who perished in the waters. In the third day (third
millennium) came the grass and fruit representing Abraham, as the
Psalm says, ‘A Tzadik [righteous] grows as the grass,’ and out of
him came the fruit of Torah and mitzvohs [commandments] when his
children accepted the Torah on Mount Sinai. On the fourth day
(fourth millennium) came the planets and the stars representing the
two Botei Hamikdosh (Holy Temples) whence came forth the light to
protect the world. On the fifth day came the animals, fish and fowl,
signifying that after the destruction of the Temples, man would
spread over the earth and a new sect would multiply as the fish of
the sea, but they would be as cruel as the animals and the people
would not seek to embrace G-d as the Torah commands. On the sixth
day G-d created man, symbolizing the present era when man would
reach his highest peak in knowledge and Messiah ben David [the
Kingly Messiah] will come. The seventh day, Shabbos [Sabbath]
represents the ‘Olam Habah,’ the future world which will follow the
Messianic era. May G-d protect us and hasten these glorious days for
all of us (Rambam, Bereishes Genesis 2)."
The
traditional Jewish view (house of Judah) of linking each of the
seven days of creation to 1,000 years of time based upon Psalm (Tehillim)
90:4 is restated in the extra-biblical book of Barnabas Chapter
13, verses 3-6 as it is written:
"And even in the beginning of the creation he
makes mention of the sabbath. And God made in six days the works of
his hands; and he finished them on the seventh day, and he rested
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."
The
traditional Jewish view (house of Judah) of each day of creation
representing 1,000 years of time is expressed in the New Testament
(Brit Hadashah) in II Peter (Kefa) 3:8-10 as it is written:
"
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. The
Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any
should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day
of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up."
WHAT IS THE CURRENT JEWISH
YEAR?
The current year
in the Jewish calendar is 57xx. In the book, ates of
the Seasons by the Central Conference of American Rabbis in an
article written by Alexander Guttmann on pages 7-10, he explains the
origin and understanding of the present Jewish calendar.
"The main purpose of the Jewish calendar is, and
always has been, to set the dates of the festivals. Our present
calendar has its roots in the Torah, but it has been modified by
Jewish religious authorities through the ages. The principal rules
were established by the Sages and Rabbis of antiquity and were
supplemented by medieval scholars. In Talmudic times the regulation
of the calendar was the exclusive right of the Jewish leadership in
the Land of Israel, particularly that of the Nasi (Patriach). Since
that time, such regulation has been regarded as a task of crucial
importance for the observance of Judaism…
In the Bible, the Hebrew months are lunar (i.e.
each month begins with the "birth" of the new moon). However, since
festivals such as Passover and Sukkot had to occur in the proper
agricultural season (i.e. according to the solar year), it is
obvious that the Jewish calendar must be lunar-solar. This means
that the lunar year (approximately 354 days) and the solar year
(approximately 365 days) had to be harmonized and adjusted to each
other, a complex process that was meticulously refined by the
ancient and medieval Rabbis.
The Jewish day has twenty-four hours and starts
in the evening. The length of the lunar month is traditionally
calculated as 29 days, 12 hours, and 793 parts of an hour (divided
into 1080 parts). This is the time span between one new moon and the
next. Since it is impractical to start a new month at varying hours
of the day, the Sages of antiquity ordained that the length of the
month should alternate between 29 and 30 days. Since the lunar month
is somewhat longer than 29 days and 12 hours, the remainder is taken
care of by making the months of Cheshvan and Kislev flexible, i.e.
they can both have either 29 or 30 days.
The introduction of a permanent Jewish calendar
became increasingly urgent after Jews began to spread throughout the
world. As Jewry dispersed, regular contacts with the Jewish
leadership in the Land of Israel, which had the sole privilege of
regulating the calendar, became more and more difficult. The most
important step in this process of permanent calendar reform was the
adoption in the eighth century CE of a nineteen-year cycle of
"intercalation" (i.e. harmonization of the solar and lunar
calendars). The adoption of this cycle made the actual physical
observation of the new moon and the signs of approaching spring
unnecessary. This cycle of nineteen years adjusts the lunar year to
the solar year by inserting into it seven leap years (i.e. the
additional 30-day month of Adar) in the following order: every
third, sixth, eighth, eleventh, fourteenth, seventeenth, and
nineteenth year.
In the Bible the months are most frequently
designated by ordinal numbers. However, there are references both to
such ancient names as Ziv, Ethanim, and Aviv and to some of the now
customary names of Kislev, Tevet, Adar, Nisan, Sivan, and Elul,
which are of Babylonian origin. But, it is only since the first
century that the Hebrew calendar has employed the now traditional
names of Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tamuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan,
Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar.
The Jewish tradition of counting years since the
creation of the world has it roots in early Talmudic times, but it
was not adopted authoritatively until several centuries later. In
Biblical times, dates were referred to as being "two years before
the earthquake," the year of the death of King Uzziah," etc. In
Talmudic times, we find instances of dating from the creation of the
world, but this was adopted as the Jewish method only much later as
a response to Christian dating.
It was in the eighth century that Christians
began to date their documents generally as AD (Anno Domini, the year
of the Lord), and so it is hardly a coincidence that in the eighth
and ninth centuries we find more and more Jewish documents dated
"since the creation of the world" (sometimes referred to as AM, Anno
Mundi, the year of the world). Obviously, calculating dates based on
the Christian theological principles were not acceptable to Jews;
nevertheless, it was not until the twelfth century that dating
"since the creation" was accepted by Jews universally.
Only a minority of Jews today would take the
traditional Jewish date as being literally "since the creation of
the world" … Jewish texts will often use such designations as BCE
(Before the Common, or Christian Era) or CE in order to avoid any
dating related to Christianity. In order to determine the Jewish
year for a given civil year, the number 3760 is added; conversely,
in order to find the civil year for a given Jewish year, 3760 is
subtracted. Of course, since the Jewish year changes with Rosh
HaShanah, the number to work with from Rosh HaShanah to December 31
is 3761.
The greatest change which the Rabbis made in the
festival calendar was the addition of a day to each of the holidays
ordained in the Torah, except Yom Kippur. This was done in the early
Talmudic period (i.e. first century). Compelling circumstances at
that time forced the Rabbis to make this change.
Not only was the confirmation and sanctification
of the new moon — and therefore the new month — the duty of the
Palestinian authorities, but theirs was also the task of
communicating the dates of the new moon to every Jewish community.
This was a task of vital importance, as the new moon determines the
dates of the festivals. At an earlier time, the new moon (i.e. the
first of the month) was communicated to all the Jews in Palestine
and the Diaspora by kindling flares on hilltops. However, after the
Samaritans kindled flares at the wrong time to confuse the Jews, the
news about the New Moon had to be communicated by messengers. The
change was introduced by Judah Hanasi (c. 135-200 CE).
