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THE 2300 DAYS OF DANIEL 8:14

On August 9 we looked at the 7^th seal in Revelation 8:1 and determined that it concerned the third great tribulation: ¹And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. In Luke 15: ⁷I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just per- sons, which need no repentance. From comparing Revelation 8:1 with Luke 15:7 we conclude that during the half an hour of silence, God doesn't save anyone in or out of the churches.

From Revelation 17:12 we determined that the great tribulation lasts for one hour: ¹²And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings (Satan in the churches with his false prophets; i.e., pseudo ministers of righteous as in 2 Corinthians 11:15), which have received no kingdom as yet; but re- ceive power as kings (in the congregations) one hour with the beast (Sa- tan). In Revelation 7: 9, 14 we have a great multitude, which no man could number, that came out of great tribulation as true believers (August 11). So God must save this great multitude during the last half hour of the great tribulation. Mathew 24:15-16 and Revelation 18:4 instruct us to abandon the churches; thus the great multitude must become saved out- side of them.

As we saw on August 11, Daniel 8:13-14 gives a 2300 day period that includes the transgression of desolation; i.e., the abomination of deso- lation of Matthew 24:15. Matthew 24:15 concerns the third great tribula- tion. Therefore so does Daniel 8:13-14: ¹³Then I heard one saint speak- ing, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? ¹⁴And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed (Daniel 8:13-14).

We know from August 11 how Daniel 8:13-14 defines the term, sanc- tuary. It does not mean the churches but rather everything outside of them. On January 31 we determined 1994 as a Jubilee year within the period of great tribulation. We also determined that the Jubilee year of 1994 no more marks the beginning of the third great tribulation than B.C. 1877 and B.C. 587 denote that of the first and second ones respec- tively. The question begs itself: whether or not these two thousand and three hundred days of Daniel 8:14 refers to the half an hour of silence of Revelation 8:1; and whether or not this half an hour of silence might end in 1994. After all, a Jubilee year releases the elect from bondage to sin and the debt (death) owed for their transgressions. Since at the end of the 2300 days the sanctuary is cleansed (in Daniel 8:14), we conclude this half an hour of silence does last for the 2300 days of Daniel 8:14 and ends sometime in 1994.

Twenty-three hundred days runs about 6.3 years and takes us back into 1988 when the church age ended and the third great tribulation began. But what day? Since the first Pentecost ushered in the church age, it seems reasonable that the day before Pentecost in 1988 ended it. We find corroboration in Exodus 12:41: The Jews escape the Egyptians exactly 430 years after Jacob entered Egypt to begin the last part of the first great tribulation: ⁴¹And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

From our calendar calculator, with April 1988 plugged in, we find that the 14^th of Nisan falls on Friday, April 1. Seven weeks later we come to Saturday, May 21, the day before Pentecost. Note that these dates fall on the same days as they did back in A.D. 33: they crucified Christ on Friday, April 1, the 14^th of the lunar month, Nisan. Therefore the church age that began in A.D. 33, May 22, lasted for exactly 1955 years to the very day (|33 – 1988| = 1955), ending on May 21, 1988.

Using the language of Exodus 12:41, we can write, And it came to pass at the end of the nineteen hundred and fifty five years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of the congregations. The comparison doesn't ring true in the sense that anyone knew—not yet—they must abandon the congregations. However the churches no longer held the true believers in bondage to their false gospels. As God released the Jews from Egyptian captivity, He freed the true believers from ecclesiastical apostasy—and from Satan who now resided in the churches. 

Daniel 8:14 tells us, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. Obviously 2300 days from May 21, 1988 sends us into 1994. But what day? We begin on May 21, 1988 and count 2300 days. With 1988 a leap year we calculate as follows.

366 – (31 (Jan) + 29 (Feb) + 31 (March) +
30 (April) + 20 (May)) (=141)
And 366 – 141 =…………………….225 days left over in 1988
5 x 365 (1989 to 1993) =…………..1825 days for 1989 - 1993
1992 is a leap year =.......................…….1 extra day in 1992.
Subtotal (inclusive) =…….................2051 days 5/21/88 to 12/31/93
2300 days – 2051 =…….…………….249 days left over for 1994
(31 (Jan) + 28 (Feb) + 31(March) +
30 (April) + 31 (May) +30 (June) +
31 (July) + 31 (Aug)) =……………… 243 days to Aug 31 of 1994
6 days brings us to September 6…………6 days in Sept of '94.
Total days in 1994 =…………………..249 days total for '94
Total: 2051 + 249 =………………….2300 days.
So 2300 from May 21, 1988 lands us on September 6, 1994. 

When we go to our calendar converter and plug in September 6, 1994 we get,

6 September 1994 corresponds to 1 Tishrei, 5755
Rosh Hashanah/ Tuesday

Interesting. 1 Tishri is a Jubilee day in a Jubilee month (in a Jubilee year).

To check our addition we can "Calculate duration between two dates" by pluggin in May 21, 1988 to and including September 6, 1994, and get:

From and including: Saturday, May 21, 1988
To and including: Tuesday, September 6, 1994
It is 2300 days from the start date to the end date, end date included
Or 6 years, 3 months, 17 days including the end date

From Leviticus 23:24 we know 1 Tishri is a Jubilee day in a Jubilee month: ²⁴ …In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets (shôpār i.e., ram's horn), an holy convocation.

Blowing of trumpets should have been translated as, Jubilee. On any other month the Jews blew the silver trumpets as a memorial to the burnt offering: Christ. But on 1 Tishri they sounded a loud blast with a ram's horn (shôpār) as a memorial of Christ as the Jubilee. Recall that Jesus was baptized on 1 Tishri 3790 (see January 19, 21) as a proclamation of His Word and escape from bondage to sin. Christ could then minister the Gospel for salvation. A similar situation exists on September 6, 1994 (1 Tishri 5755), when God again could bring the Gospel to His elect. But just as Christ had to wait for His baptism, God had to wait for the 2300 days (of Daniel 8:14), i.e., the half an hour of silence (of Revelation 8:1), to pass, when no one became saved. Matthew 24 describes that period when ²²…except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Those days shall be shortened to the 2300 days (of Daniel 8:14) from May 21, 1988 to September 6, 1994 or 1 Tishri 5755. Then God again begins saving the great multitude (of Revelation 7:9, 14) through the hearing of the Gospel (according to Romans 10:17). 

On February 4 we need to search for anything relating to the final half hour.

A DAY IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS

2 Peter 3:3-8 compares the Noachian flood to the end of the world: ³Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days (our end times) scoffers, walking after their own lusts, ⁴And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. ⁵For this they willingly are igno- rant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: ⁶Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: ⁷But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word (the Bible) are kept in store, re- served unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. ⁸But, 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.

We've certainly had our share of scoffers within the last decade (see February 5 for a supplement on the religion-science controversy). They agree as to a beginning of…creation; but according to Scripture they over estimate by several billion years.

The last verse (8), seemingly out of context, jolts us, as Scripture sud- denly addresses the elect (as beloved). He admonishes them to under- stand that one day is…as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. We wonder what a thousand years to a day has to do with anything.

The term last days in verse 3 and the day of judgment in verse 7 implies the end of the world. Verse 6 refers to the world…being overflowed with water, perished, and must refer to Noah. This great flood brought God's wrath and the end of the world for all but 8 people in the ark. So 2 Peter 3:5-7 compares the ungodly to the godly and the flood to the Day of Judgment, i.e., the end of the world.

Consider these two comparisons:
1: a day (a) compared to a thousand years (b), and
2: the flood (c) compared to the end of the world (d).

Suppose we compare 1 to 2 such that a is to c as b is to d. Then n day(s) is to the flood as 10³n year(s) is to the final holocaust. If we could find n = x days in reference to the flood then 10³x might give us the years to the end of the world. So we search for x; most likely in Genesis.

In Genesis 7 God instructs Noah to enter into the ark, saying, ⁴For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.  Then ¹⁰…it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

So a day is as a thousand years and we compare 7 days to the flood to 7 thousand years to the end of the world.