Since it often happened that the messengers did
not arrive in time at the places of their destination outside of
Palestine because of road hazards, wars, or political upheavals, a
second day was added to the holidays for the Jews in the Diaspora.
This assured that one of the two days on which they celebrated the
festival was indeed the proper holy day. In Palestine the addition
of these "second days" to the festivals was not necessary because
the news about the sighting of the new moon, proclaimed in
Palestine, reached every part of that land in due time, i.e. prior
to the dates of the festivals. The exception was Rosh HaShanah,
which falls on the first day of the month of Tishri, making timely
communication about this New Moon, even in Palestine, impossible.
During the Talmudic period a stable,
scientifically determined calendar was adopted, and so the pragmatic
need for "second days" disappeared. But the Palestinian authorities
did not abolish these extra days of observance for Diaspora Jews
(nor the second day of Rosh HaShanah for Palestinian Jews) because
of the Rabbinic principle that we "may not change the custom of
[our] forefathers."
Because
it was mostly in response to more and more Christians (house of
Israel) beginning to date their documents around the eighth century
as AD (Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord) and because it was
not until the twelfth century that the present way of Jewish dating of
time was accepted by Jews (house of Judah) universally, it can be
concluded that the modern Jewish calendar is not literally "since the
creation of the world." When the Jewish people (house of Judah),
recalculated time "since the beginning of the world", they did
not recalculate all of the years when they were taken captive in Babylon
(Judaism in the 1st Century Christian Era) Volume I, Chapter 1 by
George Foote Moore. However, Biblically, the G-d of Israel did ordain
that there would be 6,000 years of time from the creation of Adam to the
beginning of the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). Therefore, only the
G-d of Israel knows for sure how close we are to the conclusion of 6,000
years of time and the beginning of the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo).
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THE 6,000-YEAR PRESENT ERA IN
GENESIS 1:1
In
the audio tape series, merica’s Biblical Blueprint by Orthodox
Jewish Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Volume 1, he explains the allusion to the
first 6,000 years of the 7,000-year plan of the G-d of Israel in Genesis
(Bereishit) 1:1 by examining the text of the verse in Hebrew. In
English, Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1 reads:
"
In
the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"
In
Hebrew, Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1 reads:
"
Bereishit
b’rah elohim et hashamayim v’et ha’eretz."
As
Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Daniel Lapin explains in the tape series, in
Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1, the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet,
Alef,
appears 6 times in a very improbable sequence. The Hebrew letter,
Alef, is the third letter
of the first two Hebrew words,
Bereishit
and
B’rah. The Hebrew letter, Alef, is the
first letter
in the next two Hebrew words,
elohim
and et.
The Hebrew letter, Alef, is the
second letter in
the last two Hebrew words,
v’et
and
ha’eretz.
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THE WISDOM OF KEEPING
THE TORAH AND THE HEBREW ALEF
In
traditional Jewish house of Judah) thought, the Hebrew letter,
Alef, represents wisdom. In the Bible, wisdom is associated and
linked with keeping the Torah of the G-d of Israel. In Deuteronomy (Devarim)
4:1, 5-8 it is written:
"
Now
therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the
judgments, which I teach you, for to do them … Behold, I have taught
you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me,
that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Keep
therefore and
do
them; for this is your
wisdom
and your understanding in the
sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say,
Surely this great nation is a
wise and understanding people.
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? And
what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so
righteous as all this law[TORAH],
which I set before you
this day?"
So, in
this Scripture, keeping the Torah of the G-d of Israel is associated
with wisdom and understanding. In traditional Jewish thought, the Hebrew
letter, Alef, is also associated with wisdom. Therefore, it is
logical to conclude that the G-d of Israel would choose the Hebrew
letter, Alef, in Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1, to represent the
wisdom of keeping His Torah during the first 6,000 years of time known
as the Olam Hazeh (the present world/age).
How is
the Alef (which represents wisdom) and the wisdom of keeping the
Torah of the G-d of Israel linked to an allusion of 6,000 years of time
in Genesis 1:1? As Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Daniel Lapin explains in his
tape series, in Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1, the Hebrew letter,
Alef, appears 6 times in a very improbable sequence. The Hebrew
letter, Alef, is the
third
letter in the first two Hebrew words,
Bereishit,
and B’rah.
These first two occurrences of the Hebrew letter, Alef, as the
third letter in each of the first two Hebrew words,Bereishit
and B’rah represents the first 2,000 years of time known as
Tohu when there was the least amount of knowledge of the Torah/Word
of the G-d of Israel among the earth’s people.
The
Hebrew letter, Alef, is the
first letter in the
next two Hebrew words, elohim
and et.
These next two occurrences of the Hebrew letter, Alef, as the
first letter in each of the next two Hebrew words,elohim
and et represents the next 2,000 years of time known as Torah
when the knowledge and understanding of the Torah/Word of the G-d of
Israel and following it would be at its greatest within the first 6,000
years of time.
The
Hebrew letter, Alef, is the
second letter in
the last two Hebrew words in Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1,
v’et and
ha’eretz.
These last two occurrences of the Hebrew letter, Alef, as the
second letter in each of the next two Hebrew words, v’et and
ha’eretz represents the last 2,000 years of time known as the days
of the Messiah (Yemot Mashiach) of the first 6,000 years. This
signifies that during this time there would be a great religious/secular
debate among the people of the earth regarding whether or not they
should follow the Torah/Word of the G-d of Israel.
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WHEN IS THE END OF THE 6,000-YEAR PRESENT ERA?
The
greatest 1,000-year period of the 7,000 years of time will be
during the days of the Messianic Age Athid Lavo). This period of time
follows the first 6,000 years of time known as the Olam Hazeh
(the present world/age). As we have just studied, the last 2,000 years
of the Olam Hazeh (the present world/age) known as the days of
the Messiah (Yemot Mashiach) would be a period of time when there
would be an ideological struggle among the people of the world whether
they should follow the Torah/Word of the G-d of Israel or live according
to the values of a secular society.
Being
Jewish, the disciples (talmidim) of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus had an understanding of the 7,000-year redemptive
plan of the G-d of Israel and knew that they were living in the Olam
Hazeh (the present world/age). By knowing that the Olam Hazeh
(the present world/age) is followed by the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo)
and by knowing that they were speaking to the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus Himself, they decided to ask Him what signs that His
people should expect to see so that they would know when the present
world/age (Olam Hazeh) was concluding and the Messianic Age (Athid
Lavo) was about to arrive. In Matthew (Mattityahu) 24:3 it is
written:
"
When
he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the talmidim
[disciples]came to
him privately. ‘Tell us,’ they said, ‘when will these things happen?
And what will be the sign that you are coming and that the
‘olam hazeh’
is ending?’
" (The Complete Jewish Bible version by
David Stern)
The
Jewish (house of Judah) disciples of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus had no concept, no knowledge and no understanding of
the 7,000-year redemptive plan of the G-d of Israel through the eyes of
modern traditional Christian (house of Israel) dispensational
theology (the age of law and the age of grace). Furthermore, we
should notice that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
did not rebuke His disciples (talmidim) for understanding that
the first 6,000 years of time were known as the Olam Hazeh (the
present world/age). However, the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus did acknowledge the premise of their question and gave
a detailed answer in the rest of Matthew (Mattityahu) 24 known
within Christianity (house of Israel) as the Olivet discourse.
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THE JEWISH MESSIAH WILL COME
AFTER 4,000 YEARS OF TIME
It
is traditional Jewish house of Judah) understanding that the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) would come 4,000 years after the creation of
Adam and Eve. In the Talmud in Sanhedrin 97 it is written:
"The Tanna debe Eliyyahu teaches: The world is to
exist six thousand years. In the first two thousand there was
desolation; [i.e. no Torah. It is a tradition that Abraham was
fifty-two years old when he began to convert men to the worship of
the true God; from Adam until then, two thousand years elapsed] two
thousand years the Torah flourished; and the next two thousand years
is the Messianic era, [i.e. Messiah will come within that period]
but through our many iniquities all these years have been lost. [He
should have come at the beginning of the last two thousand years;
the delay is due to our sins.]"
Therefore,
as recorded in the Talmud in Sanhedrin 97, there was an
expectation that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) would come after
4,000 years of time. In an article in the Jewish Press newspaper
(Brooklyn, New York) by Rabbi Sholom Klass entitled, The Coming of
the Messiah, he explains that there was a high expectation among the
Jewish people for a Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) during the first
century. In his article, Rabbi Sholom Klass writes:
"The belief in a personal Messiah reached its
highest tension during that period of the first century when Rome
sent her despotic procurators to rule over Judea. The yoke was most
oppressive and the Jews awaited a leader whom G-d would send to
articulate their latent spirit of rebellion and free them from the
Roman tyranny."
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4,000 YEARS FROM THE CREATION OF
ADAM TO THE JEWISH MESSIAH
Next, we will
examine the Biblical chronology of time to understand that
the Jewish Messiah Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus came to the earth
4,000 years from the creation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden). This matches exactly the period of time when the Messiah was
expected to come to the earth according to traditional Jewish
expectation. The purpose of this chronology is NOT to Biblically justify
EXACTLY the entire 4,000 year period of time from the creation of Adam
to the coming of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
in the first century. However, it is given to establish a Biblical basis
for the credibility of making such a hypothesis.
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FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM
Adam to Seth ...................... 130 years
(Genesis 5:3)
Seth to Enos ........................105 years
(Genesis 5:6)
Enos to Cainan ..................... 90 years
(Genesis 5:9)
Cainan to Mahalaleel .......... 70 years
(Genesis 5:12)
Mahalaleel to Jared ............ 65 years
(Genesis 5:15)
Jared to Enoch ....................162 years
(Genesis 5:18)
Enoch to Methuselah .......... 65 years (Genesis
5:21)
Methuselah to Lamech ..... 187 years (Genesis
5:25)
Lamech to Noah ................ 182 years
(Genesis 5:28-29)
Noah to the Flood .............. 600 years
(Genesis 7:6)
Flood to Arphaxad ................ 2 years
(Genesis 11:10)
Arphaxad to Salah .............. 35 years
(Genesis 11:12)
Salah to Eber ...................... 30 years
(Genesis 11:14)
Eber to Peleg ...................... 34 years
(Genesis 11:16)
Peleg to Reu ....................... 30 years
(Genesis 11:18)
Reu to Serug ....................... 32 years
(Genesis 11:20)
Serug to Nahor .................... 30 years
(Genesis 11:22)
Nahor to Terah .................... 29 years
(Genesis 11:24)
Terah to Abraham .............. 70 years
(Genesis 11:26) -------
Adam to Abraham ........... 1948 years
It
is interesting to note that from Adam to Abraham Avraham) was 1948
years. The birth of the modern day state of Israel happened on the
Gregorian calendar in 1948.
FROM ABRAHAM TO EGYPT
Abraham to Isaac ......... 100 years (Genesis 21:5)
Isaac to Jacob ................ 60 years (Genesis 25:26)
Jacob to Egypt ............. 130 years (Genesis 47:28) -------
Abraham to Egypt ....... 290 years
FROM EGYPT TO THE EXODUS
From Egypt to the Exodus .............. X
years
— Jacob and his family went to Egypt
Jacob went to Egypt ..................................
(Genesis 46:8,11)
Levi went to Egypt (Jacob’s son) ............. (Genesis
46:8,11)
Kohath went to Egypt (Levi’s son) ........... (Genesis
46:8,11)
Kohath had a son named Amram ............ (Exodus 6:18)
Amram had a son named Moses ............ (Exodus 6:20)
Moses to the Exodus — 80 years ........... (Exodus 7:7)
From Egypt to the Exodus:
X = (Kohath to Amram to Moses + 80)
FROM THE WILDERNESS TO JOSHUA’S DEATH
In the Wilderness ............................. 40 years
(Numbers 32:13)
Wilderness to death Joshua ............ 30 years (Joshua 14:7,
24:29) ----
Exodus to death Joshua .................. 70 years
THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES
Under King Cushanrishathaim ...... 8 years (Judges 3:8)
Under Othniel ............................... 40 years (Judges
3:10-11)
Under King Eglon ......................... 18 years (Judges
3:14)
Under Ehud ................................... 80 years (Judges
3:15,30)
Under King Jabin .......................... 20 years (Judges
4:1-3)
Under Deborah ............................. 40 years (Judges
4:4, 5:31)
Under Midianites ........................... 7 years (Judges
6:1)
Under Gideon ............................... 40 years (Judges
6:7, 8:28)
Under Abimelech ............................ 3 years (Judges
8:32, 9:22)
Under Tola .................................... 23 years (Judges
10:1-2)
Under Jair ..................................... 22 years
(Judges 10:3)
Under Ammonites ........................ 18 years (Judges
10:5-8)
Under Jephthah ............................. 6 years (Judges
12:7)
Under Ibzan ................................... 7 years (Judges
12:8-9)
Under Elon ................................... 10 years (Judges
12:11)
Under Abdon .................................. 8 years (Judges
12:13-14)
Under Philistines ......................... 40 years (Judges
13:1)
Under Samson ............................. 20 years (Judges
16:30-31)
Under Eli/Samuel ........................ 40 years (I Samuel
4:15,18) -----
Judges to Samuel ..................... 450 years (Acts 13:20)
THE KINGS OF JUDAH
Under King Saul ......................... 40 years (Acts 13:21)
Under King David ...................... 40 years (I Chron
29:26-27)
Under King Solomon .................. 40 years (I Kings
11:42-43)
Under King Rehoboam ............. 17 years (I Kings 14:21)
Under King Abijam ...................... 3 years (I Kings
15:1-2)
Under King Asa ......................... 41 years (I Kings
15:8-10)
Under King Jehoshaphat .......... 25 years (I Kings 22:41-42)
Under King Jehoram ................. 8 years (II Chron 21:5)
Under King Ahaziah ................... 1 year (II Chron 22:1-2)
Under Queen Athaliah ............... 6 years (II Chron 22:12)
Under King Joash .................... 40 years (II Chron 24:1)
Under King Amaziah ................ 29 years (II Chron 25:1)
Under Uzziah ............................ 52 years (II Chron
26:3)
Under Jotham ........................... 16 years (II Chron
27:1)
Under Ahaz .............................. 16 years (II Chron
28:1)
Under Hezekiah ....................... 29 years (II Chron 29:1)
Under Manasseh ...................... 55 years (II Chron 33:1)
Under Amon ............................... 2 years (II Chron
33:21)
Under King Josiah .................... 31 years (II Chron 34:1)
Under King Jehoahaz ................. 3 months (II Chron 36:2)
Under King Jehoiakim .............. 11 years (II Chron 36:3-7)
Under King Jehoiachin ................ 3 months (II Chron 36:9)
Under King Zedekiah ................ 11 years (II Chron 36:11)
-----
KINGS OF JUDAH ................. 513 years
History
tells us that the Jews (house of Judah) were taken captive to
Babylon in 586 BCE.