Genesis 9:11 promises never to destroy the earth again by water. But that doesn't exclude fire. In the language of Genesis 7:4 we can write: For yet seven thousand years, and I will bring fire (judgment) on the earth for 153 days and 153 nights (see September 13, 15 and Revelation 9:5, 10); and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Seven thousand years from B.C. 4990 brings us to 2011 (= -4990 + 7000 + 1. We add 1 because there is no year 0 on T2.)

Recall that on December 8 we defined the years, c, between two events, a, b, both occurring in B.C., as |a – b| = c. If we want the years, c, be- tween event a in B.C. and event b in A.D. the formula is |a – b| – 1 = c. We subtract 1 because of no year 0. If we want the years between event a and event b inclusive, in which we count a as well as b, then we add 1 to c.

The years from creation to the flood is (|-11013 – (-4990)| = 6023. In B.C. 4990 the world was 6023 years old or 6000 + 23 years when God poured out His wrath on humanity.

At the cross the world witnesses for a second time God's judgment as He poured out His wrath, not on mankind again, but on Christ on the cross. From the flood to the cross is |-4990 – 33| – 1 is 5022 and the inclusive years is 5022 + 1 = 5023 and 5023 = 5000 + 23.

From creation to the flood is 6000 + 23 years and from the flood to the cross is 5000 + 23 years (inclusive); in other words some whole number plus 23.

Suppose in 2011 God judges the world. Then from creation to the last day is 13,000 + 23 years (= |-11013 – 2011| – 1); again some whole number plus 23. From the great tribulation in 1988 to 2011 is 23 years (= |1988 – 2011|). So we see no reason to reject 2011 as the last year.

The number 23 must denote God's judgment. Numbers are words and words in Scripture have parabolic meaning.

If the first great tribulation lasted seven years, the second one for 70 years, then we might expect the years for the third great tribulation to have a factor of 7. But 23 years doesn't. However 23 x 365 + 5 extra days (for years 1092, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) is 8400 days and 8400 = 7 x 12 x 10² does have a factor of 7.

On February 2 and Daniel 8:14 we got 2300 days for the half hour of si- lence of Revelation 8:1. 8400 – 2300 = 6100. So 6100 days from Sep- tember 6, 1994 should give us the date for judgment day.

24 (Sept) + 31 (Oct) +
30 (Nov) + 31 (Dec) =….....116 for days remaining in 1998
16 x 365 =………………..5840 for years 1995 – 2010
4 leap years: 1996, 2000,
2004 and 2008 =….......………4
Subtotal……………………5960
6100 – 5960 =………………140 days remaining in 2011
31 (Jan) + 28 Feb +
31 (March) = 30 (April) =…..120
Subtotal =…………………..6080
140 – 120 =...…………….........20 days remaining in May
Total = ……………………...6100
So by May 21, 2011 we have 6100 days that have passed.

To check our addition we can "Calculate duration between two dates" and plug in September 7 1994 to May 20, 2011.

From and including: Wednesday, September 7, 1994
To and including: Friday, May 20, 2011
It is 6100 days from the start date to the end date, end date included
Or 16 years, 8 months, 14 days including the end date.

When we go to our calendar converter and plug in May 21, 2011 we get,

21 May 2011 corresponds to 17 Iyar, 5771
Shabbat Bechukotai

Interesting. We have May 21, 2011 falling on the second Jewish month (Iyar), the seventeenth day of the month. Now when we go to Genesis 7: ¹¹In 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…

May 21, 2011, Judgment Day, and the flood of B.C. 4990, also a day of judgment, both fall on the 17^th day of a 2^nd month. This "coincidence" proves too tempting not to run with it: i.e., the third great tribulation de- fined as 8400 days.

Of course Noah had a different calendar than the Hebrew one. Genesis 7:11 and 8:3-4 defines his timetable. ³And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. ⁴And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

From the seventeenth day of the 2^nd month to the seventeenth day of the 7^th month is exactly 5 months. One hundred and fifty days divided by five gives us 30 days per month versus 29.53059 days in the lunar calendar. This difference assures us that no one could have rigged these dates when writing the KJV. Only recently has anyone known about May 21, 2011.

The first great tribulation in Jacob's day lasted 7 years (1877 – 1870). Ja- cob went into Egypt two years after the 7 year famine began (Genesis 45:11); therefore the first period of the famine is 28.57%.

The Israelites had to go into Babylon in B.C. 587, but we've already de- termined from 2 Chronicles 35:20-24 that the second great tribulation began in B.C. 609 and lasted for 70 years; therefore the first part of the second great tribulation is 31.43%.

The third and final great tribulation of our day lasts 8400 days (1988 – 2011). We had to come out of the churches in 1988 and experience 2300 days of silence in heaven (Revelation 8:1) out of 8400 days; therefore the first part of the final great tribulation is 27.38%.

So we can compare 28.57%, 31.43%, 27.38% and note their proximity.

We conclude that the Rapture occurs on May 21, 2011. On February 7 we look at the final 153 days of Revelation 9:5, 10.

THE RELIGIOUS-SCIENCE CONTROVERSY

On February 4 we looked at 2 Peter 3: ³Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days (our end times) scoffers, walking after their own lusts, ⁴And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

No one can deny this prediction hasn't fulfilled itself. During the last de- cade we find more scoffers who urge us to give up our religion and em- brace science—their science. The following are only a few writers cash- ing in on a growing market for atheistic literature: Victor J. Stenger, GOD/ The Failed Hypothesis, "How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist." Sam Harris, The end of Faith, "Religion, Terror, and the Future of Rea- son." Daniel C. Dennett, Breaking the Spell, "Religion as a Natural Phe- nomenon." I could go on and on.

A few hundred years ago, beginning with the Enlightenment, religious fanatics condemned scientists and told them to shut up; now it's the other way around with secular piety denouncing religion. Though both groups mirror each other in clinging to their belief systems, they never got along very well. So how do we account for that?

Suppose Tweedledee and Tweedledum meet at the crossroads of life. The latter takes the "right road" to "truth" by attending a seminary. Tweedle- dee also takes the "true path:" he attends a university to become an evo- lutionist. He scoffs at Tweedledum both in and out of the classroom, es- pecially at beer parties. Tweedledum shakes his head ruefully and prays that Tweedledee will someday see the light.

Each institution constructs a suit of clothes for our two heroes; i.e., a mindset. Both guys identify with their new apparel that supposedly covers up ignorance, naivety and exposes what they wish the world to notice: astuteness, intelligence, dignity, goodness etc.

As Tweedledee and Tweedledum follow the correct road to enlighten- ment, their chosen paths become destined to cross. Each one sees the other as, well, one of the others. Suppose Tweedledee writes a book proving evolution. Then Tweedledum fears his clothes that previously demanded respect and seemed so sharp at Seminary have magically turned into a monkey suit. He's blown it and now people will see him as another Don Quixote, chasing windmills and making a damn fool of him- self. But what can he do? Unable to understand science, he can't play their game and "prove" evolution bypassed Tweedledee. Besides that would admit to what he wants the world to reject. Maybe that's why to- day we hear from scientists only. By now Tweedledum has learned to keep his mouth shut. He can't refute arcane scientific jargon that "proves" God isn't needed to create the world: stuff like, nothing is more than 50% unstable and therefore will eventually yield something. And the bumble- bee can't fly.

Of course it works the other way around. If Tweedledum becomes an- other Jonathan Edwards then Tweedledee writes a book "proving" Tweedledum is a bullshit artist and only a brainless wonder would listen to him. Tweedledee doesn't need to know anything about religion to make a jackass out of his nemeses. He leaves that to T.V. evangelists like Bish- op Sheen, Norman Vincent Peale and Billy Graham, who could've fur- thered the Christian cause better by keeping their mouths shut and their pens in their pockets. They get away with what they do because they're such great entertainers; (they'd better be if they care about their contract with the networks); and the U.S. government needs them more than ever these days. Comedians keep peoples' minds off what politicians are up to.