SUMMARY OF THE TIME
FROM ADAM TO YESHUA/JESUS
Adam to Abraham .................... 1948 years
Abraham to Egypt ...................... 290 years
From Egypt to Moses ................... X years
The Bible
does not explicitly give us this time but Kohath went to Egypt and Moses
(Moshe) is the grandson of Kohath. So, this is an arbitrary
number.
Let X = 63 years
X = (Kohath to Amram to Moses)
Moses to the Exodus .................... 80 years
Exodus to death Joshua ................ 70 years
Judges to Samuel ......................... 450 years
Kings of Judah ............................. 513 years
Babylonian Captivity ................... 586 years (BCE) ----------
From Adam to Yeshua/Jesus
.... 4000 years
Therefore,
we can conclude that there is credible Biblical evidence to prove that
the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus came to the earth
around 4,000 years from the creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden) exactly according to the traditional Jewish (house of
Judah) expectation from the Talmud Sanhedrin 97 that the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) would come to the earth after 4,000
years of time at the beginning of the last 2,000-year period of time
known as the days of the Messiah (Yemot Mashiach) within the
6,000-year period of time known as the Olam Hazeh (the present
world/age).
THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH
AFTER 4,000 YEARS IN GENESIS 1:1
Earlier
in this chapter, we studied the allusion to the 6,000 years of time of
the Olam Hazeh (the present world/age) from Genesis (Bereishit)
1:1 by analyzing the six occurrences of the Hebrew letter, Alef,
and relating these occurrences to each of the three 2,000 years of time
within the 6,000-year period of the Olam Hazeh (the present
world/age) by looking at this verse in the Hebrew language. Next, we
will examine Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1 in Hebrew, once again, to
see the allusion of the coming of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus after 4,000 years of time following the creation of
Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden). In Hebrew, Genesis (Bereishit)
1:1 is written:
"
Bereishit
b’rah elohim et hashamayim v’et ha’eretz."
There are
seven Hebrew words in Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1. If each word
represents 1,000 years of time, the fourth word would represent 4,000
years of time. The fourth Hebrew word in Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1
is "et." The Hebrew word "et" is spelled with the first
letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Alef, and the last letter of the
Hebrew alphabet, Tav. In Revelation 1:5, 7-8 it is written:
"
And
from
Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness, and the
first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the
earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his
own blood … behold he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see
him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth
shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
I am Alpha and Omega,the beginning and the
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to
come, the Almighty."
Alpha
and Omega are the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet.
Being born in the land of Israel and being a Jew, the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus would have spoken Hebrew. Translating
Revelation 1:8 from Greek to Hebrew, the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus said that He is the Alefand theTav.
In a literal (Peshat) sense, the Hebrew word "et" in
Genesis (Bereishit) signifies a direct object in the grammar of
the Hebrew language. However, since the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus Himself told us in Revelation 1:8 that He is the
Alef and the Tav, we can translate Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1 to
read as follows:
"
In
the beginning [Bereishit]God created
[b’ray elohim] et [alef, tav … the
Jewish Messiah (Yeshua/Jesus)]…"
In
traditional Jewish (house of Judah) thought, the Messiah was one
of the seven things created before the foundation of the world
(Talmud, Pesachim 54). In Revelation 13:8, it is written:
"…
the
Lamb [Yeshua/Jesus …
John 1:29]slain
from the
foundation of the world."
In
Zechariah 12:10, the Hebrew word "et" (alef, tav) appears,
once again, in reference to the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus as it is written:
"…
and
they shall look upon me
[et] [alef, tav]
whom they have pierced, and they
shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be
in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his
firstborn."
THE TIMING OF THE COMING
OF THE JEWISH MESSIAH
The Jews
(house of Judah) were taken captive to Babylon in three stages.
The first
deportation took place in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim. This was
the first year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (II
Chronicles 36:5-7, Jeremiah [Yermiyahu] 25:1). This event
happened around 605 BCE.
The
second deportation took place in the seventh year of the reign of King
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Jeremiah [Yermiyahu] 52:28). At this
time, 3,023 people were taken to Babylon. In the eighth year of the
reign of King Nebuchadnezzar, Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) was
besieged (II Kings [Melachim] 24:10-12) and 10,000 people were
taken captive to Babylon (II Kings [Melachim] 24:14) along with
King Jehoiachin. This event is in II Kings [Melachim] 24:8-14. It
happened around 597 BCE. The city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) was
besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah’s reign (II Kings [Melachim]
25:1-2).
The third
deportation occurred in the nineteenth year of the reign of King
Nebuchadnezzar. This would have been in the eleventh year of King
Zedekiah’s reign. Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) and the Temple (Beit
HaMikdash) were destroyed at this time (II Kings [Melachim]
25:8-11). This event happened in 586 BCE.
The G-d
of Israel told the prophet Jeremiah (Yermiyahu) that the
captivity in Babylon was for 70 years (Jeremiah [Yermiyahu] 25:1,
11). The 70 years of exile was due to Israel not keeping the seventh
year sabbatical for the land (Leviticus [Vayikra] 25:1-4, II
Chronicles 36:20-21).
At the
end of 70 years of captivity in Babylon, Cyrus, King of Persia , will
defeat Babylon and allow the Jews (house of Judah) to return to
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) to rebuild the Temple (Beit HaMikdash)
(II Chronicles 36:22-23, Ezra 1:1-3, 5:13-14, Jeremiah (Yermiyahu)
29:10, Daniel 9:2).
Cyrus
made the decree in 538 BCE. The building of the Temple began two years
later (Ezra 3:8) in 536 BCE.
The Jews
(house of Judah) did not return to the land of Israel as a
corporate people after the 70 year Babylonian captivity. Only a remnant
returned. Those Jews (house of Judah) who did return from the
exile in Babylon did so in three stages.
The first
stage was under Cyrus, King of Persia. This is found in Ezra chapters
1-6. The leaders of Israel were Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Ezra 3:2). But
they had difficulties (Ezra 4:3-5, 5:2). The Temple (Beit HaMikdash)
was rebuilt after a period of time (Ezra 6:14-15). Herod enlarged and
beautified this Temple (John [Yochanan] 2:18-20).
From the
first deportation to the beginning of the rebuilding of the Temple (Beit
HaMikdash) was 70 years (605 BCE - 536 BCE). The Temple (Beit
HaMikdash) was destroyed in 586 BCE. The Temple (Beit HaMikdash)
was completed in the sixth year of the reign of Darius, King of Persia
(Ezra 6:14-15). This would make the completion taking place in 516 BCE.
From the time the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was destroyed to the
time the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) was rebuilt was 70 years.
The
second stage of return from captivity is in Ezra 7. This happened in the
seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, King of Persia (Ezra 7:1-7).
This would be in 458 BCE. As many as wished could go back from Babylon
based upon the decree of King Artaxerxes in Ezra 7:11-13. The number who
returned were 1,758 (Ezra 8:1-20).
The third
stage of return from captivity is in the book of Nehemiah. The Jews
(house of Judah) began to come back in the twentieth year of the
reign of King Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 2:1). This would be in 444 BCE. Those
people who returned are listed in Nehemiah 7. A decree given by King
Artaxerxes to rebuild the Temple in the twentieth year is found in
Nehemiah 2:1-8, 5:14.
From the
commandment to restore and rebuild the Temple (Nehemiah 2:1-8, 5:14)
which was 444 BCE until the death of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus was prophesied to be 69 weeks or 483 years. This
prophecy was given to Daniel in Daniel 9:1-4, 20-26 as it is written:
"
In
the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the
Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; In the
first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of
the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the
prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations
of Jerusalem. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer
and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: And I
prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O
Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to
them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments … And
while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin
of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord
my God for the holy mountain of my God; Yea, while I was speaking in
prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of
the evening oblation. And he informed me, and talked with me, and
said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and
understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment
came forth, and I am come to show thee: for thou art greatly
beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
Seventy weeks [490
years] are determined upon
thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and
to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and
to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and
prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and
understand, that from the going forth ofthe commandment to restore
and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince
shall be
seven weeks, and
threescore and two weeks [69 weeks]:
the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous
times. And after
threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,
but not for himself: and the
people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the
sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the
end of the war desolations are determined."
The
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus was crucified and
hung on a tree 69 weeks from the commandments to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) exactly according to the prophecy that
was given to Daniel. When the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
entered into the city of Jerusalem (Yerushalayim) during the
final week of His life, He wept over the city because they did not know
the "day of their visitation." In Luke 19:37-38, 41-44, it is
written:
"
And
when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of
Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and
praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had
seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the
Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest … And when he was
come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou
hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which
belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the
days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench
about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within
thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another;
because thou knewest not
the time of your visitation."
PICTURES OF 6,000 AND 7,000 YEARS
IN THE BIBLE
The G-d
of Israel has given us many spiritual pictures of His 7,000-year
redemptive plan in the Bible. In this section of the chapter, we will
examine some of these spiritual pictures that the G-d of Israel gave His
people to understand the 6,000 years of the present age (Olam Hazeh)
as well as the entire 7,000 years of His redemptive plan.
NOAH AND THE FLOOD
Noah was
600 years old when the flood (judgment) came upon the earth. In Genesis
(Bereishit) 7:11-12, it is written:
"
In
the
six hundredth year of
Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month,
the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and
the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth
forty days and forty nights."
This is a
spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel that after
6,000 years (the end of the Olam Hazeh), judgment (the
tribulation/birth pangs of the Messiah/Chevlai shel Mashiach)
will come upon the earth.
MOSES AND MOUNT SINAI
After six
days, Moses (Moshe) was called up to mount Sinai to be in the
presence (kivod) of the G-d of Israel in the midst of the cloud.
In Exodus (Shemot) 24:13-18 it is written:
"…
and
Moses went up into the mount of God … and Moses went up into the
mount, and a cloud covered the mount. And the glory of the Lord
abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it
six days:
and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the
cloud … And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up
into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty
nights."
This is a
spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel that after
6,000 years (the end of the Olam Hazeh), the glory (kivod)
of the G-d of Israel will be upon the Bride of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus and she will be caught up in the clouds to be in the
presence of the G-d of Israel (Daniel 7:13, Matthew 24:30, Hebrews 12:1,
Revelation 1:5,7).
In I
Thessalonians 4:16-17 it is written:
"
For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump
[shofar]
of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are
alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
It is
traditional Jewish thought (house of Judah) that two themes
associated with the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh HaShanah) is the
resurrection of the dead and the blowing of the last trump. Therefore, I
Thessalonians 4:16-17 is an allusion to the resurrection of the dead
which will take place after 6,000 years of time on the Feast of Trumpets
(Rosh HaShanah). For a more detailed study of the Biblical
Festivals and how the G-d of Israel gave the Biblical Festivals in
Leviticus (Vayikra) 23 to teach about the first and second coming
of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus and our
personal relationship (halacha) with Him, I would encourage you
to read my book, The Seven Festivals of the Messiah.
THE DISCIPLES
AND THE TRANSFIGURATION
After six
days, the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus took
Peter (Kefa), James (Ya’acov), and John (Yochanan)
up into a high mountain and was transfigured before them. In Matthew
(Mattityahu) 17:1-4, it is written:
"
And
after
six days
Jesus taketh Peter, James, and
John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart,
and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun,
and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared
unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. Then answered Peter,
and said unto Jesus, Lord it is good for us to be here: if thou
wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elijah."