These clashing identities will never change. Put a preacher and atheistic scientist together and we have two women at a party each wearing the same style dress. That's why we'll always have scoffers. The religious fan- atics had their turn; today scientists have the ball.

THE LAST FIVE MONTHS OF THE WORLD

February 4 left us with God rapturing the elect on May 21, 2011. Now safe and secure in heaven, they no longer reside on earth. God then pours out His wrath like in Noah's day on those left behind. Just as the LORD shut him in (Noah in Genesis 7:16), and shut out everyone else, God closes the door on the unsaved, leaving them stranded. Christ suffering God's fury on the cross demonstrated what happens to them. They have no hope. Those in the churches, having been assured of their salvation, wonder why God has forsaken them. Mark 13:24-25 refers to these e- vents.

²⁴…in those days, after that (the) tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,²⁵And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers…in heaven shall be shaken.

The sun represents Christ that, now darkened, no longer saves anyone. The moon not giving her light refers to God's law that now only con- demns. The stars denote those thinking their church attendance saved them (see September 6), except after May 21, 1988 (see February 2) God no longer utilized any church (see August 9). The phrase, in those days, after that (the)tribulation, implies we have some days left after May 21, 2011. We wish to know how long this period lasts.

In Genesis 7:11 and 8:4 the great flood lasted 5 months.¹¹In the six hun- dredth 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 ⁴…the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the moun- tains of Ararat.

From the second month, the seventeenth day of the month to the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, is exactly five months. If we project that as a possibility for the second time God judges the world we go from May 21 to October 21, 2011.

When we go to "calculate duration between dates" and plug in May 21, 2011 to October 21, 2011, we get:

From and including: Saturday, May 21, 2011
To, but not including : Friday, October 21, 2011
It is 153 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the
end date
Or 5 months excluding the end date

Eleven days in May + 30 in June + 31 in July + 31 in August + 30 in September + 20 in October adds up to 153.

So far we've only speculated from Genesis 7:11, 8:4 that the period in question lasts 153 days. On September 1 we began looking at Revelation 9 that concerns this period. Revelation 9:5, 10 assures us it lasts five months: ⁵And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the tor- ment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man... ^6…10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months…

The serpent represents church leaders who misguided everyone with lies concerning their salvation. On September 13 we researched the word tor- ment: besides physical pain from a giant earthquake (of Revelation 6:12, 8:5, 11:13, 19, 16:18), continuing false assurance, like before, come from the churches. But everyone must die with no hope of any conscious exis- tence again. Awareness of such a fate only aggravates physical suffering.

They also suffer the shame of execution by their creator, as mentioned in Revelation 16: ¹⁵Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. God comes as a thief for those who ⁵…willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: ⁶Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished (2 Peter 3).

When we search Scripture for the number 153 we come to John 21:1-11. On August 13 we saw that the disciples catch fish (the elect) but in this case they don't haul the fish into boats (congregations) because this his- torical parable refers to after the church age. ³…They… entered into a ship…and that night they caught nothing. ⁴But …when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: Christ tells them to ⁶…Cast the net on the right side…They cast therefore, and…they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Then ^7…Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three…

A human author most likely would've just said Peter hauled in many fish and not given an exact amount. But on certain numbers God imputes met- aphoric meaning. 153 = 3² x 17. The number 3 represents God's purpose: the rapture of His witnesses (2). So the parabolic meaning of 17 is heav- en.

The 153 fish represent the great multitude of Revelation 7, 9, 14 that God saves in our day (see August 11): ⁹After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; ^10…14…These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

God saves this great multitude before the 153 days of Revelation 9 begin; i.e., between September 6, 1994 and May 21, 2011—not afterwards.

When we go to our calendar convertor and plug in October 21, 2011, we get,

21 October 2011 corresponds to 23 Tishrei, 5772
Simchat Torah
Friday

To understand the significance of 23 Tishri on February 9 we have to look at the feast of tabernacles.