Once
again, this is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of
Israel that after 6,000 years (the end of the Olam Hazeh), there
will be the resurrection of the dead and the Bride of the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus will rule and reign with Him
during the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). The Feast of Tabernacles
(Sukkot) is associated with the Messianic Age. In Revelation
5:10, it is written:
"
And
hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on
the earth."
THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS
The
resurrection of Lazarus in John (Yochanan) 11 took place over six
days.
Lazarus is sick for two days (John 11:1-6).
Lazarus is dead for four days (John 11:14, 39).
Yeshua/Jesus resurrects Lazarus after these six days
(John 11:40-44).
One
again, this is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of
Israel that after 6,000 years (the end of the Olam Hazeh), there
will be the resurrection of the dead. This last 1,000-year period is the
"final day" (Psalm 90:4, II Peter 3:8) of the 7,000-year plan of
the G-d of Israel. Martha, the sister of Lazarus, spoke to the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus stating that she knew that
the resurrection of the dead would take place in the "last day."
In John (Yochanan) 11:21-27 it is written:
"
Then
said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother
had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of
God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall
rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise
again in the
resurrection at the last day.
Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveths and believeth in me
shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord:
I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should
come into the world."
SLAVES WORKED FOR SIX YEARS
The G-d
of Israel declared in the Torah that a Hebrew servant was to work for
six years and on the seventh year he was to be freed. In Exodus (Shemot)
21:2, it is written:
"
If
thou buy a Hebrew servant,
six years he shall serve:
and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."
This is a
spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel that He
ordained that the punishment for Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden) was that man would be a slave to the earth for 6,000 years
(until the end of the Olam Hazeh). Afterward, man would be freed
from his bondage to the earth and would enjoy the peace (shalom)
of the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo). Adam’s bondage to the earth as
punishment by the G-d of Israel because of his sin in the Garden of Eden
(Gan Eden) is given to us in Genesis (Bereishit) 3:17-19
as it is written:
"
And
unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy
wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,
thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in
sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also
and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,
till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
This is
also a spiritual picture/blueprint of mankind being under the bondage of
sin (John 8:34, Romans 6:16) and the slavery of Satan’s kingdom for
6,000 years because Adam sinned and yielded to the temptation of the
serpent (Nachash) in the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden).
Afterward, man would be free from the slavery of Satan’s kingdom (but
not sin) during the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo) when Satan would
be bound (Revelation 20:2) and the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus would rule and reign for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:4)
teaching the Torah to the nations from Jerusalem (Yerushalayim).
(Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 2:2-4).
THE HIDING OF KING JOASH
King
Joash was hidden in the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) for six years. At
the beginning of the seventh year, King Joash was crowned King over
Israel. In II Kings (Melachim) 11:1-4, 21 it is written:
"
And
when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she
arose and destroyed all the seed royal. But Jehosheba, the daughter
of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took
Joash
the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which
were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the
bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. And he was with
her
hid in the house of the Lord six years.
And Athaliah did reign over
the land. And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers
over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to
him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and
took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and showed them the
king’s son … seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign."
In this
story, King Joash is a type of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)
Yeshua/Jesus. In traditional Jewish thought (house of Judah),
the Messiah (Mashiach) is one of the seven things created before
the creation of the world and the timing of his coming or the redemption
is also one of the seven things which are hidden from man (Talmud,
Pesachim 54). Therefore, King Joash is a spiritual picture /
blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel to teach us that the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus would be hid from ruling
and reigning on the earth (physically) as King (Zechariah 14:9) for
6,000 years (the end of the Olam Hazeh).
At the
end of 6,000 years (Olam Hazeh), the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus will be crowned King on the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh
HaShanah). In traditional Jewish thought (house of Judah),
this is the coronation day of the King. The coronation of the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus on the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh
HaShanah) to rule and reign in righteousness as King over all the
earth is revealed to us in Revelation 5. In Revelation 5:1-5 it is
written:
"
And
I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written
within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a
strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open
the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven nor
in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book,
neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found
worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And
one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold,
the Lion of the tribe of
Juda, the Root of David,
hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals
thereof."
The
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus is the King of
kings and the L-rd of lords (Zechariah 14:9, Philippians 2:9-11,
Revelation 19:11-16).
THE STEPS
TO KING SOLOMON’S THRONE
King
Soloman (Shlomo) had six steps to his throne and the seventh step
was his throne. In II Chronicles 9:18 it is written:
"
And
there were
six steps
to the throne, with a
footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on
each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays."
This is a
spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel that
mankind is climbing a stairway of six steps (6,000 years of time known
as the Olam Hazeh) until we reach that seventh step (the
Messianic Age/Athid Lavo) when the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus will be crowned King of kings and L-rd of lords
(Zechariah 14:9, Revelation 19:11-16).
KING SOLOMON
IS A TYPE OF THE MESSIAH
King
Solomon is a type of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus.
Solomon (Shlomo) sat upon the throne of his father David
(I Kings [Melachim] 2:12) and was given the throne of his
father David (I Kings [Melachim] 3:6-7).
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus
sat upon the throne of His father David and He was given the throne
of His father David (Luke 1:30-32, Acts 2:29-30).
Solomon’s (Shlomo) kingdom was established greatly (I
Kings [Melachim] 2:12) and the throne of David shall be
established before the L-rd forever (I Kings [Melachim]
2:45).
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus’
kingdom shall have no end (Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 9:6-7, Luke
1:33).
Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms and they served Solomon
all the days of his life (I Kings [Melachim] 4:21).
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
will rule over all the kingdoms and they shall serve Him forever
(Daniel 2:44, 7:14, 27).
Solomon (Shlomo) is the Strong’s word 8010 in the Hebrew
Concordance which means "Peaceful." Solomon (Shlomo)
which is the Strong’s word 8010 comes from the Strong’s word 7965
which is the Hebrew word shalom which means "peace."
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
is called the "Prince of Peace" (Isaiah [Yeshayahu]
9:6).
Solomon (Shlomo) was king in the midst of his people (I
Kings [Melachim] 3:7-8).
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
will be King in the midst of His people (Isaiah [Yeshayahu]
12:6 = Psalm [Tehillim] 89:18, Zechariah 2:10-11).
Solomon (Shlomo) was the wisest of earthly kings (I Kings
[Melachim] 3:5, 9-13, 4:29-31, 10:23, II Chronicles 9:22-23).
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
is the wisdom of the G-d of Israel (I Corinthians 1:24, Colossians
2:2-3).
Solomon (Shlomo) built the Temple (Beit HaMikdash)
and he had rest on every side (I Kings [Melachim] 5:2-4, 6:9,
14).
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
will build the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) of the Messianic Age
(Athid Lavo) and will have rest on every side (Zechariah
6:12-13). The Branch (Zechariah 6:12) is a term for the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus (Isaiah [Yeshayahu]
11:1, 10).
Solomon (Shlomo) was given wisdom and understanding to
righteously judge good and evil. (I Kings (Melachim) 3:9-13).
The Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
has wisdom and understanding to righteously judge good and evil.
(Isaiah [Yeshayahu] 11:1-6).
The whole earth sought Solomon (Shlomo) to hear his
wisdom (I Kings [Melachim] 10:24).
The whole earth will speak of the wisdom of the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus during the
Messianic Age. (Psalm [Tehillim] 145:1, 11-13).
During the reign of Solomon (Shlomo), every man was
"under his vine and fig tree" (I Kings [Melachim] 4:25).
"Under his vine and under his fig tree" is a
Jewish "idiom" for the 1,000-year Messianic Age (Athid
Lavo).
During the reign of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus during the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo)
every man will sit "under his vine and under his fig tree"
(Micah 4:3-4, John 1:47-49).
THE MARRIAGE IN CANA OF GALILEE
The book
of John (Yochanan) beginning in John 1:19 through John 2:1 will
outline events which will happen over seven days of time.
John 1:19 = Day 1
John 1:29 = Day 2
John 1:35 = Day 3
John 1:43 = Day 4
After the fourth day, the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus will go forth into Galilee. Galilee is the
Strong’s word 1551 in the Hebrew dictionary. The word Galilee in
Hebrew means "a circle." A circle is a synonym for heaven.
These four days are a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the
G-d of Israel that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
would come to the earth after being in heaven/circle (Olam Haba)
4,000 years from the creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden).
John 2:1 describes a marriage in Cana of Galilee on the third
day. This third day (after the four previous days) is the seventh
day. On this day, there is a wedding.
This is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us
by the G-d of Israel that after 6,000 years of time (the end of the
Olam Hazeh) He will enter into the fullness of the marriage
with His people when the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
will rule and reign with His Bride during the Messianic Age (Athid
Lavo). In traditional Jewish thought (house of Judah),
the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh HaShanah) is the day of the
fullness of the wedding of the G-d of Israel with His people.
JOSHUA CROSSING THE JORDAN RIVER
The
crossing of the Jordan river by the children of Israel is a spiritual
picture/blueprint of the first 6,000 years of time known as the Olam
Hazeh (the present age).
Joshua 3:1 = Day 1
Joshua 3:2 = After three days (Day 4), the children of Israel
cross the Jordan river.
In this Scripture passage, Joshua (Yehoshua)
is a type of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus.
Joshua is the Strong’s word 3091 in the Hebrew dictionary. Jesus is
the Strong’s word 2424 in the Greek dictionary of the New Testament
(Brit Hadashah) and corresponds to the Hebrew name Joshua
(Yehoshua).
Joshua became the leader of the children of
Israel after the death of Moses (Moshe) and led G-d’s chosen
people into the Promised Land. These four days are a spiritual
picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel of the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus coming to the earth
4,000 years after the creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan
Eden) to lead all those who would put their faith, trust and
confidence (emunah) in Him into the Promised Land of the
Messianic Kingdom.
Joshua 3:3-4. There is a space of 2,000 cubits between the ark
of the covenant and the children of Israel.
These 2,000 cubits are a spiritual
picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel that the Jewish
nation (house of Judah) as a corporate people would remove
themselves from the G-d of Israel’s spiritual ark of the covenant
(the Jewish Messiah [Mashiach]Yeshua/Jesus) for 2,000
years following the first coming of Yeshua/Jesus as the
suffering Messiah (Mashiach) known as Messiah ben Yosef
(Joseph). At the end of 6,000 years of time (Olam Hazeh), the
Jewish people as a corporate nation will accept Yeshua/Jesus
as their Messiah (Mashiach). In Hosea (Hoshea) 5:15,
6:1-3 it is written:
"I will go and return to my place, till they
acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction
they will seek me early. Come and let us return unto the Lord: for
he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind
us up. After two days
[2,000 years from the Messiah’s first coming]
will he revive us: in the third day
[the Messianic Age/Athid Lavo]
he will raise us up, and we shall
live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the
Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come
unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth."
Joshua 3:5. Sanctify yourselves for TOMORROW the L-rd will do
wonders among you.
Joshua 3:7. The Lord said to Joshua, THIS DAY
will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all of Israel.
The TOMORROW and the THIS DAY = Four days + 2,000
cubits or 6,000 years.
After 6,000 years (Olam Hazeh / the
present age), the L-rd will magnify the sight of the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus in the sight of all of Israel
during the time of Jacob’s (Ya’acov’s trouble — Jeremiah [Yermiyahu]
30:7) tribulation/birth pangs of the Messiah (Chevlai shel
Mashiach).
THE BIRTH OF JACOB
The birth
of Jacob (Ya’acov) is a spiritual picture/blueprint of 6,000
years (Olam Hazeh). Jacob (Ya’acov) is Israel (Genesis
[Bereishit] 32:27-28)
Isaac (Yitzchak) is 40 years old when he marries Rebekah
(Rivkah) (Genesis [Bereishit] 25:20).
Isaac (Yitzchak) is a type of the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus. These 40 years are a
spiritual picture/blueprint that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus will come to the earth at His first coming as
the suffering Messiah (Mashiach) known as Messiah ben
Yosef (Joseph).
Rebekah (Rivkah) will be barren for 20 years before Jacob
(Israel) is born (Genesis [Bereishit] 25:21,26).
After 20 years (2,000 years), Rebekah (Rivkah)
bears Jacob (Ya’acov). This is a spiritual picture/blueprint
given to us by the G-d of Israel that 2,000 years following the
first coming of the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
as the suffering Messiah known to the Jewish people (house of
Judah) as Messiah ben Yosef (Joseph), the Jewish people
(house of Judah) as a corporate nation will accept the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus as their Messiah.
THE CHILDREN OF JACOB BY LEAH
In
Genesis (Bereishit) 29, Leah has seven children. This is a
spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel of His
7,000-year redemptive plan from the creation of Adam in the Garden of
Eden (Gan Eden) to the end of the Messianic Age (Athid Lavo).
The first son is Reuben (Genesis [Bereishit] 29:32).
Reuben is the Strong’s word 7205 which comes from two Hebrew words.
These two Hebrew words are the Strong’s word 7200 which means "to
see" and the Strong’s word 1121 which means "a son." So,
Reuben means "to see a son."
The second son is Simeon (Genesis [Bereishit] 29:33).
Simeon is the Strong’s word 8095 in the Hebrew dictionary and comes
from the Strong’s word 8085 which is the Hebrew word "Shema"
which means "to hear." So, the name Simeon means
"hearing."
The third son is Levi (Genesis [Bereishit] 29:34). Levi
is the Strong’s word 3878 in the Hebrew dictionary and comes from
the Strong’s word 3867 which is the Hebrew word "Lavah" which
means "to join." So, the name Levi means "to join."
The fourth son is Judah (Genesis [Bereishit] 29:35).
Judah is the Strong’s word 3063 which is the Hebrew word "Yehudah"
which means "to praise."
Judah (Yehudah) is the fourth son of Leah.
It was prophesied by the G-d of Israel though Jacob (Ya’acov)
that the scepter (authority to rule and reign) would not depart from
Judah and that the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) would be from
the tribe of Judah. In Genesis (Bereishit) 49:10 it is
written:
"
The
scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between
his feet, until Shiloh
[a term for the Jewish Messiah]come; and unto him shall the
gathering of the people be."
Even as Judah (Yehudah) was the fourth son
of Leah, the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
came to the earth 4,000 years from the creation of Adam in the
Garden of Eden (Gan Eden) and was born from the tribe of
Judah (Hebrews 7:14, Revelation 5:5). After four children,
Leah’s womb stops (Genesis [Bereishit] 29:35). This is a
spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel that
the Jewish people (house of Judah) would not receive the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus as a corporate
nation during His first coming as the suffering Messiah known as Messiah ben Yosef (Joseph) following the creation of Adam in the
Garden of Eden (Gan Eden).
The fifth son is Issachar (Genesis [Bereishit] 30:18).
Issachar is the Strong’s word 3485 in the Hebrew dictionary.
Issachar comes from the Strong’s word 7939 which means "hire or
wages." So, Issachar means "my hiring or my wages."
This is a spiritual picture/blueprint given to us
by the G-d of Israel that following the first coming of the Jewish
Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus as the suffering
Messiah known as Messiah ben Yosef (Joseph) and the
destruction of the Temple (Beit HaMikdash) that the Jewish
people (house of Judah) would be scattered among the nations
as a "hired" people.
The sixth son is Zebulun (Genesis [Bereishit] 30:19-20).
Zebulun is the Strong’s word 2074 in the Hebrew dictionary. Zebulun
comes from the Strong’s word 2082 which means "to dwell." So,
Zebulun means "dwelling."
This is a spiritual prophetic/blueprint given to
us by the G-d of Israel that after 6,000 years of time (Olam
Hazeh/the present age) He will dwell with His people through the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus during the
Messianic Age (Athid Lavo).
The seventh child is a daughter named Dinah (Genesis [Bereishit]
30:21). Dinah is the Strong’s word 1783. It is related to the
Strong’s word 1779 which is "Din" which means "to judge."
So, Dinah means "judge."
Dinah (female) is a spiritual picture/blueprint
given to us by the G-d of Israel that after 6,000 years of time (Olam
Hazeh) the Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus
will live and dwell with His Bride (female) during the Messianic Age
(Athid Lavo) ruling and reigning with her judging the
nations. In I Corinthians 6:2-3 it is written:
"
Do
ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? … know ye not
that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to
this life?"
In Revelation 5:10 it is written:
"
And
hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign
on the earth."
In Revelation 20:4 it is written:
"
And
I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for
the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not
worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his
mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years."
CHAPTER SUMMARY
In this
chapter, we studied the 7,000-year redemptive plan of the G-d of Israel.
In doing so, we were able to understand that the G-d of Israel gave the
seven days of creation in the book of Genesis (Bereishit) as a
prophetic foreshadowing of His 7,000-year plan for man following the
creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden). Each day in
creation represents 1,000 years of time. The seventh day of creation
(Sabbath) is a prophetic picture/blueprint of the 1,000-year
Messianic Age (Athid Lavo).
These
7,000 years of time were outlined for us in Genesis (Bereishit)
1:1 with the six occurrences of the Hebrew letter, Alef. The
fourth word in Hebrew in Genesis (Bereishit) 1:1 is the Hebrew
word (Alef, Tav) which spiritually represents the Jewish Messiah
(Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus. This fourth letter is also a
spiritual picture/blueprint given to us by the G-d of Israel that the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus would come to the
earth as the suffering Messiah known as Messiah ben Yosef
(Joseph) 4,000 years after the creation of Adam and Eve.
We
examined the Biblical evidence through genealogy and chronology that the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach)Yeshua/Jesus came to the earth
around 4,000 years following the creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden
(Gan Eden). Finally, we studied Biblical pictures/blueprints (sod/deeper
meaning) of the 7,000-year prophetic plan of the G-d of Israel using
various examples in Scripture.
In order
for full restoration to come to both the house of Judah (Judaism)
and the house of Israel (Christianity), Christianity (house of
Israel) must begin to replace their traditional prophetic
understanding of time based upon dispensationalism (age of law/age of
grace) with the 7,000-year redemptive plan of the G-d of Israel.
Meanwhile, the house of Judah (Judaism) needs to realize that the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach) Yeshua/Jesus came to the earth 4,000
years following the creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden (Gan Eden)
as the suffering Messiah known as Messiah ben Yosef (Joseph) at
the exact time when they were expecting the G-d of Israel to send the
Jewish Messiah (Mashiach).
May the
G-d of Israel bring redemption, restoration, reconciliation and unity to
both houses of Israel speedily in our days. Amen !!
The Northern Kingdom (Ephraim) and the
Southern Kingdom (Judah) differed both politically and religiously. They
have never been united since the split between them following the days
of Solomon. The Northern Kingdom was taken captive by the Assyrians.
Upon their captivity, the Ten Tribes have been assimilated and
intermingled into the nations of the world. The intermarriage of the
Assyrians and the descendents of the Northern Kingdom who lived in the
land of Israel were known as Samaritans. The Jews and the Samaritans
never got along with each other. Joseph being sold by his brothers
foreshadows the dividing of the nation of Israel into Northern Kingdom
and Southern Kingdom. Joseph's unification with His brothers foreshadows
the unification of Ephraim and Judah in the end of days. Ezekiel lying
on his side foreshadows the sin and punishment of the Northern Kingdom.
The suffering of a righteous individual can atone for the sins of the
nation of Israel. The suffering of Ezekiel foreshadows the suffering of
the Messiah for His people. The Ten Tribes did not unite with Judah at
the end of the Babylonian captivity during the days of Ezra and
Nehemiah. Orthodox Jews pray three times a day for the ingathering of
the exiles of Israel. The Ten Tribes will return to the land of Israel
and be united with Judah at the dawn of the Messianic Era. It is the
Messiah who will gather the exiles of Israel.
